+
+Welcome to wxWidgets, the première cross-platform GUI C++ framework.
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+This is an index of
+the plain text, HTML, Windows Help and Acrobat documentation: availability depends on what you've
+downloaded from the wxWidgets Web site.
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+ +
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+Installation and release notes
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| + +wxWidgets manuals + + | +
+ +To use manuals in wxHTML Help form (extension htb), you can use the HelpView +application, either compiling it from utils/helpview in the distribution, +or downloading a binary, for example from here.
+ +
| +HTML + | ++WinHelp + | ++MS HTML Help + | ++wxHTML Help + | ++PDF + | +
| +wxWidgets Reference + | + ++wxWidgets Reference + | + ++wxWidgets Reference + | + ++wxWidgets Reference + | + ++wxWidgets Reference + | +
| +Tex2RTF + | + ++Tex2RTF + | + ++Tex2RTF + | + ++Tex2RTF + | + ++Tex2RTF + | +
| +FL Library + | + ++FL Library + + | + ++FL Library + | + ++FL Library + | + ++FL Library + | +
| +OGL Library + | + ++OGL Library + + | + ++OGL Library + | + ++OGL Library + | + ++OGL Library + | +
+ +
| + +Technical notes + + | +
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+ ++ +
| + +Thirty-party tools + + | +
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+ ++ +
| + +Optional Libraries + + | +
+ +These are the optional libraries in the contrib hierarchy.
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- animate: a flip-book animation class, with animated GIF player. +
- deprecated: deprecated classes including the old WXR resource system and property sheet classes. +
- fl: a frame layout/docking library. +
- foldbar: wxFoldPanel class for economical layout of controls. +
- gizmos: a variety of GUI classes including wxDynamicSashWindow, wxLEDNumberCtrl, wxEditableListBox, wxStaticPicture +and a split tree/content view. +
- mmedia: deprecated library for playing audio and video. +
- net: wxEmail class. +
- ogl: Object Graphics Library (for drawing connected shapes). +
- plot: simple plotting class. +
- stc: wxStyledTextControl, a wrapper for the Scintilla code editor control. +
- svg: wxSVGFileDC class for drawing vector graphics into a SVG file.
wxWindows manuals
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| + +Samples + + | +
+ +Each of the following samples demonstrates one or more aspect of wxWidgets.
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- access: Active Accessiblity sample (Windows only). +
- artprov: shows how you can customize the look of standard +wxWidgets dialogs by replacing default bitmaps/icons with your own versions. +
- calendar: a sample to test the wxCalendarCtrl class. +
- caret: a sample to test the wxCaret class. +
- checklst: demonstrates wxCheckListBox on +supported platforms (currently Windows and GTK only). +
- config: demonstrates use of wxConfig, which +defaults to wxRegConfig on WIN32 (optionally wxIniConfig), and wxFileConfig on other platforms. +
- console: demonstrates a console application using +console-mode (no-GUI) compilation of wxWidgets. +
- controls: sample showing a variety of controls, including +wxNotebook. +
- db: wxODBC sample. +
- debugrpt: wxDebugReport sample. +
- dialogs: shows some of the common dialogs available -- wxFontDialog, +wxColourDialog, wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog, wxMessageBox, wxTextEntryDialog, wxSingleChoiceDialog. +For printing-related dialogs, see the printing sample. +
- dialup: wxDialUpManager demo. +
- display: wxDisplay demo. +
- dnd: demonstrates drag and drop on supported platforms. +
- docview: demonstrates use of the document view classes, +using wxFrame. +
- docvwmdi: demonstrates use of the document view classes, +using wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame. +
- dragimag: wxDragImage demo. +
- drawing: tests device context drawing. +
- dynamic: shows how to connect events to member functions +dynamically. +
- erase: Window erasing sample. +
- event: demonstrates event handling. +
- exept: demonstrates exception handling. +
- exec: demonstrates wxExecute. +
- font: tests fonts, font enumerator, font encodings. +
- grid: demonstrates the wxGrid class. +
- help: shows how to use wxHelpController. +
- html: a number of demos for the wxHTML class library, used inside
+applications and also as a help facility.
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- about: shows use of a wxHTML widget inside an About box. +
- help: shows use of wxHtmlHelpController to display wxHTML help. +
- helpview: a stand-alone wxHTML help viewer for any .htb book. +
- printing: shows how easy it is to preview and print HTML files. +
- test: general wxHTML test application. +
- virtual: demonstrates the virtual file system feature. +
- widget: demonstrates the use of controls in HTML pages. +
- zip: shows how help files can be packaged in zip archives. +
- htlbox: demonstrates wxHtmlListBox. +
- image: shows off the cross-platform wxImage class. +
- ipc: shows the DDE-like protocol in action, both using real +DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit ddesetup.h +to switch between compilation modes. +
- internat: use of wxWidgets' internationalization support. +
- joytest: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only). +
- keyboard: tests keyboard support. +
- layout: shows the constraint layout system in action. +
- listctrl: demonstrates the wxListCtrl (implemented natively on +WIN32, and using a generic version on other platforms). +
- menu: tests menus. +
- mediaplayer: demonstrates wxMediaCtrl, for playing movies and audio files in a window. +
- mdi: shows off the MDI (Multiple Document Interface) classes. On Windows, the regular MDI +scheme is used whereby child windows have full sizing and moving rights within the main +window. On other platforms, tabbed windows are used, where the children are always maximized. +
- memcheck: demonstrates the memory checking/debugging facilities. +
- mfc: shows how to use MFC and wxWidgets code in the same application (Windows only). +To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWidgets. +
- minifram: demonstrates a frame with a small title bar. On +platforms that don't support it, a normal-sized title bar is displayed. +
- minimal: just shows a frame, a menubar, and a statusbar. About as +small a wxWidgets application as you can get. +
- mobile: mini applications for embedded platforms. +
- multimon: demo showing how to use multiple monitors. +
- nativdlg: shows how wxWidgets can load a standard Windows +dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWidgets controls (Windows only). +
- notebook: shows the wxNotebook (tabbed window) control. +
- oleauto: a little OLE automation controller (Windows only; requires +Excel to be present). +
- ownerdrw: demonstrates owner-draw menus and controls (Windows only). +
- png: demonstrates PNG loading. +
- printing: shows printing and previewing. +
- propsize: demonstrates proportional sizer classes. +
- regtest: tests the low-level Windows registry functions (Windows only). +
- render: shows how to use wxRenderer to implement controls consistent with the +platform's native look. +
- richtext: demonstrates wxRichTextCtrl. +
- rotate: demonstrates interpolated and non-interpolated +rotation of a wxImage. +
- sashtest: demonstrates use of the wxSashWindow class to allow +the user to resize subwindows. +
- scroll: demonstrates wxScrolledWindow. +
- scrollsub: demonstrates the use of wxScrolledWindow to scroll +an embedded window. +
- shaped: demonstrates non-rectangular windows using wxFrame::SetShape. +
- sockets: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes. +
- sound: demonstrates use of wxSound. +
- splash: demonstrates use of the wxSplashScreen class. +
- splitter: demonstrates the wxSplitterWindow class. +
- statbar: demonstrates the wxStatusBar class. +
- taskbar: demonstrates the wxTaskBarIcon class, for +adding icons to the system tray. Windows only, but may eventually be implemented for other desktop +environments that use this metaphor. +
- text: demonstrates single and multiline text controls, +and clipboard operations. +
- thread: tests the family of classes for doing thread +programming. +
- toolbar: demonstrates wxToolBar. +
- treectrl: demonstrates wxTreeCtrl. +
- typetest: tests various data type classes, including +wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant. +
- validate: shows simple use of validation. +
- vscroll: shows use of wxVScrolledWindow. +
- wizard: demonstrates the wxWizard class. +
- xrc: demonstrates the XRC resource system. +
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- Reference Manual -
- Porting Guide (wxWindows 1.xx to 2.0) -
- Dialog Editor -
- Property List Classes -
- wxTreeLayout -
- Remstar ODBC Classes +
- resource: shows how to use old-style wxWidgets resources (.wxr files). +
- proplist: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor). +
- treelay: an algorithm for displaying tree hierarchies.
Third-party tools
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| + +Demos + + | +
+ +The following are fully-fledged applications.
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- gettext manual -
- xgettext manual -
- msgfmt manual +
- bombs: minesweeper-like game. +
- dbbrowse: ODBC database browser application. +
- forty: a great little card game by Chris Breeze. +
- fractal: fractal mountains by Andrew Davison. +
- life: the game of Life by J. H. Conway, implemented in wxWidgets by Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia. +
- poem: a little poetry display program.