Cross-Platform GUI Programming with Wxwidgets

Name: Cross-Platform GUI Programming with Wxwidgets
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ISBN: 9780131473812

ISBN-10: 0131473816

ISBN-13: 9780131473812

Edition: 2006

Authors: Julian Smart, Stefan Csomor, Kevin Hock

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Description:

The authoritative guide to developing cross-platform C++ GUI applications using the hot wxWidgets toolkit - from its creator!

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/26/2005
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 744
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments


About the Authors



Introduction


What Is wxWidgets?


Why Use wxWidgets?


A Brief History of wxWidgets


The wxWidgets Community wxWidgets and Object-Oriented Programming License Considerations


The wxWidgets Architecture wxMSW wxGTK wxX11 wxMotif wxMac wxCocoa wxWinCE wxPalmOS wxOS 2 wxMGL Internal Organization


Summary



Getting Started


A Small wxWidgets


Sample


The Application Class


The Frame Class


The Event Handlers


The Frame Constructor


The Whole Program Compiling and Running the Program Program Flow


Summary



Event Handling


Event-Driven Programming


Event Tables and Handlers Skipping


Events Pluggable


Event Handlers Dynamic


Event Handlers Window Identifiers


Defining Custom Events


Summary



Window Basics


Anatomy of a Window


The Concept of a Window


Client and Non-Client


Areas Scrollbars Caret and Cursor Top-Level Windows Coordinate System


Painting Color and Font Window Variant


Sizing Input Idle Time Processing and UI Updates Window Creation and Deletion Window Styles


A Quick Guide to the Window Classes Base


Window Classes Top-Level Windows


Container Windows


Non-Static Controls


Static Controls


Menus Control


Bars Base


Window Classes wxWindow wxControl Top-Level Windows wxFrame wxMDIParentFrame wxMDIChildFrame wxDialog wxPopupWindow Container Windows wxPanel wxNotebook wxScrolledWindow wxSplitterWindow Non-Static Controls wxButton wxButton Labels wxBitmapButton wxChoice wxComboBox wxCheckBox wxListBox and wxCheckListBox wxRadioBox wxRadioButton wxScrollBar wxSpinButton wxSpinCtrl wxSlider wxTextCtrl wxToggleButton Static Controls wxGauge wxStaticText wxStaticBitmap wxStaticLine wxStaticBox Menus wxMenu Control Bars wxMenuBar wxToolBar wxStatusBar


Summary



Drawing and Printing


Understanding Device Contexts Available Device Contexts Drawing on Windows with wxClientDC Erasing Window Backgrounds Drawing on Windows with wxPaintDC Drawing on Bitmaps with wxMemoryDC Creating Metafiles with wxMetafileDC Accessing the Screen with wxScreenDC Printing with wxPrinterDC and wxPostScriptDC Drawing Tools wxColour wxPen wxBrush wxFont wxPalette Device Context Drawing Functions Drawing Text Drawing Lines and Shapes Drawing Splines Drawing Bitmaps Filling Arbitrary Areas Logical Functions Using the Printing Framework More on wxPrintout Scaling for Printing and Previewing Printing under Unix with GTK+ 3D Graphics with wxGLCanvas


Summary



Handling Input


Mouse Input Handling Button and Motion Events Handling Mouse Wheel Events Handling Keyboard Events


An Example Character Event Handler Key Code Translation Modifier Key Variations Accelerators Handling Joystick Events wxJoystick Events wxJoystickEvent Member Functions wxJoystick Member Functions


Summary



Window Layout


Using Sizers


Layout Basics Sizers Common Features of Sizers Programming with Sizers Programming with wxBoxSizer Programming with wxStaticBoxSizer Programming with wxGridSizer Programming with wxFlexGridSizer Programming with wxGridBagSizer Further Layout Issues Dialog Units Platform-Adaptive Layouts Dynamic Layouts


Summary



Using Standard Dialogs. Informative Dialogs wxMessageDialog wxProgressDialog wxProgressDialog Example wxBusyInfo wxShowTip File and Directory Dialogs wxFileDialog wxDirDialog Choice and Selection Dialogs wxColourDialog wxFontDialog wxSingleChoiceDialog wxMultiChoiceDialog Entry Dialogs wxNumberEntryDialog wxTextEntryDialog and wxPasswordEntryDialog wxFindReplaceDialog Printing Dialogs wxPageSetupDialog wxPrintDialog


Summary



Writing Custom Dialogs


Steps in Creating a Custom Dialog


An Example: PersonalRecordDialog Deriving a New Class Designing Data Storage Coding the Controls and Layout Data Transfer and Validation Handling Events Handling UI Updates Adding Help


The Complete Class Invoking the Dialog Adapting Dialogs for Small Devices


Further Considerations in Dialog Design Keyboard Navigation Data and UI Separation Layout Aesthetics Alternatives to Dialogs


Using wxWidgets


Resource Files Loading


Resources Using