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