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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 #ifdef __GNUG__
20 #pragma interface "utils.h"
21 #endif
22
23 #include "wx/setup.h"
24 #include "wx/object.h"
25 #include "wx/list.h"
26 #include "wx/window.h"
27 #include "wx/filefn.h"
28
29 #include "wx/ioswrap.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
45 // FIXME should use wxStricmp() instead
46 #ifdef __GNUWIN32__
47 #define stricmp strcasecmp
48 #define strnicmp strncasecmp
49 #endif
50
51 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
52 // Macros
53 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
54
55 #define wxMax(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
56 #define wxMin(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
57
58 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
59 // String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
60 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
61
62 // Useful buffer (FIXME VZ: yeah, that is. To be removed!)
63 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern char*) wxBuffer;
64
65 // Make a copy of this string using 'new'
66 WXDLLEXPORT char* copystring(const char *s);
67
68 // Matches string one within string two regardless of case
69 WXDLLEXPORT bool StringMatch(char *one, char *two, bool subString = TRUE, bool exact = FALSE);
70
71 // A shorter way of using strcmp
72 #define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (strcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
73
74 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
75 // Miscellaneous functions
76 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
77
78 // Sound the bell
79 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBell(void) ;
80
81 // Get OS version
82 WXDLLEXPORT int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn= (int *) NULL,int *minorVsn= (int *) NULL) ;
83
84 // Return a string with the current date/time
85 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxNow();
86
87 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
88 // Window ID management
89 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
90
91 // Generate a unique ID
92 WXDLLEXPORT long wxNewId();
93 #if !defined(NewId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
94 #define NewId wxNewId
95 #endif
96
97 // Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
98 WXDLLEXPORT void wxRegisterId(long id);
99 #if !defined(RegisterId) && defined(WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY)
100 #define RegisterId wxRegisterId
101 #endif
102
103 // Return the current ID
104 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetCurrentId();
105
106 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
107 // Various conversions
108 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
109
110 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const char*) wxFloatToStringStr;
111 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const char*) wxDoubleToStringStr;
112
113 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToFloat(char *s, float *number);
114 WXDLLEXPORT char* FloatToString(float number, const char *fmt = wxFloatToStringStr);
115 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToDouble(char *s, double *number);
116 WXDLLEXPORT char* DoubleToString(double number, const char *fmt = wxDoubleToStringStr);
117 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToInt(char *s, int *number);
118 WXDLLEXPORT void StringToLong(char *s, long *number);
119 WXDLLEXPORT char* IntToString(int number);
120 WXDLLEXPORT char* LongToString(long number);
121
122 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
123 WXDLLEXPORT int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf);
124
125 // Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
126 WXDLLEXPORT void wxDecToHex(int dec, char *buf);
127 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
128
129 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
130 // Process management
131 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
132
133 // Execute another program. Returns 0 if there was an error, a PID otherwise.
134 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(char **argv, bool sync = FALSE,
135 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
136 WXDLLEXPORT long wxExecute(const wxString& command, bool sync = FALSE,
137 wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
138
139 enum wxSignal
140 {
141 wxSIGNONE = 0, // verify if the process exists under Unix
142 wxSIGHUP,
143 wxSIGINT,
144 wxSIGQUIT,
145 wxSIGILL,
146 wxSIGTRAP,
147 wxSIGABRT,
148 wxSIGIOT = wxSIGABRT, // another name
149 wxSIGEMT,
150 wxSIGFPE,
151 wxSIGKILL,
152 wxSIGBUS,
153 wxSIGSEGV,
154 wxSIGSYS,
155 wxSIGPIPE,
156 wxSIGALRM,
157 wxSIGTERM
158
159 // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
160 };
161
162 // the argument is ignored under Windows - the process is always killed
163 WXDLLEXPORT int wxKill(long pid, wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM);
164
165 // Execute a command in an interactive shell window
166 // If no command then just the shell
167 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);
168
169 // Sleep for nSecs seconds under UNIX, do nothing under Windows
170 WXDLLEXPORT void wxSleep(int nSecs);
171
172 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
173 WXDLLEXPORT void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds);
174
175 // Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
176 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetFreeMemory();
177
178 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
179 // Network and username functions.
180 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
181
182 // NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
183
184 // Get eMail address
185 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetEmailAddress(char *buf, int maxSize);
186 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetEmailAddress();
187
188 // Get hostname.
189 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetHostName(char *buf, int maxSize);
190 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetHostName();
191
192 // Get FQDN
193 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetFullHostName();
194
195 // Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
196 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserId(char *buf, int maxSize);
197 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetUserId();
198
199 // Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
200 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetUserName(char *buf, int maxSize);
201 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetUserName();
202
203 // Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
204 WXDLLEXPORT const char* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr);
205
206 // Get the user's home dir (caller must copy --- volatile)
207 // returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
208 WXDLLEXPORT char* wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
209
210 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
211 // Strip out any menu codes
212 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
213
214 WXDLLEXPORT char* wxStripMenuCodes(char *in, char *out = (char *) NULL);
215 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str);
216
217 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
218 // Window search
219 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
220
221 // Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
222 // Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
223 // all windows.
224 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
225
226 // Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
227 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString& name, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
228
229 // Returns menu item id or -1 if none.
230 WXDLLEXPORT int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString);
231
232 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
233 // Message/event queue helpers
234 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
235
236 // Yield to other apps/messages
237 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxYield();
238
239 // Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
240 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow *win = NULL);
241
242 // Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
243 // in long calculations.
244 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow *wnd);
245
246 // Consume all events until no more left
247 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFlushEvents();
248
249 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
250 // Cursors
251 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
252
253 // Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
254 class WXDLLEXPORT wxCursor;
255 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCursor*) wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR;
256 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor *cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
257
258 // Restore cursor to normal
259 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEndBusyCursor();
260
261 // TRUE if we're between the above two calls
262 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxIsBusy();
263
264 // Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
265 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
266 {
267 public:
268 wxBusyCursor(wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR)
269 { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor); }
270 ~wxBusyCursor()
271 { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
272 };
273
274 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
275 // Error message functions used by wxWindows (deprecated, use wxLog)
276 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
277
278 // Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
279 // stream (Windows)
280 WXDLLEXPORT void wxDebugMsg(const char *fmt ...) ;
281
282 // Non-fatal error (continues)
283 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const char*) wxInternalErrorStr;
284 WXDLLEXPORT void wxError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxInternalErrorStr);
285
286 // Fatal error (exits)
287 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const char*) wxFatalErrorStr;
288 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFatalError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxFatalErrorStr);
289
290 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
291 // Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
292 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
293
294 #if wxUSE_RESOURCES
295 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, const wxString& value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
296 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
297 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
298 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
299
300 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, char **value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
301 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
302 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
303 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
304 #endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
305
306 void WXDLLEXPORT wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
307
308 // MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
309 // Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
310 #ifdef __WXMSW__
311 WXDLLEXPORT extern const char* wxUserResourceStr;
312 WXDLLEXPORT char* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName, const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr);
313
314 // Implemented in utils.cpp: VC++, Win95 only. Sets up a console for standard
315 // input/output
316 WXDLLEXPORT void wxRedirectIOToConsole();
317
318 #endif // MSW
319
320 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
321 // Display and colorss (X only)
322 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
323
324 #ifdef __X__
325 WXDisplay *wxGetDisplay();
326 bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString& display_name);
327 wxString wxGetDisplayName();
328 #endif
329
330 #ifdef __X__
331
332 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
333
334 #define wxMAX_RGB 0xff
335 #define wxMAX_SV 1000
336 #define wxSIGN(x) ((x < 0) ? -x : x)
337 #define wxH_WEIGHT 4
338 #define wxS_WEIGHT 1
339 #define wxV_WEIGHT 2
340
341 typedef struct wx_hsv {
342 int h,s,v;
343 } wxHSV;
344
345 #define wxMax3(x,y,z) ((x > y) ? ((x > z) ? x : z) : ((y > z) ? y : z))
346 #define wxMin3(x,y,z) ((x < y) ? ((x < z) ? x : z) : ((y < z) ? y : z))
347
348 void wxHSVToXColor(wxHSV *hsv,XColor *xcolor);
349 void wxXColorToHSV(wxHSV *hsv,XColor *xcolor);
350 void wxAllocNearestColor(Display *display,Colormap colormap,XColor *xcolor);
351 void wxAllocColor(Display *display,Colormap colormap,XColor *xcolor);
352
353 #endif //__X__
354
355 #endif
356 // _WX_UTILSH__