Simplify and correct MSW selection of background brush for children painting.

[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / utils.h

diff --git a/include/wx/utils.h b/include/wx/utils.h
index dbd88a6342a4145ff3ee38b03dd875d9c6e3ffd0..533e8a489e9960fd672b9f471d9ad99178e20822 100644 (file)
--- a/include/wx/utils.h
+++ b/include/wx/utils.h
@@ -675,13 +675,6 @@ public:
 
 void WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
 
-// MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
-// Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
-#ifdef __WXMSW__
-    extern WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE const wxChar* wxUserResourceStr;
-    WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxChar* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName, const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr);
-#endif // MSW
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // X11 Display access
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -725,5 +718,39 @@ WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxYield();
 // Like wxYield, but fails silently if the yield is recursive.
 WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxYieldIfNeeded();
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Windows resources access
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
+    // default resource type for wxLoadUserResource()
+    extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(const wxChar*) wxUserResourceStr;
+
+    // Return the pointer to the resource data. This pointer is read-only, use
+    // the overload below if you need to modify the data.
+    //
+    // Returns true on success, false on failure. Doesn't log an error message
+    // if the resource is not found (because this could be expected) but does
+    // log one if any other error occurs.
+    WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool
+    wxLoadUserResource(const void **outData,
+                       size_t *outLen,
+                       const wxString& resourceName,
+                       const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr,
+                       WXHINSTANCE module = 0);
+
+    // This function allocates a new buffer and makes a copy of the resource
+    // data, remember to delete[] the buffer. And avoid using it entirely if
+    // the overload above can be used.
+    //
+    // Returns NULL on failure.
+    WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE char*
+    wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName,
+                       const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr,
+                       int* pLen = NULL,
+                       WXHINSTANCE module = 0);
+#endif // MSW
+
 #endif
     // _WX_UTILSH__