docs/tech/tn0024.txt

   1                          How to add a new XRC handler
   2                          ============================
   3
   4 0. Purpose
   5 ----------
   6
   7 This note describes what needs to be done to add a new XRC handler, i.e. add
   8 support for loading the objects of some class wxFoo from XRC.
   9
  10
  11 1. Implement the handler
  12 ------------------------
  13
  14 By convention, the XRC handler for a class wxFoo declared in wx/foo.h is called
  15 wxFooXmlHandler and is declared in the file wx/xrc/xh_foo.h (this last rule
  16 wasn't always respected in the past, however it's not a reason to not respect
  17 it in the future). The steps for adding a new handler are:
  18
  19 a) Add handler declaration in include/wx/xrc/xh_foo.h, it will usually be the
  20    same as in the other files so you can get inspiration for your brand new
  21    handler from e.g. wx/xrc/xh_srchctrl.h. Notice the use of wxUSE_FOO if wxFoo
  22    is guarded by this symbol.
  23
  24 b) Add implementation in src/xrc/xh_foo.cpp: again, it will be almost always
  25    very similar to the existing controls. You will need to add support for
  26    the control-specific styles.
  27
  28
  29 2. Update the other files
  30 -------------------------
  31
  32 There are a few other files to update to make wxWidgets aware of the new
  33 handler:
  34
  35 a) Add the new files created above to build/bakefiles/files.bkl: search for
  36    "xh_srchctrl" to see where you need to add them
  37
  38 b) Add #include "wx/xrc/xh_foo.h" to wx/xrc/xh_all.h.
  39
  40 c) Register the new handler in wxXmlResource::InitAllHandlers() in
  41    src/xrc/xmlrsall.cpp
  42
  43
  44 3. Update the sample
  45 --------------------
  46
  47 Demonstrate that the new handler works by adding a control using it to
  48 samples/xrc/rc/controls.xrc.
  49
  50
  51 === EOF ===
  52
  53 Author:  VZ
  54