X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/965b4f87d9d59c7c6d58da6567dca176d9131296..15d83f726c215b06f2fdd15ece40d66d2f16a01d:/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex b/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex index 2c856f35bc..de31dae46f 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/dialog.tex @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ is usually used to allow the user to make some choice or to answer a question. \wxheading{Derived from} +\helpref{wxTopLevelWindow}{wxtoplevelwindow}\\ \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}\\ \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\ \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject} @@ -19,14 +20,15 @@ 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 +40,10 @@ 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() { @@ -63,17 +67,18 @@ 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 +caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window. {\it Note}\ that this is an extended style and must be set by calling \helpref{SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle} before Create is called (two-step construction).} \end{twocollist} @@ -115,10 +120,10 @@ Constructor. \docparam{title}{The title of the dialog.} \docparam{pos}{The dialog position. A value of (-1, -1) indicates a default position, chosen by -either the windowing system or wxWindows, depending on platform.} +either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.} \docparam{size}{The dialog size. A value of (-1, -1) indicates a default size, chosen by -either the windowing system or wxWindows, depending on platform.} +either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.} \docparam{style}{The window style. See \helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}.}