X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/a660d684eda27638bca0384b2058911a31c8e845..bf7945cef10c0844a32e95695c544d829da9293a:/docs/latex/wx/ddeconn.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/ddeconn.tex b/docs/latex/wx/ddeconn.tex index d1486d7884..0be17834bc 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/ddeconn.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/ddeconn.tex @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A wxDDEConnection object represents the connection between a client and a server. It can be created by making a connection using a\rtfsp \helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient} object, or by the acceptance of a connection by a\rtfsp \helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver} object. The bulk of a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) -conversation (available in both Windows and UNIX) is controlled by +conversation is controlled by calling members in a {\bf wxDDEConnection} object or by overriding its members. @@ -12,10 +12,47 @@ An application should normally derive a new connection class from wxDDEConnection, in order to override the communication event handlers to do something interesting. +This DDE-based implementation is available on Windows only, +but a platform-independent, socket-based version +of this API is available using \helpref{wxTCPConnection}{wxtcpconnection}. + \wxheading{Derived from} +wxConnectionBase\\ \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject} +\wxheading{Include files} + + + +\wxheading{Types} + +\index{wxIPCFormat}wxIPCFormat is defined as follows: + +\begin{verbatim} +enum wxIPCFormat +{ + wxIPC_INVALID = 0, + wxIPC_TEXT = 1, /* CF_TEXT */ + wxIPC_BITMAP = 2, /* CF_BITMAP */ + wxIPC_METAFILE = 3, /* CF_METAFILEPICT */ + wxIPC_SYLK = 4, + wxIPC_DIF = 5, + wxIPC_TIFF = 6, + wxIPC_OEMTEXT = 7, /* CF_OEMTEXT */ + wxIPC_DIB = 8, /* CF_DIB */ + wxIPC_PALETTE = 9, + wxIPC_PENDATA = 10, + wxIPC_RIFF = 11, + wxIPC_WAVE = 12, + wxIPC_UNICODETEXT = 13, + wxIPC_ENHMETAFILE = 14, + wxIPC_FILENAME = 15, /* CF_HDROP */ + wxIPC_LOCALE = 16, + wxIPC_PRIVATE = 20 +}; +\end{verbatim} + \wxheading{See also} \helpref{wxDDEClient}{wxddeclient}, \helpref{wxDDEServer}{wxddeserver}, \helpref{Interprocess communications overview}{ipcoverview} @@ -42,7 +79,7 @@ transactions. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::Advise} -\func{bool}{Advise}{\param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size = -1}, \param{int}{ format = wxCF\_TEXT}} +\func{bool}{Advise}{\param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size = -1}, \param{wxIPCFormat}{ format = wxCF\_TEXT}} Called by the server application to advise the client of a change in the data associated with the given item. Causes the client @@ -51,8 +88,7 @@ member to be called. Returns TRUE if successful. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::Execute} -\func{bool}{Execute}{\param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size = -1}, -\param{int}{ format = wxCF\_TEXT}} +\func{bool}{Execute}{\param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size = -1}, \param{wxIPCFormat}{ format = wxCF\_TEXT}} Called by the client application to execute a command on the server. Can also be used to transfer arbitrary data to the server (similar @@ -74,14 +110,14 @@ successful. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::OnAdvise}\label{wxddeconnectiononadvise} -\func{bool}{OnAdvise}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size}, \param{int}{ format}} +\func{virtual bool}{OnAdvise}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size}, \param{wxIPCFormat}{ format}} Message sent to the client application when the server notifies it of a change in the data associated with the given item. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::OnDisconnect}\label{wxddeconnectionondisconnect} -\func{bool}{OnDisconnect}{\void} +\func{virtual bool}{OnDisconnect}{\void} Message sent to the client or server application when the other application notifies it to delete the connection. Default behaviour is @@ -89,7 +125,7 @@ to delete the connection object. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::OnExecute}\label{wxddeconnectiononexecute} -\func{bool}{OnExecute}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size}, \param{int}{ format}} +\func{virtual bool}{OnExecute}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size}, \param{wxIPCFormat}{ format}} Message sent to the server application when the client notifies it to execute the given data. Note that there is no item associated with @@ -97,14 +133,14 @@ this message. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::OnPoke}\label{wxddeconnectiononpoke} -\func{bool}{OnPoke}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size}, \param{int}{ format}} +\func{virtual bool}{OnPoke}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size}, \param{wxIPCFormat}{ format}} Message sent to the server application when the client notifies it to accept the given data. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::OnRequest}\label{wxddeconnectiononrequest} -\func{char*}{OnRequest}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{int *}{size}, \param{int}{ format}} +\func{virtual char*}{OnRequest}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{int *}{size}, \param{wxIPCFormat}{ format}} Message sent to the server application when the client calls \helpref{wxDDEConnection::Request}{wxddeconnectionrequest}. The server @@ -113,7 +149,7 @@ or NULL to indicate no data. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::OnStartAdvise}\label{wxddeconnectiononstartadvise} -\func{bool}{OnStartAdvise}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}} +\func{virtual bool}{OnStartAdvise}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}} Message sent to the server application by the client, when the client wishes to start an `advise loop' for the given topic and item. The @@ -121,7 +157,7 @@ server can refuse to participate by returning FALSE. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::OnStopAdvise}\label{wxddeconnectiononstopadvise} -\func{bool}{OnStopAdvise}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}} +\func{virtual bool}{OnStopAdvise}{\param{const wxString\& }{topic}, \param{const wxString\& }{item}} Message sent to the server application by the client, when the client wishes to stop an `advise loop' for the given topic and item. The @@ -130,7 +166,7 @@ this doesn't have much meaning in practice. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::Poke}\label{wxddeconnectionpoke} -\func{bool}{Poke}{\param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size = -1}, \param{int}{ format = wxCF\_TEXT}} +\func{bool}{Poke}{\param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{char* }{data}, \param{int}{ size = -1}, \param{wxIPCFormat}{ format = wxCF\_TEXT}} Called by the client application to poke data into the server. Can be used to transfer arbitrary data to the server. Causes the server @@ -139,7 +175,7 @@ to be called. Returns TRUE if successful. \membersection{wxDDEConnection::Request}\label{wxddeconnectionrequest} -\func{char*}{Request}{\param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{int *}{size}, \param{int}{ format = wxCF\_TEXT}} +\func{char*}{Request}{\param{const wxString\& }{item}, \param{int *}{size}, \param{wxIPCFormat}{ format = wxIPC\_TEXT}} Called by the client application to request data from the server. Causes the server connection's \helpref{wxDDEConnection::OnRequest}{wxddeconnectiononrequest} member to be called. Returns a