\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{wxAboutBox}{wxaboutbox}\\
+\helpref{wxASSERT}{wxassert}\\
\helpref{wxASSERT\_MIN\_BITSIZE}{wxassertminbitsize}\\
\helpref{wxASSERT\_MSG}{wxassertmsg}\\
-\helpref{wxASSERT}{wxassert}\\
-\helpref{wxBITMAP}{wxbitmapmacro}\\
\helpref{wxBeginBusyCursor}{wxbeginbusycursor}\\
\helpref{wxBell}{wxbell}\\
+\helpref{wxBITMAP}{wxbitmapmacro}\\
\helpref{wxCHANGE\_UMASK}{wxchangeumask}\\
\helpref{wxCHECK}{wxcheck}\\
\helpref{wxCHECK2\_MSG}{wxcheck2msg}\\
\helpref{wxColourDisplay}{wxcolourdisplay}\\
\helpref{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT}{wxcompiletimeassert}\\
\helpref{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT2}{wxcompiletimeassert2}\\
+\helpref{wxCONCAT}{wxconcat}\\
\helpref{wxConcatFiles}{wxconcatfiles}\\
\helpref{wxConstCast}{wxconstcast}\\
\helpref{wxCopyFile}{wxcopyfile}\\
\helpref{wxDDEInitialize}{wxddeinitialize}\\
\helpref{wxDROP\_ICON}{wxdropicon}\\
\helpref{wxDebugMsg}{wxdebugmsg}\\
+\helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}\\
+\helpref{wxDirExists}{functionwxdirexists}\\
\helpref{wxDirSelector}{wxdirselector}\\
\helpref{wxDisplayDepth}{wxdisplaydepth}\\
\helpref{wxDisplaySize}{wxdisplaysize}\\
\helpref{wxFindWindowByLabel}{wxfindwindowbylabel}\\
\helpref{wxFindWindowByName}{wxfindwindowbyname}\\
\helpref{wxFinite}{wxfinite}\\
+\helpref{wxGenericAboutBox}{wxgenericaboutbox}\\
\helpref{wxGetActiveWindow}{wxgetactivewindow}\\
\helpref{wxGetApp}{wxgetapp}\\
\helpref{wxGetBatteryState}{wxgetbatterystate}\\
\helpref{wxIsEmpty}{wxisempty}\\
\helpref{wxIsMainThread}{wxismainthread}\\
\helpref{wxIsNaN}{wxisnan}\\
+\helpref{wxIsPlatformLittleEndian}{wxisplatformlittleendian}\\
+\helpref{wxIsPlatform64Bit}{wxisplatform64bit}\\
\helpref{wxIsWild}{wxiswild}\\
\helpref{wxKill}{wxkill}\\
\helpref{wxLaunchDefaultBrowser}{wxlaunchdefaultbrowser}\\
\helpref{wxON\_BLOCK\_EXIT\_OBJ}{wxonblockexitobj}\\
\helpref{wxOpenClipboard}{wxopenclipboard}\\
\helpref{wxParseCommonDialogsFilter}{wxparsecommondialogsfilter}\\
-\helpref{wxDirExists}{functionwxdirexists}\\
\helpref{wxPathOnly}{wxpathonly}\\
+\helpref{wxPLURAL}{wxplural}\\
\helpref{wxPostDelete}{wxpostdelete}\\
\helpref{wxPostEvent}{wxpostevent}\\
\helpref{wxRegisterClipboardFormat}{wxregisterclipboardformat}\\
\helpref{wxStringTokenize}{wxstringtokenize}\\
\helpref{wxStripMenuCodes}{wxstripmenucodes}\\
\helpref{wxStrlen}{wxstrlen}\\
+\helpref{wxSTRINGIZE}{wxstringize}\\
+\helpref{wxSTRINGIZE\_T}{wxstringizet}\\
\helpref{wxSUPPRESS\_GCC\_PRIVATE\_DTOR\_WARNING}{wxsuppressgccprivatedtorwarning}\\
\helpref{wxSysErrorCode}{wxsyserrorcode}\\
\helpref{wxSysErrorMsg}{wxsyserrormsg}\\
\helpref{wxT}{wxt}\\
-\helpref{wxTraceLevel}{wxtracelevel}\\
\helpref{wxTrace}{wxtrace}\\
+\helpref{WXTRACE}{trace}\\
+\helpref{wxTraceLevel}{wxtracelevel}\\
+\helpref{WXTRACELEVEL}{tracelevel}\\
\helpref{wxTransferFileToStream}{wxtransferfiletostream}\\
\helpref{wxTransferStreamToFile}{wxtransferstreamtofile}\\
\helpref{wxTrap}{wxtrap}\\
\helpref{wx\_static\_cast}{wxstaticcastraw}\\
\helpref{wx\_truncate\_cast}{wxtruncatecast}\\
\helpref{\_}{underscore}\\
-\helpref{wxPLURAL}{wxplural}\\
\helpref{\_T}{underscoret}
+\helpref{\_\_WXFUNCTION\_\_}{wxfunction}
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/event.h>
+<wx/app.h>
This function shuts down or reboots the computer depending on the value of the
{\it flags}. Please notice that doing this requires the corresponding access
-rights (superuser under Unix, {\tt SE\_SHUTDOWN} privelege under Windows NT)
+rights (superuser under Unix, {\tt SE\_SHUTDOWN} privilege under Windows NT)
and that this function is only implemented under Unix and Win32.
\wxheading{Parameters}
Makes the directory \arg{dir}, returning true if successful.
{\it perm} is the access mask for the directory for the systems on which it is
-supported (Unix) and doesn't have effect for the other ones.
+supported (Unix) and doesn't have any effect on the other ones.
\membersection{::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter}\label{wxparsecommondialogsfilter}
\membersection{::wxRenameFile}\label{wxrenamefile}
-\func{bool}{wxRenameFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}}
+\func{bool}{wxRenameFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}, \param{bool }{overwrite = true}}
Renames \arg{file1} to \arg{file2}, returning true if successful.
+If \arg{overwrite} parameter is true (default), the destination file is
+overwritten if it exists, but if \arg{overwrite} is false, the functions fails
+in this case.
+
\membersection{::wxRmdir}\label{wxrmdir}
\membersection{::wxGetOsVersion}\label{wxgetosversion}
-\func{int}{wxGetOsVersion}{\param{int *}{major = NULL}, \param{int *}{minor = NULL}}
+\func{wxOperatingSystemId}{wxGetOsVersion}{\param{int *}{major = NULL}, \param{int *}{minor = NULL}}
-Gets operating system version information.
+Gets the version and the operating system ID for currently running OS.
+See \helpref{wxPlatformInfo}{wxplatforminfo} for more details about wxOperatingSystemId.
-\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitemruled{Platform}{Return types}
-\twocolitem{Mac OS}{Return value is wxMAC when compiled with CodeWarrior under Mac OS 8.x/9.x and Mac OS X, wxMAC\_DARWIN when compiled with the Apple Developer Tools under Mac OS X.
-
-Both {\it major} and {\it minor} have to be looked at as hexadecimal numbers. So System 10.2.4 returns 0x10, resp 16 for {\it major} and 0x24, resp 36 for {\it minor}. }
-\twocolitem{GTK}{Return value is wxGTK, For GTK 1.0, {\it major} is 1, {\it minor} is 0. }
-\twocolitem{Motif}{Return value is wxMOTIF\_X, {\it major} is X version, {\it minor} is X revision.}
-\twocolitem{OS/2}{Return value is wxOS2\_PM.}
-\twocolitem{Windows 3.1}{Return value is wxWINDOWS, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\twocolitem{Windows NT/2000}{Return value is wxWINDOWS\_NT, version is returned in {\it major} and {\it minor}.}
-\twocolitem{Windows 98}{Return value is wxWIN95, {\it major} is 4, {\it minor} is 1 or greater.}
-\twocolitem{Windows 95}{Return value is wxWIN95, {\it major} is 4, {\it minor} is 0.}
-\twocolitem{Win32s (Windows 3.1)}{Return value is wxWIN32S, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\twocolitem{Windows PocketPC}{Return value is wxWINDOWS\_POCKETPC, version is returned in {\it major} and {\it minor}.}
-\twocolitem{Windows Smartphone}{Return value is wxWINDOWS\_SMARTPHONE, version is returned in {\it major} and {\it minor}.}
-\twocolitem{Windows CE (non-specific)}{Return value is wxWINDOWS\_CE, version is returned in {\it major} and {\it minor}.}
-\twocolitem{Watcom C++ 386 supervisor mode (Windows 3.1)}{Return value is wxWIN386, {\it major} is 3, {\it minor} is 1.}
-\end{twocollist}
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{::wxGetOsDescription}{wxgetosdescription},
+\helpref{wxPlatformInfo}{wxplatforminfo}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxIsPlatformLittleEndian}\label{wxisplatformlittleendian}
+
+\func{bool}{wxIsPlatformLittleEndian}{\void}
+
+Returns \true if the current platform is little endian (instead of big endian).
+The check is performed at run-time.
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{::wxGetOsDescription}{wxgetosdescription}
+\helpref{Byte order macros}{byteordermacros}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxIsPlatform64Bit}\label{wxisplatform64bit}
+
+\func{bool}{wxIsPlatform64Bit}{\void}
+
+Returns \true if the operating system the program is running under is 64 bit.
+The check is performed at run-time and may differ from the value available at
+compile-time (at compile-time you can just check if {\tt sizeof(void*)==8})
+since the program could be running in emulation mode or in a mixed 32/64 bit system
+(bi-architecture operating system).
+
+Very important: this function is not 100\% reliable on some systems given the fact
+that there isn't always a standard way to do a reliable check on the OS architecture.
\wxheading{Include files}
\membersection{::wxGetTranslation}\label{wxgettranslation}
-\func{const char *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const char * }{str}}
+\func{const wxChar *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const wxChar* }{str},
+ \param{const wxChar* }{domain = NULL}}
-\func{const char *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const char * }{str}, \param{const char * }{strPlural}, \param{size\_t }{n}}
+\func{const wxChar *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const wxChar* }{str}, \param{const wxChar* }{strPlural}, \param{size\_t }{n},
+ \param{const wxChar* }{domain = NULL}}
This function returns the translation of string {\it str} in the current
\helpref{locale}{wxlocale}. If the string is not found in any of the loaded
message catalogs (see \helpref{internationalization overview}{internationalization}), the
original string is returned. In debug build, an error message is logged -- this
-should help to find the strings which were not yet translated. As this function
+should help to find the strings which were not yet translated. If
+{\it domain} is specified then only that domain/catalog is searched
+for a matching string. As this function
is used very often, an alternative (and also common in Unix world) syntax is
provided: the \helpref{\_()}{underscore} macro is defined to do the same thing
as wxGetTranslation.
The same as \helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf} but takes a {\tt va\_list }
argument instead of arbitrary number of parameters.
+Note that if \texttt{wxUSE\_PRINTF\_POS\_PARAMS} is set to 1, then this function supports
+positional arguments (see \helpref{wxString::Printf}{wxstringprintf} for more information).
+However other functions of the same family (wxPrintf, wxSprintf, wxFprintf, wxVfprintf,
+wxVfprintf, wxVprintf, wxVsprintf) currently do not to support positional parameters
+even when \texttt{wxUSE\_PRINTF\_POS\_PARAMS} is 1.
+
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf}, \helpref{wxString::PrintfV}{wxstringprintfv}
the front when the dialog box is popped up.
+\membersection{::wxAboutBox}\label{wxaboutbox}
+
+\func{void}{wxAboutBox}{\param{const wxAboutDialogInfo\& }{info}}
+
+This function shows the standard about dialog containing the information
+specified in \arg{info}. If the current platform has a native about dialog
+which is capable of showing all the fields in \arg{info}, the native dialog is
+used, otherwise the function falls back to the generic wxWidgets version of the
+dialog, i.e. does the same thing as \helpref{wxGenericAboutBox()}{wxgenericaboutbox}.
+
+Here is an example of how this function may be used:
+\begin{verbatim}
+void MyFrame::ShowSimpleAboutDialog(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
+{
+ wxAboutDialogInfo info;
+ info.SetName(_("My Program"));
+ info.SetVersion(_("1.2.3 Beta"));
+ info.SetDescription(_("This program does something great."));
+ info.SetCopyright(_T("(C) 2007 Me <my@email.addre.ss>"));
+
+ wxAboutBox(info);
+}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+Please see the \helpref{dialogs sample}{sampledialogs} for more examples of
+using this function and \helpref{wxAboutDialogInfo}{wxaboutdialoginfo} for the
+description of the information which can be shown in the about dialog.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/aboutdlg.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxBeginBusyCursor}\label{wxbeginbusycursor}
\func{void}{wxBeginBusyCursor}{\param{wxCursor *}{cursor = wxHOURGLASS\_CURSOR}}
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.
+wxSAVE, wxOVERWRITE\_PROMPT or wxFILE\_MUST\_EXIST. Note that wxMULTIPLE
+can only be used with \helpref{wxFileDialog}{wxfiledialog} and not here as this
+function only returns a single file name.
Both the Unix and Windows versions implement a wildcard filter. Typing a
filename containing wildcards (*, ?) in the filename text item, and
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxGenericAboutBox}\label{wxgenericaboutbox}
+
+\func{void}{wxGenericAboutBox}{\param{const wxAboutDialogInfo\& }{info}}
+
+This function does the same thing as \helpref{wxAboutBox}{wxaboutbox} except
+that it always uses the generic wxWidgets version of the dialog instead of the
+native one. This is mainly useful if you need to customize the dialog by e.g.
+adding custom controls to it (customizing the native dialog is not currently
+supported).
+
+See the \helpref{dialogs sample}{sampledialogs} for an example of about dialog
+customization.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxAboutDialogInfo}{wxaboutdialoginfo}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/aboutdlg.h>\\
+<wx/generic/aboutdlgg.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxGetColourFromUser}\label{wxgetcolourfromuser}
\func{wxColour}{wxGetColourFromUser}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent}, \param{const wxColour\& }{colInit}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = wxEmptyString}}
\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
+\twocolitem{wxCANCEL}{Puts a Cancel button on the message box. May only 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.}
\func{wxWindow *}{wxGetActiveWindow}{\void}
-Gets the currently active window (Windows only).
+Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only currently,
+always returns \NULL in the other ports).
\wxheading{Include files}
\texttt{wxBATTERY\_LOW\_STATE}, \texttt{wxBATTERY\_CRITICAL\_STATE},
\texttt{wxBATTERY\_SHUTDOWN\_STATE} or \texttt{wxBATTERY\_UNKNOWN\_STATE}.
\texttt{wxBATTERY\_UNKNOWN\_STATE} is also the default on platforms where
-this feature is not implemented.
+this feature is not implemented (currently everywhere but MS Windows).
\wxheading{Include files}
Returns the type of power source as one of \texttt{wxPOWER\_SOCKET},
\texttt{wxPOWER\_BATTERY} or \texttt{wxPOWER\_UNKNOWN}.
\texttt{wxPOWER\_UNKNOWN} is also the default on platforms where this
-feature is not implemented.
+feature is not implemented (currently everywhere but MS Windows).
\wxheading{Include files}
void SetLeftDown(bool down);
void SetMiddleDown(bool down);
void SetRightDown(bool down);
-
+
void SetControlDown(bool down);
void SetShiftDown(bool down);
void SetAltDown(bool down);
\membersection{::wxStripMenuCodes}\label{wxstripmenucodes}
-\func{wxString}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{const wxString\& }{in}}
+\func{wxString}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{const wxString\& }{str}, \param{int }{flags = wxStrip\_All}}
-\func{void}{wxStripMenuCodes}{\param{char *}{in}, \param{char *}{out}}
+Strips any menu codes from \arg{str} and returns the result.
-{\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).
+By default, the functions strips both the mnemonics character (\texttt{'\&'})
+which is used to indicate a keyboard shortkey, and the accelerators, which are
+used only in the menu items and are separated from the main text by the
+\texttt{$\backslash$t} (TAB) character. By using \arg{flags} of
+\texttt{wxStrip\_Mnemonics} or \texttt{wxStrip\_Accel} to strip only the former
+or the latter part, respectively.
-Menu codes include \& (mark the next character with an underline
-as a keyboard shortkey in Windows and Motif) and $\backslash$t (tab in Windows).
+Notice that in most cases
+\helpref{wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText}{wxmenuitemgetlabelfromtext} or
+\helpref{wxControl::GetLabelText}{wxcontrolgetlabeltext} can be used instead.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{wxSTRINGIZE}\label{wxstringize}
+
+\func{}{wxSTRINGIZE}{\param{}{x}}
+
+Returns the string representation of the given symbol which can be either a
+literal or a macro (hence the advantage of using this macro instead of the
+standard preprocessor \texttt{\#} operator which doesn't work with macros).
+
+Notice that this macro always produces a \texttt{char} string, use
+\helpref{wxSTRINGIZE\_T}{wxstringizet} to build a wide string Unicode build.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxCONCAT}{wxconcat}
+
+
+\membersection{wxSTRINGIZE\_T}\label{wxstringizet}
+
+\func{}{wxSTRINGIZE\_T}{\param{}{x}}
+
+Returns the string representation of the given symbol as either an ASCII or
+Unicode string, depending on the current build. This is the Unicode-friendly
+equivalent of \helpref{wxSTRINGIZE}{wxstringize}.
+
+
\membersection{wxSUPPRESS\_GCC\_PRIVATE\_DTOR\_WARNING}\label{wxsuppressgccprivatedtorwarning}
\func{}{wxSUPPRESS\_GCC\_PRIVATE\_DTOR\_WARNING}{\param{}{name}}
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{\_\_WXFUNCTION\_\_}\label{wxfunction}
+
+\func{}{\_\_WXFUNCTION\_\_}{\void}
+
+This macro expands to the name of the current function if the compiler supports
+any of \texttt{\_\_FUNCTION\_\_}, \texttt{\_\_func\_\_} or equivalent variables
+or macros or to \NULL if none of them is available.
+
+
\section{Byte order macros}\label{byteordermacros}
This macro is equivalent to {\tt wxDynamicCast(this, classname)} but the
latter provokes spurious compilation warnings from some compilers (because it
-tests whether {\tt this} pointer is non {\tt NULL} which is always true), so
+tests whether {\tt this} pointer is non-{\tt NULL} which is always true), so
this macro should be used to avoid them.
\wxheading{See also}
\membersection{::wxOnAssert}\label{wxonassert}
-\func{void}{wxOnAssert}{\param{const char *}{fileName}, \param{int}{ lineNumber}, \param{const char *}{cond}, \param{const char *}{msg = NULL}}
+\func{void}{wxOnAssert}{\param{const char *}{fileName}, \param{int}{ lineNumber}, \param{const char *}{func}, \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
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
+\helpref{wxApp::OnAssertFailure}{wxapponassertfailure} which is called by this function if
the global application object exists.
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}.
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