docs/latex/wx/dialup.tex

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   2 %% Name:        dialup.tex
   3 %% Purpose:     wxDialUpManager documentation
   4 %% Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
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   6 %% Created:     08.04.00
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   8 %% Copyright:   (c) Vadim Zeitlin
   9 %% License:     wxWindows license
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  12 \section{\class{wxDialUpManager}}\label{wxdialupmanager}
  13
  14 This class encapsulates functions dealing with verifying the connection status
  15 of the workstation (connected to the Internet via a direct connection,
  16 connected through a modem or not connected at all) and to establish this
  17 connection if possible/required (i.e. in the case of the modem).
  18
  19 The program may also wish to be notified about the change in the connection
  20 status (for example, to perform some action when the user connects to the
  21 network the next time or, on the contrary, to stop receiving data from the net
  22 when the user hangs up the modem). For this, you need to use one of the event
  23 macros described below.
  24
  25 This class is different from other wxWindows classes in that there is at most
  26 one instance of this class in the program accessed via
  27 \helpref{wxDialUpManager::Create()}{wxdialupmanagercreate} and you can't
  28 create the objects of this class directly.
  29
  30 \wxheading{Derived from}
  31
  32 No base class
  33
  34 \wxheading{Include files}
  35
  36 <wx/dialup.h>
  37
  38 \wxheading{Event table macros}
  39
  40 To be notified about the change in the network connection status, use these
  41 event handler macros to direct input to member functions that take a
  42 \helpref{wxDialUpEvent}{wxdialupevent} argument.
  43
  44 \twocolwidtha{7cm}
  45 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
  46 \twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_DIALUP\_CONNECTED(func)}}{A connection with the network was established.}
  47 \twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_DIALUP\_DISCONNECTED(func)}}{The connection with the network was lost.}
  48 \end{twocollist}%
  49
  50 \wxheading{See also}
  51
  52 \helpref{dialup sample}{sampledialup}\\
  53 \helpref{wxDialUpEvent}{wxdialupevent}
  54
  55 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
  56
  57 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::Create}\label{wxdialupmanagercreate}
  58
  59 \func{wxDialUpManager*}{Create}{\void}
  60
  61 This function should create and return the object of the platform-specific
  62 class derived from wxDialUpManager. You should delete the pointer when you are
  63 done with it.
  64
  65 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::IsOk}\label{wxdialupmanagerisok}
  66
  67 \constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
  68
  69 Returns {\tt true} if the dialup manager was initialized correctly. If this
  70 function returns {\tt false}, no other functions will work neither, so it is a
  71 good idea to call this function and check its result before calling any other
  72 wxDialUpManager methods
  73
  74 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::\destruct{wxDialUpManager}}\label{wxdialupmanagerdtor}
  75
  76 \func{}{\destruct{wxDialUpManager}}{\void}
  77
  78 Destructor.
  79
  80 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::GetISPNames}\label{wxdialupmanagergetispnames}
  81
  82 \constfunc{size\_t}{GetISPNames}{\param{wxArrayString\& }{names}}
  83
  84 This function is only implemented under Windows.
  85
  86 Fills the array with the names of all possible values for the first
  87 parameter to \helpref{Dial()}{wxdialupmanagerdial} on this machine and returns
  88 their number (may be $0$).
  89
  90 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::Dial}\label{wxdialupmanagerdial}
  91
  92 \func{bool}{Dial}{\param{const wxString\& }{nameOfISP = wxEmptyString}, \param{const wxString\& }{username = wxEmptyString}, \param{const wxString\& }{password = wxEmptyString}, \param{bool }{async = true}}
  93
  94 Dial the given ISP, use {\it username} and {\it password} to authenticate.
  95
  96 The parameters are only used under Windows currently, for Unix you should use
  97 \helpref{SetConnectCommand}{wxdialupmanagersetconnectcommand} to customize this
  98 functions behaviour.
  99
 100 If no {\it nameOfISP} is given, the function will select the default one
 101 (proposing the user to choose among all connections defined on this machine)
 102 and if no username and/or password are given, the function will try to do
 103 without them, but will ask the user if really needed.
 104
 105 If {\it async} parameter is {\tt false}, the function waits until the end of dialing
 106 and returns {\tt true} upon successful completion.
 107
 108 If {\it async} is {\tt true}, the function only initiates the connection and
 109 returns immediately - the result is reported via events (an event is sent
 110 anyhow, but if dialing failed it will be a DISCONNECTED one).
 111
 112 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::IsDialing}\label{wxdialupmanagerisdialing}
 113
 114 \constfunc{bool}{IsDialing}{\void}
 115
 116 Returns true if (async) dialing is in progress.
 117
 118 \wxheading{See also}
 119
 120 \helpref{Dial}{wxdialupmanagerdial}
 121
 122 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::CancelDialing}\label{wxdialupmanagercanceldialing}
 123
 124 \func{bool}{CancelDialing}{\void}
 125
 126 Cancel dialing the number initiated with \helpref{Dial}{wxdialupmanagerdial}
 127 with async parameter equal to {\tt true}.
 128
 129 Note that this won't result in DISCONNECTED event being sent.
 130
 131 \wxheading{See also}
 132
 133 \helpref{IsDialing}{wxdialupmanagerisdialing}
 134
 135 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::HangUp}\label{wxdialupmanagerhangup}
 136
 137 \func{bool}{HangUp}{\void}
 138
 139 Hang up the currently active dial up connection.
 140
 141 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::IsAlwaysOnline}\label{wxdialupmanagerisalwaysonline}
 142
 143 \constfunc{bool}{IsAlwaysOnline}{\void}
 144
 145 Returns {\tt true} if the computer has a permanent network connection (i.e. is
 146 on a LAN) and so there is no need to use Dial() function to go online.
 147
 148 {\bf NB:} this functions tries to guess the result and it is not always
 149 guaranteed to be correct, so it is better to ask user for
 150 confirmation or give him a possibility to override it.
 151
 152 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::IsOnline}\label{wxdialupmanagerisonline}
 153
 154 \constfunc{bool}{IsOnline}{\void}
 155
 156 Returns {\tt true} if the computer is connected to the network: under Windows,
 157 this just means that a RAS connection exists, under Unix we check that
 158 the "well-known host" (as specified by
 159 \helpref{SetWellKnownHost}{wxdialupmanagersetwellknownhost}) is reachable.
 160
 161 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::SetOnlineStatus}\label{wxdialupmanagersetonlinestatus}
 162
 163 \func{void}{SetOnlineStatus}{\param{bool }{isOnline = true}}
 164
 165 Sometimes the built-in logic for determining the online status may fail,
 166 so, in general, the user should be allowed to override it. This function
 167 allows to forcefully set the online status - whatever our internal
 168 algorithm may think about it.
 169
 170 \wxheading{See also}
 171
 172 \helpref{IsOnline}{wxdialupmanagerisonline}
 173
 174 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::EnableAutoCheckOnlineStatus}\label{wxdialupmanagerenableautocheckonlinestatus}
 175
 176 \func{bool}{EnableAutoCheckOnlineStatus}{\param{size\_t }{nSeconds = 60}}
 177
 178 Enable automatic checks for the connection status and sending of
 179 {\tt wxEVT\_DIALUP\_CONNECTED/wxEVT\_DIALUP\_DISCONNECTED} events. The interval
 180 parameter is only for Unix where we do the check manually and specifies how
 181 often should we repeat the check (each minute by default). Under Windows, the
 182 notification about the change of connection status is sent by the system and so
 183 we don't do any polling and this parameter is ignored.
 184
 185 Returns {\tt false} if couldn't set up automatic check for online status.
 186
 187 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::DisableAutoCheckOnlineStatus}\label{wxdialupmanagerdisableautocheckonlinestatus}
 188
 189 \func{void}{DisableAutoCheckOnlineStatus}{\void}
 190
 191 Disable automatic check for connection status change - notice that the
 192 {\tt wxEVT\_DIALUP\_XXX} events won't be sent any more neither.
 193
 194 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::SetWellKnownHost}\label{wxdialupmanagersetwellknownhost}
 195
 196 \func{void}{SetWellKnownHost}{\param{const wxString\& }{hostname}, \param{int }{portno = 80}}
 197
 198 This method is for Unix only.
 199
 200 Under Unix, the value of well-known host is used to check whether we're
 201 connected to the internet. It is unused under Windows, but this function
 202 is always safe to call. The default value is {\tt www.yahoo.com:80}.
 203
 204 \membersection{wxDialUpManager::SetConnectCommand}\label{wxdialupmanagersetconnectcommand}
 205
 206 \func{}{SetConnectCommand}{\param{const wxString\& }{commandDial = wxT("/usr/bin/pon")}, \param{const wxString\& }{commandHangup = wxT("/usr/bin/poff")}}
 207
 208 This method is for Unix only.
 209
 210 Sets the commands to start up the network and to hang up again.
 211
 212 \wxheading{See also}
 213
 214 \helpref{Dial}{wxdialupmanagerdial}
 215