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2%% Name: tsamples.tex
3%% Purpose: Samples description
4%% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
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6%% Created: 02.11.99
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8%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets team
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11% NB: please keep the subsections in alphabetic order!
12
13\section{wxWidgets samples}\label{samples}
14
15Probably the best way to learn wxWidgets is by reading the source of some 50+
16samples provided with it. Many aspects of wxWidgets programming can be learnt
17from them, but sometimes it is not simple to just choose the right sample to
18look at. This overview aims at describing what each sample does/demonstrates to
19make it easier to find the relevant one if a simple grep through all sources
20didn't help. They also provide some notes about using the samples and what
21features of wxWidgets are they supposed to test.
22
23There are currently more than 50 different samples as part of wxWidgets and
24this list is not complete. You should start your tour of wxWidgets with the
25\helpref{minimal sample}{sampleminimal} which is the wxWidgets version of
26"Hello, world!". It shows the basic structure of wxWidgets program and is the
27most commented sample of all - looking at its source code is recommended.
28
29The next most useful samples are probably \helpref{widgets}{samplewidgets}
30and \helpref{controls}{samplecontrols} which show many of wxWidgets native and
31generic controls, such as buttons, listboxes, checkboxes, comboboxes etc.
32
33Other, more complicated controls, have their own samples. In this category you
34may find the following samples showing the corresponding controls:
35
36\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
37\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{samplecalendar}}{Calendar a.k.a. date picker control}
38\twocolitem{\helpref{wxListCtrl}{samplelistctrl}}{List view control}
39\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{sampletreectrl}}{Tree view control}
40\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGrid}{samplegrid}}{Grid control}
41\end{twocollist}
42
43Finally, it might be helpful to do a search in the entire sample directory if
44you can't find the sample showing the control you are interested in by
45name. Most classes contained in wxWidgets occur in at least one of the samples.
46
47
48\subsection{Minimal sample}\label{sampleminimal}
49
50The minimal sample is what most people will know under the term Hello World,
51i.e. a minimal program that doesn't demonstrate anything apart from what is
52needed to write a program that will display a "hello" dialog. This is usually
53a good starting point for learning how to use wxWidgets.
54
55
56\subsection{Animate sample}\label{sampleanimate}
57
58The {\tt animate} sample shows how you can use \helpref{wxAnimationCtrl}{wxanimationctrl}
59control and shows concept of a platform-dependent animation encapsulated
60in \helpref{wxAnimation}{wxanimation}.
61
62
63\subsection{Art provider sample}\label{sampleartprovider}
64
65The {\tt artprov} sample shows how you can customize the look of standard
66wxWidgets dialogs by replacing default bitmaps/icons with your own versions.
67It also shows how you can use wxArtProvider to
68get stock bitmaps for use in your application.
69
70
71\subsection{Calendar sample}\label{samplecalendar}
72
73This font shows the \helpref{calendar control}{wxcalendarctrl} in action. It
74shows how to configure the control (see the different options in the calendar
75menu) and also how to process the notifications from it.
76
77
78\subsection{Config sample}\label{sampleconfig}
79
80This sample demonstrates the \helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase} classes in a platform
81independent way, i.e. it uses text based files to store a given configuration under
82Unix and uses the Registry under Windows.
83
84See \helpref{wxConfig overview}{wxconfigoverview} for the descriptions of all
85features of this class.
86
87
88\subsection{Controls sample}\label{samplecontrols}
89
90The controls sample is the main test program for most simple controls used in
91wxWidgets. The sample tests their basic functionality, events, placement,
92modification in terms of colour and font as well as the possibility to change
93the controls programmatically, such as adding an item to a list box etc. Apart
94from that, the sample uses a \helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook} and tests most
95features of this special control (using bitmap in the tabs, using
96\helpref{wxSizers}{wxsizer} and \helpref{constraints}{wxlayoutconstraints} within
97notebook pages, advancing pages programmatically and vetoing a page change
98by intercepting the \helpref{wxNotebookEvent}{wxnotebookevent}.
99
100The various controls tested are listed here:
101
102\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
103\twocolitem{\helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}}{Push button control, displaying text}
104\twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapButton}{wxbitmapbutton}}{Push button control, displaying a bitmap}
105\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckBox}{wxcheckbox}}{Checkbox control}
106\twocolitem{\helpref{wxChoice}{wxchoice}}{Choice control (a combobox without the editable area)}
107\twocolitem{\helpref{wxComboBox}{wxcombobox}}{A choice with an editable area}
108\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGauge}{wxgauge}}{A control to represent a varying quantity, such as time remaining}
109\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBox}{wxstaticbox}}{A static, or group box for visually grouping related controls}
110\twocolitem{\helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox}}{A list of strings for single or multiple selection}
111\twocolitem{wxSpinCtrl}{A spin ctrl with a text field and a `up-down' control}
112\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}}{A spin or `up-down' control}
113\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext}}{One or more lines of non-editable text}
114\twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBitmap}{wxstaticbitmap}}{A control to display a bitmap}
115\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioBox}{wxradiobox}}{A group of radio buttons}
116\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioButton}{wxradiobutton}}{A round button to be used with others in a mutually exclusive way}
117\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSlider}{wxslider}}{A slider that can be dragged by the user}
118\end{twocollist}
119
120
121\subsection{Database sample}\label{sampledb}
122
123The database sample is a small test program showing how to use the ODBC
124classes written by Remstar Intl. Obviously, this sample requires a
125database with ODBC support to be correctly installed on your system.
126
127
128\subsection{DebugRpt sample}\label{sampledebugrpt}
129
130This sample shows how to use \helpref{wxDebugReport}{wxdebugreport} class to
131generate a debug report in case of a program crash or otherwise. On start up,
132it proposes to either crash itself (by dereferencing a NULL pointer) or
133generate debug report without doing it. Next it initializes the debug report
134with standard information adding a custom file to it (just a timestamp) and
135allows to view the information gathered using
136\helpref{wxDebugReportPreview}{wxdebugreportpreview}.
137
138For the report processing part of the sample to work you should make available
139a Web server accepting form uploads, otherwise
140\helpref{wxDebugReportUpload}{wxdebugreportupload} will report an error.
141
142
143\subsection{Dialogs sample}\label{sampledialogs}
144
145This sample shows how to use the common dialogs available from wxWidgets. These
146dialogs are described in detail in the \helpref{Common dialogs overview}{commondialogsoverview}.
147
148
149\subsection{Dialup sample}\label{sampledialup}
150
151This sample shows the \helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}
152class. In the status bar, it displays the information gathered through its
153interface: in particular, the current connection status (online or offline) and
154whether the connection is permanent (in which case a string `LAN' appears in
155the third status bar field - but note that you may be on a LAN not
156connected to the Internet, in which case you will not see this) or not.
157
158Using the menu entries, you may also dial or hang up the line if you have a
159modem attached and (this only makes sense for Windows) list the available
160connections.
161
162
163\subsection{DnD sample}\label{samplednd}
164
165This sample shows both clipboard and drag and drop in action. It is quite non
166trivial and may be safely used as a basis for implementing the clipboard and
167drag and drop operations in a real-life program.
168
169When you run the sample, its screen is split in several parts. On the top,
170there are two listboxes which show the standard derivations of
171\helpref{wxDropTarget}{wxdroptarget}:
172\helpref{wxTextDropTarget}{wxtextdroptarget} and
173\helpref{wxFileDropTarget}{wxfiledroptarget}.
174
175The middle of the sample window is taken by the log window which shows what is
176going on (of course, this only works in debug builds) and may be helpful to see
177the sequence of steps of data transfer.
178
179Finally, the last part is used for dragging text from it to either one of the
180listboxes (only one will accept it) or another application. The last
181functionality available from the main frame is to paste a bitmap from the
182clipboard (or, in the case of the Windows version, also a metafile) - it will be
183shown in a new frame.
184
185So far, everything we mentioned was implemented with minimal amount of code
186using standard wxWidgets classes. The more advanced features are demonstrated
187if you create a shape frame from the main frame menu. A shape is a geometric
188object which has a position, size and color. It models some
189application-specific data in this sample. A shape object supports its own
190private \helpref{wxDataFormat}{wxdataformat} which means that you may cut and
191paste it or drag and drop (between one and the same or different shapes) from
192one sample instance to another (or the same). However, chances are that no
193other program supports this format and so shapes can also be rendered as
194bitmaps which allows them to be pasted/dropped in many other applications
195(and, under Windows, also as metafiles which are supported by most of Windows
196programs as well - try Write/Wordpad, for example).
197
198Take a look at DnDShapeDataObject class to see how you may use
199\helpref{wxDataObject}{wxdataobject} to achieve this.
200
201
202\subsection{Event sample}\label{sampleevent}
203
204The event sample demonstrates various features of the wxWidgets events. It
205shows using dynamic events and connecting/disconnecting the event handlers
206during run time and also using
207\helpref{PushEventHandler()}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} and
208\helpref{PopEventHandler()}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}.
209
210
211\subsection{Except(ions) sample}\label{sampleexcept}
212
213This very simple sample shows how to use C++ exceptions in wxWidgets programs,
214i.e. where to catch the exception which may be thrown by the program code. It
215doesn't do anything very exciting by itself, you need to study its code to
216understand what goes on.
217
218You need to build the library with \texttt{wxUSE\_EXCEPTIONS} being set to $1$
219and compile your code with C++ exceptions support to be able to build this
220sample.
221
222
223\subsection{Exec sample}\label{sampleexec}
224
225The exec sample demonstrates the \helpref{wxExecute}{wxexecute} and
226\helpref{wxShell}{wxshell} functions. Both of them are used to execute the
227external programs and the sample shows how to do this synchronously (waiting
228until the program terminates) or asynchronously (notification will come later).
229
230It also shows how to capture the output of the child process in both
231synchronous and asynchronous cases and how to kill the processes with
232\helpref{wxProcess::Kill}{wxprocesskill} and test for their existence with
233\helpref{wxProcess::Exists}{wxprocessexists}.
234
235
236\subsection{Font sample}\label{samplefont}
237
238The font sample demonstrates \helpref{wxFont}{wxfont},
239\helpref{wxFontEnumerator}{wxfontenumerator} and
240\helpref{wxFontMapper}{wxfontmapper} classes. It allows you to see the fonts
241available (to wxWidgets) on the computer and shows all characters of the
242chosen font as well.
243
244
245\subsection{Grid sample}\label{samplegrid}
246
247TODO.
248
249
250\subsection{HTML samples}\label{samplehtml}
251
252Eight HTML samples (you can find them in directory {\tt samples/html})
253cover all features of the HTML sub-library.
254
255{\bf Test} demonstrates how to create \helpref{wxHtmlWindow}{wxhtmlwindow}
256and also shows most supported HTML tags.
257
258{\bf Widget} shows how you can embed ordinary controls or windows within an
259HTML page. It also nicely explains how to write new tag handlers and extend
260the library to work with unsupported tags.
261
262{\bf About} may give you an idea how to write good-looking About boxes.
263
264{\bf Zip} demonstrates use of virtual file systems in wxHTML. The zip archives
265handler (ships with wxWidgets) allows you to access HTML pages stored
266in a compressed archive as if they were ordinary files.
267
268{\bf Virtual} is yet another virtual file systems demo. This one generates pages at run-time.
269You may find it useful if you need to display some reports in your application.
270
271{\bf Printing} explains use of \helpref{wxHtmlEasyPrinting}{wxhtmleasyprinting}
272class which serves as as-simple-as-possible interface for printing HTML
273documents without much work. In fact, only few function calls are sufficient.
274
275{\bf Help} and {\bf Helpview} are variations on displaying HTML help
276(compatible with MS HTML Help Workshop). {\it Help} shows how to embed
277\helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller} in your application
278while {\it Helpview} is a simple tool that only pops up the help window and
279displays help books given at command line.
280
281
282\subsection{Image sample}\label{sampleimage}
283
284The image sample demonstrates use of the \helpref{wxImage}{wximage} class
285and shows how to download images in a variety of formats, currently PNG, GIF,
286TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNM and PCX. The top of the sample shows two rectangles, one
287of which is drawn directly in the window, the other one is drawn into a
288\helpref{wxBitmap}{wxbitmap}, converted to a wxImage, saved as a PNG image
289and then reloaded from the PNG file again so that conversions between wxImage
290and wxBitmap as well as loading and saving PNG files are tested.
291
292At the bottom of the main frame there is a test for using a monochrome bitmap by
293drawing into a \helpref{wxMemoryDC}{wxmemorydc}. The bitmap is then drawn
294specifying the foreground and background colours with
295\helpref{wxDC::SetTextForeground}{wxdcsettextforeground} and
296\helpref{wxDC::SetTextBackground}{wxdcsettextbackground} (on the left). The
297bitmap is then converted to a wxImage and the foreground colour (black) is
298replaced with red using \helpref{wxImage::Replace}{wximagereplace}.
299
300This sample also contains the code for testing the image rotation and resizing
301and using raw bitmap access, see the corresponding menu commands.
302
303
304\subsection{Internat(ionalization) sample}\label{sampleinternat}
305
306The not very clearly named internat sample demonstrates the wxWidgets
307internationalization (i18n for short from now on) features. To be more
308precise, it only shows localization support, i.e. support for translating the
309program messages into another language while true i18n would also involve
310changing the other aspects of the programs behaviour.
311
312More information about this sample can be found in the {\tt readme.txt} file in
313its directory. Please see also \helpref{i18n overview}{internationalization}.
314
315
316\subsection{Layout sample}\label{samplelayout}
317
318The layout sample demonstrates the two different layout systems offered
319by wxWidgets. When starting the program, you will see a frame with some
320controls and some graphics. The controls will change their size whenever
321you resize the entire frame and the exact behaviour of the size changes
322is determined using the \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints}
323class. See also the \helpref{overview}{constraintsoverview} and the
324\helpref{wxIndividualLayoutConstraint}{wxindividuallayoutconstraint}
325class for further information.
326
327The menu in this sample offers two more tests, one showing how to use
328a \helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer} in a simple dialog and the other one
329showing how to use sizers in connection with a \helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}
330class. See also \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}.
331
332
333\subsection{Listctrl sample}\label{samplelistctrl}
334
335This sample shows the \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl} control. Different modes
336supported by the control (list, icons, small icons, report) may be chosen from
337the menu.
338
339The sample also provides some timings for adding/deleting/sorting a lot of
340(several thousands) items into the control.
341
342
343\subsection{Mediaplayer sample}\label{samplemediaplayer}
344
345This sample demonstrates how to use all the features of
346\helpref{wxMediaCtrl}{wxmediactrl} and play various types of sound, video,
347and other files.
348
349
350It replaces the old dynamic sample.
351
352\subsection{Notebook sample}\label{samplenotebook}
353
354This samples shows \helpref{wxBookCtrl}{wxbookctrloverview} family of controls.
355Although initially it was written to demonstrate \helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}
356only, it can now be also used to see \helpref{wxListbook}{wxlistbook},
357\helpref{wxChoicebook}{wxchoicebook} and \helpref{wxTreebook}{wxtreebook} in action.
358Test each of the controls, their orientation, images and pages using commands through menu.
359
360
361
362\subsection{Render sample}\label{samplerender}
363
364This sample shows how to replace the default wxWidgets
365\helpref{renderer}{wxrenderernative} and also how to write a shared library
366(DLL) implementing a renderer and load and unload it during the run-time.
367
368
369
370\subsection{Scroll subwindow sample}\label{samplescrollsub}
371
372This sample demonstrates use of the \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
373class including placing subwindows into it and drawing simple graphics. It uses the
374\helpref{SetTargetWindow}{wxscrolledwindowsettargetwindow} method and thus the effect
375of scrolling does not show in the scrolled window itself, but in one of its subwindows.
376
377Additionally, this samples demonstrates how to optimize drawing operations in wxWidgets,
378in particular using the \helpref{wxWindow::IsExposed}{wxwindowisexposed} method with
379the aim to prevent unnecessary drawing in the window and thus reducing or removing
380flicker on screen.
381
382
383\subsection{Sockets sample}\label{samplesockets}
384
385The sockets sample demonstrates how to use the communication facilities
386provided by \helpref{wxSocket}{wxsocketbase}. There are two different
387applications in this sample: a server, which is implemented using a
388\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver} object, and a client, which
389is implemented as a \helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient}.
390
391The server binds to the local address, using TCP port number 3000,
392sets up an event handler to be notified of incoming connection requests
393({\bf wxSOCKET\_CONNECTION} events), and sits there, waiting for clients
394({\it listening}, in socket parlance). For each accepted connection,
395a new \helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbase} object is created. These
396socket objects are independent from the server that created them, so
397they set up their own event handler, and then request to be notified
398of {\bf wxSOCKET\_INPUT} (incoming data) or {\bf wxSOCKET\_LOST}
399(connection closed at the remote end) events. In the sample, the event
400handler is the same for all connections; to find out which socket the
401event is addressed to, the \helpref{GetSocket}{wxsocketeventgetsocket} function
402is used.
403
404Although it might take some time to get used to the event-oriented
405system upon which wxSocket is built, the benefits are many. See, for
406example, that the server application, while being single-threaded
407(and of course without using fork() or ugly select() loops) can handle
408an arbitrary number of connections.
409
410The client starts up unconnected, so you can use the Connect... option
411to specify the address of the server you are going to connect to (the
412TCP port number is hard-coded as 3000). Once connected, a number of
413tests are possible. Currently, three tests are implemented. They show
414how to use the basic IO calls in \helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbase},
415such as \helpref{Read}{wxsocketbaseread}, \helpref{Write}{wxsocketbasewrite},
416\helpref{ReadMsg}{wxsocketbasereadmsg} and \helpref{WriteMsg}{wxsocketbasewritemsg},
417and how to set up the correct IO flags depending on what you are going to
418do. See the comments in the code for more information. Note that because
419both clients and connection objects in the server set up an event handler
420to catch {\bf wxSOCKET\_LOST} events, each one is immediately notified
421if the other end closes the connection.
422
423There is also a URL test which shows how to use
424the \helpref{wxURL}{wxurl} class to fetch data from a given URL.
425
426The sockets sample is work in progress. Some things to do:
427
428\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
429\item More tests for basic socket functionality.
430\item More tests for protocol classes (wxProtocol and its descendants).
431\item Tests for the recently added (and still in alpha stage) datagram sockets.
432\item New samples which actually do something useful (suggestions accepted).
433\end{itemize}
434
435
436\subsection{Sound sample}\label{samplesound}
437
438The {\tt sound} sample shows how to use \helpref{wxSound}{wxsound} for simple
439audio output (e.g. notifications).
440
441
442\subsection{Statbar sample}\label{samplestatbar}
443
444This sample shows how to create and use wxStatusBar. Although most of the
445samples have a statusbar, they usually only create a default one and only
446do it once.
447
448Here you can see how to recreate the statusbar (with possibly different number
449of fields) and how to use it to show icons/bitmaps and/or put arbitrary
450controls into it.
451
452
453\subsection{Tab order sample}\label{sampletaborder}
454
455This sample allows to test keyboard navigation (mostly done using the
456\texttt{\textsc{TAB}} key, hence the sample name) between different controls.
457It shows the use of
458\helpref{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} and
459\helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} methods to change
460the default order of the windows in the navigation chain and of
461\helpref{wxWindow::Navigate()}{wxwindownavigate} for moving focus along this
462chain.
463
464
465\subsection{Text sample}\label{sampletext}
466
467This sample demonstrates four features: firstly the use and many variants of
468the \helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl} class (single line, multi line, read only,
469password, ignoring TAB, ignoring ENTER).
470
471Secondly it shows how to intercept a \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} in both
472the raw form using the {\tt EVT\_KEY\_UP} and {\tt EVT\_KEY\_DOWN} macros and the
473higher level from using the {\tt EVT\_CHAR} macro. All characters will be logged
474in a log window at the bottom of the main window. By pressing some of the function
475keys, you can test some actions in the text ctrl as well as get statistics on the
476text ctrls, which is useful for testing if these statistics actually are correct.
477
478Thirdly, on platforms which support it, the sample will offer to copy text to the
479\helpref{wxClipboard}{wxclipboard} and to paste text from it. The GTK version will
480use the so called PRIMARY SELECTION, which is the pseudo clipboard under X and
481best known from pasting text to the XTerm program.
482
483Last not least: some of the text controls have tooltips and the sample also shows
484how tooltips can be centrally disabled and their latency controlled.
485
486
487\subsection{Thread sample}\label{samplethread}
488
489This sample demonstrates use of threads in connection with GUI programs.
490There are two fundamentally different ways to use threads in GUI programs and
491either way has to take care of the fact that the GUI library itself usually
492is not multi-threading safe, i.e. that it might crash if two threads try to
493access the GUI class simultaneously. One way to prevent that is have a normal
494GUI program in the main thread and some worker threads which work in the
495background. In order to make communication between the main thread and the
496worker threads possible, wxWidgets offers the \helpref{wxPostEvent}{wxpostevent}
497function and this sample makes use of this function.
498
499The other way to use a so called Mutex (such as those offered in the \helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}
500class) that prevent threads from accessing the GUI classes as long as any other
501thread accesses them. For this, wxWidgets has the \helpref{wxMutexGuiEnter}{wxmutexguienter}
502and \helpref{wxMutexGuiLeave}{wxmutexguileave} functions, both of which are
503used and tested in the sample as well.
504
505See also \helpref{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview} and \helpref{wxThread}{wxthread}.
506
507
508\subsection{Toolbar sample}\label{sampletoolbar}
509
510The toolbar sample shows the \helpref{wxToolBar}{wxtoolbar} class in action.
511
512The following things are demonstrated:
513
514\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
515\item Creating the toolbar using \helpref{wxToolBar::AddTool}{wxtoolbaraddtool}
516and \helpref{wxToolBar::AddControl}{wxtoolbaraddcontrol}: see
517MyApp::InitToolbar in the sample.
518\item Using {\tt EVT\_UPDATE\_UI} handler for automatically enabling/disabling
519toolbar buttons without having to explicitly call EnableTool. This is done
520in MyFrame::OnUpdateCopyAndCut.
521\item Using \helpref{wxToolBar::DeleteTool}{wxtoolbardeletetool} and
522\helpref{wxToolBar::InsertTool}{wxtoolbarinserttool} to dynamically update the
523toolbar.
524\end{itemize}
525
526Some buttons in the main toolbar are check buttons, i.e. they stay checked when
527pressed. On the platforms which support it, the sample also adds a combobox
528to the toolbar showing how you can use arbitrary controls and not only buttons
529in it.
530
531If you toggle another toolbar in the sample (using {\tt Ctrl-A}) you will also
532see the radio toolbar buttons in action: the first three buttons form a radio
533group, i.e. checking any of them automatically unchecks the previously
534checked one.
535
536
537\subsection{Treectrl sample}\label{sampletreectrl}
538
539This sample demonstrates using the \helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl} class. Here
540you may see how to process various notification messages sent by this control
541and also when they occur (by looking at the messages in the text control in
542the bottom part of the frame).
543
544Adding, inserting and deleting items and branches from the tree as well as
545sorting (in default alphabetical order as well as in custom one) is
546demonstrated here as well - try the corresponding menu entries.
547
548
549\subsection{Widgets sample}\label{samplewidgets}
550
551The widgets sample is the main presentation program for most simple and advanced
552native controls and complex generic widgets provided by wxWidgets.
553The sample tests their basic functionality, events, placement, modification
554in terms of colour and font as well as the possibility to change
555the controls programmatically, such as adding an item to a list box etc.
556All widgets are categorized for easy browsing.
557
558\subsection{Wizard sample}\label{samplewizard}
559
560This sample shows the so-called wizard dialog (implemented using
561\helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard} and related classes). It shows almost all
562features supported:
563
564\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
565\item Using bitmaps with the wizard and changing them depending on the page
566shown (notice that wxValidationPage in the sample has a different image from
567the other ones)
568\item Using \helpref{TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
569to verify that the data entered is correct before passing to the next page
570(done in wxValidationPage which forces the user to check a checkbox before
571continuing).
572\item Using more elaborated techniques to allow returning to the previous
573page, but not continuing to the next one or vice versa (in wxRadioboxPage)
574\item This (wxRadioboxPage) page also shows how the page may process the {\tt
575Cancel} button itself instead of relying on the wizard parent to do it.
576\item Normally, the order of the pages in the wizard is known at compile-time,
577but sometimes it depends on the user choices: wxCheckboxPage shows how to
578dynamically decide which page to display next (see also
579\helpref{wxWizardPage}{wxwizardpage})
580\end{itemize}
581