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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 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 // need this for wxGetDiskSpace() as we can't, unfortunately, forward declare
28 // wxLongLong
29 #include "wx/longlong.h"
30
31 #ifdef __X__
32 #include <dirent.h>
33 #include <unistd.h>
34 #endif
35
36 #include <stdio.h>
37
38 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
39 // Forward declaration
40 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
41
42 class WXDLLEXPORT wxProcess;
43 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFrame;
44 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow;
45 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowList;
46 class WXDLLEXPORT wxPoint;
47
48 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
49 // Macros
50 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
51
52 #define wxMax(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
53 #define wxMin(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
54
55 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56 // String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
57 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
58
59 // Useful buffer (FIXME VZ: To be removed!!!)
60 // Now only needed in MSW port
61 #if !defined(__WXMOTIF__) && !defined(__WXGTK__) && !defined(__WXX11__) && !defined(__WXMGL__) && !defined(__WXMAC__)
62 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxChar*) wxBuffer;
63 #endif
64
65 // Make a copy of this string using 'new'
66 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* copystring(const wxChar *s);
67
68 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2
69 // Matches string one within string two regardless of case
70 WXDLLEXPORT bool StringMatch(const wxChar *one, const wxChar *two, bool subString = TRUE, bool exact = FALSE);
71 #endif
72
73 // A shorter way of using strcmp
74 #define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (wxStrcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
75
76 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
77 // Miscellaneous functions
78 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
79
80 // Sound the bell
81 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBell();
82
83 // Get OS description as a user-readable string
84 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetOsDescription();
85
86 // Get OS version
87 WXDLLEXPORT int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn = (int *) NULL,
88 int *minorVsn = (int *) NULL);
89
90 // Return a string with the current date/time
91 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxNow();
92
93 // Return path where wxWindows is installed (mostly useful in Unices)
94 WXDLLEXPORT const wxChar *wxGetInstallPrefix();
95 // Return path to wxWin data (/usr/share/wx/%{version}) (Unices)
96 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetDataDir();
97
98
99 #if wxUSE_GUI
100 // Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
101 // KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
102 // in wxMSW.
103 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag );
104
105 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
106 // Window ID management
107 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
108
109 // Generate a unique ID
110 WXDLLEXPORT long wxNewId();
111 #if !defined(NewId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
112 #define NewId wxNewId
113 #endif
114
115 // Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
116 WXDLLEXPORT void wxRegisterId(long id);
117 #if !defined(RegisterId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
118 #define RegisterId wxRegisterId
119 #endif
120
121 // Return the current ID
122 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetCurrentId();
123
124 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
125
126 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
127 // Various conversions
128 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
129
130 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxFloatToStringStr;
131 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxDoubleToStringStr;
132
133 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToFloat(const wxChar *s, float *number);
134 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* FloatToString(float number, const wxChar *fmt = wxFloatToStringStr);
135 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToDouble(const wxChar *s, double *number);
136 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* DoubleToString(double number, const wxChar *fmt = wxDoubleToStringStr);
137 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToInt(const wxChar *s, int *number);
138 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToLong(const wxChar *s, long *number);
139 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* IntToString(int number);
140 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* LongToString(long number);
141
142 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
143 WXDLLEXPORT int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf);
144
145 // Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
146 WXDLLEXPORT void wxDecToHex(int dec, wxChar *buf);
147 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
148
149 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
150 // Process management
151 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
152
153 // NB: for backwars compatibility reasons the values of wxEXEC_[A]SYNC *must*
154 // be 0 and 1, don't change!
155
156 enum
157 {
158 // execute the process asynchronously
159 wxEXEC_ASYNC = 0,
160
161 // execute it synchronously, i.e. wait until it finishes
162 wxEXEC_SYNC = 1,
163
164 // under Windows, don't hide the child even if it's IO is redirected (this
165 // is done by default)
166 wxEXEC_NOHIDE = 2,
167
168 // under Unix, if the process is the group leader then killing -pid kills
169 // all children as well as pid
170 wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER = 4
171 };
172
173 // Execute another program.
174 //
175 // If flags contain wxEXEC_SYNC, return -1 on failure and the exit code of the
176 // process if everything was ok. Otherwise (i.e. if wxEXEC_ASYNC), return 0 on
177 // failure and the PID of the launched process if ok.
178 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(wxChar **argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
179 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
180 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
181 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
182
183 // execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line, this is
184 // always synchronous
185 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
186 wxArrayString& output);
187
188 // also capture stderr (also synchronous)
189 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
190 wxArrayString& output,
191 wxArrayString& error);
192
193 enum wxSignal
194 {
195 wxSIGNONE = 0, // verify if the process exists under Unix
196 wxSIGHUP,
197 wxSIGINT,
198 wxSIGQUIT,
199 wxSIGILL,
200 wxSIGTRAP,
201 wxSIGABRT,
202 wxSIGIOT = wxSIGABRT, // another name
203 wxSIGEMT,
204 wxSIGFPE,
205 wxSIGKILL,
206 wxSIGBUS,
207 wxSIGSEGV,
208 wxSIGSYS,
209 wxSIGPIPE,
210 wxSIGALRM,
211 wxSIGTERM
212
213 // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
214 };
215
216 enum wxKillError
217 {
218 wxKILL_OK, // no error
219 wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL, // no such signal
220 wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED, // permission denied
221 wxKILL_NO_PROCESS, // no such process
222 wxKILL_ERROR // another, unspecified error
223 };
224
225 enum wxShutdownFlags
226 {
227 wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF, // power off the computer
228 wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT // shutdown and reboot
229 };
230
231 // Shutdown or reboot the PC
232 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShutdown(wxShutdownFlags wFlags);
233
234 // send the given signal to the process (only NONE and KILL are supported under
235 // Windows, all others mean TERM), return 0 if ok and -1 on error
236 //
237 // return detailed error in rc if not NULL
238 WXDLLEXPORT int wxKill(long pid,
239 wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM,
240 wxKillError *rc = NULL);
241
242 // Execute a command in an interactive shell window (always synchronously)
243 // If no command then just the shell
244 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);
245
246 // As wxShell(), but must give a (non interactive) command and its output will
247 // be returned in output array
248 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShell(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output);
249
250 // Sleep for nSecs seconds
251 WXDLLEXPORT void wxSleep(int nSecs);
252
253 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
254 WXDLLEXPORT void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds);
255
256 // Get the process id of the current process
257 WXDLLEXPORT unsigned long wxGetProcessId();
258
259 // Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
260 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetFreeMemory();
261
262 // should wxApp::OnFatalException() be called?
263 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit = TRUE);
264
265 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
266 // Environment variables
267 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
268
269 // returns TRUE if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
270 // for this)
271 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value);
272
273 // set the env var name to the given value, return TRUE on success
274 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxChar *value);
275
276 // remove the env var from environment
277 inline bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& var) { return wxSetEnv(var, NULL); }
278
279 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
280 // Network and username functions.
281 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
282
283 // NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
284
285 // Get eMail address
286 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
287 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetEmailAddress();
288
289 // Get hostname.
290 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
291 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetHostName();
292
293 // Get FQDN
294 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetFullHostName();
295 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
296
297 // Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
298 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserId(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
299 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetUserId();
300
301 // Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
302 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
303 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetUserName();
304
305 // Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
306 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetHomeDir();
307 WXDLLEXPORT const wxChar* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr);
308
309 // Get the user's home dir (caller must copy --- volatile)
310 // returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
311 #if defined(__UNIX__) && wxUSE_UNICODE
312 WXDLLEXPORT const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
313 #else
314 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
315 #endif
316
317 // get number of total/free bytes on the disk where path belongs
318 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetDiskSpace(const wxString& path,
319 wxLongLong *pTotal = NULL,
320 wxLongLong *pFree = NULL);
321
322 #if wxUSE_GUI // GUI only things from now on
323
324 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
325 // Menu accelerators related things
326 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
327
328 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxStripMenuCodes(const wxChar *in, wxChar *out = (wxChar *) NULL);
329 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str);
330
331 #if wxUSE_ACCEL
332 class WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry;
333 WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry *wxGetAccelFromString(const wxString& label);
334 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
335
336 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
337 // Window search
338 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
339
340 // Returns menu item id or -1 if none.
341 WXDLLEXPORT int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString);
342
343 // Find the wxWindow at the given point. wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint
344 // is always present but may be less reliable than a native version.
345 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
346 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
347
348 // NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel() instead
349 //
350 // Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
351 // Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
352 // all windows.
353 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
354
355 // NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByName() instead
356 //
357 // Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
358 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString& name, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
359
360 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
361 // Message/event queue helpers
362 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
363
364 // NB: these functions are obsolete, please use wxApp methods instead!
365
366 // Yield to other apps/messages
367 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxYield();
368
369 // Like wxYield, but fails silently if the yield is recursive.
370 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxYieldIfNeeded();
371
372 // Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
373 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow *win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = FALSE);
374
375 // Enable or disable input to all top level windows
376 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable = TRUE);
377
378 // Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
379 // in long calculations.
380 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow *wnd);
381
382 // Consume all events until no more left
383 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFlushEvents();
384
385 // a class which disables all windows (except, may be, thegiven one) in its
386 // ctor and enables them back in its dtor
387 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDisabler
388 {
389 public:
390 wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow *winToSkip = (wxWindow *)NULL);
391 ~wxWindowDisabler();
392
393 private:
394 wxWindowList *m_winDisabled;
395
396 DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxWindowDisabler)
397 };
398
399 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
400 // Cursors
401 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
402
403 // Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
404 class WXDLLEXPORT wxCursor;
405 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCursor*) wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR;
406 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor *cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
407
408 // Restore cursor to normal
409 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEndBusyCursor();
410
411 // TRUE if we're between the above two calls
412 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxIsBusy();
413
414 // Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
415 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
416 {
417 public:
418 wxBusyCursor(wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR)
419 { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor); }
420 ~wxBusyCursor()
421 { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
422
423 // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
424 // in wxGTK. BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
425 // common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
426 // similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
427 // wxCursor.. -- RL.
428 static const wxCursor &GetStoredCursor();
429 static const wxCursor GetBusyCursor();
430 };
431
432
433 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
434 // Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
435 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
436
437 #if wxUSE_RESOURCES
438 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, const wxString& value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
439 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
440 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
441 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
442
443 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, wxChar **value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
444 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
445 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
446 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
447 #endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
448
449 void WXDLLEXPORT wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
450
451 // MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
452 // Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
453 #ifdef __WXMSW__
454 WXDLLEXPORT extern const wxChar* wxUserResourceStr;
455 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName, const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr);
456 #endif // MSW
457
458 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
459 // Display and colorss (X only)
460 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
461
462 #ifdef __WXGTK__
463 void *wxGetDisplay();
464 #endif
465
466 #ifdef __X__
467 WXDisplay *wxGetDisplay();
468 bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString& display_name);
469 wxString wxGetDisplayName();
470 #endif // X or GTK+
471
472 #ifdef __X__
473
474 #ifdef __VMS__ // Xlib.h for VMS is not (yet) compatible with C++
475 // The resulting warnings are switched off here
476 #pragma message disable nosimpint
477 #endif
478 // #include <X11/Xlib.h>
479 #ifdef __VMS__
480 #pragma message enable nosimpint
481 #endif
482
483 #endif //__X__
484
485 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
486
487 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
488 // Error message functions used by wxWindows (deprecated, use wxLog)
489 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
490
491 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
492
493 // Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
494 // stream (Windows)
495 WXDLLEXPORT void wxDebugMsg(const wxChar *fmt ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_1;
496
497 // Non-fatal error (continues)
498 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxInternalErrorStr;
499 WXDLLEXPORT void wxError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxInternalErrorStr);
500
501 // Fatal error (exits)
502 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxFatalErrorStr;
503 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFatalError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxFatalErrorStr);
504
505 #endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
506
507 #endif
508 // _WX_UTILSH__