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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: utils.h
3 // Purpose: Miscellaneous utilities
4 // Author: Julian Smart
5 // Modified by:
6 // Created: 29/01/98
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Julian Smart
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef _WX_UTILSH__
13 #define _WX_UTILSH__
14
15 #ifdef __GNUG__
16 #pragma interface "utils.h"
17 #endif
18
19 #include "wx/setup.h"
20 #include "wx/object.h"
21 #include "wx/list.h"
22 #include "wx/window.h"
23 #include "wx/filefn.h"
24
25 #include "wx/ioswrap.h"
26
27 class WXDLLEXPORT wxProcess;
28
29 #ifdef __X__
30 #ifndef __VMS__
31 /*steve: these two are not known under VMS */
32 #include <dirent.h>
33 #include <unistd.h>
34 #endif
35 #endif
36
37 #include <stdio.h>
38
39 #ifdef __GNUWIN32__
40 #define stricmp strcasecmp
41 #define strnicmp strncasecmp
42 #endif
43
44 // Forward declaration
45 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFrame;
46
47 // Stupid ASCII macros
48 #define wxToUpper(C) (((C) >= 'a' && (C) <= 'z')? (C) - 'a' + 'A': (C))
49 #define wxToLower(C) (((C) >= 'A' && (C) <= 'Z')? (C) - 'A' + 'a': (C))
50
51 // Return a string with the current date/time
52 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxNow(void);
53
54 // Make a copy of this string using 'new'
55 WXDLLEXPORT char* copystring(const char *s);
56
57 // Generate a unique ID
58 WXDLLEXPORT long wxNewId(void);
59 #define NewId wxNewId
60
61 // Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
62 WXDLLEXPORT void wxRegisterId(long id);
63 #define RegisterId wxRegisterId
64
65 // Return the current ID
66 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetCurrentId(void);
67
68 // Useful buffer
69 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern char*) wxBuffer;
70
71 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const char*) wxFloatToStringStr;
72 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const char*) wxDoubleToStringStr;
73
74 // Various conversions
75 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToFloat(char *s, float *number);
76 WXDLLEXPORT char* FloatToString(float number, const char *fmt = wxFloatToStringStr);
77 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToDouble(char *s, double *number);
78 WXDLLEXPORT char* DoubleToString(double number, const char *fmt = wxDoubleToStringStr);
79 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToInt(char *s, int *number);
80 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToLong(char *s, long *number);
81 WXDLLEXPORT char* IntToString(int number);
82 WXDLLEXPORT char* LongToString(long number);
83
84 // Matches string one within string two regardless of case
85 WXDLLEXPORT bool StringMatch(char *one, char *two, bool subString = TRUE, bool exact = FALSE);
86
87 // A shorter way of using strcmp
88 #define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (strcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
89
90 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
91 WXDLLEXPORT int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf);
92
93 // Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
94 WXDLLEXPORT void wxDecToHex(int dec, char *buf);
95 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
96
97 // Execute another program. Returns 0 if there was an error, a PID otherwise.
98 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(char **argv, bool sync = FALSE,
99 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
100 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command, bool sync = FALSE,
101 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
102
103 #define wxSIGTERM 1
104
105 WXDLLEXPORT int wxKill(long pid, int sig=wxSIGTERM);
106
107 // Execute a command in an interactive shell window
108 // If no command then just the shell
109 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);
110
111 // Sleep for nSecs seconds under UNIX, do nothing under Windows
112 WXDLLEXPORT void wxSleep(int nSecs);
113
114 // Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
115 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetFreeMemory(void);
116
117 // Consume all events until no more left
118 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFlushEvents(void);
119
120 /*
121 * Network and username functions.
122 *
123 */
124
125 // Get eMail address
126 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetEmailAddress(char *buf, int maxSize);
127
128 // Get hostname.
129 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetHostName(char *buf, int maxSize);
130 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetHostName(wxString& buf);
131
132 // Get user ID e.g. jacs
133 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserId(char *buf, int maxSize);
134 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserId(wxString& buf);
135
136 // Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
137 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserName(char *buf, int maxSize);
138 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserName(wxString& buf);
139
140 /*
141 * Strip out any menu codes
142 */
143 WXDLLEXPORT char* wxStripMenuCodes(char *in, char *out = (char *) NULL);
144 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str);
145
146 // Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
147 // Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
148 // all windows.
149 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
150
151 // Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
152 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString& name, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
153
154 // Returns menu item id or -1 if none.
155 WXDLLEXPORT int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString);
156
157 /*
158 #if (!defined(__MINMAX_DEFINED) && !defined(max))
159 #define max(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
160 #define min(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
161 #define __MINMAX_DEFINED 1
162 #endif
163 */
164
165 #define wxMax(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
166 #define wxMin(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
167
168 // Yield to other apps/messages
169 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxYield(void);
170
171 // Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
172 // stream (Windows)
173 WXDLLEXPORT void wxDebugMsg(const char *fmt ...) ;
174
175 // Sound the bell
176 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBell(void) ;
177
178 // Get OS version
179 WXDLLEXPORT int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn= (int *) NULL,int *minorVsn= (int *) NULL) ;
180
181 // Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
182 class WXDLLEXPORT wxCursor;
183 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCursor*) wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR;
184 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor *cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
185
186 // Restore cursor to normal
187 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEndBusyCursor(void);
188
189 // TRUE if we're between the above two calls
190 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxIsBusy(void);
191
192 // Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
193 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
194 {
195 public:
196 inline wxBusyCursor(wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR) { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor); }
197 inline ~wxBusyCursor() { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
198 };
199
200 /* Error message functions used by wxWindows */
201
202 // Non-fatal error (continues)
203 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const char*) wxInternalErrorStr;
204 WXDLLEXPORT void wxError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxInternalErrorStr);
205
206 // Fatal error (exits)
207 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const char*) wxFatalErrorStr;
208 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFatalError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxFatalErrorStr);
209
210 // Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
211 #if wxUSE_RESOURCES
212 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, const wxString& value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
213 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
214 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
215 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
216
217 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, char **value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
218 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
219 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
220 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
221 #endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
222
223 // Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
224 WXDLLEXPORT const char* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr);
225
226 // Get the user's home dir (caller must copy--- volatile)
227 // returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
228 WXDLLEXPORT char* wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
229
230 // Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
231 // in long calculations.
232 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow *wnd);
233
234 void WXDLLEXPORT wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
235
236 // MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
237 // Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
238 #ifdef __WXMSW__
239 WXDLLEXPORT extern const char* wxUserResourceStr;
240 WXDLLEXPORT char* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName, const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr);
241
242 // Implemented in utils.cpp: VC++, Win95 only. Sets up a console for standard
243 // input/output
244 WXDLLEXPORT void wxRedirectIOToConsole();
245
246 #endif
247
248 // X only
249 #ifdef __X__
250 WXDisplay *wxGetDisplay();
251 bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString& display_name);
252 wxString wxGetDisplayName();
253 #endif
254
255 #ifdef __X__
256
257 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
258
259 #define wxMAX_RGB 0xff
260 #define wxMAX_SV 1000
261 #define wxSIGN(x) ((x < 0) ? -x : x)
262 #define wxH_WEIGHT 4
263 #define wxS_WEIGHT 1
264 #define wxV_WEIGHT 2
265
266 typedef struct wx_hsv {
267 int h,s,v;
268 } wxHSV;
269
270 #define wxMax3(x,y,z) ((x > y) ? ((x > z) ? x : z) : ((y > z) ? y : z))
271 #define wxMin3(x,y,z) ((x < y) ? ((x < z) ? x : z) : ((y < z) ? y : z))
272
273 #define wxMax2(x,y) ((x > y) ? x : y)
274 #define wxMin2(x,y) ((x < y) ? x : y)
275
276 void wxHSVToXColor(wxHSV *hsv,XColor *xcolor);
277 void wxXColorToHSV(wxHSV *hsv,XColor *xcolor);
278 void wxAllocNearestColor(Display *display,Colormap colormap,XColor *xcolor);
279 void wxAllocColor(Display *display,Colormap colormap,XColor *xcolor);
280
281 #endif //__X__
282
283 #endif
284 // _WX_UTILSH__