Applied patch [ 827011 ] Event-based processing of item tooltips in wxTreeCtrl

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / timer.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/timer.tex b/docs/latex/wx/timer.tex
index 7830183b5db1d3bd66c660cd9657cd92a838e4d2..88ecf4940b22fcea09270c3cf0fe5ccc9d6943a7 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/timer.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/timer.tex
@@ -11,18 +11,24 @@ There are two different ways to use this class:
 \helpref{Notify}{wxtimernotify} member to perform the required action.
 \item Or you may redirect the notifications to any 
 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler} derived object by using the non default
-constructor or \helpref{SetOwner}{wxtimersetowner}. Then use {\tt EVT\_TIMER} 
+constructor or \helpref{SetOwner}{wxtimersetowner}. Then use the {\tt EVT\_TIMER} 
 macro to connect it to the event handler which will receive 
 \helpref{wxTimerEvent}{wxtimerevent} notifications.
+\item Or you may use a derived class and the {\tt EVT\_TIMER} 
+macro to connect it to an event handler defined in the derived class.
+If the default constructor is used, the timer object will be its
+own owner object, since it is derived from wxEvtHandler.
 \end{enumerate}
 
 In any case, you must start the timer with \helpref{Start}{wxtimerstart} 
 after constructing it before it actually starts sending notifications. It can
 be stopped later with \helpref{Stop}{wxtimerstop}.
 
+{\bf NB:} note that timer can only be used from the main thread currently.
+
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
-\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
+\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ Creates a timer and associates it with {\it owner}. Please see
 
 Destructor. Stops the timer if it is running.
 
-\membersection{wxTimer::GetInterval}{wxtimergetinterval}
+\membersection{wxTimer::GetInterval}\label{wxtimergetinterval}
 
 \constfunc{int}{GetInterval}{\void}
 
@@ -63,14 +69,14 @@ Returns the current interval for the timer (in milliseconds).
 
 \constfunc{bool}{IsOneShot}{\void}
 
-Returns {\tt TRUE} if the timer is one shot, i.e.\ if it will stop after firing the
+Returns {\tt true} if the timer is one shot, i.e.\ if it will stop after firing the
 first notification automatically.
 
 \membersection{wxTimer::IsRunning}\label{wxtimerisrunning}
 
 \constfunc{bool}{IsRunning}{\void}
 
-Returns {\tt TRUE} if the timer is running, {\tt FALSE} if it is stopped.
+Returns {\tt true} if the timer is running, {\tt false} if it is stopped.
 
 \membersection{wxTimer::Notify}\label{wxtimernotify}
 
@@ -91,14 +97,14 @@ id equal to {\it id}\/ specified here.
 
 \membersection{wxTimer::Start}\label{wxtimerstart}
 
-\func{bool}{Start}{\param{int}{milliseconds = -1}, \param{bool }{oneShot = {\tt FALSE}}}
+\func{bool}{Start}{\param{int}{milliseconds = -1}, \param{bool }{oneShot = {\tt false}}}
 
 (Re)starts the timer. If {\it milliseconds}\/ parameter is -1 (value by default),
-the previous value is used. Returns {\tt FALSE} if the timer could not be started,
-{\tt TRUE} otherwise (in MS Windows timers are a limited resource).
+the previous value is used. Returns {\tt false} if the timer could not be started,
+{\tt true} otherwise (in MS Windows timers are a limited resource).
 
-If {\it oneShot}\/ is {\tt FALSE} (the default), the \helpref{Notify}{wxtimernotify} 
-function will be called repeatedly until the timer is stopped. If {\tt TRUE},
+If {\it oneShot}\/ is {\tt false} (the default), the \helpref{Notify}{wxtimernotify} 
+function will be called repeatedly until the timer is stopped. If {\tt true},
 it will be called only once and the timer will stop automatically. To make your
 code more readable you may also use the following symbolic constants
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