If you only want to use the resources, you can choose from a number of editors:
a) wxDesigner (http://www.roebling.de)
b) XRCed (wxPython/tools)
- c) wxWorkshop (http://wxworkshop.sf.net)
- b) wxrcedit (contrib/utils/wxrcedit)
+ c) DialogBlocks (wxPython/tools)
+
+and others listed on the Resources section of the wxWidgets web
+site.
The XRC format is based on XML 1.0 (please consult W3C's specification). There
is no DTD available since it is not possible to fully describe the format with
1. Terminology
==============
-The usual XML terminology applies. In particular, we shall use the terms
+The usual XML terminology applies. In particular, we shall use the terms
NODE, PROPERTY and VALUE in the XML sense:
<node property1="value1" property2="value2">...</node>
-The term ATTRIBUTE is specific to XRC and refers to a subnode
-of an <object> or <object_ref> node that is itself not <object> or <object_ref>.
-In the example below, <pos>, <label> and <style> are attributes, while neither
+The term ATTRIBUTE is specific to XRC and refers to a subnode
+of an <object> or <object_ref> node that is itself not <object> or <object_ref>.
+In the example below, <pos>, <label> and <style> are attributes, while neither
<resource> nor either of <object>s is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8">
=========================
XRC resource file is a well-formed XML 1.0 document. All elements of XRC file
-are from the http://www.wxwidgets.org/wxxrc namespace.
+are from the http://www.wxwidgets.org/wxxrc namespace.
-The root node of XRC document must be <resource>. The <resource> node has
-optional "version" property. Default version (in absence of the version
-property) is "0.0.0.0". The version consists of four integers separated by
-periods. Version of XRC format changes only if there was an incompatible
-change introduced (i.e. either the library cannot understand old resource
+The root node of XRC document must be <resource>. The <resource> node has
+optional "version" property. Default version (in absence of the version
+property) is "0.0.0.0". The version consists of four integers separated by
+periods. Version of XRC format changes only if there was an incompatible
+change introduced (i.e. either the library cannot understand old resource
files or older versions of the library wouldn't understand the new format).
-The first three integers are major, minor and release number of the wxWidgets
-release when the change was introduced, the last one is revision number and
-is 0 for the first incompatible change in given wxWidgets release, 1 for
+The first three integers are major, minor and release number of the wxWidgets
+release when the change was introduced, the last one is revision number and
+is 0 for the first incompatible change in given wxWidgets release, 1 for
the second etc.
Differences between versions are described within this document in paragraphs
subnodes, all of which must have the "name" property.
The <object> node represents a single object (GUI element) and it usually maps
-directly to a wxWidgets class instance. It three properties: "name", "class"
+directly to a wxWidgets class instance. It has the properties: "name", "class"
and "subclass". "class" must always be present, it tells XRC what wxWidgets
object should be created in this place. The other two are optional. "name" is
ID used to identify the object. It is the value passed to the XRCID() macro and
the resource, must be derived from "class" and must be registered within
wxWidgets' RTTI system.
+Finally, an optional "insert_at" property may be present. Currently only the
+values "begin" and "end" are supported, meaning to insert the object in the
+beginning of the parent node objects list or to append it at the end (which is
+the default if this property is absent).
+
Example:
<object name="MyList1" class="wxListCtrl" subclass="MyListCtrlClass">
...
- </object>
-
+ </object>
+
<object> node may have arbitrary child nodes. What child nodes and their
semantics are class-dependent and are defined later in this document. The user
is allowed to register new object handlers within XRC and extend it to accept
new <object> classes (and therefore different <object>'s child nodes).
<object_ref> node is identical to <object>, except that it does _not_ have
-"class" property and has additional required property "ref". It's concept is
+"class" property and has additional required property "ref". Its concept is
similar to Unix symlinks: value of the "ref" property is equal to the value of
"name" property of some existing node (called referred node) in the resources
(not necessary top-level). Referred node's "class" property and all subnodes
<value>bar</value> <!-- override! -->
</object_ref>
-is identical to:
+is identical to:
<object name="foo" class="wxTextCtrl">
<value>hello</value>
"wxART_FILE_OPEN" (id) or "wxART_MENU" (client).
Any of "stock_id" or "stock_client" properties or the filename may be omitted.
-XRC determines the bitmap to use according to this algorithm:
+XRC determines the bitmap to use according to this algorithm:
1. If there is non-empty "stock_id" property, query wxArtProvider for the
bitmap (if there is no "stock_client", use default one, which is usually
wxART_OTHER; exceptions are noted in class-specific sections below). If
Boolean value, either "0" (false) or "1" (true).
+Font
+----
+Font value. A font can be described either in terms of its elementary
+properties, or it can be derived from one of system fonts. The font node
+may contain following subnodes (the table lists subnode name on the left and
+variable type as per the definitions above on the right side):
+
+size UnsignedInteger
+style normal | italic | slant
+weight normal | bold | light
+family roman | script | decorative | swiss | modern | teletype
+underlined Boolean
+face comma-separated list of faces
+encoding charset of the font (meaningless in Unicode build), as string
+sysfont symbolic name of system standard font
+ (one of wxSYS_*_FONT constants)
+relativesize Float, font size relative to choosen system font's size;
+ can only be used when 'sysfont' is used and when 'size' is not
+ used
+
+All of them are optional, if they are missing, wxFont default is used.
+
+Examples:
+
+ <font>
+ <face>arial,helvetica</face>
+ <size>12</size>
+ </font>
+
+ <font>
+ <sysfont>wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT</sysfont>
+ <weight>bold</weight>
+ <relativesize>1.5</relativesize>
+ </font>
+
+
+Colour
+------
+A colour value is either explicit RGB value in the standard #rrggbb format
+where rr, gg and bb are hexadecimal case-insensitive values in the 00..FF
+range, or a symbolic name. Symbolic names are wxSYS_COLOUR_* constants defined
+by wxWidgets, written as strings.
+
+Example:
+
+ <bg>wxSYS_COLOUR_SCROLLBAR</bg>
+ <fg>#FF0000</fg>
+
+
4. Supported classes
====================
[(optional remarks....................
...................................)]
+Common attributes
+-----------------
+These attributes are supported by all windows:
+
+exstyle Int
+bg Colour
+fg Colour
+enabled Boolean true
+focused Boolean false
+hidden Boolean false
+tooltip I18nString
+font Font
+help I18nString
+
wxBitmap
--------
-This is a special case, because it does not create a wxWindow instance but
+This is a special case, because it does not create a wxWindow instance but
creates wxBitmap instead. Another exceptional thing is that it does not have
any attributes. Instead, the node itself is interpreted as if it were attribute
of type Bitmap.
--------
pos Position -1,-1
size Size -1,-1
-style Style[wxButton]
+style Style[wxButton]
label I18nString
default Boolean false
</object>
+wxDatePickerCtrl
+----------------
+pos Position -1,-1
+size Size -1,-1
+style Style[wxDatePickerCtrl]
+
+
wxDialog
--------
pos Position -1,-1
set as frame's tool-, menu- and statusbar respectively.
+wxMDIParentFrame
+----------------
+
+Supports same attributes and children nodes as wxFrame. Additionally, children
+may be of the wxMDIChildFrame type.
+
+
+wxMDIChildFrame
+---------------
+
+Supports same attributes and children nodes as wxFrame.
+
+
+wxRadioBox
+----------
+
+This control may have "dimension" (major dimension) and (initial) "selection"
+Integer subelements and a composite "content" element similar to wxCheckList.
+The only difference is that the "item" subelements can have an optional
+"tooltip=I18nString" and "helptext=I18nString" attributes to specify
+the per-item tooltip and helptext.
+
+
wxScrolledWindow
----------------
pos Position -1,-1
margins Size -1,-1
packing Integer -1
separation Integer -1
+bg Background colour None
+dontattachtoframe Boolean False
wxToolBar node may have children <object> and <object_ref> nodes. Their class
may be either "tool", "separator" or any wxWidgets class derived from
tool
----
- bitmap Bitmap
+ bitmap Bitmap
bitmap2 Bitmap wxNullBitmap
toggle Boolean 0
radio Boolean 0
+ disabled Boolean 0
label I18nString ""
tooltip I18nString ""
longhelp I18nString ""
At most one of "toggle" and "radio" attributes may be 1.
Attribute "pos" may not appear if "label" or "radio" attributes
are used or if parent wxToolBar's style contains wxTB_TEXT.
-
+
Note:
Use of "pos" attribute is strongly discouraged, it is deprecated
usage of wxToolBar and it is not supported by MSW and GTK
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