X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/f1104df1338dcee773ae7d6363f17c4646878bb6..2c6f14e1a7b5062fcf77eda40824d820d9ac288e:/docs/latex/wx/file.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/file.tex b/docs/latex/wx/file.tex index fbb705f154..4f8ac4bafc 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/file.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/file.tex @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Name: file.tex +%% Purpose: wxFile documentation +%% Author: Vadim Zeitlin +%% Modified by: +%% Created: 14.01.02 (extracted from file.tex) +%% RCS-ID: $Id$ +%% Copyright: (c) Vadim Zeitlin +%% License: wxWindows license +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + \section{\class{wxFile}}\label{wxfile} A wxFile performs raw file I/O. This is a very small class designed to @@ -102,7 +113,7 @@ Associates the file with the given file descriptor, which has already been opene Destructor will close the file. -NB: it is not virtual so you should use wxFile polymorphically. +{\bf NB:} it is not virtual so you should not use wxFile polymorphically. \membersection{wxFile::Access}\label{wxfileaccess} @@ -130,9 +141,9 @@ Closes the file. \membersection{wxFile::Create}\label{wxfilecreate} -\func{bool}{Create}{\param{const char*}{ filename}, \param{bool}{ overwrite = FALSE}, \param{int }{access = wxS\_DEFAULT}} +\func{bool}{Create}{\param{const char*}{ filename}, \param{bool}{ overwrite = false}, \param{int }{access = wxS\_DEFAULT}} -Creates a file for writing. If the file already exists, setting {\bf overwrite} to TRUE +Creates a file for writing. If the file already exists, setting {\bf overwrite} to true will ensure it is overwritten. \membersection{wxFile::Detach}\label{wxfiledetach} @@ -140,7 +151,7 @@ will ensure it is overwritten. \func{void}{Detach}{\void} Get back a file descriptor from wxFile object - the caller is responsible for closing the file if this -descriptor is opened. \helpref{IsOpened()}{wxfileisopened} will return FALSE after call to Detach(). +descriptor is opened. \helpref{IsOpened()}{wxfileisopened} will return false after call to Detach(). \membersection{wxFile::fd}\label{wxfilefd} @@ -152,12 +163,12 @@ Returns the file descriptor associated with the file. \constfunc{bool}{Eof}{\void} -Returns TRUE if the end of the file has been reached. +Returns true if the end of the file has been reached. Note that the behaviour of the file pointer based class \helpref{wxFFile}{wxffile} is different as \helpref{wxFFile::Eof}{wxffileeof} -will return TRUE here only if an attempt has been made to read -{\it past} the last byte of the file, while wxFile::Eof() will return TRUE +will return true here only if an attempt has been made to read +{\it past} the last byte of the file, while wxFile::Eof() will return true even before such attempt is made if the file pointer is at the last position in the file. @@ -172,7 +183,7 @@ of using Eof() as this will not work for special files under Unix. \func{static bool}{Exists}{\param{const char*}{ filename}} -Returns TRUE if the given name specifies an existing regular file (not a +Returns true if the given name specifies an existing regular file (not a directory or a link) \membersection{wxFile::Flush}\label{wxfileflush} @@ -189,7 +200,7 @@ due to a missing fsync function, which reduces the usefulness of this function \constfunc{bool}{IsOpened}{\void} -Returns TRUE if the file has been opened. +Returns true if the file has been opened. \membersection{wxFile::Length}\label{wxfilelength} @@ -201,7 +212,7 @@ Returns the length of the file. \func{bool}{Open}{\param{const char*}{ filename}, \param{wxFile::OpenMode}{ mode = wxFile::read}} -Opens the file, returning TRUE if successful. +Opens the file, returning true if successful. \wxheading{Parameters} @@ -280,210 +291,9 @@ the number of bytes actually written \membersection{wxFile::Write}\label{wxfilewrites} -\func{bool}{Write}{\param{const wxString\& }{s}, \param{wxMBConv&}{ conv = wxConvLibc}} - -Writes the contents of the string to the file, returns TRUE on success. - -The second argument is only meaningful in Unicode build of wxWindows when -{\it conv} is used to convert {\it s} to multibyte representation. - -\section{\class{wxFFile}}\label{wxffile} - -wxFFile implements buffered file I/O. This is a very small class designed to -minimize the overhead of using it - in fact, there is hardly any overhead at -all, but using it brings you automatic error checking and hides differences -between platforms and compilers. It wraps inside it a {\tt FILE *} handle used -by standard C IO library (also known as {\tt stdio}). - -\wxheading{Derived from} - -None. - -\wxheading{Include files} - - - -\twocolwidtha{7cm} -\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt% -\twocolitem{{\bf wxFromStart}}{Count offset from the start of the file} -\twocolitem{{\bf wxFromCurrent}}{Count offset from the current position of the file pointer} -\twocolitem{{\bf wxFromEnd}}{Count offset from the end of the file (backwards)} -\end{twocollist} - -\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}} - -\membersection{wxFFile::wxFFile}\label{wxffileconstr} - -\func{}{wxFFile}{\void} - -Default constructor. - -\func{}{wxFFile}{\param{const char*}{ filename}, \param{const char*}{ mode = "r"}} - -Opens a file with the given mode. As there is no way to return whether the -operation was successful or not from the constructor you should test the -return value of \helpref{IsOpened}{wxffileisopened} to check that it didn't -fail. - -\func{}{wxFFile}{\param{FILE*}{ fp}} - -Opens a file with the given file pointer, which has already been opened. - -\wxheading{Parameters} - -\docparam{filename}{The filename.} - -\docparam{mode}{The mode in which to open the file using standard C strings. -Note that you should use {\tt "b"} flag if you use binary files under Windows -or the results might be unexpected due to automatic newline conversion done -for the text files.} - -\docparam{fp}{An existing file descriptor, such as stderr.} - -\membersection{wxFFile::\destruct{wxFFile}} - -\func{}{\destruct{wxFFile}}{\void} - -Destructor will close the file. - -NB: it is not virtual so you should {\it not} derive from wxFFile! - -\membersection{wxFFile::Attach}\label{wxffileattach} - -\func{void}{Attach}{\param{FILE*}{ fp}} - -Attaches an existing file pointer to the wxFFile object. - -The descriptor should be already opened and it will be closed by wxFFile -object. - -\membersection{wxFFile::Close}\label{wxffileclose} - -\func{bool}{Close}{\void} - -Closes the file and returns TRUE on success. - -\membersection{wxFFile::Detach}\label{wxffiledetach} - -\func{void}{Detach}{\void} - -Get back a file pointer from wxFFile object - the caller is responsible for closing the file if this -descriptor is opened. \helpref{IsOpened()}{wxffileisopened} will return FALSE after call to Detach(). - -\membersection{wxFFile::fp}\label{wxffilefp} - -\constfunc{FILE *}{fp}{\void} - -Returns the file pointer associated with the file. - -\membersection{wxFFile::Eof}\label{wxffileeof} - -\constfunc{bool}{Eof}{\void} - -Returns TRUE if the an attempt has been made to read {\it past} -the end of the file. - -Note that the behaviour of the file descriptor based class -\helpref{wxFile}{wxfile} is different as \helpref{wxFile::Eof}{wxfileeof} -will return TRUE here as soon as the last byte of the file has been -read. - -\membersection{wxFFile::Flush}\label{wxffileflush} - -\func{bool}{Flush}{\void} - -Flushes the file and returns TRUE on success. - -\membersection{wxFFile::IsOpened}\label{wxffileisopened} - -\constfunc{bool}{IsOpened}{\void} - -Returns TRUE if the file has been opened. - -\membersection{wxFFile::Length}\label{wxffilelength} - -\constfunc{size\_t}{Length}{\void} - -Returns the length of the file. - -\membersection{wxFFile::Open}\label{wxffileopen} - -\func{bool}{Open}{\param{const char*}{ filename}, \param{const char*}{ mode = "r"}} - -Opens the file, returning TRUE if successful. - -\wxheading{Parameters} - -\docparam{filename}{The filename.} - -\docparam{mode}{The mode in which to open the file.} - -\membersection{wxFFile::Read}\label{wxffileread} - -\func{size\_t}{Read}{\param{void*}{ buffer}, \param{off\_t}{ count}} - -Reads the specified number of bytes into a buffer, returning the actual number read. - -\wxheading{Parameters} - -\docparam{buffer}{A buffer to receive the data.} - -\docparam{count}{The number of bytes to read.} - -\wxheading{Return value} - -The number of bytes read. - -\membersection{wxFFile::Seek}\label{wxffileseek} - -\func{bool}{Seek}{\param{long }{ofs}, \param{wxSeekMode }{mode = wxFromStart}} - -Seeks to the specified position and returs TRUE on success. - -\wxheading{Parameters} - -\docparam{ofs}{Offset to seek to.} - -\docparam{mode}{One of {\bf wxFromStart}, {\bf wxFromEnd}, {\bf wxFromCurrent}.} - -\membersection{wxFFile::SeekEnd}\label{wxffileseekend} - -\func{bool}{SeekEnd}{\param{long }{ofs = 0}} - -Moves the file pointer to the specified number of bytes before the end of the file -and returns TRUE on success. - -\wxheading{Parameters} - -\docparam{ofs}{Number of bytes before the end of the file.} - -\membersection{wxFFile::Tell}\label{wxffiletell} - -\constfunc{size\_t}{Tell}{\void} - -Returns the current position. - -\membersection{wxFFile::Write}\label{wxffilewrite} - -\func{size\_t}{Write}{\param{const void*}{ buffer}, \param{size\_t}{ count}} - -Writes the specified number of bytes from a buffer. - -\wxheading{Parameters} - -\docparam{buffer}{A buffer containing the data.} - -\docparam{count}{The number of bytes to write.} - -\wxheading{Return value} - -Number of bytes written. - -\membersection{wxFFile::Write}\label{wxffilewrites} - -\func{bool}{Write}{\param{const wxString\& }{s}, \param{wxMBConv&}{ conv = wxConvLibc}} +\func{bool}{Write}{\param{const wxString\& }{s}, \param{wxMBConv\&}{ conv = wxConvUTF8}} -Writes the contents of the string to the file, returns TRUE on success. +Writes the contents of the string to the file, returns true on success. The second argument is only meaningful in Unicode build of wxWindows when {\it conv} is used to convert {\it s} to multibyte representation.