document adding new resource handlers (patch 1695722)

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

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/xmlresh.tex b/docs/latex/wx/xmlresh.tex
index 26dcddd9c99b1340b266f6dc4550eb8f5853696f..08671ff6a5227685055e36acf484eb7237c8aa18 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/xmlresh.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/xmlresh.tex
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ capable of creating a control from an XML node.
 
 See \helpref{XML-based resource system overview}{xrcoverview} for details.
 
-{\bf NOTE:} XRC is not yet a part of the core wxWindows library, so
-please see the overview for how to compile and link it. Otherwise if you
-try to use it, you will get link errors.
-
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
@@ -24,7 +20,7 @@ try to use it, you will get link errors.
 
 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
 
-\membersection{wxXmlResourceHandler::wxXmlResourceHandler}\label{wxxmlresourcehandlerwxxmlresourcehandler}
+\membersection{wxXmlResourceHandler::wxXmlResourceHandler}\label{wxxmlresourcehandlerctor}
 
 \func{}{wxXmlResourceHandler}{\void}
 
@@ -53,12 +49,19 @@ Add styles common to all wxWindow-derived classes.
 
 \func{bool}{CanHandle}{\param{wxXmlNode* }{node}}
 
-Returns TRUE if it understands this node and can create
-a resource from it, FALSE otherwise.
+Returns true if it understands this node and can create
+a resource from it, false otherwise.
+
+\wxheading{Note}
+
+You must {\bf not} call any wxXmlResourceHandler methods except 
+\helpref{IsOfClass}{wxxmlresourcehandlerisofclass} from this method! The instance
+is not yet initialized with node data at the time CanHandle is called and it is only
+safe to operate on {\it node} directly or to call IsOfClass.
 
 \membersection{wxXmlResourceHandler::CreateChildren}\label{wxxmlresourcehandlercreatechildren}
 
-\func{void}{CreateChildren}{\param{wxObject* }{parent}, \param{bool }{this\_hnd\_only = FALSE}}
+\func{void}{CreateChildren}{\param{wxObject* }{parent}, \param{bool }{this\_hnd\_only = false}}
 
 Creates children.
 
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ Creates a resource from a node.
 
 Creates an object (menu, dialog, control, ...) from an XML node.
 Should check for validity. {\it parent} is a higher-level object (usually window, dialog or panel)
-that is often neccessary to create the resource.
+that is often necessary to create the resource.
 If {\bf instance} is non-NULL it should not create a new instance via 'new' but
 should rather use this one, and call its Create method.
 
@@ -99,13 +102,13 @@ Gets a bitmap.
 
 \membersection{wxXmlResourceHandler::GetBool}\label{wxxmlresourcehandlergetbool}
 
-\func{bool}{GetBool}{\param{const wxString\& }{param}, \param{bool }{defaultv = FALSE}}
+\func{bool}{GetBool}{\param{const wxString\& }{param}, \param{bool }{defaultv = false}}
 
-Gets a bool flag (1, t, yes, on, true are TRUE, everything else is FALSE).
+Gets a bool flag (1, t, yes, on, true are true, everything else is false).
 
 \membersection{wxXmlResourceHandler::GetColour}\label{wxxmlresourcehandlergetcolour}
 
-\func{wxColour}{GetColour}{\param{const wxString\& }{param}}
+\func{wxColour}{GetColour}{\param{const wxString\& }{param}, \param{const wxColour\& }{default = wxNullColour}}
 
 Gets colour in HTML syntax (\#RRGGBB).
 
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ Gets a font.
 
 \func{int}{GetID}{\void}
 
-Returns the XMLID.
+Returns the XRCID.
 
 \membersection{wxXmlResourceHandler::GetIcon}\label{wxxmlresourcehandlergeticon}
 
@@ -196,7 +199,7 @@ Gets text from param and does some conversions:
 
 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
 \item replaces $\backslash$n, $\backslash$r, $\backslash$t by respective characters (according to C syntax)
-\item replaces \verb+$+ by \verb+\&+ and \verb+\$\$+ by \verb+\$+ (needed for \verb+\$File+ to \verb+\&File+
+\item replaces {\tt\$} by {\tt\&} and {\tt\$\$} by {\tt\$} (needed for {\tt\_File} to {\tt\&File}
 translation because of XML syntax)
 \item calls wxGetTranslations (unless disabled in wxXmlResource)
 \end{itemize}