document some wxID_* constants
[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / defs.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: wx/defs.h
3 // Purpose: interface of global functions
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10 /**
11 No id matches this one when compared to it.
12 */
13 int wxID_NONE = -3;
14
15 /**
16 Id for a separator line in the menu (invalid for normal item).
17 */
18 int wxID_SEPARATOR = -2;
19
20 /**
21 Any id: means that we don't care about the id, whether when installing
22 an event handler or when creating a new window.
23 */
24 int wxID_ANY = -1;
25
26 /**
27 Item kinds for use with wxMenu, wxMenuItem, and wxToolBar.
28
29 @see wxMenu::Append(), wxMenuItem::wxMenuItem(), wxToolBar::AddTool()
30 */
31 enum wxItemKind
32 {
33 wxITEM_SEPARATOR = -1,
34
35 /**
36 Normal tool button / menu item.
37
38 @see wxToolBar::AddTool(), wxMenu::AppendItem().
39 */
40 wxITEM_NORMAL,
41
42 /**
43 Check (or toggle) tool button / menu item.
44
45 @see wxToolBar::AddCheckTool(), wxMenu::AppendCheckItem().
46 */
47 wxITEM_CHECK,
48
49 /**
50 Radio tool button / menu item.
51
52 @see wxToolBar::AddRadioTool(), wxMenu::AppendRadioItem().
53 */
54 wxITEM_RADIO,
55
56 /**
57 Normal tool button with a dropdown arrow next to it. Clicking the
58 dropdown arrow sends a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_DROPDOWN_CLICKED event and may
59 also display the menu previously associated with the item with
60 wxToolBar::SetDropdownMenu(). Currently this type of tools is supported
61 under MSW and GTK.
62 */
63 wxITEM_DROPDOWN,
64
65 wxITEM_MAX
66 };
67
68
69 /**
70 Paper size types for use with the printing framework.
71
72 @see overview_printing, wxPrintData::SetPaperId()
73 */
74 enum wxPaperSize
75 {
76 wxPAPER_NONE, ///< Use specific dimensions
77 wxPAPER_LETTER, ///< Letter, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
78 wxPAPER_LEGAL, ///< Legal, 8 1/2 by 14 inches
79 wxPAPER_A4, ///< A4 Sheet, 210 by 297 millimeters
80 wxPAPER_CSHEET, ///< C Sheet, 17 by 22 inches
81 wxPAPER_DSHEET, ///< D Sheet, 22 by 34 inches
82 wxPAPER_ESHEET, ///< E Sheet, 34 by 44 inches
83 wxPAPER_LETTERSMALL, ///< Letter Small, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
84 wxPAPER_TABLOID, ///< Tabloid, 11 by 17 inches
85 wxPAPER_LEDGER, ///< Ledger, 17 by 11 inches
86 wxPAPER_STATEMENT, ///< Statement, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
87 wxPAPER_EXECUTIVE, ///< Executive, 7 1/4 by 10 1/2 inches
88 wxPAPER_A3, ///< A3 sheet, 297 by 420 millimeters
89 wxPAPER_A4SMALL, ///< A4 small sheet, 210 by 297 millimeters
90 wxPAPER_A5, ///< A5 sheet, 148 by 210 millimeters
91 wxPAPER_B4, ///< B4 sheet, 250 by 354 millimeters
92 wxPAPER_B5, ///< B5 sheet, 182-by-257-millimeter paper
93 wxPAPER_FOLIO, ///< Folio, 8-1/2-by-13-inch paper
94 wxPAPER_QUARTO, ///< Quarto, 215-by-275-millimeter paper
95 wxPAPER_10X14, ///< 10-by-14-inch sheet
96 wxPAPER_11X17, ///< 11-by-17-inch sheet
97 wxPAPER_NOTE, ///< Note, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
98 wxPAPER_ENV_9, ///< #9 Envelope, 3 7/8 by 8 7/8 inches
99 wxPAPER_ENV_10, ///< #10 Envelope, 4 1/8 by 9 1/2 inches
100 wxPAPER_ENV_11, ///< #11 Envelope, 4 1/2 by 10 3/8 inches
101 wxPAPER_ENV_12, ///< #12 Envelope, 4 3/4 by 11 inches
102 wxPAPER_ENV_14, ///< #14 Envelope, 5 by 11 1/2 inches
103 wxPAPER_ENV_DL, ///< DL Envelope, 110 by 220 millimeters
104 wxPAPER_ENV_C5, ///< C5 Envelope, 162 by 229 millimeters
105 wxPAPER_ENV_C3, ///< C3 Envelope, 324 by 458 millimeters
106 wxPAPER_ENV_C4, ///< C4 Envelope, 229 by 324 millimeters
107 wxPAPER_ENV_C6, ///< C6 Envelope, 114 by 162 millimeters
108 wxPAPER_ENV_C65, ///< C65 Envelope, 114 by 229 millimeters
109 wxPAPER_ENV_B4, ///< B4 Envelope, 250 by 353 millimeters
110 wxPAPER_ENV_B5, ///< B5 Envelope, 176 by 250 millimeters
111 wxPAPER_ENV_B6, ///< B6 Envelope, 176 by 125 millimeters
112 wxPAPER_ENV_ITALY, ///< Italy Envelope, 110 by 230 millimeters
113 wxPAPER_ENV_MONARCH, ///< Monarch Envelope, 3 7/8 by 7 1/2 inches
114 wxPAPER_ENV_PERSONAL, ///< 6 3/4 Envelope, 3 5/8 by 6 1/2 inches
115 wxPAPER_FANFOLD_US, ///< US Std Fanfold, 14 7/8 by 11 inches
116 wxPAPER_FANFOLD_STD_GERMAN, ///< German Std Fanfold, 8 1/2 by 12 inches
117 wxPAPER_FANFOLD_LGL_GERMAN, ///< German Legal Fanfold, 8 1/2 by 13 inches
118
119 // wxMSW Only
120
121 wxPAPER_ISO_B4, ///< B4 (ISO) 250 x 353 mm
122 wxPAPER_JAPANESE_POSTCARD, ///< Japanese Postcard 100 x 148 mm
123 wxPAPER_9X11, ///< 9 x 11 in
124 wxPAPER_10X11, ///< 10 x 11 in
125 wxPAPER_15X11, ///< 15 x 11 in
126 wxPAPER_ENV_INVITE, ///< Envelope Invite 220 x 220 mm
127 wxPAPER_LETTER_EXTRA, ///< Letter Extra 9.5 x 12 in
128 wxPAPER_LEGAL_EXTRA, ///< Legal Extra 9.5 x 15 in
129 wxPAPER_TABLOID_EXTRA, ///< Tabloid Extra 11.69 x 18 in
130 wxPAPER_A4_EXTRA, ///< A4 Extra 9.27 x 12.69 in
131 wxPAPER_LETTER_TRANSVERSE, ///< Letter Transverse 8.5 x 11 in
132 wxPAPER_A4_TRANSVERSE, ///< A4 Transverse 210 x 297 mm
133 wxPAPER_LETTER_EXTRA_TRANSVERSE, ///< Letter Extra Transverse 9.5 x 12 in
134 wxPAPER_A_PLUS, ///< SuperA/SuperA/A4 227 x 356 mm
135 wxPAPER_B_PLUS, ///< SuperB/SuperB/A3 305 x 487 mm
136 wxPAPER_LETTER_PLUS, ///< Letter Plus 8.5 x 12.69 in
137 wxPAPER_A4_PLUS, ///< A4 Plus 210 x 330 mm
138 wxPAPER_A5_TRANSVERSE, ///< A5 Transverse 148 x 210 mm
139 wxPAPER_B5_TRANSVERSE, ///< B5 (JIS) Transverse 182 x 257 mm
140 wxPAPER_A3_EXTRA, ///< A3 Extra 322 x 445 mm
141 wxPAPER_A5_EXTRA, ///< A5 Extra 174 x 235 mm
142 wxPAPER_B5_EXTRA, ///< B5 (ISO) Extra 201 x 276 mm
143 wxPAPER_A2, ///< A2 420 x 594 mm
144 wxPAPER_A3_TRANSVERSE, ///< A3 Transverse 297 x 420 mm
145 wxPAPER_A3_EXTRA_TRANSVERSE, ///< A3 Extra Transverse 322 x 445 mm
146
147 wxPAPER_DBL_JAPANESE_POSTCARD, ///< Japanese Double Postcard 200 x 148 mm
148 wxPAPER_A6, ///< A6 105 x 148 mm
149 wxPAPER_JENV_KAKU2, ///< Japanese Envelope Kaku #2
150 wxPAPER_JENV_KAKU3, ///< Japanese Envelope Kaku #3
151 wxPAPER_JENV_CHOU3, ///< Japanese Envelope Chou #3
152 wxPAPER_JENV_CHOU4, ///< Japanese Envelope Chou #4
153 wxPAPER_LETTER_ROTATED, ///< Letter Rotated 11 x 8 1/2 in
154 wxPAPER_A3_ROTATED, ///< A3 Rotated 420 x 297 mm
155 wxPAPER_A4_ROTATED, ///< A4 Rotated 297 x 210 mm
156 wxPAPER_A5_ROTATED, ///< A5 Rotated 210 x 148 mm
157 wxPAPER_B4_JIS_ROTATED, ///< B4 (JIS) Rotated 364 x 257 mm
158 wxPAPER_B5_JIS_ROTATED, ///< B5 (JIS) Rotated 257 x 182 mm
159 wxPAPER_JAPANESE_POSTCARD_ROTATED, ///< Japanese Postcard Rotated 148 x 100 mm
160 wxPAPER_DBL_JAPANESE_POSTCARD_ROTATED, ///< Double Japanese Postcard Rotated 148 x 200 mm
161 wxPAPER_A6_ROTATED, ///< A6 Rotated 148 x 105 mm
162 wxPAPER_JENV_KAKU2_ROTATED, ///< Japanese Envelope Kaku #2 Rotated
163 wxPAPER_JENV_KAKU3_ROTATED, ///< Japanese Envelope Kaku #3 Rotated
164 wxPAPER_JENV_CHOU3_ROTATED, ///< Japanese Envelope Chou #3 Rotated
165 wxPAPER_JENV_CHOU4_ROTATED, ///< Japanese Envelope Chou #4 Rotated
166 wxPAPER_B6_JIS, ///< B6 (JIS) 128 x 182 mm
167 wxPAPER_B6_JIS_ROTATED, ///< B6 (JIS) Rotated 182 x 128 mm
168 wxPAPER_12X11, ///< 12 x 11 in
169 wxPAPER_JENV_YOU4, ///< Japanese Envelope You #4
170 wxPAPER_JENV_YOU4_ROTATED, ///< Japanese Envelope You #4 Rotated
171 wxPAPER_P16K, ///< PRC 16K 146 x 215 mm
172 wxPAPER_P32K, ///< PRC 32K 97 x 151 mm
173 wxPAPER_P32KBIG, ///< PRC 32K(Big) 97 x 151 mm
174 wxPAPER_PENV_1, ///< PRC Envelope #1 102 x 165 mm
175 wxPAPER_PENV_2, ///< PRC Envelope #2 102 x 176 mm
176 wxPAPER_PENV_3, ///< PRC Envelope #3 125 x 176 mm
177 wxPAPER_PENV_4, ///< PRC Envelope #4 110 x 208 mm
178 wxPAPER_PENV_5, ///< PRC Envelope #5 110 x 220 mm
179 wxPAPER_PENV_6, ///< PRC Envelope #6 120 x 230 mm
180 wxPAPER_PENV_7, ///< PRC Envelope #7 160 x 230 mm
181 wxPAPER_PENV_8, ///< PRC Envelope #8 120 x 309 mm
182 wxPAPER_PENV_9, ///< PRC Envelope #9 229 x 324 mm
183 wxPAPER_PENV_10, ///< PRC Envelope #10 324 x 458 mm
184 wxPAPER_P16K_ROTATED, ///< PRC 16K Rotated
185 wxPAPER_P32K_ROTATED, ///< PRC 32K Rotated
186 wxPAPER_P32KBIG_ROTATED, ///< PRC 32K(Big) Rotated
187 wxPAPER_PENV_1_ROTATED, ///< PRC Envelope #1 Rotated 165 x 102 mm
188 wxPAPER_PENV_2_ROTATED, ///< PRC Envelope #2 Rotated 176 x 102 mm
189 wxPAPER_PENV_3_ROTATED, ///< PRC Envelope #3 Rotated 176 x 125 mm
190 wxPAPER_PENV_4_ROTATED, ///< PRC Envelope #4 Rotated 208 x 110 mm
191 wxPAPER_PENV_5_ROTATED, ///< PRC Envelope #5 Rotated 220 x 110 mm
192 wxPAPER_PENV_6_ROTATED, ///< PRC Envelope #6 Rotated 230 x 120 mm
193 wxPAPER_PENV_7_ROTATED, ///< PRC Envelope #7 Rotated 230 x 160 mm
194 wxPAPER_PENV_8_ROTATED, ///< PRC Envelope #8 Rotated 309 x 120 mm
195 wxPAPER_PENV_9_ROTATED, ///< PRC Envelope #9 Rotated 324 x 229 mm
196 wxPAPER_PENV_10_ROTATED ///< PRC Envelope #10 Rotated 458 x 324 m
197 };
198
199
200 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_byteorder */
201 //@{
202
203 /**
204 This macro will swap the bytes of the @a value variable from little endian
205 to big endian or vice versa unconditionally, i.e. independently of the
206 current platform.
207
208 @header{wx/defs.h}
209 */
210 #define wxINT32_SWAP_ALWAYS( wxInt32_value )
211 #define wxUINT32_SWAP_ALWAYS( wxUint32_value )
212 #define wxINT16_SWAP_ALWAYS( wxInt16_value )
213 #define wxUINT16_SWAP_ALWAYS( wxUint16_value )
214
215 //@}
216
217 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_byteorder */
218 //@{
219
220 /**
221 This macro will swap the bytes of the @a value variable from little endian
222 to big endian or vice versa if the program is compiled on a big-endian
223 architecture (such as Sun work stations). If the program has been compiled
224 on a little-endian architecture, the value will be unchanged.
225
226 Use these macros to read data from and write data to a file that stores
227 data in little-endian (for example Intel i386) format.
228
229 @header{wx/defs.h}
230 */
231 #define wxINT32_SWAP_ON_BE( wxInt32_value )
232 #define wxUINT32_SWAP_ON_BE( wxUint32_value )
233 #define wxINT16_SWAP_ON_BE( wxInt16_value )
234 #define wxUINT16_SWAP_ON_BE( wxUint16_value )
235
236 //@}
237
238 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_byteorder */
239 //@{
240
241 /**
242 This macro will swap the bytes of the @a value variable from little endian
243 to big endian or vice versa if the program is compiled on a little-endian
244 architecture (such as Intel PCs). If the program has been compiled on a
245 big-endian architecture, the value will be unchanged.
246
247 Use these macros to read data from and write data to a file that stores
248 data in big-endian format.
249
250 @header{wx/defs.h}
251 */
252 #define wxINT32_SWAP_ON_LE( wxInt32_value )
253 #define wxUINT32_SWAP_ON_LE( wxUint32_value )
254 #define wxINT16_SWAP_ON_LE( wxInt16_value )
255 #define wxUINT16_SWAP_ON_LE( wxUint16_value )
256
257 //@}
258
259
260
261 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_misc */
262 //@{
263
264 /**
265 This macro can be used in a class declaration to disable the generation of
266 default assignment operator.
267
268 Some classes have a well-defined copy constructor but cannot have an
269 assignment operator, typically because they can't be modified once created.
270 In such case, this macro can be used to disable the automatic assignment
271 operator generation.
272
273 @see DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS()
274 */
275 #define DECLARE_NO_ASSIGN_CLASS(classname)
276
277 /**
278 This macro can be used in a class declaration to disable the generation of
279 default copy ctor and assignment operator.
280
281 Some classes don't have a well-defined copying semantics. In this case the
282 standard C++ convention is to not allow copying them. One way of achieving
283 it is to use this macro which simply defines a private copy constructor and
284 assignment operator.
285
286 Beware that simply not defining copy constructor and assignment operator is
287 @em not enough as the compiler would provide its own automatically-generated
288 versions of them -- hence the usefulness of this macro.
289
290 Example of use:
291 @code
292 class FooWidget
293 {
294 public:
295 FooWidget();
296 ...
297
298 private:
299 // widgets can't be copied
300 DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(FooWidget)
301 };
302 @endcode
303
304 Notice that a semicolon should not be used after this macro and that it
305 changes the access specifier to private internally so it is better to use
306 it at the end of the class declaration.
307 */
308 #define DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(classname)
309
310 /**
311 Equivalent of DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS() for template classes.
312
313 This macro can be used for template classes (with a single template
314 parameter) for the same purpose as DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS() is used with the
315 non-template classes.
316
317 @param classname The name of the template class.
318 @param arg The name of the template parameter.
319 */
320 #define DECLARE_NO_COPY_TEMPLATE_CLASS(classname, arg)
321
322 /**
323 A function which deletes and nulls the pointer.
324
325 This function uses operator delete to free the pointer and also sets it to
326 @NULL. Notice that this does @em not work for arrays, use wxDELETEA() for
327 them.
328
329 @code
330 MyClass *ptr = new MyClass;
331 ...
332 wxDELETE(ptr);
333 wxASSERT(!ptr);
334 @endcode
335
336 @header{wx/defs.h}
337 */
338 template <typename T> wxDELETE(T*& ptr);
339
340 /**
341 A function which deletes and nulls the pointer.
342
343 This function uses vector operator delete (@c delete[]) to free the array
344 pointer and also sets it to @NULL. Notice that this does @em not work for
345 non-array pointers, use wxDELETE() for them.
346
347 @code
348 MyClass *array = new MyClass[17];
349 ...
350 wxDELETEA(array);
351 wxASSERT(!array);
352 @endcode
353
354 @see wxDELETE()
355
356 @header{wx/defs.h}
357 */
358 template <typename T> wxDELETEA(T*& array);
359
360 /**
361 This macro can be used around a function declaration to generate warnings
362 indicating that this function is deprecated (i.e. obsolete and planned to
363 be removed in the future) when it is used. Only Visual C++ 7 and higher and
364 g++ compilers currently support this functionality.
365
366 Example of use:
367
368 @code
369 // old function, use wxString version instead
370 wxDEPRECATED( void wxGetSomething(char *buf, size_t len) );
371
372 // ...
373 wxString wxGetSomething();
374 @endcode
375
376 @header{wx/defs.h}
377 */
378 #define wxDEPRECATED(function)
379
380 /**
381 This is a special version of wxDEPRECATED() macro which only does something
382 when the deprecated function is used from the code outside wxWidgets itself
383 but doesn't generate warnings when it is used from wxWidgets.
384
385 It is used with the virtual functions which are called by the library
386 itself -- even if such function is deprecated the library still has to call
387 it to ensure that the existing code overriding it continues to work, but
388 the use of this macro ensures that a deprecation warning will be generated
389 if this function is used from the user code or, in case of Visual C++, even
390 when it is simply overridden.
391
392 @header{wx/defs.h}
393 */
394 #define wxDEPRECATED_BUT_USED_INTERNALLY(function)
395
396 /**
397 This macro is similar to wxDEPRECATED() but can be used to not only declare
398 the function @a function as deprecated but to also provide its (inline)
399 implementation @a body.
400
401 It can be used as following:
402
403 @code
404 class wxFoo
405 {
406 public:
407 // OldMethod() is deprecated, use NewMethod() instead
408 void NewMethod();
409 wxDEPRECATED_INLINE( void OldMethod(), NewMethod() );
410 };
411 @endcode
412
413 @header{wx/defs.h}
414 */
415 #define wxDEPRECATED_INLINE(func, body)
416
417 /**
418 @c wxEXPLICIT is a macro which expands to the C++ @c explicit keyword if
419 the compiler supports it or nothing otherwise. Thus, it can be used even in
420 the code which might have to be compiled with an old compiler without
421 support for this language feature but still take advantage of it when it is
422 available.
423
424 @header{wx/defs.h}
425 */
426 #define wxEXPLICIT
427
428 /**
429 GNU C++ compiler gives a warning for any class whose destructor is private
430 unless it has a friend. This warning may sometimes be useful but it doesn't
431 make sense for reference counted class which always delete themselves
432 (hence destructor should be private) but don't necessarily have any
433 friends, so this macro is provided to disable the warning in such case. The
434 @a name parameter should be the name of the class but is only used to
435 construct a unique friend class name internally.
436
437 Example of using the macro:
438
439 @code
440 class RefCounted
441 {
442 public:
443 RefCounted() { m_nRef = 1; }
444 void IncRef() { m_nRef++ ; }
445 void DecRef() { if ( !--m_nRef ) delete this; }
446
447 private:
448 ~RefCounted() { }
449
450 wxSUPPRESS_GCC_PRIVATE_DTOR(RefCounted)
451 };
452 @endcode
453
454 Notice that there should be no semicolon after this macro.
455
456 @header{wx/defs.h}
457 */
458 #define wxSUPPRESS_GCC_PRIVATE_DTOR_WARNING(name)
459
460 /**
461 Swaps the contents of two variables.
462
463 This is similar to std::swap() but can be used even on the platforms where
464 the standard C++ library is not available (if you don't target such
465 platforms, please use std::swap() instead).
466
467 The function relies on type T being copy constructible and assignable.
468
469 Example of use:
470 @code
471 int x = 3,
472 y = 4;
473 wxSwap(x, y);
474 wxASSERT( x == 4 && y == 3 );
475 @endcode
476 */
477 template <typename T> wxSwap(T& first, T& second);
478
479 /**
480 This macro is the same as the standard C99 @c va_copy for the compilers
481 which support it or its replacement for those that don't. It must be used
482 to preserve the value of a @c va_list object if you need to use it after
483 passing it to another function because it can be modified by the latter.
484
485 As with @c va_start, each call to @c wxVaCopy must have a matching
486 @c va_end.
487
488 @header{wx/defs.h}
489 */
490 void wxVaCopy(va_list argptrDst, va_list argptrSrc);
491
492 //@}
493
494