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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: busyinfo.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxBusyInfo
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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 wxBusyInfo
7c913512 11
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12 This class makes it easy to tell your user that the program is temporarily busy.
13 Just create a wxBusyInfo object on the stack, and within the current scope,
14 a message window will be shown.
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23324ae1 16 For example:
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23324ae1 18 @code
8024723d 19 wxBusyInfo wait("Please wait, working...");
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8024723d 21 for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
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22 {
23 DoACalculation();
24 }
25 @endcode
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27 It works by creating a window in the constructor, and deleting it
28 in the destructor.
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de1ac181 30 You may also want to call wxTheApp->Yield() to refresh the window
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31 periodically (in case it had been obscured by other windows, for
32 example) like this:
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23324ae1 34 @code
8024723d 35 wxWindowDisabler disableAll;
23324ae1 36 wxBusyInfo wait("Please wait, working...");
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8024723d 38 for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
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39 {
40 DoACalculation();
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23324ae1 42 if ( !(i % 1000) )
ea53cb4a 43 wxTheApp->Yield();
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44 }
45 @endcode
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46
47 but take care to not cause undesirable reentrancies when doing it (see
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48 wxApp::Yield for more details). The simplest way to do it is to use
49 wxWindowDisabler class as illustrated in the above example.
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51 Note that a wxBusyInfo is always built with the @c wxSTAY_ON_TOP window style
52 (see wxFrame window styles for more info).
53
23324ae1 54 @library{wxcore}
8024723d 55 @category{cmndlg}
23324ae1 56*/
7c913512 57class wxBusyInfo
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58{
59public:
60 /**
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61 Constructs a busy info window as child of @a parent and displays @e msg in it.
62
63 @note If @a parent is not @NULL you must ensure that it is not
64 closed while the busy info is shown.
23324ae1 65 */
4cc4bfaf 66 wxBusyInfo(const wxString& msg, wxWindow* parent = NULL);
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67
68 /**
69 Hides and closes the window containing the information text.
70 */
d2aa927a 71 virtual ~wxBusyInfo();
23324ae1 72};
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