X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/738bfca98d2c949e5892de3df6cfe16abf7cf9c2..d82323930c8ce1b800f2213a598fbda79f868d1d:/docs/latex/wx/category.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/category.tex b/docs/latex/wx/category.tex index 591ea97618..c9710911c9 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/category.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/category.tex @@ -17,26 +17,31 @@ Frames may contain windows, and dialog boxes may directly contain controls. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIParentFrame}{wxmdiparentframe}}{MDI parent frame} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMDIChildFrame}{wxmdichildframe}}{MDI child frame} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMiniFrame}{wxminiframe}}{A frame with a small title bar} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedDialog}{wxtabbeddialog}}{Tabbed dialog} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard}}{A wizard dialog.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedDialog}{wxtabbeddialog}}{Tabbed dialog +(deprecated, use wxNotebook instead)} \end{twocollist} See also {\bf Common dialogs}. {\large {\bf Miscellaneous windows}} -The following are a variety of windows that are derived from wxWindow. +The following are a variety of classes that are derived from wxWindow. \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGrid}{wxgrid}}{A grid (table) window} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}}{A window whose colour changes according to current user settings} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashWindow}{wxsashwindow}}{Window with four optional sashes that can be dragged} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashLayoutWindow}{wxsashlayoutwindow}}{Window that can be involved in an IDE-like layout arrangement} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}}{Window with automatically managed scrollbars} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGrid}{wxgrid}}{A grid (table) window} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSplitterWindow}{wxsplitterwindow}}{Window which can be split vertically or horizontally} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStatusBar}{wxstatusbar}}{Implements the status bar on a frame} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxToolBar}{wxtoolbar}}{Toolbar class} %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabbedPanel}{wxtabbedpanel}}{Tabbed panel (to be replaced with wxNotebook)} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}}{Notebook class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxPlotWindow}{wxplotwindow}}{A class to display data.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashWindow}{wxsashwindow}}{Window with four optional sashes that can be dragged} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSashLayoutWindow}{wxsashlayoutwindow}}{Window that can be involved in an IDE-like layout arrangement} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardPage}{wxwizardpage}}{A base class for the page in wizard dialog.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardPageSimple}{wxwizardpagesimple}}{A page in wizard dialog.} \end{twocollist} {\large {\bf Common dialogs}} @@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ in an application. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPrintDialog}{wxprintdialog}}{Standard print dialog} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialog}{wxpagesetupdialog}}{Standard page setup dialog} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxMessageDialog}{wxmessagedialog}}{Simple message box dialog} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard}}{A wizard dialog.} \end{twocollist} {\large {\bf Controls}} @@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with t \twocolitem{\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol}}{The base class for controls} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}}{Push button control, displaying text} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBitmapButton}{wxbitmapbutton}}{Push button control, displaying a bitmap} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}}{Date picker control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckBox}{wxcheckbox}}{Checkbox control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCheckListBox}{wxchecklistbox}}{A listbox with a checkbox to the left of each item} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxChoice}{wxchoice}}{Choice control (a combobox without the editable area)} @@ -79,10 +86,11 @@ that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with t \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox}}{A list of strings for single or multiple selection} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}}{A control for displaying lists of strings and/or icons, plus a multicolumn report view} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabCtrl}{wxtabctrl}}{Manages several tabs} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}}{Single or multline text editing control} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl}}{Tree (hierachy) control} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}}{Single or multiline text editing control} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl}}{Tree (hierarchy) control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}}{Scrollbar control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}}{A spin or `up-down' control} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinCtrl}{wxspinctrl}}{A spin control - i.e. spin button and text control} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext}}{One or more lines of non-editable text} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBitmap}{wxstaticbitmap}}{A control to display a bitmap} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRadioBox}{wxradiobox}}{A group of radio buttons} @@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with t {\large {\bf Window layout}} -There are two different systems for layouting windows (and dialogs in particluar). +There are two different systems for layouting windows (and dialogs in particular). One is based upon so-called sizers and it requires less typing, thinking and calculating and will in almost all cases produce dialogs looking equally well on all platforms, the other is based on so-called constraints and allows for more detailed layouts. @@ -109,6 +117,8 @@ These are the classes relevant to the sizer-based layout. \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}}{Abstract base class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxGridSizer}{wxgridsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a grid with all fields having the same size} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFlexGridSizer}{wxflexgridsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a flexible grid} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer}}{A sizer for laying out windows in a row or column} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStaticBoxSizer}{wxstaticboxsizer}}{Same as wxBoxSizer, but with surrounding static box} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer}}{Sizer to use with the wxNotebook control.} @@ -176,9 +186,11 @@ An event object contains information about a specific event. Event handlers \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt \twocolitem{\helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent}}{A window or application activation event} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarEvent}{wxcalendarevent}}{Used with \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalculateLayoutEvent}{wxcalculatelayoutevent}}{Used to calculate window layout} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}}{A close window or end session event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}}{An event from a variety of standard controls} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialUpEvent}{wxdialupevent}}{Event send by \helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDropFilesEvent}{wxdropfilesevent}}{A drop files event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}}{An erase background event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxEvent}{wxevent}}{The event base class} @@ -200,10 +212,12 @@ An event object contains information about a specific event. Event handlers \twocolitem{\helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent}}{A scroll event from scrolled windows} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}}{A size event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent}}{A socket event} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSpinEvent}{wxspinevent}}{An event from \helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}}{A system colour change event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTabEvent}{wxtabevent}}{A tab control event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTreeEvent}{wxtreeevent}}{A tree control event} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent}}{A user interface update event} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxWizardEvent}{wxwizardevent}}{A wizard event} \end{twocollist} {\large {\bf Validators}} @@ -224,11 +238,16 @@ user input. These are the data structure classes supported by wxWindows. \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDate}{wxdate}}{A class for date manipulation (deprecated in favour of wxDateTime)} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateSpan}{wxdatespan}}{A logical time interval.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDateTime}{wxdatetime}}{A class for date/time manipulations} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxExpr}{wxexpr}}{A class for flexible I/O} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxExprDatabase}{wxexprdatabase}}{A class for flexible I/O} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDate}{wxdate}}{A class for date manipulation} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTable}{wxhashtable}}{A simple hash table implementation} +% \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHashTableLong}{wxhashtablelong}}{A wxHashTable version for storing long data} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxList}{wxlist}}{A simple linked list implementation} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxLongLong}{wxlonglong}}{A portable 64 bit integer type} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxNode}{wxnode}}{Represents a node in the wxList implementation} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}}{The root class for most wxWindows classes} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPathList}{wxpathlist}}{A class to help search multiple paths} @@ -240,9 +259,9 @@ These are the data structure classes supported by wxWindows. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStringTokenizer}{wxstringtokenizer}}{A class for interpreting a string as a list of tokens or words} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxRealPoint}{wxrealpoint}}{Representation of a point using floating point numbers} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize}}{Representation of a size} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTime}{wxtime}}{A class for time manipulation} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxVariant}{wxvariant}}{A class for storing arbitrary types -that may change at run-time} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTime}{wxtime}}{A class for time manipulation (deprecated in favour of wxDateTime)} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimeSpan}{wxtimespan}}{A time interval.} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxVariant}{wxvariant}}{A class for storing arbitrary types that may change at run-time} \end{twocollist} {\large {\bf Run-time class information system}} @@ -278,13 +297,29 @@ classes, functions and macros. %\twocolitem{\helpref{WXTRACELEVEL}{tracelevel}}{Trace macro with levels} \end{twocollist} +{\large {\bf Networking classes}} + +wxWindows provides its own classes for socket based networking. + +\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}}{Provides functions to check the status of network connection and to establish one} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxIPV4address}{wxipv4address}}{Represents an Internet address} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbase}}{Represents a socket base object} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient}}{Represents a socket client} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver}}{Represents a socket server} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent}}{A socket event} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFTP}{wxftp}}{FTP protocol class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHTTP}{wxhttp}}{HTTP protocol class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxURL}{wxurl}}{Represents a Universal Resource Locator} +\end{twocollist} + + {\large {\bf Interprocess communication}} \overview{Overview}{ipcoverview} wxWindows provides a simple interprocess communications facilities -based on DDE. [Note that this is currently work in progress and may not -function properly.] +based on DDE. \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}}{Represents a client} @@ -293,9 +328,7 @@ function properly.] \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPClient}{wxtcpclient}}{Represents a client} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPConnection}{wxtcpconnection}}{Represents the connection between a client and a server} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTCPServer}{wxtcpserver}}{Represents a server} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient}}{Represents a socket client} %\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketHandler}{wxsockethandler}}{Represents a socket handler} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver}}{Represents a socket server} \end{twocollist} {\large {\bf Document/view framework}} @@ -308,7 +341,7 @@ housekeeping for a document-centric application. \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocument}{wxdocument}}{Represents a document} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxView}{wxview}}{Represents a view} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate}}{Manages the relationship between a document class and a veiw class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocTemplate}{wxdoctemplate}}{Manages the relationship between a document class and a view class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocManager}{wxdocmanager}}{Manages the documents and views in an application} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocChildFrame}{wxdocchildframe}}{A child frame for showing a document view} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxDocParentFrame}{wxdocparentframe}}{A parent frame to contain views} @@ -321,7 +354,7 @@ housekeeping for a document-centric application. \overview{Overview}{printingoverview} A printing and previewing framework is implemented to -make it relatively straighforward to provide document printing +make it relatively straightforward to provide document printing facilities. \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt @@ -339,21 +372,6 @@ facilities. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxPageSetupDialogData}{wxpagesetupdialogdata}}{Represents information about the page setup dialog} \end{twocollist} -{\large {\bf Database classes}} - -\overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview} - -wxWindows provides two alternative sets of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) -product. The new version by Remstar is documented in a separate manual. -The older classes are as follows: - -\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDatabase}{wxdatabase}}{Database class} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryCol}{wxquerycol}}{Class representing a column} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryField}{wxqueryfield}}{Class representing a field} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRecordSet}{wxrecordset}}{Class representing one or more record} -\end{twocollist} - {\large {\bf Drag and drop and clipboard classes}} \overview{Drag and drop and clipboard overview}{wxdndoverview} @@ -417,32 +435,83 @@ libraries, and to provide enhanced functionality. \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSocketOutputStream}{wxsocketoutputstream}}{Socket output stream class} \end{twocollist} +{\large {\bf Threading classes}} + +\overview{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview} + +wxWindows provides a set of classes to make use of the native thread +capabilities of the various platforms. + +\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxThread}{wxthread}}{Thread class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}}{Mutex class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMutexLocker}{wxmutexlocker}}{Mutex locker utility class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSection}{wxcriticalsection}}{Critical section class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCriticalSectionLocker}{wxcriticalsectionlocker}}{Critical section locker utility class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCondition}{wxcondition}}{Condition class} +\end{twocollist} + +{\large {\bf HTML classes}} -{\large {\bf HTML}} +wxWindows provides a set of classes to display text in HTML format. These +class include a help system based on the HTML widget. \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller}}{HTML help controller class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWindow}{wxhtmlwindow}}{HTML window class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlEasyPrinting}{wxhtmleasyprinting}}{Simple class for printing HTML} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlPrintout}{wxhtmlprintout}}{Generic HTML wxPrintout class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlParser}{wxhtmlparser}}{Generic HTML parser class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlTagHandler}{wxhtmltaghandler}}{HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlParser} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWinParser}{wxhtmlwinparser}}{HTML parser class for wxHtmlWindow} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHtmlWinTagHandler}{wxhtmlwintaghandler}}{HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlWinParser} \end{twocollist} +{\large {\bf Virtual file system classes}} +wxWindows provides a set of classes that implement an extensible virtual file system, +used internally by the HTML classes. + +\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFSFile}{wxfsfile}}{Represents a file in the virtual file system} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystem}{wxfilesystem}}{Main interface for the virtual file system} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFileSystemHandler}{wxfilesystemhandler}}{Class used to announce file system type} +\end{twocollist} {\large {\bf Miscellaneous}} \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}}{Accelerator table} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxApp}{wxapp}}{Application class} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxAutomationObject}{wxautomationobject}}{OLE automation class} -\twocolitem{\helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase}}{Classes for configuration reading/writing} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCaret}{wxcaret}}{A caret (cursor) object} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCmdLineParser}{wxcmdlineparser}}{Command line parser class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxConfig}{wxconfigbase}}{Classes for configuration reading/writing (using either INI files or registry)} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDllLoader}{wxdllloader}}{Class to work with shared libraries.} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxHelpController}{wxhelpcontroller}}{Family of classes for controlling help windows} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxLayoutAlgorithm}{wxlayoutalgorithm}}{An alternative window layout facility} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxProcess}{wxprocess}}{Process class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer}}{Timer class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxStopWatch}{wxstopwatch}}{Stop watch class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxMimeTypesManager}{wxmimetypesmanager}}{MIME-types manager class} \twocolitem{\helpref{wxSystemSettings}{wxsystemsettings}}{System settings class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}}{Accelerator table} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxAutomationObject}{wxautomationobject}}{OLE automation class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxFontMapper}{wxfontmapper}}{Font mapping, finding suitable font for given encoding} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxEncodingConverter}{wxencodingconverter}}{Encoding conversions} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxCalendarDateAttr}{wxcalendardateattr}}{Used with \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}} +\end{twocollist} + +{\large {\bf Database classes}} + +\overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview} + +wxWindows provides two alternative sets of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) +product. The new version by Remstar is documented in a separate manual. +The older classes are as follows: + +\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxDatabase}{wxdatabase}}{Database class} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryCol}{wxquerycol}}{Class representing a column} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxQueryField}{wxqueryfield}}{Class representing a field} +\twocolitem{\helpref{wxRecordSet}{wxrecordset}}{Class representing one or more record} \end{twocollist}