1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: Help system base classes
4 // Author: Julian Smart
8 // Copyright: (c) Julian Smart and Markus Holzem
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12 #ifndef _WX_HELPBASEH__
13 #define _WX_HELPBASEH__
16 #pragma interface "helpbase.h"
20 #include "wx/object.h"
21 #include "wx/string.h"
22 #include "wx/gdicmn.h"
27 // Flags for SetViewer
28 #define wxHELP_NETSCAPE 1
30 // Defines the API for help controllers
31 class WXDLLEXPORT wxHelpControllerBase
: public wxObject
33 DECLARE_CLASS(wxHelpControllerBase
)
36 inline wxHelpControllerBase() {}
37 inline ~wxHelpControllerBase() {};
39 // Must call this to set the filename and server name.
40 // server is only required when implementing TCP/IP-based
42 virtual bool Initialize(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(file
), int WXUNUSED(server
) ) { return FALSE
; }
43 virtual bool Initialize(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(file
)) { return FALSE
; }
45 // Set viewer: only relevant to some kinds of controller
46 virtual void SetViewer(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(viewer
), long WXUNUSED(flags
) = 0) {}
48 // If file is "", reloads file given in Initialize
49 virtual bool LoadFile(const wxString
& file
= "") = 0;
51 // Displays the contents
52 virtual bool DisplayContents(void) = 0;
54 // Display the given section
55 virtual bool DisplaySection(int sectionNo
) = 0;
57 // Display the section using a context id
58 virtual bool DisplayContextPopup(int WXUNUSED(contextId
)) { return FALSE
; };
60 // Display the text in a popup, if possible
61 virtual bool DisplayTextPopup(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(text
), const wxPoint
& WXUNUSED(pos
)) { return FALSE
; };
63 // By default, uses KeywordSection to display a topic. Implementations
64 // may override this for more specific behaviour.
65 virtual bool DisplaySection(const wxString
& section
) { return KeywordSearch(section
); };
66 virtual bool DisplayBlock(long blockNo
) = 0;
67 virtual bool KeywordSearch(const wxString
& k
) = 0;
68 /// Allows one to override the default settings for the help frame.
69 virtual void SetFrameParameters(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(title
),
70 const wxSize
& WXUNUSED(size
),
71 const wxPoint
& WXUNUSED(pos
) = wxDefaultPosition
,
72 bool WXUNUSED(newFrameEachTime
) = FALSE
)
74 // does nothing by default
76 /// Obtains the latest settings used by the help frame and the help
78 virtual wxFrame
*GetFrameParameters(wxSize
*WXUNUSED(size
) = NULL
,
79 wxPoint
*WXUNUSED(pos
) = NULL
,
80 bool *WXUNUSED(newFrameEachTime
) = NULL
)
82 return (wxFrame
*) NULL
;// does nothing by default
85 virtual bool Quit(void) = 0;
86 virtual void OnQuit(void) {};