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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: app.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxApp
23324ae1 4// Author: wxWidgets team
526954c5 5// Licence: wxWindows licence
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6/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7
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23324ae1 9/**
8064223b 10 @class wxAppConsole
7c913512 11
8064223b 12 This class is essential for writing console-only or hybrid apps without
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13 having to define @c wxUSE_GUI=0.
14
15 It is used to:
16 @li set and get application-wide properties (see wxAppConsole::CreateTraits
17 and wxAppConsole::SetXXX functions)
18 @li implement the windowing system message or event loop: events in fact are
19 supported even in console-mode applications (see wxAppConsole::HandleEvent
20 and wxAppConsole::ProcessPendingEvents);
21 @li initiate application processing via wxApp::OnInit;
22 @li allow default processing of events not handled by other
23 objects in the application (see wxAppConsole::FilterEvent)
24 @li implement Apple-specific event handlers (see wxAppConsole::MacXXX functions)
25
e4431849 26 You should use the macro wxIMPLEMENT_APP(appClass) in your application
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27 implementation file to tell wxWidgets how to create an instance of your
28 application class.
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e4431849 30 Use wxDECLARE_APP(appClass) in a header file if you want the ::wxGetApp() function
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31 (which returns a reference to your application object) to be visible to other
32 files.
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34 @library{wxbase}
35 @category{appmanagement}
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84094285 37 @see @ref overview_app, wxApp, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase
23324ae1 38*/
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39class wxAppConsole : public wxEvtHandler,
40 public wxEventFilter
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:
3c4f71cc 51
23324ae1 52 /**
8064223b 53 Destructor.
23324ae1 54 */
8064223b 55 virtual ~wxAppConsole();
23324ae1 56
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57
58 /**
59 @name Event-handling
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61 Note that you should look at wxEvtLoopBase for more event-processing
62 documentation.
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63 */
64 //@{
65
23324ae1 66 /**
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67 Called by wxWidgets on creation of the application. Override this if you wish
68 to provide your own (environment-dependent) main loop.
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dde19c21 70 @return 0 under X, and the wParam of the WM_QUIT message under Windows.
23324ae1 71 */
dde19c21 72 virtual int MainLoop();
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73
74 /**
75 Call this to explicitly exit the main message (event) loop.
76 You should normally exit the main loop (and the application) by deleting
77 the top window.
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78
79 This function simply calls wxEvtLoopBase::Exit() on the active loop.
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80 */
81 virtual void ExitMainLoop();
82
83 /**
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84 Overridden wxEventFilter method.
85
23324ae1 86 This function is called before processing any event and allows the application
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87 to preempt the processing of some events, see wxEventFilter
88 documentation for more information.
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90 wxApp implementation of this method always return -1 indicating that
91 the event should be processed normally.
23324ae1 92 */
8064223b 93 virtual int FilterEvent(wxEvent& event);
23324ae1 94
ec38d07d 95 /**
0824e369 96 Returns the main event loop instance, i.e.\ the event loop which is started
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97 by OnRun() and which dispatches all events sent from the native toolkit
98 to the application (except when new event loops are temporarily set-up).
99 The returned value maybe @NULL. Put initialization code which needs a
100 non-@NULL main event loop into OnEventLoopEnter().
101 */
102 wxEventLoopBase* GetMainLoop() const;
3c4f71cc 103
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104 /**
105 This function simply invokes the given method @a func of the specified
106 event handler @a handler with the @a event as parameter. It exists solely
107 to allow to catch the C++ exceptions which could be thrown by all event
108 handlers in the application in one place: if you want to do this, override
109 this function in your wxApp-derived class and add try/catch clause(s) to it.
23324ae1 110 */
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111 virtual void HandleEvent(wxEvtHandler* handler,
112 wxEventFunction func,
113 wxEvent& event) const;
23324ae1 114
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115 /**
116 Returns @true if the application is using an event loop.
117
118 This function always returns @true for the GUI applications which
119 must use an event loop but by default only returns @true for the
120 console programs if an event loop is already running as it can't know
121 whether one will be created in the future.
122
123 Thus, it only makes sense to override it in console applications which
124 do use an event loop, to return @true instead of checking if there is a
125 currently active event loop.
126 */
127 virtual bool UsesEventLoop() const;
128
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129 //@}
130
23324ae1 131
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132 /**
133 @name Pending events
134
135 Pending events are handled by wxAppConsole rather than wxEventLoopBase
136 to allow queuing of events even when there's no event loop
137 (e.g. in wxAppConsole::OnInit).
138 */
139 //@{
140
141 /**
142 Process all pending events; it is necessary to call this function to
cae9e7b1 143 process events posted with wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent or wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent.
8e40ed85 144
cae9e7b1 145 This happens during each event loop iteration (see wxEventLoopBase) in GUI mode but
8e40ed85 146 it may be also called directly.
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148 Note that this function does not only process the pending events for the wxApp object
149 itself (which derives from wxEvtHandler) but also the pending events for @e any
150 event handler of this application.
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152 This function will immediately return and do nothing if SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents()
153 was called.
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154 */
155 virtual void ProcessPendingEvents();
3185abc2 156
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157 /**
158 Deletes the pending events of all wxEvtHandlers of this application.
3185abc2 159
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160 See wxEvtHandler::DeletePendingEvents() for warnings about deleting the pending
161 events.
162 */
163 void DeletePendingEvents();
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164
165 /**
166 Returns @true if there are pending events on the internal pending event list.
3185abc2 167
cae9e7b1 168 Whenever wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent or wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent() are
3185abc2 169 called (not only for wxApp itself, but for any event handler of the application!),
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170 the internal wxApp's list of handlers with pending events is updated and this
171 function will return true.
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172 */
173 bool HasPendingEvents() const;
174
175 /**
176 Temporary suspends processing of the pending events.
177
178 @see ResumeProcessingOfPendingEvents()
179 */
180 void SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents();
181
182 /**
183 Resume processing of the pending events previously stopped because of a
184 call to SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents().
185 */
186 void ResumeProcessingOfPendingEvents();
187
188 //@}
189
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190 /**
191 Delayed objects destruction.
192
193 In applications using events it may be unsafe for an event handler to
194 delete the object which generated the event because more events may be
195 still pending for the same object. In this case the handler may call
196 ScheduleForDestruction() instead.
197 */
198 //@{
199
200 /**
201 Schedule the object for destruction in the near future.
202
203 Notice that if the application is not using an event loop, i.e. if
204 UsesEventLoop() returns @false, this method will simply delete the
205 object immediately.
206
207 Examples of using this function inside wxWidgets itself include
208 deleting the top level windows when they are closed and sockets when
209 they are disconnected.
210 */
211 void ScheduleForDestruction(wxObject *object);
212
213 /**
214 Check if the object had been scheduled for destruction with
215 ScheduleForDestruction().
216
217 This function may be useful as an optimization to avoid doing something
218 with an object which will be soon destroyed in any case.
219 */
220 bool IsScheduledForDestruction(wxObject *object) const;
221
222 //@}
223
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225 bool Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
226
23324ae1 227 /**
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228 Allows external code to modify global ::wxTheApp, but you should really
229 know what you're doing if you call it.
230
231 @param app
232 Replacement for the global application object.
233
234 @see GetInstance()
23324ae1 235 */
4b221422 236 static void SetInstance(wxAppConsole* app);
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237
238 /**
4b221422 239 Returns the one and only global application object.
d48b06bd 240 Usually ::wxTheApp is used instead.
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241
242 @see SetInstance()
23324ae1 243 */
4b221422 244 static wxAppConsole* GetInstance();
23324ae1 245
23324ae1 246 /**
0824e369 247 Returns @true if the main event loop is currently running, i.e.\ if the
23324ae1 248 application is inside OnRun().
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250 This can be useful to test whether events can be dispatched. For example,
251 if this function returns @false, non-blocking sockets cannot be used because
252 the events from them would never be processed.
253 */
254 static bool IsMainLoopRunning();
255
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256 /**
257 @name Callbacks for application-wide "events"
23324ae1 258 */
4b221422 259 //@{
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260
261 /**
0824e369 262 This function is called when an assert failure occurs, i.e.\ the condition
e54c96f1 263 specified in wxASSERT() macro evaluated to @false.
96d7cc9b 264
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265 It is only called in debug mode (when @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined) as
266 asserts are not left in the release code at all.
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267 The base class version shows the default assert failure dialog box proposing to
268 the user to stop the program, continue or ignore all subsequent asserts.
3c4f71cc 269
7c913512 270 @param file
4cc4bfaf 271 the name of the source file where the assert occurred
7c913512 272 @param line
4cc4bfaf 273 the line number in this file where the assert occurred
7c913512 274 @param func
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275 the name of the function where the assert occurred, may be
276 empty if the compiler doesn't support C99 __FUNCTION__
7c913512 277 @param cond
4cc4bfaf 278 the condition of the failed assert in text form
7c913512 279 @param msg
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280 the message specified as argument to wxASSERT_MSG or wxFAIL_MSG, will
281 be @NULL if just wxASSERT or wxFAIL was used
23324ae1 282 */
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283 virtual void OnAssertFailure(const wxChar *file,
284 int line,
285 const wxChar *func,
286 const wxChar *cond,
287 const wxChar *msg);
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288
289 /**
0824e369 290 Called when command line parsing fails (i.e.\ an incorrect command line option
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291 was specified by the user). The default behaviour is to show the program usage
292 text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 293
7c913512 294 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 295 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 296
4cc4bfaf 297 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 298 */
8064223b 299 virtual bool OnCmdLineError(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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300
301 /**
302 Called when the help option (@c --help) was specified on the command line.
303 The default behaviour is to show the program usage 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 OnCmdLineHelp(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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311
312 /**
313 Called after the command line had been successfully parsed. You may override
314 this method to test for the values of the various parameters which could be
315 set from the command line.
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317 Don't forget to call the base class version unless you want to suppress
318 processing of the standard command line options.
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319 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return @false from
320 OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 321
4cc4bfaf 322 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 323 */
8064223b 324 virtual bool OnCmdLineParsed(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
23324ae1 325
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326 /**
327 Called by wxEventLoopBase::SetActive(): you can override this function
328 and put here the code which needs an active event loop.
329
330 Note that this function is called whenever an event loop is activated;
331 you may want to use wxEventLoopBase::IsMain() to perform initialization
332 specific for the app's main event loop.
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334 @see OnEventLoopExit()
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335 */
336 virtual void OnEventLoopEnter(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
337
338 /**
339 Called by wxEventLoopBase::OnExit() for each event loop which
340 is exited.
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342 @see OnEventLoopEnter()
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343 */
344 virtual void OnEventLoopExit(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
345
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346 /**
347 This function is called if an unhandled exception occurs inside the main
348 application event loop. It can return @true to ignore the exception and to
349 continue running the loop or @false to exit the loop and terminate the
350 program. In the latter case it can also use C++ @c throw keyword to
351 rethrow the current exception.
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353 The default behaviour of this function is the latter in all ports except under
354 Windows where a dialog is shown to the user which allows him to choose between
355 the different options. You may override this function in your class to do
356 something more appropriate.
96d7cc9b 357
7c913512 358 Finally note that if the exception is rethrown from here, it can be caught in
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359 OnUnhandledException().
360 */
361 virtual bool OnExceptionInMainLoop();
362
363 /**
364 Override this member function for any processing which needs to be
365 done as the application is about to exit. OnExit is called after
366 destroying all application windows and controls, but before
7c913512 367 wxWidgets cleanup. Note that it is not called at all if
23324ae1 368 OnInit() failed.
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369
370 The return value of this function is currently ignored, return the same
371 value as returned by the base class method if you override it.
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372 */
373 virtual int OnExit();
374
375 /**
376 This function may be called if something fatal happens: an unhandled
d13b34d3 377 exception under Win32 or a fatal signal under Unix, for example. However,
7c913512 378 this will not happen by default: you have to explicitly call
e54c96f1 379 wxHandleFatalExceptions() to enable this.
96d7cc9b 380
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381 Generally speaking, this function should only show a message to the user and
382 return. You may attempt to save unsaved data but this is not guaranteed to
383 work and, in fact, probably won't.
3c4f71cc 384
e54c96f1 385 @see wxHandleFatalExceptions()
23324ae1 386 */
8064223b 387 virtual void OnFatalException();
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388
389 /**
390 This must be provided by the application, and will usually create the
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391 application's main window, optionally calling SetTopWindow().
392
393 You may use OnExit() to clean up anything initialized here, provided
23324ae1 394 that the function returns @true.
96d7cc9b 395
4c51a665 396 Notice that if you want to use the command line processing provided by
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397 wxWidgets you have to call the base class version in the derived class
398 OnInit().
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400 Return @true to continue processing, @false to exit the application
401 immediately.
402 */
8064223b 403 virtual bool OnInit();
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404
405 /**
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406 Called from OnInit() and may be used to initialize the parser with the
407 command line options for this application. The base class versions adds
408 support for a few standard options only.
23324ae1 409 */
8064223b 410 virtual void OnInitCmdLine(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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411
412 /**
413 This virtual function is where the execution of a program written in wxWidgets
414 starts. The default implementation just enters the main loop and starts
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415 handling the events until it terminates, either because ExitMainLoop() has
416 been explicitly called or because the last frame has been deleted and
417 GetExitOnFrameDelete() flag is @true (this is the default).
418
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419 The return value of this function becomes the exit code of the program, so it
420 should return 0 in case of successful termination.
421 */
422 virtual int OnRun();
423
424 /**
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425 This function is called when an unhandled C++ exception occurs in user
426 code called by wxWidgets.
427
428 Any unhandled exceptions thrown from (overridden versions of) OnInit()
429 and OnExit() methods as well as any exceptions thrown from inside the
430 main loop and re-thrown by OnUnhandledException() will result in a call
431 to this function.
432
433 By the time this function is called, the program is already about to
434 exit and the exception can't be handled nor ignored any more, override
435 OnUnhandledException() or use explicit @c try/catch blocks around
436 OnInit() body to be able to handle the exception earlier.
437
438 The default implementation dumps information about the exception using
439 wxMessageOutputBest.
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440 */
441 virtual void OnUnhandledException();
442
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443 //@}
444
445
23324ae1 446 /**
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447 @name Application informations
448 */
449 //@{
3c4f71cc 450
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451 /**
452 Returns the user-readable application name.
453
454 The difference between this string and the one returned by GetAppName()
455 is that this one is meant to be shown to the user and so should be used
456 for the window titles, page headers and so on while the other one
457 should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
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458 configuration file keys.
459
460 If the application name for display had been previously set by
461 SetAppDisplayName(), it will be returned by this function. Otherwise,
462 if SetAppName() had been called its value will be returned; also as is.
463 Finally if none was called, this function returns the program name
464 capitalized using wxString::Capitalize().
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465
466 @since 2.9.0
23324ae1 467 */
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468 wxString GetAppDisplayName() const;
469
470 /**
471 Returns the application name.
472
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473 If SetAppName() had been called, returns the string passed to it.
474 Otherwise returns the program name, i.e. the value of @c argv[0] passed
475 to the @c main() function.
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476
477 @see GetAppDisplayName()
478 */
479 wxString GetAppName() const;
480
481 /**
482 Gets the class name of the application. The class name may be used in a
483 platform specific manner to refer to the application.
484
485 @see SetClassName()
486 */
487 wxString GetClassName() const;
488
489 /**
490 Returns a pointer to the wxAppTraits object for the application.
491 If you want to customize the wxAppTraits object, you must override the
492 CreateTraits() function.
493 */
494 wxAppTraits* GetTraits();
495
496 /**
497 Returns the user-readable vendor name. The difference between this string
498 and the one returned by GetVendorName() is that this one is meant to be shown
499 to the user and so should be used for the window titles, page headers and so on
500 while the other one should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
501 configuration file keys.
502
503 By default, returns the same string as GetVendorName().
504
505 @since 2.9.0
506 */
507 const wxString& GetVendorDisplayName() const;
508
509 /**
510 Returns the application's vendor name.
511 */
512 const wxString& GetVendorName() const;
23324ae1 513
8064223b 514 /**
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515 Set the application name to be used in the user-visible places such as
516 window titles.
517
518 See GetAppDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
8064223b 519 display name and name.
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520
521 Notice that if this function is called, the name is used as is, without
522 any capitalization as done by default by GetAppDisplayName().
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523 */
524 void SetAppDisplayName(const wxString& name);
525
526 /**
527 Sets the name of the application. This name should be used for file names,
528 configuration file entries and other internal strings. For the user-visible
529 strings, such as the window titles, the application display name set by
530 SetAppDisplayName() is used instead.
531
532 By default the application name is set to the name of its executable file.
533
534 @see GetAppName()
535 */
536 void SetAppName(const wxString& name);
537
538 /**
539 Sets the class name of the application. This may be used in a platform specific
540 manner to refer to the application.
541
542 @see GetClassName()
543 */
544 void SetClassName(const wxString& name);
545
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546 /**
547 Set the vendor name to be used in the user-visible places.
548 See GetVendorDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
549 display name and name.
550 */
551 void SetVendorDisplayName(const wxString& name);
552
553 /**
554 Sets the name of application's vendor. The name will be used
555 in registry access. A default name is set by wxWidgets.
556
557 @see GetVendorName()
558 */
559 void SetVendorName(const wxString& name);
560
4b221422 561 //@}
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563 /**
564 Sets the C locale to the default locale for the current environment.
565
566 It is advised to call this to ensure that the underlying toolkit uses
567 the locale in which the numbers and monetary amounts are shown in the
568 format expected by user and so on.
569
570 Calling this function is roughly equivalent to calling
571 @code
572 setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
573 @endcode
574 but performs additional toolkit-specific tasks under some platforms and
575 so should be used instead of @c setlocale() itself. Alternatively, you
576 can use wxLocale to change the locale with more control.
577
578 Notice that this does @em not change the global C++ locale, you need to
579 do it explicitly if you want, e.g.
580 @code
581 std::locale::global(std::locale(""));
582 @endcode
583 but be warned that locale support in C++ standard library can be poor
584 or worse under some platforms, e.g. the above line results in an
585 immediate crash under OS X up to the version 10.8.2.
586
587 @since 2.9.5
588 */
589 void SetCLocale();
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590
591 /**
592 Number of command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
593 */
594 int argc;
595
596 /**
597 Command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
598
599 Under Windows and Linux/Unix, you should parse the command line
600 arguments and check for files to be opened when starting your
ee7553e9 601 application. Under OS X, you need to override MacOpenFiles()
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602 since command line arguments are used differently there.
603
604 You may use the wxCmdLineParser to parse command line arguments.
605 */
606 wxChar** argv;
607};
608
609
610
611
612/**
613 @class wxApp
8064223b 614
f045c7f5 615 The wxApp class represents the application itself when @c wxUSE_GUI=1.
8064223b 616
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617 In addition to the features provided by wxAppConsole it keeps track of
618 the <em>top window</em> (see SetTopWindow()) and adds support for
619 video modes (see SetVideoMode()).
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f045c7f5 621 In general, application-wide settings for GUI-only apps are accessible
84094285 622 from wxApp (or from wxSystemSettings or wxSystemOptions classes).
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624 @beginEventEmissionTable
625 @event{EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION(func)}
626 Process a query end session event, supplying the member function.
627 See wxCloseEvent.
628 @event{EVT_END_SESSION(func)}
629 Process an end session event, supplying the member function.
630 See wxCloseEvent.
631 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE_APP(func)}
632 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event. See wxActivateEvent.
633 @event{EVT_HIBERNATE(func)}
634 Process a hibernate event. See wxActivateEvent.
635 @event{EVT_DIALUP_CONNECTED(func)}
636 A connection with the network was established. See wxDialUpEvent.
637 @event{EVT_DIALUP_DISCONNECTED(func)}
638 The connection with the network was lost. See wxDialUpEvent.
639 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
640 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
641 @endEventTable
642
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643 @library{wxbase}
644 @category{appmanagement}
645
84094285 646 @see @ref overview_app, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase, wxSystemSettings
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647*/
648class wxApp : public wxAppConsole
649{
650public:
651 /**
652 Constructor. Called implicitly with a definition of a wxApp object.
653 */
654 wxApp();
655
656 /**
657 Destructor. Will be called implicitly on program exit if the wxApp
658 object is created on the stack.
659 */
660 virtual ~wxApp();
661
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662 /**
663 Get display mode that is used use. This is only used in framebuffer
0e1f8ea4 664 wxWidgets ports such as wxDFB.
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665 */
666 virtual wxVideoMode GetDisplayMode() const;
667
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669 Returns @true if the application will exit when the top-level frame is deleted.
670
671 @see SetExitOnFrameDelete()
672 */
673 bool GetExitOnFrameDelete() const;
674
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676 Return the layout direction for the current locale or @c wxLayout_Default
677 if it's unknown.
678 */
679 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
680
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682 Returns @true if the application will use the best visual on systems that support
683 different visuals, @false otherwise.
684
685 @see SetUseBestVisual()
686 */
687 bool GetUseBestVisual() const;
688
689 /**
690 Returns a pointer to the top window.
691
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693 If the top window hasn't been set using SetTopWindow(), this function
694 will find the first top-level window (frame or dialog or instance of
695 wxTopLevelWindow) from the internal top level window list and return that.
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697 @see SetTopWindow()
698 */
699 virtual wxWindow* GetTopWindow() const;
700
701 /**
0824e369 702 Returns @true if the application is active, i.e.\ if one of its windows is
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704
705 If this function returns @false and you need to attract users attention to
706 the application, you may use wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention to do it.
707 */
8d483c9b 708 virtual bool IsActive() const;
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711 This function is similar to wxYield(), except that it disables the user
712 input to all program windows before calling wxAppConsole::Yield and re-enables it
713 again afterwards. If @a win is not @NULL, this window will remain enabled,
714 allowing the implementation of some limited user interaction.
715 Returns the result of the call to wxAppConsole::Yield.
716
717 @see wxSafeYield
718 */
719 virtual bool SafeYield(wxWindow *win, bool onlyIfNeeded);
720
721 /**
722 Works like SafeYield() with @e onlyIfNeeded == @true except that
723 it allows the caller to specify a mask of events to be processed.
724
725 See wxAppConsole::YieldFor for more info.
726 */
727 virtual bool SafeYieldFor(wxWindow *win, long eventsToProcess);
728
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731 from the main message loop, checking for windows that may wish to process it.
732
733 The function returns @true if the message was processed, @false otherwise.
734 If you use wxWidgets with another class library with its own message loop,
735 you should make sure that this function is called to allow wxWidgets to
3c4f71cc 736 receive messages. For example, to allow co-existence with the Microsoft
96d7cc9b 737 Foundation Classes, override the PreTranslateMessage function:
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740 // Provide wxWidgets message loop compatibility
741 BOOL CTheApp::PreTranslateMessage(MSG *msg)
742 {
743 if (wxTheApp && wxTheApp->ProcessMessage((WXMSW *)msg))
744 return true;
745 else
746 return CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage(msg);
747 }
748 @endcode
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750 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 751 */
4cc4bfaf 752 bool ProcessMessage(WXMSG* msg);
23324ae1 753
f045c7f5 754 /**
1f2f7329 755 Set display mode to use. This is only used in framebuffer wxWidgets
0e1f8ea4 756 ports such as wxDFB.
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758 virtual bool SetDisplayMode(const wxVideoMode& info);
759
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761 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will exit when the
762 top-level frame is deleted.
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7c913512 764 @param flag
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766 is deleted. If @false, the application will continue to run.
3c4f71cc 767
96d7cc9b 768 @see GetExitOnFrameDelete(), @ref overview_app_shutdown
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770 void SetExitOnFrameDelete(bool flag);
771
23324ae1 772 /**
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774
775 Currently implemented for wxGTK2-only.
23324ae1 776 Return @true if theme was successfully changed.
3c4f71cc 777
7c913512 778 @param theme
4cc4bfaf 779 The name of the new theme or an absolute path to a gtkrc-theme-file
23324ae1 780 */
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783 /**
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785 know which is the main window. You don't have to set the top window;
23324ae1 786 it is only a convenience so that (for example) certain dialogs without parents
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788
789 If no top window is specified by the application, wxWidgets just uses the
790 first frame or dialog (or better, any wxTopLevelWindow) in its top-level
791 window list, when it needs to use the top window.
792 If you previously called SetTopWindow() and now you need to restore this
793 automatic behaviour you can call @code wxApp::SetTopWindow(NULL) @endcode.
3c4f71cc 794
7c913512 795 @param window
4cc4bfaf 796 The new top window.
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4cc4bfaf 798 @see GetTopWindow(), OnInit()
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800 void SetTopWindow(wxWindow* window);
801
802 /**
803 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will use the best
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805 the case under Solaris and IRIX, where the default visual is only 8-bit whereas
806 certain applications are supposed to run in TrueColour mode.
807
808 Note that this function has to be called in the constructor of the wxApp
23324ae1 809 instance and won't have any effect when called later on.
23324ae1 810 This function currently only has effect under GTK.
3c4f71cc 811
7c913512 812 @param flag
4cc4bfaf 813 If @true, the app will use the best visual.
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815 If @true then the application will try to force using a TrueColour
816 visual and abort the app if none is found.
23324ae1 817 */
4cc4bfaf 818 void SetUseBestVisual(bool flag, bool forceTrueColour = false);
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820
821 /**
822 @name Mac-specific functions
823 */
824 //@{
825
826 /**
827 Called in response of an "open-application" Apple event.
828 Override this to create a new document in your app.
829
830 @onlyfor{wxosx}
831 */
832 virtual void MacNewFile();
833
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835 Called in response of an openFiles message with Cocoa, or an
836 "open-document" Apple event with Carbon.
837
838 You need to override this method in order to open one or more document
839 files after the user double clicked on it or if the files and/or
840 folders were dropped on either the application in the dock or the
841 application icon in Finder.
842
843 By default this method calls MacOpenFile for each file/folder.
844
845 @onlyfor{wxosx}
846
847 @since 2.9.3
848 */
849 virtual void MacOpenFiles(const wxArrayString& fileNames);
850
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852 Called in response of an "open-document" Apple event.
853
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855 This function is kept mostly for backwards compatibility. Please
856 override wxApp::MacOpenFiles method instead in any new code.
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858 @onlyfor{wxosx}
859 */
86381d42 860 virtual void MacOpenFile(const wxString& fileName);
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862 /**
863 Called in response of a "get-url" Apple event.
864
865 @onlyfor{wxosx}
866 */
867 virtual void MacOpenURL(const wxString& url);
868
869 /**
870 Called in response of a "print-document" Apple event.
871
872 @onlyfor{wxosx}
873 */
874 virtual void MacPrintFile(const wxString& fileName);
875
876 /**
877 Called in response of a "reopen-application" Apple event.
878
879 @onlyfor{wxosx}
880 */
881 virtual void MacReopenApp();
882
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884
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886
887
e54c96f1 888
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890// Global functions/macros
891// ============================================================================
892
23324ae1 893
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8af7f7c1 895//@{
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897/**
f045c7f5 898 This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the ::wxGetApp()
e4431849 899 function implemented by wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
96d7cc9b 900
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902 (requires a final semicolon).
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904 @header{wx/app.h}
905
23324ae1 906 Example:
4cc4bfaf 907
23324ae1 908 @code
e4431849 909 wxDECLARE_APP(MyApp);
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911*/
e4431849 912#define wxDECLARE_APP( className )
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914/**
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916 application class known to wxWidgets for dynamic construction.
e4431849 917 Note that this macro requires a final semicolon.
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919 @header{wx/app.h}
920
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922
923 @code
e4431849 924 wxIMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp);
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926
e4431849 927 @see wxDECLARE_APP()
8af7f7c1 928*/
e4431849 929#define wxIMPLEMENT_APP( className )
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931//@}
932
933
934
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936 The global pointer to the singleton wxApp object.
937
938 @see wxApp::GetInstance()
939*/
940wxApp *wxTheApp;
941
942
943
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39fb8056 945//@{
23324ae1 946
23324ae1 947/**
8cd06fb5 948 This function doesn't exist in wxWidgets but it is created by using the
e4431849 949 wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro.
96d7cc9b 950
39fb8056 951 Thus, before using it anywhere but in the same module where this macro is
e4431849 952 used, you must make it available using wxDECLARE_APP().
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954 The advantage of using this function compared to directly using the global
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956 allow you to access the functions specific to your application class but
957 not present in wxApp while wxGetApp() returns the object of the right type.
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959 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 960*/
8cd06fb5 961wxAppDerivedClass& wxGetApp();
23324ae1 962
23324ae1 963/**
4cc4bfaf 964 If @a doIt is @true, the fatal exceptions (also known as general protection
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966 caught and passed to wxApp::OnFatalException.
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969 the normal way which usually just means that the application will be
970 terminated. Calling wxHandleFatalExceptions() with @a doIt equal to @false
971 will restore this default behaviour.
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974 is 1 and under Windows platform this requires a compiler with support for
975 SEH (structured exception handling) which currently means only Microsoft
976 Visual C++ or a recent Borland C++ version.
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978 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 979*/
96d7cc9b 980bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doIt = true);
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983 This function is used in wxBase only and only if you don't create
984 wxApp object at all. In this case you must call it from your
985 @c main() function before calling any other wxWidgets functions.
96d7cc9b 986
23324ae1 987 If the function returns @false the initialization could not be performed,
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989 called neither.
990
991 This function may be called several times but wxUninitialize() must be
992 called for each successful call to this function.
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994 @header{wx/app.h}
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996bool wxInitialize();
997
998/**
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1000 once for each previous successful call to wxInitialize().
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1002 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 1003*/
96d7cc9b 1004void wxUninitialize();
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1007 This function wakes up the (internal and platform dependent) idle system,
1008 i.e. it will force the system to send an idle event even if the system
1009 currently @e is idle and thus would not send any idle event until after
1010 some other event would get sent. This is also useful for sending events
1011 between two threads and is used by the corresponding functions
1012 wxPostEvent() and wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
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1014 @header{wx/app.h}
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1016void wxWakeUpIdle();
1017
23324ae1 1018/**
d48b06bd 1019 Calls wxAppConsole::Yield.
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1021 @deprecated
23324ae1 1022 This function is kept only for backwards compatibility. Please use
d48b06bd 1023 the wxAppConsole::Yield method instead in any new code.
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1025 @header{wx/app.h}
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1027bool wxYield();
1028
39fb8056 1029/**
d48b06bd 1030 Calls wxApp::SafeYield.
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1032 @header{wx/app.h}
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1034bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow* win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
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23324ae1 1036/**
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1038 are not using the default wxWidgets entry code (e.g. main or WinMain).
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1041 (MFC) application using this function.
1042
1043 @note This overload of wxEntry is available under all platforms.
1044
1045 @see wxEntryStart()
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1047 @header{wx/app.h}
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1049int wxEntry(int& argc, wxChar** argv);
1050
1051/**
1052 See wxEntry(int&,wxChar**) for more info about this function.
1053
1054 Notice that under Windows CE platform, and only there, the type of @a pCmdLine
1055 is @c wchar_t *, otherwise it is @c char *, even in Unicode build.
7c913512 1056
23324ae1 1057 @remarks To clean up wxWidgets, call wxApp::OnExit followed by the static
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1059 that also uses wxWidgets:
1060 @code
1061 int CTheApp::ExitInstance()
1062 {
1063 // OnExit isn't called by CleanUp so must be called explicitly.
1064 wxTheApp->OnExit();
1065 wxApp::CleanUp();
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1068 }
1069 @endcode
7c913512 1070
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23324ae1 1072*/
7c913512 1073int wxEntry(HINSTANCE hInstance,
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1075 char* pCmdLine = NULL,
7c913512 1076 int nCmdShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL);
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1078//@}
1079
1080
1081
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1084
1085/**
1086 Exits application after calling wxApp::OnExit.
1087
1088 Should only be used in an emergency: normally the top-level frame
1089 should be deleted (after deleting all other frames) to terminate the
1090 application. See wxCloseEvent and wxApp.
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1092 @header{wx/app.h}
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1094void wxExit();
1095
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1099//@{
1100
1101/**
1102 @def wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT()
1103
1104 Use this macro to disable all debugging code in release build when not
e4431849 1105 using wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
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1107 Currently this macro disables assert checking and debug and trace level
1108 logging messages in release build (i.e. when @c NDEBUG is defined). It is
e4431849 1109 used by wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro so you only need to use it explicitly if you
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1111 wxEntry() or wxEntryStart() itself).
1112
1113 If you do not want to disable debugging code even in release build of your
1114 application, you can use wxSetDefaultAssertHandler() and
1115 wxLog::SetLogLevel() with @c wxLOG_Max parameter to enable assertions and
1116 debug logging respectively.
1117
1118 @see wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1119 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1120 @ref overview_debugging
1121
1122 @since 2.9.1
1123
1124 @header{wx/app.h}
1125 */
1126#define wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT() \
1127 wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(); \
1128 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD()
1129
1130//@}
1131