The functions defined in wxWindows are described here.
+\section{Thread functions}\label{threadfunctions}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/thread.h>
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxThread}{wxthread}, \helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}, \helpref{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview}
+
+\membersection{::wxMutexGuiEnter}\label{wxmutexguienter}
+
+\func{void}{wxMutexGuiEnter}{\void}
+
+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 other thread will enter
+the GUI library until the calling thread calls \helpref{::wxMutexGuiLeave()}{wxmutexguileave}.
+
+Typically, these functions are used like this:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+void MyThread::Foo(void)
+{
+ // before doing any GUI calls we must ensure that this thread is the only
+ // one doing it!
+
+ wxMutexGuiEnter();
+
+ // Call GUI here:
+ my_window->DrawSomething();
+
+ wxMutexGuiLeave();
+}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+Note that under GTK, no creation of top-level windows is allowed in any
+thread but the main one.
+
+This function is only defined on platforms which support preemptive
+threads.
+
+\membersection{::wxMutexGuiLeave}\label{wxmutexguileave}
+
+\func{void}{wxMutexGuiLeave}{\void}
+
+See \helpref{::wxMutexGuiEnter()}{wxmutexguienter}.
+
+This function is only defined on platforms which support preemptive
+threads.
+
\section{File functions}\label{filefunctions}
\wxheading{Include files}
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}
+\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}, \helpref{wxDir}{wxdir}, \helpref{wxFile}{wxfile}
\membersection{::wxDirExists}
Returns TRUE if the file exists. It also returns TRUE if the file is
a directory.
+\membersection{::wxFileModificationTime}
+
+\func{time\_t}{wxFileModificationTime}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
+
+Returns time of last modification of given file.
+
\membersection{::wxFileNameFromPath}
\func{wxString}{wxFileNameFromPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{path}}
Returns the Windows directory under Windows; on other platforms returns the empty string.
-\membersection{::wxInitAllImageHandlers}\label{wxinitallimagehandlers}
-
-\func{void}{wxInitAllImageHandlers}{\void}
-
-Adds some common image format handlers, which, depending on wxWindows
-configuration, can be handlers for BMP (loading) (always installed), GIF
-(loading and saving), PCX (loading and saving), PNM (loading and saving as raw
-rgb), PNG (loading and saving), JPEG (loading and saving), file formats.
-
-See also: \helpref{wxImage}{wximage} \helpref{wxImageHandler}{wximagehandler}
-
\membersection{::wxIsAbsolutePath}
\func{bool}{wxIsAbsolutePath}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}}
\func{char*}{wxGetTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{char* }{buf=NULL}}
+\func{bool}{wxGetTempFileName}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}, \param{wxString\& }{buf}}
+
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}.
\membersection{::wxSplitPath}\label{wxsplitfunction}
-\func{void}{wxSplitPath}{\param{const char *}{ fullname}, \param{const wxString *}{ path}, \param{const wxString *}{ name}, \param{const wxString *}{ ext}}
+\func{void}{wxSplitPath}{\param{const char *}{ fullname}, \param{wxString *}{ path}, \param{wxString *}{ name}, \param{wxString *}{ ext}}
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
Returns the FQDN (fully qualified domain host name) or an empty string on
error.
-See also: \helpref{wxGetHostName}{wxgethostname}
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxGetHostName}{wxgethostname}
\wxheading{Include files}
\membersection{::wxGetHostName}\label{wxgethostname}
\func{wxString}{wxGetHostName}{\void}
+
\func{bool}{wxGetHostName}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
Copies the current host machine's name into the supplied buffer. Please note
empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns TRUE
if successful, FALSE otherwise.
-See also: \helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}
\wxheading{Include files}
\membersection{::wxGetUserId}\label{wxgetuserid}
\func{wxString}{wxGetUserId}{\void}
+
\func{bool}{wxGetUserId}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
This function returns the "user id" also known as "login name" under Unix i.e.
empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns TRUE
if successful, FALSE otherwise.
-See also: \helpref{wxGetUserName}{wxgetusername}
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxGetUserName}{wxgetusername}
\wxheading{Include files}
\membersection{::wxGetUserName}\label{wxgetusername}
\func{wxString}{wxGetUserName}{\void}
+
\func{bool}{wxGetUserName}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
This function returns the full user name (something like "Mr. John Smith").
empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns TRUE
if successful, FALSE otherwise.
-See also: \helpref{wxGetUserId}{wxgetuserid}
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxGetUserId}{wxgetuserid}
\wxheading{Include files}
\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
+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}
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
+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 syntax is provided: the \_() macro is
defined as wxGetTranslation().
+\membersection{::wxSnprintf}\label{wxsnprintf}
+
+\func{int}{wxSnprintf}{\param{wxChar *}{buf}, \param{size\_t }{len}, \param{const wxChar *}{format}, \param{}{...}}
+
+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.
+
+Returns the number of characters copied to the buffer or -1 if there is not
+enough space.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxVsnprintf}{wxvsnprintf}, \helpref{wxString::Printf}{wxstringprintf}
+
+\membersection{::wxVsnprintf}\label{wxvsnprintf}
+
+\func{int}{wxVsnprintf}{\param{wxChar *}{buf}, \param{size\_t }{len}, \param{const wxChar *}{format}, \param{va\_list }{argptr}}
+
+The same as \helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf} but takes a {\tt va\_list}
+argument instead of arbitrary number of parameters.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxSnprintf}{wxsnprintf}, \helpref{wxString::PrintfV}{wxstringprintfv}
+
\section{Dialog functions}\label{dialogfunctions}
Below are a number of convenience functions for getting input from the
\membersection{::wxCreateFileTipProvider}\label{wxcreatefiletipprovider}
-\func{wxTipProvider *}{wxCreateFileTipProvider}{
- \param{const wxString\& }{filename},
- \param{size\_t }{currentTip}}
+\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.}
+is remembered between the 2 program runs.}
-\wxheading{See also:}
+\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{Tips overview}{tipsoverview}
\membersection{::wxFileSelector}\label{wxfileselector}
\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}}
+ \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}}
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.
+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, wxHIDE\_READONLY, or 0.
+wxSAVE, wxOVERWRITE\_PROMPT, wxHIDE\_READONLY, wxFILE\_MUST\_EXIST, wxMULTIPLE or 0.
Both the Unix and Windows versions implement a wildcard filter. Typing a
filename containing wildcards (*, ?) in the filename text item, and
<wx/filedlg.h>
+\membersection{::wxGetColourFromUser}\label{wxgetcolourfromuser}
+
+\func{wxColour}{wxGetColourFromUser}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent}, \param{const wxColour\& }{colInit}}
+
+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{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{parent}{The parent window for the colour selection dialog}
+
+\docparam{colInit}{If given, this will be the colour initially selected in the dialog.}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/colordlg.h>
+
\membersection{::wxGetNumberFromUser}\label{wxgetnumberfromuser}
\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}}
+ \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}}
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
<wx/textdlg.h>
+\membersection{::wxGetPasswordFromUser}\label{wxgetpasswordfromuser}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetTextFromUser}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = ``Input text"},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{default\_value = ``"}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL}}
+
+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/textdlg.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}}
+ \param{const wxString\& }{default\_value = ``"}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1}, \param{bool}{ centre = TRUE}}
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,
\membersection{::wxGetMultipleChoice}\label{wxgetmultiplechoice}
\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}}
+ \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}}
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.
\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}}
+ \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
\membersection{::wxGetSingleChoiceIndex}\label{wxgetsinglechoiceindex}
\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}}
+ \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.
\membersection{::wxGetSingleChoiceData}\label{wxgetsinglechoicedata}
\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}}
+ \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.
\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}}
+ \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:
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.}
+\twocolitem{wxICON\_EXCLAMATION}{Displays an exclamation mark symbol.}
+\twocolitem{wxICON\_HAND}{Displays a hand symbol.}
+\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.
\membersection{::wxShowTip}\label{wxshowtip}
-\func{bool}{wxShowTip}{
- \param{wxWindow *}{parent},
- \param{wxTipProvider *}{tipProvider},
- \param{bool }{showAtStartup = TRUE}}
+\func{bool}{wxShowTip}{\param{wxWindow *}{parent},
+ \param{wxTipProvider *}{tipProvider},
+ \param{bool }{showAtStartup = TRUE}}
This function shows a "startup tip" to the user.
\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
- \helpref{wxCreateFileTipProvider}{wxcreatefiletipprovider} function.}
+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.}
+otherwise. This is used as the initial value for "Show tips at startup"
+checkbox which is shown in the tips dialog.}
-\wxheading{See also:}
+\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{Tips overview}{tipsoverview}
\section{Clipboard functions}\label{clipsboard}
-These clipboard functions are implemented for Windows only.
+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}
Called when wxWindows exits, to clean up the DDE system. This no longer needs to be
called by the application.
-See also helpref{wxDDEInitialize}{wxddeinitialize}.
+See also \helpref{wxDDEInitialize}{wxddeinitialize}.
\wxheading{Include files}
\func{void}{wxDebugMsg}{\param{const wxString\& }{fmt}, \param{...}{}}
+{\bf This function is deprecated, use \helpref{wxLogDebug}{wxlogdebug} instead!}
+
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.
-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++.
-
{\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
\func{void}{wxEnableTopLevelWindow}{\param{bool}{ enable = TRUE}}
-This function enables or disables all top level windows. It is used by
+This function enables or disables all top level windows. It is used by
\helpref{::wxSafeYield}{wxsafeyield}.
\wxheading{Include files}
\func{long}{wxExecute}{\param{char **}{argv}, \param{bool }{sync = FALSE}, \param{wxProcess *}{callback = NULL}}
+\func{long}{wxExecute}{\param{const wxString\& }{command}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{output}}
+
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.
+The semantics of the third version is different from the first two and is
+described in more details below.
+
If {\it sync} is FALSE (the default), flow of control immediately returns.
If TRUE, the current application waits until the other program has terminated.
$-1$ 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
+should ensure that this can cause no recursion, in the simplest case by
calling \helpref{wxEnableTopLevelWindows(FALSE)}{wxenabletoplevelwindows}.
For asynchronous execution, however, the return value is the process id and
\helpref{wxProcess::OnTerminate}{wxprocessonterminate} will be called when
the process finishes.
-See also \helpref{wxShell}{wxshell}, \helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}.
+Finally, you may use the third overloaded version of this function to execute
+a process (always synchronously) and capture its output in the array
+{\it output}.
+
+See also \helpref{wxShell}{wxshell}, \helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess},
+\helpref{Exec sample}{sampleexec}.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetHomeDir}
-
-\func{wxString}{wxGetHomeDir}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}}
+\membersection{::wxGetHomeDir}\label{wxgethomedir}
-Fills the buffer with a string representing the user's home directory (Unix only).
+\func{wxString}{wxGetHomeDir}{\void}
-\wxheading{Include files}
-
-<wx/utils.h>
+Return the (current) user's home directory.
-\membersection{::wxGetHostName}
-
-\func{bool}{wxGetHostName}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}, \param{int}{ bufSize}}
+\wxheading{See also}
-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''.
+\helpref{wxGetUserHome}{wxgetuserhome}
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetOsVersion}
+\membersection{::wxGetOsDescription}\label{wxgetosdescription}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetOsDescription}{\void}
+
+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}.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{::wxGetOsVersion}{wxgetosversion}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+\membersection{::wxGetOsVersion}\label{wxgetosversion}
\func{int}{wxGetOsVersion}{\param{int *}{major = NULL}, \param{int *}{minor = NULL}}
\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{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}{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{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}
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{::wxGetOsDescription}{wxgetosdescription}
+
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxGetUserHome}\label{wxgetuserhome}
+
+\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{::wxGetUserName}
\func{bool}{wxGetUserName}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}, \param{int}{ bufSize}}
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxHandleFatalExceptions}\label{wxhandlefatalexceptions}
+
+\func{bool}{wxHandleFatalExceptions}{\param{bool}{ doIt = TRUE}}
+
+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.
+
\membersection{::wxKill}\label{wxkill}
\func{int}{wxKill}{\param{long}{ pid}, \param{int}{ sig}}
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxInitAllImageHandlers}\label{wxinitallimagehandlers}
+
+\func{void}{wxInitAllImageHandlers}{\void}
+
+Initializes all available image handlers. For a list of available handlers,
+see \helpref{wxImage}{wximage}.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxImage}{wximage}, \helpref{wxImageHandler}{wximagehandler}
+
\membersection{::wxIsBusy}\label{wxisbusy}
\func{bool}{wxIsBusy}{\void}
Note that a copy of the {\it event} is made by the function, so the original
copy can be deleted as soon as function returns. This function can also be used
-to send events between different threads safely.
+to send events between different threads safely. As this function makes a
+copy of the event, the event needs to have a fully implemented Clone() method,
+which may not be the case for all event in wxWindows.
+
+See also \helpref{AddPendingEvent}{wxevthandleraddpendingevent} (which this function
+uses internally).
\wxheading{Include files}
Executes a command in an interactive shell window. If no command is
specified, then just the shell is spawned.
-See also \helpref{wxExecute}{wxexecute}.
+See also \helpref{wxExecute}{wxexecute}, \helpref{Exec sample}{sampleexec}.
\wxheading{Include files}
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.
+yield, the text window will not be updated properly, and on systems with
+cooperative multitasking, such as Windows 3.1 other processes will not respond.
Caution should be exercised, however, since yielding may allow the
user to perform actions which are not compatible with the current task.
reentrance of code: see \helpref{::wxSafeYield}{wxsafeyield} for a better
function.
+Note that wxYield will not flush the message logs. This is intentional as
+calling wxYield is usually done to quickly update the screen and popping up a
+message box dialog may be undesirable. If you do with to flush the log
+messages immediately (otherwise it will be done during the next idle loop
+iteration), call \helpref{wxLog::FlushActive}{wxlogflushactive}.
+
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/app.h> or <wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxWakeUpIdle}\label{wxwakeupidle}
+
+\func{void}{wxWakeUpIdle}{\void}
+
+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}.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/app.h>
+
\section{Macros}\label{macros}
These macros are defined in wxWindows.
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.
+avoid using {\tt \#ifdef}s when creating bitmaps.
\wxheading{See also}
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.
+avoid using {\tt \#ifdef}s when creating icons.
\wxheading{See also}
\section{Log functions}\label{logfunctions}
These functions provide a variety of logging functions: see \helpref{Log classes overview}{wxlogoverview} for
-further information.
+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 wxWindows in the beginning of the program).
\wxheading{Include files}
\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.
+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}
\func{void}{wxLogWarning}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-For warnings - they are also normally shown to the
-user, but don't interrupt the program work.
+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{...}{}}
-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.
+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}
\membersection{::wxLogStatus}\label{wxlogstatus}
+\func{void}{wxLogStatus}{\param{wxFrame *}{frame}, \param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
\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.
+Messages logged by this function 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 function).
+
+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{...}{}}
-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.
+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.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxSysErrorCode}{wxsyserrorcode},
+\helpref{wxSysErrorMsg}{wxsyserrormsg}
\membersection{::wxLogDebug}\label{wxlogdebug}
\func{void}{wxLogDebug}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-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).
+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}
\func{void}{wxLogTrace}{\param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-\func{void}{wxLogTrace}{\param{wxTraceMask}{ mask}, \param{const char*}{ formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+\func{void}{wxLogTrace}{\param{const char *}{mask}, \param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
-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:
+\func{void}{wxLogTrace}{\param{wxTraceMask}{ mask}, \param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{...}{}}
+
+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.
+
+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).
+
+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}. The predefined string trace masks
+used by wxWindows are:
+
+\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}
+
+The third version of the function only logs the message if all the bit
+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.
\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}
+\membersection{::wxSysErrorCode}\label{wxsyserrorcode}
+
+\func{unsigned long}{wxSysErrorCode}{\void}
+
+Returns the error code from the last system call. This function uses
+{\tt errno} on Unix platforms and {\tt GetLastError} under Win32.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\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{wxSysErrorCode}{wxsyserrorcode},
+\helpref{wxLogSysError}{wxlogsyserror}
+
\section{Debugging macros and functions}\label{debugmacros}
Useful macros and functins for error checking and defensive programming. ASSERTs are only
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