1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name:        wx/utils.h
3// Purpose:     Miscellaneous utilities
4// Author:      Julian Smart
5// Modified by:
6// Created:     29/01/98
7// RCS-ID:      $Id: utils.h 62544 2009-11-03 14:11:30Z VZ $
8// Copyright:   (c) 1998 Julian Smart
9// Licence:     wxWindows licence
10/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12#ifndef _WX_UTILSH__
13#define _WX_UTILSH__
14
15// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16// headers
17// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18
19#include "wx/object.h"
20#include "wx/list.h"
21#include "wx/filefn.h"
22#if wxUSE_GUI
23    #include "wx/gdicmn.h"
24#endif
25
26class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxArrayString;
27class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxArrayInt;
28
29// need this for wxGetDiskSpace() as we can't, unfortunately, forward declare
30// wxLongLong
31#include "wx/longlong.h"
32
33// need for wxOperatingSystemId
34#include "wx/platinfo.h"
35
36#ifdef __WATCOMC__
37    #include <direct.h>
38#elif defined(__X__)
39    #include <dirent.h>
40    #include <unistd.h>
41#endif
42
43#include <stdio.h>
44
45// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
46// Forward declaration
47// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
48
49class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxProcess;
50class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxFrame;
51class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxWindow;
52class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxWindowList;
53
54// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
55// Macros
56// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
57
58#define wxMax(a,b)            (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
59#define wxMin(a,b)            (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
60#define wxClip(a,b,c)         (((a) < (b)) ? (b) : (((a) > (c)) ? (c) : (a)))
61
62// wxGetFreeMemory can return huge amount of memory on 32-bit platforms as well
63// so to always use long long for its result type on all platforms which
64// support it
65#if wxUSE_LONGLONG
66    typedef wxLongLong wxMemorySize;
67#else
68    typedef long wxMemorySize;
69#endif
70
71// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
72// String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
73// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
74
75// Make a copy of this string using 'new'
76#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
77wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* copystring(const wxChar *s) );
78#endif
79
80// A shorter way of using strcmp
81#define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (wxStrcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
82
83// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
84// Miscellaneous functions
85// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
86
87// Sound the bell
88#if !defined __EMX__ && \
89    (defined __WXMOTIF__ || defined __WXGTK__ || defined __WXX11__)
90WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxBell();
91#else
92WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxBell();
93#endif
94
95// Get OS description as a user-readable string
96WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetOsDescription();
97
98// Get OS version
99WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxOperatingSystemId wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn = (int *) NULL,
100                                                    int *minorVsn = (int *) NULL);
101
102// Get platform endianness
103WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxIsPlatformLittleEndian();
104
105// Get platform architecture
106WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxIsPlatform64Bit();
107
108// Return a string with the current date/time
109WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxNow();
110
111// Return path where wxWidgets is installed (mostly useful in Unices)
112WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar *wxGetInstallPrefix();
113// Return path to wxWin data (/usr/share/wx/%{version}) (Unices)
114WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetDataDir();
115
116/*
117 * Class to make it easier to specify platform-dependent values
118 *
119 * Examples:
120 *  long val = wxPlatform::If(wxMac, 1).ElseIf(wxGTK, 2).ElseIf(stPDA, 5).Else(3);
121 *  wxString strVal = wxPlatform::If(wxMac, wxT("Mac")).ElseIf(wxMSW, wxT("MSW")).Else(wxT("Other"));
122 *
123 * A custom platform symbol:
124 *
125 *  #define stPDA 100
126 *  #ifdef __WXWINCE__
127 *      wxPlatform::AddPlatform(stPDA);
128 *  #endif
129 *
130 *  long windowStyle = wxCAPTION | (long) wxPlatform::IfNot(stPDA, wxRESIZE_BORDER);
131 *
132 */
133
134class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxPlatform
135{
136public:
137    wxPlatform() { Init(); }
138    wxPlatform(const wxPlatform& platform) { Copy(platform); }
139    void operator = (const wxPlatform& platform) { Copy(platform); }
140    void Copy(const wxPlatform& platform);
141
142    // Specify an optional default value
143    wxPlatform(int defValue) { Init(); m_longValue = (long)defValue; }
144    wxPlatform(long defValue) { Init(); m_longValue = defValue; }
145    wxPlatform(const wxString& defValue) { Init(); m_stringValue = defValue; }
146    wxPlatform(double defValue) { Init(); m_doubleValue = defValue; }
147
148    static wxPlatform If(int platform, long value);
149    static wxPlatform IfNot(int platform, long value);
150    wxPlatform& ElseIf(int platform, long value);
151    wxPlatform& ElseIfNot(int platform, long value);
152    wxPlatform& Else(long value);
153
154    static wxPlatform If(int platform, int value) { return If(platform, (long)value); }
155    static wxPlatform IfNot(int platform, int value) { return IfNot(platform, (long)value); }
156    wxPlatform& ElseIf(int platform, int value) { return ElseIf(platform, (long) value); }
157    wxPlatform& ElseIfNot(int platform, int value) { return ElseIfNot(platform, (long) value); }
158    wxPlatform& Else(int value) { return Else((long) value); }
159
160    static wxPlatform If(int platform, double value);
161    static wxPlatform IfNot(int platform, double value);
162    wxPlatform& ElseIf(int platform, double value);
163    wxPlatform& ElseIfNot(int platform, double value);
164    wxPlatform& Else(double value);
165
166    static wxPlatform If(int platform, const wxString& value);
167    static wxPlatform IfNot(int platform, const wxString& value);
168    wxPlatform& ElseIf(int platform, const wxString& value);
169    wxPlatform& ElseIfNot(int platform, const wxString& value);
170    wxPlatform& Else(const wxString& value);
171
172    long GetInteger() const { return m_longValue; }
173    const wxString& GetString() const { return m_stringValue; }
174    double GetDouble() const { return m_doubleValue; }
175
176    operator int() const { return (int) GetInteger(); }
177    operator long() const { return GetInteger(); }
178    operator double() const { return GetDouble(); }
179    operator const wxString() const { return GetString(); }
180    operator const wxChar*() const { return (const wxChar*) GetString(); }
181
182    static void AddPlatform(int platform);
183    static bool Is(int platform);
184    static void ClearPlatforms();
185
186private:
187
188    void Init() { m_longValue = 0; m_doubleValue = 0.0; }
189
190    long                m_longValue;
191    double              m_doubleValue;
192    wxString            m_stringValue;
193    static wxArrayInt*  sm_customPlatforms;
194};
195
196/// Function for testing current platform
197inline bool wxPlatformIs(int platform) { return wxPlatform::Is(platform); }
198
199#if wxUSE_GUI
200
201// Get the state of a key (true if pressed, false if not)
202// This is generally most useful getting the state of
203// the modifier or toggle keys.
204WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetKeyState(wxKeyCode key);
205
206
207// Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
208// KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
209// in wxMSW.
210WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag );
211
212
213// wxMouseState is used to hold information about button and modifier state
214// and is what is returned from wxGetMouseState.
215class WXDLLEXPORT wxMouseState
216{
217public:
218    wxMouseState()
219        : m_x(0), m_y(0),
220          m_leftDown(false), m_middleDown(false), m_rightDown(false),
221          m_controlDown(false), m_shiftDown(false), m_altDown(false),
222          m_metaDown(false)
223    {}
224
225    wxCoord     GetX() { return m_x; }
226    wxCoord     GetY() { return m_y; }
227
228    bool        LeftDown()    { return m_leftDown; }
229    bool        MiddleDown()  { return m_middleDown; }
230    bool        RightDown()   { return m_rightDown; }
231
232#if wxABI_VERSION >= 20811
233    bool        LeftIsDown()    { return m_leftDown; }
234    bool        MiddleIsDown()  { return m_middleDown; }
235    bool        RightIsDown()   { return m_rightDown; }
236#endif // wx >= 2.8.11
237
238    bool        ControlDown() { return m_controlDown; }
239    bool        ShiftDown()   { return m_shiftDown; }
240    bool        AltDown()     { return m_altDown; }
241    bool        MetaDown()    { return m_metaDown; }
242    bool        CmdDown()
243    {
244#if defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__WXCOCOA__)
245        return MetaDown();
246#else
247        return ControlDown();
248#endif
249    }
250
251    void        SetX(wxCoord x) { m_x = x; }
252    void        SetY(wxCoord y) { m_y = y; }
253
254    void        SetLeftDown(bool down)   { m_leftDown = down; }
255    void        SetMiddleDown(bool down) { m_middleDown = down; }
256    void        SetRightDown(bool down)  { m_rightDown = down; }
257
258    void        SetControlDown(bool down) { m_controlDown = down; }
259    void        SetShiftDown(bool down)   { m_shiftDown = down; }
260    void        SetAltDown(bool down)     { m_altDown = down; }
261    void        SetMetaDown(bool down)    { m_metaDown = down; }
262
263private:
264    wxCoord     m_x;
265    wxCoord     m_y;
266
267    bool        m_leftDown : 1;
268    bool        m_middleDown : 1;
269    bool        m_rightDown : 1;
270
271    bool        m_controlDown : 1;
272    bool        m_shiftDown : 1;
273    bool        m_altDown : 1;
274    bool        m_metaDown : 1;
275};
276
277
278// Returns the current state of the mouse position, buttons and modifers
279WXDLLEXPORT wxMouseState wxGetMouseState();
280
281
282// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
283// Window ID management
284// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
285
286// Generate a unique ID
287WXDLLEXPORT long wxNewId();
288
289// Ensure subsequent IDs don't clash with this one
290WXDLLEXPORT void wxRegisterId(long id);
291
292// Return the current ID
293WXDLLEXPORT long wxGetCurrentId();
294
295#endif // wxUSE_GUI
296
297// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
298// Various conversions
299// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
300
301// these functions are deprecated, use wxString methods instead!
302#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
303
304extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(const wxChar*) wxFloatToStringStr;
305extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(const wxChar*) wxDoubleToStringStr;
306
307wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToFloat(const wxChar *s, float *number) );
308wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* FloatToString(float number, const wxChar *fmt = wxFloatToStringStr) );
309wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToDouble(const wxChar *s, double *number) );
310wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* DoubleToString(double number, const wxChar *fmt = wxDoubleToStringStr) );
311wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToInt(const wxChar *s, int *number) );
312wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void StringToLong(const wxChar *s, long *number) );
313wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* IntToString(int number) );
314wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* LongToString(long number) );
315
316#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
317
318// Convert 2-digit hex number to decimal
319WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxHexToDec(const wxString& buf);
320
321// Convert decimal integer to 2-character hex string
322WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxDecToHex(int dec, wxChar *buf);
323WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxDecToHex(int dec);
324
325// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
326// Process management
327// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
328
329// NB: for backwards compatibility reasons the values of wxEXEC_[A]SYNC *must*
330//     be 0 and 1, don't change!
331
332enum
333{
334    // execute the process asynchronously
335    wxEXEC_ASYNC    = 0,
336
337    // execute it synchronously, i.e. wait until it finishes
338    wxEXEC_SYNC     = 1,
339
340    // under Windows, don't hide the child even if it's IO is redirected (this
341    // is done by default)
342    wxEXEC_NOHIDE   = 2,
343
344    // under Unix, if the process is the group leader then passing wxKILL_CHILDREN to wxKill
345    // kills all children as well as pid
346    wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER = 4,
347
348    // by default synchronous execution disables all program windows to avoid
349    // that the user interacts with the program while the child process is
350    // running, you can use this flag to prevent this from happening
351    wxEXEC_NODISABLE = 8
352};
353
354// Execute another program.
355//
356// If flags contain wxEXEC_SYNC, return -1 on failure and the exit code of the
357// process if everything was ok. Otherwise (i.e. if wxEXEC_ASYNC), return 0 on
358// failure and the PID of the launched process if ok.
359WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(wxChar **argv, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
360                           wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
361WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC,
362                           wxProcess *process = (wxProcess *) NULL);
363
364// execute the command capturing its output into an array line by line, this is
365// always synchronous
366WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
367                                wxArrayString& output,
368                                int flags = 0);
369
370// also capture stderr (also synchronous)
371WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE long wxExecute(const wxString& command,
372                                wxArrayString& output,
373                                wxArrayString& error,
374                                int flags = 0);
375
376#if defined(__WXMSW__) && wxUSE_IPC
377// ask a DDE server to execute the DDE request with given parameters
378WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxExecuteDDE(const wxString& ddeServer,
379                                   const wxString& ddeTopic,
380                                   const wxString& ddeCommand);
381#endif // __WXMSW__ && wxUSE_IPC
382
383enum wxSignal
384{
385    wxSIGNONE = 0,  // verify if the process exists under Unix
386    wxSIGHUP,
387    wxSIGINT,
388    wxSIGQUIT,
389    wxSIGILL,
390    wxSIGTRAP,
391    wxSIGABRT,
392    wxSIGIOT = wxSIGABRT,   // another name
393    wxSIGEMT,
394    wxSIGFPE,
395    wxSIGKILL,
396    wxSIGBUS,
397    wxSIGSEGV,
398    wxSIGSYS,
399    wxSIGPIPE,
400    wxSIGALRM,
401    wxSIGTERM
402
403    // further signals are different in meaning between different Unix systems
404};
405
406enum wxKillError
407{
408    wxKILL_OK,              // no error
409    wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL,      // no such signal
410    wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED,   // permission denied
411    wxKILL_NO_PROCESS,      // no such process
412    wxKILL_ERROR            // another, unspecified error
413};
414
415enum wxKillFlags
416{
417    wxKILL_NOCHILDREN = 0,  // don't kill children
418    wxKILL_CHILDREN = 1     // kill children
419};
420
421enum wxShutdownFlags
422{
423    wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF,    // power off the computer
424    wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT       // shutdown and reboot
425};
426
427// Shutdown or reboot the PC
428WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShutdown(wxShutdownFlags wFlags);
429
430// send the given signal to the process (only NONE and KILL are supported under
431// Windows, all others mean TERM), return 0 if ok and -1 on error
432//
433// return detailed error in rc if not NULL
434WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE int wxKill(long pid,
435                       wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM,
436                       wxKillError *rc = NULL,
437                       int flags = wxKILL_NOCHILDREN);
438
439// Execute a command in an interactive shell window (always synchronously)
440// If no command then just the shell
441WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShell(const wxString& command = wxEmptyString);
442
443// As wxShell(), but must give a (non interactive) command and its output will
444// be returned in output array
445WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxShell(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output);
446
447// Sleep for nSecs seconds
448WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxSleep(int nSecs);
449
450// Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds
451WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxMilliSleep(unsigned long milliseconds);
452
453// Sleep for a given amount of microseconds
454WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxMicroSleep(unsigned long microseconds);
455
456// Sleep for a given amount of milliseconds (old, bad name), use wxMilliSleep
457wxDEPRECATED( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds) );
458
459// Get the process id of the current process
460WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE unsigned long wxGetProcessId();
461
462// Get free memory in bytes, or -1 if cannot determine amount (e.g. on UNIX)
463WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMemorySize wxGetFreeMemory();
464
465#if wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
466
467// should wxApp::OnFatalException() be called?
468WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit = true);
469
470#endif // wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
471
472// flags for wxLaunchDefaultBrowser
473enum
474{
475    wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW = 1
476};
477
478// Launch url in the user's default internet browser
479WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(const wxString& url, int flags = 0);
480
481// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
482// Environment variables
483// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
484
485// returns true if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
486// for this)
487WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value);
488
489// set the env var name to the given value, return true on success
490WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& var, const wxChar *value);
491
492// remove the env var from environment
493inline bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& var) { return wxSetEnv(var, NULL); }
494
495// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
496// Network and username functions.
497// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
498
499// NB: "char *" functions are deprecated, use wxString ones!
500
501// Get eMail address
502WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetEmailAddress(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
503WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetEmailAddress();
504
505// Get hostname.
506WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
507WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetHostName();
508
509// Get FQDN
510WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetFullHostName();
511WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
512
513// Get user ID e.g. jacs (this is known as login name under Unix)
514WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetUserId(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
515WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetUserId();
516
517// Get user name e.g. Julian Smart
518WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetUserName(wxChar *buf, int maxSize);
519WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetUserName();
520
521// Get current Home dir and copy to dest (returns pstr->c_str())
522WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxGetHomeDir();
523WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar* wxGetHomeDir(wxString *pstr);
524
525// Get the user's home dir (caller must copy --- volatile)
526// returns NULL is no HOME dir is known
527#if defined(__UNIX__) && wxUSE_UNICODE && !defined(__WINE__)
528WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
529#else
530WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar* wxGetUserHome(const wxString& user = wxEmptyString);
531#endif
532
533#if wxUSE_LONGLONG
534    typedef wxLongLong wxDiskspaceSize_t;
535#else
536    typedef long wxDiskspaceSize_t;
537#endif
538
539// get number of total/free bytes on the disk where path belongs
540WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxGetDiskSpace(const wxString& path,
541                                     wxDiskspaceSize_t *pTotal = NULL,
542                                     wxDiskspaceSize_t *pFree = NULL);
543
544#if wxUSE_GUI // GUI only things from now on
545
546// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
547// Menu accelerators related things
548// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
549
550// flags for wxStripMenuCodes
551enum
552{
553    // strip '&' characters
554    wxStrip_Mnemonics = 1,
555
556    // strip everything after '\t'
557    wxStrip_Accel = 2,
558
559    // strip everything (this is the default)
560    wxStrip_All = wxStrip_Mnemonics | wxStrip_Accel
561};
562
563// strip mnemonics and/or accelerators from the label
564WXDLLEXPORT wxString
565wxStripMenuCodes(const wxString& str, int flags = wxStrip_All);
566
567#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6
568// obsolete and deprecated version, do not use, use the above overload instead
569wxDEPRECATED(
570    WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxStripMenuCodes(const wxChar *in, wxChar *out = NULL)
571);
572
573#if wxUSE_ACCEL
574class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxAcceleratorEntry;
575
576// use wxAcceleratorEntry::Create() or FromString() methods instead
577wxDEPRECATED(
578    WXDLLEXPORT wxAcceleratorEntry *wxGetAccelFromString(const wxString& label)
579);
580#endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
581
582#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6
583
584// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
585// Window search
586// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
587
588// Returns menu item id or wxNOT_FOUND if none.
589WXDLLEXPORT int wxFindMenuItemId(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& menuString, const wxString& itemString);
590
591// Find the wxWindow at the given point. wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint
592// is always present but may be less reliable than a native version.
593WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxGenericFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
594WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint& pt);
595
596// NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel() instead
597//
598// Find the window/widget with the given title or label.
599// Pass a parent to begin the search from, or NULL to look through
600// all windows.
601WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByLabel(const wxString& title, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
602
603// NB: this function is obsolete, use wxWindow::FindWindowByName() instead
604//
605// Find window by name, and if that fails, by label.
606WXDLLEXPORT wxWindow* wxFindWindowByName(const wxString& name, wxWindow *parent = (wxWindow *) NULL);
607
608// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
609// Message/event queue helpers
610// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
611
612// Yield to other apps/messages and disable user input
613WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow *win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
614
615// Enable or disable input to all top level windows
616WXDLLEXPORT void wxEnableTopLevelWindows(bool enable = true);
617
618// Check whether this window wants to process messages, e.g. Stop button
619// in long calculations.
620WXDLLEXPORT bool wxCheckForInterrupt(wxWindow *wnd);
621
622// Consume all events until no more left
623WXDLLEXPORT void wxFlushEvents();
624
625// a class which disables all windows (except, may be, thegiven one) in its
626// ctor and enables them back in its dtor
627class WXDLLEXPORT wxWindowDisabler
628{
629public:
630    wxWindowDisabler(wxWindow *winToSkip = (wxWindow *)NULL);
631    ~wxWindowDisabler();
632
633private:
634    wxWindowList *m_winDisabled;
635
636    DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxWindowDisabler)
637};
638
639// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
640// Cursors
641// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
642
643// Set the cursor to the busy cursor for all windows
644WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE void wxBeginBusyCursor(const wxCursor *cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR);
645
646// Restore cursor to normal
647WXDLLEXPORT void wxEndBusyCursor();
648
649// true if we're between the above two calls
650WXDLLEXPORT bool wxIsBusy();
651
652// Convenience class so we can just create a wxBusyCursor object on the stack
653class WXDLLEXPORT wxBusyCursor
654{
655public:
656    wxBusyCursor(const wxCursor* cursor = wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR)
657        { wxBeginBusyCursor(cursor); }
658    ~wxBusyCursor()
659        { wxEndBusyCursor(); }
660
661    // FIXME: These two methods are currently only implemented (and needed?)
662    //        in wxGTK.  BusyCursor handling should probably be moved to
663    //        common code since the wxGTK and wxMSW implementations are very
664    //        similar except for wxMSW using HCURSOR directly instead of
665    //        wxCursor..  -- RL.
666    static const wxCursor &GetStoredCursor();
667    static const wxCursor GetBusyCursor();
668};
669
670
671// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
672// Reading and writing resources (eg WIN.INI, .Xdefaults)
673// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
674
675#if wxUSE_RESOURCES
676WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, const wxString& value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
677WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
678WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
679WXDLLEXPORT bool wxWriteResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
680
681WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, wxChar **value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
682WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, float *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
683WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, long *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
684WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetResource(const wxString& section, const wxString& entry, int *value, const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
685#endif // wxUSE_RESOURCES
686
687void WXDLLEXPORT wxGetMousePosition( int* x, int* y );
688
689// MSW only: get user-defined resource from the .res file.
690// Returns NULL or newly-allocated memory, so use delete[] to clean up.
691#ifdef __WXMSW__
692    extern WXDLLEXPORT const wxChar* wxUserResourceStr;
693    WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* wxLoadUserResource(const wxString& resourceName, const wxString& resourceType = wxUserResourceStr);
694#endif // MSW
695
696// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
697// Display and colorss (X only)
698// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
699
700#ifdef __WXGTK__
701    void *wxGetDisplay();
702#endif
703
704#ifdef __X__
705    WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE WXDisplay *wxGetDisplay();
706    WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE bool wxSetDisplay(const wxString& display_name);
707    WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxString wxGetDisplayName();
708#endif // X or GTK+
709
710#ifdef __X__
711
712#ifdef __VMS__ // Xlib.h for VMS is not (yet) compatible with C++
713               // The resulting warnings are switched off here
714#pragma message disable nosimpint
715#endif
716// #include <X11/Xlib.h>
717#ifdef __VMS__
718#pragma message enable nosimpint
719#endif
720
721#endif //__X__
722
723#endif // wxUSE_GUI
724
725// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
726// wxYield(): these functions are obsolete, please use wxApp methods instead!
727// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
728
729// avoid redeclaring this function here if it had been already declated by
730// wx/app.h, this results in warnings from g++ with -Wredundant-decls
731#ifndef wx_YIELD_DECLARED
732#define wx_YIELD_DECLARED
733
734// Yield to other apps/messages
735WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxYield();
736
737#endif // wx_YIELD_DECLARED
738
739// Like wxYield, but fails silently if the yield is recursive.
740WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE bool wxYieldIfNeeded();
741
742// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
743// Error message functions used by wxWidgets (deprecated, use wxLog)
744// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
745
746#endif
747    // _WX_UTILSH__
748