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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: utils.h
3// Purpose: Miscellaneous utilities
4// Author: Julian Smart
5// Modified by:
6// Created: 29/01/98
7// RCS-ID: $Id$
8// Copyright: (c) 1998 Julian Smart
3f4a0c5b 9// Licence: wxWindows license
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10/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
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12#ifndef _WX_UTILSH__
13#define _WX_UTILSH__
c801d85f 14
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15// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16// headers
17// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18
c801d85f 19#ifdef __GNUG__
d6b9496a 20 #pragma interface "utils.h"
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21#endif
22
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23#include "wx/object.h"
24#include "wx/list.h"
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25#include "wx/filefn.h"
26
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27// need this for wxGetDiskSpace() as we can't, unfortunately, forward declare
28// wxLongLong
29#include "wx/longlong.h"
30
c801d85f 31#ifdef __X__
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32 #include <dirent.h>
33 #include <unistd.h>
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34#endif
35
36#include <stdio.h>
37
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38// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
39// Forward declaration
40// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
41
42class WXDLLEXPORT wxProcess;
43class WXDLLEXPORT wxFrame;
e4b4d60e 44class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow;
cd6ce4a9 45class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowList;
59a12e90 46class WXDLLEXPORT wxPoint;
d6b9496a 47
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48// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
49// Macros
50// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c801d85f 51
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52#define wxMax(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
53#define wxMin(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
c801d85f 54
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55// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56// String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
57// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
58
8fd0d89b 59// Useful buffer (FIXME VZ: To be removed!!!)
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60// Now only needed in Mac and MSW ports
61#if !defined(__WXMOTIF__) && !defined(__WXGTK__) && !defined(__WXX11__) && !defined(__WXMGL__)
9d2f3c71 62WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxChar*) wxBuffer;
45ff6421 63#endif
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64
65// Make a copy of this string using 'new'
9d2f3c71 66WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* copystring(const wxChar *s);
c801d85f 67
d6b9496a 68// Matches string one within string two regardless of case
bc87fd68 69WXDLLEXPORT bool StringMatch(const wxChar *one, const wxChar *two, bool subString = TRUE, bool exact = FALSE);
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70
71// A shorter way of using strcmp
9d2f3c71 72#define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (wxStrcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
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73
74// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
75// Miscellaneous functions
76// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
77
78// Sound the bell
e90c1d2a 79WXDLLEXPORT void wxBell();
d6b9496a 80
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81// Get OS description as a user-readable string
82WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetOsDescription();
83
d6b9496a 84// Get OS version
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85WXDLLEXPORT int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn = (int *) NULL,
86 int *minorVsn = (int *) NULL);
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87
88// Return a string with the current date/time
89WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxNow();
90
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91// Return path where wxWindows is installed (mostly useful in Unices)
92WXDLLEXPORT const wxChar *wxGetInstallPrefix();
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93// Return path to wxWin data (/usr/share/wx/%{version}) (Unices)
94WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetDataDir();
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95
96
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98// Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
99// KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
100// in wxMSW.
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101WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag );
102
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103// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
104// Window ID management
105// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
106
c801d85f 107// Generate a unique ID
afb74891 108WXDLLEXPORT long wxNewId();
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109#if !defined(NewId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
110 #define NewId wxNewId
111#endif
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112
113// Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
184b5d99 114WXDLLEXPORT void wxRegisterId(long id);
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115#if !defined(RegisterId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
116 #define RegisterId wxRegisterId
117#endif
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118
119// Return the current ID
afb74891 120WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetCurrentId();
c801d85f 121
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122#endif // wxUSE_GUI
123
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124// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
125// Various conversions
126// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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128WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxFloatToStringStr;
129WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxDoubleToStringStr;
c801d85f 130
bc87fd68 131WXDLLEXPORT void StringToFloat(const wxChar *s, float *number);
9d2f3c71 132WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* FloatToString(float number, const wxChar *fmt = wxFloatToStringStr);
bc87fd68 133WXDLLEXPORT void StringToDouble(const wxChar *s, double *number);
9d2f3c71 134WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* DoubleToString(double number, const wxChar *fmt = wxDoubleToStringStr);
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135WXDLLEXPORT void StringToInt(const wxChar *s, int *number);
136WXDLLEXPORT void StringToLong(const wxChar *s, long *number);
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137WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* IntToString(int number);
138WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* LongToString(long number);
c801d85f 139
c801d85f 140// Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
184b5d99 141WXDLLEXPORT int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf);
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142
143// Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
9d2f3c71 144WXDLLEXPORT void wxDecToHex(int dec, wxChar *buf);
184b5d99 145WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
c801d85f 146
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147// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
148// Process management
149// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
150
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151// NB: for backwars compatibility reasons the values of wxEXEC_[A]SYNC *must*
152// be 0 and 1, don't change!
153
154enum
155{
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156 // execute the process asynchronously
157 wxEXEC_ASYNC = 0,
158
159 // execute it synchronously, i.e. wait until it finishes
160 wxEXEC_SYNC = 1,
161
162 // under Windows, don't hide the child even if it's IO is redirected (this
163 // is done by default)
164 wxEXEC_NOHIDE = 2,
165
166 // under Unix, if the process is the group leader then killing -pid kills
167 // all children as well as pid
168 wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER = 4
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169};
170
171// Execute another program.
172//
173// If flags contain wxEXEC_SYNC, return -1 on failure and the exit code of the
174// process if everything was ok. Otherwise (i.e. if wxEXEC_ASYNC), return 0 on
175// failure and the PID of the launched process if ok.
32e163ae 176WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(char **argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
c67daf87 177 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
fbf456aa 178WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
c67daf87 179 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
c801d85f 180
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181// execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line, this is
182// always synchronous
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183WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
184 wxArrayString& output);
185
fbf456aa 186// also capture stderr (also synchronous)
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187WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
188 wxArrayString& output,
189 wxArrayString& error);
cd6ce4a9 190
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191enum wxSignal
192{
193 wxSIGNONE = 0, // verify if the process exists under Unix
194 wxSIGHUP,
195 wxSIGINT,
196 wxSIGQUIT,
197 wxSIGILL,
198 wxSIGTRAP,
199 wxSIGABRT,
200 wxSIGIOT = wxSIGABRT, // another name
201 wxSIGEMT,
202 wxSIGFPE,
203 wxSIGKILL,
204 wxSIGBUS,
205 wxSIGSEGV,
206 wxSIGSYS,
207 wxSIGPIPE,
208 wxSIGALRM,
209 wxSIGTERM
210
211 // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
212};
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214enum wxKillError
215{
216 wxKILL_OK, // no error
217 wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL, // no such signal
218 wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED, // permission denied
219 wxKILL_NO_PROCESS, // no such process
220 wxKILL_ERROR // another, unspecified error
221};
222
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223enum wxShutdownFlags
224{
225 wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF, // power off the computer
226 wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT // shutdown and reboot
227};
228
229// Shutdown or reboot the PC
230WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShutdown(wxShutdownFlags wFlags);
231
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232// send the given signal to the process (only NONE and KILL are supported under
233// Windows, all others mean TERM), return 0 if ok and -1 on error
234//
235// return detailed error in rc if not NULL
236WXDLLEXPORT int wxKill(long pid,
237 wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM,
238 wxKillError *rc = NULL);
c801d85f 239
2c8e4738 240// Execute a command in an interactive shell window (always synchronously)
c801d85f 241// If no command then just the shell
62448488 242WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);
c801d85f 243
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244// As wxShell(), but must give a (non interactive) command and its output will
245// be returned in output array
246WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShell(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output);
247
b568d04f 248// Sleep for nSecs seconds
184b5d99 249WXDLLEXPORT void wxSleep(int nSecs);
c801d85f 250
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251// Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
252WXDLLEXPORT void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds);
253
c801d85f 254// Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
afb74891 255WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetFreeMemory();
c801d85f 256
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257// should wxApp::OnFatalException() be called?
258WXDLLEXPORT bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit = TRUE);
259
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260// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
261// Environment variables
262// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
263
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264// returns TRUE if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
265// for this)
266WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value);
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267
268// set the env var name to the given value, return TRUE on success
269WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxChar *value);
270
271// remove the env var from environment
272inline bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& var) { return wxSetEnv(var, NULL); }
273
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274// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
275// Network and username functions.
276// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c801d85f 277
d6b9496a 278// NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
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279
280// Get eMail address
9d2f3c71 281WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
d6b9496a 282WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetEmailAddress();
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283
284// Get hostname.
9d2f3c71 285WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
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286WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetHostName();
287
288// Get FQDN
289WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetFullHostName();
96c5bd7f 290WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
c801d85f 291
d6b9496a 292// Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
9d2f3c71 293WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserId(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
d6b9496a 294WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetUserId();
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295
296// Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
9d2f3c71 297WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
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298WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetUserName();
299
300// Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
c51deffc 301WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetHomeDir();
9d2f3c71 302WXDLLEXPORT const wxChar* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr);
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303
304// Get the user's home dir (caller must copy --- volatile)
305// returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
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306#if defined(__UNIX__) && wxUSE_UNICODE
307WXDLLEXPORT const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
308#else
9d2f3c71 309WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
61ef57fc 310#endif
d6b9496a 311
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312// get number of total/free bytes on the disk where path belongs
313WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetDiskSpace(const wxString& path,
314 wxLongLong *pTotal = NULL,
315 wxLongLong *pFree = NULL);
316
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317#if wxUSE_GUI // GUI only things from now on
318
d6b9496a 319// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
974e8d94 320// Menu accelerators related things
d6b9496a 321// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c801d85f 322
bc87fd68 323WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxStripMenuCodes(const wxChar *in, wxChar *out = (wxChar *) NULL);
184b5d99 324WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str);
c801d85f 325
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326#if wxUSE_ACCEL
327class WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry;
328WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry *wxGetAccelFromString(const wxString& label);
329#endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
330
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331// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
332// Window search
333// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
334
c801d85f 335// Returns menu item id or -1 if none.
184b5d99 336WXDLLEXPORT int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString);
c801d85f 337
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338// Find the wxWindow at the given point. wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint
339// is always present but may be less reliable than a native version.
340WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
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341WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
342
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343// NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel() instead
344//
345// Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
346// Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
347// all windows.
348WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
349
350// NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByName() instead
351//
352// Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
353WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString& name, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
354
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355// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
356// Message/event queue helpers
357// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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358
359// Yield to other apps/messages
afb74891 360WXDLLEXPORT bool wxYield();
c801d85f 361
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362// Like wxYield, but fails silently if the yield is recursive.
363WXDLLEXPORT bool wxYieldIfNeeded();
364
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365// Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
366WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow *win = NULL);
367
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368// Enable or disable input to all top level windows
369WXDLLEXPORT void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable = TRUE);
370
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371// Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
372// in long calculations.
373WXDLLEXPORT bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow *wnd);
374
375// Consume all events until no more left
376WXDLLEXPORT void wxFlushEvents();
377
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378// a class which disables all windows (except, may be, thegiven one) in its
379// ctor and enables them back in its dtor
380class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDisabler
381{
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382 DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxWindowDisabler)
383
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384public:
385 wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow *winToSkip = (wxWindow *)NULL);
386 ~wxWindowDisabler();
387
388private:
389 wxWindowList *m_winDisabled;
390};
391
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392// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
393// Cursors
394// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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395
396// Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
397class WXDLLEXPORT wxCursor;
398WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCursor*) wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR;
184b5d99 399WXDLLEXPORT void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor *cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
e2a6f233 400
c801d85f 401// Restore cursor to normal
afb74891 402WXDLLEXPORT void wxEndBusyCursor();
d6b9496a 403
c801d85f 404// TRUE if we're between the above two calls
afb74891 405WXDLLEXPORT bool wxIsBusy();
c801d85f 406
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407// Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
408class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
409{
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410public:
411 wxBusyCursor(wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR)
412 { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor); }
f6bcfd97 413 ~wxBusyCursor()
afb74891 414 { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
e2a6f233 415
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416 // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
417 // in wxGTK. BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
418 // common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
419 // similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
420 // wxCursor.. -- RL.
421 static const wxCursor &GetStoredCursor();
422 static const wxCursor GetBusyCursor();
423};
c801d85f 424
c801d85f 425
d6b9496a 426// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c801d85f 427// Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
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428// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
429
47d67540 430#if wxUSE_RESOURCES
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431WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, const wxString& value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
432WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
433WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
434WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
435
9d2f3c71 436WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, wxChar **value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
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437WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
438WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
439WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
47d67540 440#endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
c801d85f 441
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442void WXDLLEXPORT wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
443
444// MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
445// Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
2049ba38 446#ifdef __WXMSW__
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447 WXDLLEXPORT extern const wxChar* wxUserResourceStr;
448 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName, const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr);
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449#endif // MSW
450
451// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
452// Display and colorss (X only)
453// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
c801d85f 454
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455#ifdef __WXGTK__
456 void *wxGetDisplay();
457#endif
458
c801d85f 459#ifdef __X__
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460 WXDisplay *wxGetDisplay();
461 bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString& display_name);
462 wxString wxGetDisplayName();
d111a89a 463#endif // X or GTK+
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464
465#ifdef __X__
466
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467#ifdef __VMS__ // Xlib.h for VMS is not (yet) compatible with C++
468 // The resulting warnings are switched off here
469#pragma message disable nosimpint
470#endif
7266b672 471// #include <X11/Xlib.h>
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472#ifdef __VMS__
473#pragma message enable nosimpint
474#endif
c801d85f 475
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476#endif //__X__
477
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478#endif // wxUSE_GUI
479
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480// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
481// Error message functions used by wxWindows (deprecated, use wxLog)
482// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
483
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484#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
485
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486// Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
487// stream (Windows)
488WXDLLEXPORT void wxDebugMsg(const wxChar *fmt ...);
489
490// Non-fatal error (continues)
491WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxInternalErrorStr;
492WXDLLEXPORT void wxError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxInternalErrorStr);
493
494// Fatal error (exits)
495WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxFatalErrorStr;
496WXDLLEXPORT void wxFatalError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxFatalErrorStr);
497
73deed44 498#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
f6bcfd97 499
c801d85f 500#endif
34138703 501 // _WX_UTILSH__