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2%% Name: wizard.tex
3%% Purpose: wxWizard class documentation
4%% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5%% Modified by:
6%% Created: 02.04.00
7%% RCS-ID: $Id$
8%% Copyright: (c) Vadim Zeitlin
9%% License: wxWindows license
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11
12\section{\class{wxWizard}}\label{wxwizard}
13
14wxWizard is the central class for implementing `wizard-like' dialogs. These
15dialogs are mostly familiar to Windows users and are nothing else but a
16sequence of `pages' each of them displayed inside a dialog which has the
17buttons to pas to the next (and previous) pages.
18
19The wizards are typically used to decompose a complex dialog into several
20simple steps and are mainly useful to the novice users, hence it is important
21to keep them as simple as possible.
22
23To show a wizard dialog, you must first create an object of wxWizard class
24using \helpref{Create}{wxwizardcreate} function. Then you should add all pages
25you want the wizard to show and call \helpref{RunWizard}{wxwizardrunwizard}.
26Finally, don't forget to call {\tt wizard->Destroy()}.
27
28\wxheading{Derived from}
29
30\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}\\
31\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}\\
32\helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}\\
33\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
34\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
35
36\wxheading{Include files}
37
38<wx/wizard.h>
39
40\wxheading{Event table macros}
41
42To process input from a wizard dialog, use these event handler macros to
43direct input to member functions that take a
44\helpref{wxWizardEvent}{wxwizardevent} argument. For some events,
45\helpref{Veto()}{wxnotifyeventveto} can be called to prevent the event from
46happening.
47
48\twocolwidtha{7cm}
49\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=2pt
50\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_WIZARD\_PAGE\_CHANGED(id, func)}}{The page has been just
51changed (this event can not be vetoed).}
52\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_WIZARD\_PAGE\_CHANGING(id, func)}}{The page is being
53changed (this event can be vetoed).}
54\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_WIZARD\_CANCEL(id, func)}}{The user attempted to cancel
55the wizard (this event may also be vetoed).}
56\end{twocollist}%
57
58\wxheading{See also}
59
60\helpref{wxWizardEvent}{wxwizardevent}, \helpref{wxWizardPage}{wxwizardpage}, \helpref{wxWizard sample}{samplewizard}
61
62\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
63
64\membersection{wxWizard::Create}\label{wxwizardcreate}
65
66\func{static wxWizard*}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{int }{id = -1}, \param{const wxString\& }{title = wxEmptyString}, \param{const wxBitmap\& }{bitmap = wxNullBitmap}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}}
67
68Creates the wizard dialog. The returned pointer should not be deleted
69directly, you should rather call {\tt Destroy()} on it and wxWindows will
70delete it itself.
71
72Notice that unlike almost all other wxWindows classes, there is no {\it size}
73parameter in wxWizard constructor because the wizard will have a predefined
74default size by default. If you want to change this, you should use the
75\helpref{SetPageSize}{wxwizardsetpagesize} function.
76
77\wxheading{Parameters}
78
79\docparam{parent}{The parent window, may be NULL.}
80
81\docparam{id}{The id of the dialog, will usually be just $-1$.}
82
83\docparam{title}{The title of the dialog.}
84
85\docparam{bitmap}{The default bitmap used in the left side of the wizard. See
86also \helpref{GetBitmap}{wxwizardpagegetbitmap}.}
87
88\docparam{pos}{The position of the dialog, it will be centered on the screen
89by default.}
90
91\membersection{wxWizard::RunWizard}\label{wxwizardrunwizard}
92
93\func{bool}{RunWizard}{\param{wxWizardPage* }{firstPage}}
94
95Executes the wizard starting from the given page, returns {\tt TRUE} if it was
96successfully finished or {\tt FALSE} if user cancelled it. The {\it firstPage}
97can not be {\tt NULL}.
98
99\membersection{wxWizard::GetCurrentPage}\label{wxwizardgetcurrentpage}
100
101\constfunc{wxWizardPage*}{GetCurrentPage}{\void}
102
103Get the current page while the wizard is running. {\tt NULL} is returned if
104\helpref{RunWizard()}{wxwizardrunwizard} is not being executed now.
105
106\membersection{wxWizard::GetPageSize}\label{wxwizardgetpagesize}
107
108\constfunc{wxSize}{GetPageSize}{\void}
109
110Returns the size available for the pages.
111
112\membersection{wxWizard::SetPageSize}\label{wxwizardsetpagesize}
113
114\func{void}{SetPageSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{sizePage}}
115
116Sets the minimal size to be made available for the wizard pages. The wizard
117will take into account the size of the bitmap (if any) itself. Also, the
118wizard will never be smaller than the default size.
119
120The recommended way to use this function is to layout all wizard pages using
121the sizers (even though the wizard is not resizeable) and then use
122\helpref{wxSizer::CalcMin}{wxsizercalcmin} in a loop to calculate the maximum
123of minimal sizes of the pages and pass it to SetPageSize().
124