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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 licence
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef _WX_UTILSH__
13 #define _WX_UTILSH__
14
15 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16 // headers
17 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18
19 #if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
20 #pragma interface "utils.h"
21 #endif
22
23 #include "wx/object.h"
24 #include "wx/list.h"
25 #include "wx/filefn.h"
26
27 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
28
29 // need this for wxGetDiskSpace() as we can't, unfortunately, forward declare
30 // wxLongLong
31 #include "wx/longlong.h"
32
33 #ifdef __X__
34 #include <dirent.h>
35 #include <unistd.h>
36 #endif
37
38 #include <stdio.h>
39
40 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
41 // Forward declaration
42 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
43
44 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxProcess;
45 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxFrame;
46 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxWindow;
47 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxWindowList;
48 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxPoint;
49
50 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
51 // Macros
52 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53
54 #define wxMax(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
55 #define wxMin(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
56
57 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
58 // String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
59 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
60
61 // Make a copy of this string using 'new'
62 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
63 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* copystring(const wxChar *s);
64 #endif
65
66 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2
67 // Matches string one within string two regardless of case
68 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool StringMatch(const wxChar *one, const wxChar *two, bool subString = TRUE, bool exact = FALSE);
69 #endif
70
71 // A shorter way of using strcmp
72 #define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (wxStrcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
73
74 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
75 // Miscellaneous functions
76 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
77
78 // Sound the bell
79 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxBell();
80
81 // Get OS description as a user-readable string
82 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetOsDescription();
83
84 // Get OS version
85 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn = (int *) NULL,
86 int *minorVsn = (int *) NULL);
87
88 // Return a string with the current date/time
89 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxNow();
90
91 // Return path where wxWindows is installed (mostly useful in Unices)
92 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar *wxGetInstallPrefix();
93 // Return path to wxWin data (/usr/share/wx/%{version}) (Unices)
94 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetDataDir();
95
96
97 #if wxUSE_GUI
98 // Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
99 // KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
100 // in wxMSW.
101 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag );
102
103 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
104 // Window ID management
105 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
106
107 // Generate a unique ID
108 WXDLLEXPORT long wxNewId();
109 #if !defined(NewId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
110 #define NewId wxNewId
111 #endif
112
113 // Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
114 WXDLLEXPORT void wxRegisterId(long id);
115 #if !defined(RegisterId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
116 #define RegisterId wxRegisterId
117 #endif
118
119 // Return the current ID
120 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetCurrentId();
121
122 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
123
124 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
125 // Various conversions
126 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
127
128 // these functions are deprecated, use wxString methods instead!
129 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
130
131 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(extern const wxChar*) wxFloatToStringStr;
132 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(extern const wxChar*) wxDoubleToStringStr;
133
134 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToFloat(const wxChar *s, float *number);
135 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* FloatToString(float number, const wxChar *fmt = wxFloatToStringStr);
136 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToDouble(const wxChar *s, double *number);
137 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* DoubleToString(double number, const wxChar *fmt = wxDoubleToStringStr);
138 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToInt(const wxChar *s, int *number);
139 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToLong(const wxChar *s, long *number);
140 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* IntToString(int number);
141 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* LongToString(long number);
142
143 #endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
144
145 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
146 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf);
147
148 // Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
149 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxDecToHex(int dec, wxChar *buf);
150 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
151
152 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
153 // Process management
154 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
155
156 // NB: for backwars compatibility reasons the values of wxEXEC_[A]SYNC *must*
157 // be 0 and 1, don't change!
158
159 enum
160 {
161 // execute the process asynchronously
162 wxEXEC_ASYNC = 0,
163
164 // execute it synchronously, i.e. wait until it finishes
165 wxEXEC_SYNC = 1,
166
167 // under Windows, don't hide the child even if it's IO is redirected (this
168 // is done by default)
169 wxEXEC_NOHIDE = 2,
170
171 // under Unix, if the process is the group leader then killing -pid kills
172 // all children as well as pid
173 wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER = 4
174 };
175
176 // Execute another program.
177 //
178 // If flags contain wxEXEC_SYNC, return -1 on failure and the exit code of the
179 // process if everything was ok. Otherwise (i.e. if wxEXEC_ASYNC), return 0 on
180 // failure and the PID of the launched process if ok.
181 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(wxChar **argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
182 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
183 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
184 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
185
186 // execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line, this is
187 // always synchronous
188 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
189 wxArrayString& output);
190
191 // also capture stderr (also synchronous)
192 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
193 wxArrayString& output,
194 wxArrayString& error);
195
196 enum wxSignal
197 {
198 wxSIGNONE = 0, // verify if the process exists under Unix
199 wxSIGHUP,
200 wxSIGINT,
201 wxSIGQUIT,
202 wxSIGILL,
203 wxSIGTRAP,
204 wxSIGABRT,
205 wxSIGIOT = wxSIGABRT, // another name
206 wxSIGEMT,
207 wxSIGFPE,
208 wxSIGKILL,
209 wxSIGBUS,
210 wxSIGSEGV,
211 wxSIGSYS,
212 wxSIGPIPE,
213 wxSIGALRM,
214 wxSIGTERM
215
216 // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
217 };
218
219 enum wxKillError
220 {
221 wxKILL_OK, // no error
222 wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL, // no such signal
223 wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED, // permission denied
224 wxKILL_NO_PROCESS, // no such process
225 wxKILL_ERROR // another, unspecified error
226 };
227
228 enum wxShutdownFlags
229 {
230 wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF, // power off the computer
231 wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT // shutdown and reboot
232 };
233
234 // Shutdown or reboot the PC
235 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShutdown(wxShutdownFlags wFlags);
236
237 // send the given signal to the process (only NONE and KILL are supported under
238 // Windows, all others mean TERM), return 0 if ok and -1 on error
239 //
240 // return detailed error in rc if not NULL
241 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxKill(long pid,
242 wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM,
243 wxKillError *rc = NULL);
244
245 // Execute a command in an interactive shell window (always synchronously)
246 // If no command then just the shell
247 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);
248
249 // As wxShell(), but must give a (non interactive) command and its output will
250 // be returned in output array
251 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShell(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output);
252
253 // Sleep for nSecs seconds
254 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSleep(int nSecs);
255
256 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
257 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds);
258
259 // Get the process id of the current process
260 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE unsigned long wxGetProcessId();
261
262 // Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
263 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxGetFreeMemory();
264
265 // should wxApp::OnFatalException() be called?
266 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit = TRUE);
267
268 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
269 // Environment variables
270 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
271
272 // returns TRUE if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
273 // for this)
274 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value);
275
276 // set the env var name to the given value, return TRUE on success
277 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxChar *value);
278
279 // remove the env var from environment
280 inline bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& var) { return wxSetEnv(var, NULL); }
281
282 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
283 // Network and username functions.
284 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
285
286 // NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
287
288 // Get eMail address
289 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
290 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetEmailAddress();
291
292 // Get hostname.
293 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
294 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetHostName();
295
296 // Get FQDN
297 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetFullHostName();
298 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
299
300 // Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
301 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetUserId(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
302 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetUserId();
303
304 // Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
305 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetUserName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
306 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetUserName();
307
308 // Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
309 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetHomeDir();
310 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr);
311
312 // Get the user's home dir (caller must copy --- volatile)
313 // returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
314 #if defined(__UNIX__) && wxUSE_UNICODE
315 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
316 #else
317 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
318 #endif
319
320 // get number of total/free bytes on the disk where path belongs
321 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetDiskSpace(const wxString& path,
322 wxLongLong *pTotal = NULL,
323 wxLongLong *pFree = NULL);
324
325 #if wxUSE_GUI // GUI only things from now on
326
327 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
328 // Menu accelerators related things
329 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
330
331 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxStripMenuCodes(const wxChar *in, wxChar *out = (wxChar *) NULL);
332 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str);
333
334 #if wxUSE_ACCEL
335 class WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry;
336 WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry *wxGetAccelFromString(const wxString& label);
337 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
338
339 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
340 // Window search
341 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
342
343 // Returns menu item id or -1 if none.
344 WXDLLEXPORT int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString);
345
346 // Find the wxWindow at the given point. wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint
347 // is always present but may be less reliable than a native version.
348 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
349 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
350
351 // NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel() instead
352 //
353 // Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
354 // Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
355 // all windows.
356 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
357
358 // NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByName() instead
359 //
360 // Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
361 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString& name, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
362
363 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
364 // Message/event queue helpers
365 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
366
367 // Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
368 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow *win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = FALSE);
369
370 // Enable or disable input to all top level windows
371 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable = TRUE);
372
373 // Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
374 // in long calculations.
375 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow *wnd);
376
377 // Consume all events until no more left
378 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFlushEvents();
379
380 // a class which disables all windows (except, may be, thegiven one) in its
381 // ctor and enables them back in its dtor
382 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDisabler
383 {
384 public:
385 wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow *winToSkip = (wxWindow *)NULL);
386 ~wxWindowDisabler();
387
388 private:
389 wxWindowList *m_winDisabled;
390
391 DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxWindowDisabler)
392 };
393
394 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
395 // Cursors
396 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
397
398 // Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
399 class WXDLLEXPORT wxCursor;
400 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCursor*) wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR;
401 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor *cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
402
403 // Restore cursor to normal
404 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEndBusyCursor();
405
406 // TRUE if we're between the above two calls
407 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxIsBusy();
408
409 // Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
410 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
411 {
412 public:
413 wxBusyCursor(wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR)
414 { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor); }
415 ~wxBusyCursor()
416 { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
417
418 // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
419 // in wxGTK. BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
420 // common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
421 // similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
422 // wxCursor.. -- RL.
423 static const wxCursor &GetStoredCursor();
424 static const wxCursor GetBusyCursor();
425 };
426
427
428 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
429 // Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
430 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
431
432 #if wxUSE_RESOURCES
433 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, const wxString& value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
434 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
435 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
436 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
437
438 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, wxChar **value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
439 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
440 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
441 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
442 #endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
443
444 void WXDLLEXPORT wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
445
446 // MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
447 // Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
448 #ifdef __WXMSW__
449 WXDLLEXPORT extern const wxChar* wxUserResourceStr;
450 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName, const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr);
451 #endif // MSW
452
453 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
454 // Display and colorss (X only)
455 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
456
457 #ifdef __WXGTK__
458 void *wxGetDisplay();
459 #endif
460
461 #ifdef __X__
462 WXDisplay *wxGetDisplay();
463 bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString& display_name);
464 wxString wxGetDisplayName();
465 #endif // X or GTK+
466
467 #ifdef __X__
468
469 #ifdef __VMS__ // Xlib.h for VMS is not (yet) compatible with C++
470 // The resulting warnings are switched off here
471 #pragma message disable nosimpint
472 #endif
473 // #include <X11/Xlib.h>
474 #ifdef __VMS__
475 #pragma message enable nosimpint
476 #endif
477
478 #endif //__X__
479
480 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
481
482 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
483 // wxYield(): these functions are obsolete, please use wxApp methods instead!
484 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
485
486 // Yield to other apps/messages
487 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxYield();
488
489 // Like wxYield, but fails silently if the yield is recursive.
490 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxYieldIfNeeded();
491
492 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
493 // Error message functions used by wxWindows (deprecated, use wxLog)
494 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
495
496 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
497
498 // Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
499 // stream (Windows)
500 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxDebugMsg(const wxChar *fmt ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_1;
501
502 // Non-fatal error (continues)
503 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(extern const wxChar*) wxInternalErrorStr;
504 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxInternalErrorStr);
505
506 // Fatal error (exits)
507 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(extern const wxChar*) wxFatalErrorStr;
508 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxFatalError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxFatalErrorStr);
509
510 #endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
511
512 #endif
513 // _WX_UTILSH__