1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: Defines the AutoCaptureMechanism class
4 // Author: Utensil Candel (UtensilCandel@@gmail.com)
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
9 #ifndef _AUTOCAPTURE_H_
10 #define _AUTOCAPTURE_H_
12 #include "wx/beforestd.h"
14 #include "wx/afterstd.h"
16 #include "wx/gdicmn.h"
19 class wxFlexGridSizer
;
24 GlobalAdjustFlags works with AutoCaptureMechanism's constructor, to
25 configure auto-adjustments of all controls.
27 They are used to make AutoCaptureMechanism more configurable and provide a
28 fallback to detect the bugs that the adjustments intended to avoid.
32 enum GlobalAdjustFlags
35 This is the default. All adjustments instructed in
36 AutoCaptureMechanism::RegisterControl() will be performed.
41 Disable region adjustment for all controls.
43 AJ_DisableRegionAdjust
= 1 << 0,
46 Enable region adjustment for all controls.
48 If AJ_DisableRegionAdjust and AJ_AlwaysRegionAdjust are both specified,
49 current implemetation will ignore AJ_DisableRegionAdjust.
51 AJ_AlwaysRegionAdjust
= 1 << 1,
54 Disable name adjustment for all controls.
56 AJ_DisableNameAdjust
= 1 << 2,
59 For all the "Drop-down Controls", e.g. wxChoice, do not prompt the user
60 about whether to capture their drop-down state, and always capture only
61 its non-drop-down state.
63 AJ_DisableDropdown
= 1 << 3
67 AdjustFlags works with AutoCaptureMechanism::RegisterControl() to specify
68 how to adjust the screenshot of the current control.
70 They are used to avoid bugs, look better or interact with user etc.
72 @see GlobalAdjustFlags
77 This is the default. Perform no adjustment for this control.
82 Perform region adjustment for this control.
84 On some platforms and for some controls, wxWindow::GetScreenRect() will
85 return a smaller or deflected region. In these cases, the screenshots
86 we get are incomplete. It's recommended for everyone to fix the
87 controls' code, yet this flag provides a workaround to get a guaranteed
88 correct region without using wxWindow::GetScreenRect().
90 This workaround ("label trick") is inspired by (or say stolen from)
93 AJ_RegionAdjust
= 1 << 0,
96 This flag provides a way to capture the drop-down state of "Drop-down
97 Controls", e.g. wxChoice.
99 For all the "Drop-down Controls", prompt the user about whether to
100 capture their drop-down state, if the user chooses YES, he should drop
101 down the control in about 3 seconds and wait util it's captured in that
104 AJ_Dropdown
= 1 << 1,
107 This flag is used internally by RegisterPageTurn(). Don't use it
108 directly unless you know what you are doing.
110 AJ_TurnPage
= 1 << 2,
113 This flag provides a functionality to union screenshots of different
114 modes/states of a control into one image. e.g. the single-line /
115 multi-line modes of a wxTextCtrl.
117 For a series of controls to be unioned, you should specify AJ_Union for
118 the first, and AJ_UnionEnd for the last. For the controls between them,
119 you can either specify AJ_Union or not.
121 The filename of the generated screenshot is the name of the first
122 control in the series.
133 @class AutoCaptureMechanism
135 AutoCaptureMechanism provides an easy-to-use and adjustable facility to
136 take the screenshots for all controls fully automatically and correctly. It
137 also provides an advanced feature to union screenshots of different
138 states/modes of a control.
140 @section tag_filename_convention Screenshot File Name Convention
142 All screenshots are generated as PNG files. For a control named wxName, its
143 screenshot file name would be "name.png", e.g. "button.png" for wxButton.
144 This is the protocol with the doxygen document of wxWidgets.
146 By default, screenshots are generated under the subdirectory "screenshots"
147 of current working directory. During updating or adding new screenshots,
148 first make sure screenshots are generated correctly, and then copy them to
149 the "docs/doxygen/images" folder directly.
151 @section tag_gui_assumption The Assumption of GUI
153 Unfortunately, this class have an assumption about the structure of GUI: It
154 must have the following top-down structure:
156 wxNotebook->wxPanel->wxSizer->wxControl
158 That means, in the wxNotebook associated with this class, controls that
159 needs to be taken screenshots are placed on different panels(for grouping)
160 and laid out by wxSizers.
162 @section tag_tutorial Tutorial
164 In the construction, you should associate a wxNotebook with this class, in
165 that wxNotebook, controls that needs to be captured are placed on different
166 panels(for grouping).
168 When you register controls, you should do it in order: Register the
169 controls on the first panel(using RegisterControl()), and then register a
170 page turn(using RegisterPageTurn()), so this class can turn a page of the
171 wxNotebook to present the second page. And then you register the controls
172 on the second panel, then a page turn, and so on.
174 When you are done, simply call CaptureAll(), then screenshots of all
175 controls will be automatically generated.
177 @section tag_autoadjust Make Use of Auto Adjustments
179 First take a look at the document of RegisterControl(), enum AdjustFlags
180 and GlobalAdjustFlags.
182 And then, ScreenshotFrame::OnCaptureAllControls() is a good example of
183 making use of auto adjustment. Taking a look at it will get you started.
185 @section tag_developer_note Notes for Developers
187 @subsection tag_cnc CaptureAll() and Capture()
189 The implementation of Auto Adjustments is in CaptureAll() and Capture(),
190 the code is short, quite readable and well commented, please read the codes
191 before any modification.
193 If you need the class to do something sepcial for you, consider introducing
194 a new flag and implement it in them. For an operation performed on multiple
195 controls, implemente its logic in CaptureAll(), otherwise in the private
198 @subsection tag_yield_issue wxYield Issues
200 Not quite a good habit, but this class made a lot of use of wxYield() /
201 wxYieldIfNeeded(). They are used to ensure the update of GUI (e.g. the
202 page turn of wxNotebook) is done before any further screenshot-taking, or
203 to do the timing(in Delay()). Without their use, there would be subtle
206 I've read documents about wxYield() and understand the down side of it
207 before using it. But I didn't find a better approach to do those things,
208 and I used them carefully. So please DO NOT remove any of these wxYield()s
209 unless you're sure that it won't cause problems on all of MS Windows
210 XP/Vista, Linux(Ubuntu/Fedora), Mac OS Tiger/Leopard. And please help me
211 to find a better approach, thank you :)
213 class AutoCaptureMechanism
220 The wxNotebook associated with this class. Please see
221 @ref tag_gui_assumption and @ref tag_tutorial.
223 It's one of or a combination of GlobalAdjustFlags, to disable /
224 enable some auto-adjustment for all controls.
226 It's the margin around every control in the sreenshots.
228 AutoCaptureMechanism(wxNotebook
*notebook
,
229 int flag
= AJ_NormalAll
,
232 ~AutoCaptureMechanism() { }
235 Register a control and perform specifid auto adjustments.
238 The pointer to the control to be taken a screenshot.
240 If you find out that the screenshot for this control was generated
241 under an incorrect file name, specify @a name. e.g. for wxButton,
242 "wxButton" or "button" are both OK.
244 If you end up with an a smaller or deflected screenshot, use
247 If you want to caputure the "drop-down" state of a "drop-down"
248 control, use AJ_Dropdown.
250 If you want to present different states of a control in one
251 screenshot, use AJ_Union and AJ_UnionEnd.
253 Please read the document of enum AdjustFlags, and notice that this
254 flag could be enabled / disabled by global flag GlobalAdjustFlags.
256 void RegisterControl(wxWindow
* ctrl
,
257 wxString name
= wxT(""),
258 int flag
= AJ_Normal
)
260 m_controlList
.push_back(Control(ctrl
, name
, flag
));
264 Register a control and perform specifid auto adjustments.
266 This calls RegisterControl(wxWindow* ctrl, wxString name, int flag)
267 with an empty name. This is useful when you only want to auto-adjust
268 something other than name adjustment.
270 void RegisterControl(wxWindow
* ctrl
, int flag
)
272 RegisterControl(ctrl
, wxT(""), flag
);
276 Register a page turn.
278 When you finished registering the controls on a panel, remember to
279 call it to turn the wxNotebook to the next panel.
281 void RegisterPageTurn()
283 m_controlList
.push_back(Control(0, wxT(""), AJ_TurnPage
));
287 Capture all registered controls of the associated wxNotebook.
295 Take a screenshot for the given region.
298 Bitmap to save the screenshot to.
300 Given rectangular region.
302 Only useful for Mac, for fixing a delay bug. It seems that it
303 didn't fix the bug, so it might be removed soon.
305 static bool Capture(wxBitmap
* bitmap
, wxRect rect
, int delay
= 0);
308 Take a screenshot for the given region.
310 @see Capture(wxBitmap*,wxRect,int)
312 static bool Capture(wxBitmap
* bitmap
,
313 int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
317 Save the screenshot as the name of @a fileName in the default
320 @a fileName should be without ".png".
322 static void Save(wxBitmap
* screenshot
, const wxString
& fileName
);
325 Set the default directory where the screenshots will be generated.
327 static void SetDefaultDirectory(const wxString
& dir
) { default_dir
= dir
; }
330 Get the default directory where the screenshots will be generated.
332 static wxString
GetDefaultDirectory() { return default_dir
; }
335 Get the absolute path of the default directory where the screenshots
338 static wxString
GetDefaultDirectoryAbsPath();
343 Internal Data Structures
345 They might go public in future to provide reuse of ControlList.
351 Control(wxWindow
* _ctrl
, wxString _name
, int _flag
)
352 : ctrl(_ctrl
), name(_name
), flag(_flag
) {}
359 typedef std::vector
<Control
> ControlList
;
364 They are only used to clearify the logic of some public functions and
365 it's nonsense to call them elsewhere.
369 Capture and auto adjust the control. Used by CaptureAll().
371 bool Capture(wxBitmap
* bitmap
, Control
& ctrl
);
374 Get the correct rectangular region that the control occupies. Used by
375 Capture(Control & ctrl).
377 If AJ_RegionAdjust is specified, it will use the "label trick" to
378 perform region auto adjustment.
380 The "label trick" is to reattach the control to a wxFlexGridSizer
381 m_grid, surround the control with labels and get the control's region
382 by label's positions. Just like this:
384 +---------+-----------+---------+
386 +---------+-----------+---------+
387 | label | ctrl | label |
388 +---------+-----------+---------+
390 +---------+-----------+---------+
392 So, there will be a side effect: the control is moved to a new
393 position. So after taking the screenshot, Capture(Control & ctrl)
394 should call PutBack(wxWindow * ctrl) to put it back.
396 If AJ_RegionAdjust isn't specified, it will simply call
397 wxWindow::GetScreenRect().
399 wxRect
GetRect(wxWindow
* ctrl
, int flag
);
402 Put the control back after the label trick used in GetRect(). Used by
403 Capture(Control & ctrl).
405 void PutBack(wxWindow
* ctrl
);
408 Union two screenshots in the vertical direction, and leave a gap
409 between the screenshots. Used by CaptureAll().
411 The gap is 20 pixels by default. Currently it isn't configurable.
413 static bool Union(wxBitmap
* top
, wxBitmap
* bottom
, wxBitmap
* result
);
416 Delay a few seconds without blocking GUI.
418 static void Delay(int seconds
);
423 ControlList m_controlList
;
425 wxNotebook
* m_notebook
;
431 wxFlexGridSizer
* m_grid
;
433 static wxString default_dir
;
436 #endif // _AUTOCAPTURE_H_