appropriate class is aliased to the name wxHelpController for each platform, as follows:
\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
-\item On Windows, wxWinHelpController is used.
+\item On desktop Windows, wxCHMHelpController is used (MS HTML Help).
+\item On Windows CE, wxWinceHelpController is used.
\item On all other platforms, wxHtmlHelpController is used if wxHTML is
-compiled into wxWindows; otherwise wxExtHelpController is used (for invoking an external
+compiled into wxWidgets; otherwise wxExtHelpController is used (for invoking an external
browser).
\end{itemize}
-The remaining help controller classess need to be named
+The remaining help controller classes need to be named
explicitly by an application that wishes to make use of them.
There are currently the following help controller classes defined:
\item wxWinHelpController, for controlling Windows Help.
\item wxCHMHelpController, for controlling MS HTML Help. To use this, you need to set wxUSE\_MS\_HTML\_HELP
to 1 in setup.h and have htmlhelp.h header from Microsoft's HTML Help kit (you don't need
-VC++ specific htmlhelp.lib because wxWindows loads neccessary DLL at runtime and so it
+VC++ specific htmlhelp.lib because wxWidgets loads necessary DLL at runtime and so it
works with all compilers).
\item wxBestHelpController, for controlling MS HTML Help or, if Microsoft's runtime is
not available, \helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}. You need to provide
{\bf both} CHM and HTB versions of the help file. For 32bit Windows only.
\item wxExtHelpController, for controlling external browsers under Unix.
The default browser is Netscape Navigator. The 'help' sample shows its use.
+\item wxWinceHelpController, for controlling a simple {\tt .htm} help controller for Windows CE applications.
\item \helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}, a sophisticated help controller using \helpref{wxHTML}{wxhtml}, in
a similar style to the Microsoft HTML Help viewer and using some of the same files.
Although it has an API compatible with other help controllers, it has more advanced features, so it is
-recommended that you use the specific API for this class instead.
+recommended that you use the specific API for this class instead. Note that if you
+use .zip or .htb formats for your books, you
+must add this line to your application initialization: {\tt wxFileSystem::AddHandler(new wxArchiveFSHandler);}
+or nothing will be shown in your help window.
\end{itemize}
\wxheading{Derived from}
\wxheading{Include files}
-<wx/help.h> (wxWindows chooses the appropriate help controller class)\\
+<wx/help.h> (wxWidgets chooses the appropriate help controller class)\\
<wx/helpbase.h> (wxHelpControllerBase class)\\
<wx/helpwin.h> (Windows Help controller)\\
<wx/msw/helpchm.h> (MS HTML Help controller)\\
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
-\membersection{wxHelpController::wxHelpController}
+\membersection{wxHelpController::wxHelpController}\label{wxhelpcontrollerctor}
-\func{}{wxHelpController}{\void}
+\func{}{wxHelpController}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parentWindow = NULL}}
Constructs a help instance object, but does not invoke the help viewer.
-\membersection{wxHelpController::\destruct{wxHelpController}}
+If you provide a window, it will be used by some help controller classes, such as
+wxCHMHelpController, wxWinHelpController and wxHtmlHelpController, as the
+parent for the help window instead of the value of \helpref{wxApp::GetTopWindow}{wxappgettopwindow}. You can also change the parent window later with
+\helpref{wxHelpController::SetParentWindow}{wxhelpcontrollersetparentwindow}.
+
+\membersection{wxHelpController::\destruct{wxHelpController}}\label{wxhelpcontrollerdtor}
\func{}{\destruct{wxHelpController}}{\void}
\membersection{wxHelpController::Initialize}\label{wxhelpcontrollerinitialize}
-\func{virtual void}{Initialize}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
+\func{virtual bool}{Initialize}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}}
-\func{virtual void}{Initialize}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}, \param{int}{ server}}
+\func{virtual bool}{Initialize}{\param{const wxString\& }{file}, \param{int}{ server}}
Initializes the help instance with a help filename, and optionally a server socket
number if using wxHelp (now obsolete). Does not invoke the help viewer.
Displays the section as a popup window using a context id.
-Returns FALSE if unsuccessful or not implemented.
+Returns false if unsuccessful or not implemented.
\membersection{wxHelpController::DisplaySection}\label{wxhelpcontrollerdisplaysection}
Displays the text in a popup window, if possible.
-Returns FALSE if unsuccessful or not implemented.
+Returns false if unsuccessful or not implemented.
\membersection{wxHelpController::GetFrameParameters}\label{wxhelpcontrollergetframeparameters}
\docparam{flags}{This defaults to wxHELP\_NETSCAPE for wxExtHelpController, indicating
that the viewer is a variant of Netscape Navigator.}
+\membersection{wxHelpController::GetParentWindow}\label{wxhelpcontrollergetparentwindow}
+
+\constfunc{virtual bool}{GetParentWindow}{\void}
+
+Returns the window to be used as the parent for the help window. This window is used
+by wxCHMHelpController, wxWinHelpController and wxHtmlHelpController.
+
\membersection{wxHelpController::KeywordSearch}\label{wxhelpcontrollerkeywordsearch}
-\func{virtual bool}{KeywordSearch}{\param{const wxString\& }{keyWord}}
+\func{virtual bool}{KeywordSearch}{\param{const wxString\& }{keyWord}, \param{wxHelpSearchMode }{mode = wxHELP\_SEARCH\_ALL}}
-If the help viewer is not running, runs it, and searches for sections matching the given keyword. If one
-match is found, the file is displayed at this section.
+If the help viewer is not running, runs it, and searches for sections matching
+the given keyword. If one match is found, the file is displayed at this
+section. The optional parameter allows the search the index
+(wxHELP\_SEARCH\_INDEX) but this currently only supported by the
+wxHtmlHelpController.
{\it WinHelp, MS HTML Help:} If more than one match is found,
the first topic is displayed.
\func{virtual void}{SetFrameParameters}{\param{const wxString \& }{title},
\param{const wxSize \& }{size}, \param{const wxPoint \& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
- \param{bool }{newFrameEachTime = FALSE}}
+ \param{bool }{newFrameEachTime = false}}
For wxHtmlHelpController, the title is set (again with \%s indicating the
page title) and also the size and position of the frame if the frame is already
For all other help controllers this function has no effect.
+\membersection{wxHelpController::SetParentWindow}\label{wxhelpcontrollersetparentwindow}
+
+\func{virtual void}{SetParentWindow}{\param{wxWindow* }{parentWindow}}
+
+Sets the window to be used as the parent for the help window. This is used
+by wxCHMHelpController, wxWinHelpController and wxHtmlHelpController.
+
\membersection{wxHelpController::SetViewer}\label{wxhelpcontrollersetviewer}
\func{virtual void}{SetViewer}{\param{const wxString\& }{viewer}, \param{long}{ flags}}
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