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