1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: Defines the AutoCaptureMechanism class
4 // Author: Utensil Candel (UtensilCandel@@gmail.com)
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
9 #ifndef _AUTOCAPTURE_H_
10 #define _AUTOCAPTURE_H_
13 #include "wx/filename.h"
18 GlobalAdjustFlags works with AutoCaptureMechanism's constructor, to disbale/enable
19 some auto-adjustment for all controls.
21 They are used to make AutoCaptureMechanism more configurable and provide a fallback
22 to detect the bugs that the adjustments intended to avoid.
26 enum GlobalAdjustFlags
29 This is the default. All adjustments instructed in
30 AutoCaptureMechanism::RegisterControl() will be performed.
35 Disable region adjustment for all controls.
37 AJ_DisableRegionAdjust
= 1 << 0,
40 Enable region adjustment for all controls.
42 If AJ_DisableRegionAdjust and AJ_AlwaysRegionAdjust are both specified, current
43 implemetation will ignore AJ_DisableRegionAdjust.
45 AJ_AlwaysRegionAdjust
= 1 << 1,
48 Disable name adjustment for all controls.
50 AJ_DisableNameAdjust
= 1 << 2,
53 For all the "Drop-down Controls", e.g. wxChoice, do not prompt the user about whether
54 to capture their drop-down state, and always capture only its non-drop-down state.
56 AJ_DisableDropdown
= 1 << 3
60 AdjustFlags works with AutoCaptureMechanism::RegisterControl() to specify how to
61 adjust the screenshot of the current control.
63 They are used to avoid bugs, look better or interact with user etc.
65 @see GlobalAdjustFlags
70 This is the default. Perform no adjustment for this control.
75 Perform region adjustment for this control.
77 On some platforms and for some controls, wxWindow::GetScreenRect() will return
78 a smaller or deflected region. In these cases, the screenshots we get are incomplete.
79 It's recommended for everyone to fix the controls' code, yet this flag provides a
80 workaround to get a guaranteed correct region without using wxWindow::GetScreenRect().
82 This workaround("label trick") is inspired by (or say stolen from) Auria's work.
84 AJ_RegionAdjust
= 1 << 0,
87 This flag provides a way to capture the drop-down state of "Drop-down Controls",
90 For all the "Drop-down Controls", prompt the user about whether to capture their
91 drop-down state, if the user chooses YES, he should drop down the control in about
92 3 seconds and wait util it's captured in that state.
97 This flag is used internally by RegisterPageTurn(). Don't use it directly unless you
98 know what you are doing.
100 AJ_TurnPage
= 1 << 2,
103 This flag provides a functionality to union screenshots of different modes/states of
104 a control into one image. e.g. the single-line/multi-line modes of a wxTextCtrl.
106 For a series of controls to be unioned, you should specify AJ_Union for the first,
107 and AJ_UnionEnd for the last. For the controls between them, you can either specify
110 The filename of the generated screenshot is the name of the first control in the series.
121 @class AutoCaptureMechanism
123 AutoCaptureMechanism provides an easy-to-use and adjustable facility to take the screenshots
124 for all controls fully automaticly and correctly. It also provides an advanced feature to
125 union screenshots of different states/modes of a control.
127 @section tag_filename_convention Screenshot File Name Convention
129 All screenshots are generated as PNG files. For a control named wxName, its screenshot file
130 name would be "name.png", e.g. "button.png" for wxButton. This is the protocol with the
131 doxygen document of wxWidgets.
133 By default, screenshots are generated under the subdirectory "screenshots" of current working
134 directory. During updating or adding new screenshots, first make sure screenshots are generated
135 correctly, and then copy them to the following subdirectory of docs/doxygen/images:
137 "wxmsw" for MS Windows, "wxgtk" for Linux and "wxmac" for Mac OS.
139 @section tag_gui_assumption The Assumption of GUI
141 Unfortunately, this class have an assumption about the structure of GUI:
142 It must have the follwoing top-down structure:
144 wxNotebook->wxPanel->wxSizer->wxControl
146 That means, in the wxNotebook associated with this class, controls that needs to be
147 taken screenshots are placed on different panels(for grouping) and layed out by wxSizers.
149 @section tag_tutorial Tutorial
151 In the contruction, you should associate a wxNotebook with this class, in that wxNotebook,
152 controls that needs to be captured are placed on different panels(for grouping).
154 When you register controls, you should do it in order: Register the controls on the first
155 panel(using RegisterControl()), and then register a page turn(using RegisterPageTurn()),
156 so this class can turn a page of the wxNotebook to present the second page. And then
157 you register the controls on the second panel, then a page turn, and so on.
159 When you are done, simply call CaptureAll(), then screenshots of all controls will be
160 automaticly generated.
162 @section tag_autoadjust Make Use of Auto Adjustments
164 First take a look at the document of RegisterControl(), enum AdjustFlags and
167 And then, ScreenshotFrame::OnCaptureAllControls() is a good example of making use of
168 auto adjustment. Taking a look at it will get you started.
170 @section tag_developer_note Notes for Developers
172 @subsection tag_cnc CaptureAll() and Capture()
174 The implementation of Auto Adjustments is in CaptureAll() and Capture(), the code is
175 short, quite readable and well commented, please read the codes before any modification.
177 If you need the class to do something sepcial for you, consider introducing a new flag
178 and implement it in them. For an operation performed on multiple controls, implemente
179 its logic in CaptureAll(), otherwise in the private member Capture().
181 @subsection tag_yield_issue wxYield Issues
183 Not quite a good habit, but this class made a lot of use of wxYield()/wxYieldIfNeeded().
184 They are used to ensure the update of GUI(e.g. the page turn of wxNotebook) is done
185 before any further screenshot-taking, or to do the timing(in Delay()). Without their use,
186 there would be subtle bugs.
188 I've read documents about wxYield() and understand the down side of it before using it.
189 But I didn't find a better approach to do those things, and I used them carefully. So
190 please DO NOT remove any of these wxYield()s unless you're sure that it won't cause problems
191 on all of MS Windows XP/Vista, Linux(Ubuntu/Fedora), Mac OS Tiger/Leopard. And please
192 help me to find a better approach, thank you :)
194 class AutoCaptureMechanism
201 The wxNotebook associated with this class.Please see @ref tag_gui_assumption
202 and @ref tag_tutorial.
205 It's one of or a combination of GlobalAdjustFlags, to disbale/enable some auto-adjustment
209 It's the margin around every control in the sreenshots.
211 AutoCaptureMechanism(wxNotebook
*notebook
,
212 int flag
= AJ_NormalAll
,
214 : m_notebook(notebook
), m_flag(flag
),
215 m_margin(margin
), m_grid(NULL
) {}
217 ~AutoCaptureMechanism(){}
220 Register a control and perform specifid auto adjustments.
223 The pointer to the control to be taken a screenshot.
226 If you find out that the screenshot for this control was generated under an incorrect
227 file name, specify @a name. e.g. for wxButton, "wxButton" or "button" are both OK.
231 If you end up with an a smaller or deflected screenshot, use AJ_RegionAdjust.
233 If you want to caputure the "drop-down" state of a "drop-down" control, use AJ_Dropdown.
235 If you want to present different states of a control in one screenshot, use AJ_Union
238 Please read the document of enum AdjustFlags, and notice that this flag could be enabled/
239 disabled by global flag GlobalAdjustFlags.
241 void RegisterControl(wxWindow
* ctrl
, wxString name
= _T(""), int flag
= AJ_Normal
)
243 m_controlList
.push_back(Control(ctrl
, name
, flag
));
247 Register a control and perform specifid auto adjustments.
249 This is the same as RegisterControl(wxWindow * ctrl, wxString name, int flag),
250 But with it, you won't have to specify the name if you only want to auto-adjust something
251 other than name adjustment.
253 void RegisterControl(wxWindow
* ctrl
, int flag
)
255 RegisterControl(ctrl
, _T(""), flag
);
259 Register a page turn.
261 When you finished registering the controls on a panel, remember to call it to turn the
262 wxNotebook to the next panel.
264 void RegisterPageTurn()
266 m_controlList
.push_back(Control(0, _T(""), AJ_TurnPage
));
270 Capture all registered controls of the associated wxNotebook.
278 Take a screenshot for the given region.
280 @param rect is the given rectangular region.
282 @param delay is only useful for Mac, for fixing a delay bug. It seems that it didn't
283 fix the bug, so it might be removed soon.
285 static wxBitmap
Capture(wxRect rect
, int delay
= 0);
288 Take a screenshot for the given region.
290 @see Capture(wxRect rect, int delay)
292 static wxBitmap
Capture(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
, int delay
= 0);
295 Save the screenshot as the name of @a fileName in the default directory.
297 @a fileName should be without ".png".
299 static void Save(wxBitmap screenshot
, wxString fileName
);
302 Set the default directory where the screenshots will be generated.
304 static void SetDefaultDirectory(wxString dir
) { default_dir
= dir
; }
307 Get the default directory where the screenshots will be generated.
309 static wxString
GetDefaultDirectory() { return default_dir
; }
312 Get the absolute path of the default directory where the screenshots will be generated.
314 static wxString
GetDefaultDirectoryAbsPath();
319 Internal Data Structures
321 They might go public in future to provide reuse of ControlList.
327 Control(wxWindow
* _ctrl
, wxString _name
, int _flag
)
328 : ctrl(_ctrl
), name(_name
), flag(_flag
) {}
335 typedef std::vector
<Control
> ControlList
;
340 They are only used to clearify the logic of some public functions and it's nonsense
341 to call them elsewhere.
345 Capture and auto adjust the control. Used by CaptureAll().
347 wxBitmap
Capture(Control
& ctrl
);
350 Get the correct rectangular region that the control occupies. Used by
351 Capture(Control & ctrl).
353 If AJ_RegionAdjust is specified, it will use the "label trick" to perform
354 region auto adjustment.
356 The "label trick" is to reattach the control to a wxFlexGridSizer m_grid,
357 surround the control with labels and get the control's region by label's positions.
360 +---------+-----------+---------+
362 +---------+-----------+---------+
363 | label | ctrl | label |
364 +---------+-----------+---------+
366 +---------+-----------+---------+
368 So, there will be a side effect: the control is moved to a new position. So after taking the
369 screenshot, Capture(Control & ctrl) should call PutBack(wxWindow * ctrl) to put it back.
371 If AJ_RegionAdjust isn't specified, it will simply call wxWindow::GetScreenRect().
373 wxRect
GetRect(wxWindow
* ctrl
, int flag
);
376 Put the control back after the label trick used in GetRect(). Used by
377 Capture(Control & ctrl).
379 void PutBack(wxWindow
* ctrl
);
382 Union two screenshots in the vertical direction, and leave a gap between the
383 screenshots. Used by CaptureAll().
385 The gap is 20 pixels by default. Currently it isn't configurable.
387 static wxBitmap
Union(wxBitmap pic1
, wxBitmap pic2
);
390 Delay a few seconds without blocking GUI.
392 static void Delay(int seconds
);
397 ControlList m_controlList
;
399 wxNotebook
* m_notebook
;
405 wxFlexGridSizer
* m_grid
;
407 static wxString default_dir
;
410 #endif // _AUTOCAPTURE_H_