1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: wxWidgets validator sample
4 // Author: Julian Smart
8 // Copyright: (c) Julian Smart
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12 // See online help for an overview of validators. In general, a
13 // validator transfers data between a control and a variable.
14 // It may also test for validity of a string transferred to or
15 // from a text control. All validators transfer data, but not
16 // all test validity, so don't be confused by the name.
18 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
19 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
23 #endif // __BORLANDC__
32 #include "wx/valgen.h"
33 #include "wx/valtext.h"
35 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
37 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
41 wxString g_listbox_choices
[] =
42 {wxT("one"), wxT("two"), wxT("three")};
44 wxString g_combobox_choices
[] =
45 {wxT("yes"), wxT("no"), wxT("maybe")};
47 wxString g_radiobox_choices
[] =
48 {wxT("green"), wxT("yellow"), wxT("red")};
50 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
52 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56 // This string will be passed to an alpha-only validator, which
57 // will complain because spaces aren't alpha. Note that validation
58 // is performed only when 'OK' is pressed. It would be nice to
59 // enhance this so that validation would occur when the text
60 // control loses focus.
61 m_string
= wxT("Spaces are invalid here");
62 m_listbox_choices
.Add(0);
65 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
67 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
73 // Create and display the main frame window.
74 MyFrame
*frame
= new MyFrame((wxFrame
*) NULL
, wxT("Validator Test"),
81 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
83 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
85 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame
, wxFrame
)
86 EVT_MENU(wxID_EXIT
, MyFrame::OnQuit
)
87 EVT_MENU(VALIDATE_TEST_DIALOG
, MyFrame::OnTestDialog
)
88 EVT_MENU(VALIDATE_TOGGLE_BELL
, MyFrame::OnToggleBell
)
91 MyFrame::MyFrame(wxFrame
*frame
, const wxString
&title
, int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
)
92 : wxFrame(frame
, -1, title
, wxPoint(x
, y
), wxSize(w
, h
)),
96 SetIcon(wxIcon(_T("mondrian")));
99 // Create a listbox to display the validated data.
100 m_listbox
= new wxListBox(this, -1);
101 m_listbox
->Append(wxString(_T("Try 'File|Test' to see how validators work.")));
103 wxMenu
*file_menu
= new wxMenu
;
105 file_menu
->Append(VALIDATE_TEST_DIALOG
, wxT("&Test"), wxT("Demonstrate validators"));
106 file_menu
->AppendCheckItem(VALIDATE_TOGGLE_BELL
, wxT("&Bell on error"), wxT("Toggle bell on error"));
107 file_menu
->AppendSeparator();
108 file_menu
->Append(wxID_EXIT
, wxT("E&xit"));
110 wxMenuBar
*menu_bar
= new wxMenuBar
;
111 menu_bar
->Append(file_menu
, wxT("File"));
112 SetMenuBar(menu_bar
);
114 // All validators share a common (static) flag that controls
115 // whether they beep on error. Here we turn it off:
116 wxValidator::SetBellOnError(m_silent
);
117 file_menu
->Check(VALIDATE_TOGGLE_BELL
, !wxValidator::IsSilent());
121 #endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
124 void MyFrame::OnQuit(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
))
129 void MyFrame::OnTestDialog(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
))
131 // The validators defined in the dialog implementation bind controls
132 // and variables together. Values are transferred between them behind
133 // the scenes, so here we don't have to query the controls for their
135 MyDialog
dialog(this, wxT("Validator demonstration"));
137 // When the dialog is displayed, validators automatically transfer
138 // data from variables to their corresponding controls.
139 if ( dialog
.ShowModal() == wxID_OK
)
141 // 'OK' was pressed, so controls that have validators are
142 // automatically transferred to the variables we specified
143 // when we created the validators.
145 m_listbox
->Append(wxString(_T("string: ")) + g_data
.m_string
);
146 for(unsigned int i
= 0; i
< g_data
.m_listbox_choices
.GetCount(); ++i
)
148 int j
= g_data
.m_listbox_choices
[i
];
149 m_listbox
->Append(wxString(_T("listbox choice(s): ")) + g_listbox_choices
[j
]);
152 wxString
checkbox_state(g_data
.m_checkbox_state
? _T("checked") : _T("unchecked"));
153 m_listbox
->Append(wxString(_T("checkbox: ")) + checkbox_state
);
154 m_listbox
->Append(wxString(_T("combobox: ")) + g_data
.m_combobox_choice
);
155 m_listbox
->Append(wxString(_T("radiobox: ")) + g_radiobox_choices
[g_data
.m_radiobox_choice
]);
159 void MyFrame::OnToggleBell(wxCommandEvent
& event
)
161 m_silent
= !m_silent
;
162 wxValidator::SetBellOnError(m_silent
);
166 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
168 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
170 MyDialog::MyDialog( wxWindow
*parent
, const wxString
& title
,
171 const wxPoint
& pos
, const wxSize
& size
, const long WXUNUSED(style
) ) :
172 wxDialog(parent
, VALIDATE_DIALOG_ID
, title
, pos
, size
, wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE
|wxRESIZE_BORDER
)
174 // Sizers automatically ensure a workable layout.
175 wxBoxSizer
*mainsizer
= new wxBoxSizer( wxVERTICAL
);
176 wxFlexGridSizer
*flexgridsizer
= new wxFlexGridSizer(2, 2, 5, 5);
178 // Create and add controls to sizers. Note that a member variable
179 // of g_data is bound to each control upon construction. There is
180 // currently no easy way to substitute a different validator or a
181 // different transfer variable after a control has been constructed.
183 // Pointers to some of these controls are saved in member variables
184 // so that we can use them elsewhere, like this one.
185 text
= new wxTextCtrl(this, VALIDATE_TEXT
, wxT(""),
186 wxPoint(10, 10), wxSize(120, -1), 0,
187 wxTextValidator(wxFILTER_ALPHA
, &g_data
.m_string
));
188 flexgridsizer
->Add(text
);
190 // This wxCheckBox* doesn't need to be assigned to any pointer
191 // because we don't use it elsewhere--it can be anonymous.
192 // We don't need any such pointer to query its state, which
193 // can be gotten directly from g_data.
194 flexgridsizer
->Add(new wxCheckBox(this, VALIDATE_CHECK
, wxT("Sample checkbox"),
195 wxPoint(130, 10), wxSize(120, -1), 0,
196 wxGenericValidator(&g_data
.m_checkbox_state
)));
198 flexgridsizer
->Add(new wxListBox((wxWindow
*)this, VALIDATE_LIST
,
199 wxPoint(10, 30), wxSize(120, -1),
200 3, g_listbox_choices
, wxLB_MULTIPLE
,
201 wxGenericValidator(&g_data
.m_listbox_choices
)));
203 combobox
= new wxComboBox((wxWindow
*)this, VALIDATE_COMBO
, wxT(""),
204 wxPoint(130, 30), wxSize(120, -1),
205 3, g_combobox_choices
, 0L,
206 wxGenericValidator(&g_data
.m_combobox_choice
));
207 flexgridsizer
->Add(combobox
);
209 mainsizer
->Add(flexgridsizer
, 1, wxGROW
| wxALL
, 10);
211 mainsizer
->Add(new wxRadioBox((wxWindow
*)this, VALIDATE_RADIO
, wxT("Pick a color"),
212 wxPoint(10, 100), wxSize(-1, -1),
213 3, g_radiobox_choices
, 1, wxRA_SPECIFY_ROWS
,
214 wxGenericValidator(&g_data
.m_radiobox_choice
)),
215 0, wxGROW
| wxALL
, 10);
217 wxGridSizer
*gridsizer
= new wxGridSizer(2, 2, 5, 5);
219 wxButton
*ok_button
= new wxButton(this, wxID_OK
, wxT("OK"), wxPoint(250, 70), wxSize(80, 30));
220 ok_button
->SetDefault();
221 gridsizer
->Add(ok_button
);
222 gridsizer
->Add(new wxButton(this, wxID_CANCEL
, wxT("Cancel"), wxPoint(250, 100), wxSize(80, 30)));
224 mainsizer
->Add(gridsizer
, 0, wxGROW
| wxALL
, 10);
227 mainsizer
->SetSizeHints(this);
230 bool MyDialog::TransferDataToWindow()
232 bool r
= wxDialog::TransferDataToWindow();
233 // These function calls have to be made here, after the
234 // dialog has been created.
236 combobox
->SetSelection(0);