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This chapter contains a selection of topic overviews.


{\large {\bf Starting with wxWidgets}}

\helpref{Notes on using the reference}{referencenotes}\\
\helpref{Writing a wxWidgets application: a rough guide}{roughguide}\\
\helpref{wxWidgets Hello World sample}{helloworld}\\
\helpref{wxWidgets samples}{samples}\\
\helpref{Introduction to wxPython}{wxpython}

{\large {\bf Programming with wxWidgets}}

\helpref{Backward compatibility}{backwardcompatibility}\\
\helpref{Runtime class information (RTTI)}{runtimeclassoverview}\\
\helpref{Reference counting}{trefcount}\\
\helpref{Application class: wxApp}{wxappoverview}\\
\helpref{Unicode support in wxWidgets}{unicode}\\
\helpref{Conversion between Unicode and multibyte strings}{mbconvclasses}\\
\helpref{Internationalization}{internationalization}\\
\helpref{Writing non-English applications}{nonenglishoverview}\\
\helpref{Debugging overview}{debuggingoverview}\\
\helpref{Logging overview}{wxlogoverview}\\
\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}\\
\helpref{C++ exceptions overview}{exceptionsoverview}\\
\helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles}\\
\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview}\\
\helpref{Environment variables}{envvars}

{\large {\bf Overviews of non-GUI classes}}

\helpref{String class: wxString}{wxstringoverview}\\
\helpref{Buffer classes}{bufferclasses}\\
\helpref{Date and time classes}{wxdatetimeoverview}\\
\helpref{Container classes}{wxcontaineroverview}\\
\helpref{File classes and functions}{wxfileoverview}\\
\helpref{Stream classes}{wxstreamoverview}\\
\helpref{Multi-threaded applications}{wxthreadoverview}\\
\helpref{Working with program options: wxConfig}{wxconfigoverview}\\
\helpref{Virtual file system: wxFileSystem}{fs}\\
\helpref{Syntax of the built-in regular expression library}{wxresyn}\\
\helpref{Archive formats such as zip}{wxarc}\\
\helpref{Interprocess communication}{ipcoverview}\\
\helpref{ODBC Database classes}{odbcoverview}

{\large {\bf Drawing related classes}}

\helpref{Device contexts}{dcoverview}\\
\helpref{Bitmaps and icons}{wxbitmapoverview}\\
\helpref{Fonts}{wxfontoverview}\\
\helpref{Fonts encodings}{wxfontencodingoverview}\\
\helpref{Printing}{printingoverview}\\
\helpref{Printing under GTK+}{unixprinting}

{\large {\bf Overviews of GUI classes}}

\helpref{Laying out window elements with sizers}{sizeroverview}\\
\helpref{XML-based resource system}{xrcoverview}\\
\helpref{Window sizing}{windowsizingoverview}\\
\helpref{Scrolling}{scrollingoverview}\\
\helpref{Dialogs}{wxdialogoverview}\\
\helpref{Transferring and validating data}{validatoroverview}\\
\helpref{Data exchange: wxDataObject}{wxdataobjectoverview}\\
\helpref{Drag and drop}{wxdndoverview}\\
\helpref{Layout constraints}{constraintsoverview}

{\large {\bf Overviews of individual controls}}

\helpref{wxHTML}{wxhtml}\\
\helpref{wxRichTextCtrl}{wxrichtextctrloverview}\\
\helpref{wxAUI (advanced user interface)}{wxauioverview}\\
\helpref{Common dialogs}{commondialogsoverview}\\
\helpref{Toolbar}{wxtoolbaroverview}\\
\helpref{wxGrid}{gridoverview}\\
\helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrloverview}\\
\helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrloverview}\\
\helpref{wxSplitterWindow}{wxsplitterwindowoverview}\\
\helpref{wxImageList}{wximagelistoverview}\\
\helpref{wxBookCtrl}{wxbookctrloverview}\\
\helpref{wxTipProvider}{wxtipprovider}\\
\helpref{Document/view}{docviewoverview}