X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/acd32ffcdb319f162633c20e0202db3f8542998a..7d6a4d96961eac84d05db8bb24c64d39003f6e54:/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp?ds=inline

diff --git a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
index b8d8b35601..fe712f89d5 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
@@ -44,18 +44,53 @@
 #include "wx/fontenum.h"
 #include "wx/fontmap.h"
 #include "wx/artprov.h"
-
+#include "wx/imaglist.h"
+#include "wx/dir.h"
 #include "wx/xml/xml.h"
+#include "wx/hashset.h"
+#include "wx/scopedptr.h"
+
+namespace
+{
+
+// Helper function to get modification time of either a wxFileSystem URI or
+// just a normal file name, depending on the build.
+#if wxUSE_DATETIME
+
+wxDateTime GetXRCFileModTime(const wxString& filename)
+{
+#if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
+    wxFileSystem fsys;
+    wxScopedPtr<wxFSFile> file(fsys.OpenFile(filename));
+
+    return file ? file->GetModificationTime() : wxDateTime();
+#else // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
+    return wxDateTime(wxFileModificationTime(filename));
+#endif // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
+}
+
+#endif // wxUSE_DATETIME
 
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+// Assign the given value to the specified entry or add a new value with this
+// name.
+static void XRCID_Assign(const wxString& str_id, int value);
 
 class wxXmlResourceDataRecord
 {
 public:
-    wxXmlResourceDataRecord() : Doc(NULL) {
+    // Ctor takes ownership of the document pointer.
+    wxXmlResourceDataRecord(const wxString& File_,
+                            wxXmlDocument *Doc_
+                           )
+        : File(File_), Doc(Doc_)
+    {
 #if wxUSE_DATETIME
-        Time = wxDateTime::Now();
+        Time = GetXRCFileModTime(File);
 #endif
     }
+
     ~wxXmlResourceDataRecord() {delete Doc;}
 
     wxString File;
@@ -63,6 +98,8 @@ public:
 #if wxUSE_DATETIME
     wxDateTime Time;
 #endif
+
+    wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxXmlResourceDataRecord);
 };
 
 class wxXmlResourceDataRecords : public wxVector<wxXmlResourceDataRecord*>
@@ -70,6 +107,66 @@ class wxXmlResourceDataRecords : public wxVector<wxXmlResourceDataRecord*>
     // this is a class so that it can be forward-declared
 };
 
+WX_DECLARE_HASH_SET_PTR(int, ::wxIntegerHash, ::wxIntegerEqual, wxHashSetInt);
+
+class wxIdRange // Holds data for a particular rangename
+{
+protected:
+    wxIdRange(const wxXmlNode* node,
+              const wxString& rname,
+              const wxString& startno,
+              const wxString& rsize);
+
+    // Note the existence of an item within the range
+    void NoteItem(const wxXmlNode* node, const wxString& item);
+
+    // The manager is telling us that it's finished adding items
+    void Finalise(const wxXmlNode* node);
+
+    wxString GetName() const { return m_name; }
+    bool IsFinalised() const { return m_finalised; }
+
+    const wxString m_name;
+    int m_start;
+    int m_end;
+    unsigned int m_size;
+    bool m_item_end_found;
+    bool m_finalised;
+    wxHashSetInt m_indices;
+
+    friend class wxIdRangeManager;
+};
+
+class wxIdRangeManager
+{
+public:
+    ~wxIdRangeManager();
+    // Gets the global resources object or creates one if none exists.
+    static wxIdRangeManager *Get();
+
+    // Sets the global resources object and returns a pointer to the previous
+    // one (may be NULL).
+    static wxIdRangeManager *Set(wxIdRangeManager *res);
+
+    // Create a new IDrange from this node
+    void AddRange(const wxXmlNode* node);
+    // Tell the IdRange that this item exists, and should be pre-allocated an ID
+    void NotifyRangeOfItem(const wxXmlNode* node, const wxString& item) const;
+    // Tells all IDranges that they're now complete, and can create their IDs
+    void FinaliseRanges(const wxXmlNode* node) const;
+    // Searches for a known IdRange matching 'name', returning its index or -1
+    int Find(const wxString& rangename) const;
+
+protected:
+    wxIdRange* FindRangeForItem(const wxXmlNode* node,
+                                const wxString& item,
+                                wxString& value) const;
+    wxVector<wxIdRange*> m_IdRanges;
+
+private:
+    static wxIdRangeManager *ms_instance;
+};
+
 namespace
 {
 
@@ -84,6 +181,48 @@ inline bool IsObjectNode(wxXmlNode *node)
                 node->GetName() == wxS("object_ref"));
 }
 
+// special XML attribute with name of input file, see GetFileNameFromNode()
+const char *ATTR_INPUT_FILENAME = "__wx:filename";
+
+// helper to get filename corresponding to an XML node
+wxString
+GetFileNameFromNode(const wxXmlNode *node, const wxXmlResourceDataRecords& files)
+{
+    // this loop does two things: it looks for ATTR_INPUT_FILENAME among
+    // parents and if it isn't used, it finds the root of the XML tree 'node'
+    // is in
+    for ( ;; )
+    {
+        // in some rare cases (specifically, when an <object_ref> is used, see
+        // wxXmlResource::CreateResFromNode() and MergeNodesOver()), we work
+        // with XML nodes that are not rooted in any document from 'files'
+        // (because a new node was created by CreateResFromNode() to merge the
+        // content of <object_ref> and the referenced <object>); in that case,
+        // we hack around the problem by putting the information about input
+        // file into a custom attribute
+        if ( node->HasAttribute(ATTR_INPUT_FILENAME) )
+            return node->GetAttribute(ATTR_INPUT_FILENAME);
+
+        if ( !node->GetParent() )
+            break; // we found the root of this XML tree
+
+        node = node->GetParent();
+    }
+
+    // NB: 'node' now points to the root of XML document
+
+    for ( wxXmlResourceDataRecords::const_iterator i = files.begin();
+          i != files.end(); ++i )
+    {
+        if ( (*i)->Doc->GetRoot() == node )
+        {
+            return (*i)->File;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return wxEmptyString; // not found
+}
+
 } // anonymous namespace
 
 
@@ -178,10 +317,37 @@ bool wxXmlResource::IsArchive(const wxString& filename)
 
 #endif // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
 
+bool wxXmlResource::LoadFile(const wxFileName& file)
+{
+#if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
+    return Load(wxFileSystem::FileNameToURL(file));
+#else
+    return Load(file.GetFullPath());
+#endif
+}
+
+bool wxXmlResource::LoadAllFiles(const wxString& dirname)
+{
+    bool ok = true;
+    wxArrayString files;
+
+    wxDir::GetAllFiles(dirname, &files, "*.xrc");
+
+    for ( wxArrayString::const_iterator i = files.begin(); i != files.end(); ++i )
+    {
+        if ( !LoadFile(*i) )
+            ok = false;
+    }
+
+    return ok;
+}
+
 bool wxXmlResource::Load(const wxString& filemask_)
 {
     wxString filemask = ConvertFileNameToURL(filemask_);
 
+    bool allOK = true;
+
 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
     wxFileSystem fsys;
 #   define wxXmlFindFirst  fsys.FindFirst(filemask, wxFILE)
@@ -203,14 +369,16 @@ bool wxXmlResource::Load(const wxString& filemask_)
         if ( IsArchive(fnd) )
         {
             if ( !Load(fnd + wxT("#zip:*.xrc")) )
-                return false;
+                allOK = false;
         }
         else // a single resource URL
 #endif // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
         {
-            wxXmlResourceDataRecord *drec = new wxXmlResourceDataRecord;
-            drec->File = fnd;
-            Data().push_back(drec);
+            wxXmlDocument * const doc = DoLoadFile(fnd);
+            if ( !doc )
+                allOK = false;
+            else
+                Data().push_back(new wxXmlResourceDataRecord(fnd, doc));
         }
 
         fnd = wxXmlFindNext;
@@ -218,19 +386,19 @@ bool wxXmlResource::Load(const wxString& filemask_)
 #   undef wxXmlFindFirst
 #   undef wxXmlFindNext
 
-    return UpdateResources();
+    return allOK;
 }
 
 bool wxXmlResource::Unload(const wxString& filename)
 {
     wxASSERT_MSG( !wxIsWild(filename),
-                    _T("wildcards not supported by wxXmlResource::Unload()") );
+                    wxT("wildcards not supported by wxXmlResource::Unload()") );
 
     wxString fnd = ConvertFileNameToURL(filename);
 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
     const bool isArchive = IsArchive(fnd);
     if ( isArchive )
-        fnd += _T("#zip:");
+        fnd += wxT("#zip:");
 #endif // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
 
     bool unloaded = false;
@@ -363,14 +531,27 @@ wxIcon wxXmlResource::LoadIcon(const wxString& name)
 }
 
 
-wxObject *wxXmlResource::LoadObject(wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name, const wxString& classname)
+wxObject *
+wxXmlResource::DoLoadObject(wxWindow *parent,
+                            const wxString& name,
+                            const wxString& classname,
+                            bool recursive)
 {
-    return CreateResFromNode(FindResource(name, classname), parent, NULL);
+    wxXmlNode * const node = FindResource(name, classname, recursive);
+
+    return node ? DoCreateResFromNode(*node, parent, NULL) : NULL;
 }
 
-bool wxXmlResource::LoadObject(wxObject *instance, wxWindow *parent, const wxString& name, const wxString& classname)
+bool
+wxXmlResource::DoLoadObject(wxObject *instance,
+                            wxWindow *parent,
+                            const wxString& name,
+                            const wxString& classname,
+                            bool recursive)
 {
-    return CreateResFromNode(FindResource(name, classname), parent, instance) != NULL;
+    wxXmlNode * const node = FindResource(name, classname, recursive);
+
+    return node && DoCreateResFromNode(*node, parent, instance) != NULL;
 }
 
 
@@ -382,7 +563,7 @@ bool wxXmlResource::AttachUnknownControl(const wxString& name,
     wxWindow *container = parent->FindWindow(name + wxT("_container"));
     if (!container)
     {
-        wxLogError(_("Cannot find container for unknown control '%s'."), name.c_str());
+        wxLogError("Cannot find container for unknown control '%s'.", name);
         return false;
     }
     return control->Reparent(container);
@@ -439,132 +620,162 @@ static void ProcessPlatformProperty(wxXmlNode *node)
     }
 }
 
+static void PreprocessForIdRanges(wxXmlNode *rootnode)
+{
+    // First go through the top level, looking for the names of ID ranges
+    // as processing items is a lot easier if names are already known
+    wxXmlNode *c = rootnode->GetChildren();
+    while (c)
+    {
+        if (c->GetName() == wxT("ids-range"))
+            wxIdRangeManager::Get()->AddRange(c);
+        c = c->GetNext();
+    }
+
+    // Next, examine every 'name' for the '[' that denotes an ID in a range
+    c = rootnode->GetChildren();
+    while (c)
+    {
+        wxString name = c->GetAttribute(wxT("name"));
+        if (name.find('[') != wxString::npos)
+            wxIdRangeManager::Get()->NotifyRangeOfItem(rootnode, name);
 
+        // Do any children by recursion, then proceed to the next sibling
+        PreprocessForIdRanges(c);
+        c = c->GetNext();
+    }
+}
 
 bool wxXmlResource::UpdateResources()
 {
     bool rt = true;
-    bool modif;
-#   if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
-    wxFSFile *file = NULL;
-    wxUnusedVar(file);
-    wxFileSystem fsys;
-#   endif
-
-    wxString encoding(wxT("UTF-8"));
-#if !wxUSE_UNICODE && wxUSE_INTL
-    if ( (GetFlags() & wxXRC_USE_LOCALE) == 0 )
-    {
-        // In case we are not using wxLocale to translate strings, convert the
-        // strings GUI's charset. This must not be done when wxXRC_USE_LOCALE
-        // is on, because it could break wxGetTranslation lookup.
-        encoding = wxLocale::GetSystemEncodingName();
-    }
-#endif
 
     for ( wxXmlResourceDataRecords::iterator i = Data().begin();
           i != Data().end(); ++i )
     {
         wxXmlResourceDataRecord* const rec = *i;
 
-        modif = (rec->Doc == NULL);
+        // Check if we need to reload this one.
+
+        // We never do it if this flag is specified.
+        if ( m_flags & wxXRC_NO_RELOADING )
+            continue;
 
-        if (!modif && !(m_flags & wxXRC_NO_RELOADING))
+        // Otherwise check its modification time if we can.
+#if wxUSE_DATETIME
+        const wxDateTime lastModTime = GetXRCFileModTime(rec->File);
+
+        if ( lastModTime.IsValid() && lastModTime <= rec->Time )
+#else // !wxUSE_DATETIME
+        // Never reload the file contents: we can't know whether it changed or
+        // not in this build configuration and it would be unexpected and
+        // counter-productive to get a performance hit (due to constant
+        // reloading of XRC files) in a minimal wx build which is presumably
+        // used because of resource constraints of the current platform.
+#endif // wxUSE_DATETIME/!wxUSE_DATETIME
         {
-#           if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
-            file = fsys.OpenFile(rec->File);
-#           if wxUSE_DATETIME
-            modif = file && file->GetModificationTime() > rec->Time;
-#           else // wxUSE_DATETIME
-            modif = true;
-#           endif // wxUSE_DATETIME
-            if (!file)
-            {
-                wxLogError(_("Cannot open file '%s'."), rec->File);
-                rt = false;
-            }
-            wxDELETE(file);
-            wxUnusedVar(file);
-#           else // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
-#           if wxUSE_DATETIME
-            modif = wxDateTime(wxFileModificationTime(rec->File)) > rec->Time;
-#           else // wxUSE_DATETIME
-            modif = true;
-#           endif // wxUSE_DATETIME
-#           endif // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
+            // No need to reload, the file wasn't modified since we did it
+            // last.
+            continue;
         }
 
-        if (modif)
+        wxXmlDocument * const doc = DoLoadFile(rec->File);
+        if ( !doc )
         {
-            wxLogTrace(_T("xrc"), _T("opening file '%s'"), rec->File);
+            // Notice that we keep the old XML document: it seems better to
+            // preserve it instead of throwing it away if we have nothing to
+            // replace it with.
+            rt = false;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Replace the old resource contents with the new one.
+        delete rec->Doc;
+        rec->Doc = doc;
+
+        // And, now that we loaded it successfully, update the last load time.
+#if wxUSE_DATETIME
+        rec->Time = lastModTime.IsValid() ? lastModTime : wxDateTime::Now();
+#endif // wxUSE_DATETIME
+    }
 
-            wxInputStream *stream = NULL;
+    return rt;
+}
 
-#           if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
-            file = fsys.OpenFile(rec->File);
-            if (file)
-                stream = file->GetStream();
-#           else
-            stream = new wxFileInputStream(rec->File);
-#           endif
+wxXmlDocument *wxXmlResource::DoLoadFile(const wxString& filename)
+{
+    wxLogTrace(wxT("xrc"), wxT("opening file '%s'"), filename);
 
-            if (stream)
-            {
-                delete rec->Doc;
-                rec->Doc = new wxXmlDocument;
-            }
-            if (!stream || !stream->IsOk() || !rec->Doc->Load(*stream, encoding))
-            {
-                wxLogError(_("Cannot load resources from file '%s'."),
-                           rec->File);
-                wxDELETE(rec->Doc);
-                rt = false;
-            }
-            else if (rec->Doc->GetRoot()->GetName() != wxT("resource"))
-            {
-                wxLogError(_("Invalid XRC resource '%s': doesn't have root node 'resource'."), rec->File);
-                wxDELETE(rec->Doc);
-                rt = false;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                long version;
-                int v1, v2, v3, v4;
-                wxString verstr = rec->Doc->GetRoot()->GetAttribute(
-                                      wxT("version"), wxT("0.0.0.0"));
-                if (wxSscanf(verstr.c_str(), wxT("%i.%i.%i.%i"),
-                    &v1, &v2, &v3, &v4) == 4)
-                    version = v1*256*256*256+v2*256*256+v3*256+v4;
-                else
-                    version = 0;
-                if (m_version == -1)
-                    m_version = version;
-                if (m_version != version)
-                {
-                    wxLogError(_("Resource files must have same version number!"));
-                    rt = false;
-                }
+    wxInputStream *stream = NULL;
 
-                ProcessPlatformProperty(rec->Doc->GetRoot());
-#if wxUSE_DATETIME
 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
-                rec->Time = file->GetModificationTime();
-#else // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
-                rec->Time = wxDateTime(wxFileModificationTime(rec->File));
-#endif // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
-#endif // wxUSE_DATETIME
-            }
+    wxFileSystem fsys;
+    wxScopedPtr<wxFSFile> file(fsys.OpenFile(filename));
+    if (file)
+    {
+        // Notice that we don't have ownership of the stream in this case, it
+        // remains owned by wxFSFile.
+        stream = file->GetStream();
+    }
+#else // !wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
+    wxFileInputStream fstream(filename);
+    stream = &fstream;
+#endif // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM/!wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
 
-#           if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
-                wxDELETE(file);
-                wxUnusedVar(file);
-#           else
-                wxDELETE(stream);
-#           endif
-        }
+    if ( !stream || !stream->IsOk() )
+    {
+        wxLogError(_("Cannot open resources file '%s'."), filename);
+        return NULL;
     }
 
-    return rt;
+    wxString encoding(wxT("UTF-8"));
+#if !wxUSE_UNICODE && wxUSE_INTL
+    if ( (GetFlags() & wxXRC_USE_LOCALE) == 0 )
+    {
+        // In case we are not using wxLocale to translate strings, convert the
+        // strings GUI's charset. This must not be done when wxXRC_USE_LOCALE
+        // is on, because it could break wxGetTranslation lookup.
+        encoding = wxLocale::GetSystemEncodingName();
+    }
+#endif
+
+    wxScopedPtr<wxXmlDocument> doc(new wxXmlDocument);
+    if (!doc->Load(*stream, encoding))
+    {
+        wxLogError(_("Cannot load resources from file '%s'."), filename);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    wxXmlNode * const root = doc->GetRoot();
+    if (root->GetName() != wxT("resource"))
+    {
+        ReportError
+        (
+            root,
+            "invalid XRC resource, doesn't have root node <resource>"
+        );
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    long version;
+    int v1, v2, v3, v4;
+    wxString verstr = root->GetAttribute(wxT("version"), wxT("0.0.0.0"));
+    if (wxSscanf(verstr, wxT("%i.%i.%i.%i"), &v1, &v2, &v3, &v4) == 4)
+        version = v1*256*256*256+v2*256*256+v3*256+v4;
+    else
+        version = 0;
+    if (m_version == -1)
+        m_version = version;
+    if (m_version != version)
+    {
+        wxLogWarning("Resource files must have same version number.");
+    }
+
+    ProcessPlatformProperty(root);
+    PreprocessForIdRanges(root);
+    wxIdRangeManager::Get()->FinaliseRanges(root);
+
+    return doc.release();
 }
 
 wxXmlNode *wxXmlResource::DoFindResource(wxXmlNode *parent,
@@ -630,8 +841,15 @@ wxXmlNode *wxXmlResource::FindResource(const wxString& name,
 
     if ( !node )
     {
-        wxLogError(_("XRC resource '%s' (class '%s') not found!"),
-                   name, classname);
+        ReportError
+        (
+            NULL,
+            wxString::Format
+            (
+                "XRC resource \"%s\" (class \"%s\") not found",
+                name, classname
+            )
+        );
     }
 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
     else // node was found
@@ -652,7 +870,7 @@ wxXmlResource::GetResourceNodeAndLocation(const wxString& name,
                                           bool recursive,
                                           wxString *path) const
 {
-    // ensure everything is up-to-date: this is needed to support on-remand
+    // ensure everything is up-to-date: this is needed to support on-demand
     // reloading of XRC files
     const_cast<wxXmlResource *>(this)->UpdateResources();
 
@@ -678,10 +896,11 @@ wxXmlResource::GetResourceNodeAndLocation(const wxString& name,
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static void MergeNodes(wxXmlNode& dest, wxXmlNode& with)
+static void MergeNodesOver(wxXmlNode& dest, wxXmlNode& overwriteWith,
+                           const wxString& overwriteFilename)
 {
     // Merge attributes:
-    for ( wxXmlAttribute *attr = with.GetAttributes();
+    for ( wxXmlAttribute *attr = overwriteWith.GetAttributes();
           attr; attr = attr->GetNext() )
     {
         wxXmlAttribute *dattr;
@@ -700,7 +919,7 @@ static void MergeNodes(wxXmlNode& dest, wxXmlNode& with)
    }
 
     // Merge child nodes:
-    for (wxXmlNode* node = with.GetChildren(); node; node = node->GetNext())
+    for (wxXmlNode* node = overwriteWith.GetChildren(); node; node = node->GetNext())
     {
         wxString name = node->GetAttribute(wxT("name"), wxEmptyString);
         wxXmlNode *dnode;
@@ -711,79 +930,441 @@ static void MergeNodes(wxXmlNode& dest, wxXmlNode& with)
                  dnode->GetAttribute(wxT("name"), wxEmptyString) == name &&
                  dnode->GetType() == node->GetType() )
             {
-                MergeNodes(*dnode, *node);
+                MergeNodesOver(*dnode, *node, overwriteFilename);
                 break;
             }
         }
 
         if ( !dnode )
         {
+            wxXmlNode *copyOfNode = new wxXmlNode(*node);
+            // remember referenced object's file, see GetFileNameFromNode()
+            copyOfNode->AddAttribute(ATTR_INPUT_FILENAME, overwriteFilename);
+
             static const wxChar *AT_END = wxT("end");
             wxString insert_pos = node->GetAttribute(wxT("insert_at"), AT_END);
             if ( insert_pos == AT_END )
             {
-                dest.AddChild(new wxXmlNode(*node));
+                dest.AddChild(copyOfNode);
             }
             else if ( insert_pos == wxT("begin") )
             {
-                dest.InsertChild(new wxXmlNode(*node), dest.GetChildren());
+                dest.InsertChild(copyOfNode, dest.GetChildren());
             }
         }
     }
 
-    if ( dest.GetType() == wxXML_TEXT_NODE && with.GetContent().length() )
-         dest.SetContent(with.GetContent());
+    if ( dest.GetType() == wxXML_TEXT_NODE && overwriteWith.GetContent().length() )
+         dest.SetContent(overwriteWith.GetContent());
 }
 
-wxObject *wxXmlResource::CreateResFromNode(wxXmlNode *node, wxObject *parent,
-                                           wxObject *instance,
-                                           wxXmlResourceHandler *handlerToUse)
+wxObject *
+wxXmlResource::DoCreateResFromNode(wxXmlNode& node,
+                                   wxObject *parent,
+                                   wxObject *instance,
+                                   wxXmlResourceHandler *handlerToUse)
 {
-    if (node == NULL) return NULL;
-
     // handling of referenced resource
-    if ( node->GetName() == wxT("object_ref") )
+    if ( node.GetName() == wxT("object_ref") )
     {
-        wxString refName = node->GetAttribute(wxT("ref"), wxEmptyString);
+        wxString refName = node.GetAttribute(wxT("ref"), wxEmptyString);
         wxXmlNode* refNode = FindResource(refName, wxEmptyString, true);
 
         if ( !refNode )
         {
-            wxLogError(_("Referenced object node with ref=\"%s\" not found!"),
-                       refName.c_str());
+            ReportError
+            (
+                &node,
+                wxString::Format
+                (
+                    "referenced object node with ref=\"%s\" not found",
+                    refName
+                )
+            );
             return NULL;
         }
 
-        wxXmlNode copy(*refNode);
-        MergeNodes(copy, *node);
+        const bool hasOnlyRefAttr = node.GetAttributes() != NULL &&
+                                    node.GetAttributes()->GetNext() == NULL;
+
+        if ( hasOnlyRefAttr && !node.GetChildren() )
+        {
+            // In the typical, simple case, <object_ref> is used to link
+            // to another node and doesn't have any content of its own that
+            // would overwrite linked object's properties. In this case,
+            // we can simply create the resource from linked node.
+
+            return DoCreateResFromNode(*refNode, parent, instance);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // In the more complicated (but rare) case, <object_ref> has
+            // subnodes that partially overwrite content of the referenced
+            // object. In this case, we need to merge both XML trees and
+            // load the resource from result of the merge.
+
+            wxXmlNode copy(*refNode);
+            MergeNodesOver(copy, node, GetFileNameFromNode(&node, Data()));
 
-        return CreateResFromNode(&copy, parent, instance);
+            // remember referenced object's file, see GetFileNameFromNode()
+            copy.AddAttribute(ATTR_INPUT_FILENAME,
+                              GetFileNameFromNode(refNode, Data()));
+
+            return DoCreateResFromNode(copy, parent, instance);
+        }
     }
 
     if (handlerToUse)
     {
-        if (handlerToUse->CanHandle(node))
+        if (handlerToUse->CanHandle(&node))
         {
-            return handlerToUse->CreateResource(node, parent, instance);
+            return handlerToUse->CreateResource(&node, parent, instance);
         }
     }
-    else if (node->GetName() == wxT("object"))
+    else if (node.GetName() == wxT("object"))
     {
         for ( wxVector<wxXmlResourceHandler*>::iterator h = m_handlers.begin();
               h != m_handlers.end(); ++h )
         {
             wxXmlResourceHandler *handler = *h;
-            if (handler->CanHandle(node))
-                return handler->CreateResource(node, parent, instance);
+            if (handler->CanHandle(&node))
+                return handler->CreateResource(&node, parent, instance);
+        }
+    }
+
+    ReportError
+    (
+        &node,
+        wxString::Format
+        (
+            "no handler found for XML node \"%s\" (class \"%s\")",
+            node.GetName(),
+            node.GetAttribute("class", wxEmptyString)
+        )
+    );
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+wxIdRange::wxIdRange(const wxXmlNode* node,
+                     const wxString& rname,
+                     const wxString& startno,
+                     const wxString& rsize)
+    : m_name(rname),
+      m_start(0),
+      m_size(0),
+      m_item_end_found(0),
+      m_finalised(0)
+{
+    long l;
+    if ( startno.ToLong(&l) )
+    {
+        if ( l >= 0 )
+        {
+            m_start = l;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError
+            (
+                node,
+                "a negative id-range start parameter was given"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError
+        (
+            node,
+            "the id-range start parameter was malformed"
+        );
+    }
+
+    unsigned long ul;
+    if ( rsize.ToULong(&ul) )
+    {
+        m_size = ul;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError
+        (
+            node,
+            "the id-range size parameter was malformed"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+void wxIdRange::NoteItem(const wxXmlNode* node, const wxString& item)
+{
+    // Nothing gets added here, but the existence of each item is noted
+    // thus getting an accurate count. 'item' will be either an integer e.g.
+    // [0] [123]: will eventually create an XRCID as start+integer or [start]
+    // or [end] which are synonyms for [0] or [range_size-1] respectively.
+    wxString content(item.Mid(1, item.length()-2));
+
+    // Check that basename+item wasn't foo[]
+    if (content.empty())
+    {
+        wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError(node, "an empty id-range item found");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (content=="start")
+    {
+        // "start" means [0], so store that in the set
+        if (m_indices.count(0) == 0)
+        {
+            m_indices.insert(0);
         }
+        else
+        {
+            wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError
+            (
+                node,
+                "duplicate id-range item found"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    else if (content=="end")
+    {
+        // We can't yet be certain which XRCID this will be equivalent to, so
+        // just note that there's an item with this name, in case we need to
+        // inc the range size
+        m_item_end_found = true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // Anything else will be an integer, or rubbish
+        unsigned long l;
+        if ( content.ToULong(&l) )
+        {
+            if (m_indices.count(l) == 0)
+            {
+                m_indices.insert(l);
+                // Check that this item wouldn't fall outside the current range
+                // extent
+                if (l >= m_size)
+                {
+                    m_size = l + 1;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError
+                (
+                    node,
+                    "duplicate id-range item found"
+                );
+            }
+
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError
+            (
+                node,
+                "an id-range item had a malformed index"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void wxIdRange::Finalise(const wxXmlNode* node)
+{
+    wxCHECK_RET( !IsFinalised(),
+                 "Trying to finalise an already-finalised range" );
+
+    // Now we know about all the items, we can get an accurate range size
+    // Expand any requested range-size if there were more items than would fit
+    m_size = wxMax(m_size, m_indices.size());
+
+    // If an item is explicitly called foo[end], ensure it won't clash with
+    // another item
+    if ( m_item_end_found && m_indices.count(m_size-1) )
+        ++m_size;
+    if (m_size == 0)
+    {
+        // This will happen if someone creates a range but no items in this xrc
+        // file Report the error and abort, but don't finalise, in case items
+        // appear later
+        wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError
+        (
+            node,
+            "trying to create an empty id-range"
+        );
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (m_start==0)
+    {
+        // This is the usual case, where the user didn't specify a start ID
+        // So get the range using NewControlId().
+        //
+        // NB: negative numbers, but NewControlId already returns the most
+        //     negative
+        m_start = wxWindow::NewControlId(m_size);
+        wxCHECK_RET( m_start != wxID_NONE,
+                     "insufficient IDs available to create range" );
+        m_end = m_start + m_size - 1;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // The user already specified a start value, which must be positive
+        m_end = m_start + m_size - 1;
+    }
+
+    // Create the XRCIDs
+    for (int i=m_start; i <= m_end; ++i)
+    {
+        // Ensure that we overwrite any existing value as otherwise
+        // wxXmlResource::Unload() followed by Load() wouldn't work correctly.
+        XRCID_Assign(m_name + wxString::Format("[%i]", i-m_start), i);
+
+        wxLogTrace("xrcrange",
+                   "integer = %i %s now returns %i",
+                   i,
+                   m_name + wxString::Format("[%i]", i-m_start),
+                   XRCID((m_name + wxString::Format("[%i]", i-m_start)).mb_str()));
+    }
+    // and these special ones
+    XRCID_Assign(m_name + "[start]", m_start);
+    XRCID_Assign(m_name + "[end]", m_end);
+    wxLogTrace("xrcrange","%s[start] = %i  %s[end] = %i",
+            m_name.mb_str(),XRCID(wxString(m_name+"[start]").mb_str()),
+                m_name.mb_str(),XRCID(wxString(m_name+"[end]").mb_str()));
+
+    m_finalised = true;
+}
+
+wxIdRangeManager *wxIdRangeManager::ms_instance = NULL;
+
+/*static*/ wxIdRangeManager *wxIdRangeManager::Get()
+{
+    if ( !ms_instance )
+        ms_instance = new wxIdRangeManager;
+    return ms_instance;
+}
+
+/*static*/ wxIdRangeManager *wxIdRangeManager::Set(wxIdRangeManager *res)
+{
+    wxIdRangeManager *old = ms_instance;
+    ms_instance = res;
+    return old;
+}
+
+wxIdRangeManager::~wxIdRangeManager()
+{
+    for ( wxVector<wxIdRange*>::iterator i = m_IdRanges.begin();
+          i != m_IdRanges.end(); ++i )
+    {
+        delete *i;
+    }
+    m_IdRanges.clear();
+
+    delete ms_instance;
+}
+
+void wxIdRangeManager::AddRange(const wxXmlNode* node)
+{
+    wxString name = node->GetAttribute("name");
+    wxString start = node->GetAttribute("start", "0");
+    wxString size = node->GetAttribute("size", "0");
+    if (name.empty())
+    {
+        wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError
+        (
+            node,
+            "xrc file contains an id-range without a name"
+        );
+        return;
+    }
+
+    int index = Find(name);
+    if (index == wxNOT_FOUND)
+    {
+        wxLogTrace("xrcrange",
+                   "Adding ID range, name=%s start=%s size=%s",
+                   name, start, size);
+
+        m_IdRanges.push_back(new wxIdRange(node, name, start, size));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // There was already a range with this name. Let's hope this is
+        // from an Unload()/(re)Load(), not an unintentional duplication
+        wxLogTrace("xrcrange",
+                   "Replacing ID range, name=%s start=%s size=%s",
+                   name, start, size);
+
+        wxIdRange* oldrange = m_IdRanges.at(index);
+        m_IdRanges.at(index) = new wxIdRange(node, name, start, size);
+        delete oldrange;
+    }
+}
+
+wxIdRange *
+wxIdRangeManager::FindRangeForItem(const wxXmlNode* node,
+                                   const wxString& item,
+                                   wxString& value) const
+{
+    wxString basename = item.BeforeFirst('[');
+    wxCHECK_MSG( !basename.empty(), NULL,
+                 "an id-range item without a range name" );
+
+    int index = Find(basename);
+    if (index == wxNOT_FOUND)
+    {
+        // Don't assert just because we've found an unexpected foo[123]
+        // Someone might just want such a name, nothing to do with ranges
+        return NULL;
     }
 
-    wxLogError(_("No handler found for XML node '%s', class '%s'!"),
-               node->GetName().c_str(),
-               node->GetAttribute(wxT("class"), wxEmptyString).c_str());
+    value = item.Mid(basename.Len());
+    if (value.at(value.length()-1)==']')
+    {
+        return m_IdRanges.at(index);
+    }
+    wxXmlResource::Get()->ReportError(node, "a malformed id-range item");
     return NULL;
 }
 
+void
+wxIdRangeManager::NotifyRangeOfItem(const wxXmlNode* node,
+                                    const wxString& item) const
+{
+    wxString value;
+    wxIdRange* range = FindRangeForItem(node, item, value);
+    if (range)
+        range->NoteItem(node, value);
+}
+
+int wxIdRangeManager::Find(const wxString& rangename) const
+{
+    for ( int i=0; i < (int)m_IdRanges.size(); ++i )
+    {
+        if (m_IdRanges.at(i)->GetName() == rangename)
+            return i;
+    }
+
+    return wxNOT_FOUND;
+}
+
+void wxIdRangeManager::FinaliseRanges(const wxXmlNode* node) const
+{
+    for ( wxVector<wxIdRange*>::const_iterator i = m_IdRanges.begin();
+          i != m_IdRanges.end(); ++i )
+    {
+        // Check if this range has already been finalised. Quite possible,
+        // as  FinaliseRanges() gets called for each .xrc file loaded
+        if (!(*i)->IsFinalised())
+        {
+            wxLogTrace("xrcrange", "Finalising ID range %s", (*i)->GetName());
+            (*i)->Finalise(node);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 
 class wxXmlSubclassFactories : public wxVector<wxXmlSubclassFactory*>
 {
@@ -852,8 +1433,15 @@ wxObject *wxXmlResourceHandler::CreateResource(wxXmlNode *node, wxObject *parent
             if (!m_instance)
             {
                 wxString name = node->GetAttribute(wxT("name"), wxEmptyString);
-                wxLogError(_("Subclass '%s' not found for resource '%s', not subclassing!"),
-                           subclass.c_str(), name.c_str());
+                ReportError
+                (
+                    node,
+                    wxString::Format
+                    (
+                        "subclass \"%s\" not found for resource \"%s\", not subclassing",
+                        subclass, name
+                    )
+                );
             }
         }
     }
@@ -889,7 +1477,8 @@ void wxXmlResourceHandler::AddWindowStyles()
     // the border styles all have the old and new names, recognize both for now
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxSIMPLE_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_SIMPLE);
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxSUNKEN_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_SUNKEN);
-    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxDOUBLE_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_DOUBLE);
+    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxDOUBLE_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_DOUBLE); // deprecated
+    XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_THEME);
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxRAISED_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_RAISED);
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxSTATIC_BORDER); XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_STATIC);
     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxNO_BORDER);     XRC_ADD_STYLE(wxBORDER_NONE);
@@ -927,9 +1516,17 @@ int wxXmlResourceHandler::GetStyle(const wxString& param, int defaults)
         fl = tkn.GetNextToken();
         index = m_styleNames.Index(fl);
         if (index != wxNOT_FOUND)
+        {
             style |= m_styleValues[index];
+        }
         else
-            wxLogError(_("Unknown style flag ") + fl);
+        {
+            ReportParamError
+            (
+                param,
+                wxString::Format("unknown style flag \"%s\"", fl)
+            );
+        }
     }
     return style;
 }
@@ -957,7 +1554,7 @@ wxString wxXmlResourceHandler::GetText(const wxString& param, bool translate)
         // like "&File..." -- this is illegal in XML, so we use "_File..."):
         if ( *dt == amp_char )
         {
-            if ( *(++dt) == amp_char )
+            if ( dt+1 == str1.end() || *(++dt) == amp_char )
                 str2 << amp_char;
             else
                 str2 << wxT('&') << *dt;
@@ -1041,18 +1638,11 @@ float wxXmlResourceHandler::GetFloat(const wxString& param, float defaultv)
 {
     wxString str = GetParamValue(param);
 
-#if wxUSE_INTL
-    // strings in XRC always use C locale but wxString::ToDouble() uses the
-    // current one, so transform the string to it supposing that the only
-    // difference between them is the decimal separator
-    //
-    // TODO: use wxString::ToCDouble() when we have it
-    str.Replace(wxT("."), wxLocale::GetInfo(wxLOCALE_DECIMAL_POINT,
-                                            wxLOCALE_CAT_NUMBER));
-#endif // wxUSE_INTL
-
+    // strings in XRC always use C locale so make sure to use the
+    // locale-independent wxString::ToCDouble() and not ToDouble() which uses
+    // the current locale with a potentially different decimal point character
     double value;
-    if (!str.ToDouble(&value))
+    if (!str.ToCDouble(&value))
         value = defaultv;
 
     return wx_truncate_cast(float, value);
@@ -1092,7 +1682,7 @@ static wxColour GetSystemColour(const wxString& name)
     if (!name.empty())
     {
         #define SYSCLR(clr) \
-            if (name == _T(#clr)) return wxSystemSettings::GetColour(clr);
+            if (name == wxT(#clr)) return wxSystemSettings::GetColour(clr);
         SYSCLR(wxSYS_COLOUR_SCROLLBAR)
         SYSCLR(wxSYS_COLOUR_BACKGROUND)
         SYSCLR(wxSYS_COLOUR_DESKTOP)
@@ -1151,53 +1741,100 @@ wxColour wxXmlResourceHandler::GetColour(const wxString& param, const wxColour&
         // the colour doesn't use #RRGGBB format, check if it is symbolic
         // colour name:
         clr = GetSystemColour(v);
-        if (clr.Ok())
+        if (clr.IsOk())
             return clr;
 
-        wxLogError(_("XRC resource: Incorrect colour specification '%s' for attribute '%s'."),
-                   v.c_str(), param.c_str());
+        ReportParamError
+        (
+            param,
+            wxString::Format("incorrect colour specification \"%s\"", v)
+        );
         return wxNullColour;
     }
 
     return clr;
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+
+// if 'param' has stock_id/stock_client, extracts them and returns true
+bool GetStockArtAttrs(const wxXmlNode *paramNode,
+                      const wxString& defaultArtClient,
+                      wxString& art_id, wxString& art_client)
+{
+    if ( paramNode )
+    {
+        art_id = paramNode->GetAttribute("stock_id", "");
+
+        if ( !art_id.empty() )
+        {
+            art_id = wxART_MAKE_ART_ID_FROM_STR(art_id);
+
+            art_client = paramNode->GetAttribute("stock_client", "");
+            if ( art_client.empty() )
+                art_client = defaultArtClient;
+            else
+                art_client = wxART_MAKE_CLIENT_ID_FROM_STR(art_client);
+
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
 
+} // anonymous namespace
 
 wxBitmap wxXmlResourceHandler::GetBitmap(const wxString& param,
                                          const wxArtClient& defaultArtClient,
                                          wxSize size)
 {
-    /* If the bitmap is specified as stock item, query wxArtProvider for it: */
-    wxXmlNode *bmpNode = GetParamNode(param);
-    if ( bmpNode )
+    // it used to be possible to pass an empty string here to indicate that the
+    // bitmap name should be read from this node itself but this is not
+    // supported any more because GetBitmap(m_node) can be used directly
+    // instead
+    wxASSERT_MSG( !param.empty(), "bitmap parameter name can't be empty" );
+
+    const wxXmlNode* const node = GetParamNode(param);
+
+    if ( !node )
     {
-        wxString sid = bmpNode->GetAttribute(wxT("stock_id"), wxEmptyString);
-        if ( !sid.empty() )
-        {
-            wxString scl = bmpNode->GetAttribute(wxT("stock_client"), wxEmptyString);
-            if (scl.empty())
-                scl = defaultArtClient;
-            else
-                scl = wxART_MAKE_CLIENT_ID_FROM_STR(scl);
+        // this is not an error as bitmap parameter could be optional
+        return wxNullBitmap;
+    }
 
-            wxBitmap stockArt =
-                wxArtProvider::GetBitmap(wxART_MAKE_ART_ID_FROM_STR(sid),
-                                         scl, size);
-            if ( stockArt.Ok() )
-                return stockArt;
-        }
+    return GetBitmap(node, defaultArtClient, size);
+}
+
+wxBitmap wxXmlResourceHandler::GetBitmap(const wxXmlNode* node,
+                                         const wxArtClient& defaultArtClient,
+                                         wxSize size)
+{
+    wxCHECK_MSG( node, wxNullBitmap, "bitmap node can't be NULL" );
+
+    /* If the bitmap is specified as stock item, query wxArtProvider for it: */
+    wxString art_id, art_client;
+    if ( GetStockArtAttrs(node, defaultArtClient,
+                          art_id, art_client) )
+    {
+        wxBitmap stockArt(wxArtProvider::GetBitmap(art_id, art_client, size));
+        if ( stockArt.IsOk() )
+            return stockArt;
     }
 
     /* ...or load the bitmap from file: */
-    wxString name = GetParamValue(param);
+    wxString name = GetParamValue(node);
     if (name.empty()) return wxNullBitmap;
 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
     wxFSFile *fsfile = GetCurFileSystem().OpenFile(name, wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE);
     if (fsfile == NULL)
     {
-        wxLogError(_("XRC resource: Cannot create bitmap from '%s'."),
-                   name.c_str());
+        ReportParamError
+        (
+            node->GetName(),
+            wxString::Format("cannot open bitmap resource \"%s\"", name)
+        );
         return wxNullBitmap;
     }
     wxImage img(*(fsfile->GetStream()));
@@ -1206,10 +1843,13 @@ wxBitmap wxXmlResourceHandler::GetBitmap(const wxString& param,
     wxImage img(name);
 #endif
 
-    if (!img.Ok())
+    if (!img.IsOk())
     {
-        wxLogError(_("XRC resource: Cannot create bitmap from '%s'."),
-                   name.c_str());
+        ReportParamError
+        (
+            node->GetName(),
+            wxString::Format("cannot create bitmap from \"%s\"", name)
+        );
         return wxNullBitmap;
     }
     if (!(size == wxDefaultSize)) img.Rescale(size.x, size.y);
@@ -1220,13 +1860,126 @@ wxBitmap wxXmlResourceHandler::GetBitmap(const wxString& param,
 wxIcon wxXmlResourceHandler::GetIcon(const wxString& param,
                                      const wxArtClient& defaultArtClient,
                                      wxSize size)
+{
+    // see comment in GetBitmap(wxString) overload
+    wxASSERT_MSG( !param.empty(), "icon parameter name can't be empty" );
+
+    const wxXmlNode* const node = GetParamNode(param);
+
+    if ( !node )
+    {
+        // this is not an error as icon parameter could be optional
+        return wxIcon();
+    }
+
+    return GetIcon(node, defaultArtClient, size);
+}
+
+wxIcon wxXmlResourceHandler::GetIcon(const wxXmlNode* node,
+                                     const wxArtClient& defaultArtClient,
+                                     wxSize size)
 {
     wxIcon icon;
-    icon.CopyFromBitmap(GetBitmap(param, defaultArtClient, size));
+    icon.CopyFromBitmap(GetBitmap(node, defaultArtClient, size));
     return icon;
 }
 
 
+wxIconBundle wxXmlResourceHandler::GetIconBundle(const wxString& param,
+                                                 const wxArtClient& defaultArtClient)
+{
+    wxString art_id, art_client;
+    if ( GetStockArtAttrs(GetParamNode(param), defaultArtClient,
+                          art_id, art_client) )
+    {
+        wxIconBundle stockArt(wxArtProvider::GetIconBundle(art_id, art_client));
+        if ( stockArt.IsOk() )
+            return stockArt;
+    }
+
+    const wxString name = GetParamValue(param);
+    if ( name.empty() )
+        return wxNullIconBundle;
+
+#if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
+    wxFSFile *fsfile = GetCurFileSystem().OpenFile(name, wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE);
+    if ( fsfile == NULL )
+    {
+        ReportParamError
+        (
+            param,
+            wxString::Format("cannot open icon resource \"%s\"", name)
+        );
+        return wxNullIconBundle;
+    }
+
+    wxIconBundle bundle(*(fsfile->GetStream()));
+    delete fsfile;
+#else
+    wxIconBundle bundle(name);
+#endif
+
+    if ( !bundle.IsOk() )
+    {
+        ReportParamError
+        (
+            param,
+            wxString::Format("cannot create icon from \"%s\"", name)
+        );
+        return wxNullIconBundle;
+    }
+
+    return bundle;
+}
+
+
+wxImageList *wxXmlResourceHandler::GetImageList(const wxString& param)
+{
+    wxXmlNode * const imagelist_node = GetParamNode(param);
+    if ( !imagelist_node )
+        return NULL;
+
+    wxXmlNode * const oldnode = m_node;
+    m_node = imagelist_node;
+
+    // Get the size if we have it, otherwise we will use the size of the first
+    // list element.
+    wxSize size = GetSize();
+
+    // Start adding images, we'll create the image list when adding the first
+    // one.
+    wxImageList * imagelist = NULL;
+    wxString parambitmap = wxT("bitmap");
+    if ( HasParam(parambitmap) )
+    {
+        wxXmlNode *n = m_node->GetChildren();
+        while (n)
+        {
+            if (n->GetType() == wxXML_ELEMENT_NODE && n->GetName() == parambitmap)
+            {
+                wxIcon icon = GetIcon(n, wxART_OTHER, size);
+                if ( !imagelist )
+                {
+                    // We need the real image list size to create it.
+                    if ( size == wxDefaultSize )
+                        size = icon.GetSize();
+
+                    // We use the mask by default.
+                    bool mask = !HasParam(wxS("mask")) || GetBool(wxS("mask"));
+
+                    imagelist = new wxImageList(size.x, size.y, mask);
+                }
+
+                // add icon instead of bitmap to keep the bitmap mask
+                imagelist->Add(icon);
+            }
+            n = n->GetNext();
+        }
+    }
+
+    m_node = oldnode;
+    return imagelist;
+}
 
 wxXmlNode *wxXmlResourceHandler::GetParamNode(const wxString& param)
 {
@@ -1251,16 +2004,17 @@ wxXmlNode *wxXmlResourceHandler::GetParamNode(const wxString& param)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* static */
 bool wxXmlResourceHandler::IsOfClass(wxXmlNode *node, const wxString& classname)
 {
-    return node->GetAttribute(wxT("class"), wxEmptyString) == classname;
+    return node->GetAttribute(wxT("class")) == classname;
 }
 
 
 
-wxString wxXmlResourceHandler::GetNodeContent(wxXmlNode *node)
+wxString wxXmlResourceHandler::GetNodeContent(const wxXmlNode *node)
 {
-    wxXmlNode *n = node;
+    const wxXmlNode *n = node;
     if (n == NULL) return wxEmptyString;
     n = n->GetChildren();
 
@@ -1284,6 +2038,10 @@ wxString wxXmlResourceHandler::GetParamValue(const wxString& param)
         return GetNodeContent(GetParamNode(param));
 }
 
+wxString wxXmlResourceHandler::GetParamValue(const wxXmlNode* node)
+{
+    return GetNodeContent(node);
+}
 
 
 wxSize wxXmlResourceHandler::GetSize(const wxString& param,
@@ -1300,7 +2058,11 @@ wxSize wxXmlResourceHandler::GetSize(const wxString& param,
     if (!s.BeforeFirst(wxT(',')).ToLong(&sx) ||
         !s.AfterLast(wxT(',')).ToLong(&sy))
     {
-        wxLogError(_("Cannot parse coordinates from '%s'."), s.c_str());
+        ReportParamError
+        (
+            param,
+            wxString::Format("cannot parse coordinates value \"%s\"", s)
+        );
         return wxDefaultSize;
     }
 
@@ -1316,7 +2078,11 @@ wxSize wxXmlResourceHandler::GetSize(const wxString& param,
         }
         else
         {
-            wxLogError(_("Cannot convert dialog units: dialog unknown."));
+            ReportParamError
+            (
+                param,
+                "cannot convert dialog units: dialog unknown"
+            );
             return wxDefaultSize;
         }
     }
@@ -1348,7 +2114,11 @@ wxCoord wxXmlResourceHandler::GetDimension(const wxString& param,
 
     if (!s.ToLong(&sx))
     {
-        wxLogError(_("Cannot parse dimension from '%s'."), s.c_str());
+        ReportParamError
+        (
+            param,
+            wxString::Format("cannot parse dimension value \"%s\"", s)
+        );
         return defaultv;
     }
 
@@ -1364,7 +2134,11 @@ wxCoord wxXmlResourceHandler::GetDimension(const wxString& param,
         }
         else
         {
-            wxLogError(_("Cannot convert dialog units: dialog unknown."));
+            ReportParamError
+            (
+                param,
+                "cannot convert dialog units: dialog unknown"
+            );
             return defaultv;
         }
     }
@@ -1372,6 +2146,40 @@ wxCoord wxXmlResourceHandler::GetDimension(const wxString& param,
     return sx;
 }
 
+wxDirection
+wxXmlResourceHandler::GetDirection(const wxString& param, wxDirection dirDefault)
+{
+    wxDirection dir;
+
+    const wxString dirstr = GetParamValue(param);
+    if ( dirstr.empty() )
+        dir = dirDefault;
+    else if ( dirstr == "wxLEFT" )
+        dir = wxLEFT;
+    else if ( dirstr == "wxRIGHT" )
+        dir = wxRIGHT;
+    else if ( dirstr == "wxTOP" )
+        dir = wxTOP;
+    else if ( dirstr == "wxBOTTOM" )
+        dir = wxBOTTOM;
+    else
+    {
+        ReportError
+        (
+            GetParamNode(param),
+            wxString::Format
+            (
+                "Invalid direction \"%s\": must be one of "
+                "wxLEFT|wxRIGHT|wxTOP|wxBOTTOM.",
+                dirstr
+            )
+        );
+
+        dir = dirDefault;
+    }
+
+    return dir;
+}
 
 // Get system font index using indexname
 static wxFont GetSystemFont(const wxString& name)
@@ -1379,13 +2187,12 @@ static wxFont GetSystemFont(const wxString& name)
     if (!name.empty())
     {
         #define SYSFNT(fnt) \
-            if (name == _T(#fnt)) return wxSystemSettings::GetFont(fnt);
+            if (name == wxT(#fnt)) return wxSystemSettings::GetFont(fnt);
         SYSFNT(wxSYS_OEM_FIXED_FONT)
         SYSFNT(wxSYS_ANSI_FIXED_FONT)
         SYSFNT(wxSYS_ANSI_VAR_FONT)
         SYSFNT(wxSYS_SYSTEM_FONT)
         SYSFNT(wxSYS_DEVICE_DEFAULT_FONT)
-        SYSFNT(wxSYS_DEFAULT_PALETTE)
         SYSFNT(wxSYS_SYSTEM_FIXED_FONT)
         SYSFNT(wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT)
         #undef SYSFNT
@@ -1399,7 +2206,8 @@ wxFont wxXmlResourceHandler::GetFont(const wxString& param)
     wxXmlNode *font_node = GetParamNode(param);
     if (font_node == NULL)
     {
-        wxLogError(_("Cannot find font node '%s'."), param.c_str());
+        ReportError(
+            wxString::Format("cannot find font node \"%s\"", param));
         return wxNullFont;
     }
 
@@ -1484,6 +2292,7 @@ wxFont wxXmlResourceHandler::GetFont(const wxString& param)
     // encoding
     wxFontEncoding enc = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT;
     bool hasEncoding = HasParam(wxT("encoding"));
+#if wxUSE_FONTMAP
     if (hasEncoding)
     {
         wxString encoding = GetParamValue(wxT("encoding"));
@@ -1493,11 +2302,12 @@ wxFont wxXmlResourceHandler::GetFont(const wxString& param)
         if (enc == wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM)
             enc = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT;
     }
+#endif // wxUSE_FONTMAP
 
     // is this font based on a system font?
     wxFont font = GetSystemFont(GetParamValue(wxT("sysfont")));
 
-    if (font.Ok())
+    if (font.IsOk())
     {
         if (hasSize && isize != -1)
             font.SetPointSize(isize);
@@ -1541,8 +2351,12 @@ void wxXmlResourceHandler::SetupWindow(wxWindow *wnd)
         wnd->SetExtraStyle(wnd->GetExtraStyle() | GetStyle(wxT("exstyle")));
     if (HasParam(wxT("bg")))
         wnd->SetBackgroundColour(GetColour(wxT("bg")));
+    if (HasParam(wxT("ownbg")))
+        wnd->SetOwnBackgroundColour(GetColour(wxT("ownbg")));
     if (HasParam(wxT("fg")))
         wnd->SetForegroundColour(GetColour(wxT("fg")));
+    if (HasParam(wxT("ownfg")))
+        wnd->SetOwnForegroundColour(GetColour(wxT("ownfg")));
     if (GetBool(wxT("enabled"), 1) == 0)
         wnd->Enable(false);
     if (GetBool(wxT("focused"), 0) == 1)
@@ -1554,7 +2368,9 @@ void wxXmlResourceHandler::SetupWindow(wxWindow *wnd)
         wnd->SetToolTip(GetText(wxT("tooltip")));
 #endif
     if (HasParam(wxT("font")))
-        wnd->SetFont(GetFont());
+        wnd->SetFont(GetFont(wxT("font")));
+    if (HasParam(wxT("ownfont")))
+        wnd->SetOwnFont(GetFont(wxT("ownfont")));
     if (HasParam(wxT("help")))
         wnd->SetHelpText(GetText(wxT("help")));
 }
@@ -1566,8 +2382,8 @@ void wxXmlResourceHandler::CreateChildren(wxObject *parent, bool this_hnd_only)
     {
         if ( IsObjectNode(n) )
         {
-            m_resource->CreateResFromNode(n, parent, NULL,
-                                          this_hnd_only ? this : NULL);
+            m_resource->DoCreateResFromNode(*n, parent, NULL,
+                                            this_hnd_only ? this : NULL);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1590,12 +2406,63 @@ void wxXmlResourceHandler::CreateChildrenPrivately(wxObject *parent, wxXmlNode *
 }
 
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// errors reporting
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+void wxXmlResourceHandler::ReportError(const wxString& message)
+{
+    m_resource->ReportError(m_node, message);
+}
 
+void wxXmlResourceHandler::ReportError(wxXmlNode *context,
+                                       const wxString& message)
+{
+    m_resource->ReportError(context ? context : m_node, message);
+}
 
+void wxXmlResourceHandler::ReportParamError(const wxString& param,
+                                            const wxString& message)
+{
+    m_resource->ReportError(GetParamNode(param), message);
+}
 
+void wxXmlResource::ReportError(const wxXmlNode *context, const wxString& message)
+{
+    if ( !context )
+    {
+        DoReportError("", NULL, message);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // We need to find out the file that 'context' is part of. Performance of
+    // this code is not critical, so we simply find the root XML node and
+    // compare it with all loaded XRC files.
+    const wxString filename = GetFileNameFromNode(context, Data());
+
+    DoReportError(filename, context, message);
+}
+
+void wxXmlResource::DoReportError(const wxString& xrcFile, const wxXmlNode *position,
+                                  const wxString& message)
+{
+    const int line = position ? position->GetLineNumber() : -1;
+
+    wxString loc;
+    if ( !xrcFile.empty() )
+        loc = xrcFile + ':';
+    if ( line != -1 )
+        loc += wxString::Format("%d:", line);
+    if ( !loc.empty() )
+        loc += ' ';
+
+    wxLogError("XRC error: %s%s", loc, message);
+}
 
-// --------------- XRCID implementation -----------------------------
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// XRCID implementation
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #define XRCID_TABLE_SIZE     1024
 
@@ -1612,13 +2479,48 @@ struct XRCID_record
 
 static XRCID_record *XRCID_Records[XRCID_TABLE_SIZE] = {NULL};
 
-static int XRCID_Lookup(const char *str_id, int value_if_not_found = wxID_NONE)
+// Extremely simplistic hash function which probably ought to be replaced with
+// wxStringHash::stringHash().
+static inline unsigned XRCIdHash(const char *str_id)
 {
-    int index = 0;
+    unsigned index = 0;
 
-    for (const char *c = str_id; *c != '\0'; c++) index += (int)*c;
+    for (const char *c = str_id; *c != '\0'; c++) index += (unsigned int)*c;
     index %= XRCID_TABLE_SIZE;
 
+    return index;
+}
+
+static void XRCID_Assign(const wxString& str_id, int value)
+{
+    const wxCharBuffer buf_id(str_id.mb_str());
+    const unsigned index = XRCIdHash(buf_id);
+
+
+    XRCID_record *oldrec = NULL;
+    for (XRCID_record *rec = XRCID_Records[index]; rec; rec = rec->next)
+    {
+        if (wxStrcmp(rec->key, buf_id) == 0)
+        {
+            rec->id = value;
+            return;
+        }
+        oldrec = rec;
+    }
+
+    XRCID_record **rec_var = (oldrec == NULL) ?
+                              &XRCID_Records[index] : &oldrec->next;
+    *rec_var = new XRCID_record;
+    (*rec_var)->key = wxStrdup(str_id);
+    (*rec_var)->id = value;
+    (*rec_var)->next = NULL;
+}
+
+static int XRCID_Lookup(const char *str_id, int value_if_not_found = wxID_NONE)
+{
+    const unsigned index = XRCIdHash(str_id);
+
+
     XRCID_record *oldrec = NULL;
     for (XRCID_record *rec = XRCID_Records[index]; rec; rec = rec->next)
     {
@@ -1655,58 +2557,13 @@ static int XRCID_Lookup(const char *str_id, int value_if_not_found = wxID_NONE)
     return (*rec_var)->id;
 }
 
-static void AddStdXRCID_Records();
-
-/*static*/
-int wxXmlResource::DoGetXRCID(const char *str_id, int value_if_not_found)
-{
-    static bool s_stdIDsAdded = false;
-
-    if ( !s_stdIDsAdded )
-    {
-        s_stdIDsAdded = true;
-        AddStdXRCID_Records();
-    }
-
-    return XRCID_Lookup(str_id, value_if_not_found);
-}
-
-/* static */
-wxString wxXmlResource::FindXRCIDById(int numId)
-{
-    for ( int i = 0; i < XRCID_TABLE_SIZE; i++ )
-    {
-        for ( XRCID_record *rec = XRCID_Records[i]; rec; rec = rec->next )
-        {
-            if ( rec->id == numId )
-                return wxString(rec->key);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return wxString();
-}
-
-static void CleanXRCID_Record(XRCID_record *rec)
+namespace
 {
-    if (rec)
-    {
-        CleanXRCID_Record(rec->next);
-
-        free(rec->key);
-        delete rec;
-    }
-}
 
-static void CleanXRCID_Records()
-{
-    for (int i = 0; i < XRCID_TABLE_SIZE; i++)
-    {
-        CleanXRCID_Record(XRCID_Records[i]);
-        XRCID_Records[i] = NULL;
-    }
-}
+// flag indicating whether standard XRC ids were already initialized
+static bool gs_stdIDsAdded = false;
 
-static void AddStdXRCID_Records()
+void AddStdXRCID_Records()
 {
 #define stdID(id) XRCID_Lookup(#id, id)
     stdID(-1);
@@ -1834,11 +2691,62 @@ static void AddStdXRCID_Records()
 #undef stdID
 }
 
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+
+/*static*/
+int wxXmlResource::DoGetXRCID(const char *str_id, int value_if_not_found)
+{
+    if ( !gs_stdIDsAdded )
+    {
+        gs_stdIDsAdded = true;
+        AddStdXRCID_Records();
+    }
 
+    return XRCID_Lookup(str_id, value_if_not_found);
+}
 
+/* static */
+wxString wxXmlResource::FindXRCIDById(int numId)
+{
+    for ( int i = 0; i < XRCID_TABLE_SIZE; i++ )
+    {
+        for ( XRCID_record *rec = XRCID_Records[i]; rec; rec = rec->next )
+        {
+            if ( rec->id == numId )
+                return wxString(rec->key);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return wxString();
+}
+
+static void CleanXRCID_Record(XRCID_record *rec)
+{
+    if (rec)
+    {
+        CleanXRCID_Record(rec->next);
+
+        free(rec->key);
+        delete rec;
+    }
+}
+
+static void CleanXRCID_Records()
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < XRCID_TABLE_SIZE; i++)
+    {
+        CleanXRCID_Record(XRCID_Records[i]);
+        XRCID_Records[i] = NULL;
+    }
+
+    gs_stdIDsAdded = false;
+}
 
 
-// --------------- module and globals -----------------------------
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// module and globals
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // normally we would do the cleanup from wxXmlResourceModule::OnExit() but it
 // can happen that some XRC records have been created because of the use of
@@ -1864,6 +2772,7 @@ public:
     void OnExit()
     {
         delete wxXmlResource::Set(NULL);
+        delete wxIdRangeManager::Set(NULL);
         if(wxXmlResource::ms_subclassFactories)
         {
             for ( wxXmlSubclassFactories::iterator i = wxXmlResource::ms_subclassFactories->begin();