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   6 \section{\class{wxHtmlHelpController}}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}
   7
   8 {\bf WARNING!} Although this class has an API compatible with other wxWindows
   9 help controllers as documented by \helpref{wxHelpController}{wxhelpcontroller}, it
  10 is recommended that you use the enhanced capabilities of wxHtmlHelpController's API.
  11
  12 This help controller provides an easy way of displaying HTML help in your
  13 application (see {\it test} sample). The help system is based on {\bf books}
  14 (see \helpref{AddBook}{wxhtmlhelpcontrolleraddbook}). A book is a logical
  15 section of documentation (for example "User's Guide" or "Programmer's Guide" or
  16 "C++ Reference" or "wxWindows Reference"). The help controller can handle as
  17 many books as you want.
  18
  19 wxHTML uses Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop project files (.hhp, .hhk, .hhc) as its
  20 native format. The file format is described \helpref{here}{helpformat}.
  21 Have a look at docs/html/ directory where sample project files are stored.
  22
  23 You can use Tex2RTF to produce these files when generating HTML, if you set {\bf htmlWorkshopFiles} to {\bf true} in
  24 your tex2rtf.ini file.
  25
  26 In order to use the controller in your application under Windows you must
  27 have the following line in your .rc file:
  28
  29 \begin{verbatim}
  30 #include "wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc"
  31 \end{verbatim}
  32
  33 \wxheading{Note}
  34
  35 It is strongly recommended to use preprocessed {\bf .hhp.cached} version of
  36 projects. It can be either created on-the-fly (see
  37 \helpref{SetTempDir}{wxhtmlhelpcontrollersettempdir}) or you can use
  38 {\bf hhp2cached} utility from {\it utils/hhp2cached} to create it and
  39 distribute the cached version together with helpfiles. See {\it samples/html/help}
  40 sample for demonstration of its use.
  41
  42 \wxheading{Derived from}
  43
  44 wxHelpControllerBase
  45
  46 \wxheading{Include files}
  47
  48 <wx/html/helpctrl.h>
  49
  50 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
  51
  52 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::wxHtmlHelpController}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollerwxhtmlhelpcontroller}
  53
  54 \func{}{wxHtmlHelpController}{\param{int }{style = wxHF\_DEFAULT\_STYLE}}
  55
  56 Constructor.
  57
  58 \wxheading{Parameters}
  59
  60 {\it style} is combination of these flags:
  61
  62 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
  63 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_TOOLBAR}}{Help frame has toolbar.}
  64 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_FLAT\_TOOLBAR}}{Help frame has toolbar with flat buttons (aka coolbar).}
  65 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_CONTENTS}}{Help frame has contents panel.}
  66 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_INDEX}}{Help frame has index panel.}
  67 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_SEARCH}}{Help frame has search panel.}
  68 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_BOOKMARKS}}{Help frame has bookmarks controls.}
  69 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_OPEN\_FILES}}{Allow user to open arbitrary HTML document.}
  70 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_PRINT}}{Toolbar contains "print" button.}
  71 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_MERGE\_BOOKS}}{Contents pane does not show
  72 book nodes. All books are merged together and appear as single book to the
  73 user.}
  74 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_ICONS\_BOOK}}{All nodes in contents pane
  75 have a book icon. This is how Microsoft's HTML help viewer behaves.}
  76 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_ICONS\_FOLDER}}{Book nodes in contents pane have
  77 a book icon, book's sections have a folder icon. This is the default.}
  78 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_ICONS\_BOOK\_CHAPTER}}{Both book nodes and
  79 nodes of top-level sections of a book (i.e. chapters) have a book icon,
  80 all other sections (sections, subsections, ...) have a folder icon.}
  81 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHF\_DEFAULT\_STYLE}}{{\tt wxHF\_TOOLBAR | wxHF\_CONTENTS
  82 | wxHF\_INDEX | wxHF\_SEARCH | wxHF\_BOOKMARKS | wxHF\_PRINT}}
  83 \end{twocollist}
  84
  85 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::AddBook}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrolleraddbook}
  86
  87 \func{bool}{AddBook}{\param{const wxString\& }{book}, \param{bool }{show\_wait\_msg}}
  88
  89 Adds book (\helpref{.hhp file}{helpformat} - HTML Help Workshop project file) into the list of loaded books.
  90 This must be called at least once before displaying  any help.
  91
  92 {\it book} may be either .hhp file or ZIP archive that contains arbitrary number of .hhp files in
  93 top-level directory. This ZIP archive must have .zip or .htb extension
  94 (the latter stands for "HTML book"). In other words, {\tt AddBook("help.zip")} is possible and, in fact,
  95 recommended way.
  96
  97 If {\it show\_wait\_msg} is TRUE then a decorationless window with progress message is displayed.
  98
  99 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::CreateHelpFrame}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollercreatehelpframe}
 100
 101 \func{virtual wxHtmlHelpFrame*}{CreateHelpFrame}{\param{wxHtmlHelpData * }{data}}
 102
 103 This protected virtual method may be overridden so that the controller
 104 uses slightly different frame. See {\it samples/html/helpview} sample for
 105 an example.
 106 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::Display}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollerdisplay}
 107
 108 \func{void}{Display}{\param{const wxString\& }{x}}
 109
 110 Displays page {\it x}. This is THE important function - it is used to display
 111 the help in application.
 112
 113 You can specify the page in many ways:
 114
 115 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
 116 \item as direct filename of HTML document
 117 \item as chapter name (from contents) or as a book name
 118 \item as some word from index
 119 \item even as any word (will be searched)
 120 \end{itemize}
 121
 122 Looking for the page runs in these steps:
 123
 124 \begin{enumerate}\itemsep=0pt
 125 \item try to locate file named x (if x is for example "doc/howto.htm")
 126 \item try to open starting page of book named x
 127 \item try to find x in contents (if x is for example "How To ...")
 128 \item try to find x in index (if x is for example "How To ...")
 129 \item switch to Search panel and start searching
 130 \end{enumerate}
 131
 132 \func{void}{Display}{\param{const int }{id}}
 133
 134 This alternative form is used to search help contents by numeric IDs.
 135
 136 \pythonnote{The second form of this method is named DisplayId in
 137 wxPython.}
 138
 139 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::DisplayContents}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollerdisplaycontents}
 140
 141 \func{void}{DisplayContents}{\void}
 142
 143 Displays help window and focuses contents panel.
 144
 145 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::DisplayIndex}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollerdisplayindex}
 146
 147 \func{void}{DisplayIndex}{\void}
 148
 149 Displays help window and focuses index panel.
 150
 151 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::KeywordSearch}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollerkeywordsearch}
 152
 153 \func{bool}{KeywordSearch}{\param{const wxString\& }{keyword}}
 154
 155 Displays help window, focuses search panel and starts searching.
 156 Returns TRUE if the keyword was found.
 157
 158 {\bf Important:} KeywordSearch searches only pages listed in .hhc file(s).
 159 You should list all pages in the contents file.
 160
 161 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::ReadCustomization}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollerreadcustomization}
 162
 163 \func{void}{ReadCustomization}{\param{wxConfigBase* }{cfg}, \param{wxString }{path = wxEmptyString}}
 164
 165 Reads the controller's setting (position of window, etc.)
 166
 167 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::SetTempDir}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollersettempdir}
 168
 169 \func{void}{SetTempDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}}
 170
 171 Sets the path for storing temporary files - cached binary versions of index and contents files. These binary
 172 forms are much faster to read. Default value is empty string (empty string means
 173 that no cached data are stored). Note that these files are {\it not}
 174 deleted when program exits.
 175
 176 Once created these cached files will be used in all subsequent executions
 177 of your application. If cached files become older than corresponding .hhp
 178 file (e.g. if you regenerate documentation) it will be refreshed.
 179
 180 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::SetTitleFormat}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollersettitleformat}
 181
 182 \func{void}{SetTitleFormat}{\param{const wxString\& }{format}}
 183
 184 Sets format of title of the frame. Must contain exactly one "\%s"
 185 (for title of displayed HTML page).
 186
 187 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::UseConfig}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrolleruseconfig}
 188
 189 \func{void}{UseConfig}{\param{wxConfigBase* }{config}, \param{const wxString\& }{rootpath = wxEmptyString}}
 190
 191 Associates {\it config} object with the controller.
 192
 193 If there is associated config object, wxHtmlHelpController automatically
 194 reads and writes settings (including wxHtmlWindow's settings) when needed.
 195
 196 The only thing you must do is create wxConfig object and call UseConfig.
 197
 198 If you do not use {\it UseConfig}, wxHtmlHelpController will use
 199 default wxConfig object if available (for details see
 200 \helpref{wxConfigBase::Get}{wxconfigbaseget} and
 201 \helpref{wxConfigBase::Set}{wxconfigbaseset}).
 202
 203 \membersection{wxHtmlHelpController::WriteCustomization}\label{wxhtmlhelpcontrollerwritecustomization}
 204
 205 \func{void}{WriteCustomization}{\param{wxConfigBase* }{cfg}, \param{wxString }{path = wxEmptyString}}
 206
 207 Stores controllers setting (position of window etc.)
 208