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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: app.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxApp
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
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23324ae1 10/**
8064223b 11 @class wxAppConsole
7c913512 12
8064223b 13 This class is essential for writing console-only or hybrid apps without
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14 having to define @c wxUSE_GUI=0.
15
16 It is used to:
17 @li set and get application-wide properties (see wxAppConsole::CreateTraits
18 and wxAppConsole::SetXXX functions)
19 @li implement the windowing system message or event loop: events in fact are
20 supported even in console-mode applications (see wxAppConsole::HandleEvent
21 and wxAppConsole::ProcessPendingEvents);
22 @li initiate application processing via wxApp::OnInit;
23 @li allow default processing of events not handled by other
24 objects in the application (see wxAppConsole::FilterEvent)
25 @li implement Apple-specific event handlers (see wxAppConsole::MacXXX functions)
26
27 You should use the macro IMPLEMENT_APP(appClass) in your application
28 implementation file to tell wxWidgets how to create an instance of your
29 application class.
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31 Use DECLARE_APP(appClass) in a header file if you want the ::wxGetApp() function
32 (which returns a reference to your application object) to be visible to other
33 files.
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35 @library{wxbase}
36 @category{appmanagement}
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84094285 38 @see @ref overview_app, wxApp, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase
23324ae1 39*/
8064223b 40class wxAppConsole : public wxEvtHandler
23324ae1 41{
8064223b 42protected:
23324ae1 43 /**
8064223b 44 Creates the wxAppTraits object when GetTraits() needs it for the first time.
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8064223b 46 @see wxAppTraits
23324ae1 47 */
8064223b 48 virtual wxAppTraits* CreateTraits();
23324ae1 49
8064223b 50public:
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23324ae1 52 /**
8064223b 53 Destructor.
23324ae1 54 */
8064223b 55 virtual ~wxAppConsole();
23324ae1 56
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58 /**
59 @name Event-handling
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61 Note that you should look at wxEvtLoopBase for more event-processing
62 documentation.
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63 */
64 //@{
65
23324ae1 66 /**
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67 Called by wxWidgets on creation of the application. Override this if you wish
68 to provide your own (environment-dependent) main loop.
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dde19c21 70 @return 0 under X, and the wParam of the WM_QUIT message under Windows.
23324ae1 71 */
dde19c21 72 virtual int MainLoop();
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73
74 /**
75 Call this to explicitly exit the main message (event) loop.
76 You should normally exit the main loop (and the application) by deleting
77 the top window.
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79 This function simply calls wxEvtLoopBase::Exit() on the active loop.
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80 */
81 virtual void ExitMainLoop();
82
83 /**
84 This function is called before processing any event and allows the application
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85 to preempt the processing of some events.
86
87 If this method returns -1 the event is processed normally, otherwise either
88 @true or @false should be returned and the event processing stops immediately
89 considering that the event had been already processed (for the former return
90 value) or that it is not going to be processed at all (for the latter one).
23324ae1 91 */
8064223b 92 virtual int FilterEvent(wxEvent& event);
23324ae1 93
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94 /**
95 Returns the main event loop instance, i.e. the event loop which is started
96 by OnRun() and which dispatches all events sent from the native toolkit
97 to the application (except when new event loops are temporarily set-up).
98 The returned value maybe @NULL. Put initialization code which needs a
99 non-@NULL main event loop into OnEventLoopEnter().
100 */
101 wxEventLoopBase* GetMainLoop() const;
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103 /**
104 This function simply invokes the given method @a func of the specified
105 event handler @a handler with the @a event as parameter. It exists solely
106 to allow to catch the C++ exceptions which could be thrown by all event
107 handlers in the application in one place: if you want to do this, override
108 this function in your wxApp-derived class and add try/catch clause(s) to it.
23324ae1 109 */
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110 virtual void HandleEvent(wxEvtHandler* handler,
111 wxEventFunction func,
112 wxEvent& event) const;
23324ae1 113
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114 //@}
115
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117 /**
118 @name Pending events
119
120 Pending events are handled by wxAppConsole rather than wxEventLoopBase
121 to allow queuing of events even when there's no event loop
122 (e.g. in wxAppConsole::OnInit).
123 */
124 //@{
125
126 /**
127 Process all pending events; it is necessary to call this function to
128 process posted events.
129
130 This happens during each event loop iteration in GUI mode but
131 it may be also called directly.
132 */
133 virtual void ProcessPendingEvents();
134
135 /**
136 Returns @true if there are pending events on the internal pending event list.
137 */
138 bool HasPendingEvents() const;
139
140 /**
141 Temporary suspends processing of the pending events.
142
143 @see ResumeProcessingOfPendingEvents()
144 */
145 void SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents();
146
147 /**
148 Resume processing of the pending events previously stopped because of a
149 call to SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents().
150 */
151 void ResumeProcessingOfPendingEvents();
152
153 //@}
154
155
23324ae1 156 /**
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157 Allows external code to modify global ::wxTheApp, but you should really
158 know what you're doing if you call it.
159
160 @param app
161 Replacement for the global application object.
162
163 @see GetInstance()
23324ae1 164 */
4b221422 165 static void SetInstance(wxAppConsole* app);
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166
167 /**
4b221422 168 Returns the one and only global application object.
d48b06bd 169 Usually ::wxTheApp is used instead.
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170
171 @see SetInstance()
23324ae1 172 */
4b221422 173 static wxAppConsole* GetInstance();
23324ae1 174
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175 /**
176 Returns @true if the main event loop is currently running, i.e. if the
177 application is inside OnRun().
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179 This can be useful to test whether events can be dispatched. For example,
180 if this function returns @false, non-blocking sockets cannot be used because
181 the events from them would never be processed.
182 */
183 static bool IsMainLoopRunning();
184
d181e877 185
f045c7f5 186 /**
4b221422 187 @name Mac-specific functions
f045c7f5 188 */
4b221422 189 //@{
f045c7f5 190
23324ae1 191 /**
d9faa1fe 192 Called in response of an "open-application" Apple event.
23324ae1 193 Override this to create a new document in your app.
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194
195 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 196 */
8064223b 197 virtual void MacNewFile();
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198
199 /**
d9faa1fe 200 Called in response of an "open-document" Apple event.
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201
202 You need to override this method in order to open a document file after the
203 user double clicked on it or if the document file was dropped on either the
204 running application or the application icon in Finder.
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205
206 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 207 */
8064223b 208 virtual void MacOpenFile(const wxString& fileName);
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209
210 /**
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211 Called in response of a "get-url" Apple event.
212
213 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 214 */
8064223b 215 virtual void MacOpenURL(const wxString& url);
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216
217 /**
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218 Called in response of a "print-document" Apple event.
219
220 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 221 */
8064223b 222 virtual void MacPrintFile(const wxString& fileName);
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223
224 /**
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225 Called in response of a "reopen-application" Apple event.
226
227 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 228 */
8064223b 229 virtual void MacReopenApp();
23324ae1 230
4b221422 231 //@}
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234 /**
235 @name Callbacks for application-wide "events"
23324ae1 236 */
4b221422 237 //@{
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238
239 /**
240 This function is called when an assert failure occurs, i.e. the condition
e54c96f1 241 specified in wxASSERT() macro evaluated to @false.
96d7cc9b 242
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243 It is only called in debug mode (when @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined) as
244 asserts are not left in the release code at all.
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245 The base class version shows the default assert failure dialog box proposing to
246 the user to stop the program, continue or ignore all subsequent asserts.
3c4f71cc 247
7c913512 248 @param file
4cc4bfaf 249 the name of the source file where the assert occurred
7c913512 250 @param line
4cc4bfaf 251 the line number in this file where the assert occurred
7c913512 252 @param func
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253 the name of the function where the assert occurred, may be
254 empty if the compiler doesn't support C99 __FUNCTION__
7c913512 255 @param cond
4cc4bfaf 256 the condition of the failed assert in text form
7c913512 257 @param msg
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258 the message specified as argument to wxASSERT_MSG or wxFAIL_MSG, will
259 be @NULL if just wxASSERT or wxFAIL was used
23324ae1 260 */
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261 virtual void OnAssertFailure(const wxChar *file,
262 int line,
263 const wxChar *func,
264 const wxChar *cond,
265 const wxChar *msg);
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266
267 /**
268 Called when command line parsing fails (i.e. an incorrect command line option
269 was specified by the user). The default behaviour is to show the program usage
270 text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 271
7c913512 272 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 273 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 274
4cc4bfaf 275 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 276 */
8064223b 277 virtual bool OnCmdLineError(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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278
279 /**
280 Called when the help option (@c --help) was specified on the command line.
281 The default behaviour is to show the program usage text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 282
7c913512 283 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 284 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 285
4cc4bfaf 286 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 287 */
8064223b 288 virtual bool OnCmdLineHelp(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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289
290 /**
291 Called after the command line had been successfully parsed. You may override
292 this method to test for the values of the various parameters which could be
293 set from the command line.
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295 Don't forget to call the base class version unless you want to suppress
296 processing of the standard command line options.
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297 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return @false from
298 OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 299
4cc4bfaf 300 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 301 */
8064223b 302 virtual bool OnCmdLineParsed(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
23324ae1 303
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304 /**
305 Called by wxEventLoopBase::SetActive(): you can override this function
306 and put here the code which needs an active event loop.
307
308 Note that this function is called whenever an event loop is activated;
309 you may want to use wxEventLoopBase::IsMain() to perform initialization
310 specific for the app's main event loop.
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312 @see OnEventLoopExit()
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313 */
314 virtual void OnEventLoopEnter(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
315
316 /**
317 Called by wxEventLoopBase::OnExit() for each event loop which
318 is exited.
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320 @see OnEventLoopEnter()
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321 */
322 virtual void OnEventLoopExit(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
323
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324 /**
325 This function is called if an unhandled exception occurs inside the main
326 application event loop. It can return @true to ignore the exception and to
327 continue running the loop or @false to exit the loop and terminate the
328 program. In the latter case it can also use C++ @c throw keyword to
329 rethrow the current exception.
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331 The default behaviour of this function is the latter in all ports except under
332 Windows where a dialog is shown to the user which allows him to choose between
333 the different options. You may override this function in your class to do
334 something more appropriate.
96d7cc9b 335
7c913512 336 Finally note that if the exception is rethrown from here, it can be caught in
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337 OnUnhandledException().
338 */
339 virtual bool OnExceptionInMainLoop();
340
341 /**
342 Override this member function for any processing which needs to be
343 done as the application is about to exit. OnExit is called after
344 destroying all application windows and controls, but before
7c913512 345 wxWidgets cleanup. Note that it is not called at all if
23324ae1 346 OnInit() failed.
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347
348 The return value of this function is currently ignored, return the same
349 value as returned by the base class method if you override it.
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350 */
351 virtual int OnExit();
352
353 /**
354 This function may be called if something fatal happens: an unhandled
355 exception under Win32 or a a fatal signal under Unix, for example. However,
7c913512 356 this will not happen by default: you have to explicitly call
e54c96f1 357 wxHandleFatalExceptions() to enable this.
96d7cc9b 358
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359 Generally speaking, this function should only show a message to the user and
360 return. You may attempt to save unsaved data but this is not guaranteed to
361 work and, in fact, probably won't.
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e54c96f1 363 @see wxHandleFatalExceptions()
23324ae1 364 */
8064223b 365 virtual void OnFatalException();
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366
367 /**
368 This must be provided by the application, and will usually create the
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369 application's main window, optionally calling SetTopWindow().
370
371 You may use OnExit() to clean up anything initialized here, provided
23324ae1 372 that the function returns @true.
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374 Notice that if you want to to use the command line processing provided by
375 wxWidgets you have to call the base class version in the derived class
376 OnInit().
96d7cc9b 377
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378 Return @true to continue processing, @false to exit the application
379 immediately.
380 */
8064223b 381 virtual bool OnInit();
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382
383 /**
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384 Called from OnInit() and may be used to initialize the parser with the
385 command line options for this application. The base class versions adds
386 support for a few standard options only.
23324ae1 387 */
8064223b 388 virtual void OnInitCmdLine(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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389
390 /**
391 This virtual function is where the execution of a program written in wxWidgets
392 starts. The default implementation just enters the main loop and starts
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393 handling the events until it terminates, either because ExitMainLoop() has
394 been explicitly called or because the last frame has been deleted and
395 GetExitOnFrameDelete() flag is @true (this is the default).
396
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397 The return value of this function becomes the exit code of the program, so it
398 should return 0 in case of successful termination.
399 */
400 virtual int OnRun();
401
402 /**
7c913512 403 This function is called when an unhandled C++ exception occurs inside
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404 OnRun() (the exceptions which occur during the program startup and shutdown
405 might not be caught at all). Notice that by now the main event loop has been
406 terminated and the program will exit, if you want to prevent this from happening
407 (i.e. continue running after catching an exception) you need to override
408 OnExceptionInMainLoop().
409
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410 The default implementation shows information about the exception in debug build
411 but does nothing in the release build.
412 */
413 virtual void OnUnhandledException();
414
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415 //@}
416
417
23324ae1 418 /**
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419 @name Application informations
420 */
421 //@{
3c4f71cc 422
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423 /**
424 Returns the user-readable application name.
425
426 The difference between this string and the one returned by GetAppName()
427 is that this one is meant to be shown to the user and so should be used
428 for the window titles, page headers and so on while the other one
429 should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
430 configuration file keys. By default, returns the application name as
431 returned by GetAppName() capitalized using wxString::Capitalize().
432
433 @since 2.9.0
23324ae1 434 */
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435 wxString GetAppDisplayName() const;
436
437 /**
438 Returns the application name.
439
440 @remarks wxWidgets sets this to a reasonable default before calling
441 OnInit(), but the application can reset it at will.
442
443 @see GetAppDisplayName()
444 */
445 wxString GetAppName() const;
446
447 /**
448 Gets the class name of the application. The class name may be used in a
449 platform specific manner to refer to the application.
450
451 @see SetClassName()
452 */
453 wxString GetClassName() const;
454
455 /**
456 Returns a pointer to the wxAppTraits object for the application.
457 If you want to customize the wxAppTraits object, you must override the
458 CreateTraits() function.
459 */
460 wxAppTraits* GetTraits();
461
462 /**
463 Returns the user-readable vendor name. The difference between this string
464 and the one returned by GetVendorName() is that this one is meant to be shown
465 to the user and so should be used for the window titles, page headers and so on
466 while the other one should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
467 configuration file keys.
468
469 By default, returns the same string as GetVendorName().
470
471 @since 2.9.0
472 */
473 const wxString& GetVendorDisplayName() const;
474
475 /**
476 Returns the application's vendor name.
477 */
478 const wxString& GetVendorName() const;
23324ae1 479
8064223b 480 /**
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481 Set the application name to be used in the user-visible places such as
482 window titles.
483
484 See GetAppDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
8064223b 485 display name and name.
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486
487 Notice that if this function is called, the name is used as is, without
488 any capitalization as done by default by GetAppDisplayName().
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489 */
490 void SetAppDisplayName(const wxString& name);
491
492 /**
493 Sets the name of the application. This name should be used for file names,
494 configuration file entries and other internal strings. For the user-visible
495 strings, such as the window titles, the application display name set by
496 SetAppDisplayName() is used instead.
497
498 By default the application name is set to the name of its executable file.
499
500 @see GetAppName()
501 */
502 void SetAppName(const wxString& name);
503
504 /**
505 Sets the class name of the application. This may be used in a platform specific
506 manner to refer to the application.
507
508 @see GetClassName()
509 */
510 void SetClassName(const wxString& name);
511
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512 /**
513 Set the vendor name to be used in the user-visible places.
514 See GetVendorDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
515 display name and name.
516 */
517 void SetVendorDisplayName(const wxString& name);
518
519 /**
520 Sets the name of application's vendor. The name will be used
521 in registry access. A default name is set by wxWidgets.
522
523 @see GetVendorName()
524 */
525 void SetVendorName(const wxString& name);
526
4b221422 527 //@}
8064223b 528
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529
530 /**
531 Number of command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
532 */
533 int argc;
534
535 /**
536 Command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
537
538 Under Windows and Linux/Unix, you should parse the command line
539 arguments and check for files to be opened when starting your
540 application. Under OS X, you need to override MacOpenFile()
541 since command line arguments are used differently there.
542
543 You may use the wxCmdLineParser to parse command line arguments.
544 */
545 wxChar** argv;
546};
547
548
549
550
551/**
552 @class wxApp
8064223b 553
f045c7f5 554 The wxApp class represents the application itself when @c wxUSE_GUI=1.
8064223b 555
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556 In addition to the features provided by wxAppConsole it keeps track of
557 the <em>top window</em> (see SetTopWindow()) and adds support for
558 video modes (see SetVideoMode()).
8064223b 559
f045c7f5 560 In general, application-wide settings for GUI-only apps are accessible
84094285 561 from wxApp (or from wxSystemSettings or wxSystemOptions classes).
8064223b 562
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563 @beginEventEmissionTable
564 @event{EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION(func)}
565 Process a query end session event, supplying the member function.
566 See wxCloseEvent.
567 @event{EVT_END_SESSION(func)}
568 Process an end session event, supplying the member function.
569 See wxCloseEvent.
570 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE_APP(func)}
571 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event. See wxActivateEvent.
572 @event{EVT_HIBERNATE(func)}
573 Process a hibernate event. See wxActivateEvent.
574 @event{EVT_DIALUP_CONNECTED(func)}
575 A connection with the network was established. See wxDialUpEvent.
576 @event{EVT_DIALUP_DISCONNECTED(func)}
577 The connection with the network was lost. See wxDialUpEvent.
578 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
579 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
580 @endEventTable
581
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582 @library{wxbase}
583 @category{appmanagement}
584
84094285 585 @see @ref overview_app, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase, wxSystemSettings
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586*/
587class wxApp : public wxAppConsole
588{
589public:
590 /**
591 Constructor. Called implicitly with a definition of a wxApp object.
592 */
593 wxApp();
594
595 /**
596 Destructor. Will be called implicitly on program exit if the wxApp
597 object is created on the stack.
598 */
599 virtual ~wxApp();
600
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601 /**
602 Get display mode that is used use. This is only used in framebuffer
1f2f7329 603 wxWidgets ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB).
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604 */
605 virtual wxVideoMode GetDisplayMode() const;
606
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607 /**
608 Returns @true if the application will exit when the top-level frame is deleted.
609
610 @see SetExitOnFrameDelete()
611 */
612 bool GetExitOnFrameDelete() const;
613
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614 /**
615 Return the layout direction for the current locale or @c wxLayout_Default
616 if it's unknown.
617 */
618 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
619
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620 /**
621 Returns @true if the application will use the best visual on systems that support
622 different visuals, @false otherwise.
623
624 @see SetUseBestVisual()
625 */
626 bool GetUseBestVisual() const;
627
628 /**
629 Returns a pointer to the top window.
630
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631 @remarks
632 If the top window hasn't been set using SetTopWindow(), this function
633 will find the first top-level window (frame or dialog or instance of
634 wxTopLevelWindow) from the internal top level window list and return that.
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636 @see SetTopWindow()
637 */
638 virtual wxWindow* GetTopWindow() const;
639
640 /**
641 Returns @true if the application is active, i.e. if one of its windows is
642 currently in the foreground.
643
644 If this function returns @false and you need to attract users attention to
645 the application, you may use wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention to do it.
646 */
8d483c9b 647 virtual bool IsActive() const;
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649 /**
650 This function is similar to wxYield(), except that it disables the user
651 input to all program windows before calling wxAppConsole::Yield and re-enables it
652 again afterwards. If @a win is not @NULL, this window will remain enabled,
653 allowing the implementation of some limited user interaction.
654 Returns the result of the call to wxAppConsole::Yield.
655
656 @see wxSafeYield
657 */
658 virtual bool SafeYield(wxWindow *win, bool onlyIfNeeded);
659
660 /**
661 Works like SafeYield() with @e onlyIfNeeded == @true except that
662 it allows the caller to specify a mask of events to be processed.
663
664 See wxAppConsole::YieldFor for more info.
665 */
666 virtual bool SafeYieldFor(wxWindow *win, long eventsToProcess);
667
23324ae1 668 /**
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669 Windows-only function for processing a message. This function is called
670 from the main message loop, checking for windows that may wish to process it.
671
672 The function returns @true if the message was processed, @false otherwise.
673 If you use wxWidgets with another class library with its own message loop,
674 you should make sure that this function is called to allow wxWidgets to
3c4f71cc 675 receive messages. For example, to allow co-existence with the Microsoft
96d7cc9b 676 Foundation Classes, override the PreTranslateMessage function:
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678 @code
679 // Provide wxWidgets message loop compatibility
680 BOOL CTheApp::PreTranslateMessage(MSG *msg)
681 {
682 if (wxTheApp && wxTheApp->ProcessMessage((WXMSW *)msg))
683 return true;
684 else
685 return CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage(msg);
686 }
687 @endcode
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689 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 690 */
4cc4bfaf 691 bool ProcessMessage(WXMSG* msg);
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693 /**
694 Sends idle events to a window and its children.
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696 by user code.
3c4f71cc 697
23324ae1 698 @remarks These functions poll the top-level windows, and their children,
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700 processing is requested by one or more window.
3c4f71cc 701
4cc4bfaf 702 @see wxIdleEvent
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8d483c9b 704 virtual bool SendIdleEvents(wxWindow* win, wxIdleEvent& event);
23324ae1 705
f045c7f5 706 /**
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708 ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB).
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710 virtual bool SetDisplayMode(const wxVideoMode& info);
711
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713 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will exit when the
714 top-level frame is deleted.
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7c913512 716 @param flag
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718 is deleted. If @false, the application will continue to run.
3c4f71cc 719
96d7cc9b 720 @see GetExitOnFrameDelete(), @ref overview_app_shutdown
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722 void SetExitOnFrameDelete(bool flag);
723
23324ae1 724 /**
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726
727 Currently implemented for wxGTK2-only.
23324ae1 728 Return @true if theme was successfully changed.
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7c913512 730 @param theme
4cc4bfaf 731 The name of the new theme or an absolute path to a gtkrc-theme-file
23324ae1 732 */
8064223b 733 virtual bool SetNativeTheme(const wxString& theme);
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735 /**
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737 know which is the main window. You don't have to set the top window;
23324ae1 738 it is only a convenience so that (for example) certain dialogs without parents
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740
741 If no top window is specified by the application, wxWidgets just uses the
742 first frame or dialog (or better, any wxTopLevelWindow) in its top-level
743 window list, when it needs to use the top window.
744 If you previously called SetTopWindow() and now you need to restore this
745 automatic behaviour you can call @code wxApp::SetTopWindow(NULL) @endcode.
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7c913512 747 @param window
4cc4bfaf 748 The new top window.
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4cc4bfaf 750 @see GetTopWindow(), OnInit()
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752 void SetTopWindow(wxWindow* window);
753
754 /**
755 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will use the best
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756 visual on systems that support several visual on the same display. This is typically
757 the case under Solaris and IRIX, where the default visual is only 8-bit whereas
758 certain applications are supposed to run in TrueColour mode.
759
760 Note that this function has to be called in the constructor of the wxApp
23324ae1 761 instance and won't have any effect when called later on.
23324ae1 762 This function currently only has effect under GTK.
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7c913512 764 @param flag
4cc4bfaf 765 If @true, the app will use the best visual.
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767 If @true then the application will try to force using a TrueColour
768 visual and abort the app if none is found.
23324ae1 769 */
4cc4bfaf 770 void SetUseBestVisual(bool flag, bool forceTrueColour = false);
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772
773
e54c96f1 774
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775// ============================================================================
776// Global functions/macros
777// ============================================================================
778
23324ae1 779
b21126db 780/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_rtti */
8af7f7c1 781//@{
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783/**
f045c7f5 784 This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the ::wxGetApp()
8af7f7c1 785 function implemented by IMPLEMENT_APP().
96d7cc9b 786
eea9220d 787 It creates the declaration <tt>className& wxGetApp()</tt>.
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789 @header{wx/app.h}
790
23324ae1 791 Example:
4cc4bfaf 792
23324ae1 793 @code
8af7f7c1 794 DECLARE_APP(MyApp)
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796*/
7baebf86 797#define DECLARE_APP( className )
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799/**
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801 application class known to wxWidgets for dynamic construction.
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803 @header{wx/app.h}
804
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806
807 @code
808 IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)
809 @endcode
810
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812*/
7baebf86 813#define IMPLEMENT_APP( className )
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815//@}
816
817
818
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820 The global pointer to the singleton wxApp object.
821
822 @see wxApp::GetInstance()
823*/
824wxApp *wxTheApp;
825
826
827
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39fb8056 829//@{
23324ae1 830
23324ae1 831/**
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833 IMPLEMENT_APP() macro.
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836 used, you must make it available using DECLARE_APP().
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838 The advantage of using this function compared to directly using the global
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840 allow you to access the functions specific to your application class but
841 not present in wxApp while wxGetApp() returns the object of the right type.
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843 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 844*/
8cd06fb5 845wxAppDerivedClass& wxGetApp();
23324ae1 846
23324ae1 847/**
4cc4bfaf 848 If @a doIt is @true, the fatal exceptions (also known as general protection
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850 caught and passed to wxApp::OnFatalException.
96d7cc9b 851
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853 the normal way which usually just means that the application will be
854 terminated. Calling wxHandleFatalExceptions() with @a doIt equal to @false
855 will restore this default behaviour.
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858 is 1 and under Windows platform this requires a compiler with support for
859 SEH (structured exception handling) which currently means only Microsoft
860 Visual C++ or a recent Borland C++ version.
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862 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 863*/
96d7cc9b 864bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doIt = true);
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867 This function is used in wxBase only and only if you don't create
868 wxApp object at all. In this case you must call it from your
869 @c main() function before calling any other wxWidgets functions.
96d7cc9b 870
23324ae1 871 If the function returns @false the initialization could not be performed,
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873 called neither.
874
875 This function may be called several times but wxUninitialize() must be
876 called for each successful call to this function.
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878 @header{wx/app.h}
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880bool wxInitialize();
881
882/**
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884 once for each previous successful call to wxInitialize().
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886 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 887*/
96d7cc9b 888void wxUninitialize();
23324ae1 889
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891 This function wakes up the (internal and platform dependent) idle system,
892 i.e. it will force the system to send an idle event even if the system
893 currently @e is idle and thus would not send any idle event until after
894 some other event would get sent. This is also useful for sending events
895 between two threads and is used by the corresponding functions
896 wxPostEvent() and wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
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898 @header{wx/app.h}
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900void wxWakeUpIdle();
901
23324ae1 902/**
d48b06bd 903 Calls wxAppConsole::Yield.
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905 @deprecated
23324ae1 906 This function is kept only for backwards compatibility. Please use
d48b06bd 907 the wxAppConsole::Yield method instead in any new code.
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909 @header{wx/app.h}
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911bool wxYield();
912
39fb8056 913/**
d48b06bd 914 Calls wxApp::SafeYield.
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916 @header{wx/app.h}
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918bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow* win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
23324ae1 919
23324ae1 920/**
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922 are not using the default wxWidgets entry code (e.g. main or WinMain).
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925 (MFC) application using this function.
926
927 @note This overload of wxEntry is available under all platforms.
928
929 @see wxEntryStart()
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931 @header{wx/app.h}
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933int wxEntry(int& argc, wxChar** argv);
934
935/**
936 See wxEntry(int&,wxChar**) for more info about this function.
937
938 Notice that under Windows CE platform, and only there, the type of @a pCmdLine
939 is @c wchar_t *, otherwise it is @c char *, even in Unicode build.
7c913512 940
23324ae1 941 @remarks To clean up wxWidgets, call wxApp::OnExit followed by the static
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943 that also uses wxWidgets:
944 @code
945 int CTheApp::ExitInstance()
946 {
947 // OnExit isn't called by CleanUp so must be called explicitly.
948 wxTheApp->OnExit();
949 wxApp::CleanUp();
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952 }
953 @endcode
7c913512 954
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23324ae1 956*/
7c913512 957int wxEntry(HINSTANCE hInstance,
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959 char* pCmdLine = NULL,
7c913512 960 int nCmdShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL);
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962//@}
963
964
965
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968
969/**
970 Exits application after calling wxApp::OnExit.
971
972 Should only be used in an emergency: normally the top-level frame
973 should be deleted (after deleting all other frames) to terminate the
974 application. See wxCloseEvent and wxApp.
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976 @header{wx/app.h}
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978void wxExit();
979
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981