include/wx/utils.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        utils.h
   3 // Purpose:     Miscellaneous utilities
   4 // Author:      Julian Smart
   5 // Modified by:
   6 // Created:     29/01/98
   7 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 // Copyright:   (c) 1998 Julian Smart
   9 // Licence:     wxWindows license
  10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  11
  12 #ifndef _WX_UTILSH__
  13 #define _WX_UTILSH__
  14
  15 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  16 // headers
  17 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  18
  19 #ifdef __GNUG__
  20     #pragma interface "utils.h"
  21 #endif
  22
  23 #include "wx/setup.h"
  24 #include "wx/object.h"
  25 #include "wx/list.h"
  26 #include "wx/filefn.h"
  27
  28 #ifdef __X__
  29     #include <dirent.h>
  30     #include <unistd.h>
  31 #endif
  32
  33 #include <stdio.h>
  34
  35 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  36 // Forward declaration
  37 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  38
  39 class WXDLLEXPORT wxProcess;
  40 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFrame;
  41 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow;
  42 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowList;
  43 class WXDLLEXPORT wxPoint;
  44
  45 // FIXME should use wxStricmp() instead
  46 #if defined(__GNUWIN32__)
  47     #define stricmp strcasecmp
  48     #define strnicmp strncasecmp
  49 #endif
  50
  51 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  52 // Macros
  53 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  54
  55 #define wxMax(a,b)            (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
  56 #define wxMin(a,b)            (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
  57
  58 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  59 // String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
  60 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  61
  62 // Useful buffer (FIXME VZ: To be removed!!!)
  63 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxChar*) wxBuffer;
  64
  65 // Make a copy of this string using 'new'
  66 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* copystring(const wxChar *s);
  67
  68 // Matches string one within string two regardless of case
  69 WXDLLEXPORT bool StringMatch(wxChar *one, wxChar *two, bool subString = TRUE, bool exact = FALSE);
  70
  71 // A shorter way of using strcmp
  72 #define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (wxStrcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
  73
  74 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  75 // Miscellaneous functions
  76 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  77
  78 // Sound the bell
  79 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBell();
  80
  81 // Get OS description as a user-readable string
  82 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetOsDescription();
  83
  84 // Get OS version
  85 WXDLLEXPORT int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn = (int *) NULL,
  86                                int *minorVsn = (int *) NULL);
  87
  88 // Return a string with the current date/time
  89 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxNow();
  90
  91 #if wxUSE_GUI
  92 // Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
  93 // KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
  94 // in wxMSW.
  95 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag );
  96
  97 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  98 // Window ID management
  99 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 100
 101 // Generate a unique ID
 102 WXDLLEXPORT long wxNewId();
 103 #if !defined(NewId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
 104     #define NewId wxNewId
 105 #endif
 106
 107 // Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
 108 WXDLLEXPORT void wxRegisterId(long id);
 109 #if !defined(RegisterId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
 110     #define RegisterId wxRegisterId
 111 #endif
 112
 113 // Return the current ID
 114 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetCurrentId();
 115
 116 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
 117
 118 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 119 // Various conversions
 120 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 121
 122 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxFloatToStringStr;
 123 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxDoubleToStringStr;
 124
 125 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToFloat(wxChar *s, float *number);
 126 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* FloatToString(float number, const wxChar *fmt = wxFloatToStringStr);
 127 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToDouble(wxChar *s, double *number);
 128 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* DoubleToString(double number, const wxChar *fmt = wxDoubleToStringStr);
 129 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToInt(wxChar *s, int *number);
 130 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToLong(wxChar *s, long *number);
 131 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* IntToString(int number);
 132 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* LongToString(long number);
 133
 134 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
 135 WXDLLEXPORT int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf);
 136
 137 // Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
 138 WXDLLEXPORT void wxDecToHex(int dec, wxChar *buf);
 139 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
 140
 141 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 142 // Process management
 143 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 144
 145 // Execute another program. Returns 0 if there was an error, a PID otherwise.
 146 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(wxChar **argv, bool sync = FALSE,
 147                            wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
 148 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command, bool sync = FALSE,
 149                            wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
 150
 151 // execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line
 152 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
 153                            wxArrayString& output);
 154
 155 // also capture stderr
 156 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
 157                            wxArrayString& output,
 158                            wxArrayString& error);
 159
 160 enum wxSignal
 161 {
 162     wxSIGNONE = 0,  // verify if the process exists under Unix
 163     wxSIGHUP,
 164     wxSIGINT,
 165     wxSIGQUIT,
 166     wxSIGILL,
 167     wxSIGTRAP,
 168     wxSIGABRT,
 169     wxSIGIOT = wxSIGABRT,   // another name
 170     wxSIGEMT,
 171     wxSIGFPE,
 172     wxSIGKILL,
 173     wxSIGBUS,
 174     wxSIGSEGV,
 175     wxSIGSYS,
 176     wxSIGPIPE,
 177     wxSIGALRM,
 178     wxSIGTERM
 179
 180     // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
 181 };
 182
 183 // the argument is ignored under Windows - the process is always killed
 184 WXDLLEXPORT int wxKill(long pid, wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM);
 185
 186 // Execute a command in an interactive shell window (always synchronously)
 187 // If no command then just the shell
 188 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);
 189
 190 // As wxShell(), but must give a (non interactive) command and its output will
 191 // be returned in output array
 192 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShell(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output);
 193
 194 // Sleep for nSecs seconds
 195 WXDLLEXPORT void wxSleep(int nSecs);
 196
 197 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
 198 WXDLLEXPORT void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds);
 199
 200 // Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
 201 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetFreeMemory();
 202
 203 // should wxApp::OnFatalException() be called?
 204 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit = TRUE);
 205
 206 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 207 // Environment variables
 208 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 209
 210 // returns TRUE if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
 211 // for this)
 212 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value);
 213
 214 // set the env var name to the given value, return TRUE on success
 215 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxChar *value);
 216
 217 // remove the env var from environment
 218 inline bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& var) { return wxSetEnv(var, NULL); }
 219
 220 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 221 // Network and username functions.
 222 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 223
 224 // NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
 225
 226 // Get eMail address
 227 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 228 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetEmailAddress();
 229
 230 // Get hostname.
 231 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 232 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetHostName();
 233
 234 // Get FQDN
 235 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetFullHostName();
 236 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 237
 238 // Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
 239 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserId(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 240 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetUserId();
 241
 242 // Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
 243 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 244 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetUserName();
 245
 246 // Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
 247 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetHomeDir();
 248 WXDLLEXPORT const wxChar* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr);
 249
 250 // Get the user's home dir (caller must copy --- volatile)
 251 // returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
 252 #if defined(__UNIX__) && wxUSE_UNICODE
 253 WXDLLEXPORT const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
 254 #else
 255 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
 256 #endif
 257
 258 #ifdef __WXMAC__
 259 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxMacFindFolder(short                                      vRefNum,
 260                                                                  OSType                                 folderType,
 261                                                                  Boolean                                createFolder);
 262 #endif
 263
 264 #if wxUSE_GUI // GUI only things from now on
 265
 266 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 267 // Menu accelerators related things
 268 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 269
 270 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxStripMenuCodes(wxChar *in, wxChar *out = (wxChar *) NULL);
 271 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str);
 272
 273 #if wxUSE_ACCEL
 274 class WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry;
 275 WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry *wxGetAccelFromString(const wxString& label);
 276 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
 277
 278 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 279 // Window search
 280 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 281
 282 // Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
 283 // Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
 284 // all windows.
 285 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
 286
 287 // Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
 288 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString& name, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
 289
 290 // Returns menu item id or -1 if none.
 291 WXDLLEXPORT int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString);
 292
 293 // Find the wxWindow at the given point. wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint
 294 // is always present but may be less reliable than a native version.
 295 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
 296 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
 297
 298 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 299 // Message/event queue helpers
 300 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 301
 302 // Yield to other apps/messages
 303 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxYield();
 304
 305 // Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
 306 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow *win = NULL);
 307
 308 // Enable or disable input to all top level windows
 309 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable = TRUE);
 310
 311 // Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
 312 // in long calculations.
 313 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow *wnd);
 314
 315 // Consume all events until no more left
 316 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFlushEvents();
 317
 318 // a class which disables all windows (except, may be, thegiven one) in its
 319 // ctor and enables them back in its dtor
 320 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDisabler
 321 {
 322 public:
 323     wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow *winToSkip = (wxWindow *)NULL);
 324     ~wxWindowDisabler();
 325
 326 private:
 327     wxWindowList *m_winDisabled;
 328 };
 329
 330 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 331 // Cursors
 332 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 333
 334 // Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
 335 class WXDLLEXPORT wxCursor;
 336 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCursor*) wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR;
 337 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor *cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
 338
 339 // Restore cursor to normal
 340 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEndBusyCursor();
 341
 342 // TRUE if we're between the above two calls
 343 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxIsBusy();
 344
 345 // Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
 346 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
 347 {
 348 public:
 349     wxBusyCursor(wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR)
 350         { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor); }
 351     ~wxBusyCursor()
 352         { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
 353
 354     // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
 355     //        in wxGTK.  BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
 356     //        common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
 357     //        similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
 358     //        wxCursor..  -- RL.
 359     static const wxCursor &GetStoredCursor();
 360     static const wxCursor GetBusyCursor();
 361 };
 362
 363
 364 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 365 // Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
 366 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 367
 368 #if wxUSE_RESOURCES
 369 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, const wxString& value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 370 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 371 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 372 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 373
 374 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, wxChar **value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 375 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 376 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 377 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 378 #endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
 379
 380 void WXDLLEXPORT wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
 381
 382 // MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
 383 // Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
 384 #ifdef __WXMSW__
 385 WXDLLEXPORT extern const wxChar* wxUserResourceStr;
 386 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName, const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr);
 387
 388 // Implemented in utils.cpp: VC++, Win95 only. Sets up a console for standard
 389 // input/output
 390 WXDLLEXPORT void wxRedirectIOToConsole();
 391
 392 #endif // MSW
 393
 394 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 395 // Display and colorss (X only)
 396 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 397
 398 #ifdef __WXGTK__
 399     void *wxGetDisplay();
 400 #endif
 401
 402 #ifdef __X__
 403     WXDisplay *wxGetDisplay();
 404     bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString& display_name);
 405     wxString wxGetDisplayName();
 406 #endif // X or GTK+
 407
 408 #ifdef __X__
 409
 410 #ifdef __VMS__ // Xlib.h for VMS is not (yet) compatible with C++
 411                // The resulting warnings are switched off here
 412 #pragma message disable nosimpint
 413 #endif
 414 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 415 #ifdef __VMS__
 416 #pragma message enable nosimpint
 417 #endif
 418
 419 #define wxMAX_RGB           0xff
 420 #define wxMAX_SV            1000
 421 #define wxSIGN(x)           ((x < 0) ? -x : x)
 422 #define wxH_WEIGHT          4
 423 #define wxS_WEIGHT          1
 424 #define wxV_WEIGHT          2
 425
 426 typedef struct wx_hsv {
 427                         int h,s,v;
 428                       } wxHSV;
 429
 430 #define wxMax3(x,y,z) ((x > y) ? ((x > z) ? x : z) : ((y > z) ? y : z))
 431 #define wxMin3(x,y,z) ((x < y) ? ((x < z) ? x : z) : ((y < z) ? y : z))
 432
 433 void wxHSVToXColor(wxHSV *hsv,XColor *xcolor);
 434 void wxXColorToHSV(wxHSV *hsv,XColor *xcolor);
 435 void wxAllocNearestColor(Display *display,Colormap colormap,XColor *xcolor);
 436 void wxAllocColor(Display *display,Colormap colormap,XColor *xcolor);
 437
 438 #endif //__X__
 439
 440 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
 441
 442 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 443 // Error message functions used by wxWindows (deprecated, use wxLog)
 444 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 445
 446 // Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
 447 // stream (Windows)
 448 WXDLLEXPORT void wxDebugMsg(const wxChar *fmt ...);
 449
 450 // Non-fatal error (continues)
 451 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxInternalErrorStr;
 452 WXDLLEXPORT void wxError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxInternalErrorStr);
 453
 454 // Fatal error (exits)
 455 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxFatalErrorStr;
 456 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFatalError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxFatalErrorStr);
 457
 458
 459 #endif
 460     // _WX_UTILSH__