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1 \chapter{Classes by category}\label{classesbycat}
2 \setheader{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}{}{}{}{}{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}%
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4
5 A classification of wxWindows classes by category.
6 \twocolwidtha{5cm}
7
8 {\large {\bf Managed windows}}
9
10 There are several types of window that are directly controlled by the
11 window manager (such as MS Windows, or the Motif Window Manager).
12 Frames may contain windows, and dialog boxes may directly contain controls.
13
14 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
15 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}}{Dialog box}
16 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFrame}{wxframe}}{Normal frame}
17 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIParentFrame}{wxmdiparentframe}}{MDI parent frame}
18 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIChildFrame}{wxmdichildframe}}{MDI child frame}
19 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMiniFrame}{wxminiframe}}{A frame with a small title bar}
20 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedDialog}{wxtabbeddialog}}{Tabbed dialog}
21 \end{twocollist}
22
23 See also {\bf Common dialogs}.
24
25 {\large {\bf Miscellaneous windows}}
26
27 The following are a variety of windows that are derived from wxWindow.
28
29 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
30 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}}{A window whose colour changes according to current user settings}
31 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}}{Window with automatically managed scrollbars}
32 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGrid}{wxgrid}}{A grid (table) window}
33 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSplitterWindow}{wxsplitterwindow}}{Window which can be split vertically or horizontally}
34 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStatusBar}{wxstatusbar}}{Implements the status bar on a frame}
35 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxToolBar}{wxtoolbar}}{Toolbar class}
36 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedPanel}{wxtabbedpanel}}{Tabbed panel (to be replaced with wxNotebook)}
37 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}}{Notebook class}
38 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPlotWindow}{wxplotwindow}}{A class to display data.}
39 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashWindow}{wxsashwindow}}{Window with four optional sashes that can be dragged}
40 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashLayoutWindow}{wxsashlayoutwindow}}{Window that can be involved in an IDE-like layout arrangement}
41 \end{twocollist}
42
43 {\large {\bf Common dialogs}}
44
45 \overview{Overview}{commondialogsoverview}
46
47 Common dialogs are ready-made dialog classes which are frequently used
48 in an application.
49
50 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
51 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}}{Base class for common dialogs}
52 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxColourDialog}{wxcolourdialog}}{Colour chooser dialog}
53 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDirDialog}{wxdirdialog}}{Directory selector dialog}
54 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDialog}{wxfiledialog}}{File selector dialog}
55 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMultipleChoiceDialog}{wxmultiplechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get one or more selections from a list}
56 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSingleChoiceDialog}{wxsinglechoicedialog}}{Dialog to get a single selection from a list and return the string}
57 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextEntryDialog}{wxtextentrydialog}}{Dialog to get a single line of text from the user}
58 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontDialog}{wxfontdialog}}{Font chooser dialog}
59 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
60 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog}}{Standard print dialog}
61 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
62 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMessageDialog}{wxmessagedialog}}{Simple message box dialog}
63 \end{twocollist}
64
65 {\large {\bf Controls}}
66
67 Typically, these are small windows which provide interaction with the user. Controls
68 that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with them.
69
70 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
71 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol}}{The base class for controls}
72 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}}{Push button control, displaying text}
73 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapButton}{wxbitmapbutton}}{Push button control, displaying a bitmap}
74 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckBox}{wxcheckbox}}{Checkbox control}
75 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckListBox}{wxchecklistbox}}{A listbox with a checkbox to the left of each item}
76 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxChoice}{wxchoice}}{Choice control (a combobox without the editable area)}
77 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxComboBox}{wxcombobox}}{A choice with an editable area}
78 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGauge}{wxgauge}}{A control to represent a varying quantity, such as time remaining}
79 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBox}{wxstaticbox}}{A static, or group box for visually grouping related controls}
80 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox}}{A list of strings for single or multiple selection}
81 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}}{A control for displaying lists of strings and/or icons, plus a multicolumn report view}
82 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabCtrl}{wxtabctrl}}{Manages several tabs}
83 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}}{Single or multline text editing control}
84 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl}}{Tree (hierachy) control}
85 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}}{Scrollbar control}
86 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}}{A spin or `up-down' control}
87 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext}}{One or more lines of non-editable text}
88 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBitmap}{wxstaticbitmap}}{A control to display a bitmap}
89 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioBox}{wxradiobox}}{A group of radio buttons}
90 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioButton}{wxradiobutton}}{A round button to be used with others in a mutually exclusive way}
91 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSlider}{wxslider}}{A slider that can be dragged by the user}
92 \end{twocollist}
93
94 {\large {\bf Menus}}
95
96 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
97 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}}{Displays a series of menu items for selection}
98 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuBar}{wxmenubar}}{Contains a series of menus for use with a frame}
99 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}}{Represents a single menu item}
100 \end{twocollist}
101
102 {\large {\bf Window layout}}
103
104 There are two different systems for layouting windows (and dialogs in particluar).
105 One is based upon so-called sizers and it requires less typing, thinking and calculating
106 and will in almost all cases produce dialogs looking equally well on all platforms, the
107 other is based on so-called constraints and allows for more detailed layouts.
108
109 These are the classes relevant to the sizer-based layout.
110
111 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
112 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}}{Abstract base class}
113 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a row or column}
114 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBoxSizer}{wxstaticboxsizer}}{Same as wxBoxSizer, but with surrounding static box}
115 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer}}{Sizer to use with the wxNotebook control.}
116 \end{twocollist}
117
118 \overview{Overview}{constraintsoverview} over the constraints-based layout.
119
120 These are the classes relevant to constraints-based window layout.
121
122 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
123 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIndividualLayoutConstraint}{wxindividuallayoutconstraint}}{Represents a single constraint dimension}
124 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints}}{Represents the constraints for a window class}
125 \end{twocollist}
126
127 {\large {\bf Device contexts}}
128
129 \overview{Overview}{dcoverview}
130
131 Device contexts are surfaces that may be drawn on, and provide an
132 abstraction that allows parameterisation of your drawing code
133 by passing different device contexts.
134
135 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
136 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClientDC}{wxclientdc}}{A device context to access the client area outside {\bf OnPaint} events}
137 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc}}{A device context to access the client area inside {\bf OnPaint} events}
138 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxWindowDC}{wxwindowdc}}{A device context to access the non-client area}
139 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScreenDC}{wxscreendc}}{A device context to access the entire screen}
140 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDC}{wxdc}}{The device context base class}
141 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryDC}{wxmemorydc}}{A device context for drawing into bitmaps}
142 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMetafileDC}{wxmetafiledc}}{A device context for drawing into metafiles}
143 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPostScriptDC}{wxpostscriptdc}}{A device context for drawing into PostScript files}
144 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc}}{A device context for drawing to printers}
145 \end{twocollist}
146
147 {\large {\bf Graphics device interface}}
148
149 \overview{Bitmaps overview}{wxbitmapoverview}
150
151 These classes are related to drawing on device contexts and windows.
152
153 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
154 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxColour}{wxcolour}}{Represents the red, blue and green elements of a colour}
155 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmap}{wxbitmap}}{Represents a bitmap}
156 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBrush}{wxbrush}}{Used for filling areas on a device context}
157 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBrushList}{wxbrushlist}}{The list of previously-created brushes}
158 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}}{A small, transparent bitmap representing the cursor}
159 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFont}{wxfont}}{Represents fonts}
160 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontList}{wxfontlist}}{The list of previously-created fonts}
161 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIcon}{wxicon}}{A small, transparent bitmap for assigning to frames and drawing on device contexts}
162 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxImage}{wximage}}{A platform-independent image class}
163 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxImageList}{wximagelist}}{A list of images, used with some controls}
164 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMask}{wxmask}}{Represents a mask to be used with a bitmap for transparent drawing}
165 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPen}{wxpen}}{Used for drawing lines on a device context}
166 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPenList}{wxpenlist}}{The list of previously-created pens}
167 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPalette}{wxpalette}}{Represents a table of indices into RGB values}
168 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion}}{Represents a simple or complex region on a window or device context}
169 \end{twocollist}
170
171 {\large {\bf Events}}
172
173 \overview{Overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
174
175 An event object contains information about a specific event. Event handlers
176 (usually member functions) have a single, event argument.
177
178 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
179 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent}}{A window or application activation event}
180 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalculateLayoutEvent}{wxcalculatelayoutevent}}{Used to calculate window layout}
181 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}}{A close window or end session event}
182 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}}{An event from a variety of standard controls}
183 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropFilesEvent}{wxdropfilesevent}}{A drop files event}
184 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}}{An erase background event}
185 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEvent}{wxevent}}{The event base class}
186 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}}{A window focus event}
187 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}}{A keypress event}
188 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIdleEvent}{wxidleevent}}{An idle event}
189 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxInitDialogEvent}{wxinitdialogevent}}{A dialog initialisation event}
190 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxJoystickEvent}{wxjoystickevent}}{A joystick event}
191 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListEvent}{wxlistevent}}{A list control event}
192 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}}{A menu event}
193 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent}}{A mouse event}
194 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}}{A move event}
195 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookEvent}{wxnotebookevent}}{A notebook control event}
196 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotifyEvent}{wxnotifyevent}}{A notification event, which can be vetoed}
197 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}}{A paint event}
198 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxProcessEvent}{wxprocessevent}}{A process ending event}
199 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryLayoutInfoEvent}{wxquerylayoutinfoevent}}{Used to query layout information}
200 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollEvent}{wxscrollevent}}{A scroll event from sliders, stand-alone scrollbars and spin buttons}
201 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent}}{A scroll event from scrolled windows}
202 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}}{A size event}
203 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent}}{A socket event}
204 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}}{A system colour change event}
205 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabEvent}{wxtabevent}}{A tab control event}
206 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeEvent}{wxtreeevent}}{A tree control event}
207 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent}}{A user interface update event}
208 \end{twocollist}
209
210 {\large {\bf Validators}}
211
212 \overview{Overview}{validatoroverview}
213
214 These are the window validators, used for filtering and validating
215 user input.
216
217 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
218 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}}{Base validator class}
219 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextValidator}{wxtextvalidator}}{Text control validator class}
220 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxGenericValidator}{wxgenericvalidator}}{Generic control validator class}
221 \end{twocollist}
222
223 {\large {\bf Data structures}}
224
225 These are the data structure classes supported by wxWindows.
226
227 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
228 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxExpr}{wxexpr}}{A class for flexible I/O}
229 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxExprDatabase}{wxexprdatabase}}{A class for flexible I/O}
230 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDate}{wxdate}}{A class for date manipulation}
231 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTable}{wxhashtable}}{A simple hash table implementation}
232 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxList}{wxlist}}{A simple linked list implementation}
233 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNode}{wxnode}}{Represents a node in the wxList implementation}
234 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{The root class for most wxWindows classes}
235 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}}{A class to help search multiple paths}
236 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPoint}{wxpoint}}{Representation of a point}
237 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect}}{A class representing a rectangle}
238 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion}}{A class representing a region}
239 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxString}{wxstring}}{A string class}
240 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringList}{wxstringlist}}{A class representing a list of strings}
241 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringTokenizer}{wxstringtokenizer}}{A class for interpreting a string as a list of tokens or words}
242 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRealPoint}{wxrealpoint}}{Representation of a point using floating point numbers}
243 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize}}{Representation of a size}
244 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTime}{wxtime}}{A class for time manipulation}
245 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxVariant}{wxvariant}}{A class for storing arbitrary types
246 that may change at run-time}
247 \end{twocollist}
248
249 {\large {\bf Run-time class information system}}
250
251 \overview{Overview}{runtimeclassoverview}
252
253 wxWindows supports run-time manipulation of class information, and dynamic
254 creation of objects given class names.
255
256 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
257 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClassInfo}{wxclassinfo}}{Holds run-time class information}
258 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{Root class for classes with run-time information}
259 \twocolitem{\helpref{Macros}{macros}}{Macros for manipulating run-time information}
260 \end{twocollist}
261
262 {\large {\bf Debugging features}}
263
264 \overview{Overview}{debuggingoverview}
265
266 wxWindows supports some aspects of debugging an application through
267 classes, functions and macros.
268
269 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
270 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontext}}{Provides memory-checking facilities}
271 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDebugStreamBuf}{wxdebugstreambuf}}{A stream buffer writing to the debug stream}
272 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}}{Logging facility}
273 \twocolitem{\helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}}{Error and warning logging functions}
274 \twocolitem{\helpref{Debugging macros}{debugmacros}}{Debug macros for assertion and checking}
275 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTrace}{wxtrace}}{Tracing facility}
276 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTraceLevel}{wxtracelevel}}{Tracing facility with levels}
277 \twocolitem{\helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}}{Use this macro to give further debugging information}
278 %\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACE}{trace}}{Trace macro}
279 %\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACELEVEL}{tracelevel}}{Trace macro with levels}
280 \end{twocollist}
281
282 {\large {\bf Networking classes}}
283
284 wxWindows provides its own classes for socket based networking.
285
286 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
287 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient}}{Represents a socket client}
288 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver}}{Represents a socket server}
289 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxURL}{wxurl}}{Represents a Universal Resource Locator}
290 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHTTP}{wxhttp}}{HTTP protocol class}
291 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFTP}{wxftp}}{FTP protocol class}
292 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent}}{A socket event}
293 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxIPV4address}{wxipv4address}}{Represents in Internet adress}
294 \end{twocollist}
295
296
297 {\large {\bf Interprocess communication}}
298
299 \overview{Overview}{ipcoverview}
300
301 wxWindows provides a simple interprocess communications facilities
302 based on DDE. [Note that this is currently work in progress and may not
303 function properly.]
304
305 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
306 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}}{Represents a client}
307 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEConnection}{wxddeconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server}
308 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver}}{Represents a server}
309 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPClient}{wxtcpclient}}{Represents a client}
310 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPConnection}{wxtcpconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server}
311 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPServer}{wxtcpserver}}{Represents a server}
312 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketHandler}{wxsockethandler}}{Represents a socket handler}
313 \end{twocollist}
314
315 {\large {\bf Document/view framework}}
316
317 \overview{Overview}{docviewoverview}
318
319 wxWindows supports a document/view framework which provides
320 housekeeping for a document-centric application.
321
322 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
323 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument}}{Represents a document}
324 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxView}{wxview}}{Represents a view}
325 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate}}{Manages the relationship between a document class and a veiw class}
326 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocManager}{wxdocmanager}}{Manages the documents and views in an application}
327 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocChildFrame}{wxdocchildframe}}{A child frame for showing a document view}
328 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocParentFrame}{wxdocparentframe}}{A parent frame to contain views}
329 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIDocChildFrame}{wxmdidocchildframe}}{An MDI child frame for showing a document view}
330 %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIDocParentFrame}{wxmdidocparentframe}}{An MDI parent frame to contain views}
331 \end{twocollist}
332
333 {\large {\bf Printing framework}}
334
335 \overview{Overview}{printingoverview}
336
337 A printing and previewing framework is implemented to
338 make it relatively straighforward to provide document printing
339 facilities.
340
341 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
342 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewFrame}{wxpreviewframe}}{Frame for displaying a print preview}
343 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewCanvas}{wxpreviewcanvas}}{Canvas for displaying a print preview}
344 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPreviewControlBar}{wxpreviewcontrolbar}}{Standard control bar for a print preview}
345 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog}}{Standard print dialog}
346 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog}
347 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinter}{wxprinter}}{Class representing the printer}
348 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc}}{Printer device context}
349 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintout}{wxprintout}}{Class representing a particular printout}
350 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintPreview}{wxprintpreview}}{Class representing a print preview}
351 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintData}{wxprintdata}}{Represents information about the document being printed}
352 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialogData}{wxprintdialogdata}}{Represents information about the print dialog}
353 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialogData}{wxpagesetupdialogdata}}{Represents information about the page setup dialog}
354 \end{twocollist}
355
356 {\large {\bf Drag and drop and clipboard classes}}
357
358 \overview{Drag and drop and clipboard overview}{wxdndoverview}
359
360 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
361 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataObject}{wxdataobject}}{Data object class}
362 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataFormat}{wxdataformat}}{Represents a data format}
363 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextDataObject}{wxtextdataobject}}{Text data object class}
364 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDataObject}{wxtextdataobject}}{File data object class}
365 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapDataObject}{wxbitmapdataobject}}{Bitmap data object class}
366 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCustomDataObject}{wxcustomdataobject}}{Custom data object class}
367 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxClipboard}{wxclipboard}}{Clipboard class}
368 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropTarget}{wxdroptarget}}{Drop target class}
369 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileDropTarget}{wxfiledroptarget}}{File drop target class}
370 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextDropTarget}{wxtextdroptarget}}{Text drop target class}
371 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropSource}{wxdropsource}}{Drop source class}
372 \end{twocollist}
373
374 {\large {\bf File related classes}}
375
376 wxWindows has several small classes to work with disk files, see \helpref{file classes
377 overview}{wxfileoverview} for more details.
378
379 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
380 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDir}{wxdir}}{Class for enumerating files/subdirectories.}
381 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFile}{wxfile}}{Low-level file input/output class.}
382 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFile}{wxffile}}{Another low-level file input/output class.}
383 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTempFile}{wxtempfile}}{Class to safely replace an existing file}
384 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextFile}{wxtextfile}}{Class for working with text files as with arrays of lines}
385 \end{twocollist}
386
387 {\large {\bf Stream classes}}
388
389 wxWindows has its own set of stream classes, as an alternative to often buggy standard stream
390 libraries, and to provide enhanced functionality.
391
392 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
393 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStreamBase}{wxstreambase}}{Stream base class}
394 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStreamBuffer}{wxstreambuffer}}{Stream buffer class}
395 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxInputStream}{wxinputstream}}{Input stream class}
396 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxOutputStream}{wxoutputstream}}{Output stream class}
397 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCountingOutputStream}{wxcountingoutputstream}}{Stream class for querying what size a stream would have.}
398 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFilterInputStream}{wxfilterinputstream}}{Filtered input stream class}
399 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFilterOutputStream}{wxfilteroutputstream}}{Filtered output stream class}
400 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBufferedInputStream}{wxbufferedinputstream}}{Buffered input stream class}
401 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBufferedOutputStream}{wxbufferedoutputstream}}{Buffered output stream class}
402 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryInputStream}{wxmeminputstream}}{Memory input stream class}
403 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMemoryOutputStream}{wxmemoutputstream}}{Memory output stream class}
404 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataInputStream}{wxdatainputstream}}{Platform-independent binary data input stream class}
405 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDataOutputStream}{wxdataoutputstream}}{Platform-independent binary data output stream class}
406 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextInputStream}{wxtextinputstream}}{Platform-independent text data input stream class}
407 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextOutputStream}{wxtextoutputstream}}{Platform-independent text data output stream class}
408 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileInputStream}{wxfileinputstream}}{File input stream class}
409 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileOutputStream}{wxfileoutputstream}}{File output stream class}
410 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileInputStream}{wxffileinputstream}}{Another file input stream class}
411 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFFileOutputStream}{wxffileoutputstream}}{Another file output stream class}
412 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibInputStream}{wxzlibinputstream}}{Zlib (compression) input stream class}
413 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZlibOutputStream}{wxzliboutputstream}}{Zlib (compression) output stream class}
414 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxZipInputStream}{wxzipinputstream}}{Input stream for reading from ZIP archives}
415 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketInputStream}{wxsocketinputstream}}{Socket input stream class}
416 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketOutputStream}{wxsocketoutputstream}}{Socket output stream class}
417 \end{twocollist}
418
419 {\large {\bf Threading classes}}
420
421 \overview{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview}
422
423 wxWindows provides a set of classes to make use of the native thread
424 capabilities of the various platforms.
425
426 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
427 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxThread}{wxthread}}{Thread class}
428 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}}{Mutex class}
429 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutexLocker}{wxmutexlocker}}{Mutex locker utility class}
430 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSection}{wxcriticalsection}}{Critical section class}
431 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSectionLocker}{wxcriticalsectionlocker}}{ritical section locker utility class}
432 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCondition}{wxcondition}}{Condition class}
433 \end{twocollist}
434
435 {\large {\bf HTML classes}}
436
437 wxWindows provides a set of classes to display text in HTML format. These
438 class include a help system based on the HTML widget.
439
440 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
441 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}}{HTML help controller class}
442 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWindow}{wxhtmlwindow}}{HTML window class}
443 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlEasyPrinting}{wxhtmleasyprinting}}{Simple class for printing HTML}
444 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlPrintout}{wxhtmlprintout}}{Generic HTML wxPrintout class}
445 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlParser}{wxhtmlparser}}{Generic HTML parser class}
446 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlTagHandler}{wxhtmltaghandler}}{HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlParser}
447 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWinParser}{wxhtmlwinparser}}{HTML parser class for wxHtmlWindow}
448 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWinTagHandler}{wxhtmlwintaghandler}}{HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlWinParser}
449 \end{twocollist}
450
451 {\large {\bf Virtual file system classes}}
452
453 wxWindows provides a set of classes that implement an extensible virtual file system,
454 used internally by the HTML classes.
455
456 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
457 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFSFile}{wxfsfile}}{Represents a file in the virtual file system}
458 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystem}{wxfilesystem}}{Main interface for the virtual file system}
459 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystemHandler}{wxfilesystemhandler}}{Class used to announce file system type}
460 \end{twocollist}
461
462 {\large {\bf Miscellaneous}}
463
464 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
465 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxApp}{wxapp}}{Application class}
466 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase}}{Classes for configuration reading/writing}
467 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHelpController}{wxhelpcontroller}}{Family of classes for controlling help windows}
468 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutAlgorithm}{wxlayoutalgorithm}}{An alternative window layout facility}
469 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}}{Process class}
470 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}}{Timer class}
471 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStopWatch}{wxstopwatch}}{Stop watch class}
472 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMimeTypesManager}{wxmimetypesmanager}}{MIME-types manager class}
473 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSystemSettings}{wxsystemsettings}}{System settings class}
474 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}}{Accelerator table}
475 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxAutomationObject}{wxautomationobject}}{OLE automation class}
476 \end{twocollist}
477
478 {\large {\bf Database classes}}
479
480 \overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview}
481
482 wxWindows provides two alternative sets of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
483 product. The new version by Remstar is documented in a separate manual.
484 The older classes are as follows:
485
486 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
487 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDatabase}{wxdatabase}}{Database class}
488 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryCol}{wxquerycol}}{Class representing a column}
489 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryField}{wxqueryfield}}{Class representing a field}
490 \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRecordSet}{wxrecordset}}{Class representing one or more record}
491 \end{twocollist}
492