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-Welcome to wxWindows 2.0, the premiere cross-platform C++ framework. This is an index of
-the plain text and HTML documentation. Documentation is also available in Acrobat (PDF) and Windows Help,
-
from the <a href="http://wxwin.home.ml.org">wxWindows Web site</a>.<P>
+Welcome to wxWindows 2, the première cross-platform GUI C++ framework. This is an index of
+the plain text, HTML, Windows Help and Acrobat documentation: availability depends on what you've
+
downloaded from the <a href="http://www.wxwindows.org">wxWindows Web site</a>.<P>
-<h3>Installation and release notes</h3>
+<CENTER>
+<FONT size=-1>
+[<a href="#install">Install</a>]
+[<a href="#manuals">Manuals</a>]
+[<a href="#thirdparty">3rd party tools</a>]
+[<a href="#samples">Samples</a>]
+[<a href="#demos">Demos</a>]
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+
+<h3 align=center><a name="install"><hr>Installation and release notes<hr></a></h3>
<ul>
-<li>Licence: <a href="../preamble.txt">Preamble</a>,
-<a href="../licence.txt">Licence</a>,
-<a href="../licendoc.txt">Documentation Licence</a>,
-<a href="../lgpl.txt">L-GPL</a>,
-<a href="../gpl.txt">GPL</a>
-<li>ReadMe: <a href="../gtk/readme.txt">wxGTK</a>,
+<li>ReadMe: <a href="../readme.txt"><b>General ReadMe</b></a>,
+<a href="../gtk/readme.txt">wxGTK</a>,
<a href="../motif/readme.txt">wxMotif</a>,
<a href="../msw/readme.txt">wxMSW</a>
+<li><a href="../release.txt"><b>Release notes</b></a>
<li>Installation: <a href="../gtk/install.txt">wxGTK</a>,
<a href="../motif/install.txt">wxMotif</a>,
<a href="../msw/install.txt">wxMSW</a>
-<li>Change logs: <a href="../motif/changes.txt">wxMotif</a>,
-<a href="../msw/changes.txt">wxMSW</a>
-<li>ToDo: <a href="../gtk/todo.txt">wxGTK</a>,
+<li><a href="../changes.txt"><b>Change log</b></a>
+<li><a href="../bugs.txt"><b>Buglist</b></a>
+<li>Licence: <a href="../preamble.txt">Preamble</a>,
+<a href="../licence.txt">Licence</a>,
+<a href="../licendoc.txt">Documentation Licence</a>,
+<a href="../lgpl.txt">L-GPL</a>,
+<a href="../gpl.txt">GPL</a>
+<li><a href="faq.htm"><B>FAQ</B></a>:
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="faqgen.htm">General questions</a>
+ <li><a href="faqgtk.htm">wxWindows 2 for GTK</a>
+ <li><a href="faqmsw.htm">wxWindows 2 for Windows</a>
+ <li><a href="faqmot.htm">wxWindows 2 for Motif</a>
+ <li><a href="faqmac.htm">wxWindows 2 for Mac</a>
+ </ul>
+<li>ToDo: <a href="../todo.txt"><b>General ToDo</b></a>,
+<a href="../gtk/todo.txt">wxGTK</a>,
<a href="../motif/todo.txt">wxMotif</a>,
<a href="../msw/todo.txt">wxMSW</a>
<li>List of <a href="../symbols.txt">preprocessor symbols</a> used in wxWindows
</ul>
-<h3>wxWindows manuals</h3>
+<h3 align=center><a name="manuals"><hr>wxWindows manuals<hr></a></h3>
+
+<table border=1 align=center>
+
+<tr>
+<td align=center bgcolor="#FFFF00">
+<B>HTML</B>
+</td>
+<td align=center bgcolor="#FFFF00">
+<B>WinHelp</B>
+</td>
+<td align=center bgcolor="#FFFF00">
+<B>PDF</B>
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td align=center>
+<a href="wx/wx.htm">Reference Manual</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../winhelp/wx.hlp">Reference Manual</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../pdf/wx.pdf">Reference Manual</a>
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td align=center>
+<a href="dialoged/dlged.htm">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../winhelp/dialoged.hlp">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../pdf/dialoged.pdf">Dialog Editor Manual</a>
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td align=center>
+<a href="wxtree/tree.htm">wxTreeLayout Class</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../winhelp/wxtree.hlp">wxTreeLayout Class</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../pdf/wxtree.pdf">wxTreeLayout Class</a>
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+<td align=center>
+<a href="odbc/odbc.htm">Remstar ODBC Classes</a>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<BR><BR>
+</td>
+
+<td align=center>
+<a href="../pdf/odbc.pdf">Remstar ODBC Classes</a>
+</td>
+</tr>
+
+</table>
+
+
+<h3 align=center><a name="thirdparty"><hr>Third-party tools<hr></a></h3>
<ul>
-<li><a href="wx/wx.htm">Reference Manual</a>
-<li><a href="porting/port.htm">Porting Guide</a> (wxWindows 1.xx to 2.0)
-<li><a href="dialoged/dlged.htm">Dialog Editor</a>
-<li><a href="wxprop/prop.htm">Property Classes</a>
-<li><a href="wxtree/tree.htm">wxTreeLayout</a>
-<li><a href="odbc/odbc.htm">Remstar ODBC Classes</a>
+<li><a href="gettext/gettext.htm">gettext Manual</a>
+<li><a href="gettext/xgettext.htm">xgettext Manual</a>
+<li><a href="gettext/msgfmt.htm">msgfmt Manual</a>
</ul>
-<h3>Third-party tools</h3>
+<h3 align=center><a name="samples"><hr>Samples<hr></a></h3>
+
+Each of the following demonstrates one or more aspect of wxWindows.<P>
<ul>
-<li><a href="gettext/gettext.htm">gettext manual</a>
-<li><a href="gettext/xgettext.htm">xgettext manual</a>
-<li><a href="gettext/msgfmt.htm">msgfmt manual</a>
+<li><a href="../../samples/calendar">calendar</a>: a sample to test the wxCalendarCtrl class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/caret">caret</a>: a sample to test the wxCaret class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/checklst">checklst</a>: demonstrates wxCheckListBox on
+supported platforms (currently Windows and GTK only).
+<li><a href="../../samples/config">config</a>: demonstrates use of wxConfig, which
+defaults to wxRegConfig on WIN32, wxIniConfig on WIN16, and wxFileConfig on other platforms.
+<li><a href="../../samples/console">console</a>: demonstrates a console application using
+console-mode (no-GUI) compilation of wxWindows.
+<li><a href="../../samples/controls">controls</a>: sample showing a variety of controls, including
+wxNotebook.
+<li><a href="../../samples/db">db</a>: wxDB ODBC sample.
+<li><a href="../../samples/ipc">ipc</a>: shows the DDE-like protocol in action, both using real
+DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit <a href="../../samples/ipc/ddesetup.h">ddesetup.h</a>
+to switch between compilation modes.
+<li><a href="../../samples/dialogs">dialogs</a>: shows some of the common dialogs available -- wxFontDialog,
+wxColourDialog, wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog, wxMessageBox, wxTextEntryDialog, wxSingleChoiceDialog.
+For printing-related dialogs, see the printing sample.
+<li><a href="../../samples/dnd">dnd</a>: demonstrates drag and drop on supported platforms.
+<li><a href="../../samples/docview">docview</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
+using wxFrame.
+<li><a href="../../samples/docvwmdi">docvwmdi</a>: : demonstrates use of the document view classes,
+using wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
+<li><a href="../../samples/drawing">drawing</a>: tests device context drawing.
+<li><a href="../../samples/dynamic">dynamic</a>: shows how to connect events to member functions
+dynamically.
+<li><a href="../../samples/exec">exec</a>: demonstrates wxExecute.
+<li><a href="../../samples/font">font</a>: tests fonts, font enumerator, font encodings.
+<li><a href="../../samples/grid">grid</a>: demonstrates the wxGrid class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/help">help</a>: shows how to use wxHelpController.
+<li><a href="../../samples/html">html</a>: a number of demos for the wxHTML class library, used inside
+applications and also as a help facility.
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/about">about</a>: shows use of a wxHTML widget inside an About box.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/help">help</a>: shows use of wxHtmlHelpController to display wxHTML help.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/helpview">helpview</a>: a stand-alone wxHTML help viewer.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/printing">printing</a>: shows how easy it is to preview and print HTML files.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/test">test</a>: general wxHTML test application.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/virtual">virtual</a>: demonstrates the virtual file system feature.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/widget">widget</a>: demonstrates the use of controls in HTML pages.
+ <li><a href="../../samples/html/zip">zip</a>: shows how help files can be packaged in zip archives.
+ </ul>
+<li><a href="../../samples/image">image</a>: shows off the cross-platform wxImage class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/internat">internat</a>: use of wxWindows' internationalization support.
+<li><a href="../../samples/joytest">joytest</a>: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only).
+<li><a href="../../samples/layout">layout</a>: shows the constraint layout system in action.
+<li><a href="../../samples/listctrl">listctrl</a>: demonstrates the wxListCtrl (implemented natively on
+WIN32, and using a generic version on other platforms).
+<li><a href="../../samples/menu">menu</a>: tests menus.
+<li><a href="../../samples/mdi">mdi</a>: shows off the MDI (Multiple Document Interface) classes. On Windows, the regular MDI
+scheme is used whereby child windows have full sizing and moving rights within the main
+window. On other platforms, tabbed windows are used, where the children are always maximized.
+<li><a href="../../samples/memcheck">memcheck</a>: demonstrates the memory checking/debugging facilities.
+<li><a href="../../samples/mfc">mfc</a>: shows how to use MFC and wxWindows code in the same application (Windows only).
+To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWindows.
+<li><a href="../../samples/minifram">minifram</a>: demonstrates a frame with a small title bar. On
+platforms that don't support it, a normal-sized title bar is displayed.
+<li><a href="../../samples/minimal">minimal</a>: just shows a frame, a menubar, and a statusbar. About as
+small a wxWindows application as you can get.
+<li><a href="../../samples/nativdlg">nativdlg</a>: shows how wxWindows can load a standard Windows
+dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWindows controls (Windows only).
+<li><a href="../../samples/dialup">dialup</a>: wxDialUpManager demo.
+<li><a href="../../samples/newgrid">newgrid</a>: demonstrates the new wxGrid implementation, by Michael Bedward.
+<li><a href="../../samples/notebook">notebook</a>: shows the wxNotebook (tabbed window) control.
+<li><a href="../../samples/oleauto">oleauto</a>: a little OLE automation controller (Windows only; requires
+Excel to be present).
+<li><a href="../../samples/ownerdrw">ownerdrw</a>: demonstrates owner-draw menus and controls (Windows only).
+<li><a href="../../samples/png">png</a>: demonstrates PNG loading.
+<li><a href="../../samples/printing">printing</a>: shows printing and previewing.
+<li><a href="../../samples/proplist">proplist</a>: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor).
+<li><a href="../../samples/propsize">propsize</a>: demonstrates proportional sizer classes.
+<li><a href="../../samples/regtest">regtest</a>: tests the low-level Windows registry functions (Windows only).
+<li><a href="../../samples/resource">resource</a>: shows how to use wxWindows resources (.wxr files).
+<li><a href="../../samples/richedit">richedit</a>: a work-in-progress rich text editor with plain text and HTML export
+facilities.
+<li><a href="../../samples/rotate">rotate</a>: demonstrates interpolated and non-interpolated
+rotation of a wxImage.
+<li><a href="../../samples/sashtest">sashtest</a>: demonstrates use of the wxSashWindow class to allow
+the user to resize subwindows.
+<li><a href="../../samples/scroll">scroll</a>: demonstrates wxScrolledWindow.
+<li><a href="../../samples/scrollsub">scrollsub</a>: demonstrates the use of wxScrolledWindow to scroll
+an embedded window.
+<li><a href="../../samples/sockets">sockets</a>: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes.
+<li><a href="../../samples/splitter">splitter</a>: demonstrates the wxSplitterWindow class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/tab">tab</a>: demonstrates the generic tab window class. You should
+normally use wxNotebook instead, but the generic code is sometimes useful, for example for
+implementing wxNotebook on platforms with no native support.
+<li><a href="../../samples/taskbar">taskbar</a>: demonstrates the wxTaskBarIcon class, for
+adding icons to the system tray. Windows only, but may eventually be implemented for other desktop
+environments that use this metaphor.
+<li><a href="../../samples/text">text</a>: demonstrates single and multiline text controls,
+and clipboard operations.
+<li><a href="../../samples/thread">thread</a>: tests the family of classes for doing thread
+programming.
+<li><a href="../../samples/toolbar">toolbar</a>: demonstrates wxToolBar.
+<li><a href="../../samples/treectrl">treectrl</a>: demonstrates wxTreeCtrl.
+<li><a href="../../samples/typetest">typetest</a>: tests various data type classes, including
+wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant.
+<li><a href="../../samples/validate">validate</a>: shows simple use of validation.
+<li><a href="../../samples/wizard">wizard</a>: demonstrates the wxWizard class.
</ul>
+<h3 align=center><a name="demos"><hr>Demos<hr></a></h3>
+
+The following are fully-fledged applications.<P>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="../../demos/bombs">bombs</a>: minesweeper-like game.
+<li><a href="../../demos/dbbrowse">dbbrowse</a>: ODBC database browser application.
+<li><a href="../../demos/forty">forty</a>: a great little card game by Chris Breeze.
+<li><a href="../../demos/fractal">fractal</a>: fractal mountains by Andrew Davison.
+<li><a href="../../demos/life">life</a>: the game of Life by J. H. Conway, implemented in wxWindows by Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia.
+<li><a href="../../demos/poem">poem</a>: a little poetry display program.
+</ul>
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