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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: html/helpctrl.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxHtmlHelpController
23324ae1 4// Author: wxWidgets team
526954c5 5// Licence: wxWindows licence
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6/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7
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8#define wxID_HTML_HELPFRAME (wxID_HIGHEST + 1)
9
10/// This style indicates that the window is
11/// embedded in the application and must not be
12/// destroyed by the help controller.
13#define wxHF_EMBEDDED 0x00008000
14
15/// Create a dialog for the help window.
16#define wxHF_DIALOG 0x00010000
17
18/// Create a frame for the help window.
19#define wxHF_FRAME 0x00020000
20
21/// Make the dialog modal when displaying help.
22#define wxHF_MODAL 0x00040000
23
24
25
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26/**
27 @class wxHtmlHelpController
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23324ae1 29 This help controller provides an easy way of displaying HTML help in your
c87f263e 30 application (see @sample{html}, test example).
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32 The help system is based on @b books (see wxHtmlHelpController::AddBook).
33 A book is a logical section of documentation (for example "User's Guide" or
34 "Programmer's Guide" or "C++ Reference" or "wxWidgets Reference").
35 The help controller can handle as many books as you want.
36
37 Although this class has an API compatible with other wxWidgets help controllers
38 as documented by wxHelpController, it is recommended that you use the enhanced
39 capabilities of wxHtmlHelpController's API.
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23324ae1 41 wxHTML uses Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop project files (.hhp, .hhk, .hhc) as
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42 its native format. The file format is described in @ref overview_html_helpformats.
43 The directory @c helpfiles in the @sample{html} contains sample project files.
7c913512 44
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45 Note that the Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop
46 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=00535334-c8a6-452f-9aa0-d597d16580cc)
47 also runs on other platforms using WINE (http://www.winehq.org/) and it can
48 be used to create the .hpp, .hhk and .hhc files through a friendly GUI.
49 The commercial tool HelpBlocks (http://www.helpblocks.com) can also create these files.
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23324ae1 51 @library{wxhtml}
c87f263e 52 @category{help,html}
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54 @see wxBestHelpController, wxHtmlHelpFrame, wxHtmlHelpDialog,
55 wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlModalHelp
23324ae1 56*/
848a90b1 57class wxHtmlHelpController : public wxHelpControllerBase
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58{
59public:
60 /**
61 Constructor.
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62
63 @param style
64 This is a combination of these flags:
65 - wxHF_TOOLBAR: The help window has a toolbar.
66 - wxHF_FLAT_TOOLBAR: The help window has a toolbar with flat buttons (aka coolbar).
67 - wxHF_CONTENTS: The help window has a contents panel.
68 - wxHF_INDEX: The help window has an index panel.
69 - wxHF_SEARCH: The help window has a search panel.
70 - wxHF_BOOKMARKS: The help window has bookmarks controls.
71 - wxHF_OPEN_FILES: Allows user to open arbitrary HTML document.
72 - wxHF_PRINT: The toolbar contains "print" button.
73 - wxHF_MERGE_BOOKS: The contents pane does not show book nodes.
74 All books are merged together and appear as single book to the user.
75 - wxHF_ICONS_BOOK: All nodes in contents pane have a book icon.
76 This is how Microsoft's HTML help viewer behaves.
77 - wxHF_ICONS_FOLDER: Book nodes in contents pane have a book icon, book's
78 sections have a folder icon. This is the default.
79 - wxHF_ICONS_BOOK_CHAPTER: Both book nodes and nodes of top-level
80 sections of a book (i.e. chapters) have a book icon, all other sections
81 (sections, subsections, ...) have a folder icon.
82 - wxHF_EMBEDDED: Specifies that the help controller controls an embedded
83 window of class wxHtmlHelpWindow that should not be destroyed when
84 the controller is destroyed.
85 - wxHF_DIALOG: Specifies that the help controller should create a
86 dialog containing the help window.
87 - wxHF_FRAME: Specifies that the help controller should create a frame
88 containing the help window.
89 This is the default if neither wxHF_DIALOG nor wxHF_EMBEDDED is specified.
90 - wxHF_MODAL: Specifies that the help controller should create a modal
91 dialog containing the help window (used with the wxHF_DIALOG style).
92 - wxHF_DEFAULT_STYLE: wxHF_TOOLBAR | wxHF_CONTENTS | wxHF_INDEX |
93 wxHF_SEARCH | wxHF_BOOKMARKS | wxHF_PRINT
94 @param parentWindow
95 This is an optional window to be used as the parent for the help window.
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96 */
97 wxHtmlHelpController(int style = wxHF_DEFAULT_STYLE,
4cc4bfaf 98 wxWindow* parentWindow = NULL);
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99 wxHtmlHelpController(wxWindow* parentWindow, int style = wxHF_DEFAULT_STYLE);
100
23324ae1 101
23324ae1 102 /**
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103 Adds a book (i.e. a @ref overview_html_helpformats ".hhp file"; an HTML Help
104 Workshop project file) into the list of loaded books.
105
106 This must be called at least once before displaying any help.
107 @a bookFile or @a bookUrl may be either @c ".hhp" file or a ZIP archive
108 that contains an arbitrary number of @c ".hhp" files in its top-level
109 directory.
110 This ZIP archive must have @c ".zip" or @c ".htb" extension (the latter
111 stands for "HTML book"). In other words,
112 @code
7c913512 113 AddBook(wxFileName("help.zip"))
c87f263e 114 @endcode
23324ae1 115 is possible and is the recommended way.
c87f263e 116
7c913512 117 @param bookFile
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118 Help book filename. It is recommended to use this prototype
119 instead of the one taking URL, because it is less error-prone.
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120 @param showWaitMsg
121 If @true then a decoration-less window with progress message is displayed.
122 */
a44f3b5a 123 bool AddBook(const wxFileName& bookFile, bool showWaitMsg = false);
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124
125 /**
126 Adds a book (i.e. a @ref overview_html_helpformats ".hhp file"; an HTML Help
127 Workshop project file) into the list of loaded books.
128
129 See the other overload for additional info.
130
7c913512 131 @param bookUrl
4cc4bfaf 132 Help book URL (note that syntax of filename and URL is
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133 different on most platforms).
134 @param showWaitMsg
135 If @true then a decoration-less window with progress message is displayed.
23324ae1 136 */
a44f3b5a 137 bool AddBook(const wxString& bookUrl, bool showWaitMsg = false);
23324ae1 138
23324ae1 139 /**
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140 Displays page @a x.
141 This is THE important function - it is used to display the help in application.
142 You can specify the page in many ways:
143 - as direct filename of HTML document
144 - as chapter name (from contents) or as a book name
145 - as some word from index
146 - even as any word (will be searched)
147
148 Looking for the page runs in these steps:
149 -# try to locate file named x (if x is for example "doc/howto.htm")
150 -# try to open starting page of book named x
151 -# try to find x in contents (if x is for example "How To ...")
152 -# try to find x in index (if x is for example "How To ...")
153 -# switch to Search panel and start searching
23324ae1 154 */
a44f3b5a 155 bool Display(const wxString& x);
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156
157 /**
158 @overload
159
160 This alternative form is used to search help contents by numeric IDs.
161 */
a44f3b5a 162 bool Display(int id);
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163
164 /**
165 Displays help window and focuses contents panel.
166 */
5267aefd 167 virtual bool DisplayContents();
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168
169 /**
170 Displays help window and focuses index panel.
171 */
5267aefd 172 bool DisplayIndex();
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173
174 /**
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175 Displays the help window, focuses search panel and starts searching.
176 Returns @true if the keyword was found. Optionally it searches through the
177 index (mode = @c wxHELP_SEARCH_INDEX), default the content
178 (mode = @c wxHELP_SEARCH_ALL).
179
180 @note
181 KeywordSearch() searches only pages listed in @c ".hhc" file(s).
182 You should list all pages in the contents file.
23324ae1 183 */
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184 virtual bool KeywordSearch(const wxString& keyword,
185 wxHelpSearchMode mode = wxHELP_SEARCH_ALL);
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186
187 /**
188 Reads the controller's setting (position of window, etc.)
189 */
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190 virtual void ReadCustomization(wxConfigBase* cfg,
191 const wxString& path = wxEmptyString);
23324ae1 192
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193 /**
194 Sets whether the help frame should prevent application from exiting
195 if it's the only remaining top level window.
196
f54c646f 197 @param enable
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198 If @true, the application will not quit unless the help frame is
199 closed. Default is @false, i.e. the application does exit if only
200 the help window remains opened.
201
202 @see wxApp::SetExitOnFrameDelete()
203
204 @since 2.9.2
205 */
206 void SetShouldPreventAppExit(bool enable);
207
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208 /**
209 Sets the path for storing temporary files - cached binary versions of index and
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210 contents files.
211
212 These binary forms are much faster to read. Default value is empty string
213 (empty string means that no cached data are stored). Note that these files
214 are @e not deleted when program exits.
215
7c913512 216 Once created these cached files will be used in all subsequent executions
c87f263e 217 of your application. If cached files become older than corresponding @c ".hhp"
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218 file (e.g. if you regenerate documentation) it will be refreshed.
219 */
220 void SetTempDir(const wxString& path);
221
222 /**
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223 Sets format of title of the frame.
224 Must contain exactly one "%s" (for title of displayed HTML page).
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225 */
226 void SetTitleFormat(const wxString& format);
227
228 /**
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229 Associates the @a config object with the controller.
230
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231 If there is associated config object, wxHtmlHelpController automatically
232 reads and writes settings (including wxHtmlWindow's settings) when needed.
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233 The only thing you must do is create wxConfig object and call UseConfig().
234
235 If you do not use UseConfig(), wxHtmlHelpController will use the default
236 wxConfig object if available (for details see wxConfigBase::Get and
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237 wxConfigBase::Set).
238 */
239 void UseConfig(wxConfigBase* config,
240 const wxString& rootpath = wxEmptyString);
241
242 /**
243 Stores controllers setting (position of window etc.)
244 */
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245 virtual void WriteCustomization(wxConfigBase* cfg,
246 const wxString& path = wxEmptyString);
5e6e278d 247
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248 /**
249 Get the current help window
250 */
251 wxHtmlHelpWindow* GetHelpWindow();
252
253 /**
254 Set the help window to be managed by this controller. This makes it
255 possible to have a help window that might not be in a wxHtmlHelpFrame or
256 dialog but is embedded in some other window in the application. Be sure
257 to use the wxHF_EMBEDDED style in this case.
258 */
259 void SetHelpWindow(wxHtmlHelpWindow* helpWindow);
260
261 /**
262 Returns the current help frame. (May be NULL.)
263 */
264 wxHtmlHelpFrame* GetFrame();
265
266 /**
267 Returns the current help dialog. (May be NULL.)
268 */
269 wxHtmlHelpDialog* GetDialog();
270
271
272
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273protected:
274
275 /**
276 This protected virtual method may be overridden so that when specifying the
277 @c wxHF_DIALOG style, the controller uses a different dialog.
278 */
279 virtual wxHtmlHelpDialog* CreateHelpDialog(wxHtmlHelpData* data);
280
281 /**
282 This protected virtual method may be overridden so that the controller
283 uses a different frame.
284 */
285 virtual wxHtmlHelpFrame* CreateHelpFrame(wxHtmlHelpData* data);
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286};
287
288
e54c96f1 289
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290/**
291 @class wxHtmlModalHelp
7c913512 292
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293 This class uses wxHtmlHelpController to display help in a modal dialog.
294 This is useful on platforms such as wxMac where if you display help from a
295 modal dialog, the help window must itself be a modal dialog.
7c913512 296
23324ae1 297 Create objects of this class on the stack, for example:
7c913512 298
23324ae1 299 @code
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300 // The help can be browsed during the lifetime of this object; when the
301 // user quits the help, program execution will continue.
f8ebb70d 302 wxHtmlModalHelp help(parent, "help", "My topic");
23324ae1 303 @endcode
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23324ae1 305 @library{wxhtml}
c87f263e 306 @category{help,html}
23324ae1 307*/
7c913512 308class wxHtmlModalHelp
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309{
310public:
311 /**
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312 The ctor.
313
7c913512 314 @param parent
4cc4bfaf 315 is the parent of the dialog.
7c913512 316 @param helpFile
4cc4bfaf 317 is the HTML help file to show.
7c913512 318 @param topic
4cc4bfaf 319 is an optional topic. If this is empty, the help contents will be shown.
7c913512 320 @param style
4cc4bfaf 321 is a combination of the flags described in the wxHtmlHelpController
c87f263e 322 documentation.
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323 */
324 wxHtmlModalHelp(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& helpFile,
325 const wxString& topic = wxEmptyString,
326 int style = wxHF_DEFAULT_STYLE | wxHF_DIALOG | wxHF_MODAL);
327};
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