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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{wxFindReplaceDialog}{wxfindreplacedialog}}{Text search/replace dialog}
62 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMultipleChoiceDialog}{wxmultiplechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get one or more selections from a list}
63 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSingleChoiceDialog}{wxsinglechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get a single selection from a list and return the string}
64 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextEntryDialog}{wxtextentrydialog}}{Dialog to get a single line of text from the user}
65 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontDialog}{wxfontdialog}}{Font chooser dialog}
66 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
67 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog}}{Standard print dialog}
68 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
69 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMessageDialog}{wxmessagedialog}}{Simple message box dialog}
70 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard}}{A wizard dialog.}
71 \end{twocollist}
72
73 {\large {\bf Controls}}
74
75 Typically, these are small windows which provide interaction with the user. Controls
76 that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with them.
77
78 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
79 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol}}{The base class for controls}
80 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}}{Push button control, displaying text}
81 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapButton}{wxbitmapbutton}}{Push button control, displaying a bitmap}
82 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}{Date picker control}
83 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckBox}{wxcheckbox}}{Checkbox control}
84 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckListBox}{wxchecklistbox}}{A listbox with a checkbox to the left of each item}
85 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxChoice}{wxchoice}}{Choice control (a combobox without the editable area)}
86 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxComboBox}{wxcombobox}}{A choice with an editable area}
87 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGauge}{wxgauge}}{A control to represent a varying quantity, such as time remaining}
88 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGenericDirCtrl}{wxgenericdirctrl}}{A control for displaying a directory tree}
89 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBox}{wxstaticbox}}{A static, or group box for visually grouping related controls}
90 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox}}{A list of strings for single or multiple selection}
91 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}}{A control for displaying lists of strings and/or icons, plus a multicolumn report view}
92 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabCtrl}{wxtabctrl}}{Manages several tabs}
93 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}}{Single or multiline text editing control}
94 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl}}{Tree (hierarchy) control}
95 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}}{Scrollbar control}
96 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}}{A spin or `up-down' control}
97 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinCtrl}{wxspinctrl}}{A spin control - i.e. spin button and text control}
98 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext}}{One or more lines of non-editable text}
99 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBitmap}{wxstaticbitmap}}{A control to display a bitmap}
100 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioBox}{wxradiobox}}{A group of radio buttons}
101 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioButton}{wxradiobutton}}{A round button to be used with others in a mutually exclusive way}
102 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSlider}{wxslider}}{A slider that can be dragged by the user}
103 \end{twocollist}
104
105 {\large {\bf Menus}}
106
107 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
108 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}}{Displays a series of menu items for selection}
109 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuBar}{wxmenubar}}{Contains a series of menus for use with a frame}
110 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}}{Represents a single menu item}
111 \end{twocollist}
112
113 {\large {\bf Window layout}}
114
115 There are two different systems for layouting windows (and dialogs in particular).
116 One is based upon so-called sizers and it requires less typing, thinking and calculating
117 and will in almost all cases produce dialogs looking equally well on all platforms, the
118 other is based on so-called constraints and allows for more detailed layouts.
119
120 These are the classes relevant to the sizer-based layout.
121
122 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
123 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}}{Abstract base class}
124 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGridSizer}{wxgridsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a grid with all fields having the same size}
125 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFlexGridSizer}{wxflexgridsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a flexible grid}
126 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a row or column}
127 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBoxSizer}{wxstaticboxsizer}}{Same as wxBoxSizer, but with surrounding static box}
128 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer}}{Sizer to use with the wxNotebook control.}
129 \end{twocollist}
130
131 \overview{Overview}{constraintsoverview} over the constraints-based layout.
132
133 These are the classes relevant to constraints-based window layout.
134
135 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
136 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIndividualLayoutConstraint}{wxindividuallayoutconstraint}}{Represents a single constraint dimension}
137 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints}}{Represents the constraints for a window class}
138 \end{twocollist}
139
140 {\large {\bf Device contexts}}
141
142 \overview{Overview}{dcoverview}
143
144 Device contexts are surfaces that may be drawn on, and provide an
145 abstraction that allows parameterisation of your drawing code
146 by passing different device contexts.
147
148 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
149 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClientDC}{wxclientdc}}{A device context to access the client area outside {\bf OnPaint} events}
150 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc}}{A device context to access the client area inside {\bf OnPaint} events}
151 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWindowDC}{wxwindowdc}}{A device context to access the non-client area}
152 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScreenDC}{wxscreendc}}{A device context to access the entire screen}
153 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDC}{wxdc}}{The device context base class}
154 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryDC}{wxmemorydc}}{A device context for drawing into bitmaps}
155 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMetafileDC}{wxmetafiledc}}{A device context for drawing into metafiles}
156 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPostScriptDC}{wxpostscriptdc}}{A device context for drawing into PostScript files}
157 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc}}{A device context for drawing to printers}
158 \end{twocollist}
159
160 {\large {\bf Graphics device interface}}
161
162 \overview{Bitmaps overview}{wxbitmapoverview}
163
164 These classes are related to drawing on device contexts and windows.
165
166 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
167 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxColour}{wxcolour}}{Represents the red, blue and green elements of a colour}
168 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDCClipper}{wxdcclipper}}{Wraps the operations of setting and destroying the clipping region}
169 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmap}{wxbitmap}}{Represents a bitmap}
170 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBrush}{wxbrush}}{Used for filling areas on a device context}
171 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBrushList}{wxbrushlist}}{The list of previously-created brushes}
172 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}}{A small, transparent bitmap representing the cursor}
173 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFont}{wxfont}}{Represents fonts}
174 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontList}{wxfontlist}}{The list of previously-created fonts}
175 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIcon}{wxicon}}{A small, transparent bitmap for assigning to frames and drawing on device contexts}
176 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxImage}{wximage}}{A platform-independent image class}
177 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxImageList}{wximagelist}}{A list of images, used with some controls}
178 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMask}{wxmask}}{Represents a mask to be used with a bitmap for transparent drawing}
179 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPen}{wxpen}}{Used for drawing lines on a device context}
180 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPenList}{wxpenlist}}{The list of previously-created pens}
181 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPalette}{wxpalette}}{Represents a table of indices into RGB values}
182 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion}}{Represents a simple or complex region on a window or device context}
183 \end{twocollist}
184
185 {\large {\bf Events}}
186
187 \overview{Overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
188
189 An event object contains information about a specific event. Event handlers
190 (usually member functions) have a single, event argument.
191
192 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
193 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent}}{A window or application activation event}
194 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarEvent}{wxcalendarevent}}{Used with \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}
195 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalculateLayoutEvent}{wxcalculatelayoutevent}}{Used to calculate window layout}
196 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}}{A close window or end session event}
197 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}}{An event from a variety of standard controls}
198 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialUpEvent}{wxdialupevent}}{Event send by \helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}}
199 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropFilesEvent}{wxdropfilesevent}}{A drop files event}
200 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}}{An erase background event}
201 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEvent}{wxevent}}{The event base class}
202 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFindDialogEvent}{wxfinddialogevent}}{Event sent by
203 \helpref{wxFindReplaceDialog}{wxfindreplacedialog}}
204 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}}{A window focus event}
205 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}}{A keypress event}
206 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIconizeEvent}{wxiconizeevent}}{An iconize/restore event}
207 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIdleEvent}{wxidleevent}}{An idle event}
208 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxInitDialogEvent}{wxinitdialogevent}}{A dialog initialisation event}
209 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxJoystickEvent}{wxjoystickevent}}{A joystick event}
210 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListEvent}{wxlistevent}}{A list control event}
211 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMaximizeEvent}{wxmaximizeevent}}{A maximize event}
212 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}}{A menu event}
213 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent}}{A mouse event}
214 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}}{A move event}
215 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookEvent}{wxnotebookevent}}{A notebook control event}
216 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotifyEvent}{wxnotifyevent}}{A notification event, which can be vetoed}
217 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}}{A paint event}
218 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxProcessEvent}{wxprocessevent}}{A process ending event}
219 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryLayoutInfoEvent}{wxquerylayoutinfoevent}}{Used to query layout information}
220 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollEvent}{wxscrollevent}}{A scroll event from sliders, stand-alone scrollbars and spin buttons}
221 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent}}{A scroll event from scrolled windows}
222 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}}{A size event}
223 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent}}{A socket event}
224 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinEvent}{wxspinevent}}{An event from \helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}}
225 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}}{A system colour change event}
226 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabEvent}{wxtabevent}}{A tab control event}
227 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeEvent}{wxtreeevent}}{A tree control event}
228 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent}}{A user interface update event}
229 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardEvent}{wxwizardevent}}{A wizard event}
230 \end{twocollist}
231
232 {\large {\bf Validators}}
233
234 \overview{Overview}{validatoroverview}
235
236 These are the window validators, used for filtering and validating
237 user input.
238
239 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
240 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}}{Base validator class}
241 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextValidator}{wxtextvalidator}}{Text control validator class}
242 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGenericValidator}{wxgenericvalidator}}{Generic control validator class}
243 \end{twocollist}
244
245 {\large {\bf Data structures}}
246
247 These are the data structure classes supported by wxWindows.
248
249 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
250 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class}
251 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDate}{wxdate}}{A class for date manipulation (deprecated in favour of wxDateTime)}
252 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateSpan}{wxdatespan}}{A logical time interval.}
253 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateTime}{wxdatetime}}{A class for date/time manipulations}
254 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxExpr}{wxexpr}}{A class for flexible I/O}
255 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxExprDatabase}{wxexprdatabase}}{A class for flexible I/O}
256 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTable}{wxhashtable}}{A simple hash table implementation}
257 % \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTableLong}{wxhashtablelong}}{A wxHashTable version for storing long data}
258 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxList}{wxlist}}{A simple linked list implementation}
259 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLongLong}{wxlonglong}}{A portable 64 bit integer type}
260 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNode}{wxnode}}{Represents a node in the wxList implementation}
261 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{The root class for most wxWindows classes}
262 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}}{A class to help search multiple paths}
263 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPoint}{wxpoint}}{Representation of a point}
264 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect}}{A class representing a rectangle}
265 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegEx}{wxregex}}{Regular expression support}
266 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion}}{A class representing a region}
267 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxString}{wxstring}}{A string class}
268 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringList}{wxstringlist}}{A class representing a list of strings}
269 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringTokenizer}{wxstringtokenizer}}{A class for interpreting a string as a list of tokens or words}
270 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRealPoint}{wxrealpoint}}{Representation of a point using floating point numbers}
271 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize}}{Representation of a size}
272 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTime}{wxtime}}{A class for time manipulation (deprecated in favour of wxDateTime)}
273 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimeSpan}{wxtimespan}}{A time interval.}
274 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxVariant}{wxvariant}}{A class for storing arbitrary types that may change at run-time}
275 \end{twocollist}
276
277 {\large {\bf Run-time class information system}}
278
279 \overview{Overview}{runtimeclassoverview}
280
281 wxWindows supports run-time manipulation of class information, and dynamic
282 creation of objects given class names.
283
284 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
285 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClassInfo}{wxclassinfo}}{Holds run-time class information}
286 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{Root class for classes with run-time information}
287 \twocolitem{\helpref{Macros}{macros}}{Macros for manipulating run-time information}
288 \end{twocollist}
289
290 {\large {\bf Debugging features}}
291
292 \overview{Overview}{debuggingoverview}
293
294 wxWindows supports some aspects of debugging an application through
295 classes, functions and macros.
296
297 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
298 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontext}}{Provides memory-checking facilities}
299 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugStreamBuf}{wxdebugstreambuf}}{A stream buffer writing to the debug stream}
300 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}}{Logging facility}
301 \twocolitem{\helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}}{Error and warning logging functions}
302 \twocolitem{\helpref{Debugging macros}{debugmacros}}{Debug macros for assertion and checking}
303 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTrace}{wxtrace}}{Tracing facility}
304 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTraceLevel}{wxtracelevel}}{Tracing facility with levels}
305 \twocolitem{\helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}}{Use this macro to give further debugging information}
306 %\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACE}{trace}}{Trace macro}
307 %\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACELEVEL}{tracelevel}}{Trace macro with levels}
308 \end{twocollist}
309
310 {\large {\bf Networking classes}}
311
312 wxWindows provides its own classes for socket based networking.
313
314 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
315 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}}{Provides functions to check the status of network connection and to establish one}
316 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIPV4address}{wxipv4address}}{Represents an Internet address}
317 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbase}}{Represents a socket base object}
318 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient}}{Represents a socket client}
319 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver}}{Represents a socket server}
320 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent}}{A socket event}
321 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFTP}{wxftp}}{FTP protocol class}
322 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHTTP}{wxhttp}}{HTTP protocol class}
323 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxURL}{wxurl}}{Represents a Universal Resource Locator}
324 \end{twocollist}
325
326
327 {\large {\bf Interprocess communication}}
328
329 \overview{Overview}{ipcoverview}
330
331 wxWindows provides a simple interprocess communications facilities
332 based on DDE.
333
334 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
335 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}}{Represents a client}
336 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEConnection}{wxddeconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server}
337 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver}}{Represents a server}
338 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPClient}{wxtcpclient}}{Represents a client}
339 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPConnection}{wxtcpconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server}
340 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPServer}{wxtcpserver}}{Represents a server}
341 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketHandler}{wxsockethandler}}{Represents a socket handler}
342 \end{twocollist}
343
344 {\large {\bf Document/view framework}}
345
346 \overview{Overview}{docviewoverview}
347
348 wxWindows supports a document/view framework which provides
349 housekeeping for a document-centric application.
350
351 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
352 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument}}{Represents a document}
353 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxView}{wxview}}{Represents a view}
354 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate}}{Manages the relationship between a document class and a view class}
355 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocManager}{wxdocmanager}}{Manages the documents and views in an application}
356 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocChildFrame}{wxdocchildframe}}{A child frame for showing a document view}
357 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocParentFrame}{wxdocparentframe}}{A parent frame to contain views}
358 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIDocChildFrame}{wxmdidocchildframe}}{An MDI child frame for showing a document view}
359 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIDocParentFrame}{wxmdidocparentframe}}{An MDI parent frame to contain views}
360 \end{twocollist}
361
362 {\large {\bf Printing framework}}
363
364 \overview{Overview}{printingoverview}
365
366 A printing and previewing framework is implemented to
367 make it relatively straightforward to provide document printing
368 facilities.
369
370 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
371 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewFrame}{wxpreviewframe}}{Frame for displaying a print preview}
372 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewCanvas}{wxpreviewcanvas}}{Canvas for displaying a print preview}
373 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewControlBar}{wxpreviewcontrolbar}}{Standard control bar for a print preview}
374 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog}}{Standard print dialog}
375 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
376 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinter}{wxprinter}}{Class representing the printer}
377 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc}}{Printer device context}
378 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintout}{wxprintout}}{Class representing a particular printout}
379 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintPreview}{wxprintpreview}}{Class representing a print preview}
380 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintData}{wxprintdata}}{Represents information about the document being printed}
381 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialogData}{wxprintdialogdata}}{Represents information about the print dialog}
382 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialogData}{wxpagesetupdialogdata}}{Represents information about the page setup dialog}
383 \end{twocollist}
384
385 {\large {\bf Drag and drop and clipboard classes}}
386
387 \overview{Drag and drop and clipboard overview}{wxdndoverview}
388
389 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
390 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataObject}{wxdataobject}}{Data object class}
391 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataFormat}{wxdataformat}}{Represents a data format}
392 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextDataObject}{wxtextdataobject}}{Text data object class}
393 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDataObject}{wxtextdataobject}}{File data object class}
394 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapDataObject}{wxbitmapdataobject}}{Bitmap data object class}
395 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCustomDataObject}{wxcustomdataobject}}{Custom data object class}
396 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClipboard}{wxclipboard}}{Clipboard class}
397 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropTarget}{wxdroptarget}}{Drop target class}
398 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDropTarget}{wxfiledroptarget}}{File drop target class}
399 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextDropTarget}{wxtextdroptarget}}{Text drop target class}
400 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropSource}{wxdropsource}}{Drop source class}
401 \end{twocollist}
402
403 {\large {\bf File related classes}}
404
405 wxWindows has several small classes to work with disk files, see \helpref{file classes
406 overview}{wxfileoverview} for more details.
407
408 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
409 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDir}{wxdir}}{Class for enumerating files/subdirectories.}
410 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDirTraverser}{wxdirtraverser}}{Class used together with wxDir for recursively enumerating the files/subdirectories}
411 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFile}{wxfile}}{Low-level file input/output class.}
412 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFile}{wxffile}}{Another low-level file input/output class.}
413 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTempFile}{wxtempfile}}{Class to safely replace an existing file}
414 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextFile}{wxtextfile}}{Class for working with text files as with arrays of lines}
415 \end{twocollist}
416
417 {\large {\bf Stream classes}}
418
419 wxWindows has its own set of stream classes, as an alternative to often buggy standard stream
420 libraries, and to provide enhanced functionality.
421
422 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
423 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStreamBase}{wxstreambase}}{Stream base class}
424 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStreamBuffer}{wxstreambuffer}}{Stream buffer class}
425 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxInputStream}{wxinputstream}}{Input stream class}
426 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxOutputStream}{wxoutputstream}}{Output stream class}
427 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCountingOutputStream}{wxcountingoutputstream}}{Stream class for querying what size a stream would have.}
428 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFilterInputStream}{wxfilterinputstream}}{Filtered input stream class}
429 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFilterOutputStream}{wxfilteroutputstream}}{Filtered output stream class}
430 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBufferedInputStream}{wxbufferedinputstream}}{Buffered input stream class}
431 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBufferedOutputStream}{wxbufferedoutputstream}}{Buffered output stream class}
432 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryInputStream}{wxmeminputstream}}{Memory input stream class}
433 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryOutputStream}{wxmemoutputstream}}{Memory output stream class}
434 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataInputStream}{wxdatainputstream}}{Platform-independent binary data input stream class}
435 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataOutputStream}{wxdataoutputstream}}{Platform-independent binary data output stream class}
436 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextInputStream}{wxtextinputstream}}{Platform-independent text data input stream class}
437 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextOutputStream}{wxtextoutputstream}}{Platform-independent text data output stream class}
438 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileInputStream}{wxfileinputstream}}{File input stream class}
439 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileOutputStream}{wxfileoutputstream}}{File output stream class}
440 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileInputStream}{wxffileinputstream}}{Another file input stream class}
441 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileOutputStream}{wxffileoutputstream}}{Another file output stream class}
442 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibInputStream}{wxzlibinputstream}}{Zlib (compression) input stream class}
443 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibOutputStream}{wxzliboutputstream}}{Zlib (compression) output stream class}
444 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZipInputStream}{wxzipinputstream}}{Input stream for reading from ZIP archives}
445 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketInputStream}{wxsocketinputstream}}{Socket input stream class}
446 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketOutputStream}{wxsocketoutputstream}}{Socket output stream class}
447 \end{twocollist}
448
449 {\large {\bf Threading classes}}
450
451 \overview{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview}
452
453 wxWindows provides a set of classes to make use of the native thread
454 capabilities of the various platforms.
455
456 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
457 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxThread}{wxthread}}{Thread class}
458 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}}{Mutex class}
459 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutexLocker}{wxmutexlocker}}{Mutex locker utility class}
460 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSection}{wxcriticalsection}}{Critical section class}
461 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSectionLocker}{wxcriticalsectionlocker}}{Critical section locker utility class}
462 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCondition}{wxcondition}}{Condition class}
463 \end{twocollist}
464
465 {\large {\bf HTML classes}}
466
467 wxWindows provides a set of classes to display text in HTML format. These
468 class include a help system based on the HTML widget.
469
470 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
471 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}}{HTML help controller class}
472 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWindow}{wxhtmlwindow}}{HTML window class}
473 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlEasyPrinting}{wxhtmleasyprinting}}{Simple class for printing HTML}
474 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlPrintout}{wxhtmlprintout}}{Generic HTML wxPrintout class}
475 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlParser}{wxhtmlparser}}{Generic HTML parser class}
476 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlTagHandler}{wxhtmltaghandler}}{HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlParser}
477 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWinParser}{wxhtmlwinparser}}{HTML parser class for wxHtmlWindow}
478 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWinTagHandler}{wxhtmlwintaghandler}}{HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlWinParser}
479 \end{twocollist}
480
481 {\large {\bf Virtual file system classes}}
482
483 wxWindows provides a set of classes that implement an extensible virtual file system,
484 used internally by the HTML classes.
485
486 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
487 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFSFile}{wxfsfile}}{Represents a file in the virtual file system}
488 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystem}{wxfilesystem}}{Main interface for the virtual file system}
489 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystemHandler}{wxfilesystemhandler}}{Class used to announce file system type}
490 \end{twocollist}
491
492 {\large {\bf Online help}}
493
494 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
495 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHelpController}{wxhelpcontroller}}{Family of classes for controlling help windows}
496 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}}{HTML help controller class}
497 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxContextHelp}{wxcontexthelp}}{Class to put application into context-sensitive help mode}
498 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxContextHelpButton}{wxcontexthelpbutton}}{Button class for putting application into context-sensitive help mode}
499 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}}{Abstract class for context-sensitive help provision}
500 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSimpleHelpProvider}{wxsimplehelpprovider}}{Class for simple context-sensitive help provision}
501 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHelpControllerHelpProvider}{wxhelpcontrollerhelpprovider}}{Class for context-sensitive help provision via a help controller}
502 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}}{Class implementing tooltips}
503 \end{twocollist}
504
505 {\large {\bf Database classes}}
506
507 \overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview}
508
509 wxWindows provides two alternative sets of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
510 product. The new version by Remstar, known as wxODBC, is more powerful,
511 portable, flexible and better supported, so please use the classes below for
512 working with databases:
513
514 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
515 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDb}{wxdb}}{ODBC database connection}
516 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbTable}{wxdbtable}}{Provides access to a database table}
517 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbInf}{wxdbinf}}{}
518 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbTableInf}{wxdbtableinf}}{}
519 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColDef}{wxdbcoldef}}{}
520 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColInf}{wxdbcolinf}}{}
521 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColDataPtr}{wxdbcoldataptr}}{}
522 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbColFor}{wxdbcolfor}}{}
523 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbConnectInf}{wxdbconnectinf}}{}
524 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDbIdxDef}{wxdbidxdef}}{}
525 \end{twocollist}
526
527 The documentation for the older classes is still included, but you should avoid
528 using any of them in the new programs:
529
530 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
531 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDatabase}{wxdatabase}}{Database class}
532 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryCol}{wxquerycol}}{Class representing a column}
533 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryField}{wxqueryfield}}{Class representing a field}
534 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRecordSet}{wxrecordset}}{Class representing one or more record}
535 \end{twocollist}
536
537 {\large {\bf Miscellaneous}}
538
539 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
540 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxApp}{wxapp}}{Application class}
541 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCaret}{wxcaret}}{A caret (cursor) object}
542 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class}
543 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase}}{Classes for configuration reading/writing (using either INI files or registry)}
544 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDllLoader}{wxdllloader}}{Class to work with shared libraries.}
545 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutAlgorithm}{wxlayoutalgorithm}}{An alternative window layout facility}
546 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}}{Process class}
547 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}}{Timer class}
548 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStopWatch}{wxstopwatch}}{Stop watch class}
549 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMimeTypesManager}{wxmimetypesmanager}}{MIME-types manager class}
550 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSystemSettings}{wxsystemsettings}}{System settings class for obtaining various global parameters}
551 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSystemOptions}{wxsystemoptions}}{System options class for run-time configuration}
552 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}}{Accelerator table}
553 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxAutomationObject}{wxautomationobject}}{OLE automation class}
554 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontMapper}{wxfontmapper}}{Font mapping, finding suitable font for given encoding}
555 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEncodingConverter}{wxencodingconverter}}{Encoding conversions}
556 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarDateAttr}{wxcalendardateattr}}{Used with \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}
557 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQuantize}{wxquantize}}{Class to perform quantization, or colour reduction}
558 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSingleInstanceChecker}{wxsingleinstancechecker}}{Check that only single program instance is running}
559 \end{twocollist}
560