wxWidgets/include/wx/generic/helpext.h
1998-11-12 22:47:51 +00:00

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/*-*- c++ -*-********************************************************
* exthlp.h - an external help controller for wxWindows *
* *
* (C) 1998 by Karsten Ballüder (Ballueder@usa.net) *
* *
* $Id$
*******************************************************************/
#ifndef WXXHELP_H
#define WXXHELP_H
#if wxUSE_HELP
#ifdef __GNUG__
# pragma interface "wxexthlp.h"
#endif
#include "wx/helpbase.h"
/// Name for map file.
#define WXEXTHELP_MAPFILE "wxhelp.map"
/// Path separator.
#define WXEXTHELP_SEPARATOR '/'
#ifndef WXEXTHELP_DEFAULTBROWSER
/// Default browser name.
# define WXEXTHELP_DEFAULTBROWSER "netscape"
/// Is default browse a variant of netscape?
# define WXEXTHELP_DEFAULTBROWSER_IS_NETSCAPE true
#endif
/// Name of environment variable to set help browser.
#define WXEXTHELP_ENVVAR_BROWSER "WX_HELPBROWSER"
/// Is browser a netscape browser?
#define WXEXTHELP_ENVVAR_BROWSERISNETSCAPE "WX_HELPBROWSER_NS"
/// Maximum line length in map file.
#define WXEXTHELP_BUFLEN 512
/// Character introducing comments/documentation field in map file.
#define WXEXTHELP_COMMENTCHAR ';'
class wxExtHelpMapList;
/**
This class implements help via an external browser.
It requires the name of a directory containing the documentation
and a file mapping numerical Section numbers to relative URLS.
The map file contains two or three fields per line:
numeric_id relative_URL [; comment/documentation]
The numeric_id is the id used to look up the entry in
DisplaySection()/DisplayBlock(). The relative_URL is a filename of
an html file, relative to the help directory. The optional
comment/documentation field (after a ';') is used for keyword
searches, so some meaningful text here does not hurt.
If the documentation itself contains a ';', only the part before
that will be displayed in the listbox, but all of it used for search.
Lines starting with ';' will be ignored.
*/
class wxExtHelpController : public wxHelpControllerBase
{
DECLARE_CLASS(wxExtHelpController)
public:
wxExtHelpController(void);
virtual ~wxExtHelpController(void);
/** This must be called to tell the controller where to find the
documentation.
@param file - NOT a filename, but a directory name.
@return true on success
*/
virtual bool Initialize(const wxString& file, int WXUNUSED(server))
{ return Initialize(file); }
/** This must be called to tell the controller where to find the
documentation.
@param file - NOT a filename, but a directory name.
@return true on success
*/
virtual bool Initialize(const wxString& file);
/** If file is "", reloads file given in Initialize.
@file Name of help directory.
@return true on success
*/
virtual bool LoadFile(const wxString& file = "");
/** Display list of all help entries.
@return true on success
*/
virtual bool DisplayContents(void);
/** Display help for id sectionNo.
@return true on success
*/
virtual bool DisplaySection(int sectionNo);
/** Display help for id sectionNo -- identical with DisplaySection().
@return true on success
*/
virtual bool DisplayBlock(long blockNo);
/** Search comment/documentation fields in map file and present a
list to chose from.
@key k string to search for, empty string will list all entries
@return true on success
*/
virtual bool KeywordSearch(const wxString& k);
/// does nothing
virtual bool Quit(void);
/// does nothing
virtual void OnQuit(void);
/** Tell it which browser to use.
The Netscape support will check whether Netscape is already
running (by looking at the .netscape/lock file in the user's
home directory) and tell it to load the page into the existing
window.
@param browsername The command to call a browser/html viewer.
@param isNetscape Set this to TRUE if the browser is some variant of Netscape.
*/
void SetBrowser(wxString const & browsername = WXEXTHELP_DEFAULTBROWSER,
bool isNetscape = WXEXTHELP_DEFAULTBROWSER_IS_NETSCAPE);
private:
/// Filename of currently active map file.
wxString m_MapFile;
/// How many entries do we have in the map file?
int m_NumOfEntries;
/// A list containing all id,url,documentation triples.
wxExtHelpMapList *m_MapList;
/// How to call the html viewer.
wxString m_BrowserName;
/// Is the viewer a variant of netscape?
bool m_BrowserIsNetscape;
/// Call the browser using a relative URL.
bool CallBrowser(wxString const &);
};
#endif
#endif