| Version: 3.2.5

Classes | Typedefs | Enumerations | Functions
utils.h File Reference

## Classes

class | wxWindowDisabler
| This class disables all top level windows of the application (maybe with the exception of one of them) in its constructor and enables them back in its destructor. More...
class | wxBusyCursor
| This class makes it easy to tell your user that the program is temporarily busy. More...
struct | wxExecuteEnv
| This structure can optionally be passed to wxExecute() to specify additional options to use for the child process. More...

## Typedefs

typedef wxStringToStringHashMap | wxEnvVariableHashMap
| A map type containing environment variables names and values. More...
typedef int(* | wxSortCallback) (const void *pItem1, const void *pItem2, const void *user_data)
| Compare function type for use with wxQsort() More...

## Enumerations

enum | wxSignal { wxSIGNONE = 0 , wxSIGHUP , wxSIGINT , wxSIGQUIT , wxSIGILL , wxSIGTRAP , wxSIGABRT , wxSIGEMT , wxSIGFPE , wxSIGKILL , wxSIGBUS , wxSIGSEGV , wxSIGSYS , wxSIGPIPE , wxSIGALRM , wxSIGTERM }
| Signal constants used by wxProcess. More...
enum | wxKillError { wxKILL_OK , wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL , wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED , wxKILL_NO_PROCESS , wxKILL_ERROR }
| Return values for wxProcess::Kill. More...
enum | wxKillFlags { wxKILL_NOCHILDREN = 0 , wxKILL_CHILDREN = 1 }
enum | wxShutdownFlags { wxSHUTDOWN_FORCE = 1 , wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF = 2 , wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT = 4 , wxSHUTDOWN_LOGOFF = 8 }
enum | { wxStrip_Mnemonics = 1 , wxStrip_Accel = 2 , wxStrip_CJKMnemonics = 4 , wxStrip_All = wxStrip_Mnemonics | wxStrip_Accel , wxStrip_Menu = wxStrip_All | wxStrip_CJKMnemonics }
| flags for wxStripMenuCodes More...
enum | { wxEXEC_ASYNC = 0 , wxEXEC_SYNC = 1 , wxEXEC_SHOW_CONSOLE = 2 , wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER = 4 , wxEXEC_NODISABLE = 8 , wxEXEC_NOEVENTS = 16 , wxEXEC_HIDE_CONSOLE = 32 , wxEXEC_BLOCK = wxEXEC_SYNC | wxEXEC_NOEVENTS }
| Bit flags that can be used with wxExecute(). More...

## Functions

void | wxBeginBusyCursor (const wxCursor *cursor=wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR)
| Changes the cursor to the given cursor for all windows in the application. More...
void | wxEndBusyCursor ()
| Changes the cursor back to the original cursor, for all windows in the application. More...
bool | wxIsBusy ()
| Returns true if between two wxBeginBusyCursor() and wxEndBusyCursor() calls. More...
void | wxBell ()
| Ring the system bell. More...
void | wxInfoMessageBox (wxWindow *parent)
| Shows a message box with the information about the wxWidgets build used, including its version, most important build parameters and the version of the underlying GUI toolkit. More...
wxVersionInfo | wxGetLibraryVersionInfo ()
| Get wxWidgets version information. More...
wxChar * | wxGetenv (const wxString &var)
| This is a macro defined as `getenv()` or its wide char version in Unicode mode. More...
bool | wxGetEnv (const wxString &var, wxString *value)
| Returns the current value of the environment variable var in value. More...
bool | wxSetEnv (const wxString &var, const wxString &value)
| Sets the value of the environment variable var (adding it if necessary) to value. More...
bool | wxUnsetEnv (const wxString &var)
| Removes the variable var from the environment. More...
bool | wxGetEnvMap (wxEnvVariableHashMap *map)
| Fill a map with the complete content of current environment. More...
void | wxSecureZeroMemory (void *p, size_t n)
| Fills the memory block with zeros in a way that is guaranteed not to be optimized away by the compiler. More...
wxBatteryState | wxGetBatteryState ()
| Returns battery state as one of `wxBATTERY_NORMAL_STATE`, `wxBATTERY_LOW_STATE`, `wxBATTERY_CRITICAL_STATE`, `wxBATTERY_SHUTDOWN_STATE` or `wxBATTERY_UNKNOWN_STATE`. More...
wxPowerType | wxGetPowerType ()
| Returns the type of power source as one of `wxPOWER_SOCKET`, `wxPOWER_BATTERY` or `wxPOWER_UNKNOWN`. More...
wxString | wxGetDisplayName ()
| Under X only, returns the current display name. More...
bool | wxGetDiskSpace (const wxString &path, wxLongLong total=NULL, wxLongLong free=NULL)
| This function returns the total number of bytes and number of free bytes on the disk containing the directory path (it should exist). More...
bool | wxGetKeyState (wxKeyCode key)
| For normal keys, returns true if the specified key is currently down. More...
wxPoint | wxGetMousePosition ()
| Returns the mouse position in screen coordinates. More...
wxMouseState | wxGetMouseState ()
| Returns the current state of the mouse. More...
void | wxEnableTopLevelWindows (bool enable=true)
| This function enables or disables all top level windows. More...
wxWindow * | wxFindWindowAtPoint (const wxPoint &pt)
| Find the deepest window at the given mouse position in screen coordinates, returning the window if found, or NULL if not. More...
wxWindow * | wxFindWindowByLabel (const wxString &label, wxWindow *parent=NULL)
wxWindow * | wxFindWindowByName (const wxString &name, wxWindow *parent=NULL)
int | wxFindMenuItemId (wxFrame *frame, const wxString &menuString, const wxString &itemString)
| Find a menu item identifier associated with the given frame's menu bar. More...
wxWindowID | wxNewId ()
void | wxRegisterId (wxWindowID id)
| Ensures that Ids subsequently generated by wxNewId() do not clash with the given id. More...
bool | wxLaunchDefaultApplication (const wxString &document, int flags=0)
| Opens the document in the application associated with the files of this type. More...
bool | wxLaunchDefaultBrowser (const wxString &url, int flags=0)
| Opens the url in user's default browser. More...
bool | wxLoadUserResource (const void **outData, size_t *outLen, const wxString &resourceName, const wxChar *resourceType="TEXT", WXHINSTANCE module=0)
| Loads an object from Windows resource file. More...
char * | wxLoadUserResource (const wxString &resourceName, const wxChar *resourceType="TEXT", int *pLen=NULL, WXHINSTANCE module=0)
| Loads a user-defined Windows resource as a string. More...
void | wxPostDelete (wxObject *object)
void | wxQsort (void *pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size, wxSortCallback cmp, const void *user_data)
| Function implementing quick sort algorithm. More...
void | wxSetDisplayName (const wxString &displayName)
| Under X only, sets the current display name. More...
wxString | wxStripMenuCodes (const wxString &str, int flags=wxStrip_All)
| Strips any menu codes from str and returns the result. More...
wxString | wxGetEmailAddress ()
| Copies the user's email address into the supplied buffer, by concatenating the values returned by wxGetFullHostName() and wxGetUserId(). More...
bool | wxGetEmailAddress (char *buf, int sz)
wxMemorySize | wxGetFreeMemory ()
| Returns the amount of free memory in bytes under environments which support it, and -1 if not supported or failed to perform measurement. More...
wxString | wxGetHomeDir ()
| Return the (current) user's home directory. More...
wxString | wxGetHostName ()
| Copies the current host machine's name into the supplied buffer. More...
bool | wxGetHostName (char *buf, int sz)
wxString | wxGetFullHostName ()
| Returns the FQDN (fully qualified domain host name) or an empty string on error. More...
wxString | wxGetUserHome (const wxString &user=wxEmptyString)
| Returns the home directory for the given user. More...
wxString | wxGetUserId ()
| This function returns the "user id" also known as "login name" under Unix (i.e. More...
bool | wxGetUserId (char *buf, int sz)
wxString | wxGetUserName ()
| This function returns the full user name (something like "Mr. John Smith"). More...
bool | wxGetUserName (char *buf, int sz)
wxString | wxGetOsDescription ()
| Returns the string containing the description of the current platform in a user-readable form. More...
wxOperatingSystemId | wxGetOsVersion (int *major=NULL, int *minor=NULL, int *micro=NULL)
| Gets the version and the operating system ID for currently running OS. More...
bool | wxCheckOsVersion (int majorVsn, int minorVsn=0, int microVsn=0)
| Returns true if the version of the operating system on which the program is running under is the same or later than the given version. More...
bool | wxIsPlatform64Bit ()
| Returns true if the operating system the program is running under is 64 bit. More...
bool | wxIsPlatformLittleEndian ()
| Returns true if the current platform is little endian (instead of big endian). More...
wxString | wxGetCpuArchitectureName ()
| Returns the CPU architecture name. More...
wxString | wxGetNativeCpuArchitectureName ()
| In some situations the current process and native CPU architecture may be different. More...
wxLinuxDistributionInfo | wxGetLinuxDistributionInfo ()
| Returns a structure containing information about the currently running Linux distribution. More...
long | wxExecute (const wxString &command, int flags=wxEXEC_ASYNC, wxProcess *callback=NULL, const wxExecuteEnv *env=NULL)
| Executes another program in Unix or Windows. More...
long | wxExecute (const char *const *argv, int flags=wxEXEC_ASYNC, wxProcess *callback=NULL, const wxExecuteEnv *env=NULL)
| This is an overloaded version of wxExecute(const wxString&,int,wxProcess*), please see its documentation for general information. More...
long | wxExecute (const wchar_t *const *argv, int flags=wxEXEC_ASYNC, wxProcess *callback=NULL, const wxExecuteEnv *env=NULL)
long | wxExecute (const wxString &command, wxArrayString &output, int flags=0, const wxExecuteEnv *env=NULL)
| This is an overloaded version of wxExecute(const wxString&,int,wxProcess*), please see its documentation for general information. More...
long | wxExecute (const wxString &command, wxArrayString &output, wxArrayString &errors, int flags=0, const wxExecuteEnv *env=NULL)
| This is an overloaded version of wxExecute(const wxString&,int,wxProcess*), please see its documentation for general information. More...
unsigned long | wxGetProcessId ()
| Returns the number uniquely identifying the current process in the system. More...
int | wxKill (long pid, wxSignal sig=wxSIGTERM, wxKillError *rc=NULL, int flags=wxKILL_NOCHILDREN)
| Equivalent to the Unix kill function: send the given signal sig to the process with PID pid. More...
bool | wxShell (const wxString &command=wxEmptyString)
| Executes a command in an interactive shell window. More...
bool | wxShutdown (int flags=wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF)
| This function shuts down or reboots the computer depending on the value of the flags. More...
void | wxMicroSleep (unsigned long microseconds)
| Sleeps for the specified number of microseconds. More...
void | wxMilliSleep (unsigned long milliseconds)
| Sleeps for the specified number of milliseconds. More...
wxString | wxNow ()
| Returns a string representing the current date and time. More...
void | wxSleep (int secs)
| Sleeps for the specified number of seconds. More...
void | wxUsleep (unsigned long milliseconds)
void | wxDecToHex (unsigned char dec, wxChar *buf)
| Convert decimal integer to 2-character hexadecimal string. More...
wxString | wxDecToHex (unsigned char dec)
| Convert decimal integer to 2-character hexadecimal string. More...
void | wxDecToHex (unsigned char dec, char *ch1, char *ch2)
| Returns 2 characters of hexadecimal representation of a given number. More...
int | wxHexToDec (const wxString &buf)
| Convert 2-character hexadecimal string to decimal integer. More...
int | wxHexToDec (const char *buf)
| This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...

## Enumeration Type Documentation

## ◆ wxKillError

enum wxKillError

Return values for wxProcess::Kill.

Enumerator
wxKILL_OK | no error
wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL | no such signal
wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED | permission denied
wxKILL_NO_PROCESS | no such process
wxKILL_ERROR | another, unspecified error

## ◆ wxKillFlags

enum wxKillFlags

Enumerator
wxKILL_NOCHILDREN | don't kill children
wxKILL_CHILDREN | kill children

## ◆ wxShutdownFlags

enum wxShutdownFlags

Enumerator
wxSHUTDOWN_FORCE | can be combined with other flags (MSW-only)
wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF | power off the computer
wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT | shutdown and reboot
wxSHUTDOWN_LOGOFF | close session (currently MSW-only)

## ◆ wxSignal

enum wxSignal

Signal constants used by wxProcess.

Enumerator
wxSIGNONE | verify if the process exists under Unix
wxSIGHUP |
wxSIGINT |
wxSIGQUIT |
wxSIGILL |
wxSIGTRAP |
wxSIGABRT |
wxSIGEMT |
wxSIGFPE |
wxSIGKILL | forcefully kill, dangerous!
wxSIGBUS |
wxSIGSEGV |
wxSIGSYS |
wxSIGPIPE |
wxSIGALRM |
wxSIGTERM | terminate the process gently