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158<h3 align=center><a name="samples"><hr>Samples<hr></a></h3>
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160Each of the following demonstrates one or more aspect of wxWindows.<P>
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162<ul>
163<li><a href="../../samples/calendar">calendar</a>: a sample to test the wxCalendarCtrl class.
164<li><a href="../../samples/caret">caret</a>: a sample to test the wxCaret class.
165<li><a href="../../samples/checklst">checklst</a>: demonstrates wxCheckListBox on
166supported platforms (currently Windows and GTK only).
167<li><a href="../../samples/config">config</a>: demonstrates use of wxConfig, which
168defaults to wxRegConfig on WIN32, wxIniConfig on WIN16, and wxFileConfig on other platforms.
169<li><a href="../../samples/console">console</a>: demonstrates a console application using
170console-mode (no-GUI) compilation of wxWindows.
171<li><a href="../../samples/controls">controls</a>: sample showing a variety of controls, including
172wxNotebook.
173<li><a href="../../samples/db">db</a>: wxDB ODBC sample.
174<li><a href="../../samples/ipc">ipc</a>: shows the DDE-like protocol in action, both using real
175DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit <a href="../../samples/ipc/ddesetup.h">ddesetup.h</a>
176to switch between compilation modes.
177<li><a href="../../samples/dialogs">dialogs</a>: shows some of the common dialogs available -- wxFontDialog,
178wxColourDialog, wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog, wxMessageBox, wxTextEntryDialog, wxSingleChoiceDialog.
179For printing-related dialogs, see the printing sample.
180<li><a href="../../samples/dnd">dnd</a>: demonstrates drag and drop on supported platforms.
181<li><a href="../../samples/docview">docview</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
182using wxFrame.
183<li><a href="../../samples/docvwmdi">docvwmdi</a>: : demonstrates use of the document view classes,
184using wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
185<li><a href="../../samples/drawing">drawing</a>: tests device context drawing.
186<li><a href="../../samples/dynamic">dynamic</a>: shows how to connect events to member functions
187dynamically.
188<li><a href="../../samples/exec">exec</a>: demonstrates wxExecute.
189<li><a href="../../samples/font">font</a>: tests fonts, font enumerator, font encodings.
190<li><a href="../../samples/grid">grid</a>: demonstrates the wxGrid class.
191<li><a href="../../samples/help">help</a>: shows how to use wxHelpController.
192<li><a href="../../samples/html">html</a>: a number of demos for the wxHTML class library, used inside
193applications and also as a help facility.
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195 <li><a href="../../samples/html/about">about</a>: shows use of a wxHTML widget inside an About box.
196 <li><a href="../../samples/html/help">help</a>: shows use of wxHtmlHelpController to display wxHTML help.
197 <li><a href="../../samples/html/helpview">helpview</a>: a stand-alone wxHTML help viewer.
198 <li><a href="../../samples/html/printing">printing</a>: shows how easy it is to preview and print HTML files.
199 <li><a href="../../samples/html/test">test</a>: general wxHTML test application.
200 <li><a href="../../samples/html/virtual">virtual</a>: demonstrates the virtual file system feature.
201 <li><a href="../../samples/html/widget">widget</a>: demonstrates the use of controls in HTML pages.
202 <li><a href="../../samples/html/zip">zip</a>: shows how help files can be packaged in zip archives.
203 </ul>
204<li><a href="../../samples/image">image</a>: shows off the cross-platform wxImage class.
205<li><a href="../../samples/internat">internat</a>: use of wxWindows' internationalization support.
206<li><a href="../../samples/joytest">joytest</a>: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only).
207<li><a href="../../samples/layout">layout</a>: shows the constraint layout system in action.
208<li><a href="../../samples/listctrl">listctrl</a>: demonstrates the wxListCtrl (implemented natively on
209WIN32, and using a generic version on other platforms).
210<li><a href="../../samples/menu">menu</a>: tests menus.
211<li><a href="../../samples/mdi">mdi</a>: shows off the MDI (Multiple Document Interface) classes. On Windows, the regular MDI
212scheme is used whereby child windows have full sizing and moving rights within the main
213window. On other platforms, tabbed windows are used, where the children are always maximized.
214<li><a href="../../samples/memcheck">memcheck</a>: demonstrates the memory checking/debugging facilities.
215<li><a href="../../samples/mfc">mfc</a>: shows how to use MFC and wxWindows code in the same application (Windows only).
216To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWindows.
217<li><a href="../../samples/minifram">minifram</a>: demonstrates a frame with a small title bar. On
218platforms that don't support it, a normal-sized title bar is displayed.
219<li><a href="../../samples/minimal">minimal</a>: just shows a frame, a menubar, and a statusbar. About as
220small a wxWindows application as you can get.
221<li><a href="../../samples/nativdlg">nativdlg</a>: shows how wxWindows can load a standard Windows
222dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWindows controls (Windows only).
223<li><a href="../../samples/dialup">dialup</a>: wxDialUpManager demo.
224<li><a href="../../samples/newgrid">newgrid</a>: demonstrates the new wxGrid implementation, by Michael Bedward.
225<li><a href="../../samples/notebook">notebook</a>: shows the wxNotebook (tabbed window) control.
226<li><a href="../../samples/oleauto">oleauto</a>: a little OLE automation controller (Windows only; requires
227Excel to be present).
228<li><a href="../../samples/ownerdrw">ownerdrw</a>: demonstrates owner-draw menus and controls (Windows only).
229<li><a href="../../samples/png">png</a>: demonstrates PNG loading.
230<li><a href="../../samples/printing">printing</a>: shows printing and previewing.
231<li><a href="../../samples/proplist">proplist</a>: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor).
232<li><a href="../../samples/regtest">regtest</a>: tests the low-level Windows registry functions (Windows only).
233<li><a href="../../samples/resource">resource</a>: shows how to use wxWindows resources (.wxr files).
234<li><a href="../../samples/richedit">richedit</a>: a work-in-progress rich text editor with plain text and HTML export
235facilities.
236<li><a href="../../samples/rotate">rotate</a>: demonstrates interpolated and non-interpolated
237rotation of a wxImage.
238<li><a href="../../samples/sashtest">sashtest</a>: demonstrates use of the wxSashWindow class to allow
239the user to resize subwindows.
240<li><a href="../../samples/scroll">scroll</a>: demonstrates wxScrolledWindow.
241<li><a href="../../samples/scrollsub">scrollsub</a>: demonstrates the use of wxScrolledWindow to scroll
242an embedded window.
243<li><a href="../../samples/sockets">sockets</a>: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes.
244<li><a href="../../samples/splitter">splitter</a>: demonstrates the wxSplitterWindow class.
245<li><a href="../../samples/tab">tab</a>: demonstrates the generic tab window class. You should
246normally use wxNotebook instead, but the generic code is sometimes useful, for example for
247implementing wxNotebook on platforms with no native support.
248<li><a href="../../samples/taskbar">taskbar</a>: demonstrates the wxTaskBarIcon class, for
249adding icons to the system tray. Windows only, but may eventually be implemented for other desktop
250environments that use this metaphor.
251<li><a href="../../samples/text">text</a>: demonstrates single and multiline text controls,
252and clipboard operations.
253<li><a href="../../samples/thread">thread</a>: tests the family of classes for doing thread
254programming.
255<li><a href="../../samples/toolbar">toolbar</a>: demonstrates wxToolBar.
256<li><a href="../../samples/treectrl">treectrl</a>: demonstrates wxTreeCtrl.
257<li><a href="../../samples/typetest">typetest</a>: tests various data type classes, including
258wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant.
259<li><a href="../../samples/validate">validate</a>: shows simple use of validation.
260<li><a href="../../samples/wizard">wizard</a>: demonstrates the wxWizard class.
261</ul>
262
263<h3 align=center><a name="demos"><hr>Demos<hr></a></h3>
264
265The following are fully-fledged applications.<P>
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267<ul>
268<li><a href="../../demos/bombs">bombs</a>: minesweeper-like game.
269<li><a href="../../demos/dbbrowse">dbbrowse</a>: ODBC database browser application.
270<li><a href="../../demos/forty">forty</a>: a great little card game by Chris Breeze.
271<li><a href="../../demos/fractal">fractal</a>: fractal mountains by Andrew Davison.
272<li><a href="../../demos/life">life</a>: the game of Life by J. H. Conway, implemented in wxWindows by Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia.
273<li><a href="../../demos/poem">poem</a>: a little poetry display program.
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