docs/latex/wx/view.tex

   1 \section{\class{wxView}}\label{wxview}
   2
   3 The view class can be used to model the viewing and editing component of
   4 an application's file-based data. It is part of the document/view framework supported by wxWidgets,
   5 and cooperates with the \helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument}, \helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate}
   6 and \helpref{wxDocManager}{wxdocmanager} classes.
   7
   8 \wxheading{Derived from}
   9
  10 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
  11 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
  12
  13 \wxheading{Include files}
  14
  15 <wx/docview.h>
  16
  17 \wxheading{See also}
  18
  19 \helpref{wxView overview}{wxviewoverview}, \helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument}, \helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate},\rtfsp
  20 \helpref{wxDocManager}{wxdocmanager}
  21
  22 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
  23
  24 \membersection{wxView::m\_viewDocument}\label{wxviewmviewdocument}
  25
  26 \member{wxDocument*}{m\_viewDocument}
  27
  28 The document associated with this view. There may be more than one view per
  29 document, but there can never be more than one document for one view.
  30
  31 \membersection{wxView::m\_viewFrame}\label{wxviewmviewframe}
  32
  33 \member{wxFrame*}{m\_viewFrame}
  34
  35 Frame associated with the view, if any.
  36
  37 \membersection{wxView::m\_viewTypeName}\label{wxviewmviewtypename}
  38
  39 \member{wxString}{m\_viewTypeName}
  40
  41 The view type name given to the wxDocTemplate constructor, copied to this
  42 variable when the view is created. Not currently used by the framework.
  43
  44 \membersection{wxView::wxView}\label{wxviewctor}
  45
  46 \func{}{wxView}{\void}
  47
  48 Constructor. Define your own default constructor to initialize application-specific
  49 data.
  50
  51 \membersection{wxView::\destruct{wxView}}\label{wxviewdtor}
  52
  53 \func{}{\destruct{wxView}}{\void}
  54
  55 Destructor. Removes itself from the document's list of views.
  56
  57 \membersection{wxView::Activate}\label{wxviewactivate}
  58
  59 \func{virtual void}{Activate}{\param{bool}{ activate}}
  60
  61 Call this from your view frame's OnActivate member to tell the framework which view is
  62 currently active. If your windowing system doesn't call OnActivate, you may need to
  63 call this function from OnMenuCommand or any place where you know the view must
  64 be active, and the framework will need to get the current view.
  65
  66 The prepackaged view frame wxDocChildFrame calls wxView::Activate from its OnActivate member
  67 and from its OnMenuCommand member.
  68
  69 This function calls wxView::OnActivateView.
  70
  71 \membersection{wxView::Close}\label{wxviewclose}
  72
  73 \func{virtual bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ deleteWindow = true}}
  74
  75 Closes the view by calling OnClose. If {\it deleteWindow} is true, this function should
  76 delete the window associated with the view.
  77
  78 \membersection{wxView::GetDocument}\label{wxviewgetdocument}
  79
  80 \constfunc{wxDocument*}{GetDocument}{\void}
  81
  82 Gets a pointer to the document associated with the view.
  83
  84 \membersection{wxView::GetDocumentManager}\label{wxviewgetdocumentmanager}
  85
  86 \constfunc{wxDocumentManager*}{GetDocumentManager}{\void}
  87
  88 Returns a pointer to the document manager instance associated with this view.
  89
  90 \membersection{wxView::GetFrame}\label{wxviewgetframe}
  91
  92 \func{wxWindow *}{GetFrame}{\void}
  93
  94 Gets the frame associated with the view (if any). Note that this ``frame'' is
  95 not a wxFrame at all in the generic MDI implementation which uses the notebook
  96 pages instead of the frames and this is why this method returns a wxWindow and
  97 not a wxFrame.
  98
  99 \membersection{wxView::GetViewName}\label{wxviewgetviewname}
 100
 101 \constfunc{wxString}{GetViewName}{\void}
 102
 103 Gets the name associated with the view (passed to the wxDocTemplate constructor).
 104 Not currently used by the framework.
 105
 106 \membersection{wxView::OnActivateView}\label{wxviewonactivateview}
 107
 108 \func{virtual void}{OnActivateView}{\param{bool }{activate}, \param{wxView *}{activeView}, \param{wxView *}{deactiveView}}
 109
 110 Called when a view is activated by means of wxView::Activate. The default implementation does
 111 nothing.
 112
 113 \membersection{wxView::OnChangeFilename}\label{wxviewonchangefilename}
 114
 115 \func{virtual void}{OnChangeFilename}{\void}
 116
 117 Called when the filename has changed. The default implementation constructs a
 118 suitable title and sets the title of the view frame (if any).
 119
 120 \membersection{wxView::OnClose}\label{wxviewonclose}
 121
 122 \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\param{bool}{ deleteWindow}}
 123
 124 Implements closing behaviour. The default implementation calls wxDocument::Close
 125 to close the associated document. Does not delete the view. The application
 126 may wish to do some cleaning up operations in this function, {\it if} a
 127 call to wxDocument::Close succeeded. For example, if your application's
 128 all share the same window, you need to disassociate the window from the view
 129 and perhaps clear the window. If {\it deleteWindow} is true, delete the
 130 frame associated with the view.
 131
 132 \membersection{wxView::OnClosingDocument}\label{wxviewonclosingdocument}
 133
 134 \func{virtual void}{OnClosingDoocument}{\void}
 135
 136 Override this to clean up the view when the document is being
 137 closed.
 138
 139 \membersection{wxView::OnCreate}\label{wxviewoncreate}
 140
 141 \func{virtual bool}{OnCreate}{\param{wxDocument* }{doc}, \param{long}{ flags}}
 142
 143 wxDocManager or wxDocument creates a wxView via a wxDocTemplate.
 144 Just after the wxDocTemplate creates the wxView, it calls
 145 wxView::OnCreate. In its OnCreate member function, the wxView can create a wxDocChildFrame
 146 or a derived class. This wxDocChildFrame provides user interface
 147 elements to view and/or edit the contents of the wxDocument.
 148
 149 By default, simply returns true. If the function returns false, the
 150 view will be deleted.
 151
 152 \membersection{wxView::OnCreatePrintout}\label{wxviewoncreateprintout}
 153
 154 \func{virtual wxPrintout*}{OnCreatePrintout}{\void}
 155
 156 If the printing framework is enabled in the library, this function returns a
 157 \rtfsp\helpref{wxPrintout}{wxprintout} object for the purposes of printing. It should create a new object
 158 every time it is called; the framework will delete objects it creates.
 159
 160 By default, this function returns an instance of wxDocPrintout, which prints
 161 and previews one page by calling wxView::OnDraw.
 162
 163 Override to return an instance of a class other than wxDocPrintout.
 164
 165 \membersection{wxView::OnUpdate}\label{onviewonupdate}
 166
 167 \func{virtual void}{OnUpdate}{\param{wxView* }{sender}, \param{wxObject* }{hint}}
 168
 169 Called when the view should be updated. {\it sender} is a pointer to the view
 170 that sent the update request, or NULL if no single view requested the update (for instance,
 171 when the document is opened). {\it hint} is as yet unused but may in future contain
 172 application-specific information for making updating more efficient.
 173
 174 \membersection{wxView::SetDocument}\label{wxviewsetdocument}
 175
 176 \func{void}{SetDocument}{\param{wxDocument* }{doc}}
 177
 178 Associates the given document with the view. Normally called by the
 179 framework.
 180
 181 \membersection{wxView::SetFrame}\label{wxviewsetframe}
 182
 183 \func{void}{SetFrame}{\param{wxWindow* }{frame}}
 184
 185 Sets the frame associated with this view. The application should call this
 186 if possible, to tell the view about the frame.
 187
 188 See \helpref{GetFrame}{wxviewgetframe} for the explanation about the mismatch
 189 between the ``Frame'' in the method name and the type of its parameter.
 190
 191 \membersection{wxView::SetViewName}\label{wxviewsetviewname}
 192
 193 \func{void}{SetViewName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
 194
 195 Sets the view type name. Should only be called by the framework.
 196
 197