1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: Defines the AutoCaptureMechanism class
4 // Author: Utensil Candel (UtensilCandel@@gmail.com)
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
9 #ifndef _AUTOCAPTURE_H_
10 #define _AUTOCAPTURE_H_
15 #include <wx/notebook.h>
18 GlobalAdjustFlags works with AutoCaptureMechanism's constructor, to disbale/enable
19 some auto-adjustment for all controls.
21 They are used to make AutoCaptureMechanism more configurable and provide a fallback
22 to detect the bugs that the adjustments intended to avoid.
26 enum GlobalAdjustFlags
29 This is the default. All adjustments instructed in
30 AutoCaptureMechanism::RegisterControl() will be performed.
35 Disable region adjustment for all controls.
37 AJ_DisableRegionAdjust
= 1 << 0,
40 Enable region adjustment for all controls.
42 AJ_AlwaysRegionAdjust
= 1 << 1,
45 Disable name adjustment for all controls.
47 AJ_DisableNameAdjust
= 1 << 2,
50 For all the "Drop-down Controls", e.g. wxChoice, do not prompt the user about whether
51 to capture their drop-down state, and always capture only its non-drop-down state.
53 AJ_DisableDropdown
= 1 << 3
57 AdjustFlags works with AutoCaptureMechanism::RegisterControl() to specify how to
58 adjust the screenshot of the current control.
60 They are used to avoid bugs, look better or interact with user etc.
62 @see GlobalAdjustFlags
67 This is the default. Perform no adjustment for this control.
72 Perform region adjustment for this control.
74 On some platforms and for some controls, wxWindow::GetScreenRect() will return
75 a smaller or deflected region. In these cases, the screenshots we get are incomplete.
76 It's recommended for everyone to fix the controls' code, yet this flag provides a
77 workaround to get a guaranteed correct region without using wxWindow::GetScreenRect().
79 This workaround("label trick") is inspired by (or say stolen from) Auria's work.
81 AJ_RegionAdjust
= 1 << 0,
84 This flag provides a way to capture the drop-down state of "Drop-down Controls",
87 For all the "Drop-down Controls", prompt the user about whether to capture their
88 drop-down state, if the user chooses YES, he should drop down the control in about
89 3 seconds and wait util it's captured in that state.
94 This flag is used internally by RegisterPageTurn(). Don't use it directly unless you
95 know what you are doing.
100 This flag provides a functionality to union screenshots of different controls into
103 It's especially useful to demonstrate different modes/states of a control,
104 e.g. the single-line/multi-line modes of a wxTextCtrl.
106 For a series of controls to be unioned, you should specify AJ_Union for the first,
107 and AJ_UnionEnd for the last. For the controls between them, you can either specify
119 @class AutoCaptureMechanism
121 AutoCaptureMechanism provides an easy-to-use and adjustable facility to take the screenshots
122 for all controls fully automaticly and correctly. It also provides an advanced feature to
123 union screenshots of different states/modes of a control.
125 @section tag_filename_convention Screenshot File Name Convention
127 All screenshots are generated as PNG files. For a control named wxName, its screenshot file
128 name would be "name.png", e.g. "button.png" for wxButton. This is the protocol with the
129 doxygen document of wxWidgets.
131 By default, screenshots are generated under the subdirectory "screenshots" of current working
132 directory. During updating or adding new screenshots, first make sure screenshots are generated
133 correctly, and then copy them to the following subdirectory of docs/doxygen/images:
135 "wxmsw" for MS Windows, "wxgtk" for Linux and "wxmac" for Mac OS.
137 @section tag_gui_assumption The Assumption of GUI
139 Unfortunately, this class have an assumption about the structure of GUI:
140 It must have the follwoing top-down structure:
142 wxNotebook->wxPanel->wxSizer->wxControl
144 That means, in the wxNotebook associated with this class, controls that needs to be
145 taken screenshots are placed on different panels(for grouping) and layed out by wxSizers.
147 @section tag_tutorial Tutorial
149 In the contruction, you should associate a wxNotebook with this class, in that wxNotebook,
150 controls that needs to be captured are placed on different panels(for grouping).
152 When you register controls, you should do it in order: Register the controls on the first
153 panel(using RegisterControl()), and then register a page turn(using RegisterPageTurn()),
154 so this class can turn a page of the wxNotebook to present the second page. And then
155 you register the controls on the second panel, then a page turn, and so on.
157 When you are done, simply call CaptureAll(), then screenshots of all controls will be
158 automaticly generated.
160 @section tag_autoadjust Make Use of Auto Adjustments
162 First take a look at the document of RegisterControl(), enum AdjustFlags and
165 And then, ScreenshotFrame::OnCaptureAllControls() is a good example of making use of
166 auto adjustment. Taking a look at it will get you started.
168 @section tag_developer_note Notes for Developers
170 @subsection tag_cnc CaptureAll() and Capture()
172 The implementation of Auto Adjustments is in CaptureAll() and Capture(), the code is
173 short, quite readable and well commented, please read the codes before any modification.
175 If you need the class to do something sepcial for you, consider introducing a new flag
176 and implement it in them. For an operation performed on multiple controls, implemente
177 its logic in CaptureAll(), otherwise in the private member Capture().
179 @subsection tag_yield_issue wxYield Issues
181 Not quite a good habit, but this class made a lot of use of wxYield()/wxYieldIfNeeded().
182 They are used to ensure the update of GUI(e.g. the page turn of wxNotebook) is done
183 before any further screenshot-taking, or to do the timing(in Delay()). Without their use,
184 there would be subtle bugs.
186 I've read documents about wxYield() and understand the down side of it before using it.
187 But I didn't find a better approach to do those things, and I used them carefully. So
188 please DO NOT remove any of these wxYield()s unless you're sure that it won't cause problems
189 on all of MS Windows XP/Vista, Linux(Ubuntu/Fedora), Mac OS Tiger/Leopard. And please
190 help me to find a better approach, thank you :)
192 class AutoCaptureMechanism
199 The wxNotebook associated with this class.Please see @ref tag_gui_assumption
200 and @ref tag_tutorial.
203 It's one of or a combination of GlobalAdjustFlags, to disbale/enable some auto-adjustment
207 It's the margin around every control in the sreenshots.
209 AutoCaptureMechanism(wxNotebook
*notebook
,
210 int flag
= AJ_NormalAll
,
212 : m_notebook(notebook
), m_flag(flag
),
213 m_margin(margin
), m_grid(NULL
) {}
215 ~AutoCaptureMechanism(){}
218 Register a control and perform specifid auto adjustments.
221 The pointer to the control to be taken a screenshot.
224 If you find out that the screenshot for this control was generated under an incorrect
225 file name, specify @a name. e.g. for wxButton, "wxButton" or "button" are both OK.
229 If you end up with an a smaller or deflected screenshot, use AJ_RegionAdjust.
231 If you want to caputure the "drop-down" state of a "drop-down" control, use AJ_Dropdown.
233 If you want to present different states of a control in one screenshot, use AJ_Union
236 Please read the document of enum AdjustFlags, and notice that this flag could be enabled/
237 disabled by global flag GlobalAdjustFlags.
239 void RegisterControl(wxWindow
* ctrl
, wxString name
= _T(""), int flag
= AJ_Normal
)
241 m_controlList
.push_back(Control(ctrl
, name
, flag
));
245 Register a control and perform specifid auto adjustments.
247 This is the same as RegisterControl(wxWindow * ctrl, wxString name, int flag),
248 But with it, you won't have to specify the name if you only want to auto-adjust something
249 other than name adjustment.
251 void RegisterControl(wxWindow
* ctrl
, int flag
)
253 RegisterControl(ctrl
, _T(""), flag
);
257 Register a page turn.
259 When you finished registering the controls on a panel, remember to call it to turn the
260 wxNotebook to the next panel.
262 void RegisterPageTurn()
264 m_controlList
.push_back(Control(0, _T(""), AJ_TurnPage
));
268 Capture all registered controls of the associated wxNotebook.
276 Take a screenshot for the given region.
278 @param rect is the given rectangular region.
280 @param delay is only useful for Mac, for fixing a delay bug. It seems that it didn't
281 fix the bug, so it might be removed soon.
283 static wxBitmap
Capture(wxRect rect
, int delay
= 0);
286 Take a screenshot for the given region.
288 @see Capture(wxRect rect, int delay)
290 static wxBitmap
Capture(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
, int delay
= 0);
293 Save the screenshot as the name of @a fileName in the default directory.
295 @a fileName should be without ".png".
297 static void Save(wxBitmap screenshot
, wxString fileName
);
300 Set the default directory where the screenshots will be generated.
302 static void SetDefaultDirectory(wxString dir
) { default_dir
= dir
; }
305 Get the default directory where the screenshots will be generated.
307 static wxString
GetDefaultDirectory() { return default_dir
; }
310 Get the absolute path of the default directory where the screenshots will be generated.
312 static wxString
GetDefaultDirectoryAbsPath()
314 wxFileName output
= wxFileName::DirName(GetDefaultDirectory());
315 output
.MakeAbsolute();
316 return output
.GetFullPath();
322 Internal Data Structures
324 They might go public in future to provide reuse of ControlList.
330 Control(wxWindow
* _ctrl
, wxString _name
, int _flag
)
331 : ctrl(_ctrl
), name(_name
), flag(_flag
) {}
338 typedef std::vector
<Control
> ControlList
;
343 They are only used to clearify the logic of some public functions and it's nonsense
344 to call them elsewhere.
348 Capture and auto adjust the control. Used by CaptureAll().
350 wxBitmap
Capture(Control
& ctrl
);
353 Get the correct rectangular region that the control occupies. Used by
354 Capture(Control & ctrl).
356 If AJ_RegionAdjust is specified, it will use the "label trick" to perform
357 region auto adjustment.
359 The "label trick" is to reattach the control to a wxFlexGridSizer m_grid,
360 surround the control with labels and get the control's region by label's positions.
363 +---------+-----------+---------+
365 +---------+-----------+---------+
366 | label | ctrl | label |
367 +---------+-----------+---------+
369 +---------+-----------+---------+
371 So, there will be a side effect: the control is moved to a new position. So after taking the
372 screenshot, Capture(Control & ctrl) should call PutBack(wxWindow * ctrl) to put it back.
374 If AJ_RegionAdjust isn't specified, it will simply call wxWindow::GetScreenRect().
376 wxRect
GetRect(wxWindow
* ctrl
, int flag
);
379 Put the control back after the label trick used in GetRect(). Used by
380 Capture(Control & ctrl).
382 void PutBack(wxWindow
* ctrl
);
385 Union two screenshots in the vertical direction, and leave a gap between the
386 screenshots. Used by CaptureAll().
388 The gap is 20 pixels by default. Currently it isn't configurable.
390 static wxBitmap
Union(wxBitmap pic1
, wxBitmap pic2
);
392 static void Delay(int seconds
);
397 ControlList m_controlList
;
399 wxNotebook
* m_notebook
;
405 wxFlexGridSizer
* m_grid
;
407 static wxString default_dir
;
410 #endif // _AUTOCAPTURE_H_