| 1 | /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
| 2 | // Name: tipdlg.h |
| 3 | // Purpose: declaration of wxTipDialog |
| 4 | // Author: Vadim Zeitlin |
| 5 | // Modified by: |
| 6 | // Created: 28.06.99 |
| 7 | // RCS-ID: $Id$ |
| 8 | // Copyright: (c) Vadim Zeitlin |
| 9 | // Licence: wxWindows licence |
| 10 | /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
| 11 | |
| 12 | #ifndef _WX_TIPDLG_H_ |
| 13 | #define _WX_TIPDLG_H_ |
| 14 | |
| 15 | #ifdef __GNUG__ |
| 16 | #pragma interface "tipdlg.h" |
| 17 | #endif |
| 18 | |
| 19 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 20 | // headers which we must include here |
| 21 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 22 | |
| 23 | #include "wx/defs.h" |
| 24 | |
| 25 | #if wxUSE_STARTUP_TIPS |
| 26 | |
| 27 | #include "wx/textfile.h" |
| 28 | |
| 29 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 30 | // wxTipProvider - a class which is used by wxTipDialog to get the text of the |
| 31 | // tips |
| 32 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 33 | |
| 34 | // the abstract base class: it provides the tips, i.e. implements the GetTip() |
| 35 | // function which returns the new tip each time it's called. To support this, |
| 36 | // wxTipProvider evidently needs some internal state which is the tip "index" |
| 37 | // and which should be saved/restored by the program to not always show one and |
| 38 | // the same tip (of course, you may use random starting position as well...) |
| 39 | class WXDLLEXPORT wxTipProvider |
| 40 | { |
| 41 | public: |
| 42 | wxTipProvider(size_t currentTip) { m_currentTip = currentTip; } |
| 43 | |
| 44 | // get the current tip and update the internal state to return the next tip |
| 45 | // when called for the next time |
| 46 | virtual wxString GetTip() = 0; |
| 47 | |
| 48 | // get the current tip "index" (or whatever allows the tip provider to know |
| 49 | // from where to start the next time) |
| 50 | size_t GetCurrentTip() const { return m_currentTip; } |
| 51 | |
| 52 | // virtual dtor for the base class |
| 53 | virtual ~wxTipProvider() { } |
| 54 | |
| 55 | protected: |
| 56 | size_t m_currentTip; |
| 57 | }; |
| 58 | |
| 59 | // a function which returns an implementation of wxTipProvider using the |
| 60 | // specified text file as the source of tips (each line is a tip). |
| 61 | // |
| 62 | // NB: the caller is responsible for deleting the pointer! |
| 63 | WXDLLEXPORT wxTipProvider *wxCreateFileTipProvider(const wxString& filename, |
| 64 | size_t currentTip); |
| 65 | |
| 66 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 67 | // wxTipDialog |
| 68 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 69 | |
| 70 | // A dialog which shows a "tip" - a short and helpful messages describing to |
| 71 | // the user some program characteristic. Many programs show the tips at |
| 72 | // startup, so the dialog has "Show tips on startup" checkbox which allows to |
| 73 | // the user to disable this (however, it's the program which should show, or |
| 74 | // not, the dialog on startup depending on its value, not this class). |
| 75 | // |
| 76 | // The function returns TRUE if this checkbox is checked, FALSE otherwise. |
| 77 | WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShowTip(wxWindow *parent, |
| 78 | wxTipProvider *tipProvider, |
| 79 | bool showAtStartup = TRUE); |
| 80 | |
| 81 | #endif // wxUSE_STARTUP_TIPS |
| 82 | |
| 83 | #endif // _WX_TIPDLG_H_ |