interface/wx/busyinfo.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        busyinfo.h
   3 // Purpose:     interface of wxBusyInfo
   4 // Author:      wxWidgets team
   5 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   6 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
   7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   8
   9 /**
  10     @class wxBusyInfo
  11
  12     This class makes it easy to tell your user that the program is temporarily busy.
  13     Just create a wxBusyInfo object on the stack, and within the current scope,
  14     a message window will be shown.
  15
  16     For example:
  17
  18     @code
  19         wxBusyInfo wait("Please wait, working...");
  20
  21         for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
  22         {
  23             DoACalculation();
  24         }
  25     @endcode
  26
  27     It works by creating a window in the constructor, and deleting it
  28     in the destructor.
  29
  30     You may also want to call wxTheApp->Yield() to refresh the window
  31     periodically (in case it had been obscured by other windows, for
  32     example) like this:
  33
  34     @code
  35         wxWindowDisabler disableAll;
  36         wxBusyInfo wait("Please wait, working...");
  37
  38         for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
  39         {
  40             DoACalculation();
  41
  42             if ( !(i % 1000) )
  43                 wxTheApp->Yield();
  44         }
  45     @endcode
  46
  47     but take care to not cause undesirable reentrancies when doing it (see
  48     wxApp::Yield for more details). The simplest way to do it is to use
  49     wxWindowDisabler class as illustrated in the above example.
  50
  51     Note that a wxBusyInfo is always built with the @c wxSTAY_ON_TOP window style
  52     (see wxFrame window styles for more info).
  53
  54     @library{wxcore}
  55     @category{cmndlg}
  56 */
  57 class wxBusyInfo
  58 {
  59 public:
  60     /**
  61         Constructs a busy info window as child of @a parent and displays @e msg in it.
  62
  63         @note If @a parent is not @NULL you must ensure that it is not
  64               closed while the busy info is shown.
  65     */
  66     wxBusyInfo(const wxString& msg, wxWindow* parent = NULL);
  67
  68     /**
  69         Hides and closes the window containing the information text.
  70     */
  71     virtual ~wxBusyInfo();
  72 };
  73