\func{}{wxURL}{\param{const wxString\&}{ url}}
-Constructs an URL object from the string.
+Constructs a URL object from the string. The URL must be valid according
+to RFC 1738. In particular, file URLs must be of the format
+'file://hostname/path/to/file'. It is valid to leave out the hostname
+but slashes must remain in place-- i.e. a file URL without a hostname must
+contain three consecutive slashes.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\twocolitem{{\bf wxURL\_NOHOST}}{An host name is required for this protocol.}
\twocolitem{{\bf wxURL\_NOPATH}}{A path is required for this protocol.}
\twocolitem{{\bf wxURL\_CONNERR}}{Connection error.}
-\twocolitem{{\bf wxURL\_PROTOERR}}{An error occured during negotiation.}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxURL\_PROTOERR}}{An error occurred during negotiation.}
\end{twocollist}%
%
\func{wxInputStream *}{GetInputStream}{\void}
Creates a new input stream on the the specified URL. You can use all but seek
-functionnality of wxStream. Seek isn't available on all stream. For example,
+functionality of wxStream. Seek isn't available on all stream. For example,
http or ftp streams doesn't deal with it.
\wxheading{Return value}
\wxheading{See also}
-%\helpref{wxInputStream}{wxinputstream}
-wxInputStream
+\helpref{wxInputStream}{wxinputstream}
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% SetDefaultProxy