// Purpose: interface of wxBitmap* classes
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
-// Licence: wxWindows license
+// Licence: wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
If you need direct access the bitmap data instead going through
drawing to it using wxMemoryDC you need to use the wxPixelData
class (either wxNativePixelData for RGB bitmaps or wxAlphaPixelData
- for bitmaps with an additionaly alpha channel).
+ for bitmaps with an additionally alpha channel).
Note that many wxBitmap functions take a @e type parameter, which is a
value of the ::wxBitmapType enumeration.
Note that all available wxBitmapHandlers for a given wxWidgets port are
automatically loaded at startup so you won't need to use wxBitmap::AddHandler.
+ More on the difference between wxImage and wxBitmap: wxImage is just a
+ buffer of RGB bytes with an optional buffer for the alpha bytes. It is all
+ generic, platform independent and image file format independent code. It
+ includes generic code for scaling, resizing, clipping, and other manipulations
+ of the image data. OTOH, wxBitmap is intended to be a wrapper of whatever is
+ the native image format that is quickest/easiest to draw to a DC or to be the
+ target of the drawing operations performed on a wxMemoryDC. By splitting the
+ responsibilities between wxImage/wxBitmap like this then it's easier to use
+ generic code shared by all platforms and image types for generic operations and
+ platform specific code where performance or compatibility is needed.
+
@library{wxcore}
@category{gdi}
/**
Returns disabled (dimmed) version of the bitmap.
+
+ This method is not available when <code>wxUSE_IMAGE == 0</code>.
+
@since 2.9.0
*/
wxBitmap ConvertToDisabled(unsigned char brightness = 255) const;
*/
virtual bool LoadFile(const wxString& name, wxBitmapType type = wxBITMAP_DEFAULT_TYPE);
+ /**
+ Loads a bitmap from the memory containing image data in PNG format.
+
+ This helper function provides the simplest way to create a wxBitmap
+ from PNG image data. On most platforms, it's simply a wrapper around
+ wxImage loading functions and so requires the PNG image handler to be
+ registered by either calling wxInitAllImageHandlers() which also
+ registers all the other image formats or including the necessary
+ header:
+ @code
+ #include <wx/imagpng.h>
+ @endcode
+ and calling
+ @code
+ wxImage::AddHandler(new wxPNGHandler);
+ @endcode
+ in your application startup code.
+
+ However under OS X this function uses native image loading and so
+ doesn't require wxWidgets PNG support.
+
+ @since 2.9.5
+ */
+ static wxBitmap NewFromPNGData(const void* data, size_t size);
+
/**
Finds the handler with the given name, and removes it.
The handler is not deleted.
/**
Constructs a mask from a monochrome bitmap.
-
- @beginWxPythonOnly
- This is the default constructor for wxMask in wxPython.
- @endWxPythonOnly
*/
wxMask(const wxBitmap& bitmap);
/**
Constructs a mask from a bitmap and a colour that indicates the background.
-
- @beginWxPythonOnly
- wxPython has an alternate wxMask constructor matching this form called wxMaskColour.
- @endWxPythonOnly
*/
wxMask(const wxBitmap& bitmap, const wxColour& colour);