Allow showing the print preview frame non modally.

[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / dc.h

diff --git a/interface/wx/dc.h b/interface/wx/dc.h
index d3e8875f607af8e9f79af3a0fb56c5fa2c127b08..607830fa3a14a5a43c4e34f1e7c248a579c4df9f 100644 (file)
--- a/interface/wx/dc.h
+++ b/interface/wx/dc.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct wxFontMetrics
     wxWidgets offers an alternative drawing API based on the modern drawing
     backends GDI+, CoreGraphics and Cairo. See wxGraphicsContext, wxGraphicsRenderer
     and related classes. There is also a wxGCDC linking the APIs by offering
     wxWidgets offers an alternative drawing API based on the modern drawing
     backends GDI+, CoreGraphics and Cairo. See wxGraphicsContext, wxGraphicsRenderer
     and related classes. There is also a wxGCDC linking the APIs by offering

-    the wxDC API ontop of a wxGraphicsContext.
+    the wxDC API on top of a wxGraphicsContext.

 
     wxDC is an abstract base class and cannot be created directly.
     Use wxPaintDC, wxClientDC, wxWindowDC, wxScreenDC, wxMemoryDC or
 
     wxDC is an abstract base class and cannot be created directly.
     Use wxPaintDC, wxClientDC, wxWindowDC, wxScreenDC, wxMemoryDC or


@@ -153,9 +153,25 @@ struct wxFontMetrics
 
     @section dc_alpha_support Support for Transparency / Alpha Channel
 
 
     @section dc_alpha_support Support for Transparency / Alpha Channel
 

-    On Mac OS X colours with alpha channel are supported. Instances of wxPen
-    or wxBrush that are built from wxColour use the colour's alpha values
-    when stroking or filling.
+    In general wxDC methods don't support alpha transparency and the alpha
+    component of wxColour is simply ignored and you need to use wxGraphicsContext
+    for full transparency support. There are, however, a few exceptions: first,
+    under Mac OS X colours with alpha channel are supported in all the normal
+    wxDC-derived classes as they use wxGraphicsContext internally. Second,
+    under all platforms wxSVGFileDC also fully supports alpha channel. In both
+    of these cases the instances of wxPen or wxBrush that are built from
+    wxColour use the colour's alpha values when stroking or filling.
+
+
+    @section Support for Transformation Matrix
+
+    On some platforms (currently only under MSW and only on Windows NT, i.e.
+    not Windows 9x/ME, systems) wxDC has support for applying an arbitrary
+    affine transformation matrix to its coordinate system. Call
+    CanUseTransformMatrix() to check if this support is available and then call
+    SetTransformMatrix() if it is. If the transformation matrix is not
+    supported, SetTransformMatrix() always simply returns false and doesn't do
+    anything.

 
 
     @library{wxcore}
 
 
     @library{wxcore}


@@ -1494,6 +1510,58 @@ public:
         'zooming'.
     */
     void SetUserScale(double xScale, double yScale);
         'zooming'.
     */
     void SetUserScale(double xScale, double yScale);

+
+
+    /**
+        @name Transformation matrix
+
+        See the notes about the availability of these functions in the class
+        documentation.
+    */
+    //@{
+
+    /**
+        Check if the use of transformation matrix is supported by the current
+        system.
+
+        Currently this function always returns @false for non-MSW platforms and
+        may return @false for old (Windows 9x/ME) Windows systems. Normally
+        support for the transformation matrix is always available in any
+        relatively recent Windows versions.
+
+        @since 2.9.2
+    */
+    bool CanUseTransformMatrix() const;
+
+    /**
+        Set the transformation matrix.
+
+        If transformation matrix is supported on the current system, the
+        specified @a matrix will be used to transform between wxDC and physical
+        coordinates. Otherwise the function returns @false and doesn't change
+        the coordinate mapping.
+
+        @since 2.9.2
+    */
+    bool SetTransformMatrix(const wxAffineMatrix2D& matrix);
+
+    /**
+        Return the transformation matrix used by this device context.
+
+        By default the transformation matrix is the identity matrix.
+
+        @since 2.9.2
+    */
+    wxAffineMatrix2D GetTransformMatrix() const;
+
+    /**
+        Revert the transformation matrix to identity matrix.
+
+        @since 2.9.2
+    */
+    void ResetTransformMatrix();
+
+    //@}

 };
 
 
 };