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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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57
58 /**
59 @name Event-handling
60 */
61 //@{
62
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63 /**
64 Dispatches the next event in the windowing system event queue.
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65 Blocks until an event appears if there are none currently
66 (use Pending() if this is not wanted).
67
23324ae1 68 This can be used for programming event loops, e.g.
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69
70 @code
71 while (app.Pending())
72 Dispatch();
73 @endcode
3c4f71cc 74
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75 @return @false if the event loop should stop and @true otherwise.
76
4b221422 77 @see Pending(), wxEventLoopBase
23324ae1 78 */
8064223b 79 virtual bool Dispatch();
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80
81 /**
82 Call this to explicitly exit the main message (event) loop.
83 You should normally exit the main loop (and the application) by deleting
84 the top window.
85 */
86 virtual void ExitMainLoop();
87
88 /**
89 This function is called before processing any event and allows the application
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90 to preempt the processing of some events.
91
92 If this method returns -1 the event is processed normally, otherwise either
93 @true or @false should be returned and the event processing stops immediately
94 considering that the event had been already processed (for the former return
95 value) or that it is not going to be processed at all (for the latter one).
23324ae1 96 */
8064223b 97 virtual int FilterEvent(wxEvent& event);
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100 /**
101 This function simply invokes the given method @a func of the specified
102 event handler @a handler with the @a event as parameter. It exists solely
103 to allow to catch the C++ exceptions which could be thrown by all event
104 handlers in the application in one place: if you want to do this, override
105 this function in your wxApp-derived class and add try/catch clause(s) to it.
23324ae1 106 */
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107 virtual void HandleEvent(wxEvtHandler* handler,
108 wxEventFunction func,
109 wxEvent& event) const;
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110
111 /**
4b221422 112 Returns @true if called from inside Yield().
23324ae1 113 */
4b221422 114 virtual bool IsYielding() const;
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115
116 /**
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117 Process all pending events; it is necessary to call this function to
118 process posted events.
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120 This happens during each event loop iteration in GUI mode but if there is
121 no main loop, it may be also called directly.
23324ae1 122 */
4b221422 123 virtual void ProcessPendingEvents();
23324ae1 124
23324ae1 125 /**
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126 Called by wxWidgets on creation of the application. Override this if you wish
127 to provide your own (environment-dependent) main loop.
3c4f71cc 128
4b221422 129 @return 0 under X, and the wParam of the WM_QUIT message under Windows.
23324ae1 130 */
4b221422 131 virtual int MainLoop();
23324ae1 132
23324ae1 133 /**
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134 Returns @true if unprocessed events are in the window system event queue.
135
136 @see Dispatch()
23324ae1 137 */
4b221422 138 virtual bool Pending();
23324ae1 139
23324ae1 140 /**
4b221422 141 Yields control to pending messages in the windowing system.
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143 This can be useful, for example, when a time-consuming process writes to a
144 text window. Without an occasional yield, the text window will not be updated
145 properly, and on systems with cooperative multitasking, such as Windows 3.1
146 other processes will not respond.
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148 Caution should be exercised, however, since yielding may allow the
149 user to perform actions which are not compatible with the current task.
150 Disabling menu items or whole menus during processing can avoid unwanted
151 reentrance of code: see ::wxSafeYield for a better function.
152 You can avoid unwanted reentrancies also using IsYielding().
153
154 Note that Yield() will not flush the message logs. This is intentional as
155 calling Yield() is usually done to quickly update the screen and popping up
156 a message box dialog may be undesirable. If you do wish to flush the log
157 messages immediately (otherwise it will be done during the next idle loop
158 iteration), call wxLog::FlushActive.
159
160 Calling Yield() recursively is normally an error and an assert failure is
161 raised in debug build if such situation is detected. However if the
162 @a onlyIfNeeded parameter is @true, the method will just silently
163 return @false instead.
23324ae1 164 */
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165 bool Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
166
167 /**
168 Works like Yield() with @e onlyIfNeeded == @true, except that it allows
169 the caller to specify a mask of the ::wxEventCategory values which
170 indicates which events should be processed and which should instead
171 be "delayed" (i.e. processed by the main loop later).
172
173 Note that this is a safer alternative to Yield() since it ensures that
174 only the events you're interested to are processed; i.e. helps to avoid
175 unwanted reentrancies.
176 */
177 bool YieldFor(long eventsToProcess);
178
179 /**
180 Returns @true if the given event category is allowed inside
181 a YieldFor() call (i.e. compares the given category against the
182 last mask passed to YieldFor()).
183 */
184 virtual bool IsEventAllowedInsideYield(wxEventCategory cat) const;
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185
186 //@}
187
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188
189 /**
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190 Allows external code to modify global ::wxTheApp, but you should really
191 know what you're doing if you call it.
192
193 @param app
194 Replacement for the global application object.
195
196 @see GetInstance()
23324ae1 197 */
4b221422 198 static void SetInstance(wxAppConsole* app);
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199
200 /**
4b221422 201 Returns the one and only global application object.
d48b06bd 202 Usually ::wxTheApp is used instead.
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203
204 @see SetInstance()
23324ae1 205 */
4b221422 206 static wxAppConsole* GetInstance();
23324ae1 207
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208 /**
209 Returns @true if the main event loop is currently running, i.e. if the
210 application is inside OnRun().
96d7cc9b 211
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212 This can be useful to test whether events can be dispatched. For example,
213 if this function returns @false, non-blocking sockets cannot be used because
214 the events from them would never be processed.
215 */
216 static bool IsMainLoopRunning();
217
d181e877 218
f045c7f5 219 /**
4b221422 220 @name Mac-specific functions
f045c7f5 221 */
4b221422 222 //@{
f045c7f5 223
23324ae1 224 /**
d9faa1fe 225 Called in response of an "open-application" Apple event.
23324ae1 226 Override this to create a new document in your app.
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228 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 229 */
8064223b 230 virtual void MacNewFile();
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231
232 /**
d9faa1fe 233 Called in response of an "open-document" Apple event.
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234
235 You need to override this method in order to open a document file after the
236 user double clicked on it or if the document file was dropped on either the
237 running application or the application icon in Finder.
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239 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 240 */
8064223b 241 virtual void MacOpenFile(const wxString& fileName);
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242
243 /**
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244 Called in response of a "get-url" Apple event.
245
246 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 247 */
8064223b 248 virtual void MacOpenURL(const wxString& url);
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249
250 /**
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251 Called in response of a "print-document" Apple event.
252
253 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 254 */
8064223b 255 virtual void MacPrintFile(const wxString& fileName);
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256
257 /**
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258 Called in response of a "reopen-application" Apple event.
259
260 @onlyfor{wxmac}
23324ae1 261 */
8064223b 262 virtual void MacReopenApp();
23324ae1 263
4b221422 264 //@}
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266
267 /**
268 @name Callbacks for application-wide "events"
23324ae1 269 */
4b221422 270 //@{
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271
272 /**
273 This function is called when an assert failure occurs, i.e. the condition
e54c96f1 274 specified in wxASSERT() macro evaluated to @false.
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276 It is only called in debug mode (when @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined) as
277 asserts are not left in the release code at all.
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278 The base class version shows the default assert failure dialog box proposing to
279 the user to stop the program, continue or ignore all subsequent asserts.
3c4f71cc 280
7c913512 281 @param file
4cc4bfaf 282 the name of the source file where the assert occurred
7c913512 283 @param line
4cc4bfaf 284 the line number in this file where the assert occurred
7c913512 285 @param func
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286 the name of the function where the assert occurred, may be
287 empty if the compiler doesn't support C99 __FUNCTION__
7c913512 288 @param cond
4cc4bfaf 289 the condition of the failed assert in text form
7c913512 290 @param msg
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291 the message specified as argument to wxASSERT_MSG or wxFAIL_MSG, will
292 be @NULL if just wxASSERT or wxFAIL was used
23324ae1 293 */
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294 virtual void OnAssertFailure(const wxChar *file,
295 int line,
296 const wxChar *func,
297 const wxChar *cond,
298 const wxChar *msg);
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299
300 /**
301 Called when command line parsing fails (i.e. an incorrect command line option
302 was specified by the user). The default behaviour is to show the program usage
303 text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 304
7c913512 305 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 306 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 307
4cc4bfaf 308 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 309 */
8064223b 310 virtual bool OnCmdLineError(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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311
312 /**
313 Called when the help option (@c --help) was specified on the command line.
314 The default behaviour is to show the program usage text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 315
7c913512 316 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 317 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 318
4cc4bfaf 319 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 320 */
8064223b 321 virtual bool OnCmdLineHelp(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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322
323 /**
324 Called after the command line had been successfully parsed. You may override
325 this method to test for the values of the various parameters which could be
326 set from the command line.
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328 Don't forget to call the base class version unless you want to suppress
329 processing of the standard command line options.
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330 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return @false from
331 OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 332
4cc4bfaf 333 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 334 */
8064223b 335 virtual bool OnCmdLineParsed(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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336
337 /**
338 This function is called if an unhandled exception occurs inside the main
339 application event loop. It can return @true to ignore the exception and to
340 continue running the loop or @false to exit the loop and terminate the
341 program. In the latter case it can also use C++ @c throw keyword to
342 rethrow the current exception.
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344 The default behaviour of this function is the latter in all ports except under
345 Windows where a dialog is shown to the user which allows him to choose between
346 the different options. You may override this function in your class to do
347 something more appropriate.
96d7cc9b 348
7c913512 349 Finally note that if the exception is rethrown from here, it can be caught in
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350 OnUnhandledException().
351 */
352 virtual bool OnExceptionInMainLoop();
353
354 /**
355 Override this member function for any processing which needs to be
356 done as the application is about to exit. OnExit is called after
357 destroying all application windows and controls, but before
7c913512 358 wxWidgets cleanup. Note that it is not called at all if
23324ae1 359 OnInit() failed.
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360
361 The return value of this function is currently ignored, return the same
362 value as returned by the base class method if you override it.
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363 */
364 virtual int OnExit();
365
366 /**
367 This function may be called if something fatal happens: an unhandled
368 exception under Win32 or a a fatal signal under Unix, for example. However,
7c913512 369 this will not happen by default: you have to explicitly call
e54c96f1 370 wxHandleFatalExceptions() to enable this.
96d7cc9b 371
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372 Generally speaking, this function should only show a message to the user and
373 return. You may attempt to save unsaved data but this is not guaranteed to
374 work and, in fact, probably won't.
3c4f71cc 375
e54c96f1 376 @see wxHandleFatalExceptions()
23324ae1 377 */
8064223b 378 virtual void OnFatalException();
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379
380 /**
381 This must be provided by the application, and will usually create the
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382 application's main window, optionally calling SetTopWindow().
383
384 You may use OnExit() to clean up anything initialized here, provided
23324ae1 385 that the function returns @true.
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387 Notice that if you want to to use the command line processing provided by
388 wxWidgets you have to call the base class version in the derived class
389 OnInit().
96d7cc9b 390
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391 Return @true to continue processing, @false to exit the application
392 immediately.
393 */
8064223b 394 virtual bool OnInit();
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395
396 /**
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397 Called from OnInit() and may be used to initialize the parser with the
398 command line options for this application. The base class versions adds
399 support for a few standard options only.
23324ae1 400 */
8064223b 401 virtual void OnInitCmdLine(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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402
403 /**
404 This virtual function is where the execution of a program written in wxWidgets
405 starts. The default implementation just enters the main loop and starts
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406 handling the events until it terminates, either because ExitMainLoop() has
407 been explicitly called or because the last frame has been deleted and
408 GetExitOnFrameDelete() flag is @true (this is the default).
409
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410 The return value of this function becomes the exit code of the program, so it
411 should return 0 in case of successful termination.
412 */
413 virtual int OnRun();
414
415 /**
7c913512 416 This function is called when an unhandled C++ exception occurs inside
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417 OnRun() (the exceptions which occur during the program startup and shutdown
418 might not be caught at all). Notice that by now the main event loop has been
419 terminated and the program will exit, if you want to prevent this from happening
420 (i.e. continue running after catching an exception) you need to override
421 OnExceptionInMainLoop().
422
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423 The default implementation shows information about the exception in debug build
424 but does nothing in the release build.
425 */
426 virtual void OnUnhandledException();
427
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428 //@}
429
430
23324ae1 431 /**
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432 @name Application informations
433 */
434 //@{
3c4f71cc 435
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436 /**
437 Returns the user-readable application name.
438
439 The difference between this string and the one returned by GetAppName()
440 is that this one is meant to be shown to the user and so should be used
441 for the window titles, page headers and so on while the other one
442 should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
443 configuration file keys. By default, returns the application name as
444 returned by GetAppName() capitalized using wxString::Capitalize().
445
446 @since 2.9.0
23324ae1 447 */
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448 wxString GetAppDisplayName() const;
449
450 /**
451 Returns the application name.
452
453 @remarks wxWidgets sets this to a reasonable default before calling
454 OnInit(), but the application can reset it at will.
455
456 @see GetAppDisplayName()
457 */
458 wxString GetAppName() const;
459
460 /**
461 Gets the class name of the application. The class name may be used in a
462 platform specific manner to refer to the application.
463
464 @see SetClassName()
465 */
466 wxString GetClassName() const;
467
468 /**
469 Returns a pointer to the wxAppTraits object for the application.
470 If you want to customize the wxAppTraits object, you must override the
471 CreateTraits() function.
472 */
473 wxAppTraits* GetTraits();
474
475 /**
476 Returns the user-readable vendor name. The difference between this string
477 and the one returned by GetVendorName() is that this one is meant to be shown
478 to the user and so should be used for the window titles, page headers and so on
479 while the other one should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
480 configuration file keys.
481
482 By default, returns the same string as GetVendorName().
483
484 @since 2.9.0
485 */
486 const wxString& GetVendorDisplayName() const;
487
488 /**
489 Returns the application's vendor name.
490 */
491 const wxString& GetVendorName() const;
23324ae1 492
8064223b 493 /**
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494 Set the application name to be used in the user-visible places such as
495 window titles.
496
497 See GetAppDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
8064223b 498 display name and name.
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500 Notice that if this function is called, the name is used as is, without
501 any capitalization as done by default by GetAppDisplayName().
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502 */
503 void SetAppDisplayName(const wxString& name);
504
505 /**
506 Sets the name of the application. This name should be used for file names,
507 configuration file entries and other internal strings. For the user-visible
508 strings, such as the window titles, the application display name set by
509 SetAppDisplayName() is used instead.
510
511 By default the application name is set to the name of its executable file.
512
513 @see GetAppName()
514 */
515 void SetAppName(const wxString& name);
516
517 /**
518 Sets the class name of the application. This may be used in a platform specific
519 manner to refer to the application.
520
521 @see GetClassName()
522 */
523 void SetClassName(const wxString& name);
524
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525 /**
526 Set the vendor name to be used in the user-visible places.
527 See GetVendorDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
528 display name and name.
529 */
530 void SetVendorDisplayName(const wxString& name);
531
532 /**
533 Sets the name of application's vendor. The name will be used
534 in registry access. A default name is set by wxWidgets.
535
536 @see GetVendorName()
537 */
538 void SetVendorName(const wxString& name);
539
4b221422 540 //@}
8064223b 541
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542
543 /**
544 Number of command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
545 */
546 int argc;
547
548 /**
549 Command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
550
551 Under Windows and Linux/Unix, you should parse the command line
552 arguments and check for files to be opened when starting your
553 application. Under OS X, you need to override MacOpenFile()
554 since command line arguments are used differently there.
555
556 You may use the wxCmdLineParser to parse command line arguments.
557 */
558 wxChar** argv;
559};
560
561
562
563
564/**
565 @class wxApp
8064223b 566
f045c7f5 567 The wxApp class represents the application itself when @c wxUSE_GUI=1.
8064223b 568
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569 In addition to the features provided by wxAppConsole it keeps track of
570 the <em>top window</em> (see SetTopWindow()) and adds support for
571 video modes (see SetVideoMode()).
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f045c7f5 573 In general, application-wide settings for GUI-only apps are accessible
84094285 574 from wxApp (or from wxSystemSettings or wxSystemOptions classes).
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575
576 @library{wxbase}
577 @category{appmanagement}
578
84094285 579 @see @ref overview_app, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase, wxSystemSettings
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580*/
581class wxApp : public wxAppConsole
582{
583public:
584 /**
585 Constructor. Called implicitly with a definition of a wxApp object.
586 */
587 wxApp();
588
589 /**
590 Destructor. Will be called implicitly on program exit if the wxApp
591 object is created on the stack.
592 */
593 virtual ~wxApp();
594
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595 /**
596 Get display mode that is used use. This is only used in framebuffer
597 wxWin ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB).
598 */
599 virtual wxVideoMode GetDisplayMode() const;
600
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601 /**
602 Returns @true if the application will exit when the top-level frame is deleted.
603
604 @see SetExitOnFrameDelete()
605 */
606 bool GetExitOnFrameDelete() const;
607
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608 /**
609 Return the layout direction for the current locale or @c wxLayout_Default
610 if it's unknown.
611 */
612 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
613
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614 /**
615 Returns @true if the application will use the best visual on systems that support
616 different visuals, @false otherwise.
617
618 @see SetUseBestVisual()
619 */
620 bool GetUseBestVisual() const;
621
622 /**
623 Returns a pointer to the top window.
624
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625 @remarks
626 If the top window hasn't been set using SetTopWindow(), this function
627 will find the first top-level window (frame or dialog or instance of
628 wxTopLevelWindow) from the internal top level window list and return that.
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630 @see SetTopWindow()
631 */
632 virtual wxWindow* GetTopWindow() const;
633
634 /**
635 Returns @true if the application is active, i.e. if one of its windows is
636 currently in the foreground.
637
638 If this function returns @false and you need to attract users attention to
639 the application, you may use wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention to do it.
640 */
8d483c9b 641 virtual bool IsActive() const;
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643 /**
644 This function is similar to wxYield(), except that it disables the user
645 input to all program windows before calling wxAppConsole::Yield and re-enables it
646 again afterwards. If @a win is not @NULL, this window will remain enabled,
647 allowing the implementation of some limited user interaction.
648 Returns the result of the call to wxAppConsole::Yield.
649
650 @see wxSafeYield
651 */
652 virtual bool SafeYield(wxWindow *win, bool onlyIfNeeded);
653
654 /**
655 Works like SafeYield() with @e onlyIfNeeded == @true except that
656 it allows the caller to specify a mask of events to be processed.
657
658 See wxAppConsole::YieldFor for more info.
659 */
660 virtual bool SafeYieldFor(wxWindow *win, long eventsToProcess);
661
23324ae1 662 /**
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663 Windows-only function for processing a message. This function is called
664 from the main message loop, checking for windows that may wish to process it.
665
666 The function returns @true if the message was processed, @false otherwise.
667 If you use wxWidgets with another class library with its own message loop,
668 you should make sure that this function is called to allow wxWidgets to
3c4f71cc 669 receive messages. For example, to allow co-existence with the Microsoft
96d7cc9b 670 Foundation Classes, override the PreTranslateMessage function:
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673 // Provide wxWidgets message loop compatibility
674 BOOL CTheApp::PreTranslateMessage(MSG *msg)
675 {
676 if (wxTheApp && wxTheApp->ProcessMessage((WXMSW *)msg))
677 return true;
678 else
679 return CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage(msg);
680 }
681 @endcode
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683 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 684 */
4cc4bfaf 685 bool ProcessMessage(WXMSG* msg);
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687 /**
688 Sends idle events to a window and its children.
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689 Please note that this function is internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be used
690 by user code.
3c4f71cc 691
23324ae1 692 @remarks These functions poll the top-level windows, and their children,
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693 for idle event processing. If @true is returned, more OnIdle
694 processing is requested by one or more window.
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4cc4bfaf 696 @see wxIdleEvent
23324ae1 697 */
8d483c9b 698 virtual bool SendIdleEvents(wxWindow* win, wxIdleEvent& event);
23324ae1 699
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700 /**
701 Set display mode to use. This is only used in framebuffer wxWin
702 ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB). This method should be called from
703 wxApp::OnInitGui.
704 */
705 virtual bool SetDisplayMode(const wxVideoMode& info);
706
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707 /**
708 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will exit when the
709 top-level frame is deleted.
3c4f71cc 710
7c913512 711 @param flag
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712 If @true (the default), the application will exit when the top-level frame
713 is deleted. If @false, the application will continue to run.
3c4f71cc 714
96d7cc9b 715 @see GetExitOnFrameDelete(), @ref overview_app_shutdown
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716 */
717 void SetExitOnFrameDelete(bool flag);
718
23324ae1 719 /**
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720 Allows runtime switching of the UI environment theme.
721
722 Currently implemented for wxGTK2-only.
23324ae1 723 Return @true if theme was successfully changed.
3c4f71cc 724
7c913512 725 @param theme
4cc4bfaf 726 The name of the new theme or an absolute path to a gtkrc-theme-file
23324ae1 727 */
8064223b 728 virtual bool SetNativeTheme(const wxString& theme);
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730 /**
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731 Sets the 'top' window. You can call this from within OnInit() to let wxWidgets
732 know which is the main window. You don't have to set the top window;
23324ae1 733 it is only a convenience so that (for example) certain dialogs without parents
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735
736 If no top window is specified by the application, wxWidgets just uses the
737 first frame or dialog (or better, any wxTopLevelWindow) in its top-level
738 window list, when it needs to use the top window.
739 If you previously called SetTopWindow() and now you need to restore this
740 automatic behaviour you can call @code wxApp::SetTopWindow(NULL) @endcode.
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7c913512 742 @param window
4cc4bfaf 743 The new top window.
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4cc4bfaf 745 @see GetTopWindow(), OnInit()
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747 void SetTopWindow(wxWindow* window);
748
749 /**
750 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will use the best
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751 visual on systems that support several visual on the same display. This is typically
752 the case under Solaris and IRIX, where the default visual is only 8-bit whereas
753 certain applications are supposed to run in TrueColour mode.
754
755 Note that this function has to be called in the constructor of the wxApp
23324ae1 756 instance and won't have any effect when called later on.
23324ae1 757 This function currently only has effect under GTK.
3c4f71cc 758
7c913512 759 @param flag
4cc4bfaf 760 If @true, the app will use the best visual.
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761 @param forceTrueColour
762 If @true then the application will try to force using a TrueColour
763 visual and abort the app if none is found.
23324ae1 764 */
4cc4bfaf 765 void SetUseBestVisual(bool flag, bool forceTrueColour = false);
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767
768
e54c96f1 769
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770// ============================================================================
771// Global functions/macros
772// ============================================================================
773
23324ae1 774
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8af7f7c1 776//@{
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778/**
f045c7f5 779 This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the ::wxGetApp()
8af7f7c1 780 function implemented by IMPLEMENT_APP().
96d7cc9b 781
eea9220d 782 It creates the declaration <tt>className& wxGetApp()</tt>.
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784 @header{wx/app.h}
785
23324ae1 786 Example:
4cc4bfaf 787
23324ae1 788 @code
8af7f7c1 789 DECLARE_APP(MyApp)
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791*/
7baebf86 792#define DECLARE_APP( className )
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794/**
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796 application class known to wxWidgets for dynamic construction.
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798 @header{wx/app.h}
799
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800 Example:
801
802 @code
803 IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)
804 @endcode
805
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806 @see DECLARE_APP().
807*/
7baebf86 808#define IMPLEMENT_APP( className )
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810//@}
811
812
813
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815 The global pointer to the singleton wxApp object.
816
817 @see wxApp::GetInstance()
818*/
819wxApp *wxTheApp;
820
821
822
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39fb8056 824//@{
23324ae1 825
23324ae1 826/**
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828 IMPLEMENT_APP() macro.
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831 used, you must make it available using DECLARE_APP().
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833 The advantage of using this function compared to directly using the global
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835 allow you to access the functions specific to your application class but
836 not present in wxApp while wxGetApp() returns the object of the right type.
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838 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 839*/
8cd06fb5 840wxAppDerivedClass& wxGetApp();
23324ae1 841
23324ae1 842/**
4cc4bfaf 843 If @a doIt is @true, the fatal exceptions (also known as general protection
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845 caught and passed to wxApp::OnFatalException.
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848 the normal way which usually just means that the application will be
849 terminated. Calling wxHandleFatalExceptions() with @a doIt equal to @false
850 will restore this default behaviour.
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853 is 1 and under Windows platform this requires a compiler with support for
854 SEH (structured exception handling) which currently means only Microsoft
855 Visual C++ or a recent Borland C++ version.
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857 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 858*/
96d7cc9b 859bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doIt = true);
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862 This function is used in wxBase only and only if you don't create
863 wxApp object at all. In this case you must call it from your
864 @c main() function before calling any other wxWidgets functions.
96d7cc9b 865
23324ae1 866 If the function returns @false the initialization could not be performed,
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868 called neither.
869
870 This function may be called several times but wxUninitialize() must be
871 called for each successful call to this function.
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873 @header{wx/app.h}
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874*/
875bool wxInitialize();
876
877/**
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878 This function is for use in console (wxBase) programs only. It must be called
879 once for each previous successful call to wxInitialize().
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881 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 882*/
96d7cc9b 883void wxUninitialize();
23324ae1 884
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886 This function wakes up the (internal and platform dependent) idle system,
887 i.e. it will force the system to send an idle event even if the system
888 currently @e is idle and thus would not send any idle event until after
889 some other event would get sent. This is also useful for sending events
890 between two threads and is used by the corresponding functions
891 wxPostEvent() and wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
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893 @header{wx/app.h}
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895void wxWakeUpIdle();
896
23324ae1 897/**
d48b06bd 898 Calls wxAppConsole::Yield.
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900 @deprecated
23324ae1 901 This function is kept only for backwards compatibility. Please use
d48b06bd 902 the wxAppConsole::Yield method instead in any new code.
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904 @header{wx/app.h}
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906bool wxYield();
907
39fb8056 908/**
d48b06bd 909 Calls wxApp::SafeYield.
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911 @header{wx/app.h}
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913bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow* win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
23324ae1 914
23324ae1 915/**
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917 are not using the default wxWidgets entry code (e.g. main or WinMain).
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920 (MFC) application using this function.
921
922 @note This overload of wxEntry is available under all platforms.
923
924 @see wxEntryStart()
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926 @header{wx/app.h}
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928int wxEntry(int& argc, wxChar** argv);
929
930/**
931 See wxEntry(int&,wxChar**) for more info about this function.
932
933 Notice that under Windows CE platform, and only there, the type of @a pCmdLine
934 is @c wchar_t *, otherwise it is @c char *, even in Unicode build.
7c913512 935
23324ae1 936 @remarks To clean up wxWidgets, call wxApp::OnExit followed by the static
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938 that also uses wxWidgets:
939 @code
940 int CTheApp::ExitInstance()
941 {
942 // OnExit isn't called by CleanUp so must be called explicitly.
943 wxTheApp->OnExit();
944 wxApp::CleanUp();
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947 }
948 @endcode
7c913512 949
027c1c27 950 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 951*/
7c913512 952int wxEntry(HINSTANCE hInstance,
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954 char* pCmdLine = NULL,
7c913512 955 int nCmdShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL);
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957//@}
958
959
960
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963
964/**
965 Exits application after calling wxApp::OnExit.
966
967 Should only be used in an emergency: normally the top-level frame
968 should be deleted (after deleting all other frames) to terminate the
969 application. See wxCloseEvent and wxApp.
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971 @header{wx/app.h}
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973void wxExit();
974
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976