\setheader{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}{}{}{}{}{{\it CHAPTER \thechapter}}%
\setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}
-The functions defined in wxWindows are described here.
+The functions and macros defined in wxWidgets are described here: you can
+either look up a function using the alphabetical listing of them or find it in
+the corresponding topic.
+
+\section{Alphabetical functions and macros list}\label{functionsalphabetically}
+
+\helpref{CLASSINFO}{classinfo}\\
+\helpref{copystring}{copystring}\\
+\helpref{DECLARE\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}{declareabstractclass}\\
+\helpref{DECLARE\_APP}{declareapp}\\
+\helpref{DECLARE\_CLASS}{declareclass}\\
+\helpref{DECLARE\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}{declaredynamicclass}\\
+\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS2}{implementabstractclass2}\\
+\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}{implementabstractclass}\\
+\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_APP}{implementapp}\\
+\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS2}{implementclass2}\\
+\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS}{implementclass}\\
+\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS2}{implementdynamicclass2}\\
+\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}{implementdynamicclass}\\
+\helpref{wxCONCAT}{wxconcat}\\
+\helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}\\
+\helpref{WXTRACELEVEL}{tracelevel}\\
+\helpref{WXTRACE}{trace}\\
+\helpref{wxASSERT\_MIN\_BITSIZE}{wxassertminbitsize}\\
+\helpref{wxASSERT\_MSG}{wxassertmsg}\\
+\helpref{wxASSERT}{wxassert}\\
+\helpref{wxBITMAP}{wxbitmapmacro}\\
+\helpref{wxBeginBusyCursor}{wxbeginbusycursor}\\
+\helpref{wxBell}{wxbell}\\
+\helpref{wxCHANGE\_UMASK}{wxchangeumask}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK}{wxcheck}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK2\_MSG}{wxcheck2msg}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK2}{wxcheck2}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}{wxcheckgccversion}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_MSG}{wxcheckmsg}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_RET}{wxcheckret}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{wxcheckversion}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION\_FULL}{wxcheckversionfull}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}{wxcheckw32apiversion}\\
+\helpref{wxClientDisplayRect}{wxclientdisplayrect}\\
+\helpref{wxClipboardOpen}{functionwxclipboardopen}\\
+\helpref{wxCloseClipboard}{wxcloseclipboard}\\
+\helpref{wxColourDisplay}{wxcolourdisplay}\\
+\helpref{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT}{wxcompiletimeassert}\\
+\helpref{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT2}{wxcompiletimeassert2}\\
+\helpref{wxConcatFiles}{wxconcatfiles}\\
+\helpref{wxConstCast}{wxconstcast}\\
+\helpref{wxCopyFile}{wxcopyfile}\\
+\helpref{wxCreateDynamicObject}{wxcreatedynamicobject}\\
+\helpref{wxCreateFileTipProvider}{wxcreatefiletipprovider}\\
+\helpref{wxCRIT\_SECT\_DECLARE}{wxcritsectdeclare}\\
+\helpref{wxCRIT\_SECT\_DECLARE\_MEMBER}{wxcritsectdeclaremember}\\
+\helpref{wxCRIT\_SECT\_LOCKER}{wxcritsectlocker}\\
+\helpref{wxCRITICAL\_SECTION}{wxcriticalsectionmacro}\\ % wxcs already taken!
+\helpref{wxDDECleanUp}{wxddecleanup}\\
+\helpref{wxDDEInitialize}{wxddeinitialize}\\
+\helpref{wxDROP\_ICON}{wxdropicon}\\
+\helpref{wxDebugMsg}{wxdebugmsg}\\
+\helpref{wxDirExists}{functionwxdirexists}\\
+\helpref{wxDirSelector}{wxdirselector}\\
+\helpref{wxDisplayDepth}{wxdisplaydepth}\\
+\helpref{wxDisplaySize}{wxdisplaysize}\\
+\helpref{wxDisplaySizeMM}{wxdisplaysizemm}\\
+\helpref{wxDos2UnixFilename}{wxdos2unixfilename}\\
+\helpref{wxDynamicCastThis}{wxdynamiccastthis}\\
+\helpref{wxDynamicCast}{wxdynamiccast}\\
+\helpref{wxDYNLIB\_FUNCTION}{wxdynlibfunction}\\
+\helpref{wxEmptyClipboard}{wxemptyclipboard}\\
+\helpref{wxEnableTopLevelWindows}{wxenabletoplevelwindows}\\
+\helpref{wxEndBusyCursor}{wxendbusycursor}\\
+\helpref{wxENTER\_CRIT\_SECT}{wxentercritsect}\\
+\helpref{wxEntry}{wxentry}\\
+\helpref{wxEnumClipboardFormats}{wxenumclipboardformats}\\
+\helpref{wxError}{wxerror}\\
+\helpref{wxExecute}{wxexecute}\\
+\helpref{wxExit}{wxexit}\\
+\helpref{wxEXPLICIT}{wxexplicit}\\
+\helpref{wxFAIL\_MSG}{wxfailmsg}\\
+\helpref{wxFAIL}{wxfail}\\
+\helpref{wxFatalError}{wxfatalerror}\\
+\helpref{wxFileExists}{functionwxfileexists}\\
+\helpref{wxFileModificationTime}{wxfilemodificationtime}\\
+\helpref{wxFileNameFromPath}{wxfilenamefrompath}\\
+\helpref{wxFileSelector}{wxfileselector}\\
+\helpref{wxFindFirstFile}{wxfindfirstfile}\\
+\helpref{wxFindMenuItemId}{wxfindmenuitemid}\\
+\helpref{wxFindNextFile}{wxfindnextfile}\\
+\helpref{wxFindWindowAtPointer}{wxfindwindowatpointer}\\
+\helpref{wxFindWindowAtPoint}{wxfindwindowatpoint}\\
+\helpref{wxFindWindowByLabel}{wxfindwindowbylabel}\\
+\helpref{wxFindWindowByName}{wxfindwindowbyname}\\
+\helpref{wxFinite}{wxfinite}\\
+\helpref{wxGetActiveWindow}{wxgetactivewindow}\\
+\helpref{wxGetApp}{wxgetapp}\\
+\helpref{wxGetClipboardData}{wxgetclipboarddata}\\
+\helpref{wxGetClipboardFormatName}{wxgetclipboardformatname}\\
+\helpref{wxGetColourFromUser}{wxgetcolourfromuser}\\
+\helpref{wxGetCwd}{wxgetcwd}\\
+\helpref{wxGetDiskSpace}{wxgetdiskspace}\\
+\helpref{wxGetDisplayName}{wxgetdisplayname}\\
+\helpref{wxGetDisplaySize}{wxdisplaysize}\\
+\helpref{wxGetDisplaySizeMM}{wxdisplaysizemm}\\
+\helpref{wxGetElapsedTime}{wxgetelapsedtime}\\
+\helpref{wxGetEmailAddress}{wxgetemailaddress}\\
+\helpref{wxGetEnv}{wxgetenv}\\
+\helpref{wxGetFontFromUser}{wxgetfontfromuser}\\
+\helpref{wxGetFreeMemory}{wxgetfreememory}\\
+\helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}\\
+\helpref{wxGetHomeDir}{wxgethomedir}\\
+\helpref{wxGetHostName}{wxgethostname}\\
+\helpref{wxGetKeyState}{wxgetkeystate}\\
+\helpref{wxGetLocalTimeMillis}{wxgetlocaltimemillis}\\
+\helpref{wxGetLocalTime}{wxgetlocaltime}\\
+\helpref{wxGetMousePosition}{wxgetmouseposition}\\
+\helpref{wxGetMultipleChoices}{wxgetmultiplechoices}\\
+\helpref{wxGetMultipleChoice}{wxgetmultiplechoice}\\
+\helpref{wxGetNumberFromUser}{wxgetnumberfromuser}\\
+\helpref{wxGetOSDirectory}{wxgetosdirectory}\\
+\helpref{wxGetOsDescription}{wxgetosdescription}\\
+\helpref{wxGetOsVersion}{wxgetosversion}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPasswordFromUser}{wxgetpasswordfromuser}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPrinterCommand}{wxgetprintercommand}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPrinterFile}{wxgetprinterfile}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPrinterMode}{wxgetprintermode}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPrinterOptions}{wxgetprinteroptions}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPrinterOrientation}{wxgetprinterorientation}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPrinterPreviewCommand}{wxgetprinterpreviewcommand}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPrinterScaling}{wxgetprinterscaling}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPrinterTranslation}{wxgetprintertranslation}\\
+\helpref{wxGetProcessId}{wxgetprocessid}\\
+\helpref{wxGetResource}{wxgetresource}\\
+\helpref{wxGetSingleChoiceData}{wxgetsinglechoicedata}\\
+\helpref{wxGetSingleChoiceIndex}{wxgetsinglechoiceindex}\\
+\helpref{wxGetSingleChoice}{wxgetsinglechoice}\\
+\helpref{wxGetTempFileName}{wxgettempfilename}\\
+\helpref{wxGetTextFromUser}{wxgettextfromuser}\\
+\helpref{wxGetTopLevelParent}{wxgettoplevelparent}\\
+\helpref{wxGetTranslation}{wxgettranslation}\\
+\helpref{wxGetUTCTime}{wxgetutctime}\\
+\helpref{wxGetUserHome}{wxgetuserhome}\\
+\helpref{wxGetUserId}{wxgetuserid}\\
+\helpref{wxGetUserName}{wxgetusername}\\
+\helpref{wxGetWorkingDirectory}{wxgetworkingdirectory}\\
+\helpref{wxGetenv}{wxgetenvmacro}\\
+\helpref{wxHandleFatalExceptions}{wxhandlefatalexceptions}\\
+\helpref{wxICON}{wxiconmacro}\\
+\helpref{wxINTXX\_SWAP\_ALWAYS}{intswapalways}\\
+\helpref{wxINTXX\_SWAP\_ON\_BE}{intswaponbe}\\
+\helpref{wxINTXX\_SWAP\_ON\_LE}{intswaponle}\\
+\helpref{wxInitAllImageHandlers}{wxinitallimagehandlers}\\
+\helpref{wxInitialize}{wxinitialize}\\
+\helpref{wxIsAbsolutePath}{wxisabsolutepath}\\
+\helpref{wxIsBusy}{wxisbusy}\\
+\helpref{wxIsClipboardFormatAvailable}{wxisclipboardformatavailable}\\
+\helpref{wxIsDebuggerRunning}{wxisdebuggerrunning}\\
+\helpref{wxIsEmpty}{wxisempty}\\
+\helpref{wxIsMainThread}{wxismainthread}\\
+\helpref{wxIsNaN}{wxisnan}\\
+\helpref{wxIsWild}{wxiswild}\\
+\helpref{wxKill}{wxkill}\\
+\helpref{wxLEAVE\_CRIT\_SECT}{wxleavecritsect}\\
+\helpref{wxLoadUserResource}{wxloaduserresource}\\
+\helpref{wxLogDebug}{wxlogdebug}\\
+\helpref{wxLogError}{wxlogerror}\\
+\helpref{wxLogFatalError}{wxlogfatalerror}\\
+\helpref{wxLogMessage}{wxlogmessage}\\
+\helpref{wxLogStatus}{wxlogstatus}\\
+\helpref{wxLogSysError}{wxlogsyserror}\\
+\helpref{wxLogTrace}{wxlogtrace}\\
+\helpref{wxLogVerbose}{wxlogverbose}\\
+\helpref{wxLogWarning}{wxlogwarning}\\
+\helpref{wxLL}{wxll}\\
+\helpref{wxLongLongFmtSpec}{wxlonglongfmtspec}\\
+\helpref{wxMakeMetafilePlaceable}{wxmakemetafileplaceable}\\
+\helpref{wxMatchWild}{wxmatchwild}\\
+\helpref{wxMessageBox}{wxmessagebox}\\
+\helpref{wxMilliSleep}{wxmillisleep}\\
+\helpref{wxMicroSleep}{wxmicrosleep}\\
+\helpref{wxMkdir}{wxmkdir}\\
+\helpref{wxMutexGuiEnter}{wxmutexguienter}\\
+\helpref{wxMutexGuiLeave}{wxmutexguileave}\\
+\helpref{wxNewId}{wxnewid}\\
+\helpref{wxNow}{wxnow}\\
+\helpref{wxOnAssert}{wxonassert}\\
+\helpref{wxOpenClipboard}{wxopenclipboard}\\
+\helpref{wxParseCommonDialogsFilter}{wxparsecommondialogsfilter}\\
+\helpref{wxPathOnly}{wxpathonly}\\
+\helpref{wxPostDelete}{wxpostdelete}\\
+\helpref{wxPostEvent}{wxpostevent}\\
+\helpref{wxRegisterClipboardFormat}{wxregisterclipboardformat}\\
+\helpref{wxRegisterId}{wxregisterid}\\
+\helpref{wxRemoveFile}{wxremovefile}\\
+\helpref{wxRenameFile}{wxrenamefile}\\
+\helpref{wxRmdir}{wxrmdir}\\
+\helpref{wxSafeShowMessage}{wxsafeshowmessage}\\
+\helpref{wxSafeYield}{wxsafeyield}\\
+\helpref{wxSetClipboardData}{wxsetclipboarddata}\\
+\helpref{wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}\\
+\helpref{wxSetDisplayName}{wxsetdisplayname}\\
+\helpref{wxSetEnv}{wxsetenv}\\
+\helpref{wxSetPrinterCommand}{wxsetprintercommand}\\
+\helpref{wxSetPrinterFile}{wxsetprinterfile}\\
+\helpref{wxSetPrinterMode}{wxsetprintermode}\\
+\helpref{wxSetPrinterOptions}{wxsetprinteroptions}\\
+\helpref{wxSetPrinterOrientation}{wxsetprinterorientation}\\
+\helpref{wxSetPrinterPreviewCommand}{wxsetprinterpreviewcommand}\\
+\helpref{wxSetPrinterScaling}{wxsetprinterscaling}\\
+\helpref{wxSetPrinterTranslation}{wxsetprintertranslation}\\
+\helpref{wxSetWorkingDirectory}{wxsetworkingdirectory}\\
+\helpref{wxShell}{wxshell}\\
+\helpref{wxShowTip}{wxshowtip}\\
+\helpref{wxShutdown}{wxshutdown}\\
+\helpref{wxSleep}{wxsleep}\\
+\helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf}\\
+\helpref{wxSplitPath}{wxsplitfunction}\\
+\helpref{wxStartTimer}{wxstarttimer}\\
+\helpref{wxStaticCast}{wxstaticcast}\\
+\helpref{wxStrcmp}{wxstrcmp}\\
+\helpref{wxStricmp}{wxstricmp}\\
+\helpref{wxStringEq}{wxstringeq}\\
+\helpref{wxStringMatch}{wxstringmatch}\\
+\helpref{wxStripMenuCodes}{wxstripmenucodes}\\
+\helpref{wxStrlen}{wxstrlen}\\
+\helpref{wxSysErrorCode}{wxsyserrorcode}\\
+\helpref{wxSysErrorMsg}{wxsyserrormsg}\\
+\helpref{wxT}{wxt}\\
+\helpref{wxTraceLevel}{wxtracelevel}\\
+\helpref{wxTrace}{wxtrace}\\
+\helpref{wxTransferFileToStream}{wxtransferfiletostream}\\
+\helpref{wxTransferStreamToFile}{wxtransferstreamtofile}\\
+\helpref{wxTrap}{wxtrap}\\
+\helpref{wxULL}{wxull}\\
+\helpref{wxUninitialize}{wxuninitialize}\\
+\helpref{wxUnix2DosFilename}{wxunix2dosfilename}\\
+\helpref{wxUnsetEnv}{wxunsetenv}\\
+\helpref{wxUsleep}{wxusleep}\\
+\helpref{wxVaCopy}{wxvacopy}\\
+\helpref{wxVsnprintf}{wxvsnprintf}\\
+\helpref{wxWakeUpIdle}{wxwakeupidle}\\
+\helpref{wxWriteResource}{wxwriteresource}\\
+\helpref{wxYield}{wxyield}\\
+\helpref{wx\_const\_cast}{wxconstcastraw}\\
+\helpref{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}{wxreinterpretcastraw}\\
+\helpref{wx\_static\_cast}{wxstaticcastraw}\\
+\helpref{\_}{underscore}\\
+\helpref{\_T}{underscoret}
+
+
+
+\section{Version macros}\label{versionfunctions}
+
+The following constants are defined in wxWidgets:
-\section{File functions}\label{filefunctions}
+\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
+\item {\tt wxMAJOR\_VERSION} is the major version of wxWidgets
+\item {\tt wxMINOR\_VERSION} is the minor version of wxWidgets
+\item {\tt wxRELEASE\_NUMBER} is the release number
+\item {\tt wxSUBRELEASE\_NUMBER} is the subrelease number which is $0$ for all
+official releases
+\end{itemize}
+
+For example, the values or these constants for wxWidgets 2.1.15 are 2, 1 and
+15.
+
+Additionally, {\tt wxVERSION\_STRING} is a user-readable string containing
+the full wxWidgets version and {\tt wxVERSION\_NUMBER} is a combination of the
+three version numbers above: for 2.1.15, it is 2115 and it is 2200 for
+wxWidgets 2.2.
+
+The subrelease number is only used for the sources in between official releases
+and so normally is not useful.
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/version.h> or <wx/defs.h>
-\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}
+\membersection{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}\label{wxcheckgccversion}
-\membersection{::wxDirExists}
+\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor, release}}
-\func{bool}{wxDirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dirname}}
+Returns $1$ if the compiler being used to compile the code is GNU C++
+compiler (g++) version major.minor.release or greater. Otherwise, and also if
+the compiler is not GNU C++ at all, returns $0$.
-Returns TRUE if the directory exists.
-\membersection{::wxDos2UnixFilename}
+\membersection{wxCHECK\_VERSION}\label{wxcheckversion}
-\func{void}{Dos2UnixFilename}{\param{const wxString\& }{s}}
+\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor, release}}
-Converts a DOS to a Unix filename by replacing backslashes with forward
-slashes.
+This is a macro which evaluates to true if the current wxWidgets version is at
+least major.minor.release.
-\membersection{::wxFileExists}
+For example, to test if the program is compiled with wxWidgets 2.2 or higher,
+the following can be done:
-\func{bool}{wxFileExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
+\begin{verbatim}
+ wxString s;
+#if wxCHECK_VERSION(2, 2, 0)
+ if ( s.StartsWith("foo") )
+#else // replacement code for old version
+ if ( strncmp(s, "foo", 3) == 0 )
+#endif
+ {
+ ...
+ }
+\end{verbatim}
-Returns TRUE if the file exists.
-\membersection{::wxFileNameFromPath}
+\membersection{wxCHECK\_VERSION\_FULL}\label{wxcheckversionfull}
-\func{wxString}{wxFileNameFromPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}}
+\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_VERSION\_FULL}{\param{}{major, minor, release, subrel}}
-\func{char*}{wxFileNameFromPath}{\param{char* }{path}}
+Same as \helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{wxcheckversion} but also checks that
+\texttt{wxSUBRELEASE\_NUMBER} is at least \arg{subrel}.
-Returns the filename for a full path. The second form returns a pointer to
-temporary storage that should not be deallocated.
-\membersection{::wxFindFirstFile}\label{wxfindfirstfile}
+\membersection{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}\label{wxcheckw32apiversion}
-\func{wxString}{wxFindFirstFile}{\param{const char*}{spec}, \param{int}{ flags = 0}}
+\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor, release}}
-This function does directory searching; returns the first file
-that matches the path {\it spec}, or the empty string. Use \helpref{wxFindNextFile}{wxfindnextfile} to
-get the next matching file.
+Returns $1$ if the version of w32api headers used is major.minor.release or
+greater. Otherwise, and also if we are not compiling with mingw32/cygwin under
+Win32 at all, returns $0$.
-{\it spec} may contain wildcards.
-{\it flags} is reserved for future use.
-For example:
+\section{Application initialization and termination}\label{appinifunctions}
+
+The functions in this section are used on application startup/shutdown and also
+to control the behaviour of the main event loop of the GUI programs.
+
+
+\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 function.
+
+\func{void}{wxEntry}{\param{HANDLE}{ hInstance}, \param{HANDLE}{ hPrevInstance},
+ \param{const wxString\& }{commandLine}, \param{int}{ cmdShow}, \param{bool}{ enterLoop = true}}
+
+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{void}{wxEntry}{\param{HANDLE}{ hInstance}, \param{HANDLE}{ hPrevInstance},
+ \param{WORD}{ wDataSegment}, \param{WORD}{ wHeapSize}, \param{const wxString\& }{ commandLine}}
+
+wxWidgets initialization under Windows (for applications constructed as a DLL).
+
+\func{int}{wxEntry}{\param{int}{ argc}, \param{const wxString\& *}{argv}}
+
+wxWidgets initialization under Unix.
+
+\wxheading{Remarks}
+
+To clean up wxWidgets, call wxApp::OnExit followed by the static function
+wxApp::CleanUp. For example, if exiting from an MFC application that also uses wxWidgets:
\begin{verbatim}
- wxString f = wxFindFirstFile("/home/project/*.*");
- while ( !f.IsEmpty() )
- {
- ...
- f = wxFindNextFile();
- }
+int CTheApp::ExitInstance()
+{
+ // OnExit isn't called by CleanUp so must be called explicitly.
+ wxTheApp->OnExit();
+ wxApp::CleanUp();
+
+ return CWinApp::ExitInstance();
+}
\end{verbatim}
-\membersection{::wxFindNextFile}\label{wxfindnextfile}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\func{wxString}{wxFindNextFile}{\void}
+<wx/app.h>
-Returns the next file that matches the path passed to \helpref{wxFindFirstFile}{wxfindfirstfile}.
-See \helpref{wxFindFirstFile}{wxfindfirstfile} for an example.
-\membersection{::wxGetOSDirectory}\label{wxgetosdirectory}
+\membersection{::wxGetApp}\label{wxgetapp}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetOSDirectory}{\void}
+\func{wxAppDerivedClass\&}{wxGetApp}{\void}
-Returns the Windows directory under Windows; on other platforms returns the empty string.
+This function doesn't exist in wxWidgets but it is created by using
+the \helpref{IMPLEMENT\_APP}{implementapp} macro. Thus, before using it
+anywhere but in the same module where this macro is used, you must make it
+available using \helpref{DECLARE\_APP}{declareapp}.
-\membersection{::wxIsAbsolutePath}
+The advantage of using this function compared to directly using the global
+wxTheApp pointer is that the latter is of type {\tt wxApp *} and so wouldn't
+allow you to access the functions specific to your application class but not
+present in wxApp while wxGetApp() returns the object of the right type.
-\func{bool}{wxIsAbsolutePath}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
-Returns TRUE if the argument is an absolute filename, i.e. with a slash
-or drive name at the beginning.
+\membersection{::wxHandleFatalExceptions}\label{wxhandlefatalexceptions}
-\membersection{::wxPathOnly}
+\func{bool}{wxHandleFatalExceptions}{\param{bool}{ doIt = true}}
-\func{wxString}{wxPathOnly}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}}
+If {\it doIt} is true, the fatal exceptions (also known as general protection
+faults under Windows or segmentation violations in the Unix world) will be
+caught and passed to \helpref{wxApp::OnFatalException}{wxapponfatalexception}.
+By default, i.e. before this function is called, they will be handled in the
+normal way which usually just means that the application will be terminated.
+Calling wxHandleFatalExceptions() with {\it doIt} equal to false will restore
+this default behaviour.
-Returns the directory part of the filename.
-\membersection{::wxUnix2DosFilename}
+\membersection{::wxInitAllImageHandlers}\label{wxinitallimagehandlers}
-\func{void}{wxUnix2DosFilename}{\param{const wxString\& }{s}}
+\func{void}{wxInitAllImageHandlers}{\void}
-Converts a Unix to a DOS filename by replacing forward
-slashes with backslashes.
+Initializes all available image handlers. For a list of available handlers,
+see \helpref{wxImage}{wximage}.
-\membersection{::wxConcatFiles}
+\wxheading{See also}
-\func{bool}{wxConcatFiles}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2},
-\param{const wxString\& }{file3}}
+\helpref{wxImage}{wximage}, \helpref{wxImageHandler}{wximagehandler}
-Concatenates {\it file1} and {\it file2} to {\it file3}, returning
-TRUE if successful.
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\membersection{::wxCopyFile}
+<wx/image.h>
-\func{bool}{wxCopyFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}}
-Copies {\it file1} to {\it file2}, returning TRUE if successful.
+\membersection{::wxInitialize}\label{wxinitialize}
-\membersection{::wxGetCwd}\label{wxgetcwd}
+\func{bool}{wxInitialize}{\void}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetCwd}{\void}
+This function is used in wxBase only and only if you don't create
+\helpref{wxApp}{wxapp} object at all. In this case you must call it from your
+{\tt main()} function before calling any other wxWidgets functions.
-Returns a string containing the current (or working) directory.
+If the function returns {\tt false} the initialization could not be performed,
+in this case the library cannot be used and
+\helpref{wxUninitialize}{wxuninitialize} shouldn't be called neither.
-\membersection{::wxGetWorkingDirectory}
+This function may be called several times but
+\helpref{wxUninitialize}{wxuninitialize} must be called for each successful
+call to this function.
-\func{wxString}{wxGetWorkingDirectory}{\param{char*}{buf=NULL}, \param{int }{sz=1000}}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-This function is obsolete: use \helpref{wxGetCwd}{wxgetcwd} instead.
+<wx/app.h>
-Copies the current working directory into the buffer if supplied, or
-copies the working directory into new storage (which you must delete yourself)
-if the buffer is NULL.
-{\it sz} is the size of the buffer if supplied.
+\membersection{::wxSafeYield}\label{wxsafeyield}
-\membersection{::wxGetTempFileName}
+\func{bool}{wxSafeYield}{\param{wxWindow*}{ win = NULL}, \param{bool}{
+ onlyIfNeeded = false}}
-\func{char*}{wxGetTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{char* }{buf=NULL}}
+This function is similar to wxYield, except that it disables the user input to
+all program windows before calling wxYield and re-enables it again
+afterwards. If {\it win} is not NULL, this window will remain enabled,
+allowing the implementation of some limited user interaction.
-Makes a temporary filename based on {\it prefix}, opens and closes the file,
-and places the name in {\it buf}. If {\it buf} is NULL, new store
-is allocated for the temporary filename using {\it new}.
+Returns the result of the call to \helpref{::wxYield}{wxyield}.
-Under Windows, the filename will include the drive and name of the
-directory allocated for temporary files (usually the contents of the
-TEMP variable). Under Unix, the {\tt /tmp} directory is used.
+\wxheading{Include files}
-It is the application's responsibility to create and delete the file.
+<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxIsWild}\label{wxiswild}
-\func{bool}{wxIsWild}{\param{const wxString\& }{pattern}}
+\membersection{::wxUninitialize}\label{wxuninitialize}
-Returns TRUE if the pattern contains wildcards. See \helpref{wxMatchWild}{wxmatchwild}.
+\func{void}{wxUninitialize}{\void}
-\membersection{::wxMatchWild}\label{wxmatchwild}
+This function is for use in console (wxBase) programs only. It must be called
+once for each previous successful call to \helpref{wxInitialize}{wxinitialize}.
-\func{bool}{wxMatchWild}{\param{const wxString\& }{pattern}, \param{const wxString\& }{text}, \param{bool}{ dot\_special}}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-Returns TRUE if the {\it pattern}\/ matches the {\it text}\/; if {\it
-dot\_special}\/ is TRUE, filenames beginning with a dot are not matched
-with wildcard characters. See \helpref{wxIsWild}{wxiswild}.
+<wx/app.h>
-\membersection{::wxMkdir}
-\func{bool}{wxMkdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int }{perm = 0777}}
+\membersection{::wxYield}\label{wxyield}
-Makes the directory {\it dir}, returning TRUE if successful.
+\func{bool}{wxYield}{\void}
-{\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.
+Calls \helpref{wxApp::Yield}{wxappyield}.
-\membersection{::wxRemoveFile}
+This function is kept only for backwards compatibility. Please use
+the \helpref{wxApp::Yield}{wxappyield} method instead in any new code.
-\func{bool}{wxRemoveFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-Removes {\it file}, returning TRUE if successful.
+<wx/app.h> or <wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxRenameFile}
-\func{bool}{wxRenameFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}}
+\membersection{::wxWakeUpIdle}\label{wxwakeupidle}
-Renames {\it file1} to {\it file2}, returning TRUE if successful.
+\func{void}{wxWakeUpIdle}{\void}
-\membersection{::wxRmdir}
+This functions wakes up the (internal and platform dependent) idle system, i.e. it
+will force the system to send an idle event even if the system currently {\it is}
+ idle and thus would not send any idle event until after some other event would get
+sent. This is also useful for sending events between two threads and is used by
+the corresponding functions \helpref{::wxPostEvent}{wxpostevent} and
+\helpref{wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent}{wxevthandleraddpendingevent}.
-\func{bool}{wxRmdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int}{ flags=0}}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-Removes the directory {\it dir}, returning TRUE if successful. Does not work under VMS.
+<wx/event.h>
-The {\it flags} parameter is reserved for future use.
-\membersection{::wxSetWorkingDirectory}
-\func{bool}{wxSetWorkingDirectory}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
+\section{Process control functions}\label{processfunctions}
-Sets the current working directory, returning TRUE if the operation succeeded.
-Under MS Windows, the current drive is also changed if {\it dir} contains a drive specification.
+The functions in this section are used to launch or terminate the other
+processes.
-\membersection{::wxSplitPath}\label{wxsplitfunction}
-\func{void}{wxSplitPath}{\param{const char *}{ fullname}, \param{const wxString *}{ path}, \param{const wxString *}{ name}, \param{const wxString *}{ ext}}
+\membersection{::wxExecute}\label{wxexecute}
-This function splits a full file name into components: the path (including possible disk/drive
-specification under Windows), the base name and the extension. Any of the output parameters
-({\it path}, {\it name} or {\it ext}) may be NULL if you are not interested in the value of
-a particular component.
+\func{long}{wxExecute}{\param{const wxString\& }{command}, \param{int }{sync = wxEXEC\_ASYNC}, \param{wxProcess *}{callback = NULL}}
-wxSplitPath() will correctly handle filenames with both DOS and Unix path separators under
-Windows, however it will not consider backslashes as path separators under Unix (where backslash
-is a valid character in a filename).
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this function is called \texttt{Wx::ExecuteCommand}}
-On entry, {\it fullname} should be non NULL (it may be empty though).
+\func{long}{wxExecute}{\param{char **}{argv}, \param{int }{flags = wxEXEC\_ASYNC}, \param{wxProcess *}{callback = NULL}}
-On return, {\it path} contains the file path (without the trailing separator), {\it name}
-contains the file name and {\it ext} contains the file extension without leading dot. All
-three of them may be empty if the corresponding component is. The old contents of the
-strings pointed to by these parameters will be overwritten in any case (if the pointers
-are not NULL).
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this function is called \texttt{Wx::ExecuteArgs}}
-\membersection{::wxTransferFileToStream}\label{wxtransferfiletostream}
+\func{long}{wxExecute}{\param{const wxString\& }{command}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{output}, \param{int }{flags = 0}}
-\func{bool}{wxTransferFileToStream}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}, \param{ostream\& }{stream}}
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this function is called \texttt{Wx::ExecuteStdout} and it
+only takes the {\tt command} argument,
+and returns a 2-element list {\tt ( status, output )}, where {\tt output} is
+an array reference.}
-Copies the given file to {\it stream}. Useful when converting an old application to
-use streams (within the document/view framework, for example).
+\func{long}{wxExecute}{\param{const wxString\& }{command}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{output}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{errors}, \param{int }{flags = 0}}
-Use of this function requires the file wx\_doc.h to be included.
+\perlnote{In wxPerl this function is called \texttt{Wx::ExecuteStdoutStderr}
+and it only takes the {\tt command} argument,
+and returns a 3-element list {\tt ( status, output, errors )}, where
+{\tt output} and {\tt errors} are array references.}
-\membersection{::wxTransferStreamToFile}\label{wxtransferstreamtofile}
+Executes another program in Unix or Windows.
-\func{bool}{wxTransferStreamToFile}{\param{istream\& }{stream} \param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
+The first form takes a command string, such as {\tt "emacs file.txt"}.
-Copies the given stream to the file {\it filename}. Useful when converting an old application to
-use streams (within the document/view framework, for example).
+The second form takes an array of values: a command, any number of
+arguments, terminated by NULL.
-Use of this function requires the file wx\_doc.h to be included.
+The semantics of the third and fourth versions is different from the first two
+and is described in more details below.
-\section{Network functions}\label{networkfunctions}
+If {\it flags} parameter contains {\tt wxEXEC\_ASYNC} flag (the default), flow
+of control immediately returns. If it contains {\tt wxEXEC\_SYNC}, the current
+application waits until the other program has terminated.
-\membersection{::wxGetFullHostName}\label{wxgetfullhostname}
+In the case of synchronous execution, the return value is the exit code of
+the process (which terminates by the moment the function returns) and will be
+$-1$ if the process couldn't be started and typically 0 if the process
+terminated successfully. Also, while waiting for the process to
+terminate, wxExecute will call \helpref{wxYield}{wxyield}. Because of this, by
+default this function disables all application windows to avoid unexpected
+reentrancies which could result from the users interaction with the program
+while the child process is running. If you are sure that it is safe to not
+disable the program windows, you may pass \texttt{wxEXEC\_NODISABLE} flag to
+prevent this automatic disabling from happening.
-\func{wxString}{wxGetFullHostName}{\void}
+For asynchronous execution, however, the return value is the process id and
+zero value indicates that the command could not be executed. As an added
+complication, the return value of $-1$ in this case indicates that we didn't
+launch a new process, but connected to the running one (this can only happen in
+case of using DDE under Windows for command execution). In particular, in this,
+and only this, case the calling code will not get the notification about
+process termination.
+
+If callback isn't NULL and if execution is asynchronous,
+\helpref{wxProcess::OnTerminate}{wxprocessonterminate} will be called when
+the process finishes. Specifying this parameter also allows you to redirect the
+standard input and/or output of the process being launched by calling
+\helpref{Redirect}{wxprocessredirect}. If the child process IO is redirected,
+under Windows the process window is not shown by default (this avoids having to
+flush an unnecessary console for the processes which don't create any windows
+anyhow) but a {\tt wxEXEC\_NOHIDE} flag can be used to prevent this from
+happening, i.e. with this flag the child process window will be shown normally.
+
+Under Unix the flag {\tt wxEXEC\_MAKE\_GROUP\_LEADER} may be used to ensure
+that the new process is a group leader (this will create a new session if
+needed). Calling \helpref{wxKill}{wxkill} passing wxKILL\_CHILDREN will
+will kill this process as well as all of its children (except those which have
+started their own session).
+
+Finally, you may use the third overloaded version of this function to execute
+a process (always synchronously, the contents of \arg{flags} is or'd with
+\textt{wxEXEC\_SYNC}) and capture its output in the array \arg{output}. The
+fourth version adds the possibility to additionally capture the messages from
+standard error output in the \arg{errors} array.
+
+{\bf NB:} Currently wxExecute() can only be used from the main thread, calling
+this function from another thread will result in an assert failure in debug
+build and won't work.
-Returns the FQDN (fully qualified domain host name) or an empty string on
-error.
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxShell}{wxshell}, \helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}, \helpref{Exec sample}{sampleexec}.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
-See also: \helpref{wxGetHostName}{wxgethostname}
+\docparam{command}{The command to execute and any parameters to pass to it as a
+single string.}
+
+\docparam{argv}{The command to execute should be the first element of this
+array, any additional ones are the command parameters and the array must be
+terminated with a NULL pointer.}
+
+\docparam{flags}{Combination of bit masks {\tt wxEXEC\_ASYNC},\rtfsp
+{\tt wxEXEC\_SYNC} and {\tt wxEXEC\_NOHIDE}}
+
+\docparam{callback}{An optional pointer to \helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}}
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetEmailAddress}\label{wxgetemailaddress}
-\func{bool}{wxGetEmailAddress}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
+\membersection{::wxExit}\label{wxexit}
-Copies the user's email address into the supplied buffer, by
-concatenating the values returned by \helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}\rtfsp
-and \helpref{wxGetUserId}{wxgetuserid}.
+\func{void}{wxExit}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if successful, FALSE otherwise.
+Exits application after calling \helpref{wxApp::OnExit}{wxapponexit}.
+Should only be used in an emergency: normally the top-level frame
+should be deleted (after deleting all other frames) to terminate the
+application. See \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} and \helpref{wxApp}{wxapp}.
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/app.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetHostName}\label{wxgethostname}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetHostName}{\void}
-\func{bool}{wxGetHostName}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
+\membersection{::wxKill}\label{wxkill}
-Copies the current host machine's name into the supplied buffer. Please note
-that the returned name is {\it not} fully qualified, i.e. it does not include
-the domain name.
+\func{int}{wxKill}{\param{long}{ pid}, \param{int}{ sig = wxSIGTERM}, \param{wxKillError }{*rc = NULL}, \param{int }{flags = 0}}
-Under Windows or NT, this function first looks in the environment
-variable SYSTEM\_NAME; if this is not found, the entry {\bf HostName}\rtfsp
-in the {\bf wxWindows} section of the WIN.INI file is tried.
+Equivalent to the Unix kill function: send the given signal {\it sig} to the
+process with PID {\it pid}. The valid signal values are
-The first variant of this function returns the hostname if successful or an
-empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns TRUE
-if successful, FALSE otherwise.
+\begin{verbatim}
+enum wxSignal
+{
+ wxSIGNONE = 0, // verify if the process exists under Unix
+ wxSIGHUP,
+ wxSIGINT,
+ wxSIGQUIT,
+ wxSIGILL,
+ wxSIGTRAP,
+ wxSIGABRT,
+ wxSIGEMT,
+ wxSIGFPE,
+ wxSIGKILL, // forcefully kill, dangerous!
+ wxSIGBUS,
+ wxSIGSEGV,
+ wxSIGSYS,
+ wxSIGPIPE,
+ wxSIGALRM,
+ wxSIGTERM // terminate the process gently
+};
+\end{verbatim}
+
+{\tt wxSIGNONE}, {\tt wxSIGKILL} and {\tt wxSIGTERM} have the same meaning
+under both Unix and Windows but all the other signals are equivalent to
+{\tt wxSIGTERM} under Windows.
+
+Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure. If {\it rc} parameter is not NULL, it will
+be filled with an element of {\tt wxKillError} enum:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+enum wxKillError
+{
+ wxKILL_OK, // no error
+ wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL, // no such signal
+ wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED, // permission denied
+ wxKILL_NO_PROCESS, // no such process
+ wxKILL_ERROR // another, unspecified error
+};
+\end{verbatim}
-See also: \helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}
+The {\it flags} parameter can be wxKILL\_NOCHILDREN (the default),
+or wxKILL\_CHILDREN, in which case the child processes of this
+process will be killed too. Note that under Unix, for wxKILL\_CHILDREN
+to work you should have created the process by passing wxEXEC\_MAKE_GROUP\_LEADER
+to wxExecute.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxProcess::Kill}{wxprocesskill},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxProcess::Exists}{wxprocessexists},\rtfsp
+\helpref{Exec sample}{sampleexec}
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\section{User identification}\label{useridfunctions}
-\membersection{::wxGetUserId}\label{wxgetuserid}
+\membersection{::wxGetProcessId}\label{wxgetprocessid}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetUserId}{\void}
-\func{bool}{wxGetUserId}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
+\func{unsigned long}{wxGetProcessId}{\void}
-This function returns the "user id" also known as "login name" under Unix i.e.
-something like "jsmith". It uniquely identifies the current user (on this system).
+Returns the number uniquely identifying the current process in the system.
-Under Windows or NT, this function first looks in the environment
-variables USER and LOGNAME; if neither of these is found, the entry {\bf UserId}\rtfsp
-in the {\bf wxWindows} section of the WIN.INI file is tried.
+If an error occurs, $0$ is returned.
-The first variant of this function returns the login name if successful or an
-empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns TRUE
-if successful, FALSE otherwise.
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxShell}\label{wxshell}
+
+\func{bool}{wxShell}{\param{const wxString\& }{command = NULL}}
+
+Executes a command in an interactive shell window. If no command is
+specified, then just the shell is spawned.
-See also: \helpref{wxGetUserName}{wxgetusername}
+See also \helpref{wxExecute}{wxexecute}, \helpref{Exec sample}{sampleexec}.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetUserName}\label{wxgetusername}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetUserName}{\void}
-\func{bool}{wxGetUserName}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
+\membersection{::wxShutdown}\label{wxshutdown}
-This function returns the full user name (something like "Mr. John Smith").
+\func{bool}{wxShutdown}{\param{wxShutdownFlags}{flags}}
-Under Windows or NT, this function looks for the entry {\bf UserName}\rtfsp
-in the {\bf wxWindows} section of the WIN.INI file. If PenWindows
-is running, the entry {\bf Current} in the section {\bf User} of
-the PENWIN.INI file is used.
+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)
+and that this function is only implemented under Unix and Win32.
-The first variant of this function returns the user name if successful or an
-empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns TRUE
-if successful, FALSE otherwise.
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{flags}{Either {\tt wxSHUTDOWN\_POWEROFF} or {\tt wxSHUTDOWN\_REBOOT}}
+
+\wxheading{Returns}
-See also: \helpref{wxGetUserId}{wxgetuserid}
+{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} if an error occured.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\section{String functions}
-\membersection{::copystring}
-\func{char*}{copystring}{\param{const char* }{s}}
+\section{Thread functions}\label{threadfunctions}
-Makes a copy of the string {\it s} using the C++ new operator, so it can be
-deleted with the {\it delete} operator.
+The functions and macros here mainly exist to make it writing the code which
+may be compiled in multi thread build ({\tt wxUSE\_THREADS} $= 1$) as well as
+in single thread configuration ({\tt wxUSE\_THREADS} $= 0$).
-\membersection{::wxStringMatch}
+For example, a static variable must be protected against simultaneous access by
+multiple threads in the former configuration but in the latter the extra
+overhead of using the critical section is not needed. To solve this problem,
+the \helpref{wxCRITICAL\_SECTION}{wxcriticalsectionmacro} macro may be used
+to create and use the critical section only when needed.
-\func{bool}{wxStringMatch}{\param{const wxString\& }{s1}, \param{const wxString\& }{s2},\\
- \param{bool}{ subString = TRUE}, \param{bool}{ exact = FALSE}}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-Returns TRUE if the substring {\it s1} is found within {\it s2},
-ignoring case if {\it exact} is FALSE. If {\it subString} is FALSE,
-no substring matching is done.
+<wx/thread.h>
-\membersection{::wxStringEq}\label{wxstringeq}
+\wxheading{See also}
-\func{bool}{wxStringEq}{\param{const wxString\& }{s1}, \param{const wxString\& }{s2}}
+\helpref{wxThread}{wxthread}, \helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}, \helpref{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview}
-A macro defined as:
-\begin{verbatim}
-#define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (strcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
-\end{verbatim}
-\membersection{::IsEmpty}\label{isempty}
+\membersection{wxCRIT\_SECT\_DECLARE}\label{wxcritsectdeclare}
-\func{bool}{IsEmpty}{\param{const char *}{ p}}
+\func{}{wxCRIT\_SECT\_DECLARE}{\param{}{cs}}
-Returns TRUE if the string is empty, FALSE otherwise. It is safe to pass NULL
-pointer to this function and it will return TRUE for it.
+This macro declares a (static) critical section object named {\it cs} if
+{\tt wxUSE\_THREADS} is $1$ and does nothing if it is $0$.
-\membersection{::Stricmp}\label{stricmp}
-\func{int}{Stricmp}{\param{const char *}{p1}, \param{const char *}{p2}}
-Returns a negative value, 0, or positive value if {\it p1} is less than, equal
-to or greater than {\it p2}. The comparison is case-insensitive.
+\membersection{wxCRIT\_SECT\_DECLARE\_MEMBER}\label{wxcritsectdeclaremember}
-This function complements the standard C function {\it strcmp()} which performs
-case-sensitive comparison.
+\func{}{wxCRIT\_SECT\_DECLARE}{\param{}{cs}}
-\membersection{::Strlen}\label{strlen}
+This macro declares a critical section object named {\it cs} if
+{\tt wxUSE\_THREADS} is $1$ and does nothing if it is $0$. As it doesn't
+include the {\tt static} keyword (unlike
+\helpref{wxCRIT\_SECT\_DECLARE}{wxcritsectdeclare}), it can be used to declare
+a class or struct member which explains its name.
-\func{size\_t}{Strlen}{\param{const char *}{ p}}
-This is a safe version of standard function {\it strlen()}: it does exactly the
-same thing (i.e. returns the length of the string) except that it returns 0 if
-{\it p} is the NULL pointer.
-\membersection{::wxGetTranslation}\label{wxgettranslation}
+\membersection{wxCRIT\_SECT\_LOCKER}\label{wxcritsectlocker}
-\func{const char *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const char * }{str}}
+\func{}{wxCRIT\_SECT\_LOCKER}{\param{}{name}, \param{}{cs}}
-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{i18n 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
-is used very often, an alternative syntax is provided: the \_() macro is
-defined as wxGetTranslation().
+This macro creates a \helpref{critical section lock}{wxcriticalsectionlocker}
+object named {\it name} and associated with the critical section {\it cs} if
+{\tt wxUSE\_THREADS} is $1$ and does nothing if it is $0$.
-\section{Dialog functions}\label{dialogfunctions}
-Below are a number of convenience functions for getting input from the
-user or displaying messages. Note that in these functions the last three
-parameters are optional. However, it is recommended to pass a parent frame
-parameter, or (in MS Windows or Motif) the wrong window frame may be brought to
-the front when the dialog box is popped up.
-\membersection{::wxFileSelector}\label{wxfileselector}
+\membersection{wxCRITICAL\_SECTION}\label{wxcriticalsectionmacro}
-\func{wxString}{wxFileSelector}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{default\_path = ""},\\
- \param{const wxString\& }{default\_filename = ""}, \param{const wxString\& }{default\_extension = ""},\\
- \param{const wxString\& }{wildcard = ``*.*''}, \param{int }{flags = 0}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = ""},\\
- \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1}}
+\func{}{wxCRITICAL\_SECTION}{\param{}{name}}
-Pops up a file selector box. In Windows, this is the common file selector
-dialog. In X, this is a file selector box with somewhat less functionality.
-The path and filename are distinct elements of a full file pathname.
-If path is empty, the current directory will be used. If filename is empty,
-no default filename will be supplied. The wildcard determines what files
-are displayed in the file selector, and file extension supplies a type
-extension for the required filename. Flags may be a combination of wxOPEN,
-wxSAVE, wxOVERWRITE\_PROMPT, wxHIDE\_READONLY, or 0. They are only significant
-at present in Windows.
-
-Both the X and Windows versions implement a wildcard filter. Typing a
-filename containing wildcards (*, ?) in the filename text item, and
-clicking on Ok, will result in only those files matching the pattern being
-displayed. In the X version, supplying no default name will result in the
-wildcard filter being inserted in the filename text item; the filter is
-ignored if a default name is supplied.
-
-Under Windows (only), the wildcard may be a specification for multiple
-types of file with a description for each, such as:
+This macro combines \helpref{wxCRIT\_SECT\_DECLARE}{wxcritsectdeclare} and
+\helpref{wxCRIT\_SECT\_LOCKER}{wxcritsectlocker}: it creates a static critical
+section object and also the lock object associated with it. Because of this, it
+can be only used inside a function, not at global scope. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
- "BMP files (*.bmp)|*.bmp|GIF files (*.gif)|*.gif"
-\end{verbatim}
+int IncCount()
+{
+ static int s_counter = 0;
-The application must check for an empty return value (the user pressed
-Cancel). For example:
+ wxCRITICAL_SECTION(counter);
-\begin{verbatim}
-const wxString& s = wxFileSelector("Choose a file to open");
-if (s)
-{
- ...
+ return ++s_counter;
}
\end{verbatim}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+(note that we suppose that the function is called the first time from the main
+thread so that the critical section object is initialized correctly by the time
+other threads start calling it, if this is not the case this approach can
+{\bf not} be used and the critical section must be made a global instead).
-<wx/filedlg.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetTextFromUser}\label{wxgettextfromuser}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetTextFromUser}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = ``Input text"},\\
- \param{const wxString\& }{default\_value = ``"}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
- \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1}, \param{bool}{ centre = TRUE}}
+\membersection{wxENTER\_CRIT\_SECT}\label{wxentercritsect}
-Pop up a dialog box with title set to {\it caption}, message {\it message}, and a
-\rtfsp{\it default\_value}. The user may type in text and press OK to return this text,
-or press Cancel to return the empty string.
+\func{}{wxENTER\_CRIT\_SECT}{\param{wxCriticalSection\& }{cs}}
-If {\it centre} is TRUE, the message text (which may include new line characters)
-is centred; if FALSE, the message is left-justified.
+This macro is equivalent to \helpref{cs.Enter()}{wxcriticalsectionenter} if
+{\tt wxUSE\_THREADS} is $1$ and does nothing if it is $0$.
-\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/textdlg.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetMultipleChoice}\label{wxgetmultiplechoice}
+\membersection{::wxIsMainThread}\label{wxismainthread}
-\func{int}{wxGetMultipleChoice}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption}, \param{int}{ n}, \param{const wxString\& }{choices[]},\\
- \param{int }{nsel}, \param{int *}{selection},
- \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}, \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
- \param{bool}{ centre = TRUE}, \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
+\func{bool}{wxIsMainThread}{\void}
-Pops up a dialog box containing a message, OK/Cancel buttons and a multiple-selection
-listbox. The user may choose one or more item(s) and press OK or Cancel.
+Returns {\tt true} if this thread is the main one. Always returns {\tt true} if
+{\tt wxUSE\_THREADS} is $0$.
-The number of initially selected choices, and array of the selected indices,
-are passed in; this array will contain the user selections on exit, with
-the function returning the number of selections. {\it selection} must be
-as big as the number of choices, in case all are selected.
-If Cancel is pressed, -1 is returned.
-{\it choices} is an array of {\it n} strings for the listbox.
+\membersection{wxLEAVE\_CRIT\_SECT}\label{wxleavecritsect}
-If {\it centre} is TRUE, the message text (which may include new line characters)
-is centred; if FALSE, the message is left-justified.
+\func{}{wxLEAVE\_CRIT\_SECT}{\param{wxCriticalSection\& }{cs}}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+This macro is equivalent to \helpref{cs.Leave()}{wxcriticalsectionleave} if
+{\tt wxUSE\_THREADS} is $1$ and does nothing if it is $0$.
-<wx/choicdlg.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetSingleChoice}\label{wxgetsinglechoice}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetSingleChoice}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption}, \param{int}{ n}, \param{const wxString\& }{choices[]},\\
- \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}, \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
- \param{bool}{ centre = TRUE}, \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
+\membersection{::wxMutexGuiEnter}\label{wxmutexguienter}
-Pops up a dialog box containing a message, OK/Cancel buttons and a single-selection
-listbox. The user may choose an item and press OK to return a string or
-Cancel to return the empty string.
+\func{void}{wxMutexGuiEnter}{\void}
-{\it choices} is an array of {\it n} strings for the listbox.
+This function must be called when any thread other than the main GUI thread
+wants to get access to the GUI library. This function will block the execution
+of the calling thread until the main thread (or any other thread holding the
+main GUI lock) leaves the GUI library and no other thread will enter the GUI
+library until the calling thread calls \helpref{::wxMutexGuiLeave()}{wxmutexguileave}.
-If {\it centre} is TRUE, the message text (which may include new line characters)
-is centred; if FALSE, the message is left-justified.
+Typically, these functions are used like this:
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\begin{verbatim}
+void MyThread::Foo(void)
+{
+ // before doing any GUI calls we must ensure that this thread is the only
+ // one doing it!
-<wx/choicdlg.h>
+ wxMutexGuiEnter();
-\membersection{::wxGetSingleChoiceIndex}\label{wxgetsinglechoiceindex}
+ // Call GUI here:
+ my_window->DrawSomething();
-\func{int}{wxGetSingleChoiceIndex}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption}, \param{int}{ n}, \param{const wxString\& }{choices[]},\\
- \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}, \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
- \param{bool}{ centre = TRUE}, \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
+ wxMutexGuiLeave();
+}
+\end{verbatim}
-As {\bf wxGetSingleChoice} but returns the index representing the selected string.
-If the user pressed cancel, -1 is returned.
+Note that under GTK, no creation of top-level windows is allowed in any
+thread but the main one.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+This function is only defined on platforms which support preemptive
+threads.
-<wx/choicdlg.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetSingleChoiceData}\label{wxgetsinglechoicedata}
+\membersection{::wxMutexGuiLeave}\label{wxmutexguileave}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetSingleChoiceData}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption}, \param{int}{ n}, \param{const wxString\& }{choices[]},\\
- \param{const wxString\& }{client\_data[]}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}, \param{int}{ x = -1},\\
- \param{int}{ y = -1}, \param{bool}{ centre = TRUE}, \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
+\func{void}{wxMutexGuiLeave}{\void}
-As {\bf wxGetSingleChoice} but takes an array of client data pointers
-corresponding to the strings, and returns one of these pointers.
+See \helpref{::wxMutexGuiEnter()}{wxmutexguienter}.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+This function is only defined on platforms which support preemptive
+threads.
-<wx/choicdlg.h>
-\membersection{::wxMessageBox}\label{wxmessagebox}
-\func{int}{wxMessageBox}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = ``Message"}, \param{int}{ style = wxOK \pipe wxCENTRE},\\
- \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}, \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1}}
+\section{File functions}\label{filefunctions}
-General purpose message dialog. {\it style} may be a bit list of the
-following identifiers:
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitem{wxYES\_NO}{Puts Yes and No buttons on the message box. May be combined with
-wxCANCEL.}
-\twocolitem{wxCANCEL}{Puts a Cancel button on the message box. May be combined with
-wxYES\_NO or wxOK.}
-\twocolitem{wxOK}{Puts an Ok button on the message box. May be combined with wxCANCEL.}
-\twocolitem{wxCENTRE}{Centres the text.}
-\twocolitem{wxICON\_EXCLAMATION}{Under Windows, displays an exclamation mark symbol.}
-\twocolitem{wxICON\_HAND}{Under Windows, displays a hand symbol.}
-\twocolitem{wxICON\_QUESTION}{Under Windows, displays a question mark symbol.}
-\twocolitem{wxICON\_INFORMATION}{Under Windows, displays an information symbol.}
-\end{twocollist}
+<wx/filefn.h>
-The return value is one of: wxYES, wxNO, wxCANCEL, wxOK.
+\wxheading{See also}
-For example:
+\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}\\
+\helpref{wxDir}{wxdir}\\
+\helpref{wxFile}{wxfile}\\
+\helpref{wxFileName}{wxfilename}
-\begin{verbatim}
- ...
- int answer = wxMessageBox("Quit program?", "Confirm",
- wxYES_NO | wxCANCEL, main_frame);
- if (answer == wxYES)
- delete main_frame;
- ...
-\end{verbatim}
-{\it message} may contain newline characters, in which case the
-message will be split into separate lines, to cater for large messages.
+\membersection{::wxDirExists}\label{functionwxdirexists}
-Under Windows, the native MessageBox function is used unless wxCENTRE
-is specified in the style, in which case a generic function is used.
-This is because the native MessageBox function cannot centre text.
-The symbols are not shown when the generic function is used.
+\func{bool}{wxDirExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{dirname}}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+Returns true if the directory exists.
-<wx/msgdlg.h>
-\section{GDI functions}\label{gdifunctions}
+\membersection{::wxDos2UnixFilename}\label{wxdos2unixfilename}
-The following are relevant to the GDI (Graphics Device Interface).
+\func{void}{wxDos2UnixFilename}{\param{wxChar *}{s}}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+Converts a DOS to a Unix filename by replacing backslashes with forward
+slashes.
-<wx/gdicmn.h>
-\membersection{::wxColourDisplay}
+\membersection{::wxFileExists}\label{functionwxfileexists}
-\func{bool}{wxColourDisplay}{\void}
+\func{bool}{wxFileExists}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
-Returns TRUE if the display is colour, FALSE otherwise.
+Returns true if the file exists and is a plain file.
-\membersection{::wxDisplayDepth}
-\func{int}{wxDisplayDepth}{\void}
+\membersection{::wxFileModificationTime}\label{wxfilemodificationtime}
-Returns the depth of the display (a value of 1 denotes a monochrome display).
+\func{time\_t}{wxFileModificationTime}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
-\membersection{::wxMakeMetafilePlaceable}\label{wxmakemetafileplaceable}
+Returns time of last modification of given file.
-\func{bool}{wxMakeMetafilePlaceable}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}, \param{int }{minX}, \param{int }{minY},
- \param{int }{maxX}, \param{int }{maxY}, \param{float }{scale=1.0}}
-Given a filename for an existing, valid metafile (as constructed using \helpref{wxMetafileDC}{wxmetafiledc})
-makes it into a placeable metafile by prepending a header containing the given
-bounding box. The bounding box may be obtained from a device context after drawing
-into it, using the functions wxDC::MinX, wxDC::MinY, wxDC::MaxX and wxDC::MaxY.
+\membersection{::wxFileNameFromPath}\label{wxfilenamefrompath}
-In addition to adding the placeable metafile header, this function adds
-the equivalent of the following code to the start of the metafile data:
+\func{wxString}{wxFileNameFromPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}}
-\begin{verbatim}
- SetMapMode(dc, MM_ANISOTROPIC);
- SetWindowOrg(dc, minX, minY);
- SetWindowExt(dc, maxX - minX, maxY - minY);
-\end{verbatim}
+\func{char *}{wxFileNameFromPath}{\param{char *}{path}}
-This simulates the wxMM\_TEXT mapping mode, which wxWindows assumes.
+{\bf NB:} This function is obsolete, please use
+\helpref{wxFileName::SplitPath}{wxfilenamesplitpath} instead.
-Placeable metafiles may be imported by many Windows applications, and can be
-used in RTF (Rich Text Format) files.
+Returns the filename for a full path. The second form returns a pointer to
+temporary storage that should not be deallocated.
-{\it scale} allows the specification of scale for the metafile.
-This function is only available under Windows.
+\membersection{::wxFindFirstFile}\label{wxfindfirstfile}
-\membersection{::wxSetCursor}\label{wxsetcursor}
+\func{wxString}{wxFindFirstFile}{\param{const char *}{spec}, \param{int}{ flags = 0}}
-\func{void}{wxSetCursor}{\param{wxCursor *}{cursor}}
+This function does directory searching; returns the first file
+that matches the path {\it spec}, or the empty string. Use \helpref{wxFindNextFile}{wxfindnextfile} to
+get the next matching file. Neither will report the current directory "." or the
+parent directory "..".
-Globally sets the cursor; only has an effect in MS Windows.
-See also \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}, \helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}.
+\wxheading{Warning}
-\section{Printer settings}\label{printersettings}
+As of wx 2.5.2, these functions are not thread-safe! (use static variables)
-The following functions are used to control PostScript printing. Under
-Windows, PostScript output can only be sent to a file.
+{\it spec} may contain wildcards.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+{\it flags} may be wxDIR for restricting the query to directories, wxFILE for files or zero for either.
-<wx/dcps.h>
+For example:
-\membersection{::wxGetPrinterCommand}
+\begin{verbatim}
+ wxString f = wxFindFirstFile("/home/project/*.*");
+ while ( !f.IsEmpty() )
+ {
+ ...
+ f = wxFindNextFile();
+ }
+\end{verbatim}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetPrinterCommand}{\void}
-Gets the printer command used to print a file. The default is {\tt lpr}.
+\membersection{::wxFindNextFile}\label{wxfindnextfile}
-\membersection{::wxGetPrinterFile}
+\func{wxString}{wxFindNextFile}{\void}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetPrinterFile}{\void}
+Returns the next file that matches the path passed to \helpref{wxFindFirstFile}{wxfindfirstfile}.
-Gets the PostScript output filename.
+See \helpref{wxFindFirstFile}{wxfindfirstfile} for an example.
-\membersection{::wxGetPrinterMode}
-\func{int}{wxGetPrinterMode}{\void}
+\membersection{::wxGetDiskSpace}\label{wxgetdiskspace}
-Gets the printing mode controlling where output is sent (PS\_PREVIEW, PS\_FILE or PS\_PRINTER).
-The default is PS\_PREVIEW.
+\func{bool}{wxGetDiskSpace}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}, \param{wxLongLong }{*total = NULL}, \param{wxLongLong }{*free = NULL}}
-\membersection{::wxGetPrinterOptions}
+This function returns the total number of bytes and number of free bytes on
+the disk containing the directory {\it path} (it should exist). Both
+{\it total} and {\it free} parameters may be {\tt NULL} if the corresponding
+information is not needed.
-\func{wxString}{wxGetPrinterOptions}{\void}
+\wxheading{Returns}
-Gets the additional options for the print command (e.g. specific printer). The default is nothing.
+{\tt true} on success, {\tt false} if an error occured (for example, the
+directory doesn't exist).
-\membersection{::wxGetPrinterOrientation}
+\wxheading{Portability}
-\func{int}{wxGetPrinterOrientation}{\void}
+This function is implemented for Win32,
+Mac OS and generic Unix provided the system has {\tt statfs()} function.
-Gets the orientation (PS\_PORTRAIT or PS\_LANDSCAPE). The default is PS\_PORTRAIT.
+This function first appeared in wxWidgets 2.3.2.
-\membersection{::wxGetPrinterPreviewCommand}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetPrinterPreviewCommand}{\void}
+\membersection{::wxGetOSDirectory}\label{wxgetosdirectory}
-Gets the command used to view a PostScript file. The default depends on the platform.
+\func{wxString}{wxGetOSDirectory}{\void}
-\membersection{::wxGetPrinterScaling}
+Returns the Windows directory under Windows; on other platforms returns the empty string.
-\func{void}{wxGetPrinterScaling}{\param{float *}{x}, \param{float *}{y}}
-Gets the scaling factor for PostScript output. The default is 1.0, 1.0.
+\membersection{::wxIsAbsolutePath}\label{wxisabsolutepath}
-\membersection{::wxGetPrinterTranslation}
+\func{bool}{wxIsAbsolutePath}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
-\func{void}{wxGetPrinterTranslation}{\param{float *}{x}, \param{float *}{y}}
+Returns true if the argument is an absolute filename, i.e. with a slash
+or drive name at the beginning.
-Gets the translation (from the top left corner) for PostScript output. The default is 0.0, 0.0.
-\membersection{::wxSetPrinterCommand}
+\membersection{::wxPathOnly}\label{wxpathonly}
-\func{void}{wxSetPrinterCommand}{\param{const wxString\& }{command}}
+\func{wxString}{wxPathOnly}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}}
-Sets the printer command used to print a file. The default is {\tt lpr}.
+Returns the directory part of the filename.
-\membersection{::wxSetPrinterFile}
-\func{void}{wxSetPrinterFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
+\membersection{::wxUnix2DosFilename}\label{wxunix2dosfilename}
-Sets the PostScript output filename.
+\func{void}{wxUnix2DosFilename}{\param{const wxString\& }{s}}
-\membersection{::wxSetPrinterMode}
+Converts a Unix to a DOS filename by replacing forward
+slashes with backslashes.
-\func{void}{wxSetPrinterMode}{\param{int }{mode}}
-Sets the printing mode controlling where output is sent (PS\_PREVIEW, PS\_FILE or PS\_PRINTER).
-The default is PS\_PREVIEW.
+\membersection{wxCHANGE\_UMASK}\label{wxchangeumask}
-\membersection{::wxSetPrinterOptions}
+\func{}{wxCHANGE\_UMASK}{\param{int }{mask}}
-\func{void}{wxSetPrinterOptions}{\param{const wxString\& }{options}}
+Under Unix this macro changes the current process umask to the given value,
+unless it is equal to $-1$ in which case nothing is done, and restores it to
+the original value on scope exit. It works by declaring a variable which sets
+umask to \arg{mask} in its constructor and restores it in its destructor.
-Sets the additional options for the print command (e.g. specific printer). The default is nothing.
+Under other platforms this macro expands to nothing.
-\membersection{::wxSetPrinterOrientation}
-\func{void}{wxSetPrinterOrientation}{\param{int}{ orientation}}
+\membersection{::wxConcatFiles}\label{wxconcatfiles}
-Sets the orientation (PS\_PORTRAIT or PS\_LANDSCAPE). The default is PS\_PORTRAIT.
+\func{bool}{wxConcatFiles}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2},
+\param{const wxString\& }{file3}}
-\membersection{::wxSetPrinterPreviewCommand}
+Concatenates {\it file1} and {\it file2} to {\it file3}, returning
+true if successful.
-\func{void}{wxSetPrinterPreviewCommand}{\param{const wxString\& }{command}}
-Sets the command used to view a PostScript file. The default depends on the platform.
+\membersection{::wxCopyFile}\label{wxcopyfile}
-\membersection{::wxSetPrinterScaling}
+\func{bool}{wxCopyFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}, \param{bool }{overwrite = true}}
-\func{void}{wxSetPrinterScaling}{\param{float }{x}, \param{float }{y}}
+Copies {\it file1} to {\it file2}, returning true if successful. If
+{\it overwrite} parameter is true (default), the destination file is overwritten
+if it exists, but if {\it overwrite} is false, the functions fails in this
+case.
-Sets the scaling factor for PostScript output. The default is 1.0, 1.0.
-\membersection{::wxSetPrinterTranslation}
+\membersection{::wxGetCwd}\label{wxgetcwd}
-\func{void}{wxSetPrinterTranslation}{\param{float }{x}, \param{float }{y}}
+\func{wxString}{wxGetCwd}{\void}
-Sets the translation (from the top left corner) for PostScript output. The default is 0.0, 0.0.
+Returns a string containing the current (or working) directory.
-\section{Clipboard functions}\label{clipsboard}
-These clipboard functions are implemented for Windows only.
+\membersection{::wxGetWorkingDirectory}\label{wxgetworkingdirectory}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{wxString}{wxGetWorkingDirectory}{\param{char *}{buf=NULL}, \param{int }{sz=1000}}
-<wx/clipbrd.h>
+{\bf NB:} This function is obsolete: use \helpref{wxGetCwd}{wxgetcwd} instead.
-\membersection{::wxClipboardOpen}
+Copies the current working directory into the buffer if supplied, or
+copies the working directory into new storage (which you {\emph must} delete
+yourself) if the buffer is NULL.
-\func{bool}{wxClipboardOpen}{\void}
+{\it sz} is the size of the buffer if supplied.
-Returns TRUE if this application has already opened the clipboard.
-\membersection{::wxCloseClipboard}
+\membersection{::wxGetTempFileName}\label{wxgettempfilename}
-\func{bool}{wxCloseClipboard}{\void}
+\func{char *}{wxGetTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{char *}{buf=NULL}}
-Closes the clipboard to allow other applications to use it.
+\func{bool}{wxGetTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxString\& }{buf}}
-\membersection{::wxEmptyClipboard}
+%% Makes a temporary filename based on {\it prefix}, opens and closes the file,
+%% and places the name in {\it buf}. If {\it buf} is NULL, new store
+%% is allocated for the temporary filename using {\it new}.
+%%
+%% Under Windows, the filename will include the drive and name of the
+%% directory allocated for temporary files (usually the contents of the
+%% TEMP variable). Under Unix, the {\tt /tmp} directory is used.
+%%
+%% It is the application's responsibility to create and delete the file.
-\func{bool}{wxEmptyClipboard}{\void}
+{\bf NB:} These functions are obsolete, please use\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxFileName::CreateTempFileName}{wxfilenamecreatetempfilename}\rtfsp
+instead.
-Empties the clipboard.
-\membersection{::wxEnumClipboardFormats}
+\membersection{::wxIsWild}\label{wxiswild}
-\func{int}{wxEnumClipboardFormats}{\param{int}{dataFormat}}
+\func{bool}{wxIsWild}{\param{const wxString\& }{pattern}}
-Enumerates the formats found in a list of available formats that belong
-to the clipboard. Each call to this function specifies a known
-available format; the function returns the format that appears next in
-the list.
+Returns true if the pattern contains wildcards. See \helpref{wxMatchWild}{wxmatchwild}.
-{\it dataFormat} specifies a known format. If this parameter is zero,
-the function returns the first format in the list.
-The return value specifies the next known clipboard data format if the
-function is successful. It is zero if the {\it dataFormat} parameter specifies
-the last format in the list of available formats, or if the clipboard
-is not open.
+\membersection{::wxMatchWild}\label{wxmatchwild}
-Before it enumerates the formats function, an application must open the clipboard by using the
-wxOpenClipboard function.
+\func{bool}{wxMatchWild}{\param{const wxString\& }{pattern}, \param{const wxString\& }{text}, \param{bool}{ dot\_special}}
-\membersection{::wxGetClipboardData}
+Returns true if the \arg{pattern}\/ matches the {\it text}\/; if {\it
+dot\_special}\/ is true, filenames beginning with a dot are not matched
+with wildcard characters. See \helpref{wxIsWild}{wxiswild}.
-\func{wxObject *}{wxGetClipboardData}{\param{int}{dataFormat}}
-Gets data from the clipboard.
+\membersection{::wxMkdir}\label{wxmkdir}
-{\it dataFormat} may be one of:
+\func{bool}{wxMkdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int }{perm = 0777}}
-\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
-\item wxCF\_TEXT or wxCF\_OEMTEXT: returns a pointer to new memory containing a null-terminated text string.
-\item wxCF\_BITMAP: returns a new wxBitmap.
-\end{itemize}
+Makes the directory \arg{dir}, returning true if successful.
-The clipboard must have previously been opened for this call to succeed.
+{\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.
-\membersection{::wxGetClipboardFormatName}
-\func{bool}{wxGetClipboardFormatName}{\param{int}{dataFormat}, \param{const wxString\& }{formatName}, \param{int}{maxCount}}
+\membersection{::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter}\label{wxparsecommondialogsfilter}
-Gets the name of a registered clipboard format, and puts it into the buffer {\it formatName} which is of maximum
-length {\it maxCount}. {\it dataFormat} must not specify a predefined clipboard format.
+\func{int}{wxParseCommonDialogsFilter}{\param{const wxString\& }{wildCard}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{descriptions}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{filters}}
-\membersection{::wxIsClipboardFormatAvailable}
+Parses the \arg{wildCard}, returning the number of filters.
+Returns 0 if none or if there's a problem.
+The arrays will contain an equal number of items found before the error.
+On platforms where native dialogs handle only one filter per entry,
+entries in arrays are automatically adjusted.
+\arg{wildCard} is in the form:
+\begin{verbatim}
+ "All files (*)|*|Image Files (*.jpeg *.png)|*.jpg;*.png"
+\end{verbatim}
-\func{bool}{wxIsClipboardFormatAvailable}{\param{int}{dataFormat}}
+\membersection{::wxRemoveFile}\label{wxremovefile}
-Returns TRUE if the given data format is available on the clipboard.
+\func{bool}{wxRemoveFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
-\membersection{::wxOpenClipboard}
+Removes \arg{file}, returning true if successful.
-\func{bool}{wxOpenClipboard}{\void}
-Opens the clipboard for passing data to it or getting data from it.
+\membersection{::wxRenameFile}\label{wxrenamefile}
-\membersection{::wxRegisterClipboardFormat}
+\func{bool}{wxRenameFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}}
-\func{int}{wxRegisterClipboardFormat}{\param{const wxString\& }{formatName}}
+Renames \arg{file1} to \arg{file2}, returning true if successful.
-Registers the clipboard data format name and returns an identifier.
-\membersection{::wxSetClipboardData}
+\membersection{::wxRmdir}\label{wxrmdir}
-\func{bool}{wxSetClipboardData}{\param{int}{dataFormat}, \param{wxObject *}{data}, \param{int}{width}, \param{int}{height}}
+\func{bool}{wxRmdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int}{ flags=0}}
-Passes data to the clipboard.
+Removes the directory {\it dir}, returning true if successful. Does not work under VMS.
-{\it dataFormat} may be one of:
+The {\it flags} parameter is reserved for future use.
-\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
-\item wxCF\_TEXT or wxCF\_OEMTEXT: {\it data} is a null-terminated text string.
-\item wxCF\_BITMAP: {\it data} is a wxBitmap.
-\item wxCF\_DIB: {\it data} is a wxBitmap. The bitmap is converted to a DIB (device independent bitmap).
-\item wxCF\_METAFILE: {\it data} is a wxMetafile. {\it width} and {\it height} are used to give recommended dimensions.
-\end{itemize}
-The clipboard must have previously been opened for this call to succeed.
+\membersection{::wxSetWorkingDirectory}\label{wxsetworkingdirectory}
-\section{Miscellaneous functions}\label{miscellany}
+\func{bool}{wxSetWorkingDirectory}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}}
-\membersection{::wxNewId}
+Sets the current working directory, returning true if the operation succeeded.
+Under MS Windows, the current drive is also changed if {\it dir} contains a drive specification.
-\func{long}{wxNewId}{\void}
-Generates an integer identifier unique to this run of the program.
+\membersection{::wxSplitPath}\label{wxsplitfunction}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{void}{wxSplitPath}{\param{const char *}{ fullname}, \param{wxString *}{ path}, \param{wxString *}{ name}, \param{wxString *}{ ext}}
-<wx/utils.h>
+{\bf NB:} This function is obsolete, please use
+\helpref{wxFileName::SplitPath}{wxfilenamesplitpath} instead.
-\membersection{::wxRegisterId}
+This function splits a full file name into components: the path (including possible disk/drive
+specification under Windows), the base name and the extension. Any of the output parameters
+({\it path}, {\it name} or {\it ext}) may be NULL if you are not interested in the value of
+a particular component.
-\func{void}{wxRegisterId}{\param{long}{ id}}
+wxSplitPath() will correctly handle filenames with both DOS and Unix path separators under
+Windows, however it will not consider backslashes as path separators under Unix (where backslash
+is a valid character in a filename).
-Ensures that ids subsequently generated by {\bf NewId} do not clash with
-the given {\bf id}.
-
-\wxheading{Include files}
+On entry, {\it fullname} should be non-NULL (it may be empty though).
-<wx/utils.h>
+On return, {\it path} contains the file path (without the trailing separator), {\it name}
+contains the file name and {\it ext} contains the file extension without leading dot. All
+three of them may be empty if the corresponding component is. The old contents of the
+strings pointed to by these parameters will be overwritten in any case (if the pointers
+are not NULL).
-\membersection{::wxBeginBusyCursor}\label{wxbeginbusycursor}
-\func{void}{wxBeginBusyCursor}{\param{wxCursor *}{cursor = wxHOURGLASS\_CURSOR}}
+\membersection{::wxTransferFileToStream}\label{wxtransferfiletostream}
-Changes the cursor to the given cursor for all windows in the application.
-Use \helpref{wxEndBusyCursor}{wxendbusycursor} to revert the cursor back
-to its previous state. These two calls can be nested, and a counter
-ensures that only the outer calls take effect.
+\func{bool}{wxTransferFileToStream}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}, \param{ostream\& }{stream}}
-See also \helpref{wxIsBusy}{wxisbusy}, \helpref{wxBusyCursor}{wxbusycursor}.
+Copies the given file to {\it stream}. Useful when converting an old application to
+use streams (within the document/view framework, for example).
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/docview.h>
-\membersection{::wxBell}
-\func{void}{wxBell}{\void}
+\membersection{::wxTransferStreamToFile}\label{wxtransferstreamtofile}
-Ring the system bell.
+\func{bool}{wxTransferStreamToFile}{\param{istream\& }{stream} \param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
+
+Copies the given stream to the file {\it filename}. Useful when converting an old application to
+use streams (within the document/view framework, for example).
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/docview.h>
-\membersection{::wxCreateDynamicObject}\label{wxcreatedynamicobject}
-\func{wxObject *}{wxCreateDynamicObject}{\param{const wxString\& }{className}}
-Creates and returns an object of the given class, if the class has been
-registered with the dynamic class system using DECLARE... and IMPLEMENT... macros.
+\section{Network, user and OS functions}\label{networkfunctions}
-\membersection{::wxDDECleanUp}\label{wxddecleanup}
+The functions in this section are used to retrieve information about the
+current computer and/or user characteristics.
-\func{void}{wxDDECleanUp}{\void}
-Called when wxWindows exits, to clean up the DDE system. This no longer needs to be
-called by the application.
+\membersection{::wxGetFreeMemory}\label{wxgetfreememory}
-See also helpref{wxDDEInitialize}{wxddeinitialize}.
+\func{long}{wxGetFreeMemory}{\void}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+Returns the amount of free memory in bytes under environments which
+support it, and -1 if not supported. Currently, it is supported only
+under Windows, Linux and Solaris.
-<wx/dde.h>
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\membersection{::wxDDEInitialize}\label{wxddeinitialize}
+<wx/utils.h>
-\func{void}{wxDDEInitialize}{\void}
-Initializes the DDE system. May be called multiple times without harm.
+\membersection{::wxGetFullHostName}\label{wxgetfullhostname}
-This no longer needs to be called by the application: it will be called
-by wxWindows if necessary.
+\func{wxString}{wxGetFullHostName}{\void}
-See also \helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver}, \helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}, \helpref{wxDDEConnection}{wxddeconnection},
-\helpref{wxDDECleanUp}{wxddecleanup}.
+Returns the FQDN (fully qualified domain host name) or an empty string on
+error.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\wxheading{See also}
-<wx/dde.h>
+\helpref{wxGetHostName}{wxgethostname}
-\membersection{::wxDebugMsg}\label{wxdebugmsg}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\func{void}{wxDebugMsg}{\param{const wxString\& }{fmt}, \param{...}{}}
+<wx/utils.h>
-Display a debugging message; under Windows, this will appear on the
-debugger command window, and under Unix, it will be written to standard
-error.
-The syntax is identical to {\bf printf}: pass a format string and a
-variable list of arguments.
+\membersection{::wxGetEmailAddress}\label{wxgetemailaddress}
-Note that under Windows, you can see the debugging messages without a
-debugger if you have the DBWIN debug log application that comes with
-Microsoft C++.
+\func{bool}{wxGetEmailAddress}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
-{\bf Tip:} under Windows, if your application crashes before the
-message appears in the debugging window, put a wxYield call after
-each wxDebugMsg call. wxDebugMsg seems to be broken under WIN32s
-(at least for Watcom C++): preformat your messages and use OutputDebugString
-instead.
+Copies the user's email address into the supplied buffer, by
+concatenating the values returned by \helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}\rtfsp
+and \helpref{wxGetUserId}{wxgetuserid}.
-This function is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}.
+Returns true if successful, false otherwise.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxDisplaySize}
-\func{void}{wxDisplaySize}{\param{int *}{width}, \param{int *}{height}}
+\membersection{::wxGetHomeDir}\label{wxgethomedir}
-Gets the physical size of the display in pixels.
+\func{wxString}{wxGetHomeDir}{\void}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+Return the (current) user's home directory.
-<wx/gdicmn.h>
+\wxheading{See also}
-\membersection{::wxEntry}\label{wxentry}
+\helpref{wxGetUserHome}{wxgetuserhome}
-This initializes wxWindows in a platform-dependent way. Use this if you
-are not using the default wxWindows entry code (e.g. main or WinMain). For example,
-you can initialize wxWindows from an Microsoft Foundation Classes application using
-this function.
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\func{void}{wxEntry}{\param{HANDLE}{ hInstance}, \param{HANDLE}{ hPrevInstance},
- \param{const wxString\& }{commandLine}, \param{int}{ cmdShow}, \param{bool}{ enterLoop = TRUE}}
+<wx/utils.h>
-wxWindows initialization under Windows (non-DLL). If {\it enterLoop} is FALSE, the
-function will return immediately after calling wxApp::OnInit. Otherwise, the wxWindows
-message loop will be entered.
-\func{void}{wxEntry}{\param{HANDLE}{ hInstance}, \param{HANDLE}{ hPrevInstance},
- \param{WORD}{ wDataSegment}, \param{WORD}{ wHeapSize}, \param{const wxString\& }{ commandLine}}
+\membersection{::wxGetHostName}\label{wxgethostname}
-wxWindows initialization under Windows (for applications constructed as a DLL).
+\func{wxString}{wxGetHostName}{\void}
-\func{int}{wxEntry}{\param{int}{ argc}, \param{const wxString\& *}{argv}}
+\func{bool}{wxGetHostName}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
-wxWindows initialization under Unix.
+Copies the current host machine's name into the supplied buffer. Please note
+that the returned name is {\it not} fully qualified, i.e. it does not include
+the domain name.
-\wxheading{Remarks}
+Under Windows or NT, this function first looks in the environment
+variable SYSTEM\_NAME; if this is not found, the entry {\bf HostName}\rtfsp
+in the {\bf wxWidgets} section of the WIN.INI file is tried.
-To clean up wxWindows, call wxApp::OnExit followed by the static function
-wxApp::CleanUp. For example, if exiting from an MFC application that also uses wxWindows:
+The first variant of this function returns the hostname if successful or an
+empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns true
+if successful, false otherwise.
-\begin{verbatim}
-int CTheApp::ExitInstance()
-{
- // OnExit isn't called by CleanUp so must be called explicitly.
- wxTheApp->OnExit();
- wxApp::CleanUp();
+\wxheading{See also}
- return CWinApp::ExitInstance();
-}
-\end{verbatim}
+\helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/app.h>
+<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxError}\label{wxerror}
-\func{void}{wxError}{\param{const wxString\& }{msg}, \param{const wxString\& }{title = "wxWindows Internal Error"}}
+\membersection{::wxGetUserId}\label{wxgetuserid}
-Displays {\it msg} and continues. This writes to standard error under
-Unix, and pops up a message box under Windows. Used for internal
-wxWindows errors. See also \helpref{wxFatalError}{wxfatalerror}.
+\func{wxString}{wxGetUserId}{\void}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{bool}{wxGetUserId}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
-<wx/utils.h>
+This function returns the "user id" also known as "login name" under Unix i.e.
+something like "jsmith". It uniquely identifies the current user (on this system).
-\membersection{::wxEndBusyCursor}\label{wxendbusycursor}
+Under Windows or NT, this function first looks in the environment
+variables USER and LOGNAME; if neither of these is found, the entry {\bf UserId}\rtfsp
+in the {\bf wxWidgets} section of the WIN.INI file is tried.
-\func{void}{wxEndBusyCursor}{\void}
+The first variant of this function returns the login name if successful or an
+empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns true
+if successful, false otherwise.
-Changes the cursor back to the original cursor, for all windows in the application.
-Use with \helpref{wxBeginBusyCursor}{wxbeginbusycursor}.
+\wxheading{See also}
-See also \helpref{wxIsBusy}{wxisbusy}, \helpref{wxBusyCursor}{wxbusycursor}.
+\helpref{wxGetUserName}{wxgetusername}
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxExecute}\label{wxexecute}
-
-\func{long}{wxExecute}{\param{const wxString\& }{command}, \param{bool }{sync = FALSE}, \param{wxProcess *}{callback = NULL}}
-
-\func{long}{wxExecute}{\param{char **}{argv}, \param{bool }{sync = FALSE}, \param{wxProcess *}{callback = NULL}}
-
-Executes another program in Unix or Windows.
-
-The first form takes a command string, such as {\tt "emacs file.txt"}.
-
-The second form takes an array of values: a command, any number of
-arguments, terminated by NULL.
-If {\it sync} is FALSE (the default), flow of control immediately returns.
-If TRUE, the current application waits until the other program has terminated.
+\membersection{::wxGetOsDescription}\label{wxgetosdescription}
-In the case of synchronous execution, the return value is the exit code of
-the process (which terminates by the moment the function returns) and will be
-$-1$ if the process couldn't be started and typically 0 if the process
-terminated successfully. Also, while waiting for the process to
-terminate, wxExecute will call \helpref{wxYield}{wxyield}. The caller
-should ensure that this can cause no recursion, in the simples case by
-calling \helpref{wxEnableTopLevelWindows(FALSE)}{wxenabletoplevelwindows}.
+\func{wxString}{wxGetOsDescription}{\void}
-For asynchronous execution, however, the return value is the process id and
-zero value indicates that the command could not be executed.
+Returns the string containing the description of the current platform in a
+user-readable form. For example, this function may return strings like
+{\tt Windows NT Version 4.0} or {\tt Linux 2.2.2 i386}.
-If callback isn't NULL and if execution is asynchronous (note that callback
-parameter can not be non NULL for synchronous execution),
-\helpref{wxProcess::OnTerminate}{wxprocessonterminate} will be called when
-the process finishes.
+\wxheading{See also}
-See also \helpref{wxShell}{wxshell}, \helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}.
+\helpref{::wxGetOsVersion}{wxgetosversion}
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxExit}\label{wxexit}
-\func{void}{wxExit}{\void}
+\membersection{::wxGetOsVersion}\label{wxgetosversion}
-Exits application after calling \helpref{wxApp::OnExit}{wxapponexit}.
-Should only be used in an emergency: normally the top-level frame
-should be deleted (after deleting all other frames) to terminate the
-application. See \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} and \helpref{wxApp}{wxapp}.
+\func{int}{wxGetOsVersion}{\param{int *}{major = NULL}, \param{int *}{minor = NULL}}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+Gets operating system version information.
-<wx/app.h>
+\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.
-\membersection{::wxFatalError}\label{wxfatalerror}
+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{Watcom C++ 386 supervisor mode (Windows 3.1)}{Return value is wxWIN386, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
+\end{twocollist}
-\func{void}{wxFatalError}{\param{const wxString\& }{msg}, \param{const wxString\& }{title = "wxWindows Fatal Error"}}
+\wxheading{See also}
-Displays {\it msg} and exits. This writes to standard error under Unix,
-and pops up a message box under Windows. Used for fatal internal
-wxWindows errors. See also \helpref{wxError}{wxerror}.
+\helpref{::wxGetOsDescription}{wxgetosdescription}
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxFindMenuItemId}
-\func{int}{wxFindMenuItemId}{\param{wxFrame *}{frame}, \param{const wxString\& }{menuString}, \param{const wxString\& }{itemString}}
+\membersection{::wxGetUserHome}\label{wxgetuserhome}
-Find a menu item identifier associated with the given frame's menu bar.
+\func{const wxChar *}{wxGetUserHome}{\param{const wxString\& }{user = ""}}
+
+Returns the home directory for the given user. If the username is empty
+(default value), this function behaves like
+\helpref{wxGetHomeDir}{wxgethomedir}.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxFindWindowByLabel}
-\func{wxWindow *}{wxFindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent=NULL}}
+\membersection{::wxGetUserName}\label{wxgetusername}
-Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
-or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
-frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
-The search is recursive in both cases.
+\func{wxString}{wxGetUserName}{\void}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{bool}{wxGetUserName}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
-<wx/utils.h>
+This function returns the full user name (something like "Mr. John Smith").
-\membersection{::wxFindWindowByName}\label{wxfindwindowbyname}
+Under Windows or NT, this function looks for the entry {\bf UserName}\rtfsp
+in the {\bf wxWidgets} section of the WIN.INI file. If PenWindows
+is running, the entry {\bf Current} in the section {\bf User} of
+the PENWIN.INI file is used.
-\func{wxWindow *}{wxFindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent=NULL}}
+The first variant of this function returns the user name if successful or an
+empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns {\tt true}
+if successful, {\tt false} otherwise.
-Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or {\bf Create} function call).
-If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
-frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
-The search is recursive in both cases.
+\wxheading{See also}
-If no such named window is found, {\bf wxFindWindowByLabel} is called.
+\helpref{wxGetUserId}{wxgetuserid}
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetActiveWindow}\label{wxgetactivewindow}
-\func{wxWindow *}{wxGetActiveWindow}{\void}
-Gets the currently active window (Windows only).
+\section{String functions}\label{stringfunctions}
-\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/windows.h>
+\membersection{::copystring}\label{copystring}
-\membersection{::wxGetDisplayName}\label{wxgetdisplayname}
+\func{char *}{copystring}{\param{const char *}{s}}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetDisplayName}{\void}
+Makes a copy of the string {\it s} using the C++ new operator, so it can be
+deleted with the {\it delete} operator.
-Under X only, returns the current display name. See also \helpref{wxSetDisplayName}{wxsetdisplayname}.
+This function is deprecated, use \helpref{wxString}{wxstring} class instead.
-\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxGetTranslation}\label{wxgettranslation}
-\membersection{::wxGetHomeDir}
+\func{const char *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const char * }{str}}
-\func{wxString}{wxGetHomeDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}}
+\func{const char *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const char * }{str}, \param{const char * }{strPlural}, \param{size\_t }{n}}
-Fills the buffer with a string representing the user's home directory (Unix only).
+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
+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.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+The second form is used when retrieving translation of string that has
+different singular and plural form in English or different plural forms in some
+other language. It takes two extra arguments: \arg{str}
+parameter must contain the singular form of the string to be converted.
+It is also used as the key for the search in the catalog.
+The \arg{strPlural} parameter is the plural form (in English).
+The parameter \arg{n} is used to determine the plural form. If no
+message catalog is found \arg{str} is returned if `n == 1',
+otherwise \arg{strPlural}.
+See \urlref{GNU gettext manual}{http://www.gnu.org/manual/gettext/html\_chapter/gettext\_10.html\#SEC150} for additional information on plural forms handling.
-<wx/utils.h>
+Both versions call \helpref{wxLocale::GetString}{wxlocalegetstring}.
-\membersection{::wxGetHostName}
+\membersection{::wxIsEmpty}\label{wxisempty}
-\func{bool}{wxGetHostName}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}, \param{int}{ bufSize}}
+\func{bool}{wxIsEmpty}{\param{const char *}{ p}}
-Copies the host name of the machine the program is running on into the
-buffer {\it buf}, of maximum size {\it bufSize}, returning TRUE if
-successful. Under Unix, this will return a machine name. Under Windows,
-this returns ``windows''.
+Returns {\tt true} if the pointer is either {\tt NULL} or points to an empty
+string, {\tt false} otherwise.
-\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxStrcmp}\label{wxstrcmp}
-\membersection{::wxGetElapsedTime}\label{wxgetelapsedtime}
+\func{int}{wxStrcmp}{\param{const char *}{p1}, \param{const char *}{p2}}
-\func{long}{wxGetElapsedTime}{\param{bool}{ resetTimer = TRUE}}
+Returns a negative value, 0, or positive value if {\it p1} is less than, equal
+to or greater than {\it p2}. The comparison is case-sensitive.
-Gets the time in milliseconds since the last \helpref{::wxStartTimer}{wxstarttimer}.
+This function complements the standard C function {\it stricmp()} which performs
+case-insensitive comparison.
-If {\it resetTimer} is TRUE (the default), the timer is reset to zero
-by this call.
-See also \helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}.
+\membersection{::wxStricmp}\label{wxstricmp}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{int}{wxStricmp}{\param{const char *}{p1}, \param{const char *}{p2}}
-<wx/timer.h>
+Returns a negative value, 0, or positive value if {\it p1} is less than, equal
+to or greater than {\it p2}. The comparison is case-insensitive.
-\membersection{::wxGetFreeMemory}\label{wxgetfreememory}
+This function complements the standard C function {\it strcmp()} which performs
+case-sensitive comparison.
-\func{long}{wxGetFreeMemory}{\void}
-Returns the amount of free memory in Kbytes under environments which
-support it, and -1 if not supported. Currently, returns a positive value
-under Windows, and -1 under Unix.
+\membersection{::wxStringMatch}\label{wxstringmatch}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{bool}{wxStringMatch}{\param{const wxString\& }{s1}, \param{const wxString\& }{s2},\\
+ \param{bool}{ subString = true}, \param{bool}{ exact = false}}
-<wx/utils.h>
+{\bf NB:} This function is obsolete, use \helpref{wxString::Find}{wxstringfind} instead.
-\membersection{::wxGetMousePosition}
+Returns {\tt true} if the substring {\it s1} is found within {\it s2},
+ignoring case if {\it exact} is false. If {\it subString} is {\tt false},
+no substring matching is done.
-\func{void}{wxGetMousePosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
-Returns the mouse position in screen coordinates.
+\membersection{::wxStringEq}\label{wxstringeq}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{bool}{wxStringEq}{\param{const wxString\& }{s1}, \param{const wxString\& }{s2}}
-<wx/utils.h>
+{\bf NB:} This function is obsolete, use \helpref{wxString}{wxstring} instead.
-\membersection{::wxGetOsVersion}
+A macro defined as:
-\func{int}{wxGetOsVersion}{\param{int *}{major = NULL}, \param{int *}{minor = NULL}}
+\begin{verbatim}
+#define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (strcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
+\end{verbatim}
-Gets operating system version information.
-\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitemruled{Platform}{Return tyes}
-\twocolitem{Macintosh}{Return value is wxMACINTOSH.}
-\twocolitem{GTK}{Return value is wxGTK, {\it major} is 1, {\it minor} is 0. (for GTK 1.0.X) }
-\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}{Return value is wxWINDOWS\_NT, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\twocolitem{Windows 95}{Return value is wxWIN95, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\twocolitem{Win32s (Windows 3.1)}{Return value is wxWIN32S, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\twocolitem{Watcom C++ 386 supervisor mode (Windows 3.1)}{Return value is wxWIN386, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\end{twocollist}
+\membersection{::wxStrlen}\label{wxstrlen}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{size\_t}{wxStrlen}{\param{const char *}{ p}}
-<wx/utils.h>
+This is a safe version of standard function {\it strlen()}: it does exactly the
+same thing (i.e. returns the length of the string) except that it returns 0 if
+{\it p} is the {\tt NULL} pointer.
-\membersection{::wxGetResource}\label{wxgetresource}
-\func{bool}{wxGetResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
- \param{const wxString\& *}{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+\membersection{::wxSnprintf}\label{wxsnprintf}
-\func{bool}{wxGetResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
- \param{float *}{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+\func{int}{wxSnprintf}{\param{wxChar *}{buf}, \param{size\_t }{len}, \param{const wxChar *}{format}, \param{}{...}}
-\func{bool}{wxGetResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
- \param{long *}{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+This function replaces the dangerous standard function {\tt sprintf()} and is
+like {\tt snprintf()} available on some platforms. The only difference with
+sprintf() is that an additional argument - buffer size - is taken and the
+buffer is never overflowed.
-\func{bool}{wxGetResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
- \param{int *}{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
-
-Gets a resource value from the resource database (for example, WIN.INI, or
-.Xdefaults). If {\it file} is NULL, WIN.INI or .Xdefaults is used,
-otherwise the specified file is used.
-
-Under X, if an application class (wxApp::GetClassName) has been defined,
-it is appended to the string /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/ to try to find
-an applications default file when merging all resource databases.
+Returns the number of characters copied to the buffer or -1 if there is not
+enough space.
-The reason for passing the result in an argument is that it
-can be convenient to define a default value, which gets overridden
-if the value exists in the resource file. It saves a separate
-test for that resource's existence, and it also allows
-the overloading of the function for different types.
+\wxheading{See also}
-See also \helpref{wxWriteResource}{wxwriteresource}, \helpref{wxConfigBase}{wxconfigbase}.
+\helpref{wxVsnprintf}{wxvsnprintf}, \helpref{wxString::Printf}{wxstringprintf}
-\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{wxT}\label{wxt}
-\membersection{::wxGetUserId}
+\func{wxChar}{wxT}{\param{char }{ch}}
-\func{bool}{wxGetUserId}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}, \param{int}{ bufSize}}
+\func{const wxChar *}{wxT}{\param{const char *}{s}}
-Copies the user's login identity (such as ``jacs'') into the buffer {\it
-buf}, of maximum size {\it bufSize}, returning TRUE if successful.
-Under Windows, this returns ``user''.
+wxT() is a macro which can be used with character and string literals (in other
+words, {\tt 'x'} or {\tt "foo"}) to automatically convert them to Unicode in
+Unicode build configuration. Please see the
+\helpref{Unicode overview}{unicode} for more information.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+This macro is simply returns the value passed to it without changes in ASCII
+build. In fact, its definition is:
+\begin{verbatim}
+#ifdef UNICODE
+#define wxT(x) L ## x
+#else // !Unicode
+#define wxT(x) x
+#endif
+\end{verbatim}
-<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetUserName}
+\membersection{wxTRANSLATE}\label{wxtranslate}
-\func{bool}{wxGetUserName}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}, \param{int}{ bufSize}}
+\func{const wxChar *}{wxTRANSLATE}{\param{const char *}{s}}
-Copies the user's name (such as ``Julian Smart'') into the buffer {\it
-buf}, of maximum size {\it bufSize}, returning TRUE if successful.
-Under Windows, this returns ``unknown''.
+This macro doesn't do anything in the program code -- it simply expands to the
+value of its argument (except in Unicode build where it is equivalent to
+\helpref{wxT}{wxt} which makes it unnecessary to use both wxTRANSLATE and wxT
+with the same string which would be really unreadable).
-\wxheading{Include files}
+However it does have a purpose and it is to mark the literal strings for the
+extraction into the message catalog created by {\tt xgettext} program. Usually
+this is achieved using \helpref{\_()}{underscore} but that macro not only marks
+the string for extraction but also expands into a
+\helpref{wxGetTranslation}{wxgettranslation} function call which means that it
+cannot be used in some situations, notably for static array
+initialization.
-<wx/utils.h>
+Here is an example which should make it more clear: suppose that you have a
+static array of strings containing the weekday names and which have to be
+translated (note that it is a bad example, really, as
+\helpref{wxDateTime}{wxdatetime} already can be used to get the localized week
+day names already). If you write
-\membersection{::wxKill}\label{wxkill}
+\begin{verbatim}
+static const wxChar * const weekdays[] = { _("Mon"), ..., _("Sun") };
+...
+// use weekdays[n] as usual
+\end{verbatim}
-\func{int}{wxKill}{\param{long}{ pid}, \param{int}{ sig}}
+the code wouldn't compile because the function calls are forbidden in the array
+initializer. So instead you should do
-Under Unix (the only supported platform), equivalent to the Unix kill function.
-Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+\begin{verbatim}
+static const wxChar * const weekdays[] = { wxTRANSLATE("Mon"), ..., wxTRANSLATE("Sun") };
+...
+// use wxGetTranslation(weekdays[n])
+\end{verbatim}
-Tip: sending a signal of 0 to a process returns -1 if the process does not exist.
-It does not raise a signal in the receiving process.
+here.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+Note that although the code {\bf would} compile if you simply omit
+wxTRANSLATE() in the above, it wouldn't work as expected because there would be
+no translations for the weekday names in the program message catalog and
+wxGetTranslation wouldn't find them.
-<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxVsnprintf}\label{wxvsnprintf}
-\membersection{::wxIsBusy}\label{wxisbusy}
+\func{int}{wxVsnprintf}{\param{wxChar *}{buf}, \param{size\_t }{len}, \param{const wxChar *}{format}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
-\func{bool}{wxIsBusy}{\void}
+The same as \helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf} but takes a {\tt va\_list }
+argument instead of arbitrary number of parameters.
-Returns TRUE if between two \helpref{wxBeginBusyCursor}{wxbeginbusycursor} and\rtfsp
-\helpref{wxEndBusyCursor}{wxendbusycursor} calls.
+\wxheading{See also}
-See also \helpref{wxBusyCursor}{wxbusycursor}.
+\helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf}, \helpref{wxString::PrintfV}{wxstringprintfv}
-\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxLoadUserResource}\label{wxloaduserresource}
+\membersection{\_}\label{underscore}
-\func{wxString}{wxLoadUserResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{resourceName}, \param{const wxString\& }{resourceType=``TEXT"}}
+\func{const wxChar *}{\_}{\param{const char *}{s}}
-Loads a user-defined Windows resource as a string. If the resource is found, the function creates
-a new character array and copies the data into it. A pointer to this data is returned. If unsuccessful, NULL is returned.
+This macro expands into a call to \helpref{wxGetTranslation}{wxgettranslation}
+function, so it marks the message for the extraction by {\tt xgettext} just as
+\helpref{wxTRANSLATE}{wxtranslate} does, but also returns the translation of
+the string for the current locale during execution.
-The resource must be defined in the {\tt .rc} file using the following syntax:
+Don't confuse this macro with \helpref{\_T()}{underscoret}!
-\begin{verbatim}
-myResource TEXT file.ext
-\end{verbatim}
-where {\tt file.ext} is a file that the resource compiler can find.
+\membersection{\_T}\label{underscoret}
-One use of this is to store {\tt .wxr} files instead of including the data in the C++ file; some compilers
-cannot cope with the long strings in a {\tt .wxr} file. The resource data can then be parsed
-using \helpref{wxResourceParseString}{wxresourceparsestring}.
+\func{wxChar}{\_T}{\param{char }{ch}}
-This function is available under Windows only.
+\func{const wxChar *}{\_T}{\param{const wxChar }{ch}}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+This macro is exactly the same as \helpref{wxT}{wxt} and is defined in
+wxWidgets simply because it may be more intuitive for Windows programmers as
+the standard Win32 headers also define it (as well as yet another name for the
+same macro which is {\tt \_TEXT()}).
-<wx/utils.h>
+Don't confuse this macro with \helpref{\_()}{underscore}!
-\membersection{::wxNow}\label{wxnow}
-\func{wxString}{wxNow}{\void}
-Returns a string representing the current date and time.
+\section{Dialog functions}\label{dialogfunctions}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+Below are a number of convenience functions for getting input from the
+user or displaying messages. Note that in these functions the last three
+parameters are optional. However, it is recommended to pass a parent frame
+parameter, or (in MS Windows or Motif) the wrong window frame may be brought to
+the front when the dialog box is popped up.
-<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxPostDelete}\label{wxpostdelete}
+\membersection{::wxBeginBusyCursor}\label{wxbeginbusycursor}
-\func{void}{wxPostDelete}{\param{wxObject *}{object}}
+\func{void}{wxBeginBusyCursor}{\param{wxCursor *}{cursor = wxHOURGLASS\_CURSOR}}
-Tells the system to delete the specified object when
-all other events have been processed. In some environments, it is
-necessary to use this instead of deleting a frame directly with the
-delete operator, because some GUIs will still send events to a deleted window.
+Changes the cursor to the given cursor for all windows in the application.
+Use \helpref{wxEndBusyCursor}{wxendbusycursor} to revert the cursor back
+to its previous state. These two calls can be nested, and a counter
+ensures that only the outer calls take effect.
-Now obsolete: use \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose} instead.
+See also \helpref{wxIsBusy}{wxisbusy}, \helpref{wxBusyCursor}{wxbusycursor}.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxSafeYield}\label{wxsafeyield}
-\func{bool}{wxSafeYield}{\param{wxWindow*}{ win = NULL}}
+\membersection{::wxBell}\label{wxbell}
-This function is similar to wxYield, except that it disables the user input to
-all program windows before calling wxYield and re-enables it again
-afterwards. If {\it win} is not NULL, this window will remain enabled,
-allowing the implementation of some limited user interaction.
+\func{void}{wxBell}{\void}
-Returns the result of the call to \helpref{::wxYield}{wxyield}.
+Ring the system bell.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxEnableTopLevelWindows}\label{wxenabletoplevelwindows}
-\func{void}{wxEnableTopLevelWindow}{\param{bool}{ enable = TRUE}}
+\membersection{::wxCreateFileTipProvider}\label{wxcreatefiletipprovider}
-This function enables or disables all top level windows. It is used by
-\helpref{::wxSafeYield}{wxsafeyield}.
+\func{wxTipProvider *}{wxCreateFileTipProvider}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename},
+ \param{size\_t }{currentTip}}
+
+This function creates a \helpref{wxTipProvider}{wxtipprovider} which may be
+used with \helpref{wxShowTip}{wxshowtip}.
+
+\docparam{filename}{The name of the file containing the tips, one per line}
+\docparam{currentTip}{The index of the first tip to show - normally this index
+is remembered between the 2 program runs.}
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{Tips overview}{tipsoverview}
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/tipdlg.h>
-\membersection{::wxSetDisplayName}\label{wxsetdisplayname}
+\membersection{::wxDirSelector}\label{wxdirselector}
-\func{void}{wxSetDisplayName}{\param{const wxString\& }{displayName}}
+\func{wxString}{wxDirSelector}{\param{const wxString\& }{message = wxDirSelectorPromptStr},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{default\_path = ""},\\
+ \param{long }{style = 0}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}}
-Under X only, sets the current display name. This is the X host and display name such
-as ``colonsay:0.0", and the function indicates which display should be used for creating
-windows from this point on. Setting the display within an application allows multiple
-displays to be used.
+Pops up a directory selector dialog. The arguments have the same meaning as
+those of wxDirDialog::wxDirDialog(). The message is displayed at the top,
+and the default\_path, if specified, is set as the initial selection.
-See also \helpref{wxGetDisplayName}{wxgetdisplayname}.
+The application must check for an empty return value (if the user pressed
+Cancel). For example:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+const wxString& dir = wxDirSelector("Choose a folder");
+if ( !dir.empty() )
+{
+ ...
+}
+\end{verbatim}
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/dirdlg.h>
-\membersection{::wxShell}\label{wxshell}
-\func{bool}{wxShell}{\param{const wxString\& }{command = NULL}}
+\membersection{::wxFileSelector}\label{wxfileselector}
-Executes a command in an interactive shell window. If no command is
-specified, then just the shell is spawned.
+\func{wxString}{wxFileSelector}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{default\_path = ""},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{default\_filename = ""}, \param{const wxString\& }{default\_extension = ""},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{wildcard = "*.*"}, \param{int }{flags = 0}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1}}
-See also \helpref{wxExecute}{wxexecute}.
+Pops up a file selector box. In Windows, this is the common file selector
+dialog. In X, this is a file selector box with the same functionality.
+The path and filename are distinct elements of a full file pathname.
+If path is empty, the current directory will be used. If filename is empty,
+no default filename will be supplied. The wildcard determines what files
+are displayed in the file selector, and file extension supplies a type
+extension for the required filename. Flags may be a combination of wxOPEN,
+wxSAVE, wxOVERWRITE\_PROMPT, wxFILE\_MUST\_EXIST, wxMULTIPLE or 0.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+Both the Unix and Windows versions implement a wildcard filter. Typing a
+filename containing wildcards (*, ?) in the filename text item, and
+clicking on Ok, will result in only those files matching the pattern being
+displayed.
-<wx/utils.h>
+The wildcard may be a specification for multiple types of file
+with a description for each, such as:
-\membersection{::wxSleep}\label{wxsleep}
+\begin{verbatim}
+ "BMP files (*.bmp)|*.bmp|GIF files (*.gif)|*.gif"
+\end{verbatim}
-\func{void}{wxSleep}{\param{int}{ secs}}
+The application must check for an empty return value (the user pressed
+Cancel). For example:
-Sleeps for the specified number of seconds.
+\begin{verbatim}
+wxString filename = wxFileSelector("Choose a file to open");
+if ( !filename.empty() )
+{
+ // work with the file
+ ...
+}
+//else: cancelled by user
+\end{verbatim}
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/filedlg.h>
-\membersection{::wxStripMenuCodes}
-\func{wxString}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{const wxString\& }{in}}
+\membersection{::wxEndBusyCursor}\label{wxendbusycursor}
-\func{void}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{char* }{in}, \param{char* }{out}}
+\func{void}{wxEndBusyCursor}{\void}
-Strips any menu codes from {\it in} and places the result
-in {\it out} (or returns the new string, in the first form).
+Changes the cursor back to the original cursor, for all windows in the application.
+Use with \helpref{wxBeginBusyCursor}{wxbeginbusycursor}.
-Menu codes include \& (mark the next character with an underline
-as a keyboard shortkey in Windows and Motif) and $\backslash$t (tab in Windows).
+See also \helpref{wxIsBusy}{wxisbusy}, \helpref{wxBusyCursor}{wxbusycursor}.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxStartTimer}\label{wxstarttimer}
-\func{void}{wxStartTimer}{\void}
+\membersection{::wxGetColourFromUser}\label{wxgetcolourfromuser}
-Starts a stopwatch; use \helpref{::wxGetElapsedTime}{wxgetelapsedtime} to get the elapsed time.
+\func{wxColour}{wxGetColourFromUser}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent}, \param{const wxColour\& }{colInit}}
-See also \helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}.
+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
+is valid) if the dialog was cancelled.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\wxheading{Parameters}
-<wx/timer.h>
+\docparam{parent}{The parent window for the colour selection dialog}
-\membersection{::wxToLower}\label{wxtolower}
+\docparam{colInit}{If given, this will be the colour initially selected in the dialog.}
-\func{char}{wxToLower}{\param{char }{ch}}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-Converts the character to lower case. This is implemented as a macro for efficiency.
+<wx/colordlg.h>
-\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxGetFontFromUser}\label{wxgetfontfromuser}
-\membersection{::wxToUpper}\label{wxtoupper}
+\func{wxFont}{wxGetFontFromUser}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent}, \param{const wxFont\& }{fontInit}}
-\func{char}{wxToUpper}{\param{char }{ch}}
+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
+is valid) if the dialog was cancelled.
-Converts the character to upper case. This is implemented as a macro for efficiency.
+\wxheading{Parameters}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\docparam{parent}{The parent window for the font selection dialog}
-<wx/utils.h>
+\docparam{fontInit}{If given, this will be the font initially selected in the dialog.}
-\membersection{::wxTrace}\label{wxtrace}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\func{void}{wxTrace}{\param{const wxString\& }{fmt}, \param{...}{}}
+<wx/fontdlg.h>
-Takes printf-style variable argument syntax. Output
-is directed to the current output stream (see \helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontextoverview}).
-This function is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\membersection{::wxGetMultipleChoices}\label{wxgetmultiplechoices}
-<wx/memory.h>
+\func{size\_t}{wxGetMultipleChoices}{\\
+ \param{wxArrayInt\& }{selections},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{message},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{caption},\\
+ \param{const wxArrayString\& }{aChoices},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
+ \param{bool}{ centre = true},\\
+ \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
-\membersection{::wxTraceLevel}\label{wxtracelevel}
+\func{size\_t}{wxGetMultipleChoices}{\\
+ \param{wxArrayInt\& }{selections},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{message},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{caption},\\
+ \param{int}{ n}, \param{const wxString\& }{choices[]},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
+ \param{bool}{ centre = true},\\
+ \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
-\func{void}{wxTraceLevel}{\param{int}{ level}, \param{const wxString\& }{fmt}, \param{...}{}}
+Pops up a dialog box containing a message, OK/Cancel buttons and a
+multiple-selection listbox. The user may choose an arbitrary (including 0)
+number of items in the listbox whose indices will be returned in
+{\it selection} array. The initial contents of this array will be used to
+select the items when the dialog is shown.
-Takes printf-style variable argument syntax. Output
-is directed to the current output stream (see \helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontextoverview}).
-The first argument should be the level at which this information is appropriate.
-It will only be output if the level returned by wxDebugContext::GetLevel is equal to or greater than
-this value.
+You may pass the list of strings to choose from either using {\it choices}
+which is an array of {\it n} strings for the listbox or by using a single
+{\it aChoices} parameter of type \helpref{wxArrayString}{wxarraystring}.
-This function is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}.
+If {\it centre} is true, the message text (which may include new line
+characters) is centred; if false, the message is left-justified.
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/memory.h>
-
-\membersection{::wxUsleep}\label{wxusleep}
+<wx/choicdlg.h>
-\func{void}{wxUsleep}{\param{unsigned long}{ milliseconds}}
+\perlnote{In wxPerl there is just an array reference in place of {\tt n}
+and {\tt choices}, and no {\tt selections} parameter; the function
+returns an array containing the user selections.}
-Sleeps for the specified number of milliseconds. Notice that usage of this
-function is encouraged instead of calling usleep(3) directly because the
-standard usleep() function is not MT safe.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\membersection{::wxGetNumberFromUser}\label{wxgetnumberfromuser}
-<wx/utils.h>
+\func{long}{wxGetNumberFromUser}{
+ \param{const wxString\& }{message},
+ \param{const wxString\& }{prompt},
+ \param{const wxString\& }{caption},
+ \param{long }{value},
+ \param{long }{min = 0},
+ \param{long }{max = 100},
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},
+ \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}}
-\membersection{::wxWriteResource}\label{wxwriteresource}
+Shows a dialog asking the user for numeric input. The dialogs title is set to
+{\it caption}, it contains a (possibly) multiline {\it message} above the
+single line {\it prompt} and the zone for entering the number.
-\func{bool}{wxWriteResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
- \param{const wxString\& }{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+The number entered must be in the range {\it min}..{\it max} (both of which
+should be positive) and {\it value} is the initial value of it. If the user
+enters an invalid value or cancels the dialog, the function will return -1.
-\func{bool}{wxWriteResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
- \param{float }{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+Dialog is centered on its {\it parent} unless an explicit position is given in
+{\it pos}.
-\func{bool}{wxWriteResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
- \param{long }{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\func{bool}{wxWriteResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
- \param{int }{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+<wx/numdlg.h>
-Writes a resource value into the resource database (for example, WIN.INI, or
-.Xdefaults). If {\it file} is NULL, WIN.INI or .Xdefaults is used,
-otherwise the specified file is used.
-Under X, the resource databases are cached until the internal function
-\rtfsp{\bf wxFlushResources} is called automatically on exit, when
-all updated resource databases are written to their files.
+\membersection{::wxGetPasswordFromUser}\label{wxgetpasswordfromuser}
-Note that it is considered bad manners to write to the .Xdefaults
-file under Unix, although the WIN.INI file is fair game under Windows.
+\func{wxString}{wxGetPasswordFromUser}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = ``Input text"},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{default\_value = ``"}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = wxDefaultCoord}, \param{int}{ y = wxDefaultCoord}, \param{bool}{ centre = true}}
-See also \helpref{wxGetResource}{wxgetresource}, \helpref{wxConfigBase}{wxconfigbase}.
+Similar to \helpref{wxGetTextFromUser}{wxgettextfromuser} but the text entered
+in the dialog is not shown on screen but replaced with stars. This is intended
+to be used for entering passwords as the function name implies.
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/textdlg.h>
-\membersection{::wxYield}\label{wxyield}
-\func{bool}{wxYield}{\void}
+\membersection{::wxGetTextFromUser}\label{wxgettextfromuser}
-Yields control to pending messages in the windowing system. This can be useful, for example, when a
-time-consuming process writes to a text window. Without an occasional
-yield, the text window will not be updated properly, and (since Windows
-multitasking is cooperative) other processes will not respond.
+\func{wxString}{wxGetTextFromUser}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = ``Input text"},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{default\_value = ``"}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = wxDefaultCoord}, \param{int}{ y = wxDefaultCoord}, \param{bool}{ centre = true}}
-Caution should be exercised, however, since yielding may allow the
-user to perform actions which are not compatible with the current task.
-Disabling menu items or whole menus during processing can avoid unwanted
-reentrance of code: see \helpref{::wxSafeYield}{wxsafeyield} for a better
-function.
+Pop up a dialog box with title set to {\it caption}, {\it message}, and a
+\rtfsp{\it default\_value}. The user may type in text and press OK to return this text,
+or press Cancel to return the empty string.
+
+If {\it centre} is true, the message text (which may include new line characters)
+is centred; if false, the message is left-justified.
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/textdlg.h>
-\section{Macros}\label{macros}
-These macros are defined in wxWindows.
+\membersection{::wxGetMultipleChoice}\label{wxgetmultiplechoice}
-\membersection{CLASSINFO}\label{classinfo}
+\func{int}{wxGetMultipleChoice}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption}, \param{int}{ n}, \param{const wxString\& }{choices[]},\\
+ \param{int }{nsel}, \param{int *}{selection},
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}, \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
+ \param{bool}{ centre = true}, \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
-\func{wxClassInfo *}{CLASSINFO}{className}
+Pops up a dialog box containing a message, OK/Cancel buttons and a multiple-selection
+listbox. The user may choose one or more item(s) and press OK or Cancel.
-Returns a pointer to the wxClassInfo object associated with this class.
+The number of initially selected choices, and array of the selected indices,
+are passed in; this array will contain the user selections on exit, with
+the function returning the number of selections. {\it selection} must be
+as big as the number of choices, in case all are selected.
-\wxheading{Include files}
+If Cancel is pressed, -1 is returned.
-<wx/object.h>
+{\it choices} is an array of {\it n} strings for the listbox.
-\membersection{DECLARE\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}
+If {\it centre} is true, the message text (which may include new line characters)
+is centred; if false, the message is left-justified.
-\func{}{DECLARE\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}{className}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-Used inside a class declaration to declare that the class should be
-made known to the class hierarchy, but objects of this class cannot be created
-dynamically. The same as DECLARE\_CLASS.
+<wx/choicdlg.h>
-Example:
-\begin{verbatim}
-class wxCommand: public wxObject
-{
- DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxCommand)
+\membersection{::wxGetSingleChoice}\label{wxgetsinglechoice}
- private:
- ...
- public:
- ...
-};
-\end{verbatim}
+\func{wxString}{wxGetSingleChoice}{\param{const wxString\& }{message},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{caption},\\
+ \param{const wxArrayString\& }{aChoices},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
+ \param{bool}{ centre = true},\\
+ \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetSingleChoice}{\param{const wxString\& }{message},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{caption},\\
+ \param{int}{ n}, \param{const wxString\& }{choices[]},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
+ \param{bool}{ centre = true},\\
+ \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
+
+Pops up a dialog box containing a message, OK/Cancel buttons and a
+single-selection listbox. The user may choose an item and press OK to return a
+string or Cancel to return the empty string. Use
+\helpref{wxGetSingleChoiceIndex}{wxgetsinglechoiceindex} if empty string is a
+valid choice and if you want to be able to detect pressing Cancel reliably.
+
+You may pass the list of strings to choose from either using {\it choices}
+which is an array of {\it n} strings for the listbox or by using a single
+{\it aChoices} parameter of type \helpref{wxArrayString}{wxarraystring}.
+
+If {\it centre} is true, the message text (which may include new line
+characters) is centred; if false, the message is left-justified.
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/object.h>
+<wx/choicdlg.h>
-\membersection{DECLARE\_APP}\label{declareapp}
+\perlnote{In wxPerl there is just an array reference in place of {\tt n}
+and {\tt choices}.}
-\func{}{DECLARE\_APP}{className}
-This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the wxGetApp function implemented
-by IMPLEMENT\_APP. It creates the declaration {\tt className\& wxGetApp(void)}.
+\membersection{::wxGetSingleChoiceIndex}\label{wxgetsinglechoiceindex}
-Example:
+\func{int}{wxGetSingleChoiceIndex}{\param{const wxString\& }{message},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{caption},\\
+ \param{const wxArrayString\& }{aChoices},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}, \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
+ \param{bool}{ centre = true}, \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
-\begin{verbatim}
+\func{int}{wxGetSingleChoiceIndex}{\param{const wxString\& }{message},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{caption},\\
+ \param{int}{ n}, \param{const wxString\& }{choices[]},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}, \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
+ \param{bool}{ centre = true}, \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
+
+As {\bf wxGetSingleChoice} but returns the index representing the selected
+string. If the user pressed cancel, -1 is returned.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/choicdlg.h>
+
+\perlnote{In wxPerl there is just an array reference in place of {\tt n}
+and {\tt choices}.}
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetSingleChoiceData}\label{wxgetsinglechoicedata}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetSingleChoiceData}{\param{const wxString\& }{message},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{caption},\\
+ \param{const wxArrayString\& }{aChoices},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{client\_data[]},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
+ \param{bool}{ centre = true}, \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetSingleChoiceData}{\param{const wxString\& }{message},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{caption},\\
+ \param{int}{ n}, \param{const wxString\& }{choices[]},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{client\_data[]},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1},\\
+ \param{bool}{ centre = true}, \param{int }{width=150}, \param{int }{height=200}}
+
+As {\bf wxGetSingleChoice} but takes an array of client data pointers
+corresponding to the strings, and returns one of these pointers or NULL if
+Cancel was pressed. The {\it client\_data} array must have the same number of
+elements as {\it choices} or {\it aChoices}!
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/choicdlg.h>
+
+\perlnote{In wxPerl there is just an array reference in place of {\tt n}
+and {\tt choices}, and the client data array must have the
+same length as the choices array.}
+
+
+\membersection{::wxIsBusy}\label{wxisbusy}
+
+\func{bool}{wxIsBusy}{\void}
+
+Returns true if between two \helpref{wxBeginBusyCursor}{wxbeginbusycursor} and\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxEndBusyCursor}{wxendbusycursor} calls.
+
+See also \helpref{wxBusyCursor}{wxbusycursor}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxMessageBox}\label{wxmessagebox}
+
+\func{int}{wxMessageBox}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = ``Message"}, \param{int}{ style = wxOK},\\
+ \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}, \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1}}
+
+General purpose message dialog. {\it style} may be a bit list of the
+following identifiers:
+
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{wxYES\_NO}{Puts Yes and No buttons on the message box. May be combined with
+wxCANCEL.}
+\twocolitem{wxCANCEL}{Puts a Cancel button on the message box. May be combined with
+wxYES\_NO or wxOK.}
+\twocolitem{wxOK}{Puts an Ok button on the message box. May be combined with wxCANCEL.}
+\twocolitem{wxICON\_EXCLAMATION}{Displays an exclamation mark symbol.}
+\twocolitem{wxICON\_HAND}{Displays an error symbol.}
+\twocolitem{wxICON\_ERROR}{Displays an error symbol - the same as wxICON\_HAND.}
+\twocolitem{wxICON\_QUESTION}{Displays a question mark symbol.}
+\twocolitem{wxICON\_INFORMATION}{Displays an information symbol.}
+\end{twocollist}
+
+The return value is one of: wxYES, wxNO, wxCANCEL, wxOK.
+
+For example:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ ...
+ int answer = wxMessageBox("Quit program?", "Confirm",
+ wxYES_NO | wxCANCEL, main_frame);
+ if (answer == wxYES)
+ main_frame->Close();
+ ...
+\end{verbatim}
+
+{\it message} may contain newline characters, in which case the
+message will be split into separate lines, to cater for large messages.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/msgdlg.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxShowTip}\label{wxshowtip}
+
+\func{bool}{wxShowTip}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent},
+ \param{wxTipProvider *}{tipProvider},
+ \param{bool }{showAtStartup = true}}
+
+This function shows a "startup tip" to the user. The return value is the
+state of the `Show tips at startup' checkbox.
+
+\docparam{parent}{The parent window for the modal dialog}
+
+\docparam{tipProvider}{An object which is used to get the text of the tips.
+It may be created with the \helpref{wxCreateFileTipProvider}{wxcreatefiletipprovider} function.}
+
+\docparam{showAtStartup}{Should be true if startup tips are shown, false
+otherwise. This is used as the initial value for "Show tips at startup"
+checkbox which is shown in the tips dialog.}
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{Tips overview}{tipsoverview}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/tipdlg.h>
+
+
+
+
+\section{Math functions}\label{mathfunctions}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/math.h>
+
+
+\membersection{wxFinite}\label{wxfinite}
+
+\func{int}{wxFinite}{\param{double }{x}}
+
+Returns a non-zero value if {\it x} is neither infinite or NaN (not a number),
+returns 0 otherwise.
+
+
+\membersection{wxIsNaN}\label{wxisnan}
+
+\func{bool}{wxIsNaN}{\param{double }{x}}
+
+Returns a non-zero value if {\it x} is NaN (not a number), returns 0
+otherwise.
+
+
+
+
+\section{GDI functions}\label{gdifunctions}
+
+The following are relevant to the GDI (Graphics Device Interface).
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/gdicmn.h>
+
+
+\membersection{wxBITMAP}\label{wxbitmapmacro}
+
+\func{}{wxBITMAP}{bitmapName}
+
+This macro loads a bitmap from either application resources (on the platforms
+for which they exist, i.e. Windows and OS2) or from an XPM file. It allows to
+avoid using {\tt \#ifdef}s when creating bitmaps.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{Bitmaps and icons overview}{wxbitmapoverview},
+\helpref{wxICON}{wxiconmacro}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/gdicmn.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxClientDisplayRect}\label{wxclientdisplayrect}
+
+\func{void}{wxClientDisplayRect}{\param{int *}{x}, \param{int *}{y},
+\param{int *}{width}, \param{int *}{height}}
+
+\func{wxRect}{wxGetClientDisplayRect}{\void}
+
+Returns the dimensions of the work area on the display. On Windows
+this means the area not covered by the taskbar, etc. Other platforms
+are currently defaulting to the whole display until a way is found to
+provide this info for all window managers, etc.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxColourDisplay}\label{wxcolourdisplay}
+
+\func{bool}{wxColourDisplay}{\void}
+
+Returns true if the display is colour, false otherwise.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxDisplayDepth}\label{wxdisplaydepth}
+
+\func{int}{wxDisplayDepth}{\void}
+
+Returns the depth of the display (a value of 1 denotes a monochrome display).
+
+
+\membersection{::wxDisplaySize}\label{wxdisplaysize}
+
+\func{void}{wxDisplaySize}{\param{int *}{width}, \param{int *}{height}}
+
+\func{wxSize}{wxGetDisplaySize}{\void}
+
+Returns the display size in pixels.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxDisplaySizeMM}\label{wxdisplaysizemm}
+
+\func{void}{wxDisplaySizeMM}{\param{int *}{width}, \param{int *}{height}}
+
+\func{wxSize}{wxGetDisplaySizeMM}{\void}
+
+Returns the display size in millimeters.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxDROP\_ICON}\label{wxdropicon}
+
+\func{wxIconOrCursor}{wxDROP\_ICON}{\param{const char *}{name}}
+
+This macro creates either a cursor (MSW) or an icon (elsewhere) with the given
+name. Under MSW, the cursor is loaded from the resource file and the icon is
+loaded from XPM file under other platforms.
+
+This macro should be used with
+\helpref{wxDropSource constructor}{wxdropsourcewxdropsource}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/dnd.h>
+
+
+\membersection{wxICON}\label{wxiconmacro}
+
+\func{}{wxICON}{iconName}
+
+This macro loads an icon from either application resources (on the platforms
+for which they exist, i.e. Windows and OS2) or from an XPM file. It allows to
+avoid using {\tt \#ifdef}s when creating icons.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{Bitmaps and icons overview}{wxbitmapoverview},
+\helpref{wxBITMAP}{wxbitmapmacro}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/gdicmn.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxMakeMetafilePlaceable}\label{wxmakemetafileplaceable}
+
+\func{bool}{wxMakeMetafilePlaceable}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}, \param{int }{minX}, \param{int }{minY},
+ \param{int }{maxX}, \param{int }{maxY}, \param{float }{scale=1.0}}
+
+Given a filename for an existing, valid metafile (as constructed using \helpref{wxMetafileDC}{wxmetafiledc})
+makes it into a placeable metafile by prepending a header containing the given
+bounding box. The bounding box may be obtained from a device context after drawing
+into it, using the functions wxDC::MinX, wxDC::MinY, wxDC::MaxX and wxDC::MaxY.
+
+In addition to adding the placeable metafile header, this function adds
+the equivalent of the following code to the start of the metafile data:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ SetMapMode(dc, MM_ANISOTROPIC);
+ SetWindowOrg(dc, minX, minY);
+ SetWindowExt(dc, maxX - minX, maxY - minY);
+\end{verbatim}
+
+This simulates the wxMM\_TEXT mapping mode, which wxWidgets assumes.
+
+Placeable metafiles may be imported by many Windows applications, and can be
+used in RTF (Rich Text Format) files.
+
+{\it scale} allows the specification of scale for the metafile.
+
+This function is only available under Windows.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetCursor}\label{wxsetcursor}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetCursor}{\param{wxCursor *}{cursor}}
+
+Globally sets the cursor; only has an effect in Windows and GTK.
+See also \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}, \helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}.
+
+
+
+\section{Printer settings}\label{printersettings}
+
+{\bf NB:} These routines are obsolete and should no longer be used!
+
+The following functions are used to control PostScript printing. Under
+Windows, PostScript output can only be sent to a file.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/dcps.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetPrinterCommand}\label{wxgetprintercommand}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetPrinterCommand}{\void}
+
+Gets the printer command used to print a file. The default is {\tt lpr}.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetPrinterFile}\label{wxgetprinterfile}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetPrinterFile}{\void}
+
+Gets the PostScript output filename.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetPrinterMode}\label{wxgetprintermode}
+
+\func{int}{wxGetPrinterMode}{\void}
+
+Gets the printing mode controlling where output is sent (PS\_PREVIEW, PS\_FILE or PS\_PRINTER).
+The default is PS\_PREVIEW.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetPrinterOptions}\label{wxgetprinteroptions}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetPrinterOptions}{\void}
+
+Gets the additional options for the print command (e.g. specific printer). The default is nothing.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetPrinterOrientation}\label{wxgetprinterorientation}
+
+\func{int}{wxGetPrinterOrientation}{\void}
+
+Gets the orientation (PS\_PORTRAIT or PS\_LANDSCAPE). The default is PS\_PORTRAIT.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetPrinterPreviewCommand}\label{wxgetprinterpreviewcommand}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetPrinterPreviewCommand}{\void}
+
+Gets the command used to view a PostScript file. The default depends on the platform.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetPrinterScaling}\label{wxgetprinterscaling}
+
+\func{void}{wxGetPrinterScaling}{\param{float *}{x}, \param{float *}{y}}
+
+Gets the scaling factor for PostScript output. The default is 1.0, 1.0.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetPrinterTranslation}\label{wxgetprintertranslation}
+
+\func{void}{wxGetPrinterTranslation}{\param{float *}{x}, \param{float *}{y}}
+
+Gets the translation (from the top left corner) for PostScript output. The default is 0.0, 0.0.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetPrinterCommand}\label{wxsetprintercommand}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetPrinterCommand}{\param{const wxString\& }{command}}
+
+Sets the printer command used to print a file. The default is {\tt lpr}.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetPrinterFile}\label{wxsetprinterfile}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetPrinterFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
+
+Sets the PostScript output filename.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetPrinterMode}\label{wxsetprintermode}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetPrinterMode}{\param{int }{mode}}
+
+Sets the printing mode controlling where output is sent (PS\_PREVIEW, PS\_FILE or PS\_PRINTER).
+The default is PS\_PREVIEW.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetPrinterOptions}\label{wxsetprinteroptions}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetPrinterOptions}{\param{const wxString\& }{options}}
+
+Sets the additional options for the print command (e.g. specific printer). The default is nothing.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetPrinterOrientation}\label{wxsetprinterorientation}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetPrinterOrientation}{\param{int}{ orientation}}
+
+Sets the orientation (PS\_PORTRAIT or PS\_LANDSCAPE). The default is PS\_PORTRAIT.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetPrinterPreviewCommand}\label{wxsetprinterpreviewcommand}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetPrinterPreviewCommand}{\param{const wxString\& }{command}}
+
+Sets the command used to view a PostScript file. The default depends on the platform.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetPrinterScaling}\label{wxsetprinterscaling}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetPrinterScaling}{\param{float }{x}, \param{float }{y}}
+
+Sets the scaling factor for PostScript output. The default is 1.0, 1.0.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetPrinterTranslation}\label{wxsetprintertranslation}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetPrinterTranslation}{\param{float }{x}, \param{float }{y}}
+
+Sets the translation (from the top left corner) for PostScript output. The default is 0.0, 0.0.
+
+
+
+\section{Clipboard functions}\label{clipsboard}
+
+These clipboard functions are implemented for Windows only. The use of these functions
+is deprecated and the code is no longer maintained. Use the \helpref{wxClipboard}{wxclipboard}
+class instead.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/clipbrd.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxClipboardOpen}\label{functionwxclipboardopen}
+
+\func{bool}{wxClipboardOpen}{\void}
+
+Returns true if this application has already opened the clipboard.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxCloseClipboard}\label{wxcloseclipboard}
+
+\func{bool}{wxCloseClipboard}{\void}
+
+Closes the clipboard to allow other applications to use it.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxEmptyClipboard}\label{wxemptyclipboard}
+
+\func{bool}{wxEmptyClipboard}{\void}
+
+Empties the clipboard.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxEnumClipboardFormats}\label{wxenumclipboardformats}
+
+\func{int}{wxEnumClipboardFormats}{\param{int}{dataFormat}}
+
+Enumerates the formats found in a list of available formats that belong
+to the clipboard. Each call to this function specifies a known
+available format; the function returns the format that appears next in
+the list.
+
+{\it dataFormat} specifies a known format. If this parameter is zero,
+the function returns the first format in the list.
+
+The return value specifies the next known clipboard data format if the
+function is successful. It is zero if the {\it dataFormat} parameter specifies
+the last format in the list of available formats, or if the clipboard
+is not open.
+
+Before it enumerates the formats function, an application must open the clipboard by using the
+wxOpenClipboard function.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetClipboardData}\label{wxgetclipboarddata}
+
+\func{wxObject *}{wxGetClipboardData}{\param{int}{dataFormat}}
+
+Gets data from the clipboard.
+
+{\it dataFormat} may be one of:
+
+\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
+\item wxCF\_TEXT or wxCF\_OEMTEXT: returns a pointer to new memory containing a null-terminated text string.
+\item wxCF\_BITMAP: returns a new wxBitmap.
+\end{itemize}
+
+The clipboard must have previously been opened for this call to succeed.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetClipboardFormatName}\label{wxgetclipboardformatname}
+
+\func{bool}{wxGetClipboardFormatName}{\param{int}{dataFormat}, \param{const wxString\& }{formatName}, \param{int}{maxCount}}
+
+Gets the name of a registered clipboard format, and puts it into the buffer {\it formatName} which is of maximum
+length {\it maxCount}. {\it dataFormat} must not specify a predefined clipboard format.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxIsClipboardFormatAvailable}\label{wxisclipboardformatavailable}
+
+\func{bool}{wxIsClipboardFormatAvailable}{\param{int}{dataFormat}}
+
+Returns true if the given data format is available on the clipboard.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxOpenClipboard}\label{wxopenclipboard}
+
+\func{bool}{wxOpenClipboard}{\void}
+
+Opens the clipboard for passing data to it or getting data from it.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxRegisterClipboardFormat}\label{wxregisterclipboardformat}
+
+\func{int}{wxRegisterClipboardFormat}{\param{const wxString\& }{formatName}}
+
+Registers the clipboard data format name and returns an identifier.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetClipboardData}\label{wxsetclipboarddata}
+
+\func{bool}{wxSetClipboardData}{\param{int}{dataFormat}, \param{wxObject *}{data}, \param{int}{width}, \param{int}{height}}
+
+Passes data to the clipboard.
+
+{\it dataFormat} may be one of:
+
+\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
+\item wxCF\_TEXT or wxCF\_OEMTEXT: {\it data} is a null-terminated text string.
+\item wxCF\_BITMAP: {\it data} is a wxBitmap.
+\item wxCF\_DIB: {\it data} is a wxBitmap. The bitmap is converted to a DIB (device independent bitmap).
+\item wxCF\_METAFILE: {\it data} is a wxMetafile. {\it width} and {\it height} are used to give recommended dimensions.
+\end{itemize}
+
+The clipboard must have previously been opened for this call to succeed.
+
+
+
+
+\section{Miscellaneous functions}\label{miscellany}
+
+
+\membersection{wxCONCAT}\label{wxconcat}
+
+\func{}{wxCONCAT}{\param{}{x}, \param{}{y}}
+
+This macro returns the concatenation of two tokens \arg{x} and \arg{y}.
+
+
+\membersection{wxDYNLIB\_FUNCTION}\label{wxdynlibfunction}
+
+\func{}{wxDYNLIB\_FUNCTION}{\param{}{type}, \param{}{name}, \param{}{dynlib}}
+
+When loading a function from a DLL you always have to cast the returned
+{\tt void *} pointer to the correct type and, even more annoyingly, you have to
+repeat this type twice if you want to declare and define a function pointer all
+in one line
+
+This macro makes this slightly less painful by allowing you to specify the
+type only once, as the first parameter, and creating a variable of this type
+named after the function but with {\tt pfn} prefix and initialized with the
+function \arg{name} from the \helpref{wxDynamicLibrary}{wxdynamiclibrary}
+\arg{dynlib}.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{type}{the type of the function}
+
+\docparam{name}{the name of the function to load, not a string (without quotes,
+it is quoted automatically by the macro)}
+
+\docparam{dynlib}{the library to load the function from}
+
+
+
+\membersection{wxEXPLICIT}\label{wxexplicit}
+
+{\tt wxEXPLICIT} is a macro which expands to the C++ {\tt explicit} keyword if
+the compiler supports it or nothing otherwise. Thus, it can be used even in the
+code which might have to be compiled with an old compiler without support for
+this language feature but still take advantage of it when it is available.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetKeyState}\label{wxgetkeystate}
+
+\func{bool}{wxGetKeyState}{\param{wxKeyCode }{key}}
+
+Returns \true if the key parameter is currently pressed on the keyboard, or
+with modifier keys, (caps lock, etc) if the key is active (the led light is
+on).
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{wxLL}\label{wxll}
+
+\func{wxLongLong\_t}{wxLL}{\param{}{number}}
+
+This macro is defined for the platforms with a native 64 bit integer type and
+allows to define 64 bit compile time constants:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ #ifdef wxLongLong_t
+ wxLongLong_t ll = wxLL(0x1234567890abcdef);
+ #endif
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/longlong.h>
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxULL}{wxull}, \helpref{wxLongLong}{wxlonglong}
+
+
+\membersection{wxLongLongFmtSpec}\label{wxlonglongfmtspec}
+
+This macro is defined to contain the {\tt printf()} format specifier using
+which 64 bit integer numbers (i.e. those of type {\tt wxLongLong\_t}) can be
+printed. Example of using it:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ #ifdef wxLongLong_t
+ wxLongLong_t ll = wxLL(0x1234567890abcdef);
+ printf("Long long = %" wxLongLongFmtSpec "x\n", ll);
+ #endif
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxLL}{wxll}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/longlong.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxNewId}\label{wxnewid}
+
+\func{long}{wxNewId}{\void}
+
+Generates an integer identifier unique to this run of the program.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxRegisterId}\label{wxregisterid}
+
+\func{void}{wxRegisterId}{\param{long}{ id}}
+
+Ensures that ids subsequently generated by {\bf NewId} do not clash with
+the given {\bf id}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxDDECleanUp}\label{wxddecleanup}
+
+\func{void}{wxDDECleanUp}{\void}
+
+Called when wxWidgets exits, to clean up the DDE system. This no longer needs to be
+called by the application.
+
+See also \helpref{wxDDEInitialize}{wxddeinitialize}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/dde.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxDDEInitialize}\label{wxddeinitialize}
+
+\func{void}{wxDDEInitialize}{\void}
+
+Initializes the DDE system. May be called multiple times without harm.
+
+This no longer needs to be called by the application: it will be called
+by wxWidgets if necessary.
+
+See also \helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver}, \helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}, \helpref{wxDDEConnection}{wxddeconnection},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxDDECleanUp}{wxddecleanup}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/dde.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxEnableTopLevelWindows}\label{wxenabletoplevelwindows}
+
+\func{void}{wxEnableTopLevelWindow}{\param{bool}{ enable = true}}
+
+This function enables or disables all top level windows. It is used by
+\helpref{::wxSafeYield}{wxsafeyield}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxFindMenuItemId}\label{wxfindmenuitemid}
+
+\func{int}{wxFindMenuItemId}{\param{wxFrame *}{frame}, \param{const wxString\& }{menuString}, \param{const wxString\& }{itemString}}
+
+Find a menu item identifier associated with the given frame's menu bar.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxFindWindowByLabel}\label{wxfindwindowbylabel}
+
+\func{wxWindow *}{wxFindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent=NULL}}
+
+{\bf NB:} This function is obsolete, please use
+\helpref{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} instead.
+
+Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
+or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
+frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
+The search is recursive in both cases.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxFindWindowByName}\label{wxfindwindowbyname}
+
+\func{wxWindow *}{wxFindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent=NULL}}
+
+{\bf NB:} This function is obsolete, please use
+\helpref{wxWindow::FindWindowByName}{wxwindowfindwindowbyname} instead.
+
+Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or {\bf Create} function call).
+If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
+frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
+The search is recursive in both cases.
+
+If no such named window is found, {\bf wxFindWindowByLabel} is called.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxFindWindowAtPoint}\label{wxfindwindowatpoint}
+
+\func{wxWindow *}{wxFindWindowAtPoint}{\param{const wxPoint\& }{pt}}
+
+Find the deepest window at the given mouse position in screen coordinates,
+returning the window if found, or NULL if not.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxFindWindowAtPointer}\label{wxfindwindowatpointer}
+
+\func{wxWindow *}{wxFindWindowAtPointer}{\param{wxPoint\& }{pt}}
+
+Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
+and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetActiveWindow}\label{wxgetactivewindow}
+
+\func{wxWindow *}{wxGetActiveWindow}{\void}
+
+Gets the currently active window (Windows only).
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/windows.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetDisplayName}\label{wxgetdisplayname}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetDisplayName}{\void}
+
+Under X only, returns the current display name. See also \helpref{wxSetDisplayName}{wxsetdisplayname}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetMousePosition}\label{wxgetmouseposition}
+
+\func{wxPoint}{wxGetMousePosition}{\void}
+
+Returns the mouse position in screen coordinates.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetResource}\label{wxgetresource}
+
+\func{bool}{wxGetResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
+ \param{const wxString\& *}{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+
+\func{bool}{wxGetResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
+ \param{float *}{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+
+\func{bool}{wxGetResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
+ \param{long *}{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+
+\func{bool}{wxGetResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
+ \param{int *}{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+
+Gets a resource value from the resource database (for example, WIN.INI, or
+.Xdefaults). If {\it file} is NULL, WIN.INI or .Xdefaults is used,
+otherwise the specified file is used.
+
+Under X, if an application class (wxApp::GetClassName) has been defined,
+it is appended to the string /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/ to try to find
+an applications default file when merging all resource databases.
+
+The reason for passing the result in an argument is that it
+can be convenient to define a default value, which gets overridden
+if the value exists in the resource file. It saves a separate
+test for that resource's existence, and it also allows
+the overloading of the function for different types.
+
+See also \helpref{wxWriteResource}{wxwriteresource}, \helpref{wxConfigBase}{wxconfigbase}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxGetTopLevelParent}\label{wxgettoplevelparent}
+
+\func{wxWindow *}{wxGetTopLevelParent}{\param{wxWindow }{*win}}
+
+Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words, the
+frame or dialog containing it, or {\tt NULL}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/window.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLoadUserResource}\label{wxloaduserresource}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxLoadUserResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{resourceName}, \param{const wxString\& }{resourceType=``TEXT"}}
+
+Loads a user-defined Windows resource as a string. If the resource is found, the function creates
+a new character array and copies the data into it. A pointer to this data is returned. If unsuccessful, NULL is returned.
+
+The resource must be defined in the {\tt .rc} file using the following syntax:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+myResource TEXT file.ext
+\end{verbatim}
+
+where {\tt file.ext} is a file that the resource compiler can find.
+
+This function is available under Windows only.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxPostDelete}\label{wxpostdelete}
+
+\func{void}{wxPostDelete}{\param{wxObject *}{object}}
+
+Tells the system to delete the specified object when
+all other events have been processed. In some environments, it is
+necessary to use this instead of deleting a frame directly with the
+delete operator, because some GUIs will still send events to a deleted window.
+
+Now obsolete: use \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose} instead.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxPostEvent}\label{wxpostevent}
+
+\func{void}{wxPostEvent}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{dest}, \param{wxEvent\& }{event}}
+
+In a GUI application, this function posts {\it event} to the specified {\it dest}
+object using \helpref{wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent}{wxevthandleraddpendingevent}.
+Otherwise, it dispatches {\it event} immediately using
+\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent}.
+See the respective documentation for details (and caveats).
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/app.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSetDisplayName}\label{wxsetdisplayname}
+
+\func{void}{wxSetDisplayName}{\param{const wxString\& }{displayName}}
+
+Under X only, sets the current display name. This is the X host and display name such
+as ``colonsay:0.0", and the function indicates which display should be used for creating
+windows from this point on. Setting the display within an application allows multiple
+displays to be used.
+
+See also \helpref{wxGetDisplayName}{wxgetdisplayname}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxStripMenuCodes}\label{wxstripmenucodes}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{const wxString\& }{in}}
+
+\func{void}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{char *}{in}, \param{char *}{out}}
+
+{\bf NB:} This function is obsolete, please use
+\helpref{wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText}{wxmenuitemgetlabelfromtext} instead.
+
+Strips any menu codes from {\it in} and places the result
+in {\it out} (or returns the new string, in the first form).
+
+Menu codes include \& (mark the next character with an underline
+as a keyboard shortkey in Windows and Motif) and $\backslash$t (tab in Windows).
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{wxULL}\label{wxull}
+
+\func{wxLongLong\_t}{wxULL}{\param{}{number}}
+
+This macro is defined for the platforms with a native 64 bit integer type and
+allows to define unsigned 64 bit compile time constants:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ #ifdef wxLongLong_t
+ unsigned wxLongLong_t ll = wxULL(0x1234567890abcdef);
+ #endif
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/longlong.h>
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxLL}{wxll}, \helpref{wxLongLong}{wxlonglong}
+
+
+\membersection{wxVaCopy}\label{wxvacopy}
+
+\func{void}{wxVaCopy}{\param{va\_list }{argptrDst}, \param{va\_list}{argptrSrc}}
+
+This macro is the same as the standard C99 \texttt{va\_copy} for the compilers
+which support it or its replacement for those that don't. It must be used to
+preserve the value of a \texttt{va\_list} object if you need to use it after
+passing it to another function because it can be modified by the latter.
+
+As with \texttt{va\_start}, each call to \texttt{wxVaCopy} must have a matching
+\texttt{va\_end}.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxWriteResource}\label{wxwriteresource}
+
+\func{bool}{wxWriteResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
+ \param{const wxString\& }{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+
+\func{bool}{wxWriteResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
+ \param{float }{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+
+\func{bool}{wxWriteResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
+ \param{long }{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+
+\func{bool}{wxWriteResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
+ \param{int }{value}, \param{const wxString\& }{file = NULL}}
+
+Writes a resource value into the resource database (for example, WIN.INI, or
+.Xdefaults). If {\it file} is NULL, WIN.INI or .Xdefaults is used,
+otherwise the specified file is used.
+
+Under X, the resource databases are cached until the internal function
+\rtfsp{\bf wxFlushResources} is called automatically on exit, when
+all updated resource databases are written to their files.
+
+Note that it is considered bad manners to write to the .Xdefaults
+file under Unix, although the WIN.INI file is fair game under Windows.
+
+See also \helpref{wxGetResource}{wxgetresource}, \helpref{wxConfigBase}{wxconfigbase}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+
+\section{Byte order macros}\label{byteordermacros}
+
+The endian-ness issues (that is the difference between big-endian and
+little-endian architectures) are important for the portable programs working
+with the external binary data (for example, data files or data coming from
+network) which is usually in some fixed, platform-independent format. The
+macros are helpful for transforming the data to the correct format.
+
+
+\membersection{wxINTXX\_SWAP\_ALWAYS}\label{intswapalways}
+
+\func{wxInt32}{wxINT32\_SWAP\_ALWAYS}{\param{wxInt32 }{value}}
+
+\func{wxUint32}{wxUINT32\_SWAP\_ALWAYS}{\param{wxUint32 }{value}}
+
+\func{wxInt16}{wxINT16\_SWAP\_ALWAYS}{\param{wxInt16 }{value}}
+
+\func{wxUint16}{wxUINT16\_SWAP\_ALWAYS}{\param{wxUint16 }{value}}
+
+These macros will swap the bytes of the {\it value} variable from little
+endian to big endian or vice versa unconditionally, i.e. independently of the
+current platform.
+
+
+\membersection{wxINTXX\_SWAP\_ON\_BE}\label{intswaponbe}
+
+\func{wxInt32}{wxINT32\_SWAP\_ON\_BE}{\param{wxInt32 }{value}}
+
+\func{wxUint32}{wxUINT32\_SWAP\_ON\_BE}{\param{wxUint32 }{value}}
+
+\func{wxInt16}{wxINT16\_SWAP\_ON\_BE}{\param{wxInt16 }{value}}
+
+\func{wxUint16}{wxUINT16\_SWAP\_ON\_BE}{\param{wxUint16 }{value}}
+
+This macro will swap the bytes of the {\it value} variable from little
+endian to big endian or vice versa if the program is compiled on a
+big-endian architecture (such as Sun work stations). If the program has
+been compiled on a little-endian architecture, the value will be unchanged.
+
+Use these macros to read data from and write data to a file that stores
+data in little-endian (for example Intel i386) format.
+
+
+\membersection{wxINTXX\_SWAP\_ON\_LE}\label{intswaponle}
+
+\func{wxInt32}{wxINT32\_SWAP\_ON\_LE}{\param{wxInt32 }{value}}
+
+\func{wxUint32}{wxUINT32\_SWAP\_ON\_LE}{\param{wxUint32 }{value}}
+
+\func{wxInt16}{wxINT16\_SWAP\_ON\_LE}{\param{wxInt16 }{value}}
+
+\func{wxUint16}{wxUINT16\_SWAP\_ON\_LE}{\param{wxUint16 }{value}}
+
+This macro will swap the bytes of the {\it value} variable from little
+endian to big endian or vice versa if the program is compiled on a
+little-endian architecture (such as Intel PCs). If the program has
+been compiled on a big-endian architecture, the value will be unchanged.
+
+Use these macros to read data from and write data to a file that stores
+data in big-endian format.
+
+
+
+\section{RTTI functions}\label{rttimacros}
+
+wxWidgets uses its own RTTI ("run-time type identification") system which
+predates the current standard C++ RTTI and so is kept for backwards
+compatibility reasons but also because it allows some things which the
+standard RTTI doesn't directly support (such as creating a class from its
+name).
+
+The standard C++ RTTI can be used in the user code without any problems and in
+general you shouldn't need to use the functions and the macros in this section
+unless you are thinking of modifying or adding any wxWidgets classes.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{RTTI overview}{runtimeclassoverview}
+
+
+\membersection{CLASSINFO}\label{classinfo}
+
+\func{wxClassInfo *}{CLASSINFO}{className}
+
+Returns a pointer to the wxClassInfo object associated with this class.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/object.h>
+
+
+\membersection{DECLARE\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}\label{declareabstractclass}
+
+\func{}{DECLARE\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}{className}
+
+Used inside a class declaration to declare that the class should be
+made known to the class hierarchy, but objects of this class cannot be created
+dynamically. The same as DECLARE\_CLASS.
+
+Example:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+class wxCommand: public wxObject
+{
+ DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxCommand)
+
+ private:
+ ...
+ public:
+ ...
+};
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/object.h>
+
+
+\membersection{DECLARE\_APP}\label{declareapp}
+
+\func{}{DECLARE\_APP}{className}
+
+This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the
+\helpref{wxGetApp}{wxgetapp} function implemented by
+\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_APP}{implementapp}. It creates the declaration
+{\tt className\& wxGetApp(void)}.
+
+Example:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
DECLARE_APP(MyApp)
\end{verbatim}
<wx/app.h>
-\membersection{DECLARE\_CLASS}
-\func{}{DECLARE\_CLASS}{className}
+\membersection{DECLARE\_CLASS}\label{declareclass}
+
+\func{}{DECLARE\_CLASS}{className}
+
+Used inside a class declaration to declare that the class should be
+made known to the class hierarchy, but objects of this class cannot be created
+dynamically. The same as DECLARE\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/object.h>
+
+
+\membersection{DECLARE\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}\label{declaredynamicclass}
+
+\func{}{DECLARE\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}{className}
+
+Used inside a class declaration to declare that the objects of this class should be dynamically
+creatable from run-time type information.
+
+Example:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+class wxFrame: public wxWindow
+{
+ DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFrame)
+
+ private:
+ const wxString& frameTitle;
+ public:
+ ...
+};
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/object.h>
+
+
+\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}\label{implementabstractclass}
+
+\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}{className, baseClassName}
+
+Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of
+a class that has run-time type information. The same as IMPLEMENT\_CLASS.
+
+Example:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+IMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxCommand, wxObject)
+
+wxCommand::wxCommand(void)
+{
+...
+}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/object.h>
+
+
+\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS2}\label{implementabstractclass2}
+
+\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS2}{className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2}
+
+Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of
+a class that has run-time type information and two base classes. The same as IMPLEMENT\_CLASS2.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/object.h>
+
+
+\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_APP}\label{implementapp}
+
+\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_APP}{className}
+
+This is used in the application class implementation file to make the application class known to
+wxWidgets for dynamic construction. You use this instead of
+
+Old form:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ MyApp myApp;
+\end{verbatim}
+
+New form:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)
+\end{verbatim}
+
+See also \helpref{DECLARE\_APP}{declareapp}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/app.h>
+
+
+\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS}\label{implementclass}
-Used inside a class declaration to declare that the class should be
-made known to the class hierarchy, but objects of this class cannot be created
-dynamically. The same as DECLARE\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS.
+\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS}{className, baseClassName}
+
+Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of
+a class that has run-time type information. The same as IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/object.h>
-\membersection{DECLARE\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}
-
-\func{}{DECLARE\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}{className}
-
-Used inside a class declaration to declare that the objects of this class should be dynamically
-createable from run-time type information.
-Example:
+\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS2}\label{implementclass2}
-\begin{verbatim}
-class wxFrame: public wxWindow
-{
- DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFrame)
+\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS2}{className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2}
- private:
- const wxString\& frameTitle;
- public:
- ...
-};
-\end{verbatim}
+Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of a
+class that has run-time type information and two base classes. The
+same as IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS2.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/object.h>
-\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}
-\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS}{className, baseClassName}
+\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}\label{implementdynamicclass}
+
+\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}{className, baseClassName}
Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of
-a class that has run-time type information. The same as IMPLEMENT\_CLASS.
+a class that has run-time type information, and whose instances
+can be created dynamically.
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
-IMPLEMENT_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxCommand, wxObject)
+IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFrame, wxWindow)
-wxCommand::wxCommand(void)
+wxFrame::wxFrame(void)
{
...
}
<wx/object.h>
-\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS2}
-\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS2}{className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2}
+\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS2}\label{implementdynamicclass2}
+
+\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS2}{className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2}
Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of
-a class that has run-time type information and two base classes. The same as IMPLEMENT\_CLASS2.
+a class that has run-time type information, and whose instances
+can be created dynamically. Use this for classes derived from two
+base classes.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/object.h>
-\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_APP}\label{implementapp}
-\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_APP}{className}
+\membersection{wxConstCast}\label{wxconstcast}
-This is used in the application class implementation file to make the application class known to
-wxWindows for dynamic construction. You use this instead of
+\func{classname *}{wxConstCast}{ptr, classname}
-Old form:
+This macro expands into {\tt const\_cast<classname *>(ptr)} if the compiler
+supports {\it const\_cast} or into an old, C-style cast, otherwise.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wx\_const\_cast}{wxconstcastraw}\\
+\helpref{wxDynamicCast}{wxdynamiccast}\\
+\helpref{wxStaticCast}{wxstaticcast}
+
+
+\membersection{::wxCreateDynamicObject}\label{wxcreatedynamicobject}
+
+\func{wxObject *}{wxCreateDynamicObject}{\param{const wxString\& }{className}}
+
+Creates and returns an object of the given class, if the class has been
+registered with the dynamic class system using DECLARE... and IMPLEMENT... macros.
+
+
+\membersection{WXDEBUG\_NEW}\label{debugnew}
+
+\func{}{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{arg}
+
+This is defined in debug mode to be call the redefined new operator
+with filename and line number arguments. The definition is:
\begin{verbatim}
- MyApp myApp;
+#define WXDEBUG_NEW new(__FILE__,__LINE__)
\end{verbatim}
-New form:
+In non-debug mode, this is defined as the normal new operator.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/object.h>
+
+
+\membersection{wxDynamicCast}\label{wxdynamiccast}
+
+\func{classname *}{wxDynamicCast}{ptr, classname}
+
+This macro returns the pointer {\it ptr} cast to the type {\it classname *} if
+the pointer is of this type (the check is done during the run-time) or
+{\tt NULL} otherwise. Usage of this macro is preferred over obsoleted
+wxObject::IsKindOf() function.
+
+The {\it ptr} argument may be {\tt NULL}, in which case {\tt NULL} will be
+returned.
+
+Example:
\begin{verbatim}
- IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)
+ wxWindow *win = wxWindow::FindFocus();
+ wxTextCtrl *text = wxDynamicCast(win, wxTextCtrl);
+ if ( text )
+ {
+ // a text control has the focus...
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ // no window has the focus or it is not a text control
+ }
\end{verbatim}
-See also \helpref{DECLARE\_APP}{declareapp}.
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{RTTI overview}{runtimeclassoverview}\\
+\helpref{wxDynamicCastThis}{wxdynamiccastthis}\\
+\helpref{wxConstCast}{wxconstcast}\\
+\helpref{wxStatiicCast}{wxstaticcast}
+
+
+\membersection{wxDynamicCastThis}\label{wxdynamiccastthis}
+
+\func{classname *}{wxDynamicCastThis}{classname}
+
+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
+this macro should be used to avoid them.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxDynamicCast}{wxdynamiccast}
+
+
+\membersection{wxStaticCast}\label{wxstaticcast}
+
+\func{classname *}{wxStaticCast}{ptr, classname}
+
+This macro checks that the cast is valid in debug mode (an assert failure will
+result if {\tt wxDynamicCast(ptr, classname) == NULL}) and then returns the
+result of executing an equivalent of {\tt static\_cast<classname *>(ptr)}.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wx\_static\_cast}{wxstaticcastraw}\\
+\helpref{wxDynamicCast}{wxdynamiccast}\\
+\helpref{wxConstCast}{wxconstcast}
+
+
+\membersection{wx\_const\_cast}\label{wxconstcastraw}
+
+\func{T}{wx\_const\_cast}{T, x}
+
+Same as \texttt{const\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports const cast or
+\texttt{(T)x} for old compilers. Unlike \helpref{wxConstCast}{wxconstcast},
+the cast it to the type \arg{T} and not to \texttt{T *} and also the order of
+arguments is the same as for the standard cast.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}{wxreinterpretcastraw},\\
+\helpref{wx\_static\_cast}{wxstaticcastraw}
+
+
+\membersection{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}\label{wxreinterpretcastraw}
+
+\func{T}{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}{T, x}
+
+Same as \texttt{reinterpret\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports reinterpret cast or
+\texttt{(T)x} for old compilers.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wx\_const\_cast}{wxconstcastraw},\\
+\helpref{wx\_static\_cast}{wxstaticcastraw}
+
+
+\membersection{wx\_static\_cast}\label{wxstaticcastraw}
+
+\func{T}{wx\_static\_cast}{T, x}
+
+Same as \texttt{static\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports static cast or
+\texttt{(T)x} for old compilers. Unlike \helpref{wxStaticCast}{wxstaticcast},
+there are no checks being done and the meaning of the macro arguments is exactly
+the same as for the standard static cast, i.e. \arg{T} is the full type name and
+star is not appended to it.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wx\_const\_cast}{wxconstcastraw},\\
+\helpref{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}{wxreinterpretcastraw}
+
+
+
+\section{Log functions}\label{logfunctions}
+
+These functions provide a variety of logging functions: see \helpref{Log classes overview}{wxlogoverview} for
+further information. The functions use (implicitly) the currently active log
+target, so their descriptions here may not apply if the log target is not the
+standard one (installed by wxWidgets in the beginning of the program).
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/app.h>
+<wx/log.h>
-\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS}
-\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS}{className, baseClassName}
+\membersection{::wxDebugMsg}\label{wxdebugmsg}
-Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of
-a class that has run-time type information. The same as IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS.
+\func{void}{wxDebugMsg}{\param{const wxString\& }{fmt}, \param{...}{}}
+
+{\bf NB:} This function is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log
+functions}{logfunctions} and \helpref{wxLogDebug}{wxlogdebug} in particular.
+
+Display a debugging message; under Windows, this will appear on the
+debugger command window, and under Unix, it will be written to standard
+error.
+
+The syntax is identical to {\bf printf}: pass a format string and a
+variable list of arguments.
+
+{\bf Tip:} under Windows, if your application crashes before the
+message appears in the debugging window, put a wxYield call after
+each wxDebugMsg call. wxDebugMsg seems to be broken under WIN32s
+(at least for Watcom C++): preformat your messages and use OutputDebugString
+instead.
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/object.h>
+<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS2}
-\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS2}{className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2}
+\membersection{::wxError}\label{wxerror}
-Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of a
-class that has run-time type information and two base classes. The
-same as IMPLEMENT\_ABSTRACT\_CLASS2.
+\func{void}{wxError}{\param{const wxString\& }{msg}, \param{const wxString\& }{title = "wxWidgets Internal Error"}}
+
+{\bf NB:} This function is now obsolete, please use \helpref{wxLogError}{wxlogerror}
+instead.
+
+Displays {\it msg} and continues. This writes to standard error under
+Unix, and pops up a message box under Windows. Used for internal
+wxWidgets errors. See also \helpref{wxFatalError}{wxfatalerror}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxFatalError}\label{wxfatalerror}
+
+\func{void}{wxFatalError}{\param{const wxString\& }{msg}, \param{const wxString\& }{title = "wxWidgets Fatal Error"}}
+
+{\bf NB:} This function is now obsolete, please use
+\helpref{wxLogFatalError}{wxlogfatalerror} instead.
+
+Displays {\it msg} and exits. This writes to standard error under Unix,
+and pops up a message box under Windows. Used for fatal internal
+wxWidgets errors. See also \helpref{wxError}{wxerror}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLogError}\label{wxlogerror}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogError}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogError}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
+
+The functions to use for error messages, i.e. the messages that must be shown
+to the user. The default processing is to pop up a message box to inform the
+user about it.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLogFatalError}\label{wxlogfatalerror}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogFatalError}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogFatalError}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
+
+Like \helpref{wxLogError}{wxlogerror}, but also
+terminates the program with the exit code 3. Using {\it abort()} standard
+function also terminates the program with this exit code.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLogWarning}\label{wxlogwarning}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogWarning}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogWarning}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
+
+For warnings - they are also normally shown to the user, but don't interrupt
+the program work.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLogMessage}\label{wxlogmessage}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogMessage}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogMessage}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
+
+For all normal, informational messages. They also appear in a message box by
+default (but it can be changed). Notice that the standard behaviour is to not
+show informational messages if there are any errors later - the logic being
+that the later error messages make the informational messages preceding them
+meaningless.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLogVerbose}\label{wxlogverbose}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogVerbose}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogVerbose}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
+
+For verbose output. Normally, it is suppressed, but
+might be activated if the user wishes to know more details about the program
+progress (another, but possibly confusing name for the same function is {\bf wxLogInfo}).
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLogStatus}\label{wxlogstatus}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogStatus}{\param{wxFrame *}{frame}, \param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogStatus}{\param{wxFrame *}{frame}, \param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogStatus}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogStatus}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
+
+Messages logged by these functions will appear in the statusbar of the {\it
+frame} or of the top level application window by default (i.e. when using
+the second version of the functions).
+
+If the target frame doesn't have a statusbar, the message will be lost.
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLogSysError}\label{wxlogsyserror}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogSysError}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogSysError}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
+
+Mostly used by wxWidgets itself, but might be handy for logging errors after
+system call (API function) failure. It logs the specified message text as well
+as the last system error code ({\it errno} or {\it ::GetLastError()} depending
+on the platform) and the corresponding error message. The second form
+of this function takes the error code explicitly as the first argument.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxSysErrorCode}{wxsyserrorcode},
+\helpref{wxSysErrorMsg}{wxsyserrormsg}
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLogDebug}\label{wxlogdebug}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogDebug}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogDebug}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
+
+The right functions for debug output. They only do something in debug
+mode (when the preprocessor symbol \_\_WXDEBUG\_\_ is defined) and expand to
+nothing in release mode (otherwise).
+
+
+\membersection{::wxLogTrace}\label{wxlogtrace}
+
+\func{void}{wxLogTrace}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+\func{void}{wxVLogTrace}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{void}{wxLogTrace}{\param{const char *}{mask}, \param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-<wx/object.h>
+\func{void}{wxVLogTrace}{\param{const char *}{mask}, \param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
-\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}
+\func{void}{wxLogTrace}{\param{wxTraceMask}{ mask}, \param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}{className, baseClassName}
+\func{void}{wxVLogTrace}{\param{wxTraceMask}{ mask}, \param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
-Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of
-a class that has run-time type information, and whose instances
-can be created dynamically.
+As {\bf wxLogDebug}, trace functions only do something in debug build and
+expand to nothing in the release one. The reason for making
+it a separate function from it is that usually there are a lot of trace
+messages, so it might make sense to separate them from other debug messages.
-Example:
+The trace messages also usually can be separated into different categories and
+the second and third versions of this function only log the message if the
+{\it mask} which it has is currently enabled in \helpref{wxLog}{wxlog}. This
+allows to selectively trace only some operations and not others by changing
+the value of the trace mask (possible during the run-time).
-\begin{verbatim}
-IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFrame, wxWindow)
+For the second function (taking a string mask), the message is logged only if
+the mask has been previously enabled by the call to
+\helpref{AddTraceMask}{wxlogaddtracemask} or by setting
+\helpref{{\tt WXTRACE} environment variable}{envvars}.
+The predefined string trace masks
+used by wxWidgets are:
-wxFrame::wxFrame(void)
-{
-...
-}
-\end{verbatim}
+\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
+\item wxTRACE\_MemAlloc: trace memory allocation (new/delete)
+\item wxTRACE\_Messages: trace window messages/X callbacks
+\item wxTRACE\_ResAlloc: trace GDI resource allocation
+\item wxTRACE\_RefCount: trace various ref counting operations
+\item wxTRACE\_OleCalls: trace OLE method calls (Win32 only)
+\end{itemize}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+{\bf Caveats:} since both the mask and the format string are strings,
+this might lead to function signature confusion in some cases:
+if you intend to call the format string only version of wxLogTrace,
+then add a \%s format string parameter and then supply a second string parameter for that \%s, the string mask version of wxLogTrace will erroneously get called instead, since you are supplying two string parameters to the function.
+In this case you'll unfortunately have to avoid having two leading
+string parameters, e.g. by adding a bogus integer (with its \%d format string).
-<wx/object.h>
+The third version of the function only logs the message if all the bits
+corresponding to the {\it mask} are set in the wxLog trace mask which can be
+set by \helpref{SetTraceMask}{wxlogsettracemask}. This version is less
+flexible than the previous one because it doesn't allow defining the user
+trace masks easily - this is why it is deprecated in favour of using string
+trace masks.
-\membersection{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS2}
+\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
+\item wxTraceMemAlloc: trace memory allocation (new/delete)
+\item wxTraceMessages: trace window messages/X callbacks
+\item wxTraceResAlloc: trace GDI resource allocation
+\item wxTraceRefCount: trace various ref counting operations
+\item wxTraceOleCalls: trace OLE method calls (Win32 only)
+\end{itemize}
-\func{}{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS2}{className, baseClassName1, baseClassName2}
-Used in a C++ implementation file to complete the declaration of
-a class that has run-time type information, and whose instances
-can be created dynamically. Use this for classes derived from two
-base classes.
+\membersection{::wxSafeShowMessage}\label{wxsafeshowmessage}
-\wxheading{Include files}
+\func{void}{wxSafeShowMessage}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}, \param{const wxString\& }{text}}
-<wx/object.h>
+This function shows a message to the user in a safe way and should be safe to
+call even before the application has been initialized or if it is currently in
+some other strange state (for example, about to crash). Under Windows this
+function shows a message box using a native dialog instead of
+\helpref{wxMessageBox}{wxmessagebox} (which might be unsafe to call), elsewhere
+it simply prints the message to the standard output using the title as prefix.
-\membersection{WXDEBUG\_NEW}\label{debugnew}
+\wxheading{Parameters}
-\func{}{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{arg}
+\docparam{title}{The title of the message box shown to the user or the prefix
+of the message string}
-This is defined in debug mode to be call the redefined new operator
-with filename and line number arguments. The definition is:
+\docparam{text}{The text to show to the user}
-\begin{verbatim}
-#define WXDEBUG_NEW new(__FILE__,__LINE__)
-\end{verbatim}
+\wxheading{See also}
-In non-debug mode, this is defined as the normal new operator.
+\helpref{wxLogFatalError}{wxlogfatalerror}
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/object.h>
+<wx/log.h>
-\membersection{wxDynamicCast}\label{wxdynamiccast}
-\func{}{wxDynamicCast}{ptr, classname}
+\membersection{::wxSysErrorCode}\label{wxsyserrorcode}
-This macro returns the pointer {\it ptr} cast to the type {\it classname *} if
-the pointer is of this type (the check is done during the run-time) or NULL
-otherwise. Usage of this macro is prefered over obsoleted wxObject::IsKindOf()
-function.
+\func{unsigned long}{wxSysErrorCode}{\void}
-The {\it ptr} argument may be NULL, in which case NULL will be returned.
+Returns the error code from the last system call. This function uses
+{\tt errno} on Unix platforms and {\tt GetLastError} under Win32.
-Example:
+\wxheading{See also}
-\begin{verbatim}
- wxWindow *win = wxWindow::FindFocus();
- wxTextCtrl *text = wxDynamicCast(win, wxTextCtrl);
- if ( text )
- {
- // a text control has the focus...
- }
- else
- {
- // no window has the focus or it's not a text control
- }
-\end{verbatim}
+\helpref{wxSysErrorMsg}{wxsyserrormsg},
+\helpref{wxLogSysError}{wxlogsyserror}
+
+
+\membersection{::wxSysErrorMsg}\label{wxsyserrormsg}
+
+\func{const wxChar *}{wxSysErrorMsg}{\param{unsigned long }{errCode = 0}}
+
+Returns the error message corresponding to the given system error code. If
+{\it errCode} is $0$ (default), the last error code (as returned by
+\helpref{wxSysErrorCode}{wxsyserrorcode}) is used.
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{RTTI overview}{runtimeclassoverview}
+\helpref{wxSysErrorCode}{wxsyserrorcode},
+\helpref{wxLogSysError}{wxlogsyserror}
+
\membersection{WXTRACE}\label{trace}
\func{}{WXTRACE}{formatString, ...}
+{\bf NB:} This macro is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}.
+
Calls wxTrace with printf-style variable argument syntax. Output
is directed to the current output stream (see \helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontextoverview}).
-This macro is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}.
-
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/memory.h>
+
\membersection{WXTRACELEVEL}\label{tracelevel}
\func{}{WXTRACELEVEL}{level, formatString, ...}
+{\bf NB:} This function is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}.
+
Calls wxTraceLevel with printf-style variable argument syntax. Output
is directed to the current output stream (see \helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontextoverview}).
The first argument should be the level at which this information is appropriate.
It will only be output if the level returned by wxDebugContext::GetLevel is equal to or greater than
this value.
-This function is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}.
-
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/memory.h>
-\section{wxWindows resource functions}\label{resourcefuncs}
-
-\overview{wxWindows resource system}{resourceformats}
-This section details functions for manipulating wxWindows (.WXR) resource
-files and loading user interface elements from resources.
+\membersection{::wxTrace}\label{wxtrace}
-\normalbox{Please note that this use of the word `resource' is different from that used when talking
-about initialisation file resource reading and writing, using such functions
-as wxWriteResource and wxGetResource. It's just an unfortunate clash of terminology.}
+\func{void}{wxTrace}{\param{const wxString\& }{fmt}, \param{...}{}}
-\helponly{For an overview of the wxWindows resource mechanism, see \helpref{the wxWindows resource system}{resourceformats}.}
+{\bf NB:} This function is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}.
-See also \helpref{wxWindow::LoadFromResource}{wxwindowloadfromresource} for
-loading from resource data.
+Takes printf-style variable argument syntax. Output
+is directed to the current output stream (see \helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontextoverview}).
-{\bf Warning:} this needs updating for wxWindows 2.
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\membersection{::wxResourceAddIdentifier}\label{wxresourceaddidentifier}
+<wx/memory.h>
-\func{bool}{wxResourceAddIdentifier}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{int }{value}}
-Used for associating a name with an integer identifier (equivalent to dynamically\rtfsp
-\verb$#$defining a name to an integer). Unlikely to be used by an application except
-perhaps for implementing resource functionality for interpreted languages.
+\membersection{::wxTraceLevel}\label{wxtracelevel}
-\membersection{::wxResourceClear}
+\func{void}{wxTraceLevel}{\param{int}{ level}, \param{const wxString\& }{fmt}, \param{...}{}}
-\func{void}{wxResourceClear}{\void}
+{\bf NB:} This function is now obsolete, replaced by \helpref{Log functions}{logfunctions}.
-Clears the wxWindows resource table.
+Takes printf-style variable argument syntax. Output
+is directed to the current output stream (see \helpref{wxDebugContext}{wxdebugcontextoverview}).
+The first argument should be the level at which this information is appropriate.
+It will only be output if the level returned by wxDebugContext::GetLevel is equal to or greater than
+this value.
-\membersection{::wxResourceCreateBitmap}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\func{wxBitmap *}{wxResourceCreateBitmap}{\param{const wxString\& }{resource}}
+<wx/memory.h>
-Creates a new bitmap from a file, static data, or Windows resource, given a valid
-wxWindows bitmap resource identifier. For example, if the .WXR file contains
-the following:
-\begin{verbatim}
-static const wxString\& aiai_resource = "bitmap(name = 'aiai_resource',\
- bitmap = ['aiai', wxBITMAP_TYPE_BMP_RESOURCE, 'WINDOWS'],\
- bitmap = ['aiai.xpm', wxBITMAP_TYPE_XPM, 'X']).";
-\end{verbatim}
-then this function can be called as follows:
+\section{Time functions}\label{timefunctions}
-\begin{verbatim}
- wxBitmap *bitmap = wxResourceCreateBitmap("aiai_resource");
-\end{verbatim}
+The functions in this section deal with getting the current time and
+starting/stopping the global timers. Please note that the timer functions are
+deprecated because they work with one global timer only and
+\helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer} and/or \helpref{wxStopWatch}{wxstopwatch} classes
+should be used instead. For retrieving the current time, you may also use
+\helpref{wxDateTime::Now}{wxdatetimenow} or
+\helpref{wxDateTime::UNow}{wxdatetimeunow} methods.
-\membersection{::wxResourceCreateIcon}
-\func{wxIcon *}{wxResourceCreateIcon}{\param{const wxString\& }{resource}}
+\membersection{::wxGetElapsedTime}\label{wxgetelapsedtime}
-Creates a new icon from a file, static data, or Windows resource, given a valid
-wxWindows icon resource identifier. For example, if the .WXR file contains
-the following:
+\func{long}{wxGetElapsedTime}{\param{bool}{ resetTimer = true}}
-\begin{verbatim}
-static const wxString\& aiai_resource = "icon(name = 'aiai_resource',\
- icon = ['aiai', wxBITMAP_TYPE_ICO_RESOURCE, 'WINDOWS'],\
- icon = ['aiai', wxBITMAP_TYPE_XBM_DATA, 'X']).";
-\end{verbatim}
+Gets the time in milliseconds since the last \helpref{::wxStartTimer}{wxstarttimer}.
-then this function can be called as follows:
+If {\it resetTimer} is true (the default), the timer is reset to zero
+by this call.
-\begin{verbatim}
- wxIcon *icon = wxResourceCreateIcon("aiai_resource");
-\end{verbatim}
+See also \helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}.
-\membersection{::wxResourceCreateMenuBar}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\func{wxMenuBar *}{wxResourceCreateMenuBar}{\param{const wxString\& }{resource}}
+<wx/timer.h>
-Creates a new menu bar given a valid wxWindows menubar resource
-identifier. For example, if the .WXR file contains the following:
-\begin{verbatim}
-static const wxString\& menuBar11 = "menu(name = 'menuBar11',\
- menu = \
- [\
- ['&File', 1, '', \
- ['&Open File', 2, 'Open a file'],\
- ['&Save File', 3, 'Save a file'],\
- [],\
- ['E&xit', 4, 'Exit program']\
- ],\
- ['&Help', 5, '', \
- ['&About', 6, 'About this program']\
- ]\
- ]).";
-\end{verbatim}
+\membersection{::wxGetLocalTime}\label{wxgetlocaltime}
-then this function can be called as follows:
+\func{long}{wxGetLocalTime}{\void}
-\begin{verbatim}
- wxMenuBar *menuBar = wxResourceCreateMenuBar("menuBar11");
-\end{verbatim}
+Returns the number of seconds since local time 00:00:00 Jan 1st 1970.
+\wxheading{See also}
-\membersection{::wxResourceGetIdentifier}
+\helpref{wxDateTime::Now}{wxdatetimenow}
-\func{int}{wxResourceGetIdentifier}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-Used for retrieving the integer value associated with an identifier.
-A zero value indicates that the identifier was not found.
+<wx/timer.h>
-See \helpref{wxResourceAddIdentifier}{wxresourceaddidentifier}.
-\membersection{::wxResourceParseData}\label{wxresourcedata}
+\membersection{::wxGetLocalTimeMillis}\label{wxgetlocaltimemillis}
-\func{bool}{wxResourceParseData}{\param{const wxString\& }{resource}, \param{wxResourceTable *}{table = NULL}}
+\func{wxLongLong}{wxGetLocalTimeMillis}{\void}
-Parses a string containing one or more wxWindows resource objects. If
-the resource objects are global static data that are included into the
-C++ program, then this function must be called for each variable
-containing the resource data, to make it known to wxWindows.
+Returns the number of milliseconds since local time 00:00:00 Jan 1st 1970.
-{\it resource} should contain data in the following form:
+\wxheading{See also}
-\begin{verbatim}
-dialog(name = 'dialog1',
- style = 'wxCAPTION | wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE',
- title = 'Test dialog box',
- x = 312, y = 234, width = 400, height = 300,
- modal = 0,
- control = [wxGroupBox, 'Groupbox', '0', 'group6', 5, 4, 380, 262,
- [11, 'wxSWISS', 'wxNORMAL', 'wxNORMAL', 0]],
- control = [wxMultiText, 'Multitext', 'wxVERTICAL_LABEL', 'multitext3',
- 156, 126, 200, 70, 'wxWindows is a multi-platform, GUI toolkit.',
- [11, 'wxSWISS', 'wxNORMAL', 'wxNORMAL', 0],
- [11, 'wxSWISS', 'wxNORMAL', 'wxNORMAL', 0]]).
-\end{verbatim}
+\helpref{wxDateTime::Now}{wxdatetimenow},\\
+\helpref{wxLongLong}{wxlonglong}
-This function will typically be used after including a {\tt .wxr} file into
-a C++ program as follows:
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\begin{verbatim}
-#include "dialog1.wxr"
-\end{verbatim}
+<wx/timer.h>
-Each of the contained resources will declare a new C++ variable, and each
-of these variables should be passed to wxResourceParseData.
-\membersection{::wxResourceParseFile}
+\membersection{::wxGetUTCTime}\label{wxgetutctime}
-\func{bool}{wxResourceParseFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}, \param{wxResourceTable *}{table = NULL}}
+\func{long}{wxGetUTCTime}{\void}
-Parses a file containing one or more wxWindows resource objects
-in C++-compatible syntax. Use this function to dynamically load
-wxWindows resource data.
+Returns the number of seconds since GMT 00:00:00 Jan 1st 1970.
-\membersection{::wxResourceParseString}\label{wxresourceparsestring}
+\wxheading{See also}
-\func{bool}{wxResourceParseString}{\param{const wxString\& }{resource}, \param{wxResourceTable *}{table = NULL}}
+\helpref{wxDateTime::Now}{wxdatetimenow}
-Parses a string containing one or more wxWindows resource objects. If
-the resource objects are global static data that are included into the
-C++ program, then this function must be called for each variable
-containing the resource data, to make it known to wxWindows.
+\wxheading{Include files}
-{\it resource} should contain data with the following form:
+<wx/timer.h>
-\begin{verbatim}
-static const wxString\& dialog1 = "dialog(name = 'dialog1',\
- style = 'wxCAPTION | wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE',\
- title = 'Test dialog box',\
- x = 312, y = 234, width = 400, height = 300,\
- modal = 0,\
- control = [wxGroupBox, 'Groupbox', '0', 'group6', 5, 4, 380, 262,\
- [11, 'wxSWISS', 'wxNORMAL', 'wxNORMAL', 0]],\
- control = [wxMultiText, 'Multitext', 'wxVERTICAL_LABEL', 'multitext3',\
- 156, 126, 200, 70, 'wxWindows is a multi-platform, GUI toolkit.',\
- [11, 'wxSWISS', 'wxNORMAL', 'wxNORMAL', 0],\
- [11, 'wxSWISS', 'wxNORMAL', 'wxNORMAL', 0]]).";
-\end{verbatim}
-This function will typically be used after calling \helpref{wxLoadUserResource}{wxloaduserresource} to
-load an entire {\tt .wxr file} into a string.
+\membersection{::wxMicroSleep}\label{wxmicrosleep}
-\membersection{::wxResourceRegisterBitmapData}\label{registerbitmapdata}
+\func{void}{wxMicroSleep}{\param{unsigned long}{ microseconds}}
-\func{bool}{wxResourceRegisterBitmapData}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{xbm\_data}, \param{int }{width},
-\param{int }{height}, \param{wxResourceTable *}{table = NULL}}
+Sleeps for the specified number of microseconds. The microsecond resolution may
+not, in fact, be available on all platforms (currently only Unix platforms with
+nanosleep(2) may provide it) in which case this is the same as
+\helpref{wxMilliSleep}{wxmillisleep}(\arg{microseconds}$/1000$).
-\func{bool}{wxResourceRegisterBitmapData}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& *}{xpm\_data}}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-Makes \verb$#$included XBM or XPM bitmap data known to the wxWindows resource system.
-This is required if other resources will use the bitmap data, since otherwise there
-is no connection between names used in resources, and the global bitmap data.
+<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxResourceRegisterIconData}
-Another name for \helpref{wxResourceRegisterBitmapData}{registerbitmapdata}.
+\membersection{::wxMilliSleep}\label{wxmillisleep}
-\section{Log functions}\label{logfunctions}
+\func{void}{wxMilliSleep}{\param{unsigned long}{ milliseconds}}
-These functions provide a variety of logging functions: see \helpref{Log classes overview}{wxlogoverview} for
-further information.
+Sleeps for the specified number of milliseconds. Notice that usage of this
+function is encouraged instead of calling usleep(3) directly because the
+standard usleep() function is not MT safe.
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/log.h>
-
-\membersection{::wxLogError}\label{wxlogerror}
-
-\func{void}{wxLogError}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-
-The function to use for error messages, i.e. the
-messages that must be shown to the user. The default processing is to pop up a
-message box to inform the user about it.
-
-\membersection{::wxLogFatalError}\label{wxlogfatalerror}
+<wx/utils.h>
-\func{void}{wxLogFatalError}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-Like \helpref{wxLogError}{wxlogerror}, but also
-terminates the program with the exit code 3. Using {\it abort()} standard
-function also terminates the program with this exit code.
+\membersection{::wxNow}\label{wxnow}
-\membersection{::wxLogWarning}\label{wxlogwarning}
+\func{wxString}{wxNow}{\void}
-\func{void}{wxLogWarning}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+Returns a string representing the current date and time.
-For warnings - they are also normally shown to the
-user, but don't interrupt the program work.
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\membersection{::wxLogMessage}\label{wxlogmessage}
+<wx/utils.h>
-\func{void}{wxLogMessage}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-for all normal, informational messages. They also
-appear in a message box by default (but it can be changed). Notice
-that the standard behaviour is to not show informational messages if there are
-any errors later - the logic being that the later error messages make the
-informational messages preceding them meaningless.
+\membersection{::wxSleep}\label{wxsleep}
-\membersection{::wxLogVerbose}\label{wxlogverbose}
+\func{void}{wxSleep}{\param{int}{ secs}}
-\func{void}{wxLogVerbose}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+Sleeps for the specified number of seconds.
-For verbose output. Normally, it's suppressed, but
-might be activated if the user wishes to know more details about the program
-progress (another, but possibly confusing name for the same function is {\bf wxLogInfo}).
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\membersection{::wxLogStatus}\label{wxlogstatus}
+<wx/utils.h>
-\func{void}{wxLogStatus}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-For status messages - they will go into the status
-bar of the active or specified (as the first argument) \helpref{wxFrame}{wxframe} if it has one.
+\membersection{::wxStartTimer}\label{wxstarttimer}
-\membersection{::wxLogSysError}\label{wxlogsyserror}
+\func{void}{wxStartTimer}{\void}
-\func{void}{wxLogSysError}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+Starts a stopwatch; use \helpref{::wxGetElapsedTime}{wxgetelapsedtime} to get the elapsed time.
-Mostly used by wxWindows itself, but might be
-handy for logging errors after system call (API function) failure. It logs the
-specified message text as well as the last system error code ({\it errno} or {\it ::GetLastError()} depending
-on the platform) and the corresponding error
-message. The second form of this function takes the error code explitly as the
-first argument.
+See also \helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}.
-\membersection{::wxLogDebug}\label{wxlogdebug}
+\wxheading{Include files}
-\func{void}{wxLogDebug}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+<wx/timer.h>
-The right function for debug output. It only
-does anything at all in the debug mode (when the preprocessor symbol \_\_WXDEBUG\_\_ is defined)
-and expands to nothing in release mode (otherwise).
-\membersection{::wxLogTrace}\label{wxlogtrace}
+\membersection{::wxUsleep}\label{wxusleep}
-\func{void}{wxLogTrace}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+\func{void}{wxUsleep}{\param{unsigned long}{ milliseconds}}
-\func{void}{wxLogTrace}{\param{wxTraceMask}{ mask}, \param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+This function is deprecated because its name is misleading: notice that the
+argument is in milliseconds, not microseconds. Please use either
+\helpref{wxMilliSleep}{wxmillisleep} or \helpref{wxMicroSleep}{wxmicrosleep}
+depending on the resolution you need.
-As {\bf wxLogDebug}, only does something in debug
-build. The reason for making it a separate function from it is that usually
-there are a lot of trace messages, so it might make sense to separate them
-from other debug messages which would be flooded in them. Moreover, the second
-version of this function takes a trace mask as the first argument which allows
-to further restrict the amount of messages generated. The value of {\it mask} can be:
-\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
-\item wxTraceMemAlloc: trace memory allocation (new/delete)
-\item wxTraceMessages: trace window messages/X callbacks
-\item wxTraceResAlloc: trace GDI resource allocation
-\item wxTraceRefCount: trace various ref counting operations
-\end{itemize}
\section{Debugging macros and functions}\label{debugmacros}
-Useful macros and functins for error checking and defensive programming. ASSERTs are only
-compiled if \_\_WXDEBUG\_\_ is defined, whereas CHECK macros stay in release
-builds.
+Useful macros and functions for error checking and defensive programming.
+wxWidgets defines three families of the assert-like macros:
+the wxASSERT and wxFAIL macros only do anything if \_\_WXDEBUG\_\_ is defined
+(in other words, in the debug build) but disappear completely in the release
+build. On the other hand, the wxCHECK macros stay event in release builds but a
+check failure doesn't generate any user-visible effects then. Finally, the
+compile time assertions don't happen during the run-time but result in the
+compilation error messages if the condition they check fail.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/debug.h>
+
\membersection{::wxOnAssert}\label{wxonassert}
-\func{void}{wxOnAssert}{\param{const char*}{ fileName}, \param{int}{ lineNumber}, \param{const char*}{ msg = NULL}}
+\func{void}{wxOnAssert}{\param{const char *}{fileName}, \param{int}{ lineNumber}, \param{const char *}{cond}, \param{const char *}{msg = NULL}}
+
+This function is called whenever one of debugging macros fails (i.e. condition
+is false in an assertion). It is only defined in the debug mode, in release
+builds the \helpref{wxCHECK}{wxcheck} failures don't result in anything.
+
+To override the default behaviour in the debug builds which is to show the user
+a dialog asking whether he wants to abort the program, continue or continue
+ignoring any subsequent assert failures, you may override
+\helpref{wxApp::OnAssert}{wxapponassert} which is called by this function if
+the global application object exists.
-This function may be redefined to do something non trivial and is called
-whenever one of debugging macros fails (i.e. condition is false in an
-assertion).
-% TODO: this should probably be an overridable in wxApp.
\membersection{wxASSERT}\label{wxassert}
\func{}{wxASSERT}{\param{}{condition}}
-Assert macro. An error message will be generated if the condition is FALSE in
+Assert macro. An error message will be generated if the condition is false in
debug mode, but nothing will be done in the release build.
Please note that the condition in wxASSERT() should have no side effects
because it will not be executed in release mode at all.
-See also: \helpref{wxASSERT\_MSG}{wxassertmsg}
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxASSERT\_MSG}{wxassertmsg},\\
+\helpref{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT}{wxcompiletimeassert}
+
+
+\membersection{wxASSERT\_MIN\_BITSIZE}\label{wxassertminbitsize}
+
+\func{}{wxASSERT\_MIN\_BITSIZE}{\param{}{type}, \param{}{size}}
+
+This macro results in a
+\helpref{compile time assertion failure}{wxcompiletimeassert} if the size
+of the given type {\it type} is less than {\it size} bits.
+
+You may use it like this, for example:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ // we rely on the int being able to hold values up to 2^32
+ wxASSERT_MIN_BITSIZE(int, 32);
+
+ // can't work with the platforms using UTF-8 for wchar_t
+ wxASSERT_MIN_BITSIZE(wchar_t, 16);
+\end{verbatim}
+
\membersection{wxASSERT\_MSG}\label{wxassertmsg}
\func{}{wxASSERT\_MSG}{\param{}{condition}, \param{}{msg}}
-Assert macro with message. An error message will be generated if the condition is FALSE.
+Assert macro with message. An error message will be generated if the condition is false.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxASSERT}{wxassert},\\
+\helpref{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT}{wxcompiletimeassert}
+
+
+\membersection{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT}\label{wxcompiletimeassert}
+
+\func{}{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT}{\param{}{condition}, \param{}{msg}}
+
+Using {\tt wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT} results in a compilation error if the
+specified {\it condition} is false. The compiler error message should include
+the {\it msg} identifier - please note that it must be a valid C++ identifier
+and not a string unlike in the other cases.
+
+This macro is mostly useful for testing the expressions involving the
+{\tt sizeof} operator as they can't be tested by the preprocessor but it is
+sometimes desirable to test them at the compile time.
+
+Note that this macro internally declares a struct whose name it tries to make
+unique by using the {\tt \_\_LINE\_\_} in it but it may still not work if you
+use it on the same line in two different source files. In this case you may
+either change the line in which either of them appears on or use the
+\helpref{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT2}{wxcompiletimeassert2} macro.
+
+Also note that Microsoft Visual C++ has a bug which results in compiler errors
+if you use this macro with `Program Database For Edit And Continue'
+(\texttt{/ZI}) option, so you shouldn't use it (`Program Database'
+(\texttt{/Zi}) is ok though) for the code making use of this macro.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxASSERT\_MSG}{wxassertmsg},\\
+\helpref{wxASSERT\_MIN\_BITSIZE}{wxassertminbitsize}
+
+
+\membersection{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT2}\label{wxcompiletimeassert2}
+
+\func{}{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT}{\param{}{condition}, \param{}{msg}, \param{}{name}}
+
+This macro is identical to \helpref{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT2}{wxcompiletimeassert2}
+except that it allows you to specify a unique {\it name} for the struct
+internally defined by this macro to avoid getting the compilation errors
+described \helpref{above}{wxcompiletimeassert}.
-See also: \helpref{wxASSERT}{wxassert}
\membersection{wxFAIL}\label{wxfail}
See also: \helpref{wxFAIL\_MSG}{wxfailmsg}
+
\membersection{wxFAIL\_MSG}\label{wxfailmsg}
\func{}{wxFAIL\_MSG}{\param{}{msg}}
it may be used in the "default:" branch of a switch statement if all possible
cases are processed above.
-See also: \helpref{wxFAIL}{wxfail}
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxFAIL}{wxfail}
+
\membersection{wxCHECK}\label{wxcheck}
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.
+
\membersection{wxCHECK\_MSG}\label{wxcheckmsg}
\func{}{wxCHECK\_MSG}{\param{}{condition}, \param{}{retValue}, \param{}{msg}}
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}.
+
\membersection{wxCHECK\_RET}\label{wxcheckret}
\func{}{wxCHECK\_RET}{\param{}{condition}, \param{}{msg}}
Checks that the condition is true, and returns if not (FAILs with given error
message in debug mode). This check is done even in release mode.
-This macro should be used in void functions instead of
+This macro should be used in void functions instead of
\helpref{wxCHECK\_MSG}{wxcheckmsg}.
+
\membersection{wxCHECK2}\label{wxcheck2}
\func{}{wxCHECK2}{\param{}{condition}, \param{}{operation}}
-Checks that the condition is true and \helpref{wxFAIL}{wxfail} and execute
-{\it operation} if it is not. This is a generalisation of
+Checks that the condition is true and \helpref{wxFAIL}{wxfail} and execute
+{\it operation} if it is not. This is a generalisation of
\helpref{wxCHECK}{wxcheck} and may be used when something else than just
returning from the function must be done when the {\it condition} is false.
This check is done even in release mode.
+
\membersection{wxCHECK2\_MSG}\label{wxcheck2msg}
\func{}{wxCHECK2}{\param{}{condition}, \param{}{operation}, \param{}{msg}}
-This is the same as \helpref{wxCHECK2}{wxcheck2}, but
+This is the same as \helpref{wxCHECK2}{wxcheck2}, but
\helpref{wxFAIL\_MSG}{wxfailmsg} with the specified {\it msg} is called
instead of wxFAIL() if the {\it condition} is false.
+
+\membersection{::wxTrap}\label{wxtrap}
+
+\func{void}{wxTrap}{\void}
+
+In debug mode (when {\tt \_\_WXDEBUG\_\_} is defined) this function generates a
+debugger exception meaning that the control is passed to the debugger if one is
+attached to the process. Otherwise the program just terminates abnormally.
+
+In release mode this function does nothing.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/debug.h>
+
+
+
+\membersection{::wxIsDebuggerRunning}\label{wxisdebuggerrunning}
+
+\func{bool}{wxIsDebuggerRunning}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the program is running under debugger, {\tt false}
+otherwise.
+
+Please note that this function is currently only implemented for Mac builds
+using CodeWarrior and always returns {\tt false} elsewhere.
+
+
+
+
+\section{Environment access functions}\label{environfunctions}
+
+The functions in this section allow to access (get) or change value of
+environment variables in a portable way. They are currently implemented under
+Win32 and POSIX-like systems (Unix).
+
+% TODO add some stuff about env var inheriting but not propagating upwards (VZ)
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{wxGetenv}\label{wxgetenvmacro}
+
+\func{wxChar *}{wxGetEnv}{\param{const wxString\&}{ var}}
+
+This is a macro defined as {\tt getenv()} or its wide char version in Unicode
+mode.
+
+Note that under Win32 it may not return correct value for the variables set
+with \helpref{wxSetEnv}{wxsetenv}, use \helpref{wxGetEnv}{wxgetenv} function
+instead.
+
+
+\membersection{wxGetEnv}\label{wxgetenv}
+
+\func{bool}{wxGetEnv}{\param{const wxString\&}{ var}, \param{wxString *}{value}}
+
+Returns the current value of the environment variable {\it var} in {\it value}.
+{\it value} may be {\tt NULL} if you just want to know if the variable exists
+and are not interested in its value.
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the variable exists, {\tt false} otherwise.
+
+
+\membersection{wxSetEnv}\label{wxsetenv}
+
+\func{bool}{wxSetEnv}{\param{const wxString\&}{ var}, \param{const wxChar *}{value}}
+
+Sets the value of the environment variable {\it var} (adding it if necessary)
+to {\it value}.
+
+Returns {\tt true} on success.
+
+
+\membersection{wxUnsetEnv}\label{wxunsetenv}
+
+\func{bool}{wxUnsetEnv}{\param{const wxString\&}{ var}}
+
+Removes the variable {\it var} from the environment.
+\helpref{wxGetEnv}{wxgetenv} will return {\tt NULL} after the call to this
+function.
+
+Returns {\tt true} on success.
+
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