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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: bitmap.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxBitmap* classes
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10 /**
11 In wxBitmap and wxBitmapHandler context this value means: "use the screen depth".
12 */
13 #define wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH (-1)
14
15 /**
16 @class wxBitmapHandler
17
18 This is the base class for implementing bitmap file loading/saving, and
19 bitmap creation from data.
20 It is used within wxBitmap and is not normally seen by the application.
21
22 If you wish to extend the capabilities of wxBitmap, derive a class from
23 wxBitmapHandler and add the handler using wxBitmap::AddHandler() in your
24 application initialization.
25
26 Note that all wxBitmapHandlers provided by wxWidgets are part of the
27 @ref page_libs_wxcore library.
28 For details about the default handlers, please see the note in the
29 wxBitmap class documentation.
30
31 @library{wxcore}
32 @category{gdi}
33
34 @see @ref overview_bitmap, wxBitmap, wxIcon, wxCursor
35 */
36 class wxBitmapHandler : public wxObject
37 {
38 public:
39 /**
40 Default constructor.
41
42 In your own default constructor, initialise the members m_name,
43 m_extension and m_type.
44 */
45 wxBitmapHandler();
46
47 /**
48 Destroys the wxBitmapHandler object.
49 */
50 virtual ~wxBitmapHandler();
51
52 /**
53 Creates a bitmap from the given data, which can be of arbitrary type.
54 The wxBitmap object @a bitmap is manipulated by this function.
55
56 @param bitmap
57 The wxBitmap object.
58 @param width
59 The width of the bitmap in pixels.
60 @param height
61 The height of the bitmap in pixels.
62 @param depth
63 The depth of the bitmap in pixels.
64 If this is ::wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH, the screen depth is used.
65 @param data
66 Data whose type depends on the value of type.
67 @param type
68 A bitmap type identifier - see ::wxBitmapType for a list
69 of possible values.
70
71 @return @true if the call succeeded, @false otherwise (the default).
72 */
73 virtual bool Create(wxBitmap* bitmap, const void* data, wxBitmapType type,
74 int width, int height, int depth = 1);
75
76 /**
77 Gets the file extension associated with this handler.
78 */
79 const wxString& GetExtension() const;
80
81 /**
82 Gets the name of this handler.
83 */
84 const wxString& GetName() const;
85
86 /**
87 Gets the bitmap type associated with this handler.
88 */
89 wxBitmapType GetType() const;
90
91 /**
92 Loads a bitmap from a file or resource, putting the resulting data into
93 @a bitmap.
94
95 @param bitmap
96 The bitmap object which is to be affected by this operation.
97 @param name
98 Either a filename or a Windows resource name.
99 The meaning of name is determined by the type parameter.
100 @param type
101 See ::wxBitmapType for values this can take.
102 @param desiredWidth
103 The desired width for the loaded bitmap.
104 @param desiredHeight
105 The desired height for the loaded bitmap.
106
107 @return @true if the operation succeeded, @false otherwise.
108
109 @see wxBitmap::LoadFile, wxBitmap::SaveFile, SaveFile()
110 */
111 virtual bool LoadFile(wxBitmap* bitmap, const wxString& name, wxBitmapType type,
112 int desiredWidth, int desiredHeight);
113
114 /**
115 Saves a bitmap in the named file.
116
117 @param bitmap
118 The bitmap object which is to be affected by this operation.
119 @param name
120 A filename. The meaning of name is determined by the type parameter.
121 @param type
122 See ::wxBitmapType for values this can take.
123 @param palette
124 An optional palette used for saving the bitmap.
125
126 @return @true if the operation succeeded, @false otherwise.
127
128 @see wxBitmap::LoadFile, wxBitmap::SaveFile, LoadFile()
129 */
130 virtual bool SaveFile(const wxBitmap* bitmap, const wxString& name, wxBitmapType type,
131 const wxPalette* palette = NULL) const;
132
133 /**
134 Sets the handler extension.
135
136 @param extension
137 Handler extension.
138 */
139 void SetExtension(const wxString& extension);
140
141 /**
142 Sets the handler name.
143
144 @param name
145 Handler name.
146 */
147 void SetName(const wxString& name);
148
149 /**
150 Sets the handler type.
151
152 @param type
153 Handler type.
154 */
155 void SetType(wxBitmapType type);
156 };
157
158
159 /**
160 @class wxBitmap
161
162 This class encapsulates the concept of a platform-dependent bitmap,
163 either monochrome or colour or colour with alpha channel support.
164
165 If you need direct access the bitmap data instead going through
166 drawing to it using wxMemoryDC you need to use the wxPixelData
167 class (either wxNativePixelData for RGB bitmaps or wxAlphaPixelData
168 for bitmaps with an additionaly alpha channel).
169
170 Note that many wxBitmap functions take a @e type parameter, which is a
171 value of the ::wxBitmapType enumeration.
172 The validity of those values depends however on the platform where your program
173 is running and from the wxWidgets configuration.
174 If all possible wxWidgets settings are used:
175 - wxMSW supports BMP and ICO files, BMP and ICO resources;
176 - wxGTK supports XPM files;
177 - wxMac supports PICT resources;
178 - wxX11 supports XPM files, XPM data, XBM data;
179
180 In addition, wxBitmap can load and save all formats that wxImage can; see wxImage
181 for more info. Of course, you must have loaded the wxImage handlers
182 (see ::wxInitAllImageHandlers() and wxImage::AddHandler).
183 Note that all available wxBitmapHandlers for a given wxWidgets port are
184 automatically loaded at startup so you won't need to use wxBitmap::AddHandler.
185
186 More on the difference between wxImage and wxBitmap: wxImage is just a
187 buffer of RGB bytes with an optional buffer for the alpha bytes. It is all
188 generic, platform independent and image file format independent code. It
189 includes generic code for scaling, resizing, clipping, and other manipulations
190 of the image data. OTOH, wxBitmap is intended to be a wrapper of whatever is
191 the native image format that is quickest/easiest to draw to a DC or to be the
192 target of the drawing operations performed on a wxMemoryDC. By splitting the
193 responsibilities between wxImage/wxBitmap like this then it's easier to use
194 generic code shared by all platforms and image types for generic operations and
195 platform specific code where performance or compatibility is needed.
196
197 @library{wxcore}
198 @category{gdi}
199
200 @stdobjects
201 ::wxNullBitmap
202
203 @see @ref overview_bitmap, @ref overview_bitmap_supportedformats,
204 wxDC::Blit, wxIcon, wxCursor, wxMemoryDC, wxImage, wxPixelData
205 */
206 class wxBitmap : public wxGDIObject
207 {
208 public:
209 /**
210 Default constructor.
211
212 Constructs a bitmap object with no data; an assignment or another member
213 function such as Create() or LoadFile() must be called subsequently.
214 */
215 wxBitmap();
216
217 /**
218 Copy constructor, uses @ref overview_refcount "reference counting".
219 To make a real copy, you can use:
220
221 @code
222 wxBitmap newBitmap = oldBitmap.GetSubBitmap(
223 wxRect(0, 0, oldBitmap.GetWidth(), oldBitmap.GetHeight()));
224 @endcode
225 */
226 wxBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap);
227
228
229 /*
230 Creates a bitmap from the given @a data which is interpreted in
231 platform-dependent manner.
232
233 @param data
234 Specifies the bitmap data in a platform-dependent format.
235 @param type
236 May be one of the ::wxBitmapType values and indicates which type of
237 bitmap does @a data contains. See the note in the class
238 detailed description.
239 @param width
240 Specifies the width of the bitmap.
241 @param height
242 Specifies the height of the bitmap.
243 @param depth
244 Specifies the depth of the bitmap.
245 If this is omitted, the display depth of the screen is used.
246 wxBitmap(const void* data, int type, int width, int height, int depth = -1);
247
248
249 NOTE: this ctor is not implemented by all ports, is somewhat useless
250 without further description of the "data" supported formats and
251 uses 'int type' instead of wxBitmapType, so don't document it.
252 */
253
254 /**
255 Creates a bitmap from the given array @a bits.
256 You should only use this function for monochrome bitmaps (depth 1) in
257 portable programs: in this case the bits parameter should contain an XBM image.
258
259 For other bit depths, the behaviour is platform dependent: under Windows,
260 the data is passed without any changes to the underlying CreateBitmap() API.
261 Under other platforms, only monochrome bitmaps may be created using this
262 constructor and wxImage should be used for creating colour bitmaps from
263 static data.
264
265 @param bits
266 Specifies an array of pixel values.
267 @param width
268 Specifies the width of the bitmap.
269 @param height
270 Specifies the height of the bitmap.
271 @param depth
272 Specifies the depth of the bitmap.
273 If this is omitted, then a value of 1 (monochrome bitmap) is used.
274
275 @beginWxPerlOnly
276 In wxPerl use Wx::Bitmap->newFromBits(bits, width, height, depth).
277 @endWxPerlOnly
278 */
279 wxBitmap(const char bits[], int width, int height, int depth = 1);
280
281 /**
282 Creates a new bitmap. A depth of ::wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH indicates the
283 depth of the current screen or visual.
284
285 Some platforms only support 1 for monochrome and ::wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH for
286 the current colour setting.
287
288 A depth of 32 including an alpha channel is supported under MSW, Mac and GTK+.
289 */
290 wxBitmap(int width, int height, int depth = wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH);
291
292 /**
293 @overload
294 */
295 wxBitmap(const wxSize& sz, int depth = wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH);
296
297 /**
298 Creates a bitmap from XPM data.
299
300 @beginWxPerlOnly
301 In wxPerl use Wx::Bitmap->newFromXPM(data).
302 @endWxPerlOnly
303 */
304 wxBitmap(const char* const* bits);
305
306 /**
307 Loads a bitmap from a file or resource.
308
309 @param name
310 This can refer to a resource name or a filename under MS Windows and X.
311 Its meaning is determined by the @a type parameter.
312 @param type
313 May be one of the ::wxBitmapType values and indicates which type of
314 bitmap should be loaded. See the note in the class detailed description.
315 Note that the wxBITMAP_DEFAULT_TYPE constant has different value under
316 different wxWidgets ports. See the bitmap.h header for the value it takes
317 for a specific port.
318
319 @see LoadFile()
320 */
321 wxBitmap(const wxString& name, wxBitmapType type = wxBITMAP_DEFAULT_TYPE);
322
323 /**
324 Creates this bitmap object from the given image.
325 This has to be done to actually display an image as you cannot draw an
326 image directly on a window.
327
328 The resulting bitmap will use the provided colour depth (or that of the
329 current system if depth is ::wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH) which entails that a
330 colour reduction may take place.
331
332 When in 8-bit mode (PseudoColour mode), the GTK port will use a color cube
333 created on program start-up to look up colors. This ensures a very fast conversion,
334 but the image quality won't be perfect (and could be better for photo images using
335 more sophisticated dithering algorithms).
336
337 On Windows, if there is a palette present (set with SetPalette), it will be
338 used when creating the wxBitmap (most useful in 8-bit display mode).
339 On other platforms, the palette is currently ignored.
340
341 @param img
342 Platform-independent wxImage object.
343 @param depth
344 Specifies the depth of the bitmap.
345 If this is omitted, the display depth of the screen is used.
346 */
347 wxBitmap(const wxImage& img, int depth = wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH);
348
349 /**
350 Destructor.
351 See @ref overview_refcount_destruct for more info.
352
353 If the application omits to delete the bitmap explicitly, the bitmap will be
354 destroyed automatically by wxWidgets when the application exits.
355
356 @warning
357 Do not delete a bitmap that is selected into a memory device context.
358 */
359 virtual ~wxBitmap();
360
361 /**
362 Adds a handler to the end of the static list of format handlers.
363
364 @param handler
365 A new bitmap format handler object. There is usually only one instance
366 of a given handler class in an application session.
367
368 Note that unlike wxImage::AddHandler, there's no documented list of
369 the wxBitmapHandlers available in wxWidgets.
370 This is because they are platform-specific and most important, they are
371 all automatically loaded at startup.
372
373 If you want to be sure that wxBitmap can load a certain type of image,
374 you'd better use wxImage::AddHandler.
375
376 @see wxBitmapHandler
377 */
378 static void AddHandler(wxBitmapHandler* handler);
379
380 /**
381 Deletes all bitmap handlers.
382 This function is called by wxWidgets on exit.
383 */
384 static void CleanUpHandlers();
385
386 /**
387 Creates an image from a platform-dependent bitmap. This preserves
388 mask information so that bitmaps and images can be converted back
389 and forth without loss in that respect.
390 */
391 virtual wxImage ConvertToImage() const;
392
393 /**
394 Creates the bitmap from an icon.
395 */
396 virtual bool CopyFromIcon(const wxIcon& icon);
397
398 /**
399 Creates a fresh bitmap.
400 If the final argument is omitted, the display depth of the screen is used.
401
402 @return @true if the creation was successful.
403 */
404 virtual bool Create(int width, int height, int depth = wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH);
405
406 /**
407 @overload
408 */
409 virtual bool Create(const wxSize& sz, int depth = wxBITMAP_SCREEN_DEPTH);
410
411 /*
412 Creates a bitmap from the given data, which can be of arbitrary type.
413
414 @param data
415 Data whose type depends on the value of type.
416 @param type
417 A bitmap type identifier; see ::wxBitmapType for the list of values.
418 See the note in the class detailed description for more info.
419 @param width
420 The width of the bitmap in pixels.
421 @param height
422 The height of the bitmap in pixels.
423 @param depth
424 The depth of the bitmap in pixels. If this is -1, the screen depth is used.
425
426 @return @true if the call succeeded, @false otherwise.
427
428 This overload depends on the @a type of data.
429
430 virtual bool Create(const void* data, int type, int width,
431 int height, int depth = -1);
432
433 NOTE: leave this undoc for the same reason of the relative ctor.
434 */
435
436 /**
437 Finds the handler with the given @a name.
438
439 @return A pointer to the handler if found, @NULL otherwise.
440 */
441 static wxBitmapHandler* FindHandler(const wxString& name);
442
443 /**
444 Finds the handler associated with the given @a extension and @a type.
445
446 @param extension
447 The file extension, such as "bmp" (without the dot).
448 @param bitmapType
449 The bitmap type managed by the handler, see ::wxBitmapType.
450
451 @return A pointer to the handler if found, @NULL otherwise.
452 */
453 static wxBitmapHandler* FindHandler(const wxString& extension,
454 wxBitmapType bitmapType);
455
456 /**
457 Finds the handler associated with the given bitmap type.
458
459 @param bitmapType
460 The bitmap type managed by the handler, see ::wxBitmapType.
461
462 @return A pointer to the handler if found, @NULL otherwise.
463
464 @see wxBitmapHandler
465 */
466
467 static wxBitmapHandler* FindHandler(wxBitmapType bitmapType);
468
469 /**
470 Gets the colour depth of the bitmap.
471 A value of 1 indicates a monochrome bitmap.
472 */
473 virtual int GetDepth() const;
474
475 /**
476 Returns the static list of bitmap format handlers.
477
478 @see wxBitmapHandler
479 */
480 static wxList& GetHandlers();
481
482 /**
483 Gets the height of the bitmap in pixels.
484
485 @see GetWidth(), GetSize()
486 */
487 virtual int GetHeight() const;
488
489 /**
490 Gets the associated mask (if any) which may have been loaded from a file
491 or set for the bitmap.
492
493 @see SetMask(), wxMask
494 */
495 virtual wxMask* GetMask() const;
496
497 /**
498 Gets the associated palette (if any) which may have been loaded from a file
499 or set for the bitmap.
500
501 @see wxPalette
502 */
503 virtual wxPalette* GetPalette() const;
504
505 /**
506 Returns a sub bitmap of the current one as long as the rect belongs entirely to
507 the bitmap. This function preserves bit depth and mask information.
508 */
509 virtual wxBitmap GetSubBitmap(const wxRect& rect) const;
510
511 /**
512 Returns the size of the bitmap in pixels.
513
514 @since 2.9.0
515
516 @see GetHeight(), GetWidth()
517 */
518 wxSize GetSize() const;
519
520 /**
521 Returns disabled (dimmed) version of the bitmap.
522
523 This method is not available when <code>wxUSE_IMAGE == 0</code>.
524
525 @since 2.9.0
526 */
527 wxBitmap ConvertToDisabled(unsigned char brightness = 255) const;
528
529 /**
530 Gets the width of the bitmap in pixels.
531
532 @see GetHeight(), GetSize()
533 */
534 virtual int GetWidth() const;
535
536 /**
537 Adds the standard bitmap format handlers, which, depending on wxWidgets
538 configuration, can be handlers for Windows bitmap, Windows bitmap resource,
539 and XPM.
540
541 This function is called by wxWidgets on startup.
542
543 @see wxBitmapHandler
544 */
545 static void InitStandardHandlers();
546
547 /**
548 Adds a handler at the start of the static list of format handlers.
549
550 @param handler
551 A new bitmap format handler object. There is usually only one instance
552 of a given handler class in an application session.
553
554 @see wxBitmapHandler
555 */
556 static void InsertHandler(wxBitmapHandler* handler);
557
558 /**
559 Returns @true if bitmap data is present.
560 */
561 virtual bool IsOk() const;
562
563 /**
564 Loads a bitmap from a file or resource.
565
566 @param name
567 Either a filename or a Windows resource name.
568 The meaning of name is determined by the @a type parameter.
569 @param type
570 One of the ::wxBitmapType values; see the note in the class
571 detailed description.
572 Note that the wxBITMAP_DEFAULT_TYPE constant has different value under
573 different wxWidgets ports. See the bitmap.h header for the value it takes
574 for a specific port.
575
576 @return @true if the operation succeeded, @false otherwise.
577
578 @remarks A palette may be associated with the bitmap if one exists
579 (especially for colour Windows bitmaps), and if the
580 code supports it. You can check if one has been created
581 by using the GetPalette() member.
582
583 @see SaveFile()
584 */
585 virtual bool LoadFile(const wxString& name, wxBitmapType type = wxBITMAP_DEFAULT_TYPE);
586
587 /**
588 Finds the handler with the given name, and removes it.
589 The handler is not deleted.
590
591 @param name
592 The handler name.
593
594 @return @true if the handler was found and removed, @false otherwise.
595
596 @see wxBitmapHandler
597 */
598 static bool RemoveHandler(const wxString& name);
599
600 /**
601 Saves a bitmap in the named file.
602
603 @param name
604 A filename. The meaning of name is determined by the type parameter.
605 @param type
606 One of the ::wxBitmapType values; see the note in the class
607 detailed description.
608 @param palette
609 An optional palette used for saving the bitmap.
610
611 @return @true if the operation succeeded, @false otherwise.
612
613 @remarks Depending on how wxWidgets has been configured, not all formats
614 may be available.
615
616 @see LoadFile()
617 */
618 virtual bool SaveFile(const wxString& name, wxBitmapType type,
619 const wxPalette* palette = NULL) const;
620
621 /**
622 Sets the depth member (does not affect the bitmap data).
623
624 @todo since these functions do not affect the bitmap data,
625 why they exist??
626
627 @param depth
628 Bitmap depth.
629 */
630 virtual void SetDepth(int depth);
631
632 /**
633 Sets the height member (does not affect the bitmap data).
634
635 @param height
636 Bitmap height in pixels.
637 */
638 virtual void SetHeight(int height);
639
640 /**
641 Sets the mask for this bitmap.
642
643 @remarks The bitmap object owns the mask once this has been called.
644
645 @see GetMask(), wxMask
646 */
647 virtual void SetMask(wxMask* mask);
648
649 /**
650 Sets the associated palette. (Not implemented under GTK+).
651
652 @param palette
653 The palette to set.
654
655 @see wxPalette
656 */
657 virtual void SetPalette(const wxPalette& palette);
658
659 /**
660 Sets the width member (does not affect the bitmap data).
661
662 @param width
663 Bitmap width in pixels.
664 */
665 virtual void SetWidth(int width);
666 };
667
668 /**
669 An empty wxBitmap object.
670 */
671 wxBitmap wxNullBitmap;
672
673
674
675
676 /**
677 @class wxMask
678
679 This class encapsulates a monochrome mask bitmap, where the masked area is
680 black and the unmasked area is white.
681
682 When associated with a bitmap and drawn in a device context, the unmasked
683 area of the bitmap will be drawn, and the masked area will not be drawn.
684
685 @library{wxcore}
686 @category{gdi}
687
688 @see wxBitmap, wxDC::Blit, wxMemoryDC
689 */
690 class wxMask : public wxObject
691 {
692 public:
693
694 /**
695 Default constructor.
696 */
697 wxMask();
698
699 /**
700 Constructs a mask from a bitmap and a palette index that indicates the
701 background.
702 Not yet implemented for GTK.
703
704 @param bitmap
705 A valid bitmap.
706 @param index
707 Index into a palette, specifying the transparency colour.
708 */
709 wxMask(const wxBitmap& bitmap, int index);
710
711 /**
712 Constructs a mask from a monochrome bitmap.
713
714 @beginWxPythonOnly
715 This is the default constructor for wxMask in wxPython.
716 @endWxPythonOnly
717 */
718 wxMask(const wxBitmap& bitmap);
719
720 /**
721 Constructs a mask from a bitmap and a colour that indicates the background.
722
723 @beginWxPythonOnly
724 wxPython has an alternate wxMask constructor matching this form called wxMaskColour.
725 @endWxPythonOnly
726 */
727 wxMask(const wxBitmap& bitmap, const wxColour& colour);
728
729 /**
730 Destroys the wxMask object and the underlying bitmap data.
731 */
732 virtual ~wxMask();
733
734 /**
735 Constructs a mask from a bitmap and a palette index that indicates the
736 background.
737 Not yet implemented for GTK.
738
739 @param bitmap
740 A valid bitmap.
741 @param index
742 Index into a palette, specifying the transparency colour.
743 */
744 bool Create(const wxBitmap& bitmap, int index);
745
746 /**
747 Constructs a mask from a monochrome bitmap.
748 */
749 bool Create(const wxBitmap& bitmap);
750
751 /**
752 Constructs a mask from a bitmap and a colour that indicates the background.
753 */
754 bool Create(const wxBitmap& bitmap, const wxColour& colour);
755 };
756