+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// classes used to implement context help support
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// wxHelpProvider is an abstract class used by the program implementing context help to
+// show the help text (or whatever: it may be HTML page or anything else) for
+// the given window.
+//
+// The current help provider must be explicitly set by the application using
+// wxHelpProvider::Set().
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxHelpProvider
+{
+public:
+ // get/set the current (application-global) help provider (Set() returns
+ // the previous one)
+ static wxHelpProvider *Set(wxHelpProvider *helpProvider)
+ {
+ wxHelpProvider *helpProviderOld = ms_helpProvider;
+ ms_helpProvider = helpProvider;
+ return helpProviderOld;
+ }
+
+ // unlike some other class, the help provider is not created on demand,
+ // this must be explicitly done by the application
+ static wxHelpProvider *Get() { return ms_helpProvider; }
+
+ // get the help string (whose interpretation is help provider dependent
+ // except that empty string always means that no help is associated with
+ // the window) for this window
+ virtual wxString GetHelp(const wxWindowBase *window) = 0;
+
+ // do show help for the given window (uses GetHelp() internally if
+ // applicable), return TRUE if it was done or FALSE if no help available
+ // for this window
+ virtual bool ShowHelp(wxWindowBase *window) = 0;
+
+ // associate the text with the given window or id: although all help
+ // providers have these functions to allow making wxWindow::SetHelpText()
+ // work, not all of them implement them
+ virtual void AddHelp(wxWindowBase *window, const wxString& text);
+
+ // this version associates the given text with all window with this id
+ // (may be used to set the same help string for all [Cancel] buttons in
+ // the application, for example)
+ virtual void AddHelp(wxWindowID id, const wxString& text);
+
+ // virtual dtor for any base class
+ virtual ~wxHelpProvider();
+
+private:
+ static wxHelpProvider *ms_helpProvider;
+};
+
+// wxSimpleHelpProvider is an implementation of wxHelpProvider which supports
+// only plain text help strings and shows the string associated with the
+// control (if any) in a tooltip
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxSimpleHelpProvider : public wxHelpProvider
+{
+public:
+ // implement wxHelpProvider methods
+ virtual wxString GetHelp(const wxWindowBase *window);
+ virtual bool ShowHelp(wxWindowBase *window);
+ virtual void AddHelp(wxWindowBase *window, const wxString& text);
+ virtual void AddHelp(wxWindowID id, const wxString& text);
+
+protected:
+ // we use 2 hashes for storing the help strings associated with windows
+ // and the ids
+ wxStringHashTable m_hashWindows,
+ m_hashIds;
+};
+
+// wxHelpControllerHelpProvider is an implementation of wxHelpProvider which supports
+// both context identifiers and plain text help strings. If the help text is an integer,
+// it is passed to wxHelpController::DisplayContextPopup. Otherwise, it shows the string
+// in a tooltip as per wxSimpleHelpProvider.
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxHelpControllerHelpProvider : public wxSimpleHelpProvider
+{
+public:
+ // Note that it doesn't own the help controller. The help controller
+ // should be deleted separately.
+ wxHelpControllerHelpProvider(wxHelpControllerBase* hc = (wxHelpControllerBase*) NULL);
+
+ // implement wxHelpProvider methods
+ virtual bool ShowHelp(wxWindowBase *window);
+
+ // Other accessors
+ void SetHelpController(wxHelpControllerBase* hc) { m_helpController = hc; }
+ wxHelpControllerBase* GetHelpController() const { return m_helpController; }
+
+protected:
+ wxHelpControllerBase* m_helpController;
+};
+
+// Convenience function for turning context id into wxString
+WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxContextId(int id);
+