1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: Help system base classes
4 // Author: Julian Smart
7 // Copyright: (c) Julian Smart
8 // Licence: wxWindows licence
9 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 #ifndef _WX_HELPBASEH__
12 #define _WX_HELPBASEH__
18 #include "wx/object.h"
19 #include "wx/string.h"
20 #include "wx/gdicmn.h"
23 // Flags for SetViewer
24 #define wxHELP_NETSCAPE 1
33 // Defines the API for help controllers
34 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxHelpControllerBase
: public wxObject
37 inline wxHelpControllerBase(wxWindow
* parentWindow
= NULL
) { m_parentWindow
= parentWindow
; }
38 inline ~wxHelpControllerBase() {}
40 // Must call this to set the filename and server name.
41 // server is only required when implementing TCP/IP-based
43 virtual bool Initialize(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(file
), int WXUNUSED(server
) ) { return false; }
44 virtual bool Initialize(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(file
)) { return false; }
46 // Set viewer: only relevant to some kinds of controller
47 virtual void SetViewer(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(viewer
), long WXUNUSED(flags
) = 0) {}
49 // If file is "", reloads file given in Initialize
50 virtual bool LoadFile(const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
) = 0;
52 // Displays the contents
53 virtual bool DisplayContents(void) = 0;
55 // Display the given section
56 virtual bool DisplaySection(int sectionNo
) = 0;
58 // Display the section using a context id
59 virtual bool DisplayContextPopup(int WXUNUSED(contextId
)) { return false; }
61 // Display the text in a popup, if possible
62 virtual bool DisplayTextPopup(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(text
), const wxPoint
& WXUNUSED(pos
)) { return false; }
64 // By default, uses KeywordSection to display a topic. Implementations
65 // may override this for more specific behaviour.
66 virtual bool DisplaySection(const wxString
& section
) { return KeywordSearch(section
); }
67 virtual bool DisplayBlock(long blockNo
) = 0;
68 virtual bool KeywordSearch(const wxString
& k
,
69 wxHelpSearchMode mode
= wxHELP_SEARCH_ALL
) = 0;
70 /// Allows one to override the default settings for the help frame.
71 virtual void SetFrameParameters(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(title
),
72 const wxSize
& WXUNUSED(size
),
73 const wxPoint
& WXUNUSED(pos
) = wxDefaultPosition
,
74 bool WXUNUSED(newFrameEachTime
) = false)
76 // does nothing by default
78 /// Obtains the latest settings used by the help frame and the help
80 virtual wxFrame
*GetFrameParameters(wxSize
*WXUNUSED(size
) = NULL
,
81 wxPoint
*WXUNUSED(pos
) = NULL
,
82 bool *WXUNUSED(newFrameEachTime
) = NULL
)
84 return NULL
; // does nothing by default
87 virtual bool Quit() = 0;
88 virtual void OnQuit() {}
90 /// Set the window that can optionally be used for the help window's parent.
91 virtual void SetParentWindow(wxWindow
* win
) { m_parentWindow
= win
; }
93 /// Get the window that can optionally be used for the help window's parent.
94 virtual wxWindow
* GetParentWindow() const { return m_parentWindow
; }
97 wxWindow
* m_parentWindow
;
99 DECLARE_CLASS(wxHelpControllerBase
)