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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: wx/utils.h
3 // Purpose: Miscellaneous utilities
4 // Author: Julian Smart
5 // Modified by:
6 // Created: 29/01/98
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Julian Smart
9 // Licence: wxWindows licence
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef _WX_UTILS_H_
13 #define _WX_UTILS_H_
14
15 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16 // headers
17 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18
19 #include "wx/object.h"
20 #include "wx/list.h"
21 #include "wx/filefn.h"
22 #include "wx/hashmap.h"
23 #include "wx/versioninfo.h"
24 #include "wx/meta/implicitconversion.h"
25
26 #if wxUSE_GUI
27 #include "wx/gdicmn.h"
28 #include "wx/mousestate.h"
29 #endif
30
31 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxArrayString;
32 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxArrayInt;
33
34 // need this for wxGetDiskSpace() as we can't, unfortunately, forward declare
35 // wxLongLong
36 #include "wx/longlong.h"
37
38 // needed for wxOperatingSystemId, wxLinuxDistributionInfo
39 #include "wx/platinfo.h"
40
41 #ifdef __WATCOMC__
42 #include <direct.h>
43 #elif defined(__X__)
44 #include <dirent.h>
45 #include <unistd.h>
46 #endif
47
48 #include <stdio.h>
49
50 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
51 // Forward declaration
52 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53
54 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxProcess;
55 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxFrame;
56 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxWindow;
57 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxWindowList;
58
59 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
60 // Arithmetic functions
61 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
62
63 template<typename T1, typename T2>
64 inline typename wxImplicitConversionType<T1,T2>::value
65 wxMax(T1 a, T2 b)
66 {
67 typedef typename wxImplicitConversionType<T1,T2>::value ResultType;
68
69 // Cast both operands to the same type before comparing them to avoid
70 // warnings about signed/unsigned comparisons from some compilers:
71 return static_cast<ResultType>(a) > static_cast<ResultType>(b) ? a : b;
72 }
73
74 template<typename T1, typename T2>
75 inline typename wxImplicitConversionType<T1,T2>::value
76 wxMin(T1 a, T2 b)
77 {
78 typedef typename wxImplicitConversionType<T1,T2>::value ResultType;
79
80 return static_cast<ResultType>(a) < static_cast<ResultType>(b) ? a : b;
81 }
82
83 template<typename T1, typename T2, typename T3>
84 inline typename wxImplicitConversionType3<T1,T2,T3>::value
85 wxClip(T1 a, T2 b, T3 c)
86 {
87 typedef typename wxImplicitConversionType3<T1,T2,T3>::value ResultType;
88
89 if ( static_cast<ResultType>(a) < static_cast<ResultType>(b) )
90 return b;
91
92 if ( static_cast<ResultType>(a) > static_cast<ResultType>(c) )
93 return c;
94
95 return a;
96 }
97
98 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
99 // wxMemorySize
100 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
101
102 // wxGetFreeMemory can return huge amount of memory on 32-bit platforms as well
103 // so to always use long long for its result type on all platforms which
104 // support it
105 #if wxUSE_LONGLONG
106 typedef wxLongLong wxMemorySize;
107 #else
108 typedef long wxMemorySize;
109 #endif
110
111 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
112 // String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
113 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
114
115 #ifdef WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
116 // A shorter way of using strcmp
117 wxDEPRECATED_INLINE(inline bool wxStringEq(const char *s1, const char *s2),
118 return wxCRT_StrcmpA(s1, s2) == 0; )
119
120 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
121 wxDEPRECATED_INLINE(inline bool wxStringEq(const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2),
122 return wxCRT_StrcmpW(s1, s2) == 0; )
123 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE
124
125 #endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
126
127 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
128 // Miscellaneous functions
129 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
130
131 // Sound the bell
132 #if !defined __EMX__ && \
133 (defined __WXMOTIF__ || defined __WXGTK__ || defined __WXX11__)
134 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxBell();
135 #else
136 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxBell();
137 #endif
138
139 #if wxUSE_MSGDLG
140 // Show wxWidgets information
141 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxInfoMessageBox(wxWindow* parent);
142 #endif // wxUSE_MSGDLG
143
144 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxVersionInfo wxGetLibraryVersionInfo();
145
146 // Get OS description as a user-readable string
147 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetOsDescription();
148
149 // Get OS version
150 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxOperatingSystemId wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn = NULL,
151 int *minorVsn = NULL);
152
153 // Get platform endianness
154 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxIsPlatformLittleEndian();
155
156 // Get platform architecture
157 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxIsPlatform64Bit();
158
159 #ifdef __LINUX__
160 // Get linux-distro informations
161 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxLinuxDistributionInfo wxGetLinuxDistributionInfo();
162 #endif
163
164 // Return a string with the current date/time
165 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxNow();
166
167 // Return path where wxWidgets is installed (mostly useful in Unices)
168 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar *wxGetInstallPrefix();
169 // Return path to wxWin data (/usr/share/wx/%{version}) (Unices)
170 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetDataDir();
171
172 #if wxUSE_GUI
173
174 // Get the state of a key (true if pressed, false if not)
175 // This is generally most useful getting the state of
176 // the modifier or toggle keys.
177 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxGetKeyState(wxKeyCode key);
178
179 // Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
180 // KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
181 // in wxMSW.
182 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag );
183
184 // Returns the current state of the mouse position, buttons and modifers
185 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxMouseState wxGetMouseState();
186
187 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
188
189 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
190 // wxPlatform
191 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
192
193 /*
194 * Class to make it easier to specify platform-dependent values
195 *
196 * Examples:
197 * long val = wxPlatform::If(wxMac, 1).ElseIf(wxGTK, 2).ElseIf(stPDA, 5).Else(3);
198 * wxString strVal = wxPlatform::If(wxMac, wxT("Mac")).ElseIf(wxMSW, wxT("MSW")).Else(wxT("Other"));
199 *
200 * A custom platform symbol:
201 *
202 * #define stPDA 100
203 * #ifdef __WXWINCE__
204 * wxPlatform::AddPlatform(stPDA);
205 * #endif
206 *
207 * long windowStyle = wxCAPTION | (long) wxPlatform::IfNot(stPDA, wxRESIZE_BORDER);
208 *
209 */
210
211 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxPlatform
212 {
213 public:
214 wxPlatform() { Init(); }
215 wxPlatform(const wxPlatform& platform) { Copy(platform); }
216 void operator = (const wxPlatform& platform) { if (&platform != this) Copy(platform); }
217 void Copy(const wxPlatform& platform);
218
219 // Specify an optional default value
220 wxPlatform(int defValue) { Init(); m_longValue = (long)defValue; }
221 wxPlatform(long defValue) { Init(); m_longValue = defValue; }
222 wxPlatform(const wxString& defValue) { Init(); m_stringValue = defValue; }
223 wxPlatform(double defValue) { Init(); m_doubleValue = defValue; }
224
225 static wxPlatform If(int platform, long value);
226 static wxPlatform IfNot(int platform, long value);
227 wxPlatform& ElseIf(int platform, long value);
228 wxPlatform& ElseIfNot(int platform, long value);
229 wxPlatform& Else(long value);
230
231 static wxPlatform If(int platform, int value) { return If(platform, (long)value); }
232 static wxPlatform IfNot(int platform, int value) { return IfNot(platform, (long)value); }
233 wxPlatform& ElseIf(int platform, int value) { return ElseIf(platform, (long) value); }
234 wxPlatform& ElseIfNot(int platform, int value) { return ElseIfNot(platform, (long) value); }
235 wxPlatform& Else(int value) { return Else((long) value); }
236
237 static wxPlatform If(int platform, double value);
238 static wxPlatform IfNot(int platform, double value);
239 wxPlatform& ElseIf(int platform, double value);
240 wxPlatform& ElseIfNot(int platform, double value);
241 wxPlatform& Else(double value);
242
243 static wxPlatform If(int platform, const wxString& value);
244 static wxPlatform IfNot(int platform, const wxString& value);
245 wxPlatform& ElseIf(int platform, const wxString& value);
246 wxPlatform& ElseIfNot(int platform, const wxString& value);
247 wxPlatform& Else(const wxString& value);
248
249 long GetInteger() const { return m_longValue; }
250 const wxString& GetString() const { return m_stringValue; }
251 double GetDouble() const { return m_doubleValue; }
252
253 operator int() const { return (int) GetInteger(); }
254 operator long() const { return GetInteger(); }
255 operator double() const { return GetDouble(); }
256 operator const wxString&() const { return GetString(); }
257
258 static void AddPlatform(int platform);
259 static bool Is(int platform);
260 static void ClearPlatforms();
261
262 private:
263
264 void Init() { m_longValue = 0; m_doubleValue = 0.0; }
265
266 long m_longValue;
267 double m_doubleValue;
268 wxString m_stringValue;
269 static wxArrayInt* sm_customPlatforms;
270 };
271
272 /// Function for testing current platform
273 inline bool wxPlatformIs(int platform) { return wxPlatform::Is(platform); }
274
275 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
276 // Window ID management
277 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
278
279 // Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
280 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxRegisterId(long id);
281
282 // Return the current ID
283 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxGetCurrentId();
284
285 // Generate a unique ID
286 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxNewId();
287
288 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
289 // Various conversions
290 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
291
292 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
293 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf);
294
295 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
296 inline int wxHexToDec(const char* buf)
297 {
298 int firstDigit, secondDigit;
299
300 if (buf[0] >= 'A')
301 firstDigit = buf[0] - 'A' + 10;
302 else
303 firstDigit = buf[0] - '0';
304
305 if (buf[1] >= 'A')
306 secondDigit = buf[1] - 'A' + 10;
307 else
308 secondDigit = buf[1] - '0';
309
310 return (firstDigit & 0xF) * 16 + (secondDigit & 0xF );
311 }
312
313
314 // Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
315 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxDecToHex(int dec, wxChar *buf);
316 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxDecToHex(int dec, char* ch1, char* ch2);
317 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
318
319 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
320 // Process management
321 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
322
323 // NB: for backwards compatibility reasons the values of wxEXEC_[A]SYNC *must*
324 // be 0 and 1, don't change!
325
326 enum
327 {
328 // execute the process asynchronously
329 wxEXEC_ASYNC = 0,
330
331 // execute it synchronously, i.e. wait until it finishes
332 wxEXEC_SYNC = 1,
333
334 // under Windows, don't hide the child even if it's IO is redirected (this
335 // is done by default)
336 wxEXEC_NOHIDE = 2,
337
338 // under Unix, if the process is the group leader then passing wxKILL_CHILDREN to wxKill
339 // kills all children as well as pid
340 wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER = 4,
341
342 // by default synchronous execution disables all program windows to avoid
343 // that the user interacts with the program while the child process is
344 // running, you can use this flag to prevent this from happening
345 wxEXEC_NODISABLE = 8,
346
347 // by default, the event loop is run while waiting for synchronous execution
348 // to complete and this flag can be used to simply block the main process
349 // until the child process finishes
350 wxEXEC_NOEVENTS = 16,
351
352 // convenient synonym for flags given system()-like behaviour
353 wxEXEC_BLOCK = wxEXEC_SYNC | wxEXEC_NOEVENTS
354 };
355
356 // Map storing environment variables.
357 typedef wxStringToStringHashMap wxEnvVariableHashMap;
358
359 // Used to pass additional parameters for child process to wxExecute(). Could
360 // be extended with other fields later.
361 struct wxExecuteEnv
362 {
363 wxString cwd; // If empty, CWD is not changed.
364 wxEnvVariableHashMap env; // If empty, environment is unchanged.
365 };
366
367 // Execute another program.
368 //
369 // If flags contain wxEXEC_SYNC, return -1 on failure and the exit code of the
370 // process if everything was ok. Otherwise (i.e. if wxEXEC_ASYNC), return 0 on
371 // failure and the PID of the launched process if ok.
372 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
373 int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
374 wxProcess *process = NULL,
375 const wxExecuteEnv *env = NULL);
376 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(char **argv,
377 int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
378 wxProcess *process = NULL,
379 const wxExecuteEnv *env = NULL);
380 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
381 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(wchar_t **argv,
382 int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
383 wxProcess *process = NULL,
384 const wxExecuteEnv *env = NULL);
385 #endif // wxUSE_UNICODE
386
387 // execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line, this is
388 // always synchronous
389 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
390 wxArrayString& output,
391 int flags = 0,
392 const wxExecuteEnv *env = NULL);
393
394 // also capture stderr (also synchronous)
395 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
396 wxArrayString& output,
397 wxArrayString& error,
398 int flags = 0,
399 const wxExecuteEnv *env = NULL);
400
401 #if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxUSE_IPC
402 // ask a DDE server to execute the DDE request with given parameters
403 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxExecuteDDE(const wxString& ddeServer,
404 const wxString& ddeTopic,
405 const wxString& ddeCommand);
406 #endif // __WXMSW__ && wxUSE_IPC
407
408 enum wxSignal
409 {
410 wxSIGNONE = 0, // verify if the process exists under Unix
411 wxSIGHUP,
412 wxSIGINT,
413 wxSIGQUIT,
414 wxSIGILL,
415 wxSIGTRAP,
416 wxSIGABRT,
417 wxSIGIOT = wxSIGABRT, // another name
418 wxSIGEMT,
419 wxSIGFPE,
420 wxSIGKILL,
421 wxSIGBUS,
422 wxSIGSEGV,
423 wxSIGSYS,
424 wxSIGPIPE,
425 wxSIGALRM,
426 wxSIGTERM
427
428 // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
429 };
430
431 enum wxKillError
432 {
433 wxKILL_OK, // no error
434 wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL, // no such signal
435 wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED, // permission denied
436 wxKILL_NO_PROCESS, // no such process
437 wxKILL_ERROR // another, unspecified error
438 };
439
440 enum wxKillFlags
441 {
442 wxKILL_NOCHILDREN = 0, // don't kill children
443 wxKILL_CHILDREN = 1 // kill children
444 };
445
446 enum wxShutdownFlags
447 {
448 wxSHUTDOWN_FORCE = 1,// can be combined with other flags (MSW-only)
449 wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF = 2,// power off the computer
450 wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT = 4,// shutdown and reboot
451 wxSHUTDOWN_LOGOFF = 8 // close session (currently MSW-only)
452 };
453
454 // Shutdown or reboot the PC
455 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShutdown(int flags = wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF);
456
457 // send the given signal to the process (only NONE and KILL are supported under
458 // Windows, all others mean TERM), return 0 if ok and -1 on error
459 //
460 // return detailed error in rc if not NULL
461 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxKill(long pid,
462 wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM,
463 wxKillError *rc = NULL,
464 int flags = wxKILL_NOCHILDREN);
465
466 // Execute a command in an interactive shell window (always synchronously)
467 // If no command then just the shell
468 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);
469
470 // As wxShell(), but must give a (non interactive) command and its output will
471 // be returned in output array
472 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShell(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output);
473
474 // Sleep for nSecs seconds
475 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSleep(int nSecs);
476
477 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
478 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxMilliSleep(unsigned long milliseconds);
479
480 // Sleep for a given amount of microseconds
481 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxMicroSleep(unsigned long microseconds);
482
483 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
484 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds (old, bad name), use wxMilliSleep
485 wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds) );
486 #endif
487
488 // Get the process id of the current process
489 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE unsigned long wxGetProcessId();
490
491 // Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
492 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMemorySize wxGetFreeMemory();
493
494 #if wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
495
496 // should wxApp::OnFatalException() be called?
497 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit = true);
498
499 #endif // wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
500
501 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
502 // Environment variables
503 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
504
505 // returns true if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
506 // for this)
507 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value);
508
509 // set the env var name to the given value, return true on success
510 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxString& value);
511
512 // remove the env var from environment
513 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& var);
514
515 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
516 inline bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const char *value)
517 { return wxSetEnv(var, wxString(value)); }
518 inline bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wchar_t *value)
519 { return wxSetEnv(var, wxString(value)); }
520 template<typename T>
521 inline bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxScopedCharTypeBuffer<T>& value)
522 { return wxSetEnv(var, wxString(value)); }
523 inline bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxCStrData& value)
524 { return wxSetEnv(var, wxString(value)); }
525
526 // this one is for passing NULL directly - don't use it, use wxUnsetEnv instead
527 wxDEPRECATED( inline bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, int value) );
528 inline bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, int value)
529 {
530 wxASSERT_MSG( value == 0, "using non-NULL integer as string?" );
531
532 wxUnusedVar(value); // fix unused parameter warning in release build
533
534 return wxUnsetEnv(var);
535 }
536 #endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
537
538 // Retrieve the complete environment by filling specified map.
539 // Returns true on success or false if an error occurred.
540 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetEnvMap(wxEnvVariableHashMap *map);
541
542 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
543 // Network and username functions.
544 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
545
546 // NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
547
548 // Get eMail address
549 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
550 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetEmailAddress();
551
552 // Get hostname.
553 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
554 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetHostName();
555
556 // Get FQDN
557 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetFullHostName();
558 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
559
560 // Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
561 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetUserId(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
562 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetUserId();
563
564 // Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
565 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetUserName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
566 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetUserName();
567
568 // Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
569 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetHomeDir();
570 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr);
571
572 // Get the user's (by default use the current user name) home dir,
573 // return empty string on error
574 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
575
576
577 #if wxUSE_LONGLONG
578 typedef wxLongLong wxDiskspaceSize_t;
579 #else
580 typedef long wxDiskspaceSize_t;
581 #endif
582
583 // get number of total/free bytes on the disk where path belongs
584 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetDiskSpace(const wxString& path,
585 wxDiskspaceSize_t *pTotal = NULL,
586 wxDiskspaceSize_t *pFree = NULL);
587
588
589
590 extern "C"
591 {
592 typedef int (wxCMPFUNC_CONV *CMPFUNCDATA)(const void* pItem1, const void* pItem2, const void* user_data);
593 }
594
595
596 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxQsort(void *const pbase, size_t total_elems,
597 size_t size, CMPFUNCDATA cmp, const void* user_data);
598
599
600 #if wxUSE_GUI // GUI only things from now on
601
602 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
603 // Launch default browser
604 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
605
606 // flags for wxLaunchDefaultBrowser
607 enum
608 {
609 wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW = 0x01,
610 wxBROWSER_NOBUSYCURSOR = 0x02
611 };
612
613 // Launch url in the user's default internet browser
614 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(const wxString& url, int flags = 0);
615
616 // Launch document in the user's default application
617 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxLaunchDefaultApplication(const wxString& path, int flags = 0);
618
619 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
620 // Menu accelerators related things
621 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
622
623 // flags for wxStripMenuCodes
624 enum
625 {
626 // strip '&' characters
627 wxStrip_Mnemonics = 1,
628
629 // strip everything after '\t'
630 wxStrip_Accel = 2,
631
632 // strip everything (this is the default)
633 wxStrip_All = wxStrip_Mnemonics | wxStrip_Accel
634 };
635
636 // strip mnemonics and/or accelerators from the label
637 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxString
638 wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str, int flags = wxStrip_All);
639
640 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6
641 // obsolete and deprecated version, do not use, use the above overload instead
642 wxDEPRECATED(
643 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxChar* wxStripMenuCodes(const wxChar *in, wxChar *out = NULL)
644 );
645
646 #if wxUSE_ACCEL
647 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxAcceleratorEntry;
648
649 // use wxAcceleratorEntry::Create() or FromString() methods instead
650 wxDEPRECATED(
651 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxAcceleratorEntry *wxGetAccelFromString(const wxString& label)
652 );
653 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
654
655 #endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6
656
657 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
658 // Window search
659 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
660
661 // Returns menu item id or wxNOT_FOUND if none.
662 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString);
663
664 // Find the wxWindow at the given point. wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint
665 // is always present but may be less reliable than a native version.
666 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxWindow* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
667 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
668
669 // NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel() instead
670 //
671 // Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
672 // Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
673 // all windows.
674 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxWindow* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent = NULL);
675
676 // NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByName() instead
677 //
678 // Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
679 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxWindow* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString& name, wxWindow *parent = NULL);
680
681 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
682 // Message/event queue helpers
683 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
684
685 // Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
686 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow *win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
687
688 // Enable or disable input to all top level windows
689 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable = true);
690
691 // Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
692 // in long calculations.
693 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow *wnd);
694
695 // Consume all events until no more left
696 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxFlushEvents();
697
698 // a class which disables all windows (except, may be, the given one) in its
699 // ctor and enables them back in its dtor
700 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxWindowDisabler
701 {
702 public:
703 // this ctor conditionally disables all windows: if the argument is false,
704 // it doesn't do anything
705 wxWindowDisabler(bool disable = true);
706
707 // ctor disables all windows except winToSkip
708 wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow *winToSkip);
709
710 // dtor enables back all windows disabled by the ctor
711 ~wxWindowDisabler();
712
713 private:
714 // disable all windows except the given one (used by both ctors)
715 void DoDisable(wxWindow *winToSkip = NULL);
716
717
718 wxWindowList *m_winDisabled;
719 bool m_disabled;
720
721 wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxWindowDisabler);
722 };
723
724 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
725 // Cursors
726 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
727
728 // Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
729 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxBeginBusyCursor(const wxCursor *cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
730
731 // Restore cursor to normal
732 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxEndBusyCursor();
733
734 // true if we're between the above two calls
735 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxIsBusy();
736
737 // Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
738 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxBusyCursor
739 {
740 public:
741 wxBusyCursor(const wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR)
742 { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor); }
743 ~wxBusyCursor()
744 { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
745
746 // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
747 // in wxGTK. BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
748 // common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
749 // similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
750 // wxCursor.. -- RL.
751 static const wxCursor &GetStoredCursor();
752 static const wxCursor GetBusyCursor();
753 };
754
755 void WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
756
757 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
758 // X11 Display access
759 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
760
761 #if defined(__X__) || defined(__WXGTK__)
762
763 #ifdef __WXGTK__
764 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void *wxGetDisplay();
765 #endif
766
767 #ifdef __X__
768 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE WXDisplay *wxGetDisplay();
769 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString& display_name);
770 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxString wxGetDisplayName();
771 #endif // X or GTK+
772
773 // use this function instead of the functions above in implementation code
774 inline struct _XDisplay *wxGetX11Display()
775 {
776 return (_XDisplay *)wxGetDisplay();
777 }
778
779 #endif // X11 || wxGTK
780
781 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
782
783 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
784 // wxYield(): these functions are obsolete, please use wxApp methods instead!
785 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
786
787 // avoid redeclaring this function here if it had been already declated by
788 // wx/app.h, this results in warnings from g++ with -Wredundant-decls
789 #ifndef wx_YIELD_DECLARED
790 #define wx_YIELD_DECLARED
791
792 // Yield to other apps/messages
793 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxYield();
794
795 #endif // wx_YIELD_DECLARED
796
797 // Like wxYield, but fails silently if the yield is recursive.
798 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxYieldIfNeeded();
799
800 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
801 // Windows resources access
802 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
803
804 // MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
805 #ifdef __WXMSW__
806 // default resource type for wxLoadUserResource()
807 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(const wxChar*) wxUserResourceStr;
808
809 // Return the pointer to the resource data. This pointer is read-only, use
810 // the overload below if you need to modify the data.
811 //
812 // Returns true on success, false on failure. Doesn't log an error message
813 // if the resource is not found (because this could be expected) but does
814 // log one if any other error occurs.
815 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool
816 wxLoadUserResource(const void **outData,
817 size_t *outLen,
818 const wxString& resourceName,
819 const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr,
820 WXHINSTANCE module = 0);
821
822 // This function allocates a new buffer and makes a copy of the resource
823 // data, remember to delete[] the buffer. And avoid using it entirely if
824 // the overload above can be used.
825 //
826 // Returns NULL on failure.
827 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE char*
828 wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName,
829 const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr,
830 int* pLen = NULL,
831 WXHINSTANCE module = 0);
832 #endif // MSW
833
834 #endif
835 // _WX_UTILSH__