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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: html/helpctrl.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxHtmlHelpController
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
526954c5 6// Licence: wxWindows licence
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7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9/**
10 @class wxHtmlHelpController
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23324ae1 12 This help controller provides an easy way of displaying HTML help in your
c87f263e 13 application (see @sample{html}, test example).
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15 The help system is based on @b books (see wxHtmlHelpController::AddBook).
16 A book is a logical section of documentation (for example "User's Guide" or
17 "Programmer's Guide" or "C++ Reference" or "wxWidgets Reference").
18 The help controller can handle as many books as you want.
19
20 Although this class has an API compatible with other wxWidgets help controllers
21 as documented by wxHelpController, it is recommended that you use the enhanced
22 capabilities of wxHtmlHelpController's API.
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23324ae1 24 wxHTML uses Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop project files (.hhp, .hhk, .hhc) as
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25 its native format. The file format is described in @ref overview_html_helpformats.
26 The directory @c helpfiles in the @sample{html} contains sample project files.
7c913512 27
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28 Note that the Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop
29 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=00535334-c8a6-452f-9aa0-d597d16580cc)
30 also runs on other platforms using WINE (http://www.winehq.org/) and it can
31 be used to create the .hpp, .hhk and .hhc files through a friendly GUI.
32 The commercial tool HelpBlocks (http://www.helpblocks.com) can also create these files.
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23324ae1 34 @library{wxhtml}
c87f263e 35 @category{help,html}
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37 @see wxBestHelpController, wxHtmlHelpFrame, wxHtmlHelpDialog,
38 wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlModalHelp
23324ae1 39*/
848a90b1 40class wxHtmlHelpController : public wxHelpControllerBase
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41{
42public:
43 /**
44 Constructor.
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45
46 @param style
47 This is a combination of these flags:
48 - wxHF_TOOLBAR: The help window has a toolbar.
49 - wxHF_FLAT_TOOLBAR: The help window has a toolbar with flat buttons (aka coolbar).
50 - wxHF_CONTENTS: The help window has a contents panel.
51 - wxHF_INDEX: The help window has an index panel.
52 - wxHF_SEARCH: The help window has a search panel.
53 - wxHF_BOOKMARKS: The help window has bookmarks controls.
54 - wxHF_OPEN_FILES: Allows user to open arbitrary HTML document.
55 - wxHF_PRINT: The toolbar contains "print" button.
56 - wxHF_MERGE_BOOKS: The contents pane does not show book nodes.
57 All books are merged together and appear as single book to the user.
58 - wxHF_ICONS_BOOK: All nodes in contents pane have a book icon.
59 This is how Microsoft's HTML help viewer behaves.
60 - wxHF_ICONS_FOLDER: Book nodes in contents pane have a book icon, book's
61 sections have a folder icon. This is the default.
62 - wxHF_ICONS_BOOK_CHAPTER: Both book nodes and nodes of top-level
63 sections of a book (i.e. chapters) have a book icon, all other sections
64 (sections, subsections, ...) have a folder icon.
65 - wxHF_EMBEDDED: Specifies that the help controller controls an embedded
66 window of class wxHtmlHelpWindow that should not be destroyed when
67 the controller is destroyed.
68 - wxHF_DIALOG: Specifies that the help controller should create a
69 dialog containing the help window.
70 - wxHF_FRAME: Specifies that the help controller should create a frame
71 containing the help window.
72 This is the default if neither wxHF_DIALOG nor wxHF_EMBEDDED is specified.
73 - wxHF_MODAL: Specifies that the help controller should create a modal
74 dialog containing the help window (used with the wxHF_DIALOG style).
75 - wxHF_DEFAULT_STYLE: wxHF_TOOLBAR | wxHF_CONTENTS | wxHF_INDEX |
76 wxHF_SEARCH | wxHF_BOOKMARKS | wxHF_PRINT
77 @param parentWindow
78 This is an optional window to be used as the parent for the help window.
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79 */
80 wxHtmlHelpController(int style = wxHF_DEFAULT_STYLE,
4cc4bfaf 81 wxWindow* parentWindow = NULL);
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82 wxHtmlHelpController(wxWindow* parentWindow, int style = wxHF_DEFAULT_STYLE);
83
23324ae1 84
23324ae1 85 /**
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86 Adds a book (i.e. a @ref overview_html_helpformats ".hhp file"; an HTML Help
87 Workshop project file) into the list of loaded books.
88
89 This must be called at least once before displaying any help.
90 @a bookFile or @a bookUrl may be either @c ".hhp" file or a ZIP archive
91 that contains an arbitrary number of @c ".hhp" files in its top-level
92 directory.
93 This ZIP archive must have @c ".zip" or @c ".htb" extension (the latter
94 stands for "HTML book"). In other words,
95 @code
7c913512 96 AddBook(wxFileName("help.zip"))
c87f263e 97 @endcode
23324ae1 98 is possible and is the recommended way.
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7c913512 100 @param bookFile
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101 Help book filename. It is recommended to use this prototype
102 instead of the one taking URL, because it is less error-prone.
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103 @param showWaitMsg
104 If @true then a decoration-less window with progress message is displayed.
105 */
a44f3b5a 106 bool AddBook(const wxFileName& bookFile, bool showWaitMsg = false);
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107
108 /**
109 Adds a book (i.e. a @ref overview_html_helpformats ".hhp file"; an HTML Help
110 Workshop project file) into the list of loaded books.
111
112 See the other overload for additional info.
113
7c913512 114 @param bookUrl
4cc4bfaf 115 Help book URL (note that syntax of filename and URL is
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116 different on most platforms).
117 @param showWaitMsg
118 If @true then a decoration-less window with progress message is displayed.
23324ae1 119 */
a44f3b5a 120 bool AddBook(const wxString& bookUrl, bool showWaitMsg = false);
23324ae1 121
23324ae1 122 /**
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123 Displays page @a x.
124 This is THE important function - it is used to display the help in application.
125 You can specify the page in many ways:
126 - as direct filename of HTML document
127 - as chapter name (from contents) or as a book name
128 - as some word from index
129 - even as any word (will be searched)
130
131 Looking for the page runs in these steps:
132 -# try to locate file named x (if x is for example "doc/howto.htm")
133 -# try to open starting page of book named x
134 -# try to find x in contents (if x is for example "How To ...")
135 -# try to find x in index (if x is for example "How To ...")
136 -# switch to Search panel and start searching
23324ae1 137 */
a44f3b5a 138 bool Display(const wxString& x);
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139
140 /**
141 @overload
142
143 This alternative form is used to search help contents by numeric IDs.
144 */
a44f3b5a 145 bool Display(int id);
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146
147 /**
148 Displays help window and focuses contents panel.
149 */
5267aefd 150 virtual bool DisplayContents();
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151
152 /**
153 Displays help window and focuses index panel.
154 */
5267aefd 155 bool DisplayIndex();
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156
157 /**
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158 Displays the help window, focuses search panel and starts searching.
159 Returns @true if the keyword was found. Optionally it searches through the
160 index (mode = @c wxHELP_SEARCH_INDEX), default the content
161 (mode = @c wxHELP_SEARCH_ALL).
162
163 @note
164 KeywordSearch() searches only pages listed in @c ".hhc" file(s).
165 You should list all pages in the contents file.
23324ae1 166 */
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167 virtual bool KeywordSearch(const wxString& keyword,
168 wxHelpSearchMode mode = wxHELP_SEARCH_ALL);
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169
170 /**
171 Reads the controller's setting (position of window, etc.)
172 */
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173 virtual void ReadCustomization(wxConfigBase* cfg,
174 const wxString& path = wxEmptyString);
23324ae1 175
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176 /**
177 Sets whether the help frame should prevent application from exiting
178 if it's the only remaining top level window.
179
180 @enable
181 If @true, the application will not quit unless the help frame is
182 closed. Default is @false, i.e. the application does exit if only
183 the help window remains opened.
184
185 @see wxApp::SetExitOnFrameDelete()
186
187 @since 2.9.2
188 */
189 void SetShouldPreventAppExit(bool enable);
190
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191 /**
192 Sets the path for storing temporary files - cached binary versions of index and
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193 contents files.
194
195 These binary forms are much faster to read. Default value is empty string
196 (empty string means that no cached data are stored). Note that these files
197 are @e not deleted when program exits.
198
7c913512 199 Once created these cached files will be used in all subsequent executions
c87f263e 200 of your application. If cached files become older than corresponding @c ".hhp"
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201 file (e.g. if you regenerate documentation) it will be refreshed.
202 */
203 void SetTempDir(const wxString& path);
204
205 /**
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206 Sets format of title of the frame.
207 Must contain exactly one "%s" (for title of displayed HTML page).
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208 */
209 void SetTitleFormat(const wxString& format);
210
211 /**
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212 Associates the @a config object with the controller.
213
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214 If there is associated config object, wxHtmlHelpController automatically
215 reads and writes settings (including wxHtmlWindow's settings) when needed.
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216 The only thing you must do is create wxConfig object and call UseConfig().
217
218 If you do not use UseConfig(), wxHtmlHelpController will use the default
219 wxConfig object if available (for details see wxConfigBase::Get and
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220 wxConfigBase::Set).
221 */
222 void UseConfig(wxConfigBase* config,
223 const wxString& rootpath = wxEmptyString);
224
225 /**
226 Stores controllers setting (position of window etc.)
227 */
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228 virtual void WriteCustomization(wxConfigBase* cfg,
229 const wxString& path = wxEmptyString);
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230
231protected:
232
233 /**
234 This protected virtual method may be overridden so that when specifying the
235 @c wxHF_DIALOG style, the controller uses a different dialog.
236 */
237 virtual wxHtmlHelpDialog* CreateHelpDialog(wxHtmlHelpData* data);
238
239 /**
240 This protected virtual method may be overridden so that the controller
241 uses a different frame.
242 */
243 virtual wxHtmlHelpFrame* CreateHelpFrame(wxHtmlHelpData* data);
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244};
245
246
e54c96f1 247
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248/**
249 @class wxHtmlModalHelp
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251 This class uses wxHtmlHelpController to display help in a modal dialog.
252 This is useful on platforms such as wxMac where if you display help from a
253 modal dialog, the help window must itself be a modal dialog.
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23324ae1 255 Create objects of this class on the stack, for example:
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23324ae1 257 @code
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258 // The help can be browsed during the lifetime of this object; when the
259 // user quits the help, program execution will continue.
f8ebb70d 260 wxHtmlModalHelp help(parent, "help", "My topic");
23324ae1 261 @endcode
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23324ae1 263 @library{wxhtml}
c87f263e 264 @category{help,html}
23324ae1 265*/
7c913512 266class wxHtmlModalHelp
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267{
268public:
269 /**
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270 The ctor.
271
7c913512 272 @param parent
4cc4bfaf 273 is the parent of the dialog.
7c913512 274 @param helpFile
4cc4bfaf 275 is the HTML help file to show.
7c913512 276 @param topic
4cc4bfaf 277 is an optional topic. If this is empty, the help contents will be shown.
7c913512 278 @param style
4cc4bfaf 279 is a combination of the flags described in the wxHtmlHelpController
c87f263e 280 documentation.
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281 */
282 wxHtmlModalHelp(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& helpFile,
283 const wxString& topic = wxEmptyString,
284 int style = wxHF_DEFAULT_STYLE | wxHF_DIALOG | wxHF_MODAL);
285};
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