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46<li>ReadMe: <a href="../readme.txt"><b>General ReadMe</b></a>,
47<a href="../gtk/readme.txt">wxGTK</a>,
48<a href="../motif/readme.txt">wxMotif</a>,
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69<a href="../gtk/todo.txt">wxGTK</a>,
70<a href="../motif/todo.txt">wxMotif</a>,
71<a href="../msw/todo.txt">wxMSW</a>
72<li>List of <a href="../symbols.txt">preprocessor symbols</a> used in wxWindows
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135<h3 align=center><a name="technotes"><hr>Technical notes<hr></a></h3>
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139<li><a href="../tech/">Technical notes</a> in text form
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142 <li><a href="platform.htm">Platforms supported</a>
143 <li><a href="i18n.htm">Languages supported by wxWindows</a>
144 <li><a href="standard.htm">wxWindows programmer style guide</a>
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151<ul>
152<li><a href="gettext/gettext.htm">gettext Manual</a>
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157<h3 align=center><a name="samples"><hr>Samples<hr></a></h3>
158
159Each of the following demonstrates one or more aspect of wxWindows.<P>
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161<ul>
162<li><a href="../../samples/calendar">calendar</a>: a sample to test the wxCalendarCtrl class.
163<li><a href="../../samples/caret">caret</a>: a sample to test the wxCaret class.
164<li><a href="../../samples/checklst">checklst</a>: demonstrates wxCheckListBox on
165supported platforms (currently Windows and GTK only).
166<li><a href="../../samples/config">config</a>: demonstrates use of wxConfig, which
167defaults to wxRegConfig on WIN32, wxIniConfig on WIN16, and wxFileConfig on other platforms.
168<li><a href="../../samples/console">console</a>: demonstrates a console application using
169console-mode (no-GUI) compilation of wxWindows.
170<li><a href="../../samples/controls">controls</a>: sample showing a variety of controls, including
171wxNotebook.
172<li><a href="../../samples/db">db</a>: wxDB ODBC sample.
173<li><a href="../../samples/ipc">ipc</a>: shows the DDE-like protocol in action, both using real
174DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit <a href="../../samples/ipc/ddesetup.h">ddesetup.h</a>
175to switch between compilation modes.
176<li><a href="../../samples/dialogs">dialogs</a>: shows some of the common dialogs available -- wxFontDialog,
177wxColourDialog, wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog, wxMessageBox, wxTextEntryDialog, wxSingleChoiceDialog.
178For printing-related dialogs, see the printing sample.
179<li><a href="../../samples/dragimag">dragimag</a>: wxDragImage demo.
180<li><a href="../../samples/dialup">dialup</a>: wxDialUpManager demo.
181<li><a href="../../samples/dnd">dnd</a>: demonstrates drag and drop on supported platforms.
182<li><a href="../../samples/docview">docview</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
183using wxFrame.
184<li><a href="../../samples/docvwmdi">docvwmdi</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
185using wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
186<li><a href="../../samples/drawing">drawing</a>: tests device context drawing.
187<li><a href="../../samples/dynamic">dynamic</a>: shows how to connect events to member functions
188dynamically.
189<li><a href="../../samples/exec">exec</a>: demonstrates wxExecute.
190<li><a href="../../samples/font">font</a>: tests fonts, font enumerator, font encodings.
191<li><a href="../../samples/grid">grid</a>: demonstrates the wxGrid class. This demo should work
192when the old grid implementation is compiled into wxWindows, and also with the new implementation.
193Please see newgrid below for a full demo of the new implementation's capabilities.
194<li><a href="../../samples/help">help</a>: shows how to use wxHelpController.
195<li><a href="../../samples/html">html</a>: a number of demos for the wxHTML class library, used inside
196applications and also as a help facility.
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198 <li><a href="../../samples/html/about">about</a>: shows use of a wxHTML widget inside an About box.
199 <li><a href="../../samples/html/help">help</a>: shows use of wxHtmlHelpController to display wxHTML help.
200 <li><a href="../../samples/html/helpview">helpview</a>: a stand-alone wxHTML help viewer for any .htb book.
201 <li><a href="../../samples/html/printing">printing</a>: shows how easy it is to preview and print HTML files.
202 <li><a href="../../samples/html/test">test</a>: general wxHTML test application.
203 <li><a href="../../samples/html/virtual">virtual</a>: demonstrates the virtual file system feature.
204 <li><a href="../../samples/html/widget">widget</a>: demonstrates the use of controls in HTML pages.
205 <li><a href="../../samples/html/zip">zip</a>: shows how help files can be packaged in zip archives.
206 </ul>
207<li><a href="../../samples/image">image</a>: shows off the cross-platform wxImage class.
208<li><a href="../../samples/internat">internat</a>: use of wxWindows' internationalization support.
209<li><a href="../../samples/joytest">joytest</a>: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only).
210<li><a href="../../samples/layout">layout</a>: shows the constraint layout system in action.
211<li><a href="../../samples/listctrl">listctrl</a>: demonstrates the wxListCtrl (implemented natively on
212WIN32, and using a generic version on other platforms).
213<li><a href="../../samples/menu">menu</a>: tests menus.
214<li><a href="../../samples/mdi">mdi</a>: shows off the MDI (Multiple Document Interface) classes. On Windows, the regular MDI
215scheme is used whereby child windows have full sizing and moving rights within the main
216window. On other platforms, tabbed windows are used, where the children are always maximized.
217<li><a href="../../samples/memcheck">memcheck</a>: demonstrates the memory checking/debugging facilities.
218<li><a href="../../samples/mfc">mfc</a>: shows how to use MFC and wxWindows code in the same application (Windows only).
219To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWindows.
220<li><a href="../../samples/minifram">minifram</a>: demonstrates a frame with a small title bar. On
221platforms that don't support it, a normal-sized title bar is displayed.
222<li><a href="../../samples/minimal">minimal</a>: just shows a frame, a menubar, and a statusbar. About as
223small a wxWindows application as you can get.
224<li><a href="../../samples/nativdlg">nativdlg</a>: shows how wxWindows can load a standard Windows
225dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWindows controls (Windows only).
226<li><a href="../../samples/newgrid">newgrid</a>: demonstrates the new wxGrid implementation, by Michael Bedward and others.
227<li><a href="../../samples/notebook">notebook</a>: shows the wxNotebook (tabbed window) control.
228<li><a href="../../samples/oleauto">oleauto</a>: a little OLE automation controller (Windows only; requires
229Excel to be present).
230<li><a href="../../samples/ownerdrw">ownerdrw</a>: demonstrates owner-draw menus and controls (Windows only).
231<li><a href="../../samples/plot">plot</a>: demonstrates wxPlot classes (under development).
232<li><a href="../../samples/png">png</a>: demonstrates PNG loading.
233<li><a href="../../samples/printing">printing</a>: shows printing and previewing.
234<li><a href="../../samples/proplist">proplist</a>: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor).
235<li><a href="../../samples/propsize">propsize</a>: demonstrates proportional sizer classes.
236<li><a href="../../samples/regtest">regtest</a>: tests the low-level Windows registry functions (Windows only).
237<li><a href="../../samples/resource">resource</a>: shows how to use wxWindows resources (.wxr files).
238<li><a href="../../samples/richedit">richedit</a>: a work-in-progress rich text editor with plain text and HTML export
239facilities.
240<li><a href="../../samples/rotate">rotate</a>: demonstrates interpolated and non-interpolated
241rotation of a wxImage.
242<li><a href="../../samples/sashtest">sashtest</a>: demonstrates use of the wxSashWindow class to allow
243the user to resize subwindows.
244<li><a href="../../samples/scroll">scroll</a>: demonstrates wxScrolledWindow.
245<li><a href="../../samples/scrollsub">scrollsub</a>: demonstrates the use of wxScrolledWindow to scroll
246an embedded window.
247<li><a href="../../samples/sockets">sockets</a>: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes.
248<li><a href="../../samples/splitter">splitter</a>: demonstrates the wxSplitterWindow class.
249<li><a href="../../samples/statbar">statbar</a>: demonstrates the wxStatusBar class.
250<li><a href="../../samples/tab">tab</a>: demonstrates the generic tab window class. You should
251normally use wxNotebook instead, but the generic code is sometimes useful, for example for
252implementing wxNotebook on platforms with no native support.
253<li><a href="../../samples/taskbar">taskbar</a>: demonstrates the wxTaskBarIcon class, for
254adding icons to the system tray. Windows only, but may eventually be implemented for other desktop
255environments that use this metaphor.
256<li><a href="../../samples/text">text</a>: demonstrates single and multiline text controls,
257and clipboard operations.
258<li><a href="../../samples/thread">thread</a>: tests the family of classes for doing thread
259programming.
260<li><a href="../../samples/toolbar">toolbar</a>: demonstrates wxToolBar.
261<li><a href="../../samples/treectrl">treectrl</a>: demonstrates wxTreeCtrl.
262<li><a href="../../samples/typetest">typetest</a>: tests various data type classes, including
263wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant.
264<li><a href="../../samples/validate">validate</a>: shows simple use of validation.
265<li><a href="../../samples/wizard">wizard</a>: demonstrates the wxWizard class.
266</ul>
267
268<h3 align=center><a name="demos"><hr>Demos<hr></a></h3>
269
270The following are fully-fledged applications.<P>
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272<ul>
273<li><a href="../../demos/bombs">bombs</a>: minesweeper-like game.
274<li><a href="../../demos/dbbrowse">dbbrowse</a>: ODBC database browser application.
275<li><a href="../../demos/forty">forty</a>: a great little card game by Chris Breeze.
276<li><a href="../../demos/fractal">fractal</a>: fractal mountains by Andrew Davison.
277<li><a href="../../demos/life">life</a>: the game of Life by J. H. Conway, implemented in wxWindows by Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia.
278<li><a href="../../demos/poem">poem</a>: a little poetry display program.
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