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16 | Welcome to wxWindows 2, the première cross-platform GUI C++ framework. This is an index of | |
17 | the plain text, HTML, Windows Help and Acrobat documentation: availability depends on what you've | |
18 | downloaded from the <a href="http://www.wxwindows.org">wxWindows Web site</a>.<P> | |
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22 | [<a href="#install">Install</a>] | |
23 | [<a href="#manuals">Manuals</a>] | |
24 | [<a href="#technotes">Technical Notes</a>] | |
25 | [<a href="#thirdparty">3rd party tools</a>] | |
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31 | <h3 align=center><a name="install"><hr>Installation and release notes<hr></a></h3> | |
32 | ||
33 | <ul> | |
34 | <li>ReadMe: <a href="../readme.txt"><b>General ReadMe</b></a>, | |
35 | <a href="../gtk/readme.txt">wxGTK</a>, | |
36 | <a href="../motif/readme.txt">wxMotif</a>, | |
37 | <a href="../msw/readme.txt">wxMSW</a> | |
38 | <li>Installation: <a href="../gtk/install.txt">wxGTK</a>, | |
39 | <a href="../motif/install.txt">wxMotif</a>, | |
40 | <a href="../msw/install.txt">wxMSW</a> | |
41 | <li><a href="../changes.txt"><b>Change log</b></a> | |
42 | <li><a href="../bugs.txt"><b>Buglist</b></a> | |
43 | <li>Licence: <a href="../preamble.txt">Preamble</a>, | |
44 | <a href="../licence.txt">Licence</a>, | |
45 | <a href="../licendoc.txt">Documentation Licence</a>, | |
46 | <a href="../lgpl.txt">L-GPL</a>, | |
47 | <a href="../gpl.txt">GPL</a> | |
48 | <li><a href="faq.htm"><B>FAQ</B></a>: | |
49 | <ul> | |
50 | <li><a href="faqgen.htm">General questions</a> | |
51 | <li><a href="faqgtk.htm">wxWindows 2 for GTK</a> | |
52 | <li><a href="faqmsw.htm">wxWindows 2 for Windows</a> | |
53 | <li><a href="faqmot.htm">wxWindows 2 for Motif</a> | |
54 | <li><a href="faqmac.htm">wxWindows 2 for Mac</a> | |
55 | </ul> | |
56 | <li>ToDo: <a href="../todo.txt"><b>General ToDo</b></a>, | |
57 | <a href="../gtk/todo.txt">wxGTK</a>, | |
58 | <a href="../motif/todo.txt">wxMotif</a>, | |
59 | <a href="../msw/todo.txt">wxMSW</a> | |
60 | <li>List of <a href="../symbols.txt">preprocessor symbols</a> used in wxWindows | |
61 | </ul> | |
62 | ||
63 | <h3 align=center><a name="manuals"><hr>wxWindows manuals<hr></a></h3> | |
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69 | <B>HTML</B> | |
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72 | <B>WinHelp</B> | |
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75 | <B>MS HTML Help</B> | |
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78 | <B>PDF</B> | |
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84 | <a href="wx/wx.htm">Reference Manual</a> | |
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88 | <a href="../winhelp/wx.hlp">Reference Manual</a> | |
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92 | <a href="../htmlhelp/wx.chm">Reference Manual</a> | |
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96 | <a href="../pdf/wx.pdf">Reference Manual</a> | |
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101 | <td align=center> | |
102 | <a href="dialoged/dlged.htm">Dialog Editor Manual</a> | |
103 | </td> | |
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105 | <td align=center> | |
106 | <a href="../winhelp/dialoged.hlp">Dialog Editor Manual</a> | |
107 | </td> | |
108 | ||
109 | <td align=center> | |
110 | <a href="../htmlhelp/dialoged.chm">Dialog Editor Manual</a> | |
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114 | <a href="../pdf/dialoged.pdf">Dialog Editor Manual</a> | |
115 | </td> | |
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120 | <a href="tex2rtf/t2rtf.htm">Tex2RTF Manual</a> | |
121 | </td> | |
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124 | <a href="../winhelp/tex2rtf.hlp">Tex2RTF Manual</a> | |
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128 | <a href="../htmlhelp/tex2rtf.chm">Tex2RTF Manual</a> | |
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132 | <a href="../pdf/tex2rtf.pdf">Tex2RTF Manual</a> | |
133 | </td> | |
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138 | <a href="odbc/odbc.htm">Remstar ODBC Classes</a> | |
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142 | <BR><BR> | |
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146 | <BR><BR> | |
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150 | <a href="../pdf/odbc.pdf">Remstar ODBC Classes</a> | |
151 | </td> | |
152 | </tr> | |
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154 | </table> | |
155 | ||
156 | <h3 align=center><a name="technotes"><hr>Technical notes<hr></a></h3> | |
157 | ||
158 | <ul> | |
159 | <li><a href="../tech/index.txt">Index of technical notes</a> | |
160 | <li><a href="../tech/">Technical notes</a> in text form | |
161 | <li>Other documents: | |
162 | <ul> | |
163 | <li><a href="platform.htm">Platforms supported</a> | |
164 | <li><a href="i18n.htm">Languages supported by wxWindows</a> | |
165 | <li><a href="standard.htm">wxWindows programmer style guide</a> | |
166 | <li><a href="news.htm">wxWindows news</a> | |
167 | </ul> | |
168 | </ul> | |
169 | ||
170 | <h3 align=center><a name="thirdparty"><hr>Third-party tools<hr></a></h3> | |
171 | ||
172 | <ul> | |
173 | <li><a href="gettext/index.html">gettext Manual</a> | |
174 | </ul> | |
175 | ||
176 | <h3 align=center><a name="samples"><hr>Samples<hr></a></h3> | |
177 | ||
178 | Each of the following demonstrates one or more aspect of wxWindows.<P> | |
179 | ||
180 | <ul> | |
181 | <li><a href="../../samples/calendar">calendar</a>: a sample to test the wxCalendarCtrl class. | |
182 | <li><a href="../../samples/caret">caret</a>: a sample to test the wxCaret class. | |
183 | <li><a href="../../samples/checklst">checklst</a>: demonstrates wxCheckListBox on | |
184 | supported platforms (currently Windows and GTK only). | |
185 | <li><a href="../../samples/config">config</a>: demonstrates use of wxConfig, which | |
186 | defaults to wxRegConfig on WIN32, wxIniConfig on WIN16, and wxFileConfig on other platforms. | |
187 | <li><a href="../../samples/console">console</a>: demonstrates a console application using | |
188 | console-mode (no-GUI) compilation of wxWindows. | |
189 | <li><a href="../../samples/controls">controls</a>: sample showing a variety of controls, including | |
190 | wxNotebook. | |
191 | <li><a href="../../samples/db">db</a>: wxDB ODBC sample. | |
192 | <li><a href="../../samples/ipc">ipc</a>: shows the DDE-like protocol in action, both using real | |
193 | DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit <a href="../../samples/ipc/ddesetup.h">ddesetup.h</a> | |
194 | to switch between compilation modes. | |
195 | <li><a href="../../samples/dialogs">dialogs</a>: shows some of the common dialogs available -- wxFontDialog, | |
196 | wxColourDialog, wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog, wxMessageBox, wxTextEntryDialog, wxSingleChoiceDialog. | |
197 | For printing-related dialogs, see the printing sample. | |
198 | <li><a href="../../samples/dragimag">dragimag</a>: wxDragImage demo. | |
199 | <li><a href="../../samples/dialup">dialup</a>: wxDialUpManager demo. | |
200 | <li><a href="../../samples/dnd">dnd</a>: demonstrates drag and drop on supported platforms. | |
201 | <li><a href="../../samples/docview">docview</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes, | |
202 | using wxFrame. | |
203 | <li><a href="../../samples/docvwmdi">docvwmdi</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes, | |
204 | using wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame. | |
205 | <li><a href="../../samples/drawing">drawing</a>: tests device context drawing. | |
206 | <li><a href="../../samples/dynamic">dynamic</a>: shows how to connect events to member functions | |
207 | dynamically. | |
208 | <li><a href="../../samples/event">event</a>: demonstrates event handling. | |
209 | <li><a href="../../samples/exec">exec</a>: demonstrates wxExecute. | |
210 | <li><a href="../../samples/font">font</a>: tests fonts, font enumerator, font encodings. | |
211 | <li><a href="../../samples/grid">grid</a>: demonstrates the wxGrid class. This demo should work | |
212 | when the old grid implementation is compiled into wxWindows, and also with the new implementation. | |
213 | Please see newgrid below for a full demo of the new implementation's capabilities. | |
214 | <li><a href="../../samples/help">help</a>: shows how to use wxHelpController. | |
215 | <li><a href="../../samples/html">html</a>: a number of demos for the wxHTML class library, used inside | |
216 | applications and also as a help facility. | |
217 | <ul> | |
218 | <li><a href="../../samples/html/about">about</a>: shows use of a wxHTML widget inside an About box. | |
219 | <li><a href="../../samples/html/help">help</a>: shows use of wxHtmlHelpController to display wxHTML help. | |
220 | <li><a href="../../samples/html/helpview">helpview</a>: a stand-alone wxHTML help viewer for any .htb book. | |
221 | <li><a href="../../samples/html/printing">printing</a>: shows how easy it is to preview and print HTML files. | |
222 | <li><a href="../../samples/html/test">test</a>: general wxHTML test application. | |
223 | <li><a href="../../samples/html/virtual">virtual</a>: demonstrates the virtual file system feature. | |
224 | <li><a href="../../samples/html/widget">widget</a>: demonstrates the use of controls in HTML pages. | |
225 | <li><a href="../../samples/html/zip">zip</a>: shows how help files can be packaged in zip archives. | |
226 | </ul> | |
227 | <li><a href="../../samples/image">image</a>: shows off the cross-platform wxImage class. | |
228 | <li><a href="../../samples/internat">internat</a>: use of wxWindows' internationalization support. | |
229 | <li><a href="../../samples/joytest">joytest</a>: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only). | |
230 | <li><a href="../../samples/layout">layout</a>: shows the constraint layout system in action. | |
231 | <li><a href="../../samples/listctrl">listctrl</a>: demonstrates the wxListCtrl (implemented natively on | |
232 | WIN32, and using a generic version on other platforms). | |
233 | <li><a href="../../samples/menu">menu</a>: tests menus. | |
234 | <li><a href="../../samples/mdi">mdi</a>: shows off the MDI (Multiple Document Interface) classes. On Windows, the regular MDI | |
235 | scheme is used whereby child windows have full sizing and moving rights within the main | |
236 | window. On other platforms, tabbed windows are used, where the children are always maximized. | |
237 | <li><a href="../../samples/memcheck">memcheck</a>: demonstrates the memory checking/debugging facilities. | |
238 | <li><a href="../../samples/mfc">mfc</a>: shows how to use MFC and wxWindows code in the same application (Windows only). | |
239 | To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWindows. | |
240 | <li><a href="../../samples/minifram">minifram</a>: demonstrates a frame with a small title bar. On | |
241 | platforms that don't support it, a normal-sized title bar is displayed. | |
242 | <li><a href="../../samples/minimal">minimal</a>: just shows a frame, a menubar, and a statusbar. About as | |
243 | small a wxWindows application as you can get. | |
244 | <li><a href="../../samples/nativdlg">nativdlg</a>: shows how wxWindows can load a standard Windows | |
245 | dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWindows controls (Windows only). | |
246 | <li><a href="../../samples/newgrid">newgrid</a>: demonstrates the new wxGrid implementation, by Michael Bedward and others. | |
247 | <li><a href="../../samples/notebook">notebook</a>: shows the wxNotebook (tabbed window) control. | |
248 | <li><a href="../../samples/oleauto">oleauto</a>: a little OLE automation controller (Windows only; requires | |
249 | Excel to be present). | |
250 | <li><a href="../../samples/ownerdrw">ownerdrw</a>: demonstrates owner-draw menus and controls (Windows only). | |
251 | <li><a href="../../samples/png">png</a>: demonstrates PNG loading. | |
252 | <li><a href="../../samples/printing">printing</a>: shows printing and previewing. | |
253 | <li><a href="../../samples/proplist">proplist</a>: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor). | |
254 | <li><a href="../../samples/propsize">propsize</a>: demonstrates proportional sizer classes. | |
255 | <li><a href="../../samples/regtest">regtest</a>: tests the low-level Windows registry functions (Windows only). | |
256 | <li><a href="../../samples/resource">resource</a>: shows how to use wxWindows resources (.wxr files). | |
257 | <li><a href="../../samples/richedit">richedit</a>: a work-in-progress rich text editor with plain text and HTML export | |
258 | facilities. | |
259 | <li><a href="../../samples/rotate">rotate</a>: demonstrates interpolated and non-interpolated | |
260 | rotation of a wxImage. | |
261 | <li><a href="../../samples/sashtest">sashtest</a>: demonstrates use of the wxSashWindow class to allow | |
262 | the user to resize subwindows. | |
263 | <li><a href="../../samples/scroll">scroll</a>: demonstrates wxScrolledWindow. | |
264 | <li><a href="../../samples/scrollsub">scrollsub</a>: demonstrates the use of wxScrolledWindow to scroll | |
265 | an embedded window. | |
266 | <li><a href="../../samples/sockets">sockets</a>: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes. | |
267 | <li><a href="../../samples/splitter">splitter</a>: demonstrates the wxSplitterWindow class. | |
268 | <li><a href="../../samples/statbar">statbar</a>: demonstrates the wxStatusBar class. | |
269 | <li><a href="../../samples/taskbar">taskbar</a>: demonstrates the wxTaskBarIcon class, for | |
270 | adding icons to the system tray. Windows only, but may eventually be implemented for other desktop | |
271 | environments that use this metaphor. | |
272 | <li><a href="../../samples/text">text</a>: demonstrates single and multiline text controls, | |
273 | and clipboard operations. | |
274 | <li><a href="../../samples/thread">thread</a>: tests the family of classes for doing thread | |
275 | programming. | |
276 | <li><a href="../../samples/toolbar">toolbar</a>: demonstrates wxToolBar. | |
277 | <li><a href="../../samples/treectrl">treectrl</a>: demonstrates wxTreeCtrl. | |
278 | <li><a href="../../samples/typetest">typetest</a>: tests various data type classes, including | |
279 | wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant. | |
280 | <li><a href="../../samples/validate">validate</a>: shows simple use of validation. | |
281 | <li><a href="../../samples/wizard">wizard</a>: demonstrates the wxWizard class. | |
282 | </ul> | |
283 | ||
284 | <h3 align=center><a name="demos"><hr>Demos<hr></a></h3> | |
285 | ||
286 | The following are fully-fledged applications.<P> | |
287 | ||
288 | <ul> | |
289 | <li><a href="../../demos/bombs">bombs</a>: minesweeper-like game. | |
290 | <li><a href="../../demos/dbbrowse">dbbrowse</a>: ODBC database browser application. | |
291 | <li><a href="../../demos/forty">forty</a>: a great little card game by Chris Breeze. | |
292 | <li><a href="../../demos/fractal">fractal</a>: fractal mountains by Andrew Davison. | |
293 | <li><a href="../../demos/life">life</a>: the game of Life by J. H. Conway, implemented in wxWindows by Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia. | |
294 | <li><a href="../../demos/poem">poem</a>: a little poetry display program. | |
295 | </ul> | |
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