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

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/view.tex b/docs/latex/wx/view.tex
index e977bd41dfcdd64a3e609c21a02f36f9c725b6ac..78c78385cc8ca1153303deded2c756a391a99c63 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/view.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/view.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 \section{\class{wxView}}\label{wxview}
 
 The view class can be used to model the viewing and editing component of
-an application's file-based data. It is part of the document/view framework supported by wxWindows,
+an application's file-based data. It is part of the document/view framework supported by wxWidgets,
 and cooperates with the \helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument}, \helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate} 
 and \helpref{wxDocManager}{wxdocmanager} classes.
 
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ This function calls wxView::OnActivateView.
 
 \membersection{wxView::Close}
 
-\func{virtual bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ deleteWindow = TRUE}}
+\func{virtual bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ deleteWindow = true}}
 
-Closes the view by calling OnClose. If {\it deleteWindow} is TRUE, this function should
+Closes the view by calling OnClose. If {\it deleteWindow} is true, this function should
 delete the window associated with the view.
 
 \membersection{wxView::GetDocument}
@@ -87,11 +87,14 @@ Gets a pointer to the document associated with the view.
 
 Returns a pointer to the document manager instance associated with this view.
 
-\membersection{wxView::GetFrame}
+\membersection{wxView::GetFrame}\label{wxviewgetframe}
 
-\func{wxFrame *}{GetFrame}{\void}
+\func{wxWindow *}{GetFrame}{\void}
 
-Gets the frame associated with the view (if any).
+Gets the frame associated with the view (if any). Note that this ``frame'' is
+not a wxFrame at all in the generic MDI implementation which uses the notebook
+pages instead of the frames and this is why this method returns a wxWindow and
+not a wxFrame.
 
 \membersection{wxView::GetViewName}
 
@@ -123,19 +126,28 @@ to close the associated document. Does not delete the view. The application
 may wish to do some cleaning up operations in this function, {\it if} a
 call to wxDocument::Close succeeded. For example, if your application's
 all share the same window, you need to disassociate the window from the view
-and perhaps clear the window. If {\it deleteWindow} is TRUE, delete the
+and perhaps clear the window. If {\it deleteWindow} is true, delete the
 frame associated with the view.
 
+\membersection{wxView::OnClosingDocument}\label{wxviewonclosingdocument}
+
+\func{virtual void}{OnClosingDoocument}{\void}
+
+Override this to clean up the view when the document is being
+closed.
+
 \membersection{wxView::OnCreate}
 
 \func{virtual bool}{OnCreate}{\param{wxDocument* }{doc}, \param{long}{ flags}}
 
-Called just after view construction to give the view a chance to initialize
-itself based on the passed document and flags (unused). By default, simply
-returns TRUE. If the function returns FALSE, the view will be deleted.
+wxDocManager or wxDocument creates a wxView via a wxDocTemplate.
+Just after the wxDocTemplate creates the wxView, it calls
+wxView::OnCreate. In its OnCreate member function, the wxView can create a wxDocChildFrame
+or a derived class. This wxDocChildFrame provides user interface
+elements to view and/or edit the contents of the wxDocument.
 
-The predefined document child frame, wxDocChildFrame, calls this function
-automatically.
+By default, simply returns true. If the function returns false, the
+view will be deleted.
 
 \membersection{wxView::OnCreatePrintout}
 
@@ -143,7 +155,7 @@ automatically.
 
 If the printing framework is enabled in the library, this function returns a
 \rtfsp\helpref{wxPrintout}{wxprintout} object for the purposes of printing. It should create a new object
-everytime it is called; the framework will delete objects it creates.
+every time it is called; the framework will delete objects it creates.
 
 By default, this function returns an instance of wxDocPrintout, which prints
 and previews one page by calling wxView::OnDraw.
@@ -168,11 +180,14 @@ framework.
 
 \membersection{wxView::SetFrame}
 
-\func{void}{SetFrame}{\param{wxFrame* }{frame}}
+\func{void}{SetFrame}{\param{wxWindow* }{frame}}
 
 Sets the frame associated with this view. The application should call this
 if possible, to tell the view about the frame.
 
+See \helpref{GetFrame}{wxviewgetframe} for the explanation about the mismatch
+between the ``Frame'' in the method name and the type of its parameter.
+
 \membersection{wxView::SetViewName}
 
 \func{void}{SetViewName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}