/*-*- c++ -*-******************************************************** * helpext.h - an external help controller for wxWidgets * * * * (C) 1998 by Karsten Ballüder (Ballueder@usa.net) * * License: wxWindows licence * * * * $Id$ *******************************************************************/ #ifndef __WX_HELPEXT_H_ #define __WX_HELPEXT_H_ #if wxUSE_HELP #include "wx/helpbase.h" /** 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 WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxExtHelpController : public wxHelpControllerBase { public: wxExtHelpController(wxWindow* parentWindow = NULL); ~wxExtHelpController(); /** 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(const wxString& browsername = wxEmptyString, bool isNetscape = false); // Set viewer: new name for SetBrowser virtual void SetViewer(const wxString& viewer = wxEmptyString, long flags = wxHELP_NETSCAPE); /** This must be called to tell the controller where to find the documentation. If a locale is set, look in file/localename, i.e. If passed "/usr/local/myapp/help" and the current wxLocale is set to be "de", then look in "/usr/local/myapp/help/de/" first and fall back to "/usr/local/myapp/help" if that doesn't exist. @param file - NOT a filename, but a directory name. @return true on success */ virtual bool Initialize(const wxString& dir, int WXUNUSED(server)) { return Initialize(dir); } /** This must be called to tell the controller where to find the documentation. If a locale is set, look in file/localename, i.e. If passed "/usr/local/myapp/help" and the current wxLocale is set to be "de", then look in "/usr/local/myapp/help/de/" first and fall back to "/usr/local/myapp/help" if that doesn't exist. @param dir - directory name where to fine the help files @return true on success */ virtual bool Initialize(const wxString& dir); /** If file is "", reloads file given in Initialize. @file Name of help directory. @return true on success */ virtual bool LoadFile(const wxString& file = wxEmptyString); /** 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 DisplaySection(const wxString& section); /** Display help for URL (using DisplayHelp) or keyword (using KeywordSearch) @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, wxHelpSearchMode mode = wxHELP_SEARCH_ALL); /// does nothing virtual bool Quit(void); /// does nothing virtual void OnQuit(void); /// Call the browser using a relative URL. virtual bool DisplayHelp(const wxString &) ; /// Allows one to override the default settings for the help frame. virtual void SetFrameParameters(const wxString& WXUNUSED(title), const wxSize& WXUNUSED(size), const wxPoint& WXUNUSED(pos) = wxDefaultPosition, bool WXUNUSED(newFrameEachTime) = false) { // does nothing by default } /// Obtains the latest settings used by the help frame and the help /// frame. virtual wxFrame *GetFrameParameters(wxSize *WXUNUSED(size) = NULL, wxPoint *WXUNUSED(pos) = NULL, bool *WXUNUSED(newFrameEachTime) = NULL) { return (wxFrame*) NULL;// does nothing by default } protected: /// Filename of currently active map file. wxString m_helpDir; /// How many entries do we have in the map file? int m_NumOfEntries; /// A list containing all id,url,documentation triples. wxList *m_MapList; private: // parse a single line of the map file (called by LoadFile()) // // return true if the line was valid or false otherwise bool ParseMapFileLine(const wxString& line); /// Deletes the list and all objects. void DeleteList(void); /// How to call the html viewer. wxString m_BrowserName; /// Is the viewer a variant of netscape? bool m_BrowserIsNetscape; DECLARE_CLASS(wxExtHelpController) }; #endif // wxUSE_HELP #endif // __WX_HELPEXT_H_