1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: Miscellaneous utilities
4 // Author: Julian Smart
8 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Julian Smart
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
15 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
17 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20 #pragma interface "utils.h"
23 #include "wx/object.h"
25 #include "wx/filefn.h"
27 // need this for wxGetDiskSpace() as we can't, unfortunately, forward declare
29 #include "wx/longlong.h"
38 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
39 // Forward declaration
40 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
42 class WXDLLEXPORT wxProcess
;
43 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFrame
;
44 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
;
45 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowList
;
46 class WXDLLEXPORT wxPoint
;
48 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
50 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
52 #define wxMax(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
53 #define wxMin(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
55 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56 // String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
57 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
59 // Useful buffer (FIXME VZ: To be removed!!!)
60 // Now only needed in Mac and MSW ports
61 #if !defined(__WXMOTIF__) && !defined(__WXGTK__) && !defined(__WXX11__) && !defined(__WXMGL__)
62 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxChar
*) wxBuffer
;
65 // Make a copy of this string using 'new'
66 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* copystring(const wxChar
*s
);
68 // Matches string one within string two regardless of case
69 WXDLLEXPORT
bool StringMatch(const wxChar
*one
, const wxChar
*two
, bool subString
= TRUE
, bool exact
= FALSE
);
71 // A shorter way of using strcmp
72 #define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (wxStrcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
74 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
75 // Miscellaneous functions
76 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
79 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxBell();
81 // Get OS description as a user-readable string
82 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetOsDescription();
85 WXDLLEXPORT
int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn
= (int *) NULL
,
86 int *minorVsn
= (int *) NULL
);
88 // Return a string with the current date/time
89 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxNow();
91 // Return path where wxWindows is installed (mostly useful in Unices)
92 WXDLLEXPORT
const wxChar
*wxGetInstallPrefix();
93 // Return path to wxWin data (/usr/share/wx/%{version}) (Unices)
94 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetDataDir();
98 // Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
99 // KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
101 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag
);
103 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
104 // Window ID management
105 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
107 // Generate a unique ID
108 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxNewId();
109 #if !defined(NewId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
110 #define NewId wxNewId
113 // Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
114 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxRegisterId(long id
);
115 #if !defined(RegisterId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
116 #define RegisterId wxRegisterId
119 // Return the current ID
120 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxGetCurrentId();
124 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
125 // Various conversions
126 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
128 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar
*) wxFloatToStringStr
;
129 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar
*) wxDoubleToStringStr
;
131 WXDLLEXPORT
void StringToFloat(const wxChar
*s
, float *number
);
132 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* FloatToString(float number
, const wxChar
*fmt
= wxFloatToStringStr
);
133 WXDLLEXPORT
void StringToDouble(const wxChar
*s
, double *number
);
134 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* DoubleToString(double number
, const wxChar
*fmt
= wxDoubleToStringStr
);
135 WXDLLEXPORT
void StringToInt(const wxChar
*s
, int *number
);
136 WXDLLEXPORT
void StringToLong(const wxChar
*s
, long *number
);
137 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* IntToString(int number
);
138 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* LongToString(long number
);
140 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
141 WXDLLEXPORT
int wxHexToDec(const wxString
& buf
);
143 // Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
144 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxDecToHex(int dec
, wxChar
*buf
);
145 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxDecToHex(int dec
);
147 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
148 // Process management
149 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
151 // Execute another program. Returns 0 if there was an error, a PID otherwise.
152 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxExecute(wxChar
**argv
, bool sync
= FALSE
,
153 wxProcess
*process
= (wxProcess
*) NULL
);
154 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxExecute(const wxString
& command
, bool sync
= FALSE
,
155 wxProcess
*process
= (wxProcess
*) NULL
);
157 // execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line
158 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxExecute(const wxString
& command
,
159 wxArrayString
& output
);
161 // also capture stderr
162 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxExecute(const wxString
& command
,
163 wxArrayString
& output
,
164 wxArrayString
& error
);
168 wxSIGNONE
= 0, // verify if the process exists under Unix
175 wxSIGIOT
= wxSIGABRT
, // another name
186 // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
191 wxKILL_OK
, // no error
192 wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL
, // no such signal
193 wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED
, // permission denied
194 wxKILL_NO_PROCESS
, // no such process
195 wxKILL_ERROR
// another, unspecified error
198 // send the given signal to the process (only NONE and KILL are supported under
199 // Windows, all others mean TERM), return 0 if ok and -1 on error
201 // return detailed error in rc if not NULL
202 WXDLLEXPORT
int wxKill(long pid
,
203 wxSignal sig
= wxSIGTERM
,
204 wxKillError
*rc
= NULL
);
206 // Execute a command in an interactive shell window (always synchronously)
207 // If no command then just the shell
208 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxShell(const wxString
& command
= wxEmptyString
);
210 // As wxShell(), but must give a (non interactive) command and its output will
211 // be returned in output array
212 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxShell(const wxString
& command
, wxArrayString
& output
);
214 // Sleep for nSecs seconds
215 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxSleep(int nSecs
);
217 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
218 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds
);
220 // Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
221 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxGetFreeMemory();
223 // should wxApp::OnFatalException() be called?
224 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit
= TRUE
);
226 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
227 // Environment variables
228 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
230 // returns TRUE if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
232 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetEnv(const wxString
& var
, wxString
*value
);
234 // set the env var name to the given value, return TRUE on success
235 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxSetEnv(const wxString
& var
, const wxChar
*value
);
237 // remove the env var from environment
238 inline bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString
& var
) { return wxSetEnv(var
, NULL
); }
240 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
241 // Network and username functions.
242 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
244 // NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
247 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
248 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetEmailAddress();
251 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetHostName(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
252 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetHostName();
255 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetFullHostName();
256 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
258 // Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
259 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetUserId(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
260 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetUserId();
262 // Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
263 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetUserName(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
264 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetUserName();
266 // Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
267 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetHomeDir();
268 WXDLLEXPORT
const wxChar
* wxGetHomeDir(wxString
*pstr
);
270 // Get the user's home dir (caller must copy --- volatile)
271 // returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
272 #if defined(__UNIX__) && wxUSE_UNICODE
273 WXDLLEXPORT
const wxMB2WXbuf
wxGetUserHome(const wxString
& user
= wxEmptyString
);
275 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* wxGetUserHome(const wxString
& user
= wxEmptyString
);
278 // get number of total/free bytes on the disk where path belongs
279 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetDiskSpace(const wxString
& path
,
280 wxLongLong
*pTotal
= NULL
,
281 wxLongLong
*pFree
= NULL
);
283 #if wxUSE_GUI // GUI only things from now on
285 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
286 // Menu accelerators related things
287 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
289 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* wxStripMenuCodes(const wxChar
*in
, wxChar
*out
= (wxChar
*) NULL
);
290 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString
& str
);
293 class WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry
;
294 WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry
*wxGetAccelFromString(const wxString
& label
);
295 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
297 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
299 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
301 // Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
302 // Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
304 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& title
, wxWindow
*parent
= (wxWindow
*) NULL
);
306 // Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
307 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
, wxWindow
*parent
= (wxWindow
*) NULL
);
309 // Returns menu item id or -1 if none.
310 WXDLLEXPORT
int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame
*frame
, const wxString
& menuString
, const wxString
& itemString
);
312 // Find the wxWindow at the given point. wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint
313 // is always present but may be less reliable than a native version.
314 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint
& pt
);
315 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint
& pt
);
317 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
318 // Message/event queue helpers
319 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
321 // Yield to other apps/messages
322 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxYield();
324 // Like wxYield, but fails silently if the yield is recursive.
325 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxYieldIfNeeded();
327 // Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
328 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow
*win
= NULL
);
330 // Enable or disable input to all top level windows
331 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable
= TRUE
);
333 // Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
334 // in long calculations.
335 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow
*wnd
);
337 // Consume all events until no more left
338 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxFlushEvents();
340 // a class which disables all windows (except, may be, thegiven one) in its
341 // ctor and enables them back in its dtor
342 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDisabler
345 wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow
*winToSkip
= (wxWindow
*)NULL
);
349 wxWindowList
*m_winDisabled
;
352 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
354 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
356 // Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
357 class WXDLLEXPORT wxCursor
;
358 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCursor
*) wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR
;
359 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor
*cursor
= wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR
);
361 // Restore cursor to normal
362 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxEndBusyCursor();
364 // TRUE if we're between the above two calls
365 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxIsBusy();
367 // Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
368 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
371 wxBusyCursor(wxCursor
* cursor
= wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR
)
372 { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor
); }
374 { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
376 // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
377 // in wxGTK. BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
378 // common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
379 // similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
381 static const wxCursor
&GetStoredCursor();
382 static const wxCursor
GetBusyCursor();
386 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
387 // Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
388 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
391 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxWriteResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, const wxString
& value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
392 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxWriteResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, float value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
393 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxWriteResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, long value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
394 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxWriteResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, int value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
396 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, wxChar
**value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
397 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, float *value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
398 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, long *value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
399 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, int *value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
400 #endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
402 void WXDLLEXPORT
wxGetMousePosition( int* x
, int* y
);
404 // MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
405 // Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
407 WXDLLEXPORT
extern const wxChar
* wxUserResourceStr
;
408 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString
& resourceName
, const wxString
& resourceType
= wxUserResourceStr
);
411 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
412 // Display and colorss (X only)
413 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
416 void *wxGetDisplay();
420 WXDisplay
*wxGetDisplay();
421 bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString
& display_name
);
422 wxString
wxGetDisplayName();
427 #ifdef __VMS__ // Xlib.h for VMS is not (yet) compatible with C++
428 // The resulting warnings are switched off here
429 #pragma message disable nosimpint
431 // #include <X11/Xlib.h>
433 #pragma message enable nosimpint
440 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
441 // Error message functions used by wxWindows (deprecated, use wxLog)
442 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
444 // Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
446 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxDebugMsg(const wxChar
*fmt
...);
448 // Non-fatal error (continues)
449 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar
*) wxInternalErrorStr
;
450 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxError(const wxString
& msg
, const wxString
& title
= wxInternalErrorStr
);
452 // Fatal error (exits)
453 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar
*) wxFatalErrorStr
;
454 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxFatalError(const wxString
& msg
, const wxString
& title
= wxFatalErrorStr
);