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16 Welcome to wxWindows 2, the premi&egrave;re cross-platform GUI C++ framework. This is an index of
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31 <h3 align=center><a name="install"><hr>Installation and release notes<hr></a></h3>
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33 <ul>
34 <li>ReadMe: <a href="../readme.txt"><b>General ReadMe</b></a>,
35 <a href="../gtk/readme.txt">wxGTK</a>,
36 <a href="../motif/readme.txt">wxMotif</a>,
37 <a href="../x11/readme.txt">wxX11</a>,
38 <a href="../msw/readme.txt">wxMSW</a>
39 <li>Installation: <a href="../gtk/install.txt">wxGTK</a>,
40 <a href="../motif/install.txt">wxMotif</a>,
41 <a href="../x11/install.txt">wxX11</a>,
42 <a href="../msw/install.txt">wxMSW</a>
43 <li><a href="../changes.txt"><b>Change log</b></a>
44 <li><a href="../bugs.txt"><b>Buglist</b></a>
45 <li>Licence: <a href="../preamble.txt">Preamble</a>,
46 <a href="../licence.txt">Licence</a>,
47 <a href="../licendoc.txt">Documentation Licence</a>,
48 <a href="../lgpl.txt">L-GPL</a>,
49 <a href="../gpl.txt">GPL</a>
50 <li><a href="faq.htm"><B>FAQ</B></a>:
51 <ul>
52 <li><a href="faqgen.htm">General questions</a>
53 <li><a href="faqgtk.htm">wxWindows 2 for GTK+</a>
54 <li><a href="faqmsw.htm">wxWindows 2 for Windows</a>
55 <li><a href="faqmot.htm">wxWindows 2 for Motif</a>
56 <li><a href="faqx11.htm">wxWindows 2 for X11</a>
57 <li><a href="faqmac.htm">wxWindows 2 for Mac</a>
58 </ul>
59 <li>ToDo: <a href="../todo.txt"><b>General ToDo</b></a>,
60 <a href="../gtk/todo.txt">wxGTK</a>,
61 <a href="../motif/todo.txt">wxMotif</a>,
62 <a href="../msw/todo.txt">wxMSW</a>
63 <li>List of <a href="../symbols.txt">preprocessor symbols</a> used in wxWindows
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66 <h3 align=center><a name="manuals"><hr>wxWindows manuals<hr></a></h3>
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72 <B>HTML</B>
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87 <a href="wx/wx.htm">Reference Manual</a>
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91 <a href="../winhelp/wx.hlp">Reference Manual</a>
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95 <a href="../htmlhelp/wx.chm">Reference Manual</a>
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99 <a href="../pdf/wx.pdf">Reference Manual</a>
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105 <a href="dialoged/dlged.htm">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
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109 <a href="../winhelp/dialoged.hlp">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
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113 <a href="../htmlhelp/dialoged.chm">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
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117 <a href="../pdf/dialoged.pdf">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
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123 <a href="tex2rtf/t2rtf.htm">Tex2RTF Manual</a>
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127 <a href="../winhelp/tex2rtf.hlp">Tex2RTF Manual</a>
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131 <a href="../htmlhelp/tex2rtf.chm">Tex2RTF Manual</a>
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135 <a href="../pdf/tex2rtf.pdf">Tex2RTF Manual</a>
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141 <a href="odbc/odbc.htm">Remstar ODBC Classes</a>
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153 <a href="../pdf/odbc.pdf">Remstar ODBC Classes</a>
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159 <h3 align=center><a name="technotes"><hr>Technical notes<hr></a></h3>
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161 <ul>
162 <li><a href="../tech/index.txt">Index of technical notes</a>
163 <li><a href="../tech/">Technical notes</a> in text form
164 <li>Other documents:
165 <ul>
166 <li><a href="platform.htm">Platforms supported</a>
167 <li><a href="i18n.htm">Languages supported by wxWindows</a>
168 <li><a href="standard.htm">wxWindows programmer style guide</a>
169 <li><a href="news.htm">wxWindows news</a>
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173 <h3 align=center><a name="thirdparty"><hr>Third-party tools<hr></a></h3>
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175 <ul>
176 <li><a href="gettext/index.html">gettext Manual</a>
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178
179 <h3 align=center><a name="samples"><hr>Samples<hr></a></h3>
180
181 Each of the following demonstrates one or more aspect of wxWindows.<P>
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183 <ul>
184 <li><a href="../../samples/calendar">artprov</a>: shows how you can customize the look of standard
185 wxWindows dialogs by replacing default bitmaps/icons with your own versions.
186 <li><a href="../../samples/calendar">calendar</a>: a sample to test the wxCalendarCtrl class.
187 <li><a href="../../samples/caret">caret</a>: a sample to test the wxCaret class.
188 <li><a href="../../samples/checklst">checklst</a>: demonstrates wxCheckListBox on
189 supported platforms (currently Windows and GTK only).
190 <li><a href="../../samples/config">config</a>: demonstrates use of wxConfig, which
191 defaults to wxRegConfig on WIN32, wxIniConfig on WIN16, and wxFileConfig on other platforms.
192 <li><a href="../../samples/console">console</a>: demonstrates a console application using
193 console-mode (no-GUI) compilation of wxWindows.
194 <li><a href="../../samples/controls">controls</a>: sample showing a variety of controls, including
195 wxNotebook.
196 <li><a href="../../samples/db">db</a>: wxDB ODBC sample.
197 <li><a href="../../samples/ipc">ipc</a>: shows the DDE-like protocol in action, both using real
198 DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit <a href="../../samples/ipc/ddesetup.h">ddesetup.h</a>
199 to switch between compilation modes.
200 <li><a href="../../samples/dialogs">dialogs</a>: shows some of the common dialogs available -- wxFontDialog,
201 wxColourDialog, wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog, wxMessageBox, wxTextEntryDialog, wxSingleChoiceDialog.
202 For printing-related dialogs, see the printing sample.
203 <li><a href="../../samples/dragimag">dragimag</a>: wxDragImage demo.
204 <li><a href="../../samples/dialup">dialup</a>: wxDialUpManager demo.
205 <li><a href="../../samples/dnd">dnd</a>: demonstrates drag and drop on supported platforms.
206 <li><a href="../../samples/docview">docview</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
207 using wxFrame.
208 <li><a href="../../samples/docvwmdi">docvwmdi</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
209 using wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
210 <li><a href="../../samples/drawing">drawing</a>: tests device context drawing.
211 <li><a href="../../samples/dynamic">dynamic</a>: shows how to connect events to member functions
212 dynamically.
213 <li><a href="../../samples/event">event</a>: demonstrates event handling.
214 <li><a href="../../samples/exec">exec</a>: demonstrates wxExecute.
215 <li><a href="../../samples/font">font</a>: tests fonts, font enumerator, font encodings.
216 <li><a href="../../samples/grid">grid</a>: demonstrates the wxGrid class. This demo should work
217 when the old grid implementation is compiled into wxWindows, and also with the new implementation.
218 Please see newgrid below for a full demo of the new implementation's capabilities.
219 <li><a href="../../samples/help">help</a>: shows how to use wxHelpController.
220 <li><a href="../../samples/html">html</a>: a number of demos for the wxHTML class library, used inside
221 applications and also as a help facility.
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223 <li><a href="../../samples/html/about">about</a>: shows use of a wxHTML widget inside an About box.
224 <li><a href="../../samples/html/help">help</a>: shows use of wxHtmlHelpController to display wxHTML help.
225 <li><a href="../../samples/html/helpview">helpview</a>: a stand-alone wxHTML help viewer for any .htb book.
226 <li><a href="../../samples/html/printing">printing</a>: shows how easy it is to preview and print HTML files.
227 <li><a href="../../samples/html/test">test</a>: general wxHTML test application.
228 <li><a href="../../samples/html/virtual">virtual</a>: demonstrates the virtual file system feature.
229 <li><a href="../../samples/html/widget">widget</a>: demonstrates the use of controls in HTML pages.
230 <li><a href="../../samples/html/zip">zip</a>: shows how help files can be packaged in zip archives.
231 </ul>
232 <li><a href="../../samples/image">image</a>: shows off the cross-platform wxImage class.
233 <li><a href="../../samples/internat">internat</a>: use of wxWindows' internationalization support.
234 <li><a href="../../samples/joytest">joytest</a>: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only).
235 <li><a href="../../samples/layout">layout</a>: shows the constraint layout system in action.
236 <li><a href="../../samples/listctrl">listctrl</a>: demonstrates the wxListCtrl (implemented natively on
237 WIN32, and using a generic version on other platforms).
238 <li><a href="../../samples/menu">menu</a>: tests menus.
239 <li><a href="../../samples/mdi">mdi</a>: shows off the MDI (Multiple Document Interface) classes. On Windows, the regular MDI
240 scheme is used whereby child windows have full sizing and moving rights within the main
241 window. On other platforms, tabbed windows are used, where the children are always maximized.
242 <li><a href="../../samples/memcheck">memcheck</a>: demonstrates the memory checking/debugging facilities.
243 <li><a href="../../samples/mfc">mfc</a>: shows how to use MFC and wxWindows code in the same application (Windows only).
244 To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWindows.
245 <li><a href="../../samples/minifram">minifram</a>: demonstrates a frame with a small title bar. On
246 platforms that don't support it, a normal-sized title bar is displayed.
247 <li><a href="../../samples/minimal">minimal</a>: just shows a frame, a menubar, and a statusbar. About as
248 small a wxWindows application as you can get.
249 <li><a href="../../samples/nativdlg">nativdlg</a>: shows how wxWindows can load a standard Windows
250 dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWindows controls (Windows only).
251 <li><a href="../../samples/newgrid">newgrid</a>: demonstrates the new wxGrid implementation, by Michael Bedward and others.
252 <li><a href="../../samples/notebook">notebook</a>: shows the wxNotebook (tabbed window) control.
253 <li><a href="../../samples/oleauto">oleauto</a>: a little OLE automation controller (Windows only; requires
254 Excel to be present).
255 <li><a href="../../samples/ownerdrw">ownerdrw</a>: demonstrates owner-draw menus and controls (Windows only).
256 <li><a href="../../samples/png">png</a>: demonstrates PNG loading.
257 <li><a href="../../samples/printing">printing</a>: shows printing and previewing.
258 <li><a href="../../samples/proplist">proplist</a>: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor).
259 <li><a href="../../samples/propsize">propsize</a>: demonstrates proportional sizer classes.
260 <li><a href="../../samples/regtest">regtest</a>: tests the low-level Windows registry functions (Windows only).
261 <li><a href="../../samples/resource">resource</a>: shows how to use wxWindows resources (.wxr files).
262 <li><a href="../../samples/richedit">richedit</a>: a work-in-progress rich text editor with plain text and HTML export
263 facilities.
264 <li><a href="../../samples/rotate">rotate</a>: demonstrates interpolated and non-interpolated
265 rotation of a wxImage.
266 <li><a href="../../samples/sashtest">sashtest</a>: demonstrates use of the wxSashWindow class to allow
267 the user to resize subwindows.
268 <li><a href="../../samples/scroll">scroll</a>: demonstrates wxScrolledWindow.
269 <li><a href="../../samples/scrollsub">scrollsub</a>: demonstrates the use of wxScrolledWindow to scroll
270 an embedded window.
271 <li><a href="../../samples/sockets">sockets</a>: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes.
272 <li><a href="../../samples/splitter">splitter</a>: demonstrates the wxSplitterWindow class.
273 <li><a href="../../samples/statbar">statbar</a>: demonstrates the wxStatusBar class.
274 <li><a href="../../samples/taskbar">taskbar</a>: demonstrates the wxTaskBarIcon class, for
275 adding icons to the system tray. Windows only, but may eventually be implemented for other desktop
276 environments that use this metaphor.
277 <li><a href="../../samples/text">text</a>: demonstrates single and multiline text controls,
278 and clipboard operations.
279 <li><a href="../../samples/thread">thread</a>: tests the family of classes for doing thread
280 programming.
281 <li><a href="../../samples/toolbar">toolbar</a>: demonstrates wxToolBar.
282 <li><a href="../../samples/treectrl">treectrl</a>: demonstrates wxTreeCtrl.
283 <li><a href="../../samples/typetest">typetest</a>: tests various data type classes, including
284 wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant.
285 <li><a href="../../samples/validate">validate</a>: shows simple use of validation.
286 <li><a href="../../samples/wizard">wizard</a>: demonstrates the wxWizard class.
287 </ul>
288
289 <h3 align=center><a name="demos"><hr>Demos<hr></a></h3>
290
291 The following are fully-fledged applications.<P>
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293 <ul>
294 <li><a href="../../demos/bombs">bombs</a>: minesweeper-like game.
295 <li><a href="../../demos/dbbrowse">dbbrowse</a>: ODBC database browser application.
296 <li><a href="../../demos/forty">forty</a>: a great little card game by Chris Breeze.
297 <li><a href="../../demos/fractal">fractal</a>: fractal mountains by Andrew Davison.
298 <li><a href="../../demos/life">life</a>: the game of Life by J. H. Conway, implemented in wxWindows by Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia.
299 <li><a href="../../demos/poem">poem</a>: a little poetry display program.
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