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[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / textdlg.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: textdlg.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxPasswordEntryDialog
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 Default text dialog style.
11 */
12 #define wxTextEntryDialogStyle (wxOK | wxCANCEL | wxCENTRE | wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY)
13
14 /// Default text dialog caption.
15 const char wxGetTextFromUserPromptStr[] = "Input Text";
16
17 /// Default password dialog caption.
18 const char wxGetPasswordFromUserPromptStr[] = "Enter Password";
19
20
21 /**
22 @class wxPasswordEntryDialog
23
24 This class represents a dialog that requests a one-line password string from
25 the user.
26
27 It is implemented as a generic wxWidgets dialog.
28
29 @library{wxcore}
30 @category{cmndlg}
31
32 @see @ref overview_cmndlg_password
33 */
34 class wxPasswordEntryDialog : public wxTextEntryDialog
35 {
36 public:
37 /**
38 Constructor.
39
40 Use wxTextEntryDialog::ShowModal to show the dialog.
41
42 @param parent
43 Parent window.
44 @param message
45 Message to show on the dialog.
46 @param caption
47 The caption of the dialog.
48 @param defaultValue
49 The default value, which may be the empty string.
50 @param style
51 A dialog style, specifying the buttons (wxOK, wxCANCEL) and an
52 optional wxCENTRE style. You do not need to specify the wxTE_PASSWORD style,
53 it is always applied.
54 @param pos
55 Dialog position.
56 */
57 wxPasswordEntryDialog(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& message,
58 const wxString& caption = wxGetPasswordFromUserPromptStr,
59 const wxString& defaultValue = wxEmptyString,
60 long style = wxTextEntryDialogStyle,
61 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
62 };
63
64
65
66 /**
67 @class wxTextEntryDialog
68
69 This class represents a dialog that requests a one-line text string from the user.
70 It is implemented as a generic wxWidgets dialog.
71
72 @library{wxcore}
73 @category{cmndlg}
74
75 @see @ref overview_cmndlg_textentry
76 */
77 class wxTextEntryDialog : public wxDialog
78 {
79 public:
80 /**
81 Constructor. Use ShowModal() to show the dialog.
82
83 @param parent
84 Parent window.
85 @param message
86 Message to show on the dialog.
87 @param caption
88 The caption of the dialog.
89 @param value
90 The default value, which may be the empty string.
91 @param style
92 A dialog style, specifying the buttons (wxOK, wxCANCEL)
93 and an optional wxCENTRE style. Additionally, wxTextCtrl styles
94 (such as @c wxTE_PASSWORD or @c wxTE_MULTILINE) may be specified
95 here.
96 @param pos
97 Dialog position.
98 */
99 wxTextEntryDialog(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& message,
100 const wxString& caption = wxGetTextFromUserPromptStr,
101 const wxString& value = wxEmptyString,
102 long style = wxTextEntryDialogStyle,
103 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
104
105 /**
106 Destructor.
107 */
108 virtual ~wxTextEntryDialog();
109
110 /**
111 Returns the text that the user has entered if the user has pressed OK, or the
112 original value if the user has pressed Cancel.
113 */
114 wxString GetValue() const;
115
116 /**
117 Sets the default text value.
118 */
119 void SetValue(const wxString& value);
120
121 /**
122 Shows the dialog, returning wxID_OK if the user pressed OK, and wxID_CANCEL
123 otherwise.
124 */
125 int ShowModal();
126 };
127
128
129
130 // ============================================================================
131 // Global functions/macros
132 // ============================================================================
133
134 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_dialog */
135 //@{
136
137 /**
138 Pop up a dialog box with title set to @e caption, @c message, and a
139 @c default_value. The user may type in text and press OK to return this
140 text, or press Cancel to return the empty string.
141
142 If @c centre is @true, the message text (which may include new line
143 characters) is centred; if @false, the message is left-justified.
144
145 This function is a wrapper around wxTextEntryDialog and while it is usually
146 more convenient to use, using the dialog directly is more flexible, e.g. it
147 allows you to specify the @c wxTE_MULTILINE to allow the user enter
148 multiple lines of text while this function is limited to single line entry
149 only.
150
151 @header{wx/textdlg.h}
152 */
153 wxString wxGetTextFromUser(const wxString& message,
154 const wxString& caption = wxGetTextFromUserPromptStr,
155 const wxString& default_value = wxEmptyString,
156 wxWindow* parent = NULL,
157 int x = wxDefaultCoord,
158 int y = wxDefaultCoord,
159 bool centre = true);
160
161 /**
162 Similar to wxGetTextFromUser() but the text entered in the dialog is not
163 shown on screen but replaced with stars. This is intended to be used for
164 entering passwords as the function name implies.
165
166 @header{wx/textdlg.h}
167 */
168 wxString wxGetPasswordFromUser(const wxString& message,
169 const wxString& caption = wxGetPasswordFromUserPromptStr,
170 const wxString& default_value = wxEmptyString,
171 wxWindow* parent = NULL,
172 int x = wxDefaultCoord,
173 int y = wxDefaultCoord,
174 bool centre = true);
175
176 //@}
177