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