docs/latex/wx/docmanag.tex

   1 \section{\class{wxDocManager}}\label{wxdocmanager}
   2
   3 The wxDocManager class is part of the document/view framework supported by wxWindows,
   4 and cooperates with the \helpref{wxView}{wxview}, \helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument}\rtfsp
   5 and \helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate} classes.
   6
   7 \wxheading{Derived from}
   8
   9 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
  10 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
  11
  12 \wxheading{Include files}
  13
  14 <wx/docview.h>
  15
  16 \wxheading{See also}
  17
  18 \helpref{wxDocManager overview}{wxdocmanageroverview}, \helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument},\rtfsp
  19 \helpref{wxView}{wxview}, \helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate}, \helpref{wxFileHistory}{wxfilehistory}
  20
  21 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
  22
  23 \membersection{wxDocManager::m\_currentView}
  24
  25 \member{wxView*}{m\_currentView}
  26
  27 The currently active view.
  28
  29 \membersection{wxDocManager::m\_defaultDocumentNameCounter}
  30
  31 \member{int}{m\_defaultDocumentNameCounter}
  32
  33 Stores the integer to be used for the next default document name.
  34
  35 \membersection{wxDocManager::m\_fileHistory}
  36
  37 \member{wxFileHistory*}{m\_fileHistory}
  38
  39 A pointer to an instance of \helpref{wxFileHistory}{wxfilehistory},
  40 which manages the history of recently-visited files on the File menu.
  41
  42 \membersection{wxDocManager::m\_maxDocsOpen}
  43
  44 \member{int}{m\_maxDocsOpen}
  45
  46 Stores the maximum number of documents that can be opened before
  47 existing documents are closed. By default, this is 10,000.
  48
  49 \membersection{wxDocManager::m\_docs}
  50
  51 \member{wxList}{m\_docs}
  52
  53 A list of all documents.
  54
  55 \membersection{wxDocManager::m\_flags}
  56
  57 \member{long}{m\_flags}
  58
  59 Stores the flags passed to the constructor.
  60
  61 \membersection{wxDocManager::m\_lastDirectory}
  62
  63 The directory last selected by the user when opening a file.
  64
  65 \member{wxFileHistory*}{m\_fileHistory}
  66
  67 \membersection{wxDocManager::m\_templates}
  68
  69 \member{wxList}{mnTemplates}
  70
  71 A list of all document templates.
  72
  73 \membersection{wxDocManager::wxDocManager}
  74
  75 \func{void}{wxDocManager}{\param{long}{ flags = wxDEFAULT\_DOCMAN\_FLAGS}, \param{bool}{ initialize = true}}
  76
  77 Constructor. Create a document manager instance dynamically near the start of your application
  78 before doing any document or view operations.
  79
  80 {\it flags} is currently unused.
  81
  82 If {\it initialize} is true, the \helpref{Initialize}{wxdocmanagerinitialize} function will be called
  83 to create a default history list object. If you derive from wxDocManager, you may wish to call the
  84 base constructor with false, and then call Initialize in your own constructor, to allow
  85 your own Initialize or OnCreateFileHistory functions to be called.
  86
  87 \membersection{wxDocManager::\destruct{wxDocManager}}
  88
  89 \func{void}{\destruct{wxDocManager}}{\void}
  90
  91 Destructor.
  92
  93 \membersection{wxDocManager::ActivateView}
  94
  95 \func{void}{ActivateView}{\param{wxView* }{doc}, \param{bool}{ activate}, \param{bool}{ deleting}}
  96
  97 Sets the current view.
  98
  99 \membersection{wxDocManager::AddDocument}
 100
 101 \func{void}{AddDocument}{\param{wxDocument *}{doc}}
 102
 103 Adds the document to the list of documents.
 104
 105 \membersection{wxDocManager::AddFileToHistory}
 106
 107 \func{void}{AddFileToHistory}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
 108
 109 Adds a file to the file history list, if we have a pointer to an appropriate file menu.
 110
 111 \membersection{wxDocManager::AssociateTemplate}
 112
 113 \func{void}{AssociateTemplate}{\param{wxDocTemplate *}{temp}}
 114
 115 Adds the template to the document manager's template list.
 116
 117 \membersection{wxDocManager::CloseDocuments}
 118
 119 \func{bool}{CloseDocuments}{\param{bool }{force = true}}
 120
 121 Closes all currently opened documents.
 122
 123 \membersection{wxDocManager::CreateDocument}
 124
 125 \func{wxDocument*}{CreateDocument}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{long}{ flags}}
 126
 127 Creates a new document in a manner determined by the {\it flags} parameter, which can be:
 128
 129 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
 130 \item wxDOC\_NEW Creates a fresh document.
 131 \item wxDOC\_SILENT Silently loads the given document file.
 132 \end{itemize}
 133
 134 If wxDOC\_NEW is present, a new document will be created and returned, possibly after
 135 asking the user for a template to use if there is more than one document template.
 136 If wxDOC\_SILENT is present, a new document will be created and the given file loaded
 137 into it. If neither of these flags is present, the user will be presented with
 138 a file selector for the file to load, and the template to use will be determined by the
 139 extension (Windows) or by popping up a template choice list (other platforms).
 140
 141 If the maximum number of documents has been reached, this function
 142 will delete the oldest currently loaded document before creating a new one.
 143
 144 \membersection{wxDocManager::CreateView}
 145
 146 \func{wxView*}{CreateView}{\param{wxDocument*}{doc}, \param{long}{ flags}}
 147
 148 Creates a new view for the given document. If more than one view is allowed for the
 149 document (by virtue of multiple templates mentioning the same document type), a choice
 150 of view is presented to the user.
 151
 152 \membersection{wxDocManager::DisassociateTemplate}
 153
 154 \func{void}{DisassociateTemplate}{\param{wxDocTemplate *}{temp}}
 155
 156 Removes the template from the list of templates.
 157
 158 \membersection{wxDocManager::FileHistoryAddFilesToMenu}\label{wxdocmanagerfilehistoryaddfilestomenu}
 159
 160 \func{void}{FileHistoryAddFilesToMenu}{\void}
 161
 162 Appends the files in the history list, to all menus managed by the file history object.
 163
 164 \func{void}{FileHistoryAddFilesToMenu}{\param{wxMenu*}{ menu}}
 165
 166 Appends the files in the history list, to the given menu only.
 167
 168 \membersection{wxDocManager::FileHistoryLoad}\label{wxdocmanagerfilehistoryload}
 169
 170 \func{void}{FileHistoryLoad}{\param{wxConfigBase\& }{config}}
 171
 172 Loads the file history from a config object.
 173
 174 \wxheading{See also}
 175
 176 \helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase}
 177
 178 \membersection{wxDocManager::FileHistoryRemoveMenu}\label{wxdocmanagerfilehistoryremovemenu}
 179
 180 \func{void}{FileHistoryRemoveMenu}{\param{wxMenu*}{ menu}}
 181
 182 Removes the given menu from the list of menus managed by the file history object.
 183
 184 \membersection{wxDocManager::FileHistorySave}\label{wxdocmanagerfilehistorysave}
 185
 186 \func{void}{FileHistorySave}{\param{wxConfigBase\& }{resourceFile}}
 187
 188 Saves the file history into a config object. This must be called
 189 explicitly by the application.
 190
 191 \wxheading{See also}
 192
 193 \helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase}
 194
 195 \membersection{wxDocManager::FileHistoryUseMenu}\label{wxdocmanagerfilehistoryusemenu}
 196
 197 \func{void}{FileHistoryUseMenu}{\param{wxMenu*}{ menu}}
 198
 199 Use this menu for appending recently-visited document filenames, for convenient
 200 access. Calling this function with a valid menu pointer enables the history
 201 list functionality.
 202
 203 Note that you can add multiple menus using this function, to be managed by the
 204 file history object.
 205
 206 \membersection{wxDocManager::FindTemplateForPath}
 207
 208 \func{wxDocTemplate *}{FindTemplateForPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}}
 209
 210 Given a path, try to find template that matches the extension. This is only
 211 an approximate method of finding a template for creating a document.
 212
 213 \membersection{wxDocManager::GetCurrentDocument}
 214
 215 \func{wxDocument *}{GetCurrentDocument}{\void}
 216
 217 Returns the document associated with the currently active view (if any).
 218
 219 \membersection{wxDocManager::GetCurrentView}
 220
 221 \func{wxView *}{GetCurrentView}{\void}
 222
 223 Returns the currently active view
 224
 225 \membersection{wxDocManager::GetDocuments}
 226
 227 \func{wxList\&}{GetDocuments}{\void}
 228
 229 Returns a reference to the list of documents.
 230
 231 \membersection{wxDocManager::GetFileHistory}
 232
 233 \func{wxFileHistory *}{GetFileHistory}{\void}
 234
 235 Returns a pointer to file history.
 236
 237 \membersection{wxDocManager::GetLastDirectory}\label{wxdocmanagergetlastdirectory}
 238
 239 \constfunc{wxString}{GetLastDirectory}{\void}
 240
 241 Returns the directory last selected by the user when opening a file. Initially empty.
 242
 243 \membersection{wxDocManager::GetMaxDocsOpen}
 244
 245 \func{int}{GetMaxDocsOpen}{\void}
 246
 247 Returns the number of documents that can be open simultaneously.
 248
 249 \membersection{wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles}
 250
 251 \func{int}{GetNoHistoryFiles}{\void}
 252
 253 Returns the number of files currently stored in the file history.
 254
 255 \membersection{wxDocManager::Initialize}\label{wxdocmanagerinitialize}
 256
 257 \func{bool}{Initialize}{\void}
 258
 259 Initializes data; currently just calls OnCreateFileHistory. Some data cannot
 260 always be initialized in the constructor because the programmer must be given
 261 the opportunity to override functionality. If OnCreateFileHistory was called
 262 from the constructor, an overridden virtual OnCreateFileHistory would not be
 263 called due to C++'s `interesting' constructor semantics. In fact Initialize
 264 \rtfsp{\it is} called from the wxDocManager constructor, but this can be
 265 vetoed by passing false to the second argument, allowing the derived class's
 266 constructor to call Initialize, possibly calling a different OnCreateFileHistory
 267 from the default.
 268
 269 The bottom line: if you're not deriving from Initialize, forget it and
 270 construct wxDocManager with no arguments.
 271
 272 \membersection{wxDocManager::MakeDefaultName}
 273
 274 \func{bool}{MakeDefaultName}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}}
 275
 276 Copies a suitable default name into {\it buf}. This is implemented by
 277 appending an integer counter to the string {\bf unnamed} and incrementing
 278 the counter.
 279
 280 \membersection{wxDocManager::OnCreateFileHistory}
 281
 282 \func{wxFileHistory *}{OnCreateFileHistory}{\void}
 283
 284 A hook to allow a derived class to create a different type of file history. Called
 285 from \helpref{Initialize}{wxdocmanagerinitialize}.
 286
 287 \membersection{wxDocManager::OnFileClose}
 288
 289 \func{void}{OnFileClose}{\void}
 290
 291 Closes and deletes the currently active document.
 292
 293 \membersection{wxDocManager::OnFileCloseAll}
 294
 295 \func{void}{OnFileCloseAll}{\void}
 296
 297 Closes and deletes all the currently opened documents.
 298
 299 \membersection{wxDocManager::OnFileNew}
 300
 301 \func{void}{OnFileNew}{\void}
 302
 303 Creates a document from a list of templates (if more than one template).
 304
 305 \membersection{wxDocManager::OnFileOpen}
 306
 307 \func{void}{OnFileOpen}{\void}
 308
 309 Creates a new document and reads in the selected file.
 310
 311 \membersection{wxDocManager::OnFileSave}
 312
 313 \func{void}{OnFileSave}{\void}
 314
 315 Saves the current document by calling wxDocument::Save for the current document.
 316
 317 \membersection{wxDocManager::OnFileSaveAs}
 318
 319 \func{void}{OnFileSaveAs}{\void}
 320
 321 Calls wxDocument::SaveAs for the current document.
 322
 323 \membersection{wxDocManager::OnMenuCommand}
 324
 325 \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{int}{ cmd}}
 326
 327 Processes menu commands routed from child or parent frames. This deals
 328 with the following predefined menu item identifiers:
 329
 330 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
 331 \item wxID\_OPEN Creates a new document and opens a file into it.
 332 \item wxID\_CLOSE Closes the current document.
 333 \item wxID\_CLOSE\_ALL Closes all documents.
 334 \item wxID\_NEW Creates a new document.
 335 \item wxID\_SAVE Saves the document.
 336 \item wxID\_SAVE\_AS Saves the document into a specified filename.
 337 \end{itemize}
 338
 339 Unrecognized commands are routed to the currently active wxView's OnMenuCommand.
 340
 341 \membersection{wxDocManager::RemoveDocument}
 342
 343 \func{void}{RemoveDocument}{\param{wxDocument *}{doc}}
 344
 345 Removes the document from the list of documents.
 346
 347 \membersection{wxDocManager::SelectDocumentPath}
 348
 349 \func{wxDocTemplate *}{SelectDocumentPath}{\param{wxDocTemplate **}{templates},
 350  \param{int}{ noTemplates}, \param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{const wxString\& }{bufSize},
 351  \param{long}{ flags}, \param{bool}{ save}}
 352
 353 Under Windows, pops up a file selector with a list of filters corresponding to document templates.
 354 The wxDocTemplate corresponding to the selected file's extension is returned.
 355
 356 On other platforms, if there is more than one document template a choice list is popped up,
 357 followed by a file selector.
 358
 359 This function is used in wxDocManager::CreateDocument.
 360
 361 \perlnote{In wxPerl {\tt templates} is a reference to a list of templates.
 362 If you override this method in your document manager it must return
 363 two values, eg:\par
 364   (doctemplate, path) = My::DocManager->SelectDocumentPath( ... );
 365 }
 366
 367 \membersection{wxDocManager::SelectDocumentType}
 368
 369 \func{wxDocTemplate *}{SelectDocumentType}{\param{wxDocTemplate **}{templates},
 370  \param{int}{ noTemplates}, \param{bool}{ sort=false}}
 371
 372 Returns a document template by asking the user (if there is more than one template).
 373 This function is used in wxDocManager::CreateDocument.
 374
 375 \wxheading{Parameters}
 376
 377 \docparam{templates}{Pointer to an array of templates from which to choose a desired template.}
 378 \docparam{noTemplates}{Number of templates being pointed to by the {\it templates} pointer.}
 379 \docparam{sort}{If more than one template is passed in in {\it templates},
 380 then this parameter indicates whether the list of templates that the user
 381 will have to choose from is sorted or not when shown the choice box dialog.
 382 Default is false.}
 383
 384 \perlnote{In wxPerl {\tt templates} is a reference to a list of templates.}
 385
 386 \membersection{wxDocManager::SelectViewType}
 387
 388 \func{wxDocTemplate *}{SelectViewType}{\param{wxDocTemplate **}{templates},
 389  \param{int}{ noTemplates}, \param{bool}{ sort=false}}
 390
 391 Returns a document template by asking the user (if there is more than one template),
 392 displaying a list of valid views. This function is used in wxDocManager::CreateView.
 393 The dialog normally will not appear because the array of templates only contains
 394 those relevant to the document in question, and often there will only be one such.
 395
 396 \wxheading{Parameters}
 397
 398 \docparam{templates}{Pointer to an array of templates from which to choose a desired template.}
 399 \docparam{noTemplates}{Number of templates being pointed to by the {\it templates} pointer.}
 400 \docparam{sort}{If more than one template is passed in in {\it templates},
 401 then this parameter indicates whether the list of templates that the user
 402 will have to choose from is sorted or not when shown the choice box dialog.
 403 Default is false.}
 404
 405 \perlnote{In wxPerl {\tt templates} is a reference to a list of templates.}
 406
 407 \membersection{wxDocManager::SetLastDirectory}\label{wxdocmanagersetlastdirectory}
 408
 409 \func{void}{SetLastDirectory}{\param{const wxString\&}{ dir}}
 410
 411 Sets the directory to be displayed to the user when opening a file. Initially this is empty.
 412
 413 \membersection{wxDocManager::SetMaxDocsOpen}
 414
 415 \func{void}{SetMaxDocsOpen}{\param{int}{ n}}
 416
 417 Sets the maximum number of documents that can be open at a time. By default, this
 418 is 10,000. If you set it to 1, existing documents will be saved and deleted
 419 when the user tries to open or create a new one (similar to the behaviour
 420 of Windows Write, for example). Allowing multiple documents gives behaviour
 421 more akin to MS Word and other Multiple Document Interface applications.
 422
 423
 424