include/wx/utils.h

   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(NO_GCC_PRAGMA) && !defined(__EMX__)
  20 // Some older compilers (such as EMX) cannot handle
  21 // #pragma interface/implementation correctly, iff
  22 // #pragma implementation is used in _two_ translation
  23 // units (as created by e.g. event.cpp compiled for
  24 // libwx_base and event.cpp compiled for libwx_gui_core).
  25 // So we must not use those pragmas for those compilers in
  26 // such files.
  27     #pragma interface "utils.h"
  28 #endif
  29
  30 #include "wx/object.h"
  31 #include "wx/list.h"
  32 #include "wx/filefn.h"
  33
  34 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxArrayString;
  35
  36 // need this for wxGetDiskSpace() as we can't, unfortunately, forward declare
  37 // wxLongLong
  38 #include "wx/longlong.h"
  39
  40 #ifdef __X__
  41     #include <dirent.h>
  42     #include <unistd.h>
  43 #endif
  44
  45 #include <stdio.h>
  46
  47 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  48 // Forward declaration
  49 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  50
  51 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxProcess;
  52 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxFrame;
  53 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxWindow;
  54 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxWindowList;
  55 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxPoint;
  56
  57 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  58 // Macros
  59 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  60
  61 #define wxMax(a,b)            (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
  62 #define wxMin(a,b)            (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
  63
  64 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  65 // String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
  66 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  67
  68 // Make a copy of this string using 'new'
  69 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
  70 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* copystring(const wxChar *s);
  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 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxBell();
  82
  83 // Get OS description as a user-readable string
  84 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetOsDescription();
  85
  86 // Get OS version
  87 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn = (int *) NULL,
  88                                int *minorVsn = (int *) NULL);
  89
  90 // Return a string with the current date/time
  91 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxNow();
  92
  93 // Return path where wxWidgets is installed (mostly useful in Unices)
  94 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar *wxGetInstallPrefix();
  95 // Return path to wxWin data (/usr/share/wx/%{version}) (Unices)
  96 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetDataDir();
  97
  98
  99 #if wxUSE_GUI
 100
 101 // Get the state of a key (true if pressed, false if not)
 102 // This is generally most useful getting the state of
 103 // the modifier or toggle keys.
 104 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetKeyState(wxKeyCode key);
 105
 106
 107 // Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
 108 // KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
 109 // in wxMSW.
 110 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag );
 111
 112 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 113 // Window ID management
 114 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 115
 116 // Generate a unique ID
 117 WXDLLEXPORT long wxNewId();
 118
 119 // Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
 120 WXDLLEXPORT void wxRegisterId(long id);
 121
 122 // Return the current ID
 123 WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetCurrentId();
 124
 125 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
 126
 127 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 128 // Various conversions
 129 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 130
 131 // these functions are deprecated, use wxString methods instead!
 132 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
 133
 134 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(extern const wxChar*) wxFloatToStringStr;
 135 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(extern const wxChar*) wxDoubleToStringStr;
 136
 137 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToFloat(const wxChar *s, float *number);
 138 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* FloatToString(float number, const wxChar *fmt = wxFloatToStringStr);
 139 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToDouble(const wxChar *s, double *number);
 140 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* DoubleToString(double number, const wxChar *fmt = wxDoubleToStringStr);
 141 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToInt(const wxChar *s, int *number);
 142 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToLong(const wxChar *s, long *number);
 143 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* IntToString(int number);
 144 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* LongToString(long number);
 145
 146 #endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
 147
 148 // Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
 149 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf);
 150
 151 // Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
 152 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxDecToHex(int dec, wxChar *buf);
 153 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
 154
 155 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 156 // Process management
 157 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 158
 159 // NB: for backwars compatibility reasons the values of wxEXEC_[A]SYNC *must*
 160 //     be 0 and 1, don't change!
 161
 162 enum
 163 {
 164     // execute the process asynchronously
 165     wxEXEC_ASYNC    = 0,
 166
 167     // execute it synchronously, i.e. wait until it finishes
 168     wxEXEC_SYNC     = 1,
 169
 170     // under Windows, don't hide the child even if it's IO is redirected (this
 171     // is done by default)
 172     wxEXEC_NOHIDE   = 2,
 173
 174     // under Unix, if the process is the group leader then killing -pid kills
 175     // all children as well as pid
 176     wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER = 4
 177 };
 178
 179 // Execute another program.
 180 //
 181 // If flags contain wxEXEC_SYNC, return -1 on failure and the exit code of the
 182 // process if everything was ok. Otherwise (i.e. if wxEXEC_ASYNC), return 0 on
 183 // failure and the PID of the launched process if ok.
 184 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(wxChar **argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
 185                            wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
 186 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
 187                            wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
 188
 189 // execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line, this is
 190 // always synchronous
 191 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
 192                            wxArrayString& output);
 193
 194 // also capture stderr (also synchronous)
 195 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
 196                            wxArrayString& output,
 197                            wxArrayString& error);
 198
 199 enum wxSignal
 200 {
 201     wxSIGNONE = 0,  // verify if the process exists under Unix
 202     wxSIGHUP,
 203     wxSIGINT,
 204     wxSIGQUIT,
 205     wxSIGILL,
 206     wxSIGTRAP,
 207     wxSIGABRT,
 208     wxSIGIOT = wxSIGABRT,   // another name
 209     wxSIGEMT,
 210     wxSIGFPE,
 211     wxSIGKILL,
 212     wxSIGBUS,
 213     wxSIGSEGV,
 214     wxSIGSYS,
 215     wxSIGPIPE,
 216     wxSIGALRM,
 217     wxSIGTERM
 218
 219     // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
 220 };
 221
 222 enum wxKillError
 223 {
 224     wxKILL_OK,              // no error
 225     wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL,      // no such signal
 226     wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED,   // permission denied
 227     wxKILL_NO_PROCESS,      // no such process
 228     wxKILL_ERROR            // another, unspecified error
 229 };
 230
 231 enum wxShutdownFlags
 232 {
 233     wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF,    // power off the computer
 234     wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT       // shutdown and reboot
 235 };
 236
 237 // Shutdown or reboot the PC
 238 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShutdown(wxShutdownFlags wFlags);
 239
 240 // send the given signal to the process (only NONE and KILL are supported under
 241 // Windows, all others mean TERM), return 0 if ok and -1 on error
 242 //
 243 // return detailed error in rc if not NULL
 244 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxKill(long pid,
 245                        wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM,
 246                        wxKillError *rc = NULL);
 247
 248 // Execute a command in an interactive shell window (always synchronously)
 249 // If no command then just the shell
 250 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);
 251
 252 // As wxShell(), but must give a (non interactive) command and its output will
 253 // be returned in output array
 254 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShell(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output);
 255
 256 // Sleep for nSecs seconds
 257 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSleep(int nSecs);
 258
 259 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
 260 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxMilliSleep(unsigned long milliseconds);
 261
 262 // Sleep for a given amount of microseconds
 263 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxMicroSleep(unsigned long microseconds);
 264
 265 // Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds (old, bad name), use wxMilliSleep
 266 wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds) );
 267
 268 // Get the process id of the current process
 269 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE unsigned long wxGetProcessId();
 270
 271 // Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
 272 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxGetFreeMemory();
 273
 274 // should wxApp::OnFatalException() be called?
 275 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit = true);
 276
 277 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 278 // Environment variables
 279 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 280
 281 // returns true if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
 282 // for this)
 283 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value);
 284
 285 // set the env var name to the given value, return true on success
 286 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxChar *value);
 287
 288 // remove the env var from environment
 289 inline bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& var) { return wxSetEnv(var, NULL); }
 290
 291 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 292 // Network and username functions.
 293 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 294
 295 // NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
 296
 297 // Get eMail address
 298 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 299 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetEmailAddress();
 300
 301 // Get hostname.
 302 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 303 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetHostName();
 304
 305 // Get FQDN
 306 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetFullHostName();
 307 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 308
 309 // Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
 310 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetUserId(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 311 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetUserId();
 312
 313 // Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
 314 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetUserName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
 315 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetUserName();
 316
 317 // Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
 318 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetHomeDir();
 319 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr);
 320
 321 // Get the user's home dir (caller must copy --- volatile)
 322 // returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
 323 #if defined(__UNIX__) && wxUSE_UNICODE
 324 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
 325 #else
 326 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
 327 #endif
 328
 329 // get number of total/free bytes on the disk where path belongs
 330 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetDiskSpace(const wxString& path,
 331                                 wxLongLong *pTotal = NULL,
 332                                 wxLongLong *pFree = NULL);
 333
 334 #if wxUSE_GUI // GUI only things from now on
 335
 336 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 337 // Menu accelerators related things
 338 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 339
 340 WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxStripMenuCodes(const wxChar *in, wxChar *out = (wxChar *) NULL);
 341 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str);
 342
 343 #if wxUSE_ACCEL
 344 class WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry;
 345 WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry *wxGetAccelFromString(const wxString& label);
 346 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
 347
 348 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 349 // Window search
 350 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 351
 352 // Returns menu item id or wxNOT_FOUND if none.
 353 WXDLLEXPORT int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString);
 354
 355 // Find the wxWindow at the given point. wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint
 356 // is always present but may be less reliable than a native version.
 357 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
 358 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
 359
 360 // NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel() instead
 361 //
 362 // Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
 363 // Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
 364 // all windows.
 365 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
 366
 367 // NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByName() instead
 368 //
 369 // Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
 370 WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString& name, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
 371
 372 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 373 // Message/event queue helpers
 374 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 375
 376 // Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
 377 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow *win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
 378
 379 // Enable or disable input to all top level windows
 380 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable = true);
 381
 382 // Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
 383 // in long calculations.
 384 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow *wnd);
 385
 386 // Consume all events until no more left
 387 WXDLLEXPORT void wxFlushEvents();
 388
 389 // a class which disables all windows (except, may be, thegiven one) in its
 390 // ctor and enables them back in its dtor
 391 class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDisabler
 392 {
 393 public:
 394     wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow *winToSkip = (wxWindow *)NULL);
 395     ~wxWindowDisabler();
 396
 397 private:
 398     wxWindowList *m_winDisabled;
 399
 400     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxWindowDisabler)
 401 };
 402
 403 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 404 // Cursors
 405 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 406
 407 // Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
 408 class WXDLLEXPORT wxCursor;
 409 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCursor*) wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR;
 410 WXDLLEXPORT void wxBeginBusyCursor(wxCursor *cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
 411
 412 // Restore cursor to normal
 413 WXDLLEXPORT void wxEndBusyCursor();
 414
 415 // true if we're between the above two calls
 416 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxIsBusy();
 417
 418 // Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
 419 class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
 420 {
 421 public:
 422     wxBusyCursor(wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR)
 423         { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor); }
 424     ~wxBusyCursor()
 425         { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
 426
 427     // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
 428     //        in wxGTK.  BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
 429     //        common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
 430     //        similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
 431     //        wxCursor..  -- RL.
 432     static const wxCursor &GetStoredCursor();
 433     static const wxCursor GetBusyCursor();
 434 };
 435
 436
 437 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 438 // Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
 439 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 440
 441 #if wxUSE_RESOURCES
 442 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, const wxString& value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 443 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 444 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 445 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 446
 447 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, wxChar **value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 448 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 449 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 450 WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
 451 #endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
 452
 453 void WXDLLEXPORT wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
 454
 455 // MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
 456 // Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
 457 #ifdef __WXMSW__
 458     WXDLLEXPORT extern const wxChar* wxUserResourceStr;
 459     WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName, const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr);
 460 #endif // MSW
 461
 462 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 463 // Display and colorss (X only)
 464 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 465
 466 #ifdef __WXGTK__
 467     void *wxGetDisplay();
 468 #endif
 469
 470 #ifdef __X__
 471     WXDisplay *wxGetDisplay();
 472     bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString& display_name);
 473     wxString wxGetDisplayName();
 474 #endif // X or GTK+
 475
 476 #ifdef __X__
 477
 478 #ifdef __VMS__ // Xlib.h for VMS is not (yet) compatible with C++
 479                // The resulting warnings are switched off here
 480 #pragma message disable nosimpint
 481 #endif
 482 // #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 483 #ifdef __VMS__
 484 #pragma message enable nosimpint
 485 #endif
 486
 487 #endif //__X__
 488
 489 #endif // wxUSE_GUI
 490
 491 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 492 // wxYield(): these functions are obsolete, please use wxApp methods instead!
 493 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 494
 495 // Yield to other apps/messages
 496 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxYield();
 497
 498 // Like wxYield, but fails silently if the yield is recursive.
 499 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxYieldIfNeeded();
 500
 501 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 502 // Error message functions used by wxWidgets (deprecated, use wxLog)
 503 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 504
 505 #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
 506
 507 // Format a message on the standard error (UNIX) or the debugging
 508 // stream (Windows)
 509 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxDebugMsg(const wxChar *fmt ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_1;
 510
 511 // Non-fatal error (continues)
 512 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(extern const wxChar*) wxInternalErrorStr;
 513 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxInternalErrorStr);
 514
 515 // Fatal error (exits)
 516 WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(extern const wxChar*) wxFatalErrorStr;
 517 WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxFatalError(const wxString& msg, const wxString& title = wxFatalErrorStr);
 518
 519 #endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
 520
 521 #endif
 522     // _WX_UTILSH__