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Objective-C
246 lines
10 KiB
Objective-C
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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// Name: help.h
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// Purpose: interface of wxHelpController
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// Author: wxWidgets team
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// RCS-ID: $Id$
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// Licence: wxWindows license
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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/**
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@class wxHelpController
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This is a family of classes by which
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applications may invoke a help viewer to provide on-line help.
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A help controller allows an application to display help, at the contents
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or at a particular topic, and shut the help program down on termination.
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This avoids proliferation of many instances of the help viewer whenever the
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user requests a different topic via the application's menus or buttons.
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Typically, an application will create a help controller instance
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when it starts, and immediately call @b Initialize
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to associate a filename with it. The help viewer will only get run, however,
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just before the first call to display something.
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Most help controller classes actually derive from wxHelpControllerBase and have
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names of the form wxXXXHelpController or wxHelpControllerXXX. An
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appropriate class is aliased to the name wxHelpController for each platform, as
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follows:
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On desktop Windows, wxCHMHelpController is used (MS HTML Help).
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On Windows CE, wxWinceHelpController is used.
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On all other platforms, wxHtmlHelpController is used if wxHTML is
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compiled into wxWidgets; otherwise wxExtHelpController is used (for invoking an
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external
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browser).
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The remaining help controller classes need to be named
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explicitly by an application that wishes to make use of them.
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There are currently the following help controller classes defined:
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wxWinHelpController, for controlling Windows Help.
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wxCHMHelpController, for controlling MS HTML Help. To use this, you need to
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set wxUSE_MS_HTML_HELP
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to 1 in setup.h and have htmlhelp.h header from Microsoft's HTML Help kit (you
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don't need
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VC++ specific htmlhelp.lib because wxWidgets loads necessary DLL at runtime and
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so it
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works with all compilers).
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wxBestHelpController, for controlling MS HTML Help or, if Microsoft's runtime
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is
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not available, wxHtmlHelpController. You need to provide
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@b both CHM and HTB versions of the help file. For 32bit Windows only.
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wxExtHelpController, for controlling external browsers under Unix.
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The default browser is Netscape Navigator. The 'help' sample shows its use.
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wxWinceHelpController, for controlling a simple @c .htm help controller for
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Windows CE applications.
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wxHtmlHelpController, a sophisticated help controller using wxHTML(), in
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a similar style to the Microsoft HTML Help viewer and using some of the same
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files.
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Although it has an API compatible with other help controllers, it has more
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advanced features, so it is
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recommended that you use the specific API for this class instead. Note that if
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you
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use .zip or .htb formats for your books, you
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must add this line to your application initialization: @c
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wxFileSystem::AddHandler(new wxArchiveFSHandler);
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or nothing will be shown in your help window.
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@library{wxbase}
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@category{help}
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@see wxHtmlHelpController, wxHTML()
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*/
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class wxHelpController : public wxObject
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{
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public:
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/**
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Constructs a help instance object, but does not invoke the help viewer.
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If you provide a window, it will be used by some help controller classes, such
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as
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wxCHMHelpController, wxWinHelpController and wxHtmlHelpController, as the
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parent for the help window instead of the value of wxApp::GetTopWindow. You can
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also change the parent window later with
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SetParentWindow().
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*/
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wxHelpController(wxWindow* parentWindow = NULL);
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/**
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Destroys the help instance, closing down the viewer if it is running.
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*/
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~wxHelpController();
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/**
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If the help viewer is not running, runs it and displays the file at the given
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block number.
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@e WinHelp: Refers to the context number.
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@e MS HTML Help: Refers to the context number.
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@e External HTML help: the same as for DisplaySection().
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@e wxHtmlHelpController: @e sectionNo is an identifier as specified in the @c
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.hhc file. See @ref overview_helpformat "Help files format".
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This function is for backward compatibility only, and applications should use
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@ref displaysection() wxHelpController instead.
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*/
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virtual bool DisplayBlock(long blockNo);
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/**
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If the help viewer is not running, runs it and displays the
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contents.
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*/
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virtual bool DisplayContents();
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/**
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Displays the section as a popup window using a context id.
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Returns @false if unsuccessful or not implemented.
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*/
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virtual bool DisplayContextPopup(int contextId);
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//@{
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/**
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If the help viewer is not running, runs it and displays the given section.
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@e WinHelp, MS HTML Help @a sectionNo is a context id.
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@e External HTML help: wxExtHelpController implements @a sectionNo as an id in
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a map file, which is of the form:
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@e wxHtmlHelpController: @a sectionNo is an identifier as specified in the @c
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.hhc file. See @ref overview_helpformat "Help files format".
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See also the help sample for notes on how to specify section numbers for
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various help file formats.
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*/
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virtual bool DisplaySection(const wxString& section);
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virtual bool DisplaySection(int sectionNo);
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//@}
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/**
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Displays the text in a popup window, if possible.
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Returns @false if unsuccessful or not implemented.
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*/
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virtual bool DisplayTextPopup(const wxString& text,
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const wxPoint& pos);
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/**
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wxHtmlHelpController returns the frame, size and position.
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For all other help controllers, this function does nothing
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and just returns @NULL.
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@param viewer
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This defaults to "netscape" for wxExtHelpController.
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@param flags
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This defaults to wxHELP_NETSCAPE for wxExtHelpController, indicating
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that the viewer is a variant of Netscape Navigator.
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*/
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virtual wxFrame* GetFrameParameters(const wxSize* size = NULL,
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const wxPoint* pos = NULL,
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bool* newFrameEachTime = NULL);
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/**
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Returns the window to be used as the parent for the help window. This window is
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used
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by wxCHMHelpController, wxWinHelpController and wxHtmlHelpController.
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*/
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virtual wxWindow* GetParentWindow() const;
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//@{
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/**
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Initializes the help instance with a help filename, and optionally a server
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socket
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number if using wxHelp (now obsolete). Does not invoke the help viewer.
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This must be called directly after the help instance object is created and
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before
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any attempts to communicate with the viewer.
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You may omit the file extension and a suitable one will be chosen. For
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wxHtmlHelpController, the extensions zip, htb and hhp will be appended while
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searching for
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a suitable file. For WinHelp, the hlp extension is appended.
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*/
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virtual bool Initialize(const wxString& file);
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virtual bool Initialize(const wxString& file, int server);
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//@}
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/**
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If the help viewer is not running, runs it, and searches for sections matching
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the given keyword. If one match is found, the file is displayed at this
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section. The optional parameter allows the search the index
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(wxHELP_SEARCH_INDEX) but this currently only supported by the
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wxHtmlHelpController.
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@e WinHelp, MS HTML Help: If more than one match is found,
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the first topic is displayed.
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@e External HTML help, simple wxHTML help: If more than one match is found,
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a choice of topics is displayed.
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@e wxHtmlHelpController: see wxHtmlHelpController::KeywordSearch.
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*/
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virtual bool KeywordSearch(const wxString& keyWord,
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wxHelpSearchMode mode = wxHELP_SEARCH_ALL);
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/**
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If the help viewer is not running, runs it and loads the given file.
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If the filename is not supplied or is
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empty, the file specified in @b Initialize is used. If the viewer is
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already displaying the specified file, it will not be reloaded. This
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member function may be used before each display call in case the user
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has opened another file.
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wxHtmlHelpController ignores this call.
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*/
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virtual bool LoadFile(const wxString& file = "");
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/**
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Overridable member called when this application's viewer is quit by the user.
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This does not work for all help controllers.
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*/
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virtual bool OnQuit();
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/**
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If the viewer is running, quits it by disconnecting.
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For Windows Help, the viewer will only close if no other application is using
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it.
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*/
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virtual bool Quit();
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/**
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For wxHtmlHelpController, the title is set (again with %s indicating the
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page title) and also the size and position of the frame if the frame is already
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open. @a newFrameEachTime is ignored.
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For all other help controllers this function has no effect.
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*/
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virtual void SetFrameParameters(const wxString& title,
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const wxSize& size,
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const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
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bool newFrameEachTime = false);
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/**
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Sets the window to be used as the parent for the help window. This is used
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by wxCHMHelpController, wxWinHelpController and wxHtmlHelpController.
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*/
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virtual void SetParentWindow(wxWindow* parentWindow);
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/**
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Sets detailed viewer information. So far this is only relevant to
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wxExtHelpController.
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Some examples of usage:
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*/
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virtual void SetViewer(const wxString& viewer, long flags);
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};
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