docs/latex/wx/icon.tex

   1 \section{\class{wxIcon}}\label{wxicon}
   2
   3 An icon is a small rectangular bitmap usually used for denoting a
   4 minimized application. It differs from a wxBitmap in always
   5 having a mask associated with it for transparent drawing. On some platforms,
   6 icons and bitmaps are implemented identically, since there is no real distinction between
   7 a wxBitmap with a mask and an icon; and there is no specific icon format on
   8 some platforms (X-based applications usually standardize on XPMs for small bitmaps
   9 and icons). However, some platforms (such as Windows) make the distinction, so
  10 a separate class is provided.
  11
  12 \wxheading{Derived from}
  13
  14 \helpref{wxBitmap}{wxbitmap}\\
  15 \helpref{wxGDIObject}{wxgdiobject}\\
  16 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
  17
  18 \wxheading{Include files}
  19
  20 <wx/icon.h>
  21
  22 \wxheading{Predefined objects}
  23
  24 Objects:
  25
  26 {\bf wxNullIcon}
  27
  28 \wxheading{Remarks}
  29
  30 It is usually desirable to associate a pertinent icon with a frame. Icons
  31 can also be used for other purposes, for example with \helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl}
  32 and \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}.
  33
  34 Icons have different formats on different platforms.
  35 Therefore, separate icons will usually be created for the different
  36 environments.  Platform-specific methods for creating a {\bf wxIcon}\rtfsp
  37 structure are catered for, and this is an occasion where conditional
  38 compilation will probably be required.
  39
  40 Note that a new icon must be created for every time the icon is to be
  41 used for a new window. In Windows, the icon will not be
  42 reloaded if it has already been used. An icon allocated to a frame will
  43 be deleted when the frame is deleted.
  44
  45 For more information please see \helpref{Bitmap and icon overview}{wxbitmapoverview}.
  46
  47 \wxheading{See also}
  48
  49 \helpref{Bitmap and icon overview}{wxbitmapoverview}, \helpref{supported bitmap file formats}{supportedbitmapformats},
  50 \helpref{wxDC::DrawIcon}{wxdcdrawicon}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
  51
  52 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
  53
  54 \membersection{wxIcon::wxIcon}\label{wxiconctor}
  55
  56 \func{}{wxIcon}{\void}
  57
  58 Default constructor.
  59
  60 \func{}{wxIcon}{\param{const wxIcon\& }{icon}}
  61
  62 Copy constructor.
  63
  64 \func{}{wxIcon}{\param{void*}{ data}, \param{int}{ type}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}, \param{int}{ depth = -1}}
  65
  66 Creates an icon from the given data, which can be of arbitrary type.
  67
  68 \func{}{wxIcon}{\param{const char}{ bits[]}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}\\
  69   \param{int}{ depth = 1}}
  70
  71 Creates an icon from an array of bits.
  72
  73 \func{}{wxIcon}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}, \param{int}{ depth = -1}}
  74
  75 Creates a new icon.
  76
  77 \func{}{wxIcon}{\param{char**}{ bits}}
  78
  79 \func{}{wxIcon}{\param{const char**}{ bits}}
  80
  81 Creates an icon from XPM data.
  82
  83 \func{}{wxIcon}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxBitmapType}{ type},
  84   \param{int}{ desiredWidth = -1}, \param{int}{ desiredHeight = -1}}
  85
  86 Loads an icon from a file or resource.
  87
  88 \func{}{wxIcon}{\param{const wxIconLocation\& }{loc}}
  89
  90 Loads an icon from the specified \helpref{location}{wxiconlocation}.
  91
  92 \wxheading{Parameters}
  93
  94 \docparam{bits}{Specifies an array of pixel values.}
  95
  96 \docparam{width}{Specifies the width of the icon.}
  97
  98 \docparam{height}{Specifies the height of the icon.}
  99
 100 \docparam{desiredWidth}{Specifies the desired width of the icon. This
 101 parameter only has an effect in Windows (32-bit) where icon resources can contain
 102 several icons of different sizes.}
 103
 104 \docparam{desiredWidth}{Specifies the desired height of the icon. This
 105 parameter only has an effect in Windows (32-bit) where icon resources can contain
 106 several icons of different sizes.}
 107
 108 \docparam{depth}{Specifies the depth of the icon. If this is omitted, the display depth of the
 109 screen is used.}
 110
 111 \docparam{name}{This can refer to a resource name under MS Windows, or a filename under MS Windows and X.
 112 Its meaning is determined by the {\it flags} parameter.}
 113
 114 \docparam{loc}{The object describing the location of the native icon, see
 115 \helpref{wxIconLocation}{wxiconlocation}.}
 116
 117 \docparam{type}{May be one of the following:
 118
 119 \twocolwidtha{5cm}
 120 \begin{twocollist}
 121 \twocolitem{\indexit{wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_ICO}}{Load a Windows icon file.}
 122 \twocolitem{\indexit{wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_ICO\_RESOURCE}}{Load a Windows icon from the resource database.}
 123 \twocolitem{\indexit{wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_GIF}}{Load a GIF bitmap file.}
 124 \twocolitem{\indexit{wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_XBM}}{Load an X bitmap file.}
 125 \twocolitem{\indexit{wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_XPM}}{Load an XPM bitmap file.}
 126 %\twocolitem{\indexit{wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_RESOURCE}}{Load a Windows resource name.}
 127 \end{twocollist}
 128
 129 The validity of these flags depends on the platform and wxWidgets configuration.
 130 If all possible wxWidgets settings are used, the Windows platform supports ICO file, ICO resource,
 131 XPM data, and XPM file. Under wxGTK, the available formats are BMP file, XPM data, XPM file, and PNG file.
 132 Under wxMotif, the available formats are XBM data, XBM file, XPM data, XPM file.}
 133
 134 \wxheading{Remarks}
 135
 136 The first form constructs an icon object with no data; an assignment or another member function such as Create
 137 or LoadFile must be called subsequently.
 138
 139 The second and third forms provide copy constructors. Note that these do not copy the
 140 icon data, but instead a pointer to the data, keeping a reference count. They are therefore
 141 very efficient operations.
 142
 143 The fourth form constructs an icon from data whose type and value depends on
 144 the value of the {\it type} argument.
 145
 146 The fifth form constructs a (usually monochrome) icon from an array of pixel values, under both
 147 X and Windows.
 148
 149 The sixth form constructs a new icon.
 150
 151 The seventh form constructs an icon from pixmap (XPM) data, if wxWidgets has been configured
 152 to incorporate this feature.
 153
 154 To use this constructor, you must first include an XPM file. For
 155 example, assuming that the file {\tt mybitmap.xpm} contains an XPM array
 156 of character pointers called mybitmap:
 157
 158 \begin{verbatim}
 159 #include "mybitmap.xpm"
 160
 161 ...
 162
 163 wxIcon *icon = new wxIcon(mybitmap);
 164 \end{verbatim}
 165
 166 A macro, wxICON, is available which creates an icon using an XPM
 167 on the appropriate platform, or an icon resource on Windows.
 168
 169 \begin{verbatim}
 170 wxIcon icon(wxICON(mondrian));
 171
 172 // Equivalent to:
 173
 174 #if defined(__WXGTK__) || defined(__WXMOTIF__)
 175 wxIcon icon(mondrian_xpm);
 176 #endif
 177
 178 #if defined(__WXMSW__)
 179 wxIcon icon("mondrian");
 180 #endif
 181 \end{verbatim}
 182
 183 The eighth form constructs an icon from a file or resource. {\it name} can refer
 184 to a resource name under MS Windows, or a filename under MS Windows and X.
 185
 186 Under Windows, {\it type} defaults to wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_ICO\_RESOURCE.
 187 Under X, {\it type} defaults to wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_XPM.
 188
 189 \wxheading{See also}
 190
 191
 192 \membersection{wxIcon::CopyFromBitmap}\label{wxiconcopyfrombitmap}
 193
 194 \func{void}{CopyFromBitmap}{\param{const wxBitmap\&}{ bmp}}
 195
 196 Copies {\it bmp} bitmap to this icon. Under MS Windows the bitmap
 197 must have mask colour set.
 198
 199
 200 \helpref{wxIcon::LoadFile}{wxiconloadfile}
 201
 202 \perlnote{Constructors supported by wxPerl are:\par
 203 \begin{itemize}
 204 \item{Wx::Icon->new( width, height, depth = -1 )}
 205 \item{Wx::Icon->new( name, type, desiredWidth = -1, desiredHeight = -1 )}
 206 \item{Wx::Icon->newFromBits( bits, width, height, depth = 1 )}
 207 \item{Wx::Icon->newFromXPM( data )}
 208 \end{itemize}
 209 }
 210
 211 \membersection{wxIcon::\destruct{wxIcon}}\label{wxicondtor}
 212
 213 \func{}{\destruct{wxIcon}}{\void}
 214
 215 Destroys the wxIcon object and possibly the underlying icon data.
 216 Because reference counting is used, the icon may not actually be
 217 destroyed at this point - only when the reference count is zero will the
 218 data be deleted.
 219
 220 If the application omits to delete the icon explicitly, the icon will be
 221 destroyed automatically by wxWidgets when the application exits.
 222
 223 Do not delete an icon that is selected into a memory device context.
 224
 225 \membersection{wxIcon::GetDepth}\label{wxicongetdepth}
 226
 227 \constfunc{int}{GetDepth}{\void}
 228
 229 Gets the colour depth of the icon. A value of 1 indicates a
 230 monochrome icon.
 231
 232 \membersection{wxIcon::GetHeight}\label{wxicongetheight}
 233
 234 \constfunc{int}{GetHeight}{\void}
 235
 236 Gets the height of the icon in pixels.
 237
 238 \membersection{wxIcon::GetWidth}\label{wxicongetwidth}
 239
 240 \constfunc{int}{GetWidth}{\void}
 241
 242 Gets the width of the icon in pixels.
 243
 244 \wxheading{See also}
 245
 246 \helpref{wxIcon::GetHeight}{wxicongetheight}
 247
 248 \membersection{wxIcon::LoadFile}\label{wxiconloadfile}
 249
 250 \func{bool}{LoadFile}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxBitmapType}{ type}}
 251
 252 Loads an icon from a file or resource.
 253
 254 \wxheading{Parameters}
 255
 256 \docparam{name}{Either a filename or a Windows resource name.
 257 The meaning of {\it name} is determined by the {\it type} parameter.}
 258
 259 \docparam{type}{One of the following values:
 260
 261 \twocolwidtha{5cm}
 262 \begin{twocollist}
 263 \twocolitem{{\bf wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_ICO}}{Load a Windows icon file.}
 264 \twocolitem{{\bf wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_ICO\_RESOURCE}}{Load a Windows icon from the resource database.}
 265 \twocolitem{{\bf wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_GIF}}{Load a GIF bitmap file.}
 266 \twocolitem{{\bf wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_XBM}}{Load an X bitmap file.}
 267 \twocolitem{{\bf wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_XPM}}{Load an XPM bitmap file.}
 268 \end{twocollist}
 269
 270 The validity of these flags depends on the platform and wxWidgets configuration.}
 271
 272 \wxheading{Return value}
 273
 274 true if the operation succeeded, false otherwise.
 275
 276 \wxheading{See also}
 277
 278 \helpref{wxIcon::wxIcon}{wxiconctor}
 279
 280 \membersection{wxIcon::IsOk}\label{wxiconisok}
 281
 282 \constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
 283
 284 Returns true if icon data is present.
 285
 286 \begin{comment}
 287 \membersection{wxIcon::SaveFile}\label{wxiconsavefile}
 288
 289 \func{bool}{SaveFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxBitmapType}{ type}, \param{wxPalette* }{palette = NULL}}
 290
 291 Saves an icon in the named file.
 292
 293 \wxheading{Parameters}
 294
 295 \docparam{name}{A filename. The meaning of {\it name} is determined by the {\it type} parameter.}
 296
 297 \docparam{type}{One of the following values:
 298
 299 \twocolwidtha{5cm}
 300 \begin{twocollist}
 301 \twocolitem{{\bf wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_ICO}}{Save a Windows icon file.}
 302 %\twocolitem{{\bf wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_GIF}}{Save a GIF icon file.}
 303 %\twocolitem{{\bf wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_XBM}}{Save an X bitmap file.}
 304 \twocolitem{{\bf wxBITMAP\_TYPE\_XPM}}{Save an XPM bitmap file.}
 305 \end{twocollist}
 306
 307 The validity of these flags depends on the platform and wxWidgets configuration.}
 308
 309 \docparam{palette}{An optional palette used for saving the icon.}
 310
 311 \wxheading{Return value}
 312
 313 true if the operation succeeded, false otherwise.
 314
 315 \wxheading{Remarks}
 316
 317 Depending on how wxWidgets has been configured, not all formats may be available.
 318
 319 \wxheading{See also}
 320
 321 \helpref{wxIcon::LoadFile}{wxiconloadfile}
 322 \end{comment}
 323
 324 \membersection{wxIcon::SetDepth}\label{wxiconsetdepth}
 325
 326 \func{void}{SetDepth}{\param{int }{depth}}
 327
 328 Sets the depth member (does not affect the icon data).
 329
 330 \wxheading{Parameters}
 331
 332 \docparam{depth}{Icon depth.}
 333
 334 \membersection{wxIcon::SetHeight}\label{wxiconsetheight}
 335
 336 \func{void}{SetHeight}{\param{int }{height}}
 337
 338 Sets the height member (does not affect the icon data).
 339
 340 \wxheading{Parameters}
 341
 342 \docparam{height}{Icon height in pixels.}
 343
 344 \membersection{wxIcon::SetWidth}\label{wxiconsetwidth}
 345
 346 \func{void}{SetWidth}{\param{int }{width}}
 347
 348 Sets the width member (does not affect the icon data).
 349
 350 \wxheading{Parameters}
 351
 352 \docparam{width}{Icon width in pixels.}
 353
 354 \membersection{wxIcon::operator $=$}\label{wxiconassign}
 355
 356 \func{wxIcon\& }{operator $=$}{\param{const wxIcon\& }{icon}}
 357
 358 Assignment operator. This operator does not copy any data, but instead
 359 passes a pointer to the data in {\it icon} and increments a reference
 360 counter. It is a fast operation.
 361
 362 \wxheading{Parameters}
 363
 364 \docparam{icon}{Icon to assign.}
 365
 366 \wxheading{Return value}
 367
 368 Returns 'this' object.
 369
 370 \membersection{wxIcon::operator $==$}\label{wxiconequal}
 371
 372 \func{bool}{operator $==$}{\param{const wxIcon\& }{icon}}
 373
 374 Equality operator. This operator tests whether the internal data pointers are
 375 equal (a fast test).
 376
 377 \wxheading{Parameters}
 378
 379 \docparam{icon}{Icon to compare with 'this'}
 380
 381 \wxheading{Return value}
 382
 383 Returns true if the icons were effectively equal, false otherwise.
 384
 385 \membersection{wxIcon::operator $!=$}\label{wxiconnotequal}
 386
 387 \func{bool}{operator $!=$}{\param{const wxIcon\& }{icon}}
 388
 389 Inequality operator. This operator tests whether the internal data pointers are
 390 unequal (a fast test).
 391
 392 \wxheading{Parameters}
 393
 394 \docparam{icon}{Icon to compare with 'this'}
 395
 396 \wxheading{Return value}
 397
 398 Returns true if the icons were unequal, false otherwise.
 399
 400