either look up a function using the alphabetical listing of them or find it in
the corresponding topic.
-\section{Alphabetical functions and macros list}
+\section{Alphabetical functions and macros list}\label{functionsalphabetically}
\helpref{CLASSINFO}{classinfo}\\
\helpref{copystring}{copystring}\\
\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_CLASS}{implementclass}\\
\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS2}{implementdynamicclass2}\\
\helpref{IMPLEMENT\_DYNAMIC\_CLASS}{implementdynamicclass}\\
-\helpref{ngettext}{ngettext}\\
\helpref{wxCONCAT}{wxconcat}\\
\helpref{WXDEBUG\_NEW}{debugnew}\\
\helpref{WXTRACELEVEL}{tracelevel}\\
\helpref{wxBITMAP}{wxbitmapmacro}\\
\helpref{wxBeginBusyCursor}{wxbeginbusycursor}\\
\helpref{wxBell}{wxbell}\\
+\helpref{wxCHANGE\_UMASK}{wxchangeumask}\\
\helpref{wxCHECK}{wxcheck}\\
\helpref{wxCHECK2\_MSG}{wxcheck2msg}\\
\helpref{wxCHECK2}{wxcheck2}\\
\helpref{wxCHECK\_MSG}{wxcheckmsg}\\
\helpref{wxCHECK\_RET}{wxcheckret}\\
\helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{wxcheckversion}\\
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION\_FULL}{wxcheckversionfull}\\
\helpref{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}{wxcheckw32apiversion}\\
\helpref{wxClientDisplayRect}{wxclientdisplayrect}\\
\helpref{wxClipboardOpen}{functionwxclipboardopen}\\
\helpref{wxGetCwd}{wxgetcwd}\\
\helpref{wxGetDiskSpace}{wxgetdiskspace}\\
\helpref{wxGetDisplayName}{wxgetdisplayname}\\
+\helpref{wxGetDisplaySize}{wxdisplaysize}\\
+\helpref{wxGetDisplaySizeMM}{wxdisplaysizemm}\\
\helpref{wxGetElapsedTime}{wxgetelapsedtime}\\
\helpref{wxGetEmailAddress}{wxgetemailaddress}\\
\helpref{wxGetEnv}{wxgetenv}\\
\helpref{wxGetFullHostName}{wxgetfullhostname}\\
\helpref{wxGetHomeDir}{wxgethomedir}\\
\helpref{wxGetHostName}{wxgethostname}\\
+\helpref{wxGetKeyState}{wxgetkeystate}\\
\helpref{wxGetLocalTimeMillis}{wxgetlocaltimemillis}\\
\helpref{wxGetLocalTime}{wxgetlocaltime}\\
\helpref{wxGetMousePosition}{wxgetmouseposition}\\
\helpref{wxMakeMetafilePlaceable}{wxmakemetafileplaceable}\\
\helpref{wxMatchWild}{wxmatchwild}\\
\helpref{wxMessageBox}{wxmessagebox}\\
+\helpref{wxMilliSleep}{wxmillisleep}\\
+\helpref{wxMicroSleep}{wxmicrosleep}\\
\helpref{wxMkdir}{wxmkdir}\\
\helpref{wxMutexGuiEnter}{wxmutexguienter}\\
\helpref{wxMutexGuiLeave}{wxmutexguileave}\\
\helpref{wxNow}{wxnow}\\
\helpref{wxOnAssert}{wxonassert}\\
\helpref{wxOpenClipboard}{wxopenclipboard}\\
-\helpref{wxParseWildcard}{wxparsewildcard}\\
+\helpref{wxParseCommonDialogsFilter}{wxparsecommondialogsfilter}\\
\helpref{wxPathOnly}{wxpathonly}\\
\helpref{wxPostDelete}{wxpostdelete}\\
\helpref{wxPostEvent}{wxpostevent}\\
\helpref{wxUnix2DosFilename}{wxunix2dosfilename}\\
\helpref{wxUnsetEnv}{wxunsetenv}\\
\helpref{wxUsleep}{wxusleep}\\
+\helpref{wxVaCopy}{wxvacopy}\\
\helpref{wxVsnprintf}{wxvsnprintf}\\
\helpref{wxWakeUpIdle}{wxwakeupidle}\\
\helpref{wxWriteResource}{wxwriteresource}\\
\helpref{wxYield}{wxyield}\\
\helpref{wx\_const\_cast}{wxconstcastraw}\\
+\helpref{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}{wxreinterpretcastraw}\\
\helpref{wx\_static\_cast}{wxstaticcastraw}\\
\helpref{\_}{underscore}\\
\helpref{\_T}{underscoret}
\item {\tt wxMAJOR\_VERSION} is the major version of wxWidgets
\item {\tt wxMINOR\_VERSION} is the minor version of wxWidgets
\item {\tt wxRELEASE\_NUMBER} is the release number
+\item {\tt wxSUBRELEASE\_NUMBER} is the subrelease number which is $0$ for all
+official releases
\end{itemize}
For example, the values or these constants for wxWidgets 2.1.15 are 2, 1 and
three version numbers above: for 2.1.15, it is 2115 and it is 2200 for
wxWidgets 2.2.
+The subrelease number is only used for the sources in between official releases
+and so normally is not useful.
+
\wxheading{Include files}
<wx/version.h> or <wx/defs.h>
+\membersection{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}\label{wxcheckgccversion}
+
+\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor, release}}
+
+Returns $1$ if the compiler being used to compile the code is GNU C++
+compiler (g++) version major.minor.release or greater. Otherwise, and also if
+the compiler is not GNU C++ at all, returns $0$.
+
+
\membersection{wxCHECK\_VERSION}\label{wxcheckversion}
\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor, release}}
\end{verbatim}
-\membersection{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}\label{wxcheckgccversion}
+\membersection{wxCHECK\_VERSION\_FULL}\label{wxcheckversionfull}
-\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_GCC\_VERSION}{\param{}{major, minor, release}}
+\func{bool}{wxCHECK\_VERSION\_FULL}{\param{}{major, minor, release, subrel}}
-Returns $1$ if the compiler being used to compile the code is GNU C++
-compiler (g++) version major.minor.release or greater. Otherwise, and also if
-the compiler is not GNU C++ at all, returns $0$.
+Same as \helpref{wxCHECK\_VERSION}{wxcheckversion} but also checks that
+\texttt{wxSUBRELEASE\_NUMBER} is at least \arg{subrel}.
\membersection{wxCHECK\_W32API\_VERSION}\label{wxcheckw32apiversion}
Under Unix the flag {\tt wxEXEC\_MAKE\_GROUP\_LEADER} may be used to ensure
that the new process is a group leader (this will create a new session if
-needed). Calling \helpref{wxKill}{wxkill} with the argument of -pid where pid
-is the process ID of the new process will kill this process as well as all of
-its children (except those which have started their own session).
+needed). Calling \helpref{wxKill}{wxkill} passing wxKILL\_CHILDREN will
+will kill this process as well as all of its children (except those which have
+started their own session).
Finally, you may use the third overloaded version of this function to execute
a process (always synchronously) and capture its output in the array
\membersection{::wxKill}\label{wxkill}
-\func{int}{wxKill}{\param{long}{ pid}, \param{int}{ sig = wxSIGTERM}, \param{wxKillError }{*rc = NULL}}
+\func{int}{wxKill}{\param{long}{ pid}, \param{int}{ sig = wxSIGTERM}, \param{wxKillError }{*rc = NULL}, \param{int }{flags = 0}}
Equivalent to the Unix kill function: send the given signal {\it sig} to the
process with PID {\it pid}. The valid signal values are
};
\end{verbatim}
+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 wxExecute.
+
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxProcess::Kill}{wxprocesskill},\rtfsp
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/utils.h>
+<wx/filefn.h>
\wxheading{See also}
get the next matching file. Neither will report the current directory "." or the
parent directory "..".
+\wxheading{Warning}
+
+As of wx 2.5.2, these functions are not thread-safe! (use static variables)
+
{\it spec} may contain wildcards.
{\it flags} may be wxDIR for restricting the query to directories, wxFILE for files or zero for either.
slashes with backslashes.
+\membersection{wxCHANGE\_UMASK}\label{wxchangeumask}
+
+\func{}{wxCHANGE\_UMASK}{\param{int }{mask}}
+
+Under Unix this macro changes the current process umask to the given value,
+unless it is equal to $-1$ in which case nothing is done, and restores it to
+the original value on scope exit. It works by declaring a variable which sets
+umask to \arg{mask} in its constructor and restores it in its destructor.
+
+Under other platforms this macro expands to nothing.
+
+
\membersection{::wxConcatFiles}\label{wxconcatfiles}
\func{bool}{wxConcatFiles}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2},
\func{bool}{wxMatchWild}{\param{const wxString\& }{pattern}, \param{const wxString\& }{text}, \param{bool}{ dot\_special}}
-Returns true if the {\it pattern}\/ matches the {\it text}\/; if {\it
+Returns true if the \arg{pattern}\/ matches the {\it text}\/; if {\it
dot\_special}\/ is true, filenames beginning with a dot are not matched
with wildcard characters. See \helpref{wxIsWild}{wxiswild}.
\func{bool}{wxMkdir}{\param{const wxString\& }{dir}, \param{int }{perm = 0777}}
-Makes the directory {\it dir}, returning true if successful.
+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.
-\membersection{::wxParseWildcard}\label{wxparsewildcard}
+\membersection{::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter}\label{wxparsecommondialogsfilter}
-\func{int}{wxParseWildcard}{\param{const wxString\& }{wildCard}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{descriptions}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{filters}}
+\func{int}{wxParseCommonDialogsFilter}{\param{const wxString\& }{wildCard}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{descriptions}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{filters}}
-Parses the {\it wildCard}, returning the number of filters.
+Parses the \arg{wildCard}, returning the number of filters.
Returns 0 if none or if there's a problem.
The arrays will contain an equal number of items found before the error.
-{\it wildCard} is in the form:
+On platforms where native dialogs handle only one filter per entry,
+entries in arrays are automatically adjusted.
+\arg{wildCard} is in the form:
\begin{verbatim}
"All files (*)|*|Image Files (*.jpeg *.png)|*.jpg;*.png"
\end{verbatim}
\func{bool}{wxRemoveFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
-Removes {\it file}, returning true if successful.
+Removes \arg{file}, returning true if successful.
\membersection{::wxRenameFile}\label{wxrenamefile}
\func{bool}{wxRenameFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{file1}, \param{const wxString\& }{file2}}
-Renames {\it file1} to {\it file2}, returning true if successful.
+Renames \arg{file1} to \arg{file2}, returning true if successful.
\membersection{::wxRmdir}\label{wxrmdir}
-\section{String functions}
+\section{String functions}\label{stringfunctions}
\membersection{::copystring}\label{copystring}
This function is deprecated, use \helpref{wxString}{wxstring} class instead.
-\membersection{ngettext}\label{ngettext}
-
-\func{const wxChar *}{ngettext}{\param{const char *}{str}, \param{const char *}{strPlural}, \param{size\_t }{n}}
-
-This macro expands into a call to plural form version of
-\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, either singular or plural
-form depending on the value of \arg{n}.
-
-\wxheading{See also}
-
-\helpref{\_}{underscore}
-
-
\membersection{::wxGetTranslation}\label{wxgettranslation}
\func{const char *}{wxGetTranslation}{\param{const char * }{str}}
The \arg{strPlural} parameter is the plural form (in English).
The parameter \arg{n} is used to determine the plural form. If no
message catalog is found \arg{str} is returned if `n == 1',
-otherwise \arg{strPlural}. The \helpref{ngettext}{ngettext} macro is defined
-to do the same thing.
+otherwise \arg{strPlural}.
See \urlref{GNU gettext manual}{http://www.gnu.org/manual/gettext/html\_chapter/gettext\_10.html\#SEC150} for additional information on plural forms handling.
+Both versions call \helpref{wxLocale::GetString}{wxlocalegetstring}.
+
\membersection{::wxIsEmpty}\label{wxisempty}
\func{bool}{wxIsEmpty}{\param{const char *}{ p}}
Don't confuse this macro with \helpref{\_T()}{underscoret}!
-\wxheading{See also}
-
-\helpref{ngettext}{ngettext}
-
-
\membersection{\_T}\label{underscoret}
\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{const wxString\& }{wildcard = "*.*"}, \param{int }{flags = 0}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
\param{int}{ x = -1}, \param{int}{ y = -1}}
Pops up a file selector box. In Windows, this is the common file selector
\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}}
+\func{wxString}{wxGetPasswordFromUser}{\param{const wxString\& }{message}, \param{const wxString\& }{caption = ``Input text"},\\
+ \param{const wxString\& }{default\_value = ``"}, \param{wxWindow *}{parent = NULL},\\
+ \param{int}{ x = wxDefaultCoord}, \param{int}{ y = wxDefaultCoord}, \param{bool}{ centre = true}}
Similar to \helpref{wxGetTextFromUser}{wxgettextfromuser} but the text entered
in the dialog is not shown on screen but replaced with stars. This is intended
\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{int}{ x = wxDefaultCoord}, \param{int}{ y = wxDefaultCoord}, \param{bool}{ centre = true}}
Pop up a dialog box with title set to {\it caption}, {\it message}, and a
\rtfsp{\it default\_value}. The user may type in text and press OK to return this text,
\param{bool }{showAtStartup = true}}
This function shows a "startup tip" to the user. The return value is the
-state of the ``Show tips at startup'' checkbox.
+state of the `Show tips at startup' checkbox.
\docparam{parent}{The parent window for the modal dialog}
-\section{Math functions}
+\section{Math functions}\label{mathfunctions}
\wxheading{Include files}
\func{}{wxDYNLIB\_FUNCTION}{\param{}{type}, \param{}{name}, \param{}{dynlib}}
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
+{\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 language feature but still take advantage of it when it is available.
+\membersection{::wxGetKeyState}\label{wxgetkeystate}
+
+\func{bool}{wxGetKeyState}{\param{wxKeyCode }{key}}
+
+Returns \true if the key parameter is currently pressed on the keyboard, or
+with modifier keys, (caps lock, etc) if the key is active (the led light is
+on).
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
\membersection{wxLL}\label{wxll}
\func{wxLongLong\_t}{wxLL}{\param{}{number}}
\helpref{wxLL}{wxll}, \helpref{wxLongLong}{wxlonglong}
+\membersection{wxVaCopy}\label{wxvacopy}
+
+\func{void}{wxVaCopy}{\param{va\_list }{argptrDst}, \param{va\_list}{argptrSrc}}
+
+This macro is the same as the standard C99 \texttt{va\_copy} for the compilers
+which support it or its replacement for those that don't. It must be used to
+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
+\texttt{va\_end}.
+
+
\membersection{::wxWriteResource}\label{wxwriteresource}
\func{bool}{wxWriteResource}{\param{const wxString\& }{section}, \param{const wxString\& }{entry},
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wx\_static\_cast}{wxstaticcastraw}\\
+\helpref{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}{wxreinterpretcastraw},\\
+\helpref{wx\_static\_cast}{wxstaticcastraw}
+
+
+\membersection{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}\label{wxreinterpretcastraw}
+
+\func{T}{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}{T, x}
+
+Same as \texttt{reinterpret\_cast<T>(x)} if the compiler supports reinterpret cast or
+\texttt{(T)x} for old compilers.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wx\_const\_cast}{wxconstcastraw},\\
+\helpref{wx\_static\_cast}{wxstaticcastraw}
\membersection{wx\_static\_cast}\label{wxstaticcastraw}
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wx\_const\_cast}{wxconstcastraw}\\
+\helpref{wx\_const\_cast}{wxconstcastraw},\\
+\helpref{wx\_reinterpret\_cast}{wxreinterpretcastraw}
\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
+{\bf Caveats:} since both the mask and the format string are strings,
+this might lead to function signature confusion in some cases:
+if you intend to call the format string only version of wxLogTrace,
+then add a \%s format string parameter and then supply a second string parameter for that \%s, the string mask version of wxLogTrace will erroneously get called instead, since you are supplying two string parameters to the function.
+In this case you'll unfortunately have to avoid having two leading
+string parameters, e.g. by adding a bogus integer (with its \%d format string).
+
+The third version of the function only logs the message if all the bits
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
<wx/timer.h>
+\membersection{::wxMicroSleep}\label{wxmicrosleep}
+
+\func{void}{wxMicroSleep}{\param{unsigned long}{ microseconds}}
+
+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
+\helpref{wxMilliSleep}{wxmillisleep}(\arg{microseconds}$/1000$).
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
+\membersection{::wxMilliSleep}\label{wxmillisleep}
+
+\func{void}{wxMilliSleep}{\param{unsigned long}{ milliseconds}}
+
+Sleeps for the specified number of milliseconds. Notice that usage of this
+function is encouraged instead of calling usleep(3) directly because the
+standard usleep() function is not MT safe.
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/utils.h>
+
+
\membersection{::wxNow}\label{wxnow}
\func{wxString}{wxNow}{\void}
\func{void}{wxUsleep}{\param{unsigned long}{ milliseconds}}
-Sleeps for the specified number of milliseconds. Notice that usage of this
-function is encouraged instead of calling usleep(3) directly because the
-standard usleep() function is not MT safe.
-
-\wxheading{Include files}
-
-<wx/utils.h>
+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}
+depending on the resolution you need.
\helpref{wxCOMPILE\_TIME\_ASSERT2}{wxcompiletimeassert2} macro.
Also note that Microsoft Visual C++ has a bug which results in compiler errors
-if you use this macro with ``Program Database For Edit And Continue''
-(\texttt{/ZI}) option, so you shouldn't use it (``Program Database''
+if you use this macro with `Program Database For Edit And Continue'
+(\texttt{/ZI}) option, so you shouldn't use it (`Program Database'
(\texttt{/Zi}) is ok though) for the code making use of this macro.
\wxheading{See also}