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1\section{\class{wxPathList}}\label{wxpathlist}
2
3The path list is a convenient way of storing a number of directories, and
4when presented with a filename without a directory, searching for an existing file
5in those directories.
6
7Be sure to look also at \helpref{wxStandardPaths}{wxstandardpaths} if you only
8want to search files in some standard paths.
9
10\wxheading{Derived from}
11
12\helpref{wxArrayString}{wxarraystring}
13
14\wxheading{Include files}
15
16<wx/filefn.h>
17
18\wxheading{Library}
19
20\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist}
21
22\wxheading{See also}
23
24\helpref{wxArrayString}{wxarraystring}, \helpref{wxStandardPaths}{wxstandardpaths}, \helpref{wxFileName}{wxfilename}
25
26\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
27
28
29\membersection{wxPathList::wxPathList}\label{wxpathlistctor}
30
31\func{}{wxPathList}{\void}
32
33Empty constructor.
34
35\func{}{wxPathList}{\param{const wxArrayString\& }{arr}}
36
37Constructs the object calling the \helpref{Add}{wxpathlistadd} function.
38
39
40\membersection{wxPathList::AddEnvList}\label{wxpathlistaddenvlist}
41
42\func{void}{AddEnvList}{\param{const wxString\& }{env\_variable}}
43
44Finds the value of the given environment variable, and adds all paths
45to the path list. Useful for finding files in the {\tt PATH} variable, for
46example.
47
48
49\membersection{wxPathList::Add}\label{wxpathlistadd}
50
51\func{bool}{Add}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}}
52
53\func{void}{Add}{\param{const wxArrayString\& }{arr}}
54
55The first form adds the given directory to the path list, if the path is not already in the list.
56If the path cannot be normalized for some reason, it returns \false.
57
58The second form just calls the first form on all elements of the given array.
59
60The {\it path} is always considered a directory but no existence checks will be done on it
61(because if it doesn't exist, it could be created later and thus result a valid path when
62\helpref{FindValidPath}{wxpathlistfindvalidpath} is called).
63
64{\bf Note:} if the given path is relative, it won't be made absolute before adding it
65(this is why \helpref{FindValidPath}{wxpathlistfindvalidpath} may return relative paths).
66
67
68\membersection{wxPathList::EnsureFileAccessible}\label{wxpathlistensurefileaccessible}
69
70\func{bool}{EnsureFileAccessible}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
71
72Given a full filename (with path), calls \helpref{Add}{wxpathlistadd} with the path
73of the file.
74
75
76\membersection{wxPathList::FindAbsoluteValidPath}\label{wxpathlistfindabsolutepath}
77
78\constfunc{wxString}{FindAbsoluteValidPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
79
80Like \helpref{FindValidPath}{wxpathlistfindvalidpath} but this function always
81returns an absolute path (eventually prepending the current working directory
82to the value returned \helpref{FindValidPath}{wxpathlistfindvalidpath}) or an
83empty string.
84
85
86\membersection{wxPathList::FindValidPath}\label{wxpathlistfindvalidpath}
87
88\constfunc{wxString}{FindValidPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
89
90Searches the given file in all paths stored in this class.
91The first path which concatenated to the given string points to an existing
92file (see \helpref{wxFileExists}{wxfileexists}) is returned.
93
94If the file wasn't found in any of the stored paths, an empty string is returned.
95
96The given string must be a file name, eventually with a path prefix (if the path
97prefix is absolute, only its name will be searched); i.e. it must not end with
98a directory separator (see \helpref{wxFileName::GetPathSeparator}{wxfilenamegetpathseparator})
99otherwise an assertion will fail.
100
101The returned path may be relative to the current working directory.
102Note in fact that wxPathList can be used to store both relative and absolute paths so that
103if you \helpref{Add()}{wxpathlistadd}ed relative paths, then the current working directory
104(see \helpref{wxGetCwd}{wxgetcwd} and \helpref{wxSetWorkingDirectory}{wxsetworkingdirectory})
105may affect the value returned by this function!
106