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index 5b3a22d1d8ea93a73c381ea4bd1335275e368264..5b3fb6b85307a644533eb1886a140a83c8af6fe5 100644 (file)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ END_EVENT_TABLE()
 wxWindowBase::wxWindowBase()
 {
     // no window yet, no parent nor children
-    m_parent = (wxWindow *)NULL;
+    m_parent = NULL;
     m_windowId = wxID_ANY;
 
     // no constraints on the minimal window size
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ wxWindowBase::wxWindowBase()
 
 #if wxUSE_VALIDATORS
     // no validator
-    m_windowValidator = (wxValidator *) NULL;
+    m_windowValidator = NULL;
 #endif // wxUSE_VALIDATORS
 
     // the colours/fonts are default for now, so leave m_font,
@@ -166,24 +166,24 @@ wxWindowBase::wxWindowBase()
 
 #if wxUSE_CONSTRAINTS
     // no constraints whatsoever
-    m_constraints = (wxLayoutConstraints *) NULL;
-    m_constraintsInvolvedIn = (wxWindowList *) NULL;
+    m_constraints = NULL;
+    m_constraintsInvolvedIn = NULL;
 #endif // wxUSE_CONSTRAINTS
 
-    m_windowSizer = (wxSizer *) NULL;
-    m_containingSizer = (wxSizer *) NULL;
+    m_windowSizer = NULL;
+    m_containingSizer = NULL;
     m_autoLayout = false;
 
 #if wxUSE_DRAG_AND_DROP
-    m_dropTarget = (wxDropTarget *)NULL;
+    m_dropTarget = NULL;
 #endif // wxUSE_DRAG_AND_DROP
 
 #if wxUSE_TOOLTIPS
-    m_tooltip = (wxToolTip *)NULL;
+    m_tooltip = NULL;
 #endif // wxUSE_TOOLTIPS
 
 #if wxUSE_CARET
-    m_caret = (wxCaret *)NULL;
+    m_caret = NULL;
 #endif // wxUSE_CARET
 
 #if wxUSE_PALETTE
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ wxWindowBase::wxWindowBase()
 
     m_virtualSize = wxDefaultSize;
 
-    m_scrollHelper = (wxScrollHelper *) NULL;
+    m_scrollHelper = NULL;
 
     m_windowVariant = wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL;
 #if wxUSE_SYSTEM_OPTIONS
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ wxWindowBase::wxWindowBase()
     // Whether we're using the current theme for this window (wxGTK only for now)
     m_themeEnabled = false;
 
-    // VZ: this one shouldn't exist...
+    // This is set to true by SendDestroyEvent() which should be called by the
+    // most derived class to ensure that the destruction event is sent as soon
+    // as possible to allow its handlers to still see the undestroyed window
     m_isBeingDeleted = false;
 
     m_freezeCount = 0;
@@ -379,8 +381,24 @@ wxWindowBase::~wxWindowBase()
 #endif
 }
 
+bool wxWindowBase::IsBeingDeleted() const
+{
+    return m_isBeingDeleted ||
+            (!IsTopLevel() && m_parent && m_parent->IsBeingDeleted());
+}
+
 void wxWindowBase::SendDestroyEvent()
 {
+    if ( m_isBeingDeleted )
+    {
+        // we could have been already called from a more derived class dtor,
+        // e.g. ~wxTLW calls us and so does ~wxWindow and the latter call
+        // should be simply ignored
+        return;
+    }
+
+    m_isBeingDeleted = true;
+
     wxWindowDestroyEvent event;
     event.SetEventObject(this);
     event.SetId(GetId());
@@ -389,6 +407,8 @@ void wxWindowBase::SendDestroyEvent()
 
 bool wxWindowBase::Destroy()
 {
+    SendDestroyEvent();
+
     delete this;
 
     return true;
@@ -402,7 +422,7 @@ bool wxWindowBase::Close(bool force)
 
     // return false if window wasn't closed because the application vetoed the
     // close event
-    return GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event) && !event.GetVeto();
+    return HandleWindowEvent(event) && !event.GetVeto();
 }
 
 bool wxWindowBase::DestroyChildren()
@@ -417,11 +437,11 @@ bool wxWindowBase::DestroyChildren()
 
         wxWindow *child = node->GetData();
 
-        // note that we really want to call delete and not ->Destroy() here
-        // because we want to delete the child immediately, before we are
-        // deleted, and delayed deletion would result in problems as our (top
-        // level) child could outlive its parent
-        delete child;
+        // note that we really want to delete it immediately so don't call the
+        // possible overridden Destroy() version which might not delete the
+        // child immediately resulting in problems with our (top level) child
+        // outliving its parent
+        child->wxWindowBase::Destroy();
 
         wxASSERT_MSG( !GetChildren().Find(child),
                       wxT("child didn't remove itself using RemoveChild()") );
@@ -618,9 +638,10 @@ wxSize wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize() const
 // helper of GetWindowBorderSize(): as many ports don't implement support for
 // wxSYS_BORDER/EDGE_X/Y metrics in their wxSystemSettings, use hard coded
 // fallbacks in this case
-static int wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSystemMetric what)
+static int wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSystemMetric what, const wxWindowBase* win)
 {
-    int rc = wxSystemSettings::GetMetric(what);
+    int rc = wxSystemSettings::GetMetric(
+        what, static_cast<wxWindow*>(const_cast<wxWindowBase*>(win)));
     if ( rc == -1 )
     {
         switch ( what )
@@ -658,23 +679,23 @@ wxSize wxWindowBase::GetWindowBorderSize() const
 
         case wxBORDER_SIMPLE:
         case wxBORDER_STATIC:
-            size.x = wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_X);
-            size.y = wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_Y);
+            size.x = wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_X, this);
+            size.y = wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_Y, this);
             break;
 
         case wxBORDER_SUNKEN:
         case wxBORDER_RAISED:
-            size.x = wxMax(wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_EDGE_X),
-                           wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_X));
-            size.y = wxMax(wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_EDGE_Y),
-                           wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_Y));
+            size.x = wxMax(wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_EDGE_X, this),
+                           wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_X, this));
+            size.y = wxMax(wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_EDGE_Y, this),
+                           wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_Y, this));
             break;
 
         case wxBORDER_DOUBLE:
-            size.x = wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_EDGE_X) +
-                        wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_X);
-            size.y = wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_EDGE_Y) +
-                        wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_Y);
+            size.x = wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_EDGE_X, this) +
+                        wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_X, this);
+            size.y = wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_EDGE_Y, this) +
+                        wxGetMetricOrDefault(wxSYS_BORDER_Y, this);
             break;
 
         default:
@@ -690,15 +711,36 @@ wxSize wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize() const
 {
     // merge the best size with the min size, giving priority to the min size
     wxSize min = GetMinSize();
+    
     if (min.x == wxDefaultCoord || min.y == wxDefaultCoord)
     {
         wxSize best = GetBestSize();
         if (min.x == wxDefaultCoord) min.x =  best.x;
         if (min.y == wxDefaultCoord) min.y =  best.y;
     }
+    
     return min;
 }
 
+wxSize wxWindowBase::GetBestSize() const
+{
+    if ((!m_windowSizer) && (m_bestSizeCache.IsFullySpecified()))
+        return m_bestSizeCache;
+        
+    return DoGetBestSize();
+}
+
+void wxWindowBase::SetMinSize(const wxSize& minSize)
+{ 
+    m_minWidth = minSize.x; 
+    m_minHeight = minSize.y; 
+}
+
+void wxWindowBase::SetMaxSize(const wxSize& maxSize)
+{ 
+    m_maxWidth = maxSize.x; 
+    m_maxHeight = maxSize.y;
+}
 
 void wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize(const wxSize& size)
 {
@@ -841,6 +883,23 @@ void wxWindowBase::DoGetScreenPosition(int *x, int *y) const
     ClientToScreen(x, y);
 }
 
+void wxWindowBase::SendSizeEvent(int flags)
+{
+    wxSizeEvent event(GetSize(), GetId());
+    event.SetEventObject(this);
+    if ( flags & wxSEND_EVENT_POST )
+        wxPostEvent(this, event);
+    else
+        HandleWindowEvent(event);
+}
+
+void wxWindowBase::SendSizeEventToParent(int flags)
+{
+    wxWindow * const parent = GetParent();
+    if ( parent && !parent->IsBeingDeleted() )
+        parent->SendSizeEvent(flags);
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // show/hide/enable/disable the window
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -990,7 +1049,7 @@ void wxWindowBase::AddChild(wxWindowBase *child)
     GetChildren().Append((wxWindow*)child);
     child->SetParent(this);
 
-    // adding a child while frozen will assert when thawn, so freeze it as if
+    // adding a child while frozen will assert when thawed, so freeze it as if
     // it had been already present when we were frozen
     if ( IsFrozen() && !child->IsTopLevel() )
         child->Freeze();
@@ -1002,7 +1061,10 @@ void wxWindowBase::RemoveChild(wxWindowBase *child)
 
     // removing a child while frozen may result in permanently frozen window
     // if used e.g. from Reparent(), so thaw it
-    if ( IsFrozen() && !child->IsTopLevel() )
+    //
+    // NB: IsTopLevel() doesn't return true any more when a TLW child is being
+    //     removed from its ~wxWindowBase, so check for IsBeingDeleted() too
+    if ( IsFrozen() && !child->IsBeingDeleted() && !child->IsTopLevel() )
         child->Thaw();
 
     GetChildren().DeleteObject((wxWindow *)child);
@@ -1055,73 +1117,121 @@ bool wxWindowBase::Reparent(wxWindowBase *newParent)
 // event handler stuff
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-void wxWindowBase::PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler *handler)
+void wxWindowBase::SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler *handler)
 {
+    wxCHECK_RET(handler != NULL, "SetEventHandler(NULL) called");
+
+    m_eventHandler = handler;
+}
+
+void wxWindowBase::SetNextHandler(wxEvtHandler *WXUNUSED(handler))
+{
+    // disable wxEvtHandler chain mechanism for wxWindows:
+    // wxWindow uses its own stack mechanism which doesn't mix well with wxEvtHandler's one
+
+    wxFAIL_MSG("wxWindow cannot be part of a wxEvtHandler chain");
+}
+void wxWindowBase::SetPreviousHandler(wxEvtHandler *WXUNUSED(handler))
+{
+    // we can't simply wxFAIL here as in SetNextHandler: in fact the last
+    // handler of our stack when is destroyed will be Unlink()ed and thus
+    // will call this function to update the pointer of this window...
+
+    //wxFAIL_MSG("wxWindow cannot be part of a wxEvtHandler chain");
+}
+
+void wxWindowBase::PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler *handlerToPush)
+{
+    wxCHECK_RET( handlerToPush != NULL, "PushEventHandler(NULL) called" );
+
+    // the new handler is going to be part of the wxWindow stack of event handlers:
+    // it can't be part also of an event handler double-linked chain:
+    wxASSERT_MSG(handlerToPush->IsUnlinked(),
+        "The handler being pushed in the wxWindow stack shouldn't be part of "
+        "a wxEvtHandler chain; call Unlink() on it first");
+
     wxEvtHandler *handlerOld = GetEventHandler();
+    wxCHECK_RET( handlerOld, "an old event handler is NULL?" );
+
+    // now use wxEvtHandler double-linked list to implement a stack:
+    handlerToPush->SetNextHandler(handlerOld);
 
-    handler->SetNextHandler(handlerOld);
+    if (handlerOld != this)
+        handlerOld->SetPreviousHandler(handlerToPush);
 
-    if ( handlerOld )
-        GetEventHandler()->SetPreviousHandler(handler);
+    SetEventHandler(handlerToPush);
 
-    SetEventHandler(handler);
+#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
+    // final checks of the operations done above:
+    wxASSERT_MSG( handlerToPush->GetPreviousHandler() == NULL,
+        "the first handler of the wxWindow stack should have no previous handlers set" );
+    wxASSERT_MSG( handlerToPush->GetNextHandler() != NULL,
+        "the first handler of the wxWindow stack should have non-NULL next handler" );
+
+    wxEvtHandler* pLast = handlerToPush;
+    while (pLast && pLast != this)
+        pLast = pLast->GetNextHandler();
+    wxASSERT_MSG( pLast->GetNextHandler() == NULL,
+        "the last handler of the wxWindow stack should have this window as next handler" );
+#endif
 }
 
 wxEvtHandler *wxWindowBase::PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler)
 {
-    wxEvtHandler *handlerA = GetEventHandler();
-    if ( handlerA )
-    {
-        wxEvtHandler *handlerB = handlerA->GetNextHandler();
-        handlerA->SetNextHandler((wxEvtHandler *)NULL);
+    // we need to pop the wxWindow stack, i.e. we need to remove the first handler
 
-        if ( handlerB )
-            handlerB->SetPreviousHandler((wxEvtHandler *)NULL);
-        SetEventHandler(handlerB);
+    wxEvtHandler *firstHandler = GetEventHandler();
+    wxCHECK_MSG( firstHandler != NULL, NULL, "wxWindow cannot have a NULL event handler" );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( firstHandler != this, NULL, "cannot pop the wxWindow itself" );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( firstHandler->GetPreviousHandler() == NULL, NULL,
+        "the first handler of the wxWindow stack should have no previous handlers set" );
 
-        if ( deleteHandler )
-        {
-            delete handlerA;
-            handlerA = (wxEvtHandler *)NULL;
-        }
+    wxEvtHandler *secondHandler = firstHandler->GetNextHandler();
+    wxCHECK_MSG( secondHandler != NULL, NULL,
+        "the first handler of the wxWindow stack should have non-NULL next handler" );
+
+    firstHandler->SetNextHandler(NULL);
+    secondHandler->SetPreviousHandler(NULL);
+
+    // now firstHandler is completely unlinked; set secondHandler as the new window event handler
+    SetEventHandler(secondHandler);
+
+    if ( deleteHandler )
+    {
+        delete firstHandler;
+        firstHandler = NULL;
     }
 
-    return handlerA;
+    return firstHandler;
 }
 
-bool wxWindowBase::RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler *handler)
+bool wxWindowBase::RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler *handlerToRemove)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( handler, false, _T("RemoveEventHandler(NULL) called") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( handlerToRemove != NULL, false, "RemoveEventHandler(NULL) called" );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( handlerToRemove != this, false, "Cannot remove the window itself" );
 
-    wxEvtHandler *handlerPrev = NULL,
-                 *handlerCur = GetEventHandler();
-    while ( handlerCur )
+    if (handlerToRemove == GetEventHandler())
+    {
+        // removing the first event handler is equivalent to "popping" the stack
+        PopEventHandler(false);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // NOTE: the wxWindow event handler list is always terminated with "this" handler
+    wxEvtHandler *handlerCur = GetEventHandler()->GetNextHandler();
+    while ( handlerCur != this )
     {
         wxEvtHandler *handlerNext = handlerCur->GetNextHandler();
 
-        if ( handlerCur == handler )
+        if ( handlerCur == handlerToRemove )
         {
-            if ( handlerPrev )
-            {
-                handlerPrev->SetNextHandler(handlerNext);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                SetEventHandler(handlerNext);
-            }
-
-            if ( handlerNext )
-            {
-                handlerNext->SetPreviousHandler ( handlerPrev );
-            }
-
-            handler->SetNextHandler(NULL);
-            handler->SetPreviousHandler(NULL);
+            handlerCur->Unlink();
 
+            wxASSERT_MSG( handlerCur != GetEventHandler(),
+                        "the case Remove == Pop should was already handled" );
             return true;
         }
 
-        handlerPrev = handlerCur;
         handlerCur = handlerNext;
     }
 
@@ -1132,6 +1242,7 @@ bool wxWindowBase::RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler *handler)
 
 bool wxWindowBase::HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent& event) const
 {
+    // SafelyProcessEvent() will handle exceptions nicely
     return GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
 }
 
@@ -1399,7 +1510,7 @@ void wxWindowBase::ClearBackground()
     // wxGTK uses its own version, no need to add never used code
 #ifndef __WXGTK__
     wxClientDC dc((wxWindow *)this);
-    wxBrush brush(GetBackgroundColour(), wxSOLID);
+    wxBrush brush(GetBackgroundColour(), wxBRUSHSTYLE_SOLID);
     dc.SetBackground(brush);
     dc.Clear();
 #endif // __WXGTK__
@@ -1414,7 +1525,7 @@ wxWindow *wxWindowBase::FindWindow(long id) const
     if ( id == m_windowId )
         return (wxWindow *)this;
 
-    wxWindowBase *res = (wxWindow *)NULL;
+    wxWindowBase *res = NULL;
     wxWindowList::compatibility_iterator node;
     for ( node = m_children.GetFirst(); node && !res; node = node->GetNext() )
     {
@@ -1430,7 +1541,7 @@ wxWindow *wxWindowBase::FindWindow(const wxString& name) const
     if ( name == m_windowName )
         return (wxWindow *)this;
 
-    wxWindowBase *res = (wxWindow *)NULL;
+    wxWindowBase *res = NULL;
     wxWindowList::compatibility_iterator node;
     for ( node = m_children.GetFirst(); node && !res; node = node->GetNext() )
     {
@@ -1783,7 +1894,7 @@ void wxWindowBase::SetToolTip( const wxString &tip )
     }
 
     // setting empty tooltip text does not remove the tooltip any more - use
-    // SetToolTip((wxToolTip *)NULL) for this
+    // SetToolTip(NULL) for this
 }
 
 void wxWindowBase::DoSetToolTip(wxToolTip *tooltip)
@@ -1907,7 +2018,7 @@ void wxWindowBase::DeleteRelatedConstraints()
         }
 
         delete m_constraintsInvolvedIn;
-        m_constraintsInvolvedIn = (wxWindowList *) NULL;
+        m_constraintsInvolvedIn = NULL;
     }
 }
 
@@ -2380,6 +2491,11 @@ void wxWindowBase::InternalOnPopupMenu(wxCommandEvent& event)
     gs_popupMenuSelection = event.GetId();
 }
 
+void wxWindowBase::InternalOnPopupMenuUpdate(wxUpdateUIEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
+{
+    // nothing to do but do not skip it
+}
+
 int
 wxWindowBase::DoGetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu, int x, int y)
 {
@@ -2390,8 +2506,24 @@ wxWindowBase::DoGetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu, int x, int y)
             NULL,
             this);
 
+    // it is common to construct the menu passed to this function dynamically
+    // using some fixed range of ids which could clash with the ids used
+    // elsewhere in the program, which could result in some menu items being
+    // unintentionally disabled or otherwise modified by update UI handlers
+    // elsewhere in the program code and this is difficult to avoid in the
+    // program itself, so instead we just temporarily suspend UI updating while
+    // this menu is shown
+    Connect(wxEVT_UPDATE_UI,
+            wxUpdateUIEventHandler(wxWindowBase::InternalOnPopupMenuUpdate),
+            NULL,
+            this);
+
     PopupMenu(&menu, x, y);
 
+    Disconnect(wxEVT_UPDATE_UI,
+               wxUpdateUIEventHandler(wxWindowBase::InternalOnPopupMenuUpdate),
+               NULL,
+               this);
     Disconnect(wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED,
                wxCommandEventHandler(wxWindowBase::InternalOnPopupMenu),
                NULL,
@@ -2411,7 +2543,7 @@ static void DrawBorder(wxWindowBase *win, const wxRect& rect, bool fill = false)
 {
     wxClientDC dc((wxWindow *)win);
     dc.SetPen(*wxRED_PEN);
-    dc.SetBrush(fill ? wxBrush(*wxRED, wxCROSSDIAG_HATCH): *wxTRANSPARENT_BRUSH);
+    dc.SetBrush(fill ? wxBrush(*wxRED, wxBRUSHSTYLE_CROSSDIAG_HATCH) : *wxTRANSPARENT_BRUSH);
     dc.DrawRectangle(rect.Deflate(1, 1));
 }
 
@@ -2590,7 +2722,7 @@ bool wxWindowBase::ms_winCaptureChanging = false;
 
 void wxWindowBase::CaptureMouse()
 {
-    wxLogTrace(_T("mousecapture"), _T("CaptureMouse(%p)"), wx_static_cast(void*, this));
+    wxLogTrace(_T("mousecapture"), _T("CaptureMouse(%p)"), static_cast<void*>(this));
 
     wxASSERT_MSG( !ms_winCaptureChanging, _T("recursive CaptureMouse call?") );
 
@@ -2617,11 +2749,14 @@ void wxWindowBase::CaptureMouse()
 
 void wxWindowBase::ReleaseMouse()
 {
-    wxLogTrace(_T("mousecapture"), _T("ReleaseMouse(%p)"), wx_static_cast(void*, this));
+    wxLogTrace(_T("mousecapture"), _T("ReleaseMouse(%p)"), static_cast<void*>(this));
 
     wxASSERT_MSG( !ms_winCaptureChanging, _T("recursive ReleaseMouse call?") );
 
-    wxASSERT_MSG( GetCapture() == this, wxT("attempt to release mouse, but this window hasn't captured it") );
+    wxASSERT_MSG( GetCapture() == this,
+                  "attempt to release mouse, but this window hasn't captured it" );
+    wxASSERT_MSG( ms_winCaptureCurrent == this,
+                  "attempt to release mouse, but this window hasn't captured it" );
 
     ms_winCaptureChanging = true;
 
@@ -2643,7 +2778,7 @@ void wxWindowBase::ReleaseMouse()
 
     wxLogTrace(_T("mousecapture"),
         (const wxChar *) _T("After ReleaseMouse() mouse is captured by %p"),
-        wx_static_cast(void*, GetCapture()));
+        static_cast<void*>(GetCapture()));
 }
 
 static void DoNotifyWindowAboutCaptureLost(wxWindow *win)
@@ -2718,8 +2853,8 @@ bool wxWindowBase::TryValidator(wxEvent& wxVALIDATOR_PARAM(event))
     // is receiving the event
     if ( event.GetEventObject() == this )
     {
-        wxValidator *validator = GetValidator();
-        if ( validator && validator->ProcessEvent(event) )
+        wxValidator * const validator = GetValidator();
+        if ( validator && validator->ProcessEventHere(event) )
         {
             return true;
         }
@@ -2867,6 +3002,61 @@ bool wxWindowBase::HasFocus() const
            win == wxConstCast(this, wxWindowBase)->GetMainWindowOfCompositeControl();
 }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// drag and drop
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if wxUSE_DRAG_AND_DROP && !defined(__WXMSW__)
+
+namespace
+{
+
+class DragAcceptFilesTarget : public wxFileDropTarget
+{
+public:
+    DragAcceptFilesTarget(wxWindowBase *win) : m_win(win) {}
+
+    virtual bool OnDropFiles(wxCoord x, wxCoord y,
+                             const wxArrayString& filenames)
+    {
+        wxDropFilesEvent event(wxEVT_DROP_FILES,
+                               filenames.size(),
+                               wxCArrayString(filenames).Release());
+        event.SetEventObject(m_win);
+        event.m_pos.x = x;
+        event.m_pos.y = y;
+
+        return m_win->HandleWindowEvent(event);
+    }
+
+private:
+    wxWindowBase * const m_win;
+
+    DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(DragAcceptFilesTarget)
+};
+
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+// Generic version of DragAcceptFiles(). It works by installing a simple
+// wxFileDropTarget-to-EVT_DROP_FILES adaptor and therefore cannot be used
+// together with explicit SetDropTarget() calls.
+void wxWindowBase::DragAcceptFiles(bool accept)
+{
+    if ( accept )
+    {
+        wxASSERT_MSG( !GetDropTarget(),
+                      "cannot use DragAcceptFiles() and SetDropTarget() together" );
+        SetDropTarget(new DragAcceptFilesTarget(this));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        SetDropTarget(NULL);
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // wxUSE_DRAG_AND_DROP && !defined(__WXMSW__)
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // global functions
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------