\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS}{implementclass}\\
\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS2}{implementdynamicclass2}\\
\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}{implementdynamicclass}\\
+\helpref{wxAboutBox}{wxaboutbox}\\
\helpref{wxASSERT}{wxassert}\\
\helpref{wxASSERT\_MIN\_BITSIZE}{wxassertminbitsize}\\
\helpref{wxASSERT\_MSG}{wxassertmsg}\\
\helpref{wxEndBusyCursor}{wxendbusycursor}\\
\helpref{wxENTER\_CRIT\_SECT}{wxentercritsect}\\
\helpref{wxEntry}{wxentry}\\
+\helpref{wxEntryStart}{wxentrystart}\\
+\helpref{wxEntryCleanup}{wxentrycleanup}\\
\helpref{wxEnumClipboardFormats}{wxenumclipboardformats}\\
\helpref{wxError}{wxerror}\\
\helpref{wxExecute}{wxexecute}\\
\helpref{wxFindWindowByLabel}{wxfindwindowbylabel}\\
\helpref{wxFindWindowByName}{wxfindwindowbyname}\\
\helpref{wxFinite}{wxfinite}\\
+\helpref{wxGenericAboutBox}{wxgenericaboutbox}\\
\helpref{wxGetActiveWindow}{wxgetactivewindow}\\
\helpref{wxGetApp}{wxgetapp}\\
\helpref{wxGetBatteryState}{wxgetbatterystate}\\
\helpref{wxIsEmpty}{wxisempty}\\
\helpref{wxIsMainThread}{wxismainthread}\\
\helpref{wxIsNaN}{wxisnan}\\
+\helpref{wxIsPlatformLittleEndian}{wxisplatformlittleendian}\\
+\helpref{wxIsPlatform64Bit}{wxisplatform64bit}\\
\helpref{wxIsWild}{wxiswild}\\
\helpref{wxKill}{wxkill}\\
\helpref{wxLaunchDefaultBrowser}{wxlaunchdefaultbrowser}\\
\helpref{wxStringTokenize}{wxstringtokenize}\\
\helpref{wxStripMenuCodes}{wxstripmenucodes}\\
\helpref{wxStrlen}{wxstrlen}\\
+\helpref{wxSTRINGIZE}{wxstringize}\\
+\helpref{wxSTRINGIZE\_T}{wxstringizet}\\
\helpref{wxSUPPRESS\_GCC\_PRIVATE\_DTOR\_WARNING}{wxsuppressgccprivatedtorwarning}\\
\helpref{wxSysErrorCode}{wxsyserrorcode}\\
\helpref{wxSysErrorMsg}{wxsyserrormsg}\\
\membersection{::wxEntry}\label{wxentry}
-This initializes wxWidgets in a platform-dependent way. Use this if you
-are not using the default wxWidgets entry code (e.g. main or WinMain). For example,
-you can initialize wxWidgets from an Microsoft Foundation Classes application using
+This initializes wxWidgets in a platform-dependent way. Use this if you are not
+using the default wxWidgets entry code (e.g. main or WinMain). For example, you
+can initialize wxWidgets from an Microsoft Foundation Classes application using
this function.
-\func{void}{wxEntry}{\param{HANDLE}{ hInstance}, \param{HANDLE}{ hPrevInstance},
- \param{const wxString\& }{commandLine}, \param{int}{ cmdShow}, \param{bool}{ enterLoop = true}}
+The following overload of wxEntry is available under all platforms:
-wxWidgets initialization under Windows (non-DLL). If {\it enterLoop} is false, the
-function will return immediately after calling wxApp::OnInit. Otherwise, the wxWidgets
-message loop will be entered.
+\func{int}{wxEntry}{\param{int\&}{ argc}, \param{wxChar **}{argv}}
-\func{void}{wxEntry}{\param{HANDLE}{ hInstance}, \param{HANDLE}{ hPrevInstance},
- \param{WORD}{ wDataSegment}, \param{WORD}{ wHeapSize}, \param{const wxString\& }{ commandLine}}
+Under MS Windows, an additional overload suitable for calling from
+\texttt{WinMain} is available:
-wxWidgets initialization under Windows (for applications constructed as a DLL).
+\func{int}{wxEntry}{\param{HINSTANCE }{hInstance}, \param{HINSTANCE }{hPrevInstance = \NULL}, \param{char *}{pCmdLine = \NULL}, \param{int }{nCmdShow = \texttt{SW\_SHOWNORMAL}}}
-\func{int}{wxEntry}{\param{int}{ argc}, \param{const wxString\& *}{argv}}
+(notice that under Windows CE platform, and only there, the type of
+\arg{pCmdLine} is \texttt{wchar\_t *}, otherwise it is \texttt{char *}, even in
+Unicode build).
-wxWidgets initialization under Unix.
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxEntryStart}{wxentrystart}
\wxheading{Remarks}
+\membersection{::wxEntryCleanup}\label{wxentrycleanup}
+
+\func{void}{wxEntryCleanup}{\void}
+
+Free resources allocated by a successful call to \helpref{wxEntryStart}{wxentrystart}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/init.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxEntryStart}\label{wxentrystart}
+
+\func{bool}{wxEntryStart}{\param{int\&}{ argc}, \param{wxChar **}{argv}}
+
+This function can be used to perform the initialization of wxWidgets if you
+can't use the default initialization code for any reason.
+
+If the function returns \true, the initialization was successful and the global
+\helpref{wxApp}{wxapp} object \texttt{wxTheApp} has been created. Moreover,
+\helpref{wxEntryCleanup}{wxentrycleanup} must be called afterwards. If the
+function returns \false, a catastrophic initialization error occured and (at
+least the GUI part of) the library can't be used at all.
+
+Notice that parameters \arg{argc} and \arg{argv} may be modified by this
+function.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/init.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxGetApp}\label{wxgetapp}
\func{wxAppDerivedClass\&}{wxGetApp}{\void}
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/event.h>
+<wx/app.h>
This function shuts down or reboots the computer depending on the value of the
{\it flags}. Please notice that doing this requires the corresponding access
-rights (superuser under Unix, {\tt SE\_SHUTDOWN} privelege under Windows NT)
+rights (superuser under Unix, {\tt SE\_SHUTDOWN} privilege under Windows NT)
and that this function is only implemented under Unix and Win32.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\membersection{::wxDirExists}\label{functionwxdirexists}
-\func{bool}{wxDirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dirname}}
+\func{bool}{wxDirExists}{\param{const wxChar *}{dirname}}
-Returns true if the path exists.
+Returns true if \arg{dirname} exists and is a directory.
\membersection{::wxPathOnly}\label{wxpathonly}
Makes the directory \arg{dir}, returning true if successful.
{\it perm} is the access mask for the directory for the systems on which it is
-supported (Unix) and doesn't have effect for the other ones.
+supported (Unix) and doesn't have any effect on the other ones.
\membersection{::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter}\label{wxparsecommondialogsfilter}
\membersection{::wxRenameFile}\label{wxrenamefile}
-\func{bool}{wxRenameFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}}
+\func{bool}{wxRenameFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}, \param{bool }{overwrite = true}}
Renames \arg{file1} to \arg{file2}, returning true if successful.
+If \arg{overwrite} parameter is true (default), the destination file is
+overwritten if it exists, but if \arg{overwrite} is false, the functions fails
+in this case.
+
\membersection{::wxRmdir}\label{wxrmdir}
\membersection{::wxGetOsVersion}\label{wxgetosversion}
-\func{int}{wxGetOsVersion}{\param{int *}{major = NULL}, \param{int *}{minor = NULL}}
+\func{wxOperatingSystemId}{wxGetOsVersion}{\param{int *}{major = NULL}, \param{int *}{minor = NULL}}
-Gets operating system version information.
+Gets the version and the operating system ID for currently running OS.
+See \helpref{wxPlatformInfo}{wxplatforminfo} for more details about wxOperatingSystemId.
-\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitemruled{Platform}{Return types}
-\twocolitem{Mac OS}{Return value is wxMAC when compiled with CodeWarrior under Mac OS 8.x/9.x and Mac OS X, wxMAC\_DARWIN when compiled with the Apple Developer Tools under Mac OS X.
-
-Both {\it major} and {\it minor} have to be looked at as hexadecimal numbers. So System 10.2.4 returns 0x10, resp 16 for {\it major} and 0x24, resp 36 for {\it minor}. }
-\twocolitem{GTK}{Return value is wxGTK, For GTK 1.0, {\it major} is 1, {\it minor} is 0. }
-\twocolitem{Motif}{Return value is wxMOTIF\_X, {\it major} is X version, {\it minor} is X revision.}
-\twocolitem{OS/2}{Return value is wxOS2\_PM.}
-\twocolitem{Windows 3.1}{Return value is wxWINDOWS, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\twocolitem{Windows NT/2000}{Return value is wxWINDOWS\_NT, version is returned in {\it major} and {\it minor}.}
-\twocolitem{Windows 98}{Return value is wxWIN95, {\it major} is 4, {\it minor} is 1 or greater.}
-\twocolitem{Windows 95}{Return value is wxWIN95, {\it major} is 4, {\it minor} is 0.}
-\twocolitem{Win32s (Windows 3.1)}{Return value is wxWIN32S, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\twocolitem{Windows PocketPC}{Return value is wxWINDOWS\_POCKETPC, version is returned in {\it major} and {\it minor}.}
-\twocolitem{Windows Smartphone}{Return value is wxWINDOWS\_SMARTPHONE, version is returned in {\it major} and {\it minor}.}
-\twocolitem{Windows CE (non-specific)}{Return value is wxWINDOWS\_CE, version is returned in {\it major} and {\it minor}.}
-\twocolitem{Watcom C++ 386 supervisor mode (Windows 3.1)}{Return value is wxWIN386, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\end{twocollist}
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{::wxGetOsDescription}{wxgetosdescription},
+\helpref{wxPlatformInfo}{wxplatforminfo}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxIsPlatformLittleEndian}\label{wxisplatformlittleendian}
+
+\func{bool}{wxIsPlatformLittleEndian}{\void}
+
+Returns \true if the current platform is little endian (instead of big endian).
+The check is performed at run-time.
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{::wxGetOsDescription}{wxgetosdescription}
+\helpref{Byte order macros}{byteordermacros}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxIsPlatform64Bit}\label{wxisplatform64bit}
+
+\func{bool}{wxIsPlatform64Bit}{\void}
+
+Returns \true if the operating system the program is running under is 64 bit.
+The check is performed at run-time and may differ from the value available at
+compile-time (at compile-time you can just check if {\tt sizeof(void*)==8})
+since the program could be running in emulation mode or in a mixed 32/64 bit system
+(bi-architecture operating system).
+
+Very important: this function is not 100\% reliable on some systems given the fact
+that there isn't always a standard way to do a reliable check on the OS architecture.
\wxheading{Include files}
\membersection{::wxGetTranslation}\label{wxgettranslation}
-\func{const char *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const char * }{str}}
+\func{const wxChar *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const wxChar* }{str},
+ \param{const wxChar* }{domain = NULL}}
-\func{const char *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const char * }{str}, \param{const char * }{strPlural}, \param{size\_t }{n}}
+\func{const wxChar *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const wxChar* }{str}, \param{const wxChar* }{strPlural}, \param{size\_t }{n},
+ \param{const wxChar* }{domain = NULL}}
This function returns the translation of string {\it str} in the current
\helpref{locale}{wxlocale}. If the string is not found in any of the loaded
message catalogs (see \helpref{internationalization overview}{internationalization}), the
original string is returned. In debug build, an error message is logged -- this
-should help to find the strings which were not yet translated. As this function
+should help to find the strings which were not yet translated. If
+{\it domain} is specified then only that domain/catalog is searched
+for a matching string. As this function
is used very often, an alternative (and also common in Unix world) syntax is
provided: the \helpref{\_()}{underscore} macro is defined to do the same thing
as wxGetTranslation.
The same as \helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf} but takes a {\tt va\_list }
argument instead of arbitrary number of parameters.
+Note that if \texttt{wxUSE\_PRINTF\_POS\_PARAMS} is set to 1, then this function supports
+positional arguments (see \helpref{wxString::Printf}{wxstringprintf} for more information).
+However other functions of the same family (wxPrintf, wxSprintf, wxFprintf, wxVfprintf,
+wxVfprintf, wxVprintf, wxVsprintf) currently do not to support positional parameters
+even when \texttt{wxUSE\_PRINTF\_POS\_PARAMS} is 1.
+
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf}, \helpref{wxString::PrintfV}{wxstringprintfv}
the front when the dialog box is popped up.
+\membersection{::wxAboutBox}\label{wxaboutbox}
+
+\func{void}{wxAboutBox}{\param{const wxAboutDialogInfo\& }{info}}
+
+This function shows the standard about dialog containing the information
+specified in \arg{info}. If the current platform has a native about dialog
+which is capable of showing all the fields in \arg{info}, the native dialog is
+used, otherwise the function falls back to the generic wxWidgets version of the
+dialog, i.e. does the same thing as \helpref{wxGenericAboutBox()}{wxgenericaboutbox}.
+
+Here is an example of how this function may be used:
+\begin{verbatim}
+void MyFrame::ShowSimpleAboutDialog(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
+{
+ wxAboutDialogInfo info;
+ info.SetName(_("My Program"));
+ info.SetVersion(_("1.2.3 Beta"));
+ info.SetDescription(_("This program does something great."));
+ info.SetCopyright(_T("(C) 2007 Me <my@email.addre.ss>"));
+
+ wxAboutBox(info);
+}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+Please see the \helpref{dialogs sample}{sampledialogs} for more examples of
+using this function and \helpref{wxAboutDialogInfo}{wxaboutdialoginfo} for the
+description of the information which can be shown in the about dialog.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/aboutdlg.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxBeginBusyCursor}\label{wxbeginbusycursor}
\func{void}{wxBeginBusyCursor}{\param{wxCursor *}{cursor = wxHOURGLASS\_CURSOR}}
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxGenericAboutBox}\label{wxgenericaboutbox}
+
+\func{void}{wxGenericAboutBox}{\param{const wxAboutDialogInfo\& }{info}}
+
+This function does the same thing as \helpref{wxAboutBox}{wxaboutbox} except
+that it always uses the generic wxWidgets version of the dialog instead of the
+native one. This is mainly useful if you need to customize the dialog by e.g.
+adding custom controls to it (customizing the native dialog is not currently
+supported).
+
+See the \helpref{dialogs sample}{sampledialogs} for an example of about dialog
+customization.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxAboutDialogInfo}{wxaboutdialoginfo}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/aboutdlg.h>\\
+<wx/generic/aboutdlgg.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxGetColourFromUser}\label{wxgetcolourfromuser}
\func{wxColour}{wxGetColourFromUser}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent}, \param{const wxColour\& }{colInit}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = wxEmptyString}}
Shows the colour selection dialog and returns the colour selected by user or
-invalid colour (use \helpref{wxColour::Ok}{wxcolourok} to test whether a colour
+invalid colour (use \helpref{wxColour:IsOk}{wxcolourisok} to test whether a colour
is valid) if the dialog was cancelled.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\func{wxFont}{wxGetFontFromUser}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent}, \param{const wxFont\& }{fontInit}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = wxEmptyString}}
Shows the font selection dialog and returns the font selected by user or
-invalid font (use \helpref{wxFont::Ok}{wxfontok} to test whether a font
+invalid font (use \helpref{wxFont:IsOk}{wxfontisok} to test whether a font
is valid) if the dialog was cancelled.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\texttt{wxBATTERY\_LOW\_STATE}, \texttt{wxBATTERY\_CRITICAL\_STATE},
\texttt{wxBATTERY\_SHUTDOWN\_STATE} or \texttt{wxBATTERY\_UNKNOWN\_STATE}.
\texttt{wxBATTERY\_UNKNOWN\_STATE} is also the default on platforms where
-this feature is not implemented.
+this feature is not implemented (currently everywhere but MS Windows).
\wxheading{Include files}
Returns the type of power source as one of \texttt{wxPOWER\_SOCKET},
\texttt{wxPOWER\_BATTERY} or \texttt{wxPOWER\_UNKNOWN}.
\texttt{wxPOWER\_UNKNOWN} is also the default on platforms where this
-feature is not implemented.
+feature is not implemented (currently everywhere but MS Windows).
\wxheading{Include files}
\membersection{::wxStripMenuCodes}\label{wxstripmenucodes}
-\func{wxString}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{const wxString\& }{in}}
-
-\func{void}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{char *}{in}, \param{char *}{out}}
+\func{wxString}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{const wxString\& }{str}, \param{int }{flags = wxStrip\_All}}
-{\bf NB:} This function is obsolete, please use
-\helpref{wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText}{wxmenuitemgetlabelfromtext} instead.
+Strips any menu codes from \arg{str} and returns the result.
-Strips any menu codes from {\it in} and places the result
-in {\it out} (or returns the new string, in the first form).
+By default, the functions strips both the mnemonics character (\texttt{'\&'})
+which is used to indicate a keyboard shortkey, and the accelerators, which are
+used only in the menu items and are separated from the main text by the
+\texttt{$\backslash$t} (TAB) character. By using \arg{flags} of
+\texttt{wxStrip\_Mnemonics} or \texttt{wxStrip\_Accel} to strip only the former
+or the latter part, respectively.
-Menu codes include \& (mark the next character with an underline
-as a keyboard shortkey in Windows and Motif) and $\backslash$t (tab in Windows).
+Notice that in most cases
+\helpref{wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText}{wxmenuitemgetlabelfromtext} or
+\helpref{wxControl::GetLabelText}{wxcontrolgetlabeltext} can be used instead.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{wxSTRINGIZE}\label{wxstringize}
+
+\func{}{wxSTRINGIZE}{\param{}{x}}
+
+Returns the string representation of the given symbol which can be either a
+literal or a macro (hence the advantage of using this macro instead of the
+standard preprocessor \texttt{\#} operator which doesn't work with macros).
+
+Notice that this macro always produces a \texttt{char} string, use
+\helpref{wxSTRINGIZE\_T}{wxstringizet} to build a wide string Unicode build.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxCONCAT}{wxconcat}
+
+
+\membersection{wxSTRINGIZE\_T}\label{wxstringizet}
+
+\func{}{wxSTRINGIZE\_T}{\param{}{x}}
+
+Returns the string representation of the given symbol as either an ASCII or
+Unicode string, depending on the current build. This is the Unicode-friendly
+equivalent of \helpref{wxSTRINGIZE}{wxstringize}.
+
+
\membersection{wxSUPPRESS\_GCC\_PRIVATE\_DTOR\_WARNING}\label{wxsuppressgccprivatedtorwarning}
\func{}{wxSUPPRESS\_GCC\_PRIVATE\_DTOR\_WARNING}{\param{}{name}}
This macro is equivalent to {\tt wxDynamicCast(this, classname)} but the
latter provokes spurious compilation warnings from some compilers (because it
-tests whether {\tt this} pointer is non {\tt NULL} which is always true), so
+tests whether {\tt this} pointer is non-{\tt NULL} which is always true), so
this macro should be used to avoid them.
\wxheading{See also}
Checks that the condition is true, returns with the given return value if not (FAILs in debug mode).
This check is done even in release mode.
-This macro may be only used in non void functions, see also
+This macro may be only used in non-void functions, see also
\helpref{wxCHECK\_RET}{wxcheckret}.