wxHTMLHelpController compiles (and somewhat works) under Windows, added a
[wxWidgets.git] / src / generic / helpext.cpp
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: helpext.cpp
3 // Purpose: an external help controller for wxWindows
4 // Author: Karsten Ballueder
5 // Modified by:
6 // Created: 04/01/98
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) Karsten Ballueder
9 // Licence: wxWindows licence
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifdef __GNUG__
13 # pragma implementation "wxexthlp.h"
14 #endif
15
16 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
17
18 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
19 #pragma hdrstop
20 #endif
21
22 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
23 #include "wx/setup.h"
24 #include "wx/string.h"
25 #include "wx/utils.h"
26 #include "wx/list.h"
27 #include "wx/intl.h"
28 #endif
29
30 #include "wx/helpbase.h"
31 #include "wx/generic/helpext.h"
32
33 #include <stdio.h>
34 #include <ctype.h>
35 #include <sys/stat.h>
36
37 #ifndef __WINDOWS__
38 #include <unistd.h>
39 #endif
40
41 IMPLEMENT_CLASS(wxExtHelpController, wxHTMLHelpControllerBase)
42
43 /**
44 This class implements help via an external browser.
45 It requires the name of a directory containing the documentation
46 and a file mapping numerical Section numbers to relative URLS.
47 */
48
49 wxExtHelpController::wxExtHelpController(void)
50 {
51 m_BrowserName = WXEXTHELP_DEFAULTBROWSER;
52 m_BrowserIsNetscape = WXEXTHELP_DEFAULTBROWSER_IS_NETSCAPE;
53
54 char *browser = getenv(WXEXTHELP_ENVVAR_BROWSER);
55 if(browser)
56 {
57 m_BrowserName = browser;
58 browser = getenv(WXEXTHELP_ENVVAR_BROWSERISNETSCAPE);
59 m_BrowserIsNetscape = browser && (atoi(browser) != 0);
60 }
61 }
62
63
64 void
65 wxExtHelpController::SetBrowser(wxString const & browsername, bool isNetscape)
66 {
67 m_BrowserName = browsername;
68 m_BrowserIsNetscape = isNetscape;
69 }
70
71 // Set viewer: new, generic name for SetBrowser
72 void wxExtHelpController::SetViewer(const wxString& viewer, long flags)
73 {
74 SetBrowser(viewer, ((flags & wxHELP_NETSCAPE) == wxHELP_NETSCAPE));
75 }
76
77 bool
78 wxExtHelpController::DisplayHelp(wxString const &relativeURL)
79 {
80 wxBusyCursor b; // display a busy cursor
81
82
83 #ifdef __WXMSW__
84 wxString url;
85 url << m_MapFile << '\\' << relativeURL.BeforeFirst('#');
86 bool bOk = (int)ShellExecute(NULL, "open", url,
87 NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL ) > 32;
88 if ( !bOk )
89 {
90 wxLogSysError(_("Cannot open URL '%s'"), relativeURL.c_str());
91 return false;
92 }
93 else
94 return true;
95 #else
96 // assume UNIX
97 wxString command;
98
99 if(m_BrowserIsNetscape) // try re-loading first
100 {
101 wxString lockfile;
102 wxGetHomeDir(&lockfile);
103 lockfile << WXEXTHELP_SEPARATOR << _T(".netscape/lock");
104 struct stat statbuf;
105 if(lstat(lockfile.fn_str(), &statbuf) == 0)
106 // cannot use wxFileExists, because it's a link pointing to a
107 // non-existing location if(wxFileExists(lockfile))
108 {
109 long success;
110 command << m_BrowserName << _T(" -remote openURL(")
111 << _T("file://") << m_MapFile
112 << WXEXTHELP_SEPARATOR << relativeURL << _T(")");
113 success = wxExecute(command);
114 if(success != 0 ) // returns PID on success
115 return TRUE;
116 }
117 }
118 command = m_BrowserName;
119 command << _T(" file://")
120 << m_MapFile << WXEXTHELP_SEPARATOR << relativeURL;
121 return wxExecute(command) != 0;
122 #endif
123 }
124
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