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2 %% Name: tsamples.tex
3 %% Purpose: Samples description
4 %% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
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6 %% Created: 02.11.99
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11 % NB: please keep the subsections in alphabetic order!
12
13 \section{wxWidgets samples}\label{samples}
14
15 Probably the best way to learn wxWidgets is by reading the source of some 50+
16 samples provided with it. Many aspects of wxWidgets programming can be learnt
17 from them, but sometimes it is not simple to just choose the right sample to
18 look at. This overview aims at describing what each sample does/demonstrates to
19 make it easier to find the relevant one if a simple grep through all sources
20 didn't help. They also provide some notes about using the samples and what
21 features of wxWidgets are they supposed to test.
22
23 There are currently more than 50 different samples as part of wxWidgets and
24 this list is not complete. You should start your tour of wxWidgets with the
25 \helpref{minimal sample}{sampleminimal} which is the wxWidgets version of
26 "Hello, world!". It shows the basic structure of wxWidgets program and is the
27 most commented sample of all - looking at its source code is recommended.
28
29 The next most useful samples are probably \helpref{widgets}{samplewidgets}
30 and \helpref{controls}{samplecontrols} which show many of wxWidgets native and
31 generic controls, such as buttons, listboxes, checkboxes, comboboxes etc.
32
33 Other, more complicated controls, have their own samples. In this category you
34 may find the following samples showing the corresponding controls:
35
36 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
37 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{samplecalendar}}{Calendar a.k.a. date picker control}
38 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListCtrl}{samplelistctrl}}{List view control}
39 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{sampletreectrl}}{Tree view control}
40 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGrid}{samplegrid}}{Grid control}
41 \end{twocollist}
42
43 Finally, it might be helpful to do a search in the entire sample directory if
44 you can't find the sample showing the control you are interested in by
45 name. Most classes contained in wxWidgets occur in at least one of the samples.
46
47
48 \subsection{Minimal sample}\label{sampleminimal}
49
50 The minimal sample is what most people will know under the term Hello World,
51 i.e. a minimal program that doesn't demonstrate anything apart from what is
52 needed to write a program that will display a "hello" dialog. This is usually
53 a good starting point for learning how to use wxWidgets.
54
55
56 \subsection{Animate sample}\label{sampleanimate}
57
58 The {\tt animate} sample shows how you can use \helpref{wxAnimationCtrl}{wxanimationctrl}
59 control and shows concept of a platform-dependent animation encapsulated
60 in \helpref{wxAnimation}{wxanimation}.
61
62
63 \subsection{Art provider sample}\label{sampleartprovider}
64
65 The {\tt artprov} sample shows how you can customize the look of standard
66 wxWidgets dialogs by replacing default bitmaps/icons with your own versions.
67 It also shows how you can use wxArtProvider to
68 get stock bitmaps for use in your application.
69
70
71 \subsection{Calendar sample}\label{samplecalendar}
72
73 This font shows the \helpref{calendar control}{wxcalendarctrl} in action. It
74 shows how to configure the control (see the different options in the calendar
75 menu) and also how to process the notifications from it.
76
77
78 \subsection{Config sample}\label{sampleconfig}
79
80 This sample demonstrates the \helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase} classes in a platform
81 independent way, i.e. it uses text based files to store a given configuration under
82 Unix and uses the Registry under Windows.
83
84 See \helpref{wxConfig overview}{wxconfigoverview} for the descriptions of all
85 features of this class.
86
87
88 \subsection{Controls sample}\label{samplecontrols}
89
90 The controls sample is the main test program for most simple controls used in
91 wxWidgets. The sample tests their basic functionality, events, placement,
92 modification in terms of colour and font as well as the possibility to change
93 the controls programmatically, such as adding an item to a list box etc. Apart
94 from that, the sample uses a \helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook} and tests most
95 features of this special control (using bitmap in the tabs, using
96 \helpref{wxSizers}{wxsizer} and \helpref{constraints}{wxlayoutconstraints} within
97 notebook pages, advancing pages programmatically and vetoing a page change
98 by intercepting the \helpref{wxNotebookEvent}{wxnotebookevent}.
99
100 The various controls tested are listed here:
101
102 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
103 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}}{Push button control, displaying text}
104 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapButton}{wxbitmapbutton}}{Push button control, displaying a bitmap}
105 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckBox}{wxcheckbox}}{Checkbox control}
106 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxChoice}{wxchoice}}{Choice control (a combobox without the editable area)}
107 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxComboBox}{wxcombobox}}{A choice with an editable area}
108 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGauge}{wxgauge}}{A control to represent a varying quantity, such as time remaining}
109 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBox}{wxstaticbox}}{A static, or group box for visually grouping related controls}
110 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox}}{A list of strings for single or multiple selection}
111 \twocolitem{wxSpinCtrl}{A spin ctrl with a text field and a `up-down' control}
112 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}}{A spin or `up-down' control}
113 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext}}{One or more lines of non-editable text}
114 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBitmap}{wxstaticbitmap}}{A control to display a bitmap}
115 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioBox}{wxradiobox}}{A group of radio buttons}
116 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioButton}{wxradiobutton}}{A round button to be used with others in a mutually exclusive way}
117 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSlider}{wxslider}}{A slider that can be dragged by the user}
118 \end{twocollist}
119
120
121 \subsection{DebugRpt sample}\label{sampledebugrpt}
122
123 This sample shows how to use \helpref{wxDebugReport}{wxdebugreport} class to
124 generate a debug report in case of a program crash or otherwise. On start up,
125 it proposes to either crash itself (by dereferencing a NULL pointer) or
126 generate debug report without doing it. Next it initializes the debug report
127 with standard information adding a custom file to it (just a timestamp) and
128 allows to view the information gathered using
129 \helpref{wxDebugReportPreview}{wxdebugreportpreview}.
130
131 For the report processing part of the sample to work you should make available
132 a Web server accepting form uploads, otherwise
133 \helpref{wxDebugReportUpload}{wxdebugreportupload} will report an error.
134
135
136 \subsection{Dialogs sample}\label{sampledialogs}
137
138 This sample shows how to use the common dialogs available from wxWidgets. These
139 dialogs are described in detail in the \helpref{Common dialogs overview}{commondialogsoverview}.
140
141
142 \subsection{Dialup sample}\label{sampledialup}
143
144 This sample shows the \helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}
145 class. In the status bar, it displays the information gathered through its
146 interface: in particular, the current connection status (online or offline) and
147 whether the connection is permanent (in which case a string `LAN' appears in
148 the third status bar field - but note that you may be on a LAN not
149 connected to the Internet, in which case you will not see this) or not.
150
151 Using the menu entries, you may also dial or hang up the line if you have a
152 modem attached and (this only makes sense for Windows) list the available
153 connections.
154
155
156 \subsection{DnD sample}\label{samplednd}
157
158 This sample shows both clipboard and drag and drop in action. It is quite non
159 trivial and may be safely used as a basis for implementing the clipboard and
160 drag and drop operations in a real-life program.
161
162 When you run the sample, its screen is split in several parts. On the top,
163 there are two listboxes which show the standard derivations of
164 \helpref{wxDropTarget}{wxdroptarget}:
165 \helpref{wxTextDropTarget}{wxtextdroptarget} and
166 \helpref{wxFileDropTarget}{wxfiledroptarget}.
167
168 The middle of the sample window is taken by the log window which shows what is
169 going on (of course, this only works in debug builds) and may be helpful to see
170 the sequence of steps of data transfer.
171
172 Finally, the last part is used for dragging text from it to either one of the
173 listboxes (only one will accept it) or another application. The last
174 functionality available from the main frame is to paste a bitmap from the
175 clipboard (or, in the case of the Windows version, also a metafile) - it will be
176 shown in a new frame.
177
178 So far, everything we mentioned was implemented with minimal amount of code
179 using standard wxWidgets classes. The more advanced features are demonstrated
180 if you create a shape frame from the main frame menu. A shape is a geometric
181 object which has a position, size and color. It models some
182 application-specific data in this sample. A shape object supports its own
183 private \helpref{wxDataFormat}{wxdataformat} which means that you may cut and
184 paste it or drag and drop (between one and the same or different shapes) from
185 one sample instance to another (or the same). However, chances are that no
186 other program supports this format and so shapes can also be rendered as
187 bitmaps which allows them to be pasted/dropped in many other applications
188 (and, under Windows, also as metafiles which are supported by most of Windows
189 programs as well - try Write/Wordpad, for example).
190
191 Take a look at DnDShapeDataObject class to see how you may use
192 \helpref{wxDataObject}{wxdataobject} to achieve this.
193
194
195 \subsection{Event sample}\label{sampleevent}
196
197 The event sample demonstrates various features of the wxWidgets events. It
198 shows using dynamic events and connecting/disconnecting the event handlers
199 during run time and also using
200 \helpref{PushEventHandler()}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} and
201 \helpref{PopEventHandler()}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}.
202
203
204 \subsection{Except(ions) sample}\label{sampleexcept}
205
206 This very simple sample shows how to use C++ exceptions in wxWidgets programs,
207 i.e. where to catch the exception which may be thrown by the program code. It
208 doesn't do anything very exciting by itself, you need to study its code to
209 understand what goes on.
210
211 You need to build the library with \texttt{wxUSE\_EXCEPTIONS} being set to $1$
212 and compile your code with C++ exceptions support to be able to build this
213 sample.
214
215
216 \subsection{Exec sample}\label{sampleexec}
217
218 The exec sample demonstrates the \helpref{wxExecute}{wxexecute} and
219 \helpref{wxShell}{wxshell} functions. Both of them are used to execute the
220 external programs and the sample shows how to do this synchronously (waiting
221 until the program terminates) or asynchronously (notification will come later).
222
223 It also shows how to capture the output of the child process in both
224 synchronous and asynchronous cases and how to kill the processes with
225 \helpref{wxProcess::Kill}{wxprocesskill} and test for their existence with
226 \helpref{wxProcess::Exists}{wxprocessexists}.
227
228
229 \subsection{Font sample}\label{samplefont}
230
231 The font sample demonstrates \helpref{wxFont}{wxfont},
232 \helpref{wxFontEnumerator}{wxfontenumerator} and
233 \helpref{wxFontMapper}{wxfontmapper} classes. It allows you to see the fonts
234 available (to wxWidgets) on the computer and shows all characters of the
235 chosen font as well.
236
237
238 \subsection{Grid sample}\label{samplegrid}
239
240 TODO.
241
242
243 \subsection{HTML samples}\label{samplehtml}
244
245 Eight HTML samples (you can find them in directory {\tt samples/html})
246 cover all features of the HTML sub-library.
247
248 {\bf Test} demonstrates how to create \helpref{wxHtmlWindow}{wxhtmlwindow}
249 and also shows most supported HTML tags.
250
251 {\bf Widget} shows how you can embed ordinary controls or windows within an
252 HTML page. It also nicely explains how to write new tag handlers and extend
253 the library to work with unsupported tags.
254
255 {\bf About} may give you an idea how to write good-looking About boxes.
256
257 {\bf Zip} demonstrates use of virtual file systems in wxHTML. The zip archives
258 handler (ships with wxWidgets) allows you to access HTML pages stored
259 in a compressed archive as if they were ordinary files.
260
261 {\bf Virtual} is yet another virtual file systems demo. This one generates pages at run-time.
262 You may find it useful if you need to display some reports in your application.
263
264 {\bf Printing} explains use of \helpref{wxHtmlEasyPrinting}{wxhtmleasyprinting}
265 class which serves as as-simple-as-possible interface for printing HTML
266 documents without much work. In fact, only few function calls are sufficient.
267
268 {\bf Help} and {\bf Helpview} are variations on displaying HTML help
269 (compatible with MS HTML Help Workshop). {\it Help} shows how to embed
270 \helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller} in your application
271 while {\it Helpview} is a simple tool that only pops up the help window and
272 displays help books given at command line.
273
274
275 \subsection{Image sample}\label{sampleimage}
276
277 The image sample demonstrates use of the \helpref{wxImage}{wximage} class
278 and shows how to download images in a variety of formats, currently PNG, GIF,
279 TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNM and PCX. The top of the sample shows two rectangles, one
280 of which is drawn directly in the window, the other one is drawn into a
281 \helpref{wxBitmap}{wxbitmap}, converted to a wxImage, saved as a PNG image
282 and then reloaded from the PNG file again so that conversions between wxImage
283 and wxBitmap as well as loading and saving PNG files are tested.
284
285 At the bottom of the main frame there is a test for using a monochrome bitmap by
286 drawing into a \helpref{wxMemoryDC}{wxmemorydc}. The bitmap is then drawn
287 specifying the foreground and background colours with
288 \helpref{wxDC::SetTextForeground}{wxdcsettextforeground} and
289 \helpref{wxDC::SetTextBackground}{wxdcsettextbackground} (on the left). The
290 bitmap is then converted to a wxImage and the foreground colour (black) is
291 replaced with red using \helpref{wxImage::Replace}{wximagereplace}.
292
293 This sample also contains the code for testing the image rotation and resizing
294 and using raw bitmap access, see the corresponding menu commands.
295
296
297 \subsection{Internat(ionalization) sample}\label{sampleinternat}
298
299 The not very clearly named internat sample demonstrates the wxWidgets
300 internationalization (i18n for short from now on) features. To be more
301 precise, it only shows localization support, i.e. support for translating the
302 program messages into another language while true i18n would also involve
303 changing the other aspects of the programs behaviour.
304
305 More information about this sample can be found in the {\tt readme.txt} file in
306 its directory. Please see also \helpref{i18n overview}{internationalization}.
307
308
309 \subsection{Layout sample}\label{samplelayout}
310
311 The layout sample demonstrates the two different layout systems offered
312 by wxWidgets. When starting the program, you will see a frame with some
313 controls and some graphics. The controls will change their size whenever
314 you resize the entire frame and the exact behaviour of the size changes
315 is determined using the \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints}
316 class. See also the \helpref{overview}{constraintsoverview} and the
317 \helpref{wxIndividualLayoutConstraint}{wxindividuallayoutconstraint}
318 class for further information.
319
320 The menu in this sample offers two more tests, one showing how to use
321 a \helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer} in a simple dialog and the other one
322 showing how to use sizers in connection with a \helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}
323 class. See also \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}.
324
325
326 \subsection{Listctrl sample}\label{samplelistctrl}
327
328 This sample shows the \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl} control. Different modes
329 supported by the control (list, icons, small icons, report) may be chosen from
330 the menu.
331
332 The sample also provides some timings for adding/deleting/sorting a lot of
333 (several thousands) items into the control.
334
335
336 \subsection{Mediaplayer sample}\label{samplemediaplayer}
337
338 This sample demonstrates how to use all the features of
339 \helpref{wxMediaCtrl}{wxmediactrl} and play various types of sound, video,
340 and other files.
341
342
343 It replaces the old dynamic sample.
344
345 \subsection{Notebook sample}\label{samplenotebook}
346
347 This samples shows \helpref{wxBookCtrl}{wxbookctrloverview} family of controls.
348 Although initially it was written to demonstrate \helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}
349 only, it can now be also used to see \helpref{wxListbook}{wxlistbook},
350 \helpref{wxChoicebook}{wxchoicebook} and \helpref{wxTreebook}{wxtreebook} in action.
351 Test each of the controls, their orientation, images and pages using commands through menu.
352
353
354
355 \subsection{Render sample}\label{samplerender}
356
357 This sample shows how to replace the default wxWidgets
358 \helpref{renderer}{wxrenderernative} and also how to write a shared library
359 (DLL) implementing a renderer and load and unload it during the run-time.
360
361
362
363 \subsection{Scroll subwindow sample}\label{samplescrollsub}
364
365 This sample demonstrates use of the \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
366 class including placing subwindows into it and drawing simple graphics. It uses the
367 \helpref{SetTargetWindow}{wxscrolledwindowsettargetwindow} method and thus the effect
368 of scrolling does not show in the scrolled window itself, but in one of its subwindows.
369
370 Additionally, this samples demonstrates how to optimize drawing operations in wxWidgets,
371 in particular using the \helpref{wxWindow::IsExposed}{wxwindowisexposed} method with
372 the aim to prevent unnecessary drawing in the window and thus reducing or removing
373 flicker on screen.
374
375
376 \subsection{Sockets sample}\label{samplesockets}
377
378 The sockets sample demonstrates how to use the communication facilities
379 provided by \helpref{wxSocket}{wxsocketbase}. There are two different
380 applications in this sample: a server, which is implemented using a
381 \helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver} object, and a client, which
382 is implemented as a \helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient}.
383
384 The server binds to the local address, using TCP port number 3000,
385 sets up an event handler to be notified of incoming connection requests
386 ({\bf wxSOCKET\_CONNECTION} events), and sits there, waiting for clients
387 ({\it listening}, in socket parlance). For each accepted connection,
388 a new \helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbase} object is created. These
389 socket objects are independent from the server that created them, so
390 they set up their own event handler, and then request to be notified
391 of {\bf wxSOCKET\_INPUT} (incoming data) or {\bf wxSOCKET\_LOST}
392 (connection closed at the remote end) events. In the sample, the event
393 handler is the same for all connections; to find out which socket the
394 event is addressed to, the \helpref{GetSocket}{wxsocketeventgetsocket} function
395 is used.
396
397 Although it might take some time to get used to the event-oriented
398 system upon which wxSocket is built, the benefits are many. See, for
399 example, that the server application, while being single-threaded
400 (and of course without using fork() or ugly select() loops) can handle
401 an arbitrary number of connections.
402
403 The client starts up unconnected, so you can use the Connect... option
404 to specify the address of the server you are going to connect to (the
405 TCP port number is hard-coded as 3000). Once connected, a number of
406 tests are possible. Currently, three tests are implemented. They show
407 how to use the basic IO calls in \helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbase},
408 such as \helpref{Read}{wxsocketbaseread}, \helpref{Write}{wxsocketbasewrite},
409 \helpref{ReadMsg}{wxsocketbasereadmsg} and \helpref{WriteMsg}{wxsocketbasewritemsg},
410 and how to set up the correct IO flags depending on what you are going to
411 do. See the comments in the code for more information. Note that because
412 both clients and connection objects in the server set up an event handler
413 to catch {\bf wxSOCKET\_LOST} events, each one is immediately notified
414 if the other end closes the connection.
415
416 There is also a URL test which shows how to use
417 the \helpref{wxURL}{wxurl} class to fetch data from a given URL.
418
419 The sockets sample is work in progress. Some things to do:
420
421 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
422 \item More tests for basic socket functionality.
423 \item More tests for protocol classes (wxProtocol and its descendants).
424 \item Tests for the recently added (and still in alpha stage) datagram sockets.
425 \item New samples which actually do something useful (suggestions accepted).
426 \end{itemize}
427
428
429 \subsection{Sound sample}\label{samplesound}
430
431 The {\tt sound} sample shows how to use \helpref{wxSound}{wxsound} for simple
432 audio output (e.g. notifications).
433
434
435 \subsection{Statbar sample}\label{samplestatbar}
436
437 This sample shows how to create and use wxStatusBar. Although most of the
438 samples have a statusbar, they usually only create a default one and only
439 do it once.
440
441 Here you can see how to recreate the statusbar (with possibly different number
442 of fields) and how to use it to show icons/bitmaps and/or put arbitrary
443 controls into it.
444
445
446 \subsection{Tab order sample}\label{sampletaborder}
447
448 This sample allows to test keyboard navigation (mostly done using the
449 \texttt{\textsc{TAB}} key, hence the sample name) between different controls.
450 It shows the use of
451 \helpref{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} and
452 \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} methods to change
453 the default order of the windows in the navigation chain and of
454 \helpref{wxWindow::Navigate()}{wxwindownavigate} for moving focus along this
455 chain.
456
457
458 \subsection{Text sample}\label{sampletext}
459
460 This sample demonstrates four features: firstly the use and many variants of
461 the \helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl} class (single line, multi line, read only,
462 password, ignoring TAB, ignoring ENTER).
463
464 Secondly it shows how to intercept a \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} in both
465 the raw form using the {\tt EVT\_KEY\_UP} and {\tt EVT\_KEY\_DOWN} macros and the
466 higher level from using the {\tt EVT\_CHAR} macro. All characters will be logged
467 in a log window at the bottom of the main window. By pressing some of the function
468 keys, you can test some actions in the text ctrl as well as get statistics on the
469 text ctrls, which is useful for testing if these statistics actually are correct.
470
471 Thirdly, on platforms which support it, the sample will offer to copy text to the
472 \helpref{wxClipboard}{wxclipboard} and to paste text from it. The GTK version will
473 use the so called PRIMARY SELECTION, which is the pseudo clipboard under X and
474 best known from pasting text to the XTerm program.
475
476 Last not least: some of the text controls have tooltips and the sample also shows
477 how tooltips can be centrally disabled and their latency controlled.
478
479
480 \subsection{Thread sample}\label{samplethread}
481
482 This sample demonstrates use of threads in connection with GUI programs.
483 There are two fundamentally different ways to use threads in GUI programs and
484 either way has to take care of the fact that the GUI library itself usually
485 is not multi-threading safe, i.e. that it might crash if two threads try to
486 access the GUI class simultaneously. One way to prevent that is have a normal
487 GUI program in the main thread and some worker threads which work in the
488 background. In order to make communication between the main thread and the
489 worker threads possible, wxWidgets offers the \helpref{wxPostEvent}{wxpostevent}
490 function and this sample makes use of this function.
491
492 The other way to use a so called Mutex (such as those offered in the \helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}
493 class) that prevent threads from accessing the GUI classes as long as any other
494 thread accesses them. For this, wxWidgets has the \helpref{wxMutexGuiEnter}{wxmutexguienter}
495 and \helpref{wxMutexGuiLeave}{wxmutexguileave} functions, both of which are
496 used and tested in the sample as well.
497
498 See also \helpref{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview} and \helpref{wxThread}{wxthread}.
499
500
501 \subsection{Toolbar sample}\label{sampletoolbar}
502
503 The toolbar sample shows the \helpref{wxToolBar}{wxtoolbar} class in action.
504
505 The following things are demonstrated:
506
507 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
508 \item Creating the toolbar using \helpref{wxToolBar::AddTool}{wxtoolbaraddtool}
509 and \helpref{wxToolBar::AddControl}{wxtoolbaraddcontrol}: see
510 MyApp::InitToolbar in the sample.
511 \item Using {\tt EVT\_UPDATE\_UI} handler for automatically enabling/disabling
512 toolbar buttons without having to explicitly call EnableTool. This is done
513 in MyFrame::OnUpdateCopyAndCut.
514 \item Using \helpref{wxToolBar::DeleteTool}{wxtoolbardeletetool} and
515 \helpref{wxToolBar::InsertTool}{wxtoolbarinserttool} to dynamically update the
516 toolbar.
517 \end{itemize}
518
519 Some buttons in the main toolbar are check buttons, i.e. they stay checked when
520 pressed. On the platforms which support it, the sample also adds a combobox
521 to the toolbar showing how you can use arbitrary controls and not only buttons
522 in it.
523
524 If you toggle another toolbar in the sample (using {\tt Ctrl-A}) you will also
525 see the radio toolbar buttons in action: the first three buttons form a radio
526 group, i.e. checking any of them automatically unchecks the previously
527 checked one.
528
529
530 \subsection{Treectrl sample}\label{sampletreectrl}
531
532 This sample demonstrates using the \helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl} class. Here
533 you may see how to process various notification messages sent by this control
534 and also when they occur (by looking at the messages in the text control in
535 the bottom part of the frame).
536
537 Adding, inserting and deleting items and branches from the tree as well as
538 sorting (in default alphabetical order as well as in custom one) is
539 demonstrated here as well - try the corresponding menu entries.
540
541
542 \subsection{Widgets sample}\label{samplewidgets}
543
544 The widgets sample is the main presentation program for most simple and advanced
545 native controls and complex generic widgets provided by wxWidgets.
546 The sample tests their basic functionality, events, placement, modification
547 in terms of colour and font as well as the possibility to change
548 the controls programmatically, such as adding an item to a list box etc.
549 All widgets are categorized for easy browsing.
550
551 \subsection{Wizard sample}\label{samplewizard}
552
553 This sample shows the so-called wizard dialog (implemented using
554 \helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard} and related classes). It shows almost all
555 features supported:
556
557 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
558 \item Using bitmaps with the wizard and changing them depending on the page
559 shown (notice that wxValidationPage in the sample has a different image from
560 the other ones)
561 \item Using \helpref{TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
562 to verify that the data entered is correct before passing to the next page
563 (done in wxValidationPage which forces the user to check a checkbox before
564 continuing).
565 \item Using more elaborated techniques to allow returning to the previous
566 page, but not continuing to the next one or vice versa (in wxRadioboxPage)
567 \item This (wxRadioboxPage) page also shows how the page may process the {\tt
568 Cancel} button itself instead of relying on the wizard parent to do it.
569 \item Normally, the order of the pages in the wizard is known at compile-time,
570 but sometimes it depends on the user choices: wxCheckboxPage shows how to
571 dynamically decide which page to display next (see also
572 \helpref{wxWizardPage}{wxwizardpage})
573 \end{itemize}
574