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1%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
2%% Name: log.tex
3%% Purpose: wxLog and related classes documentation
4%% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5%% Modified by:
6%% Created: some time ago
7%% RCS-ID: $Id$
8%% Copyright: (c) 1997-2001 Vadim Zeitlin
8795498c 9%% License: wxWindows license
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11
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12\section{\class{wxLog}}\label{wxlog}
13
fc2171bd 14wxLog class defines the interface for the {\it log targets} used by wxWidgets
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15logging functions as explained in the \helpref{wxLog overview}{wxlogoverview}.
16The only situations when you need to directly use this class is when you want
17to derive your own log target because the existing ones don't satisfy your
18needs. Another case is if you wish to customize the behaviour of the standard
19logging classes (all of which respect the wxLog settings): for example, set
20which trace messages are logged and which are not or change (or even remove
21completely) the timestamp on the messages.
22
23Otherwise, it is completely hidden behind the {\it wxLogXXX()} functions and
24you may not even know about its existence.
25
fc2171bd 26See \helpref{log overview}{wxlogoverview} for the descriptions of wxWidgets
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27logging facilities.
28
29\wxheading{Derived from}
30
31No base class
32
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33\wxheading{Include files}
34
35<wx/log.h>
36
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37\wxheading{Library}
38
39\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
40
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41\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
42
615c6433 43\membersection{Global functions}
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44
45The functions in this section work with and manipulate the active log target.
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46The \helpref{OnLog()}{wxlogonlog} is called by the {\it wxLogXXX()} functions
47and invokes the \helpref{DoLog()}{wxlogdolog} of the active log target if any.
48Get/Set methods are used to install/query the current active target and,
49finally, \helpref{DontCreateOnDemand()}{wxlogdontcreateondemand} disables the
50automatic creation of a standard log target if none actually exists. It is
51only useful when the application is terminating and shouldn't be used in other
52situations because it may easily lead to a loss of messages.
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53
54\helpref{OnLog}{wxlogonlog}\\
55\helpref{GetActiveTarget}{wxloggetactivetarget}\\
42ff6409 56\helpref{SetActiveTarget}{wxlogsetactivetarget}\\
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57\helpref{DontCreateOnDemand}{wxlogdontcreateondemand}\\
58\helpref{Suspend}{wxlogsuspend}\\
59\helpref{Resume}{wxlogresume}
9ee2d31c 60
dcbd177f 61\membersection{Logging functions}\label{loggingfunctions}
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62
63There are two functions which must be implemented by any derived class to
edc73852 64actually process the log messages: \helpref{DoLog}{wxlogdolog} and
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65\helpref{DoLogString}{wxlogdologstring}. The second function receives a string
66which just has to be output in some way and the easiest way to write a new log
67target is to override just this function in the derived class. If more control
68over the output format is needed, then the first function must be overridden
69which allows to construct custom messages depending on the log level or even
70do completely different things depending on the message severity (for example,
71throw away all messages except warnings and errors, show warnings on the
72screen and forward the error messages to the user's (or programmer's) cell
73phone - maybe depending on whether the timestamp tells us if it is day or
74night in the current time zone).
75
76There also functions to support message buffering. Why are they needed?
77Some of wxLog implementations, most notably the standard wxLogGui class,
78buffer the messages (for example, to avoid showing the user a zillion of modal
1ec5cbf3 79message boxes one after another -- which would be really annoying).
4a20e756 80\helpref{Flush()}{wxlogflush} shows them all and clears the buffer contents.
1ec5cbf3 81This function doesn't do anything if the buffer is already empty.
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82
83\helpref{Flush}{wxlogflush}\\
1ec5cbf3 84\helpref{FlushActive}{wxlogflushactive}
9ee2d31c 85
42ff6409 86\membersection{Customization}\label{wxlogcustomization}
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87
88The functions below allow some limited customization of wxLog behaviour
89without writing a new log target class (which, aside of being a matter of
90several minutes, allows you to do anything you want).
91
92The verbose messages are the trace messages which are not disabled in the
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93release mode and are generated by \helpref{wxLogVerbose}{wxlogverbose}. They
94are not normally shown to the user because they present little interest, but
95may be activated, for example, in order to help the user find some program
96problem.
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98As for the (real) trace messages, their handling depends on the settings of
99the (application global) {\it trace mask}. There are two ways to specify it:
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100either by using \helpref{SetTraceMask}{wxlogsettracemask} and
101\helpref{GetTraceMask}{wxloggettracemask} and using
102\helpref{wxLogTrace}{wxlogtrace} which takes an integer mask or by using
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103\helpref{AddTraceMask}{wxlogaddtracemask} for string trace masks.
104
105The difference between bit-wise and string trace masks is that a message using
106integer trace mask will only be logged if all bits of the mask are set in the
107current mask while a message using string mask will be logged simply if the
108mask had been added before to the list of allowed ones.
109
110For example,
fa482912 111
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112\begin{verbatim}
113// wxTraceOleCalls is one of standard bit masks
114wxLogTrace(wxTraceRefCount | wxTraceOleCalls, "Active object ref count: %d", nRef);
115\end{verbatim}
edc73852 116will do something only if the current trace mask contains both
ac7f0167 117{\tt wxTraceRefCount} and {\tt wxTraceOle}, but
fa482912 118
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119\begin{verbatim}
120// wxTRACE_OleCalls is one of standard string masks
fe482327 121wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_OleCalls, "IFoo::Bar() called");
ac7f0167 122\end{verbatim}
fa482912 123
ac7f0167 124will log the message if it was preceded by
fa482912 125
9ee2d31c 126\begin{verbatim}
ac7f0167 127wxLog::AddTraceMask(wxTRACE_OleCalls);
9ee2d31c 128\end{verbatim}
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129
130Using string masks is simpler and allows to easily add custom ones, so this is
131the preferred way of working with trace messages. The integer trace mask is
132kept for compatibility and for additional (but very rarely needed) flexibility
133only.
134
edc73852 135The standard trace masks are given in \helpref{wxLogTrace}{wxlogtrace}
ac7f0167 136documentation.
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137
138Finally, the {\it wxLog::DoLog()} function automatically prepends a time stamp
139to all the messages. The format of the time stamp may be changed: it can be
2edb0bde 140any string with \% specifications fully described in the documentation of the
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141standard {\it strftime()} function. For example, the default format is
142"[\%d/\%b/\%y \%H:\%M:\%S] " which gives something like "[17/Sep/98 22:10:16] "
143(without quotes) for the current date. Setting an empty string as the time
144format disables timestamping of the messages completely.
145
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146{\bf NB:} Timestamping is disabled for Visual C++ users in debug builds by
147default because otherwise it would be impossible to directly go to the line
148from which the log message was generated by simply clicking in the debugger
edc73852 149window on the corresponding error message. If you wish to enable it, please use
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150\helpref{SetTimestamp}{wxlogsettimestamp} explicitly.
151
152\helpref{AddTraceMask}{wxlogaddtracemask}\\
153\helpref{RemoveTraceMask}{wxlogremovetracemask}\\
36bd6902 154\helpref{ClearTraceMasks}{wxlogcleartracemasks}\\
0e080be6 155\helpref{GetTraceMasks}{wxloggettracemasks}\\
ac7f0167 156\helpref{IsAllowedTraceMask}{wxlogisallowedtracemask}\\
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157\helpref{SetVerbose}{wxlogsetverbose}\\
158\helpref{GetVerbose}{wxloggetverbose}\\
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159\helpref{SetTimestamp}{wxlogsettimestamp}\\
160\helpref{GetTimestamp}{wxloggettimestamp}\\
9ee2d31c 161\helpref{SetTraceMask}{wxlogsettracemask}\\
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162\helpref{GetTraceMask}{wxloggettracemask}\\
163\helpref{SetRepetitionCounting}{wxlogsetrepetitioncounting}\\
164\helpref{GetRepetitionCounting}{wxloggetrepetitioncounting}
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165
166%%%%% MEMBERS HERE %%%%%
167\helponly{\insertatlevel{2}{
168
169\wxheading{Members}
170
171}}
172
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173\membersection{wxLog::AddTraceMask}\label{wxlogaddtracemask}
174
175\func{static void}{AddTraceMask}{\param{const wxString\& }{mask}}
176
edc73852 177Add the {\it mask} to the list of allowed masks for
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178\helpref{wxLogTrace}{wxlogtrace}.
179
0e080be6 180\wxheading{See also}
d2c2afc9 181
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182\helpref{RemoveTraceMask}{wxlogremovetracemask}
183\helpref{GetTraceMasks}{wxloggettracemasks}
ac7f0167 184
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185\membersection{wxLog::ClearTraceMasks}\label{wxlogcleartracemasks}
186
187\func{static void}{ClearTraceMasks}{\void}
188
edc73852 189Removes all trace masks previously set with
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190\helpref{AddTraceMask}{wxlogaddtracemask}.
191
0e080be6 192\wxheading{See also}
d2c2afc9 193
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194\helpref{RemoveTraceMask}{wxlogremovetracemask}
195
196\membersection{wxLog::GetTraceMasks}\label{wxloggettracemasks}
197
bf43ff9a 198\func{static const wxArrayString \&}{GetTraceMasks}{\void}
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199
200Returns the currently allowed list of string trace masks.
201
202\wxheading{See also}
d2c2afc9 203
0e080be6 204\helpref{AddTraceMask}{wxlogaddtracemask}.
36bd6902 205
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206\membersection{wxLog::OnLog}\label{wxlogonlog}
207
5a20d2ce 208\func{static void}{OnLog}{\param{wxLogLevel }{ level}, \param{const wxString\& }{ message}}
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209
210Forwards the message at specified level to the {\it DoLog()} function of the
211active log target if there is any, does nothing otherwise.
212
213\membersection{wxLog::GetActiveTarget}\label{wxloggetactivetarget}
214
215\func{static wxLog *}{GetActiveTarget}{\void}
216
217Returns the pointer to the active log target (may be NULL).
218
219\membersection{wxLog::SetActiveTarget}\label{wxlogsetactivetarget}
220
221\func{static wxLog *}{SetActiveTarget}{\param{wxLog * }{ logtarget}}
222
223Sets the specified log target as the active one. Returns the pointer to the
154b6b0f 224previous active log target (may be NULL). To suppress logging use a new
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225instance of wxLogNull not NULL. If the active log target is set to NULL a
226new default log target will be created when logging occurs.
9ee2d31c 227
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228\membersection{wxLog::Suspend}\label{wxlogsuspend}
229
230\func{static void}{Suspend}{\void}
231
232Suspends the logging until \helpref{Resume}{wxlogresume} is called. Note that
233the latter must be called the same number of times as the former to undo it,
234i.e. if you call Suspend() twice you must call Resume() twice as well.
235
236Note that suspending the logging means that the log sink won't be be flushed
237periodically, it doesn't have any effect if the current log target does the
238logging immediately without waiting for \helpref{Flush}{wxlogflush} to be
239called (the standard GUI log target only shows the log dialog when it is
240flushed, so Suspend() works as expected with it).
241
d2c2afc9 242\wxheading{See also}
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243
244\helpref{Resume}{wxlogresume},\\
245\helpref{wxLogNull}{wxlogoverview}
246
247\membersection{wxLog::Resume}\label{wxlogresume}
248
249\func{static void}{Resume}{\void}
250
edc73852 251Resumes logging previously suspended by a call to
9148009b 252\helpref{Suspend}{wxlogsuspend}. All messages logged in the meanwhile will be
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253flushed soon.
254
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255\membersection{wxLog::DoLog}\label{wxlogdolog}
256
5a20d2ce 257\func{virtual void}{DoLog}{\param{wxLogLevel }{level}, \param{const wxString\& }{msg}, \param{time\_t }{timestamp}}
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258
259Called to process the message of the specified severity. {\it msg} is the text
260of the message as specified in the call of {\it wxLogXXX()} function which
261generated it and {\it timestamp} is the moment when the message was generated.
262
263The base class version prepends the timestamp to the message, adds a prefix
edc73852 264corresponding to the log level and then calls
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265\helpref{DoLogString}{wxlogdologstring} with the resulting string.
266
267\membersection{wxLog::DoLogString}\label{wxlogdologstring}
268
5a20d2ce 269\func{virtual void}{DoLogString}{\param{const wxString\& }{msg}, \param{time\_t }{timestamp}}
4a20e756 270
fab86f26 271Called to log the specified string. The timestamp is already included in the
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272string but still passed to this function.
273
edc73852 274A simple implementation may just send the string to {\tt stdout} or, better,
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275{\tt stderr}.
276
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277\membersection{wxLog::DontCreateOnDemand}\label{wxlogdontcreateondemand}
278
279\func{static void}{DontCreateOnDemand}{\void}
280
281Instructs wxLog to not create new log targets on the fly if there is none
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282currently. (Almost) for internal use only: it is supposed to be called by the
283application shutdown code.
284
edc73852 285Note that this function also calls
36bd6902 286\helpref{ClearTraceMasks}{wxlogcleartracemasks}.
9ee2d31c 287
42ff6409 288\membersection{wxLog::Flush}\label{wxlogflush}
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289
290\func{virtual void}{Flush}{\void}
291
292Shows all the messages currently in buffer and clears it. If the buffer
293is already empty, nothing happens.
294
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295\membersection{wxLog::FlushActive}\label{wxlogflushactive}
296
297\func{static void}{FlushActive}{\void}
298
299Flushes the current log target if any, does nothing if there is none.
300
d2c2afc9 301\wxheading{See also}
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302
303\helpref{Flush}{wxlogflush}
304
42ff6409 305\membersection{wxLog::SetVerbose}\label{wxlogsetverbose}
9ee2d31c 306
cc81d32f 307\func{static void}{SetVerbose}{\param{bool }{ verbose = true}}
9ee2d31c 308
2edb0bde 309Activates or deactivates verbose mode in which the verbose messages are
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310logged as the normal ones instead of being silently dropped.
311
42ff6409 312\membersection{wxLog::GetVerbose}\label{wxloggetverbose}
9ee2d31c 313
4a20e756 314\func{static bool}{GetVerbose}{\void}
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315
316Returns whether the verbose mode is currently active.
317
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318\membersection{wxLog::SetLogLevel}\label{wxlogsetloglevel}
319
320\func{static void}{SetLogLevel}{\param{wxLogLevel }{ logLevel}}
321
322Specifies that log messages with $level > logLevel$ should be ignored
323and not sent to the active log target.
324
325\membersection{wxLog::GetLogLevel}\label{wxloggetloglevel}
326
327\func{static wxLogLevel}{GetLogLevel}{\void}
328
329Returns the current log level limit.
330
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331\membersection{wxLog::SetRepetitionCounting}\label{wxlogsetrepetitioncounting}
332
333\func{static void}{SetRepetitionCounting}{\param{bool }{ repetCounting = true}}
334
335Enables logging mode in which a log message is logged once, and in case exactly
336the same message successively repeats one or more times, only the number of
337repetitions is logged.
338
339\membersection{wxLog::GetRepetitionCounting}\label{wxloggetrepetitioncounting}
340
341\func{static bool}{GetRepetitionCounting}{\void}
342
343Returns whether the repetition counting mode is enabled.
344
345
22d6efa8 346\membersection{wxLog::SetTimestamp}\label{wxlogsettimestamp}
9ee2d31c 347
7b1bf3ad 348\func{static void}{SetTimestamp}{\param{const wxString\&}{ format}}
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349
350Sets the timestamp format prepended by the default log targets to all
351messages. The string may contain any normal characters as well as \%
352prefixed format specificators, see {\it strftime()} manual for details.
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353Passing an empty string to this function disables message time stamping.
354
355\membersection{wxLog::DisableTimestamp}\label{wxlogdisabletimestamp}
356
357\func{void}{SetTimestamp}{\param{const wxString\&}{ format}}
358
359Disables time stamping of the log messages.
360
361\newsince{2.9}
9ee2d31c 362
22d6efa8 363\membersection{wxLog::GetTimestamp}\label{wxloggettimestamp}
9ee2d31c 364
7b1bf3ad 365\func{static const wxString\&}{GetTimestamp}{\void}
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366
367Returns the current timestamp format string.
368
42ff6409 369\membersection{wxLog::SetTraceMask}\label{wxlogsettracemask}
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370
371\func{static void}{SetTraceMask}{\param{wxTraceMask }{ mask}}
372
373Sets the trace mask, see \helpref{Customization}{wxlogcustomization}
374section for details.
375
42ff6409 376\membersection{wxLog::GetTraceMask}\label{wxloggettracemask}
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377
378\func{static wxTraceMask}{GetTraceMask}{\void}
9ee2d31c 379
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380Returns the current trace mask, see \helpref{Customization}{wxlogcustomization} section
381for details.
62448488 382
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383\membersection{wxLog::IsAllowedTraceMask}\label{wxlogisallowedtracemask}
384
5a20d2ce 385\func{static bool}{IsAllowedTraceMask}{\param{const wxString\& }{mask}}
ac7f0167 386
cc81d32f 387Returns true if the {\it mask} is one of allowed masks for
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388\helpref{wxLogTrace}{wxlogtrace}.
389
edc73852 390See also: \helpref{AddTraceMask}{wxlogaddtracemask},
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391\helpref{RemoveTraceMask}{wxlogremovetracemask}
392
393\membersection{wxLog::RemoveTraceMask}\label{wxlogremovetracemask}
394
395\func{static void}{RemoveTraceMask}{\param{const wxString\& }{mask}}
396
edc73852 397Remove the {\it mask} from the list of allowed masks for
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398\helpref{wxLogTrace}{wxlogtrace}.
399
400See also: \helpref{AddTraceMask}{wxlogaddtracemask}
401
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402%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wxLogChain %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
403
404\section{\class{wxLogChain}}\label{wxlogchain}
405
406This simple class allows to chain log sinks, that is to install a new sink but
edc73852 407keep passing log messages to the old one instead of replacing it completely as
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408\helpref{SetActiveTarget}{wxlogsetactivetarget} does.
409
410It is especially useful when you want to divert the logs somewhere (for
411example to a file or a log window) but also keep showing the error messages
5638d705 412using the standard dialogs as \helpref{wxLogGui}{wxlogoverview} does by default.
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413
414Example of usage:
415
416\begin{verbatim}
417wxLogChain *logChain = new wxLogChain(new wxLogStderr);
418
419// all the log messages are sent to stderr and also processed as usually
420...
421
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422// don't delete logChain directly as this would leave a dangling
423// pointer as active log target, use SetActiveTarget() instead
424delete wxLog::SetActiveTarget(...something else or NULL...);
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425
426\end{verbatim}
427
428\wxheading{Derived from}
429
430\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}
431
432\wxheading{Include files}
433
434<wx/log.h>
435
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436\wxheading{Library}
437
438\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist}
439
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440\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
441
dcbd177f 442\membersection{wxLogChain::wxLogChain}\label{wxlogchainctor}
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443
444\func{}{wxLogChain}{\param{wxLog *}{logger}}
445
446Sets the specified {\tt logger} (which may be {\tt NULL}) as the default log
447target but the log messages are also passed to the previous log target if any.
448
dcbd177f 449\membersection{wxLogChain::\destruct{wxLogChain}}\label{wxlogchaindtor}
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450
451\func{}{\destruct{wxLogChain}}{\void}
452
453Destroys the previous log target.
454
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455\membersection{wxLogChain::DetachOldLog}\label{wxlogchaindetacholdlog}
456
457\func{void}{DetachOldLog}{\void}
458
459Detaches the old log target so it won't be destroyed when the wxLogChain object
460is destroyed.
461
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462\membersection{wxLogChain::GetOldLog}\label{wxlogchaingetoldlog}
463
464\constfunc{wxLog *}{GetOldLog}{\void}
465
466Returns the pointer to the previously active log target (which may be {\tt
467NULL}).
468
469\membersection{wxLogChain::IsPassingMessages}\label{wxlogchainispassingmessages}
470
471\constfunc{bool}{IsPassingMessages}{\void}
472
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473Returns {\tt true} if the messages are passed to the previously active log
474target (default) or {\tt false} if \helpref{PassMessages}{wxlogchainpassmessages}
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475had been called.
476
477\membersection{wxLogChain::PassMessages}\label{wxlogchainpassmessages}
478
479\func{void}{PassMessages}{\param{bool }{passMessages}}
480
481By default, the log messages are passed to the previously active log target.
cc81d32f 482Calling this function with {\tt false} parameter disables this behaviour
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483(presumably temporarily, as you shouldn't use wxLogChain at all otherwise) and
484it can be reenabled by calling it again with {\it passMessages} set to {\tt
cc81d32f 485true}.
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486
487\membersection{wxLogChain::SetLog}\label{wxlogchainsetlog}
488
489\func{void}{SetLog}{\param{wxLog *}{logger}}
490
491Sets another log target to use (may be {\tt NULL}). The log target specified
dcbd177f 492in the \helpref{constructor}{wxlogchainctor} or in a previous call to
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493this function is deleted.
494
495This doesn't change the old log target value (the one the messages are
496forwarded to) which still remains the same as was active when wxLogChain
497object was created.
498
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499%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wxLogGui %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
500
501\section{\class{wxLogGui}}\label{wxloggui}
502
fc2171bd 503This is the default log target for the GUI wxWidgets applications. It is passed
a826c315 504to \helpref{wxLog::SetActiveTarget}{wxlogsetactivetarget} at the program
fc2171bd 505startup and is deleted by wxWidgets during the program shut down.
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506
507\wxheading{Derived from}
508
509\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}
510
511\wxheading{Include files}
512
513<wx/log.h>
514
515\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
516
dcbd177f 517\membersection{wxLogGui::wxLogGui}\label{wxlogguictor}
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518
519\func{}{wxLogGui}{\void}
520
521Default constructor.
522
523%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wxLogNull %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
524
525\section{\class{wxLogNull}}\label{wxlognull}
526
527This class allows to temporarily suspend logging. All calls to the log
528functions during the life time of an object of this class are just ignored.
529
fc2171bd 530In particular, it can be used to suppress the log messages given by wxWidgets
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531itself but it should be noted that it is rarely the best way to cope with this
532problem as {\bf all} log messages are suppressed, even if they indicate a
533completely different error than the one the programmer wanted to suppress.
534
535For instance, the example of the overview:
536
537{\small
538\begin{verbatim}
539 wxFile file;
540
541 // wxFile.Open() normally complains if file can't be opened, we don't want it
542 {
543 wxLogNull logNo;
544 if ( !file.Open("bar") )
545 ... process error ourselves ...
546 } // ~wxLogNull called, old log sink restored
547
548 wxLogMessage("..."); // ok
549\end{verbatim}
d2c2afc9 550}%
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552would be better written as:
553
554{\small
555\begin{verbatim}
556 wxFile file;
557
558 // don't try to open file if it doesn't exist, we are prepared to deal with
559 // this ourselves - but all other errors are not expected
560 if ( wxFile::Exists("bar") )
561 {
562 // gives an error message if the file couldn't be opened
563 file.Open("bar");
564 }
565 else
566 {
567 ...
568 }
569\end{verbatim}
d2c2afc9 570}%
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572\wxheading{Derived from}
573
574\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}
575
576\wxheading{Include files}
577
578<wx/log.h>
579
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581
582\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist}
583
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585
dcbd177f 586\membersection{wxLogNull::wxLogNull}\label{wxlognullctor}
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588\func{}{wxLogNull}{\void}
589
590Suspends logging.
591
dcbd177f 592\membersection{wxLogNull::\destruct{wxLogNull}}\label{wxlognulldtor}
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594Resumes logging.
595
47fe7ff3 596%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wxLogInterposer %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
f3845e88 597
47fe7ff3 598\section{\class{wxLogInterposer}}\label{wxloginterposer}
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600A special version of \helpref{wxLogChain}{wxlogchain} which uses itself as the
47fe7ff3 601new log target. It forwards log messages to the previously installed one in addition to
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603
604Unlike \helpref{wxLogChain}{wxlogchain} which is usually used directly as is,
edc73852 605this class must be derived from to implement \helpref{DoLog}{wxlogdolog}
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607
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609don't want this to happen, use wxLogInterposerTemp instead.
610
611\wxheading{Derived from}
612
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614\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}
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616\wxheading{Include files}
617
618<wx/log.h>
619
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621
622\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist}
623
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625
626\membersection{wxLogInterposer::wxLogInterposer}\label{wxloginterposerctor}
627
628The default constructor installs this object as the current active log target.
629
630%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wxLogInterposerTemp %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
631
632\section{\class{wxLogInterposerTemp}}\label{wxloginterposertemp}
633
634A special version of \helpref{wxLogChain}{wxlogchain} which uses itself as the
635new log target. It forwards log messages to the previously installed one in addition to
636processing them itself. Unlike \helpref{wxLogInterposer}{wxloginterposer}, it doesn't
637delete the old target which means it can be used to temporarily redirect log output.
638
639As per wxLogInterposer, this class must be derived from to implement \helpref{DoLog}{wxlogdolog}
640and/or \helpref{DoLogString}{wxlogdologstring} methods.
641
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643
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645\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}
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647\wxheading{Include files}
648
649<wx/log.h>
650
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652
653\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist}
654
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656
47fe7ff3 657\membersection{wxLogInterposerTemp::wxLogInterposerTemp}\label{wxloginterposertempctor}
f3845e88 658
47fe7ff3 659The default constructor installs this object as the current active log target.
f3845e88 660
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662
663\section{\class{wxLogStderr}}\label{wxlogstderr}
664
665This class can be used to redirect the log messages to a C file stream (not to
666be confused with C++ streams). It is the default log target for the non-GUI
fc2171bd 667wxWidgets applications which send all the output to {\tt stderr}.
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669\wxheading{Derived from}
670
671\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}
672
673\wxheading{Include files}
674
675<wx/log.h>
676
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678
679\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist}
680
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682
683\helpref{wxLogStream}{wxlogstream}
684
685\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
686
dcbd177f 687\membersection{wxLogStderr::wxLogStderr}\label{wxlogstderrctor}
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689\func{}{wxLogStderr}{\param{FILE }{*fp = NULL}}
690
edc73852 691Constructs a log target which sends all the log messages to the given
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693
694%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wxLogStream %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
695
696\section{\class{wxLogStream}}\label{wxlogstream}
697
698This class can be used to redirect the log messages to a C++ stream.
699
fc2171bd 700Please note that this class is only available if wxWidgets was compiled with
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702
703\wxheading{Derived from}
704
705\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}
706
707\wxheading{Include files}
708
709<wx/log.h>
710
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712
713\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist}
714
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716
717\helpref{wxLogStderr}{wxlogstderr},\\
718\helpref{wxStreamToTextRedirector}{wxstreamtotextredirector}
719
720\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
721
dcbd177f 722\membersection{wxLogStream::wxLogStream}\label{wxlogstreamctor}
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724\func{}{wxLogStream}{\param{std::ostream }{*ostr = NULL}}
725
edc73852 726Constructs a log target which sends all the log messages to the given
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727output stream. If it is {\tt NULL}, the messages are sent to {\tt cerr}.
728
729%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wxLogTextCtrl %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
730
731\section{\class{wxLogTextCtrl}}\label{wxlogtextctrl}
732
733Using these target all the log messages can be redirected to a text control.
734The text control must have been created with {\tt wxTE\_MULTILINE} style by the
735caller previously.
736
737\wxheading{Derived from}
738
739\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}
740
741\wxheading{Include files}
742
743<wx/log.h>
744
745\wxheading{See also}
746
a0d43d79 747\helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl},\\
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749
750\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
751
dcbd177f 752\membersection{wxLogTextCtrl::wxLogTextCtrl}\label{wxlogtextctrlctor}
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754\func{}{wxLogTextCtrl}{\param{wxTextCtrl }{*textctrl}}
755
756Constructs a log target which sends all the log messages to the given text
757control. The {\it textctrl} parameter cannot be {\tt NULL}.
758
759%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wxLogWindow %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
760
761\section{\class{wxLogWindow}}\label{wxlogwindow}
762
763This class represents a background log window: to be precise, it collects all
764log messages in the log frame which it manages but also passes them on to the
765log target which was active at the moment of its creation. This allows, for
766example, to show all the log messages in a frame but still continue to process
767them normally by showing the standard log dialog.
768
769\wxheading{Derived from}
770
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772\helpref{wxLogChain}{wxlogchain}\\
773\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}
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775\wxheading{Include files}
776
777<wx/log.h>
778
779\wxheading{See also}
780
781\helpref{wxLogTextCtrl}{wxlogtextctrl}
782
783\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
784
dcbd177f 785\membersection{wxLogWindow::wxLogWindow}\label{wxlogwindowctor}
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cc81d32f 787\func{}{wxLogWindow}{\param{wxFrame }{*parent}, \param{const wxChar }{*title}, \param{bool }{show = {\tt true}}, \param{bool }{passToOld = {\tt true}}}
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789Creates the log frame window and starts collecting the messages in it.
790
791\wxheading{Parameters}
792
793\docparam{parent}{The parent window for the log frame, may be {\tt NULL}}
794
795\docparam{title}{The title for the log frame}
796
cc81d32f 797\docparam{show}{{\tt true} to show the frame initially (default), otherwise
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799
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801logging them in the log frame (default), {\tt false} to only log them in the
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803
804\membersection{wxLogWindow::Show}\label{wxlogwindowshow}
805
cc81d32f 806\func{void}{Show}{\param{bool }{show = {\tt true}}}
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808Shows or hides the frame.
809
dcbd177f 810\membersection{wxLogWindow::GetFrame}\label{wxlogwindowgetframe}
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812\constfunc{wxFrame *}{GetFrame}{\void}
813
814Returns the associated log frame window. This may be used to position or resize
815it but use \helpref{wxLogWindow::Show}{wxlogwindowshow} to show or hide it.
816
dcbd177f 817\membersection{wxLogWindow::OnFrameCreate}\label{wxlogwindowonframecreate}
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819\func{virtual void}{OnFrameCreate}{\param{wxFrame }{*frame}}
820
821Called immediately after the log frame creation allowing for
822any extra initializations.
823
824\membersection{wxLogWindow::OnFrameClose}\label{wxlogwindowonframeclose}
825
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828Called if the user closes the window interactively, will not be
829called if it is destroyed for another reason (such as when program
830exits).
831
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834
835\wxheading{See also}
836
837\helpref{wxLogWindow::OnFrameDelete}{wxlogwindowonframedelete}
838
839\membersection{wxLogWindow::OnFrameDelete}\label{wxlogwindowonframedelete}
840
841\func{virtual void}{OnFrameDelete}{\param{wxFrame }{*frame}}
842
843Called right before the log frame is going to be deleted: will
844always be called unlike \helpref{OnFrameClose()}{wxlogwindowonframeclose}.
845