\helpref{wxFinite}{wxfinite}\\
\helpref{wxGetActiveWindow}{wxgetactivewindow}\\
\helpref{wxGetApp}{wxgetapp}\\
+\helpref{wxGetBatteryState}{wxgetbatterystate}\\
\helpref{wxGetClipboardData}{wxgetclipboarddata}\\
\helpref{wxGetClipboardFormatName}{wxgetclipboardformatname}\\
\helpref{wxGetColourFromUser}{wxgetcolourfromuser}\\
\helpref{wxGetElapsedTime}{wxgetelapsedtime}\\
\helpref{wxGetEmailAddress}{wxgetemailaddress}\\
\helpref{wxGetEnv}{wxgetenv}\\
+\helpref{wxGetFileKind}{wxgetfilekind}\\
\helpref{wxGetFontFromUser}{wxgetfontfromuser}\\
\helpref{wxGetFreeMemory}{wxgetfreememory}\\
\helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}\\
\helpref{wxGetOsDescription}{wxgetosdescription}\\
\helpref{wxGetOsVersion}{wxgetosversion}\\
\helpref{wxGetPasswordFromUser}{wxgetpasswordfromuser}\\
+\helpref{wxGetPowerType}{wxgetpowertype}\\
\helpref{wxGetPrinterCommand}{wxgetprintercommand}\\
\helpref{wxGetPrinterFile}{wxgetprinterfile}\\
\helpref{wxGetPrinterMode}{wxgetprintermode}\\
The {\it flags} parameter can be wxKILL\_NOCHILDREN (the default),
or wxKILL\_CHILDREN, in which case the child processes of this
process will be killed too. Note that under Unix, for wxKILL\_CHILDREN
-to work you should have created the process by passing wxEXEC\_MAKE_GROUP\_LEADER
+to work you should have created the process by passing wxEXEC\_MAKE\_GROUP\_LEADER
to wxExecute.
\wxheading{See also}
\begin{verbatim}
wxString f = wxFindFirstFile("/home/project/*.*");
- while ( !f.IsEmpty() )
+ while ( !f.empty() )
{
...
f = wxFindNextFile();
This function first appeared in wxWidgets 2.3.2.
+\membersection{::wxGetFileKind}\label{wxgetfilekind}
+
+\func{wxFileKind}{wxGetFileKind}{\param{int }{fd}}
+
+\func{wxFileKind}{wxGetFileKind}{\param{FILE *}{fp}}
+
+Returns the type of an open file. Possible return values are:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+enum wxFileKind
+{
+ wxFILE_KIND_UNKNOWN,
+ wxFILE_KIND_DISK, // a file supporting seeking to arbitrary offsets
+ wxFILE_KIND_TERMINAL, // a tty
+ wxFILE_KIND_PIPE // a pipe
+};
+
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/filefn.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxGetOSDirectory}\label{wxgetosdirectory}
\func{wxString}{wxGetOSDirectory}{\void}
current computer and/or user characteristics.
+\membersection{::wxGetEmailAddress}\label{wxgetemailaddress}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetEmailAddress}{\void}
+
+\func{bool}{wxGetEmailAddress}{\param{char * }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
+
+Copies the user's email address into the supplied buffer, by
+concatenating the values returned by \helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}\rtfsp
+and \helpref{wxGetUserId}{wxgetuserid}.
+
+Returns true if successful, false otherwise.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxGetFreeMemory}\label{wxgetfreememory}
\func{wxMemorySize}{wxGetFreeMemory}{\void}
Returns the amount of free memory in bytes under environments which
-support it, and -1 if not supported. Currently, it is supported only
-under Windows, Linux and Solaris.
+support it, and -1 if not supported or failed to perform measurement.
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/utils.h>
-\membersection{::wxGetEmailAddress}\label{wxgetemailaddress}
-
-\func{bool}{wxGetEmailAddress}{\param{const wxString\& }{buf}, \param{int }{sz}}
-
-Copies the user's email address into the supplied buffer, by
-concatenating the values returned by \helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}\rtfsp
-and \helpref{wxGetUserId}{wxgetuserid}.
-
-Returns true if successful, false otherwise.
-
-\wxheading{Include files}
-
-<wx/utils.h>
-
-
\membersection{::wxGetHomeDir}\label{wxgethomedir}
\func{wxString}{wxGetHomeDir}{\void}
<wx/utils.h>
-\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.
-something like "jsmith". It uniquely identifies the current user (on this system).
-
-Under Windows or NT, this function first looks in the environment
-variables USER and LOGNAME; if neither of these is found, the entry {\bf UserId}\rtfsp
-in the {\bf wxWidgets} section of the WIN.INI file is tried.
-
-The first variant of this function returns the login name if successful or an
-empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns true
-if successful, false otherwise.
-
-\wxheading{See also}
-
-\helpref{wxGetUserName}{wxgetusername}
-
-\wxheading{Include files}
-
-<wx/utils.h>
-
-
\membersection{::wxGetOsDescription}\label{wxgetosdescription}
\func{wxString}{wxGetOsDescription}{\void}
\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 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}
<wx/utils.h>
+\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.
+something like "jsmith". It uniquely identifies the current user (on this system).
+
+Under Windows or NT, this function first looks in the environment
+variables USER and LOGNAME; if neither of these is found, the entry {\bf UserId}\rtfsp
+in the {\bf wxWidgets} section of the WIN.INI file is tried.
+
+The first variant of this function returns the login name if successful or an
+empty string otherwise. The second (deprecated) function returns true
+if successful, false otherwise.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxGetUserName}{wxgetusername}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxGetUserName}\label{wxgetusername}
\func{wxString}{wxGetUserName}{\void}
Here is an example which should make it more clear: suppose that you have a
static array of strings containing the weekday names and which have to be
-translated (note that it is a bad example, really, as
+translated (note that it is a bad example, really, as
\helpref{wxDateTime}{wxdatetime} already can be used to get the localized week
day names already). If you write
\func{const wxChar *}{\_}{\param{const char *}{s}}
-This macro expands into a call to \helpref{wxGetTranslation}{wxgettranslation}
+This macro expands into a call to \helpref{wxGetTranslation}{wxgettranslation}
function, so it marks the message for the extraction by {\tt xgettext} just as
\helpref{wxTRANSLATE}{wxtranslate} does, but also returns the translation of
the string for the current locale during execution.
\func{int}{wxFinite}{\param{double }{x}}
-Returns a non-zero value if {\it x} is neither infinite or NaN (not a number),
+Returns a non-zero value if {\it x} is neither infinite or NaN (not a number),
returns 0 otherwise.
\func{}{wxDYNLIB\_FUNCTION}{\param{}{type}, \param{}{name}, \param{}{dynlib}}
-When loading a function from a DLL you always have to cast the returned
+When loading a function from a DLL you always have to cast the returned
{\tt void *} pointer to the correct type and, even more annoyingly, you have to
repeat this type twice if you want to declare and define a function pointer all
in one line
This macro makes this slightly less painful by allowing you to specify the
type only once, as the first parameter, and creating a variable of this type
named after the function but with {\tt pfn} prefix and initialized with the
-function \arg{name} from the \helpref{wxDynamicLibrary}{wxdynamiclibrary}
+function \arg{name} from the \helpref{wxDynamicLibrary}{wxdynamiclibrary}
\arg{dynlib}.
\wxheading{Parameters}
<wx/windows.h>
+\membersection{::wxGetBatteryState}\label{wxgetbatterystate}
+
+\func{wxBatteryState}{wxGetBatteryState}{\void}
+
+Returns battery state as one of \texttt{wxBATTERY\_NORMAL\_STATE},
+\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.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxGetDisplayName}\label{wxgetdisplayname}
\func{wxString}{wxGetDisplayName}{\void}
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxGetPowerType}\label{wxgetpowertype}
+
+\func{wxPowerType}{wxGetPowerType}{\void}
+
+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.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxGetMousePosition}\label{wxgetmouseposition}
\func{wxPoint}{wxGetMousePosition}{\void}
<wx/utils.h>
+\membersection{::wxGetStockLabel}\label{wxgetstocklabel}
+
+\func{wxString}{wxGetStockLabel}{\param{wxWindowID }{id}, \param{bool }{withCodes = true}, \param{wxString }{accelerator = wxEmptyString}}
+
+Returns label that should be used for given {\it id} element.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{id}{given id of the \helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}, \helpref{wxToolBar}{wxtoolbar} tool, etc.}
+
+\docparam{withCodes}{if false then strip accelerator code from the label;
+usefull for getting labels without accelerator char code like for toolbar tooltip or
+under platforms without traditional keyboard like smartphones}
+
+\docparam{accelerator}{optional accelerator string automatically added to label; useful
+for building labels for \helpref{wxMenuItem}{wxmenuitem}}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/stockitem.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxGetTopLevelParent}\label{wxgettoplevelparent}
\func{wxWindow *}{wxGetTopLevelParent}{\param{wxWindow }{*win}}
preserve the value of a \texttt{va\_list} object if you need to use it after
passing it to another function because it can be modified by the latter.
-As with \texttt{va\_start}, each call to \texttt{wxVaCopy} must have a matching
+As with \texttt{va\_start}, each call to \texttt{wxVaCopy} must have a matching
\texttt{va\_end}.
\func{}{DECLARE\_APP}{className}
-This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the
-\helpref{wxGetApp}{wxgetapp} function implemented by
-\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_APP}{implementapp}. It creates the declaration
+This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the
+\helpref{wxGetApp}{wxgetapp} function implemented by
+\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_APP}{implementapp}. It creates the declaration
{\tt className\& wxGetApp(void)}.
Example:
\helpref{RTTI overview}{runtimeclassoverview}\\
\helpref{wxDynamicCastThis}{wxdynamiccastthis}\\
\helpref{wxConstCast}{wxconstcast}\\
-\helpref{wxStatiicCast}{wxstaticcast}
+\helpref{wxStaticCast}{wxstaticcast}
\membersection{wxDynamicCastThis}\label{wxdynamiccastthis}
\func{T}{wx\_const\_cast}{T, x}
-Same as \texttt{const\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports const cast or
+Same as \texttt{const\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports const cast or
\texttt{(T)x} for old compilers. Unlike \helpref{wxConstCast}{wxconstcast},
the cast it to the type \arg{T} and not to \texttt{T *} and also the order of
arguments is the same as for the standard cast.
\func{T}{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}{T, x}
-Same as \texttt{reinterpret\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports reinterpret cast or
+Same as \texttt{reinterpret\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports reinterpret cast or
\texttt{(T)x} for old compilers.
\wxheading{See also}
\func{T}{wx\_static\_cast}{T, x}
-Same as \texttt{static\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports static cast or
+Same as \texttt{static\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports static cast or
\texttt{(T)x} for old compilers. Unlike \helpref{wxStaticCast}{wxstaticcast},
there are no checks being done and the meaning of the macro arguments is exactly
the same as for the standard static cast, i.e. \arg{T} is the full type name and
\func{void}{wxVLogMessage}{\param{const char *}{formatString}, \param{va\_list }{argPtr}}
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.
-
+default (but it can be changed).
\membersection{::wxLogVerbose}\label{wxlogverbose}
Sleeps for the specified number of microseconds. The microsecond resolution may
not, in fact, be available on all platforms (currently only Unix platforms with
-nanosleep(2) may provide it) in which case this is the same as
+nanosleep(2) may provide it) in which case this is the same as
\helpref{wxMilliSleep}{wxmillisleep}(\arg{microseconds}$/1000$).
\wxheading{Include files}
\func{void}{wxUsleep}{\param{unsigned long}{ milliseconds}}
This function is deprecated because its name is misleading: notice that the
-argument is in milliseconds, not microseconds. Please use either
-\helpref{wxMilliSleep}{wxmillisleep} or \helpref{wxMicroSleep}{wxmicrosleep}
+argument is in milliseconds, not microseconds. Please use either
+\helpref{wxMilliSleep}{wxmillisleep} or \helpref{wxMicroSleep}{wxmicrosleep}
depending on the resolution you need.
\func{bool}{wxIsDebuggerRunning}{\void}
-Returns {\tt true} if the program is running under debugger, {\tt false}
-otherwise.
+Returns \true if the program is running under debugger, \false otherwise.
-Please note that this function is currently only implemented for Mac builds
-using CodeWarrior and always returns {\tt false} elsewhere.
+Please note that this function is currently only implemented for Win32 and Mac
+builds using CodeWarrior and always returns \false elsewhere.