From: David Elliott <dfe@tgwbd.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:53:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added note about (not) multiply inheriting from wxEvtHandler which includes
X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/commitdiff_plain/a685e84a97b9d9f3c8c00300aa2e4fe626531c68

Added note about (not) multiply inheriting from wxEvtHandler which includes
a very brief technical overview of how events work.


git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@25007 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775
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diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/evthand.tex b/docs/latex/wx/evthand.tex
index ab602afed6..8eeb77b11a 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/evthand.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/evthand.tex
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ A class that can handle events from the windowing system.
 wxWindow (and therefore all window classes) are derived from
 this class.
 
+When events are received, wxEvtHandler invokes the method listed in the
+event table using itself as the object.  When using multiple inheritance
+it is imperative that the wxEvtHandler(-derived) class be the first
+class inherited such that the "this" pointer for the overall object
+will be identical to the "this" pointer for the wxEvtHandler portion.
+
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}