1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: Miscellaneous utilities
4 // Author: Julian Smart
8 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Julian Smart
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
15 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
17 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20 #pragma interface "utils.h"
24 #include "wx/object.h"
26 #include "wx/filefn.h"
35 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
36 // Forward declaration
37 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
39 class WXDLLEXPORT wxProcess
;
40 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFrame
;
41 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
;
42 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowList
;
43 class WXDLLEXPORT wxPoint
;
45 // FIXME should use wxStricmp() instead
46 #if defined(__GNUWIN32__)
47 #define stricmp strcasecmp
48 #define strnicmp strncasecmp
51 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
55 #define wxMax(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
56 #define wxMin(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
58 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
59 // String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
60 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
62 // Useful buffer (FIXME VZ: To be removed!!!)
63 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxChar
*) wxBuffer
;
65 // Make a copy of this string using 'new'
66 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* copystring(const wxChar
*s
);
68 // Matches string one within string two regardless of case
69 WXDLLEXPORT
bool StringMatch(wxChar
*one
, wxChar
*two
, bool subString
= TRUE
, bool exact
= FALSE
);
71 // A shorter way of using strcmp
72 #define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (wxStrcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
74 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
75 // Miscellaneous functions
76 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
79 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxBell();
81 // Get OS description as a user-readable string
82 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetOsDescription();
85 WXDLLEXPORT
int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn
= (int *) NULL
,
86 int *minorVsn
= (int *) NULL
);
88 // Return a string with the current date/time
89 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxNow();
92 // Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
93 // KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
95 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag
);
97 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
98 // Window ID management
99 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
101 // Generate a unique ID
102 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxNewId();
103 #if !defined(NewId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
104 #define NewId wxNewId
107 // Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
108 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxRegisterId(long id
);
109 #if !defined(RegisterId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
110 #define RegisterId wxRegisterId
113 // Return the current ID
114 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxGetCurrentId();
118 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
119 // Various conversions
120 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
122 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar
*) wxFloatToStringStr
;
123 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar
*) wxDoubleToStringStr
;
125 WXDLLEXPORT
void StringToFloat(wxChar
*s
, float *number
);
126 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* FloatToString(float number
, const wxChar
*fmt
= wxFloatToStringStr
);
127 WXDLLEXPORT
void StringToDouble(wxChar
*s
, double *number
);
128 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* DoubleToString(double number
, const wxChar
*fmt
= wxDoubleToStringStr
);
129 WXDLLEXPORT
void StringToInt(wxChar
*s
, int *number
);
130 WXDLLEXPORT
void StringToLong(wxChar
*s
, long *number
);
131 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* IntToString(int number
);
132 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* LongToString(long number
);
134 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
135 WXDLLEXPORT
int wxHexToDec(const wxString
& buf
);
137 // Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
138 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxDecToHex(int dec
, wxChar
*buf
);
139 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxDecToHex(int dec
);
141 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
142 // Process management
143 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
145 // Execute another program. Returns 0 if there was an error, a PID otherwise.
146 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxExecute(wxChar
**argv
, bool sync
= FALSE
,
147 wxProcess
*process
= (wxProcess
*) NULL
);
148 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxExecute(const wxString
& command
, bool sync
= FALSE
,
149 wxProcess
*process
= (wxProcess
*) NULL
);
151 // execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line
152 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxExecute(const wxString
& command
,
153 wxArrayString
& output
);
155 // also capture stderr
156 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxExecute(const wxString
& command
,
157 wxArrayString
& output
,
158 wxArrayString
& error
);
162 wxSIGNONE
= 0, // verify if the process exists under Unix
169 wxSIGIOT
= wxSIGABRT
, // another name
180 // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
183 // the argument is ignored under Windows - the process is always killed
184 WXDLLEXPORT
int wxKill(long pid
, wxSignal sig
= wxSIGTERM
);
186 // Execute a command in an interactive shell window (always synchronously)
187 // If no command then just the shell
188 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxShell(const wxString
& command
= wxEmptyString
);
190 // As wxShell(), but must give a (non interactive) command and its output will
191 // be returned in output array
192 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxShell(const wxString
& command
, wxArrayString
& output
);
194 // Sleep for nSecs seconds
195 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxSleep(int nSecs
);
197 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
198 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds
);
200 // Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
201 WXDLLEXPORT
long wxGetFreeMemory();
203 // should wxApp::OnFatalException() be called?
204 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit
= TRUE
);
206 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
207 // Environment variables
208 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
210 // returns TRUE if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
212 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetEnv(const wxString
& var
, wxString
*value
);
214 // set the env var name to the given value, return TRUE on success
215 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxSetEnv(const wxString
& var
, const wxChar
*value
);
217 // remove the env var from environment
218 inline bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString
& var
) { return wxSetEnv(var
, NULL
); }
220 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
221 // Network and username functions.
222 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
224 // NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
227 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
228 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetEmailAddress();
231 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetHostName(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
232 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetHostName();
235 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetFullHostName();
236 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
238 // Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
239 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetUserId(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
240 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetUserId();
242 // Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
243 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetUserName(wxChar
*buf
, int maxSize
);
244 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetUserName();
246 // Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
247 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxGetHomeDir();
248 WXDLLEXPORT
const wxChar
* wxGetHomeDir(wxString
*pstr
);
250 // Get the user's home dir (caller must copy --- volatile)
251 // returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
252 #if defined(__UNIX__) && wxUSE_UNICODE
253 WXDLLEXPORT
const wxMB2WXbuf
wxGetUserHome(const wxString
& user
= wxEmptyString
);
255 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* wxGetUserHome(const wxString
& user
= wxEmptyString
);
259 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxMacFindFolder(short vRefNum
,
261 Boolean createFolder
);
264 #if wxUSE_GUI // GUI only things from now on
266 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
267 // Menu accelerators related things
268 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
270 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* wxStripMenuCodes(wxChar
*in
, wxChar
*out
= (wxChar
*) NULL
);
271 WXDLLEXPORT wxString
wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString
& str
);
274 class WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry
;
275 WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry
*wxGetAccelFromString(const wxString
& label
);
276 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
278 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
280 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
282 // Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
283 // Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
285 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& title
, wxWindow
*parent
= (wxWindow
*) NULL
);
287 // Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
288 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
, wxWindow
*parent
= (wxWindow
*) NULL
);
290 // Returns menu item id or -1 if none.
291 WXDLLEXPORT
int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame
*frame
, const wxString
& menuString
, const wxString
& itemString
);
293 // Find the wxWindow at the given point. wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint
294 // is always present but may be less reliable than a native version.
295 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint
& pt
);
296 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint
& pt
);
298 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
299 // Message/event queue helpers
300 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
302 // Yield to other apps/messages
303 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxYield();
305 // Like wxYield, but fails silently if the yield is recursive.
306 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxYieldIfNeeded();
308 // Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
309 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow
*win
= NULL
);
311 // Enable or disable input to all top level windows
312 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable
= TRUE
);
314 // Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
315 // in long calculations.
316 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow
*wnd
);
318 // Consume all events until no more left
319 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxFlushEvents();
321 // a class which disables all windows (except, may be, thegiven one) in its
322 // ctor and enables them back in its dtor
323 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDisabler
326 wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow
*winToSkip
= (wxWindow
*)NULL
);
330 wxWindowList
*m_winDisabled
;
333 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
335 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
337 // Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
338 class WXDLLEXPORT wxCursor
;
339 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCursor
*) wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR
;
340 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor
*cursor
= wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR
);
342 // Restore cursor to normal
343 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxEndBusyCursor();
345 // TRUE if we're between the above two calls
346 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxIsBusy();
348 // Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
349 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
352 wxBusyCursor(wxCursor
* cursor
= wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR
)
353 { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor
); }
355 { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
357 // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
358 // in wxGTK. BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
359 // common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
360 // similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
362 static const wxCursor
&GetStoredCursor();
363 static const wxCursor
GetBusyCursor();
367 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
368 // Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
369 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
372 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxWriteResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, const wxString
& value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
373 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxWriteResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, float value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
374 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxWriteResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, long value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
375 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxWriteResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, int value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
377 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, wxChar
**value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
378 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, float *value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
379 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, long *value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
380 WXDLLEXPORT
bool wxGetResource(const wxString
& section
, const wxString
& entry
, int *value
, const wxString
& file
= wxEmptyString
);
381 #endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
383 void WXDLLEXPORT
wxGetMousePosition( int* x
, int* y
);
385 // MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
386 // Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
388 WXDLLEXPORT
extern const wxChar
* wxUserResourceStr
;
389 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar
* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString
& resourceName
, const wxString
& resourceType
= wxUserResourceStr
);
391 // Implemented in utils.cpp: VC++, Win95 only. Sets up a console for standard
393 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxRedirectIOToConsole();
397 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
398 // Display and colorss (X only)
399 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
402 void *wxGetDisplay();
406 WXDisplay
*wxGetDisplay();
407 bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString
& display_name
);
408 wxString
wxGetDisplayName();
413 #ifdef __VMS__ // Xlib.h for VMS is not (yet) compatible with C++
414 // The resulting warnings are switched off here
415 #pragma message disable nosimpint
417 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
419 #pragma message enable nosimpint
422 #define wxMAX_RGB 0xff
423 #define wxMAX_SV 1000
424 #define wxSIGN(x) ((x < 0) ? -x : x)
429 typedef struct wx_hsv
{
433 #define wxMax3(x,y,z) ((x > y) ? ((x > z) ? x : z) : ((y > z) ? y : z))
434 #define wxMin3(x,y,z) ((x < y) ? ((x < z) ? x : z) : ((y < z) ? y : z))
436 void wxHSVToXColor(wxHSV
*hsv
,XColor
*xcolor
);
437 void wxXColorToHSV(wxHSV
*hsv
,XColor
*xcolor
);
438 void wxAllocNearestColor(Display
*display
,Colormap colormap
,XColor
*xcolor
);
439 void wxAllocColor(Display
*display
,Colormap colormap
,XColor
*xcolor
);
445 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
446 // Error message functions used by wxWindows (deprecated, use wxLog)
447 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
449 // Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
451 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxDebugMsg(const wxChar
*fmt
...);
453 // Non-fatal error (continues)
454 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar
*) wxInternalErrorStr
;
455 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxError(const wxString
& msg
, const wxString
& title
= wxInternalErrorStr
);
457 // Fatal error (exits)
458 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar
*) wxFatalErrorStr
;
459 WXDLLEXPORT
void wxFatalError(const wxString
& msg
, const wxString
& title
= wxFatalErrorStr
);