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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: $Id$
526954c5 6// Licence: wxWindows licence
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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
e4431849 27 You should use the macro wxIMPLEMENT_APP(appClass) in your application
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28 implementation file to tell wxWidgets how to create an instance of your
29 application class.
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e4431849 31 Use wxDECLARE_APP(appClass) in a header file if you want the ::wxGetApp() function
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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*/
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40class wxAppConsole : public wxEvtHandler,
41 public wxEventFilter
23324ae1 42{
8064223b 43protected:
23324ae1 44 /**
8064223b 45 Creates the wxAppTraits object when GetTraits() needs it for the first time.
23324ae1 46
8064223b 47 @see wxAppTraits
23324ae1 48 */
8064223b 49 virtual wxAppTraits* CreateTraits();
23324ae1 50
8064223b 51public:
3c4f71cc 52
23324ae1 53 /**
8064223b 54 Destructor.
23324ae1 55 */
8064223b 56 virtual ~wxAppConsole();
23324ae1 57
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58
59 /**
60 @name Event-handling
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61
62 Note that you should look at wxEvtLoopBase for more event-processing
63 documentation.
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64 */
65 //@{
66
23324ae1 67 /**
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68 Called by wxWidgets on creation of the application. Override this if you wish
69 to provide your own (environment-dependent) main loop.
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dde19c21 71 @return 0 under X, and the wParam of the WM_QUIT message under Windows.
23324ae1 72 */
dde19c21 73 virtual int MainLoop();
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74
75 /**
76 Call this to explicitly exit the main message (event) loop.
77 You should normally exit the main loop (and the application) by deleting
78 the top window.
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79
80 This function simply calls wxEvtLoopBase::Exit() on the active loop.
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81 */
82 virtual void ExitMainLoop();
83
84 /**
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85 Overridden wxEventFilter method.
86
23324ae1 87 This function is called before processing any event and allows the application
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88 to preempt the processing of some events, see wxEventFilter
89 documentation for more information.
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91 wxApp implementation of this method always return -1 indicating that
92 the event should be processed normally.
23324ae1 93 */
8064223b 94 virtual int FilterEvent(wxEvent& event);
23324ae1 95
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96 /**
97 Returns the main event loop instance, i.e. the event loop which is started
98 by OnRun() and which dispatches all events sent from the native toolkit
99 to the application (except when new event loops are temporarily set-up).
100 The returned value maybe @NULL. Put initialization code which needs a
101 non-@NULL main event loop into OnEventLoopEnter().
102 */
103 wxEventLoopBase* GetMainLoop() const;
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105 /**
106 This function simply invokes the given method @a func of the specified
107 event handler @a handler with the @a event as parameter. It exists solely
108 to allow to catch the C++ exceptions which could be thrown by all event
109 handlers in the application in one place: if you want to do this, override
110 this function in your wxApp-derived class and add try/catch clause(s) to it.
23324ae1 111 */
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112 virtual void HandleEvent(wxEvtHandler* handler,
113 wxEventFunction func,
114 wxEvent& event) const;
23324ae1 115
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116 /**
117 Returns @true if the application is using an event loop.
118
119 This function always returns @true for the GUI applications which
120 must use an event loop but by default only returns @true for the
121 console programs if an event loop is already running as it can't know
122 whether one will be created in the future.
123
124 Thus, it only makes sense to override it in console applications which
125 do use an event loop, to return @true instead of checking if there is a
126 currently active event loop.
127 */
128 virtual bool UsesEventLoop() const;
129
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130 //@}
131
23324ae1 132
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133 /**
134 @name Pending events
135
136 Pending events are handled by wxAppConsole rather than wxEventLoopBase
137 to allow queuing of events even when there's no event loop
138 (e.g. in wxAppConsole::OnInit).
139 */
140 //@{
141
142 /**
143 Process all pending events; it is necessary to call this function to
cae9e7b1 144 process events posted with wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent or wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent.
8e40ed85 145
cae9e7b1 146 This happens during each event loop iteration (see wxEventLoopBase) in GUI mode but
8e40ed85 147 it may be also called directly.
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149 Note that this function does not only process the pending events for the wxApp object
150 itself (which derives from wxEvtHandler) but also the pending events for @e any
151 event handler of this application.
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153 This function will immediately return and do nothing if SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents()
154 was called.
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155 */
156 virtual void ProcessPendingEvents();
3185abc2 157
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158 /**
159 Deletes the pending events of all wxEvtHandlers of this application.
3185abc2 160
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161 See wxEvtHandler::DeletePendingEvents() for warnings about deleting the pending
162 events.
163 */
164 void DeletePendingEvents();
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165
166 /**
167 Returns @true if there are pending events on the internal pending event list.
3185abc2 168
cae9e7b1 169 Whenever wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent or wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent() are
3185abc2 170 called (not only for wxApp itself, but for any event handler of the application!),
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171 the internal wxApp's list of handlers with pending events is updated and this
172 function will return true.
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173 */
174 bool HasPendingEvents() const;
175
176 /**
177 Temporary suspends processing of the pending events.
178
179 @see ResumeProcessingOfPendingEvents()
180 */
181 void SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents();
182
183 /**
184 Resume processing of the pending events previously stopped because of a
185 call to SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents().
186 */
187 void ResumeProcessingOfPendingEvents();
188
189 //@}
190
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191 /**
192 Delayed objects destruction.
193
194 In applications using events it may be unsafe for an event handler to
195 delete the object which generated the event because more events may be
196 still pending for the same object. In this case the handler may call
197 ScheduleForDestruction() instead.
198 */
199 //@{
200
201 /**
202 Schedule the object for destruction in the near future.
203
204 Notice that if the application is not using an event loop, i.e. if
205 UsesEventLoop() returns @false, this method will simply delete the
206 object immediately.
207
208 Examples of using this function inside wxWidgets itself include
209 deleting the top level windows when they are closed and sockets when
210 they are disconnected.
211 */
212 void ScheduleForDestruction(wxObject *object);
213
214 /**
215 Check if the object had been scheduled for destruction with
216 ScheduleForDestruction().
217
218 This function may be useful as an optimization to avoid doing something
219 with an object which will be soon destroyed in any case.
220 */
221 bool IsScheduledForDestruction(wxObject *object) const;
222
223 //@}
224
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226 bool Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
227
23324ae1 228 /**
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229 Allows external code to modify global ::wxTheApp, but you should really
230 know what you're doing if you call it.
231
232 @param app
233 Replacement for the global application object.
234
235 @see GetInstance()
23324ae1 236 */
4b221422 237 static void SetInstance(wxAppConsole* app);
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238
239 /**
4b221422 240 Returns the one and only global application object.
d48b06bd 241 Usually ::wxTheApp is used instead.
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242
243 @see SetInstance()
23324ae1 244 */
4b221422 245 static wxAppConsole* GetInstance();
23324ae1 246
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247 /**
248 Returns @true if the main event loop is currently running, i.e. if the
249 application is inside OnRun().
96d7cc9b 250
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251 This can be useful to test whether events can be dispatched. For example,
252 if this function returns @false, non-blocking sockets cannot be used because
253 the events from them would never be processed.
254 */
255 static bool IsMainLoopRunning();
256
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257 /**
258 @name Callbacks for application-wide "events"
23324ae1 259 */
4b221422 260 //@{
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261
262 /**
263 This function is called when an assert failure occurs, i.e. the condition
e54c96f1 264 specified in wxASSERT() macro evaluated to @false.
96d7cc9b 265
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266 It is only called in debug mode (when @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined) as
267 asserts are not left in the release code at all.
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268 The base class version shows the default assert failure dialog box proposing to
269 the user to stop the program, continue or ignore all subsequent asserts.
3c4f71cc 270
7c913512 271 @param file
4cc4bfaf 272 the name of the source file where the assert occurred
7c913512 273 @param line
4cc4bfaf 274 the line number in this file where the assert occurred
7c913512 275 @param func
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276 the name of the function where the assert occurred, may be
277 empty if the compiler doesn't support C99 __FUNCTION__
7c913512 278 @param cond
4cc4bfaf 279 the condition of the failed assert in text form
7c913512 280 @param msg
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281 the message specified as argument to wxASSERT_MSG or wxFAIL_MSG, will
282 be @NULL if just wxASSERT or wxFAIL was used
23324ae1 283 */
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284 virtual void OnAssertFailure(const wxChar *file,
285 int line,
286 const wxChar *func,
287 const wxChar *cond,
288 const wxChar *msg);
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289
290 /**
291 Called when command line parsing fails (i.e. an incorrect command line option
292 was specified by the user). The default behaviour is to show the program usage
293 text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 294
7c913512 295 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 296 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 297
4cc4bfaf 298 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 299 */
8064223b 300 virtual bool OnCmdLineError(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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301
302 /**
303 Called when the help option (@c --help) was specified on the command line.
304 The default behaviour is to show the program usage text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 305
7c913512 306 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 307 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 308
4cc4bfaf 309 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 310 */
8064223b 311 virtual bool OnCmdLineHelp(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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312
313 /**
314 Called after the command line had been successfully parsed. You may override
315 this method to test for the values of the various parameters which could be
316 set from the command line.
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318 Don't forget to call the base class version unless you want to suppress
319 processing of the standard command line options.
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320 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return @false from
321 OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 322
4cc4bfaf 323 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 324 */
8064223b 325 virtual bool OnCmdLineParsed(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
23324ae1 326
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327 /**
328 Called by wxEventLoopBase::SetActive(): you can override this function
329 and put here the code which needs an active event loop.
330
331 Note that this function is called whenever an event loop is activated;
332 you may want to use wxEventLoopBase::IsMain() to perform initialization
333 specific for the app's main event loop.
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335 @see OnEventLoopExit()
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336 */
337 virtual void OnEventLoopEnter(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
338
339 /**
340 Called by wxEventLoopBase::OnExit() for each event loop which
341 is exited.
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343 @see OnEventLoopEnter()
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344 */
345 virtual void OnEventLoopExit(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
346
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347 /**
348 This function is called if an unhandled exception occurs inside the main
349 application event loop. It can return @true to ignore the exception and to
350 continue running the loop or @false to exit the loop and terminate the
351 program. In the latter case it can also use C++ @c throw keyword to
352 rethrow the current exception.
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354 The default behaviour of this function is the latter in all ports except under
355 Windows where a dialog is shown to the user which allows him to choose between
356 the different options. You may override this function in your class to do
357 something more appropriate.
96d7cc9b 358
7c913512 359 Finally note that if the exception is rethrown from here, it can be caught in
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360 OnUnhandledException().
361 */
362 virtual bool OnExceptionInMainLoop();
363
364 /**
365 Override this member function for any processing which needs to be
366 done as the application is about to exit. OnExit is called after
367 destroying all application windows and controls, but before
7c913512 368 wxWidgets cleanup. Note that it is not called at all if
23324ae1 369 OnInit() failed.
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370
371 The return value of this function is currently ignored, return the same
372 value as returned by the base class method if you override it.
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373 */
374 virtual int OnExit();
375
376 /**
377 This function may be called if something fatal happens: an unhandled
d13b34d3 378 exception under Win32 or a fatal signal under Unix, for example. However,
7c913512 379 this will not happen by default: you have to explicitly call
e54c96f1 380 wxHandleFatalExceptions() to enable this.
96d7cc9b 381
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382 Generally speaking, this function should only show a message to the user and
383 return. You may attempt to save unsaved data but this is not guaranteed to
384 work and, in fact, probably won't.
3c4f71cc 385
e54c96f1 386 @see wxHandleFatalExceptions()
23324ae1 387 */
8064223b 388 virtual void OnFatalException();
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389
390 /**
391 This must be provided by the application, and will usually create the
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392 application's main window, optionally calling SetTopWindow().
393
394 You may use OnExit() to clean up anything initialized here, provided
23324ae1 395 that the function returns @true.
96d7cc9b 396
4c51a665 397 Notice that if you want to use the command line processing provided by
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398 wxWidgets you have to call the base class version in the derived class
399 OnInit().
96d7cc9b 400
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401 Return @true to continue processing, @false to exit the application
402 immediately.
403 */
8064223b 404 virtual bool OnInit();
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405
406 /**
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407 Called from OnInit() and may be used to initialize the parser with the
408 command line options for this application. The base class versions adds
409 support for a few standard options only.
23324ae1 410 */
8064223b 411 virtual void OnInitCmdLine(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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412
413 /**
414 This virtual function is where the execution of a program written in wxWidgets
415 starts. The default implementation just enters the main loop and starts
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416 handling the events until it terminates, either because ExitMainLoop() has
417 been explicitly called or because the last frame has been deleted and
418 GetExitOnFrameDelete() flag is @true (this is the default).
419
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420 The return value of this function becomes the exit code of the program, so it
421 should return 0 in case of successful termination.
422 */
423 virtual int OnRun();
424
425 /**
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426 This function is called when an unhandled C++ exception occurs in user
427 code called by wxWidgets.
428
429 Any unhandled exceptions thrown from (overridden versions of) OnInit()
430 and OnExit() methods as well as any exceptions thrown from inside the
431 main loop and re-thrown by OnUnhandledException() will result in a call
432 to this function.
433
434 By the time this function is called, the program is already about to
435 exit and the exception can't be handled nor ignored any more, override
436 OnUnhandledException() or use explicit @c try/catch blocks around
437 OnInit() body to be able to handle the exception earlier.
438
439 The default implementation dumps information about the exception using
440 wxMessageOutputBest.
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441 */
442 virtual void OnUnhandledException();
443
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444 //@}
445
446
23324ae1 447 /**
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448 @name Application informations
449 */
450 //@{
3c4f71cc 451
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452 /**
453 Returns the user-readable application name.
454
455 The difference between this string and the one returned by GetAppName()
456 is that this one is meant to be shown to the user and so should be used
457 for the window titles, page headers and so on while the other one
458 should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
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459 configuration file keys.
460
461 If the application name for display had been previously set by
462 SetAppDisplayName(), it will be returned by this function. Otherwise,
463 if SetAppName() had been called its value will be returned; also as is.
464 Finally if none was called, this function returns the program name
465 capitalized using wxString::Capitalize().
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466
467 @since 2.9.0
23324ae1 468 */
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469 wxString GetAppDisplayName() const;
470
471 /**
472 Returns the application name.
473
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474 If SetAppName() had been called, returns the string passed to it.
475 Otherwise returns the program name, i.e. the value of @c argv[0] passed
476 to the @c main() function.
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477
478 @see GetAppDisplayName()
479 */
480 wxString GetAppName() const;
481
482 /**
483 Gets the class name of the application. The class name may be used in a
484 platform specific manner to refer to the application.
485
486 @see SetClassName()
487 */
488 wxString GetClassName() const;
489
490 /**
491 Returns a pointer to the wxAppTraits object for the application.
492 If you want to customize the wxAppTraits object, you must override the
493 CreateTraits() function.
494 */
495 wxAppTraits* GetTraits();
496
497 /**
498 Returns the user-readable vendor name. The difference between this string
499 and the one returned by GetVendorName() is that this one is meant to be shown
500 to the user and so should be used for the window titles, page headers and so on
501 while the other one should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
502 configuration file keys.
503
504 By default, returns the same string as GetVendorName().
505
506 @since 2.9.0
507 */
508 const wxString& GetVendorDisplayName() const;
509
510 /**
511 Returns the application's vendor name.
512 */
513 const wxString& GetVendorName() const;
23324ae1 514
8064223b 515 /**
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516 Set the application name to be used in the user-visible places such as
517 window titles.
518
519 See GetAppDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
8064223b 520 display name and name.
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521
522 Notice that if this function is called, the name is used as is, without
523 any capitalization as done by default by GetAppDisplayName().
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524 */
525 void SetAppDisplayName(const wxString& name);
526
527 /**
528 Sets the name of the application. This name should be used for file names,
529 configuration file entries and other internal strings. For the user-visible
530 strings, such as the window titles, the application display name set by
531 SetAppDisplayName() is used instead.
532
533 By default the application name is set to the name of its executable file.
534
535 @see GetAppName()
536 */
537 void SetAppName(const wxString& name);
538
539 /**
540 Sets the class name of the application. This may be used in a platform specific
541 manner to refer to the application.
542
543 @see GetClassName()
544 */
545 void SetClassName(const wxString& name);
546
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547 /**
548 Set the vendor name to be used in the user-visible places.
549 See GetVendorDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
550 display name and name.
551 */
552 void SetVendorDisplayName(const wxString& name);
553
554 /**
555 Sets the name of application's vendor. The name will be used
556 in registry access. A default name is set by wxWidgets.
557
558 @see GetVendorName()
559 */
560 void SetVendorName(const wxString& name);
561
4b221422 562 //@}
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564
565 /**
566 Number of command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
567 */
568 int argc;
569
570 /**
571 Command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
572
573 Under Windows and Linux/Unix, you should parse the command line
574 arguments and check for files to be opened when starting your
ee7553e9 575 application. Under OS X, you need to override MacOpenFiles()
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576 since command line arguments are used differently there.
577
578 You may use the wxCmdLineParser to parse command line arguments.
579 */
580 wxChar** argv;
581};
582
583
584
585
586/**
587 @class wxApp
8064223b 588
f045c7f5 589 The wxApp class represents the application itself when @c wxUSE_GUI=1.
8064223b 590
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591 In addition to the features provided by wxAppConsole it keeps track of
592 the <em>top window</em> (see SetTopWindow()) and adds support for
593 video modes (see SetVideoMode()).
8064223b 594
f045c7f5 595 In general, application-wide settings for GUI-only apps are accessible
84094285 596 from wxApp (or from wxSystemSettings or wxSystemOptions classes).
8064223b 597
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598 @beginEventEmissionTable
599 @event{EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION(func)}
600 Process a query end session event, supplying the member function.
601 See wxCloseEvent.
602 @event{EVT_END_SESSION(func)}
603 Process an end session event, supplying the member function.
604 See wxCloseEvent.
605 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE_APP(func)}
606 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event. See wxActivateEvent.
607 @event{EVT_HIBERNATE(func)}
608 Process a hibernate event. See wxActivateEvent.
609 @event{EVT_DIALUP_CONNECTED(func)}
610 A connection with the network was established. See wxDialUpEvent.
611 @event{EVT_DIALUP_DISCONNECTED(func)}
612 The connection with the network was lost. See wxDialUpEvent.
613 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
614 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
615 @endEventTable
616
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617 @library{wxbase}
618 @category{appmanagement}
619
84094285 620 @see @ref overview_app, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase, wxSystemSettings
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621*/
622class wxApp : public wxAppConsole
623{
624public:
625 /**
626 Constructor. Called implicitly with a definition of a wxApp object.
627 */
628 wxApp();
629
630 /**
631 Destructor. Will be called implicitly on program exit if the wxApp
632 object is created on the stack.
633 */
634 virtual ~wxApp();
635
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636 /**
637 Get display mode that is used use. This is only used in framebuffer
0e1f8ea4 638 wxWidgets ports such as wxDFB.
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639 */
640 virtual wxVideoMode GetDisplayMode() const;
641
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642 /**
643 Returns @true if the application will exit when the top-level frame is deleted.
644
645 @see SetExitOnFrameDelete()
646 */
647 bool GetExitOnFrameDelete() const;
648
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649 /**
650 Return the layout direction for the current locale or @c wxLayout_Default
651 if it's unknown.
652 */
653 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
654
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655 /**
656 Returns @true if the application will use the best visual on systems that support
657 different visuals, @false otherwise.
658
659 @see SetUseBestVisual()
660 */
661 bool GetUseBestVisual() const;
662
663 /**
664 Returns a pointer to the top window.
665
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666 @remarks
667 If the top window hasn't been set using SetTopWindow(), this function
668 will find the first top-level window (frame or dialog or instance of
669 wxTopLevelWindow) from the internal top level window list and return that.
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670
671 @see SetTopWindow()
672 */
673 virtual wxWindow* GetTopWindow() const;
674
675 /**
676 Returns @true if the application is active, i.e. if one of its windows is
677 currently in the foreground.
678
679 If this function returns @false and you need to attract users attention to
680 the application, you may use wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention to do it.
681 */
8d483c9b 682 virtual bool IsActive() const;
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685 This function is similar to wxYield(), except that it disables the user
686 input to all program windows before calling wxAppConsole::Yield and re-enables it
687 again afterwards. If @a win is not @NULL, this window will remain enabled,
688 allowing the implementation of some limited user interaction.
689 Returns the result of the call to wxAppConsole::Yield.
690
691 @see wxSafeYield
692 */
693 virtual bool SafeYield(wxWindow *win, bool onlyIfNeeded);
694
695 /**
696 Works like SafeYield() with @e onlyIfNeeded == @true except that
697 it allows the caller to specify a mask of events to be processed.
698
699 See wxAppConsole::YieldFor for more info.
700 */
701 virtual bool SafeYieldFor(wxWindow *win, long eventsToProcess);
702
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705 from the main message loop, checking for windows that may wish to process it.
706
707 The function returns @true if the message was processed, @false otherwise.
708 If you use wxWidgets with another class library with its own message loop,
709 you should make sure that this function is called to allow wxWidgets to
3c4f71cc 710 receive messages. For example, to allow co-existence with the Microsoft
96d7cc9b 711 Foundation Classes, override the PreTranslateMessage function:
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714 // Provide wxWidgets message loop compatibility
715 BOOL CTheApp::PreTranslateMessage(MSG *msg)
716 {
717 if (wxTheApp && wxTheApp->ProcessMessage((WXMSW *)msg))
718 return true;
719 else
720 return CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage(msg);
721 }
722 @endcode
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724 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 725 */
4cc4bfaf 726 bool ProcessMessage(WXMSG* msg);
23324ae1 727
f045c7f5 728 /**
1f2f7329 729 Set display mode to use. This is only used in framebuffer wxWidgets
0e1f8ea4 730 ports such as wxDFB.
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732 virtual bool SetDisplayMode(const wxVideoMode& info);
733
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735 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will exit when the
736 top-level frame is deleted.
3c4f71cc 737
7c913512 738 @param flag
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740 is deleted. If @false, the application will continue to run.
3c4f71cc 741
96d7cc9b 742 @see GetExitOnFrameDelete(), @ref overview_app_shutdown
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744 void SetExitOnFrameDelete(bool flag);
745
23324ae1 746 /**
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748
749 Currently implemented for wxGTK2-only.
23324ae1 750 Return @true if theme was successfully changed.
3c4f71cc 751
7c913512 752 @param theme
4cc4bfaf 753 The name of the new theme or an absolute path to a gtkrc-theme-file
23324ae1 754 */
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757 /**
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759 know which is the main window. You don't have to set the top window;
23324ae1 760 it is only a convenience so that (for example) certain dialogs without parents
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762
763 If no top window is specified by the application, wxWidgets just uses the
764 first frame or dialog (or better, any wxTopLevelWindow) in its top-level
765 window list, when it needs to use the top window.
766 If you previously called SetTopWindow() and now you need to restore this
767 automatic behaviour you can call @code wxApp::SetTopWindow(NULL) @endcode.
3c4f71cc 768
7c913512 769 @param window
4cc4bfaf 770 The new top window.
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4cc4bfaf 772 @see GetTopWindow(), OnInit()
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774 void SetTopWindow(wxWindow* window);
775
776 /**
777 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will use the best
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779 the case under Solaris and IRIX, where the default visual is only 8-bit whereas
780 certain applications are supposed to run in TrueColour mode.
781
782 Note that this function has to be called in the constructor of the wxApp
23324ae1 783 instance and won't have any effect when called later on.
23324ae1 784 This function currently only has effect under GTK.
3c4f71cc 785
7c913512 786 @param flag
4cc4bfaf 787 If @true, the app will use the best visual.
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789 If @true then the application will try to force using a TrueColour
790 visual and abort the app if none is found.
23324ae1 791 */
4cc4bfaf 792 void SetUseBestVisual(bool flag, bool forceTrueColour = false);
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794
795 /**
796 @name Mac-specific functions
797 */
798 //@{
799
800 /**
801 Called in response of an "open-application" Apple event.
802 Override this to create a new document in your app.
803
804 @onlyfor{wxosx}
805 */
806 virtual void MacNewFile();
807
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809 Called in response of an openFiles message with Cocoa, or an
810 "open-document" Apple event with Carbon.
811
812 You need to override this method in order to open one or more document
813 files after the user double clicked on it or if the files and/or
814 folders were dropped on either the application in the dock or the
815 application icon in Finder.
816
817 By default this method calls MacOpenFile for each file/folder.
818
819 @onlyfor{wxosx}
820
821 @since 2.9.3
822 */
823 virtual void MacOpenFiles(const wxArrayString& fileNames);
824
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826 Called in response of an "open-document" Apple event.
827
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829 This function is kept mostly for backwards compatibility. Please
830 override wxApp::MacOpenFiles method instead in any new code.
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832 @onlyfor{wxosx}
833 */
86381d42 834 virtual void MacOpenFile(const wxString& fileName);
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836 /**
837 Called in response of a "get-url" Apple event.
838
839 @onlyfor{wxosx}
840 */
841 virtual void MacOpenURL(const wxString& url);
842
843 /**
844 Called in response of a "print-document" Apple event.
845
846 @onlyfor{wxosx}
847 */
848 virtual void MacPrintFile(const wxString& fileName);
849
850 /**
851 Called in response of a "reopen-application" Apple event.
852
853 @onlyfor{wxosx}
854 */
855 virtual void MacReopenApp();
856
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858
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860
861
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864// Global functions/macros
865// ============================================================================
866
23324ae1 867
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8af7f7c1 869//@{
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871/**
f045c7f5 872 This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the ::wxGetApp()
e4431849 873 function implemented by wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
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876 (requires a final semicolon).
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878 @header{wx/app.h}
879
23324ae1 880 Example:
4cc4bfaf 881
23324ae1 882 @code
e4431849 883 wxDECLARE_APP(MyApp);
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885*/
e4431849 886#define wxDECLARE_APP( className )
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888/**
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890 application class known to wxWidgets for dynamic construction.
e4431849 891 Note that this macro requires a final semicolon.
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893 @header{wx/app.h}
894
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896
897 @code
e4431849 898 wxIMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp);
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900
e4431849 901 @see wxDECLARE_APP()
8af7f7c1 902*/
e4431849 903#define wxIMPLEMENT_APP( className )
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905//@}
906
907
908
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910 The global pointer to the singleton wxApp object.
911
912 @see wxApp::GetInstance()
913*/
914wxApp *wxTheApp;
915
916
917
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39fb8056 919//@{
23324ae1 920
23324ae1 921/**
8cd06fb5 922 This function doesn't exist in wxWidgets but it is created by using the
e4431849 923 wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro.
96d7cc9b 924
39fb8056 925 Thus, before using it anywhere but in the same module where this macro is
e4431849 926 used, you must make it available using wxDECLARE_APP().
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928 The advantage of using this function compared to directly using the global
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930 allow you to access the functions specific to your application class but
931 not present in wxApp while wxGetApp() returns the object of the right type.
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933 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 934*/
8cd06fb5 935wxAppDerivedClass& wxGetApp();
23324ae1 936
23324ae1 937/**
4cc4bfaf 938 If @a doIt is @true, the fatal exceptions (also known as general protection
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940 caught and passed to wxApp::OnFatalException.
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943 the normal way which usually just means that the application will be
944 terminated. Calling wxHandleFatalExceptions() with @a doIt equal to @false
945 will restore this default behaviour.
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948 is 1 and under Windows platform this requires a compiler with support for
949 SEH (structured exception handling) which currently means only Microsoft
950 Visual C++ or a recent Borland C++ version.
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952 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 953*/
96d7cc9b 954bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doIt = true);
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957 This function is used in wxBase only and only if you don't create
958 wxApp object at all. In this case you must call it from your
959 @c main() function before calling any other wxWidgets functions.
96d7cc9b 960
23324ae1 961 If the function returns @false the initialization could not be performed,
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963 called neither.
964
965 This function may be called several times but wxUninitialize() must be
966 called for each successful call to this function.
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968 @header{wx/app.h}
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970bool wxInitialize();
971
972/**
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974 once for each previous successful call to wxInitialize().
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976 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 977*/
96d7cc9b 978void wxUninitialize();
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981 This function wakes up the (internal and platform dependent) idle system,
982 i.e. it will force the system to send an idle event even if the system
983 currently @e is idle and thus would not send any idle event until after
984 some other event would get sent. This is also useful for sending events
985 between two threads and is used by the corresponding functions
986 wxPostEvent() and wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
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988 @header{wx/app.h}
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990void wxWakeUpIdle();
991
23324ae1 992/**
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995 @deprecated
23324ae1 996 This function is kept only for backwards compatibility. Please use
d48b06bd 997 the wxAppConsole::Yield method instead in any new code.
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999 @header{wx/app.h}
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1001bool wxYield();
1002
39fb8056 1003/**
d48b06bd 1004 Calls wxApp::SafeYield.
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1006 @header{wx/app.h}
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1008bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow* win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
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23324ae1 1010/**
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1012 are not using the default wxWidgets entry code (e.g. main or WinMain).
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1015 (MFC) application using this function.
1016
1017 @note This overload of wxEntry is available under all platforms.
1018
1019 @see wxEntryStart()
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1021 @header{wx/app.h}
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1023int wxEntry(int& argc, wxChar** argv);
1024
1025/**
1026 See wxEntry(int&,wxChar**) for more info about this function.
1027
1028 Notice that under Windows CE platform, and only there, the type of @a pCmdLine
1029 is @c wchar_t *, otherwise it is @c char *, even in Unicode build.
7c913512 1030
23324ae1 1031 @remarks To clean up wxWidgets, call wxApp::OnExit followed by the static
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1033 that also uses wxWidgets:
1034 @code
1035 int CTheApp::ExitInstance()
1036 {
1037 // OnExit isn't called by CleanUp so must be called explicitly.
1038 wxTheApp->OnExit();
1039 wxApp::CleanUp();
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1042 }
1043 @endcode
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23324ae1 1046*/
7c913512 1047int wxEntry(HINSTANCE hInstance,
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1049 char* pCmdLine = NULL,
7c913512 1050 int nCmdShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL);
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1052//@}
1053
1054
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1058
1059/**
1060 Exits application after calling wxApp::OnExit.
1061
1062 Should only be used in an emergency: normally the top-level frame
1063 should be deleted (after deleting all other frames) to terminate the
1064 application. See wxCloseEvent and wxApp.
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1066 @header{wx/app.h}
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1068void wxExit();
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1073//@{
1074
1075/**
1076 @def wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT()
1077
1078 Use this macro to disable all debugging code in release build when not
e4431849 1079 using wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
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1081 Currently this macro disables assert checking and debug and trace level
1082 logging messages in release build (i.e. when @c NDEBUG is defined). It is
e4431849 1083 used by wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro so you only need to use it explicitly if you
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1085 wxEntry() or wxEntryStart() itself).
1086
1087 If you do not want to disable debugging code even in release build of your
1088 application, you can use wxSetDefaultAssertHandler() and
1089 wxLog::SetLogLevel() with @c wxLOG_Max parameter to enable assertions and
1090 debug logging respectively.
1091
1092 @see wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1093 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1094 @ref overview_debugging
1095
1096 @since 2.9.1
1097
1098 @header{wx/app.h}
1099 */
1100#define wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT() \
1101 wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(); \
1102 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD()
1103
1104//@}
1105