X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/850c6ed46e3da19d897c2eac500d8917e6b29ced..86b79b93fbbb0c2e90e6595f7fea0f979b80881c:/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex b/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex index 220f5e436f..9e602e8c6f 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex @@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ is usually used to allow the user to make some choice or to answer a question. There are two kinds of dialog -- {\it modal}\ and {\it modeless}. A modal dialog blocks program flow and user input on other windows until it is dismissed, whereas a modeless dialog behaves more like a frame in that program flow -continues, and input on other windows is still possible. To show a modal dialog -you should use \helpref{ShowModal}{wxdialogshowmodal} method while to show -dialog modelessly you simply use \helpref{Show}{wxdialogshow}, just as with the +continues, and input in other windows is still possible. To show a modal dialog +you should use the \helpref{ShowModal}{wxdialogshowmodal} method while to show +a dialog modelessly you simply use \helpref{Show}{wxdialogshow}, just as with frames. -Note that the modal dialogs are one of the very few examples of +Note that the modal dialog is one of the very few examples of wxWindow-derived objects which may be created on the stack and not on the heap. -In other words, although this code snippet +In other words, although this code snippet: + \begin{verbatim} void AskUser() { @@ -38,8 +39,10 @@ In other words, although this code snippet dlg->Destroy(); } \end{verbatim} + works, you can also achieve the same result by using a simpler code fragment below: + \begin{verbatim} void AskUser() { @@ -51,12 +54,6 @@ below: } \end{verbatim} -A dialog may be loaded from a wxWindows resource file (extension {\tt wxr}), -which may itself be created by Dialog Editor. For details, see -\helpref{The wxWindows resource system}{resourceformats}, -\helpref{wxWindows resource functions}{resourcefuncs} -and the resource sample. - An application can define an \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} handler for the dialog to respond to system close events. @@ -69,15 +66,16 @@ the dialog to respond to system close events. \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRESIZE\_BORDER}}{Display a resizeable frame around the window.} \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSYSTEM\_MENU}}{Display a system menu.} \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLOSE\_BOX}}{Displays a close box on the frame.} +\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX}}{Displays a maximize box on the dialog.} +\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxMINIMIZE\_BOX}}{Displays a minimize box on the dialog.} \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTHICK\_FRAME}}{Display a thick frame around the window.} \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTAY\_ON\_TOP}}{The dialog stays on top of all other windows (Windows only).} \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_3D}}{Under Windows, specifies that the child controls should not have 3D borders unless specified in the control.} -\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDIALOG\_NO\_PARENT}}{By default, the dialogs created -with {\tt NULL} parent window will be given the -\helpref{applications top level window}{wxappgettopwindow} as parent. Use this -style to prevent this from happening and create a really orphan dialog (note -that this is not recommended for modal dialogs).} +\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDIALOG\_NO\_PARENT}}{By default, a dialog created +with a {\tt NULL} parent window will be given the +\helpref{application's top level window}{wxappgettopwindow} as parent. Use this +style to prevent this from happening and create an orphan dialog. This is not recommended for modal dialogs.} \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDIALOG\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWindows will send a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window. {\it Note}\ that this is an extended @@ -92,7 +90,7 @@ See also \helpref{Generic window styles}{windowstyles}. \wxheading{See also} -\helpref{wxDialog overview}{wxdialogoverview}, \helpref{wxFrame}{wxframe}, \helpref{Resources}{resources},\rtfsp +\helpref{wxDialog overview}{wxdialogoverview}, \helpref{wxFrame}{wxframe},\rtfsp \helpref{Validator overview}{validatoroverview} \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}