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1 \chapter{Classes by category}\label{classesbycat}
2 \setheader{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}{}{}{}{}{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}%
3 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%
4
5 A classification of wxWindows classes by category.
6 \twocolwidtha{5cm}
7
8 {\large {\bf Managed windows}}
9
10 There are several types of window that are directly controlled by the
11 window manager (such as MS Windows, or the Motif Window Manager).
12 Frames may contain windows, and dialog boxes may directly contain controls.
13
14 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
15 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}}{Dialog box}
16 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFrame}{wxframe}}{Normal frame}
17 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIChildFrame}{wxmdichildframe}}{MDI child frame}
18 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIParentFrame}{wxmdiparentframe}}{MDI parent frame}
19 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMiniFrame}{wxminiframe}}{A frame with a small title bar}
20 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSplashScreen}{wxsplashscreen}}{Splash screen class}
21 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedDialog}{wxtabbeddialog}}{Tabbed dialog
22 (deprecated, use wxNotebook instead)}
23 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTipWindow}{wxtipwindow}}{Shows text in a small window}
24 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard}}{A wizard dialog}
25 \end{twocollist}
26
27 See also {\bf Common dialogs}.
28
29 {\large {\bf Miscellaneous windows}}
30
31 The following are a variety of classes that are derived from wxWindow.
32
33 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
34 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}}{A window whose colour changes according to current user settings}
35 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}}{Window with automatically managed scrollbars}
36 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGrid}{wxgrid}}{A grid (table) window}
37 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSplitterWindow}{wxsplitterwindow}}{Window which can be split vertically or horizontally}
38 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStatusBar}{wxstatusbar}}{Implements the status bar on a frame}
39 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxToolBar}{wxtoolbar}}{Toolbar class}
40 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedPanel}{wxtabbedpanel}}{Tabbed panel (to be replaced with wxNotebook)}
41 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}}{Notebook class}
42 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPlotWindow}{wxplotwindow}}{A class to display data.}
43 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashWindow}{wxsashwindow}}{Window with four optional sashes that can be dragged}
44 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashLayoutWindow}{wxsashlayoutwindow}}{Window that can be involved in an IDE-like layout arrangement}
45 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardPage}{wxwizardpage}}{A base class for the page in wizard dialog.}
46 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardPageSimple}{wxwizardpagesimple}}{A page in wizard dialog.}
47 \end{twocollist}
48
49 {\large {\bf Common dialogs}}
50
51 \overview{Overview}{commondialogsoverview}
52
53 Common dialogs are ready-made dialog classes which are frequently used
54 in an application.
55
56 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
57 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}}{Base class for common dialogs}
58 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxColourDialog}{wxcolourdialog}}{Colour chooser dialog}
59 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDirDialog}{wxdirdialog}}{Directory selector dialog}
60 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDialog}{wxfiledialog}}{File selector dialog}
61 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMultipleChoiceDialog}{wxmultiplechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get one or more selections from a list}
62 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSingleChoiceDialog}{wxsinglechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get a single selection from a list and return the string}
63 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextEntryDialog}{wxtextentrydialog}}{Dialog to get a single line of text from the user}
64 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontDialog}{wxfontdialog}}{Font chooser dialog}
65 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
66 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog}}{Standard print dialog}
67 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
68 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMessageDialog}{wxmessagedialog}}{Simple message box dialog}
69 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard}}{A wizard dialog.}
70 \end{twocollist}
71
72 {\large {\bf Controls}}
73
74 Typically, these are small windows which provide interaction with the user. Controls
75 that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with them.
76
77 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
78 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol}}{The base class for controls}
79 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}}{Push button control, displaying text}
80 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapButton}{wxbitmapbutton}}{Push button control, displaying a bitmap}
81 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}{Date picker control}
82 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckBox}{wxcheckbox}}{Checkbox control}
83 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckListBox}{wxchecklistbox}}{A listbox with a checkbox to the left of each item}
84 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxChoice}{wxchoice}}{Choice control (a combobox without the editable area)}
85 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxComboBox}{wxcombobox}}{A choice with an editable area}
86 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGauge}{wxgauge}}{A control to represent a varying quantity, such as time remaining}
87 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGenericDirCtrl}{wxgenericdirctrl}}{A control for displaying a directory tree}
88 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBox}{wxstaticbox}}{A static, or group box for visually grouping related controls}
89 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox}}{A list of strings for single or multiple selection}
90 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}}{A control for displaying lists of strings and/or icons, plus a multicolumn report view}
91 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabCtrl}{wxtabctrl}}{Manages several tabs}
92 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}}{Single or multiline text editing control}
93 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl}}{Tree (hierarchy) control}
94 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}}{Scrollbar control}
95 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}}{A spin or `up-down' control}
96 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinCtrl}{wxspinctrl}}{A spin control - i.e. spin button and text control}
97 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext}}{One or more lines of non-editable text}
98 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBitmap}{wxstaticbitmap}}{A control to display a bitmap}
99 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioBox}{wxradiobox}}{A group of radio buttons}
100 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioButton}{wxradiobutton}}{A round button to be used with others in a mutually exclusive way}
101 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSlider}{wxslider}}{A slider that can be dragged by the user}
102 \end{twocollist}
103
104 {\large {\bf Menus}}
105
106 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
107 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}}{Displays a series of menu items for selection}
108 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuBar}{wxmenubar}}{Contains a series of menus for use with a frame}
109 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}}{Represents a single menu item}
110 \end{twocollist}
111
112 {\large {\bf Window layout}}
113
114 There are two different systems for layouting windows (and dialogs in particular).
115 One is based upon so-called sizers and it requires less typing, thinking and calculating
116 and will in almost all cases produce dialogs looking equally well on all platforms, the
117 other is based on so-called constraints and allows for more detailed layouts.
118
119 These are the classes relevant to the sizer-based layout.
120
121 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
122 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}}{Abstract base class}
123 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGridSizer}{wxgridsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a grid with all fields having the same size}
124 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFlexGridSizer}{wxflexgridsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a flexible grid}
125 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a row or column}
126 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBoxSizer}{wxstaticboxsizer}}{Same as wxBoxSizer, but with surrounding static box}
127 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer}}{Sizer to use with the wxNotebook control.}
128 \end{twocollist}
129
130 \overview{Overview}{constraintsoverview} over the constraints-based layout.
131
132 These are the classes relevant to constraints-based window layout.
133
134 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
135 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIndividualLayoutConstraint}{wxindividuallayoutconstraint}}{Represents a single constraint dimension}
136 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints}}{Represents the constraints for a window class}
137 \end{twocollist}
138
139 {\large {\bf Device contexts}}
140
141 \overview{Overview}{dcoverview}
142
143 Device contexts are surfaces that may be drawn on, and provide an
144 abstraction that allows parameterisation of your drawing code
145 by passing different device contexts.
146
147 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
148 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClientDC}{wxclientdc}}{A device context to access the client area outside {\bf OnPaint} events}
149 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc}}{A device context to access the client area inside {\bf OnPaint} events}
150 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWindowDC}{wxwindowdc}}{A device context to access the non-client area}
151 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScreenDC}{wxscreendc}}{A device context to access the entire screen}
152 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDC}{wxdc}}{The device context base class}
153 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryDC}{wxmemorydc}}{A device context for drawing into bitmaps}
154 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMetafileDC}{wxmetafiledc}}{A device context for drawing into metafiles}
155 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPostScriptDC}{wxpostscriptdc}}{A device context for drawing into PostScript files}
156 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc}}{A device context for drawing to printers}
157 \end{twocollist}
158
159 {\large {\bf Graphics device interface}}
160
161 \overview{Bitmaps overview}{wxbitmapoverview}
162
163 These classes are related to drawing on device contexts and windows.
164
165 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
166 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxColour}{wxcolour}}{Represents the red, blue and green elements of a colour}
167 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDCClipper}{wxdcclipper}}{Wraps the operations of setting and destroying the clipping region}
168 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmap}{wxbitmap}}{Represents a bitmap}
169 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBrush}{wxbrush}}{Used for filling areas on a device context}
170 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBrushList}{wxbrushlist}}{The list of previously-created brushes}
171 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}}{A small, transparent bitmap representing the cursor}
172 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFont}{wxfont}}{Represents fonts}
173 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontList}{wxfontlist}}{The list of previously-created fonts}
174 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIcon}{wxicon}}{A small, transparent bitmap for assigning to frames and drawing on device contexts}
175 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxImage}{wximage}}{A platform-independent image class}
176 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxImageList}{wximagelist}}{A list of images, used with some controls}
177 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMask}{wxmask}}{Represents a mask to be used with a bitmap for transparent drawing}
178 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPen}{wxpen}}{Used for drawing lines on a device context}
179 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPenList}{wxpenlist}}{The list of previously-created pens}
180 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPalette}{wxpalette}}{Represents a table of indices into RGB values}
181 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion}}{Represents a simple or complex region on a window or device context}
182 \end{twocollist}
183
184 {\large {\bf Events}}
185
186 \overview{Overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
187
188 An event object contains information about a specific event. Event handlers
189 (usually member functions) have a single, event argument.
190
191 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
192 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent}}{A window or application activation event}
193 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarEvent}{wxcalendarevent}}{Used with \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}
194 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalculateLayoutEvent}{wxcalculatelayoutevent}}{Used to calculate window layout}
195 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}}{A close window or end session event}
196 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}}{An event from a variety of standard controls}
197 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialUpEvent}{wxdialupevent}}{Event send by \helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}}
198 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropFilesEvent}{wxdropfilesevent}}{A drop files event}
199 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}}{An erase background event}
200 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEvent}{wxevent}}{The event base class}
201 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}}{A window focus event}
202 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}}{A keypress event}
203 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIconizeEvent}{wxiconizeevent}}{An iconize/restore event}
204 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIdleEvent}{wxidleevent}}{An idle event}
205 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxInitDialogEvent}{wxinitdialogevent}}{A dialog initialisation event}
206 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxJoystickEvent}{wxjoystickevent}}{A joystick event}
207 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListEvent}{wxlistevent}}{A list control event}
208 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMaximizeEvent}{wxmaximizeevent}}{A maximize event}
209 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}}{A menu event}
210 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent}}{A mouse event}
211 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}}{A move event}
212 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookEvent}{wxnotebookevent}}{A notebook control event}
213 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotifyEvent}{wxnotifyevent}}{A notification event, which can be vetoed}
214 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}}{A paint event}
215 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxProcessEvent}{wxprocessevent}}{A process ending event}
216 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryLayoutInfoEvent}{wxquerylayoutinfoevent}}{Used to query layout information}
217 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollEvent}{wxscrollevent}}{A scroll event from sliders, stand-alone scrollbars and spin buttons}
218 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent}}{A scroll event from scrolled windows}
219 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}}{A size event}
220 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent}}{A socket event}
221 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinEvent}{wxspinevent}}{An event from \helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}}
222 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}}{A system colour change event}
223 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabEvent}{wxtabevent}}{A tab control event}
224 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeEvent}{wxtreeevent}}{A tree control event}
225 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent}}{A user interface update event}
226 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardEvent}{wxwizardevent}}{A wizard event}
227 \end{twocollist}
228
229 {\large {\bf Validators}}
230
231 \overview{Overview}{validatoroverview}
232
233 These are the window validators, used for filtering and validating
234 user input.
235
236 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
237 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}}{Base validator class}
238 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextValidator}{wxtextvalidator}}{Text control validator class}
239 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGenericValidator}{wxgenericvalidator}}{Generic control validator class}
240 \end{twocollist}
241
242 {\large {\bf Data structures}}
243
244 These are the data structure classes supported by wxWindows.
245
246 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
247 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class}
248 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDate}{wxdate}}{A class for date manipulation (deprecated in favour of wxDateTime)}
249 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateSpan}{wxdatespan}}{A logical time interval.}
250 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateTime}{wxdatetime}}{A class for date/time manipulations}
251 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxExpr}{wxexpr}}{A class for flexible I/O}
252 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxExprDatabase}{wxexprdatabase}}{A class for flexible I/O}
253 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTable}{wxhashtable}}{A simple hash table implementation}
254 % \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTableLong}{wxhashtablelong}}{A wxHashTable version for storing long data}
255 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxList}{wxlist}}{A simple linked list implementation}
256 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLongLong}{wxlonglong}}{A portable 64 bit integer type}
257 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNode}{wxnode}}{Represents a node in the wxList implementation}
258 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{The root class for most wxWindows classes}
259 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}}{A class to help search multiple paths}
260 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPoint}{wxpoint}}{Representation of a point}
261 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect}}{A class representing a rectangle}
262 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion}}{A class representing a region}
263 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxString}{wxstring}}{A string class}
264 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringList}{wxstringlist}}{A class representing a list of strings}
265 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringTokenizer}{wxstringtokenizer}}{A class for interpreting a string as a list of tokens or words}
266 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRealPoint}{wxrealpoint}}{Representation of a point using floating point numbers}
267 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize}}{Representation of a size}
268 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTime}{wxtime}}{A class for time manipulation (deprecated in favour of wxDateTime)}
269 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimeSpan}{wxtimespan}}{A time interval.}
270 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxVariant}{wxvariant}}{A class for storing arbitrary types that may change at run-time}
271 \end{twocollist}
272
273 {\large {\bf Run-time class information system}}
274
275 \overview{Overview}{runtimeclassoverview}
276
277 wxWindows supports run-time manipulation of class information, and dynamic
278 creation of objects given class names.
279
280 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
281 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClassInfo}{wxclassinfo}}{Holds run-time class information}
282 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{Root class for classes with run-time information}
283 \twocolitem{\helpref{Macros}{macros}}{Macros for manipulating run-time information}
284 \end{twocollist}
285
286 {\large {\bf Debugging features}}
287
288 \overview{Overview}{debuggingoverview}
289
290 wxWindows supports some aspects of debugging an application through
291 classes, functions and macros.
292
293 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
294 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontext}}{Provides memory-checking facilities}
295 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugStreamBuf}{wxdebugstreambuf}}{A stream buffer writing to the debug stream}
296 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}}{Logging facility}
297 \twocolitem{\helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}}{Error and warning logging functions}
298 \twocolitem{\helpref{Debugging macros}{debugmacros}}{Debug macros for assertion and checking}
299 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTrace}{wxtrace}}{Tracing facility}
300 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTraceLevel}{wxtracelevel}}{Tracing facility with levels}
301 \twocolitem{\helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}}{Use this macro to give further debugging information}
302 %\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACE}{trace}}{Trace macro}
303 %\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACELEVEL}{tracelevel}}{Trace macro with levels}
304 \end{twocollist}
305
306 {\large {\bf Networking classes}}
307
308 wxWindows provides its own classes for socket based networking.
309
310 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
311 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}}{Provides functions to check the status of network connection and to establish one}
312 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIPV4address}{wxipv4address}}{Represents an Internet address}
313 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbase}}{Represents a socket base object}
314 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient}}{Represents a socket client}
315 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver}}{Represents a socket server}
316 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent}}{A socket event}
317 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFTP}{wxftp}}{FTP protocol class}
318 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHTTP}{wxhttp}}{HTTP protocol class}
319 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxURL}{wxurl}}{Represents a Universal Resource Locator}
320 \end{twocollist}
321
322
323 {\large {\bf Interprocess communication}}
324
325 \overview{Overview}{ipcoverview}
326
327 wxWindows provides a simple interprocess communications facilities
328 based on DDE.
329
330 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
331 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}}{Represents a client}
332 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEConnection}{wxddeconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server}
333 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver}}{Represents a server}
334 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPClient}{wxtcpclient}}{Represents a client}
335 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPConnection}{wxtcpconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server}
336 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPServer}{wxtcpserver}}{Represents a server}
337 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketHandler}{wxsockethandler}}{Represents a socket handler}
338 \end{twocollist}
339
340 {\large {\bf Document/view framework}}
341
342 \overview{Overview}{docviewoverview}
343
344 wxWindows supports a document/view framework which provides
345 housekeeping for a document-centric application.
346
347 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
348 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument}}{Represents a document}
349 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxView}{wxview}}{Represents a view}
350 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate}}{Manages the relationship between a document class and a view class}
351 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocManager}{wxdocmanager}}{Manages the documents and views in an application}
352 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocChildFrame}{wxdocchildframe}}{A child frame for showing a document view}
353 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocParentFrame}{wxdocparentframe}}{A parent frame to contain views}
354 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIDocChildFrame}{wxmdidocchildframe}}{An MDI child frame for showing a document view}
355 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIDocParentFrame}{wxmdidocparentframe}}{An MDI parent frame to contain views}
356 \end{twocollist}
357
358 {\large {\bf Printing framework}}
359
360 \overview{Overview}{printingoverview}
361
362 A printing and previewing framework is implemented to
363 make it relatively straightforward to provide document printing
364 facilities.
365
366 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
367 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewFrame}{wxpreviewframe}}{Frame for displaying a print preview}
368 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewCanvas}{wxpreviewcanvas}}{Canvas for displaying a print preview}
369 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewControlBar}{wxpreviewcontrolbar}}{Standard control bar for a print preview}
370 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog}}{Standard print dialog}
371 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
372 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinter}{wxprinter}}{Class representing the printer}
373 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc}}{Printer device context}
374 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintout}{wxprintout}}{Class representing a particular printout}
375 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintPreview}{wxprintpreview}}{Class representing a print preview}
376 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintData}{wxprintdata}}{Represents information about the document being printed}
377 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialogData}{wxprintdialogdata}}{Represents information about the print dialog}
378 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialogData}{wxpagesetupdialogdata}}{Represents information about the page setup dialog}
379 \end{twocollist}
380
381 {\large {\bf Drag and drop and clipboard classes}}
382
383 \overview{Drag and drop and clipboard overview}{wxdndoverview}
384
385 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
386 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataObject}{wxdataobject}}{Data object class}
387 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataFormat}{wxdataformat}}{Represents a data format}
388 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextDataObject}{wxtextdataobject}}{Text data object class}
389 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDataObject}{wxtextdataobject}}{File data object class}
390 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapDataObject}{wxbitmapdataobject}}{Bitmap data object class}
391 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCustomDataObject}{wxcustomdataobject}}{Custom data object class}
392 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClipboard}{wxclipboard}}{Clipboard class}
393 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropTarget}{wxdroptarget}}{Drop target class}
394 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDropTarget}{wxfiledroptarget}}{File drop target class}
395 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextDropTarget}{wxtextdroptarget}}{Text drop target class}
396 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropSource}{wxdropsource}}{Drop source class}
397 \end{twocollist}
398
399 {\large {\bf File related classes}}
400
401 wxWindows has several small classes to work with disk files, see \helpref{file classes
402 overview}{wxfileoverview} for more details.
403
404 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
405 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDir}{wxdir}}{Class for enumerating files/subdirectories.}
406 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDirTraverser}{wxdirtraverser}}{Class used together with wxDir for recursively enumerating the files/subdirectories}
407 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFile}{wxfile}}{Low-level file input/output class.}
408 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFile}{wxffile}}{Another low-level file input/output class.}
409 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTempFile}{wxtempfile}}{Class to safely replace an existing file}
410 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextFile}{wxtextfile}}{Class for working with text files as with arrays of lines}
411 \end{twocollist}
412
413 {\large {\bf Stream classes}}
414
415 wxWindows has its own set of stream classes, as an alternative to often buggy standard stream
416 libraries, and to provide enhanced functionality.
417
418 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
419 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStreamBase}{wxstreambase}}{Stream base class}
420 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStreamBuffer}{wxstreambuffer}}{Stream buffer class}
421 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxInputStream}{wxinputstream}}{Input stream class}
422 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxOutputStream}{wxoutputstream}}{Output stream class}
423 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCountingOutputStream}{wxcountingoutputstream}}{Stream class for querying what size a stream would have.}
424 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFilterInputStream}{wxfilterinputstream}}{Filtered input stream class}
425 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFilterOutputStream}{wxfilteroutputstream}}{Filtered output stream class}
426 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBufferedInputStream}{wxbufferedinputstream}}{Buffered input stream class}
427 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBufferedOutputStream}{wxbufferedoutputstream}}{Buffered output stream class}
428 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryInputStream}{wxmeminputstream}}{Memory input stream class}
429 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryOutputStream}{wxmemoutputstream}}{Memory output stream class}
430 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataInputStream}{wxdatainputstream}}{Platform-independent binary data input stream class}
431 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataOutputStream}{wxdataoutputstream}}{Platform-independent binary data output stream class}
432 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextInputStream}{wxtextinputstream}}{Platform-independent text data input stream class}
433 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextOutputStream}{wxtextoutputstream}}{Platform-independent text data output stream class}
434 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileInputStream}{wxfileinputstream}}{File input stream class}
435 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileOutputStream}{wxfileoutputstream}}{File output stream class}
436 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileInputStream}{wxffileinputstream}}{Another file input stream class}
437 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileOutputStream}{wxffileoutputstream}}{Another file output stream class}
438 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibInputStream}{wxzlibinputstream}}{Zlib (compression) input stream class}
439 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibOutputStream}{wxzliboutputstream}}{Zlib (compression) output stream class}
440 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZipInputStream}{wxzipinputstream}}{Input stream for reading from ZIP archives}
441 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketInputStream}{wxsocketinputstream}}{Socket input stream class}
442 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketOutputStream}{wxsocketoutputstream}}{Socket output stream class}
443 \end{twocollist}
444
445 {\large {\bf Threading classes}}
446
447 \overview{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview}
448
449 wxWindows provides a set of classes to make use of the native thread
450 capabilities of the various platforms.
451
452 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
453 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxThread}{wxthread}}{Thread class}
454 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}}{Mutex class}
455 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutexLocker}{wxmutexlocker}}{Mutex locker utility class}
456 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSection}{wxcriticalsection}}{Critical section class}
457 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSectionLocker}{wxcriticalsectionlocker}}{Critical section locker utility class}
458 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCondition}{wxcondition}}{Condition class}
459 \end{twocollist}
460
461 {\large {\bf HTML classes}}
462
463 wxWindows provides a set of classes to display text in HTML format. These
464 class include a help system based on the HTML widget.
465
466 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
467 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}}{HTML help controller class}
468 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWindow}{wxhtmlwindow}}{HTML window class}
469 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlEasyPrinting}{wxhtmleasyprinting}}{Simple class for printing HTML}
470 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlPrintout}{wxhtmlprintout}}{Generic HTML wxPrintout class}
471 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlParser}{wxhtmlparser}}{Generic HTML parser class}
472 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlTagHandler}{wxhtmltaghandler}}{HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlParser}
473 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWinParser}{wxhtmlwinparser}}{HTML parser class for wxHtmlWindow}
474 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWinTagHandler}{wxhtmlwintaghandler}}{HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlWinParser}
475 \end{twocollist}
476
477 {\large {\bf Virtual file system classes}}
478
479 wxWindows provides a set of classes that implement an extensible virtual file system,
480 used internally by the HTML classes.
481
482 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
483 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFSFile}{wxfsfile}}{Represents a file in the virtual file system}
484 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystem}{wxfilesystem}}{Main interface for the virtual file system}
485 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystemHandler}{wxfilesystemhandler}}{Class used to announce file system type}
486 \end{twocollist}
487
488 {\large {\bf Online help}}
489
490 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
491 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHelpController}{wxhelpcontroller}}{Family of classes for controlling help windows}
492 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}}{HTML help controller class}
493 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxContextHelp}{wxcontexthelp}}{Class to put application into context-sensitive help mode}
494 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxContextHelpButton}{wxcontexthelpbutton}}{Button class for putting application into context-sensitive help mode}
495 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}}{Abstract class for context-sensitive help provision}
496 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSimpleHelpProvider}{wxsimplehelpprovider}}{Class for simple context-sensitive help provision}
497 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHelpControllerHelpProvider}{wxhelpcontrollerhelpprovider}}{Class for context-sensitive help provision via a help controller}
498 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}}{Class implementing tooltips}
499 \end{twocollist}
500
501 {\large {\bf Database classes}}
502
503 \overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview}
504
505 wxWindows provides two alternative sets of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
506 product. The new version by Remstar, known as wxODBC, is more powerful,
507 portable, flexible and better supported, so please use the classes below for
508 working with databases:
509
510 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
511 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDb}{wxdb}}{ODBC database connection}
512 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbTable}{wxdbtable}}{Provides access to a database table}
513 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbInf}{wxdbinf}}{}
514 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbTableInf}{wxdbtableinf}}{}
515 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColDef}{wxdbcoldef}}{}
516 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColInf}{wxdbcolinf}}{}
517 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColDataPtr}{wxdbcoldataptr}}{}
518 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColFor}{wxdbcolfor}}{}
519 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbConnectInf}{wxdbconnectinf}}{}
520 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbIdxDef}{wxdbidxdef}}{}
521 \end{twocollist}
522
523 The documentation for the older classes is still included, but you should avoid
524 using any of them in the new programs:
525
526 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
527 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDatabase}{wxdatabase}}{Database class}
528 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryCol}{wxquerycol}}{Class representing a column}
529 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryField}{wxqueryfield}}{Class representing a field}
530 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRecordSet}{wxrecordset}}{Class representing one or more record}
531 \end{twocollist}
532
533 {\large {\bf Miscellaneous}}
534
535 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
536 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxApp}{wxapp}}{Application class}
537 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCaret}{wxcaret}}{A caret (cursor) object}
538 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class}
539 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase}}{Classes for configuration reading/writing (using either INI files or registry)}
540 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDllLoader}{wxdllloader}}{Class to work with shared libraries.}
541 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutAlgorithm}{wxlayoutalgorithm}}{An alternative window layout facility}
542 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}}{Process class}
543 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}}{Timer class}
544 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStopWatch}{wxstopwatch}}{Stop watch class}
545 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMimeTypesManager}{wxmimetypesmanager}}{MIME-types manager class}
546 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSystemSettings}{wxsystemsettings}}{System settings class for obtaining various global parameters}
547 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSystemOptions}{wxsystemoptions}}{System options class for run-time configuration}
548 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}}{Accelerator table}
549 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxAutomationObject}{wxautomationobject}}{OLE automation class}
550 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontMapper}{wxfontmapper}}{Font mapping, finding suitable font for given encoding}
551 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEncodingConverter}{wxencodingconverter}}{Encoding conversions}
552 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarDateAttr}{wxcalendardateattr}}{Used with \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}
553 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQuantize}{wxquantize}}{Class to perform quantization, or colour reduction}
554 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSingleInstanceChecker}{wxsingleinstancechecker}}{Check that only single program instance is running}
555 \end{twocollist}
556