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1cf4526d 181<li><a href="../../samples/calendar">calendar</a>: a sample to test the wxCalendarCtrl class.
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76a4f50d 209<li><a href="../../samples/exec">exec</a>: demonstrates wxExecute.
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213Please see newgrid below for a full demo of the new implementation's capabilities.
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219 <li><a href="../../samples/html/help">help</a>: shows use of wxHtmlHelpController to display wxHTML help.
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222 <li><a href="../../samples/html/test">test</a>: general wxHTML test application.
223 <li><a href="../../samples/html/virtual">virtual</a>: demonstrates the virtual file system feature.
224 <li><a href="../../samples/html/widget">widget</a>: demonstrates the use of controls in HTML pages.
225 <li><a href="../../samples/html/zip">zip</a>: shows how help files can be packaged in zip archives.
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228<li><a href="../../samples/internat">internat</a>: use of wxWindows' internationalization support.
229<li><a href="../../samples/joytest">joytest</a>: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only).
230<li><a href="../../samples/layout">layout</a>: shows the constraint layout system in action.
231<li><a href="../../samples/listctrl">listctrl</a>: demonstrates the wxListCtrl (implemented natively on
232WIN32, and using a generic version on other platforms).
ad556aa9 233<li><a href="../../samples/menu">menu</a>: tests menus.
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235scheme is used whereby child windows have full sizing and moving rights within the main
236window. On other platforms, tabbed windows are used, where the children are always maximized.
237<li><a href="../../samples/memcheck">memcheck</a>: demonstrates the memory checking/debugging facilities.
238<li><a href="../../samples/mfc">mfc</a>: shows how to use MFC and wxWindows code in the same application (Windows only).
818e52c2 239To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWindows.
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242<li><a href="../../samples/minimal">minimal</a>: just shows a frame, a menubar, and a statusbar. About as
243small a wxWindows application as you can get.
244<li><a href="../../samples/nativdlg">nativdlg</a>: shows how wxWindows can load a standard Windows
245dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWindows controls (Windows only).
0d3a69ec 246<li><a href="../../samples/newgrid">newgrid</a>: demonstrates the new wxGrid implementation, by Michael Bedward and others.
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248<li><a href="../../samples/oleauto">oleauto</a>: a little OLE automation controller (Windows only; requires
249Excel to be present).
250<li><a href="../../samples/ownerdrw">ownerdrw</a>: demonstrates owner-draw menus and controls (Windows only).
251<li><a href="../../samples/png">png</a>: demonstrates PNG loading.
252<li><a href="../../samples/printing">printing</a>: shows printing and previewing.
253<li><a href="../../samples/proplist">proplist</a>: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor).
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264<li><a href="../../samples/scrollsub">scrollsub</a>: demonstrates the use of wxScrolledWindow to scroll
265an embedded window.
1cf4526d 266<li><a href="../../samples/sockets">sockets</a>: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes.
7921cf2b 267<li><a href="../../samples/splitter">splitter</a>: demonstrates the wxSplitterWindow class.
0d3a69ec 268<li><a href="../../samples/statbar">statbar</a>: demonstrates the wxStatusBar class.
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270adding icons to the system tray. Windows only, but may eventually be implemented for other desktop
271environments that use this metaphor.
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273and clipboard operations.
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275programming.
276<li><a href="../../samples/toolbar">toolbar</a>: demonstrates wxToolBar.
277<li><a href="../../samples/treectrl">treectrl</a>: demonstrates wxTreeCtrl.
278<li><a href="../../samples/typetest">typetest</a>: tests various data type classes, including
279wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant.
280<li><a href="../../samples/validate">validate</a>: shows simple use of validation.
2723cfeb 281<li><a href="../../samples/wizard">wizard</a>: demonstrates the wxWizard class.
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284<h3 align=center><a name="demos"><hr>Demos<hr></a></h3>
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289<li><a href="../../demos/bombs">bombs</a>: minesweeper-like game.
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291<li><a href="../../demos/forty">forty</a>: a great little card game by Chris Breeze.
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293<li><a href="../../demos/life">life</a>: the game of Life by J. H. Conway, implemented in wxWindows by Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia.
294<li><a href="../../demos/poem">poem</a>: a little poetry display program.
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