1 /*-*- c++ -*-********************************************************
2  * helpext.h - an external help controller for wxWidgets            *
3  *                                                                  *
4  * (C) 1998 by Karsten Ballueder (Ballueder@usa.net)                 *
5  * License: wxWindows licence                                       *
6  *                                                                  *
7  * $Id: helpext.h 50711 2007-12-15 02:57:58Z VZ $
8  *******************************************************************/
9 
10 #ifndef __WX_HELPEXT_H_
11 #define __WX_HELPEXT_H_
12 
13 #if wxUSE_HELP
14 
15 #include "wx/helpbase.h"
16 
17 /**
18    This class implements help via an external browser.
19    It requires the name of a directory containing the documentation
20    and a file mapping numerical Section numbers to relative URLS.
21 
22    The map file contains two or three fields per line:
23    numeric_id  relative_URL  [; comment/documentation]
24 
25    The numeric_id is the id used to look up the entry in
26    DisplaySection()/DisplayBlock(). The relative_URL is a filename of
27    an html file, relative to the help directory. The optional
28    comment/documentation field (after a ';') is used for keyword
29    searches, so some meaningful text here does not hurt.
30    If the documentation itself contains a ';', only the part before
31    that will be displayed in the listbox, but all of it used for search.
32 
33    Lines starting with ';' will be ignored.
34 */
35 
36 class WXDLLIMPEXP_ADV wxExtHelpController : public wxHelpControllerBase
37 {
38 public:
39    wxExtHelpController(wxWindow* parentWindow = NULL);
40    virtual ~wxExtHelpController();
41 
42    /** Tell it which browser to use.
43        The Netscape support will check whether Netscape is already
44        running (by looking at the .netscape/lock file in the user's
45        home directory) and tell it to load the page into the existing
46        window.
47        @param browsername The command to call a browser/html viewer.
48        @param isNetscape Set this to true if the browser is some variant of Netscape.
49    */
50    void SetBrowser(const wxString& browsername = wxEmptyString,
51                    bool isNetscape = false);
52 
53   // Set viewer: new name for SetBrowser
54   virtual void SetViewer(const wxString& viewer = wxEmptyString,
55                          long flags = wxHELP_NETSCAPE);
56 
57    /** This must be called to tell the controller where to find the
58        documentation.
59        If a locale is set, look in file/localename, i.e.
60        If passed "/usr/local/myapp/help" and the current wxLocale is
61        set to be "de", then look in "/usr/local/myapp/help/de/"
62        first and fall back to "/usr/local/myapp/help" if that
63        doesn't exist.
64 
65        @param file - NOT a filename, but a directory name.
66        @return true on success
67    */
Initialize(const wxString & dir,int WXUNUSED (server))68    virtual bool Initialize(const wxString& dir, int WXUNUSED(server))
69       { return Initialize(dir); }
70 
71    /** This must be called to tell the controller where to find the
72        documentation.
73        If a locale is set, look in file/localename, i.e.
74        If passed "/usr/local/myapp/help" and the current wxLocale is
75        set to be "de", then look in "/usr/local/myapp/help/de/"
76        first and fall back to "/usr/local/myapp/help" if that
77        doesn't exist.
78        @param dir - directory name where to fine the help files
79        @return true on success
80    */
81    virtual bool Initialize(const wxString& dir);
82 
83    /** If file is "", reloads file given in Initialize.
84        @file Name of help directory.
85        @return true on success
86    */
87    virtual bool LoadFile(const wxString& file = wxEmptyString);
88 
89    /** Display list of all help entries.
90        @return true on success
91    */
92    virtual bool DisplayContents(void);
93    /** Display help for id sectionNo.
94        @return true on success
95    */
96    virtual bool DisplaySection(int sectionNo);
97    /** Display help for id sectionNo -- identical with DisplaySection().
98        @return true on success
99    */
100    virtual bool DisplaySection(const wxString& section);
101    /** Display help for URL (using DisplayHelp) or keyword (using KeywordSearch)
102        @return true on success
103    */
104    virtual bool DisplayBlock(long blockNo);
105    /** Search comment/documentation fields in map file and present a
106        list to chose from.
107        @key k string to search for, empty string will list all entries
108        @return true on success
109    */
110    virtual bool KeywordSearch(const wxString& k,
111                               wxHelpSearchMode mode = wxHELP_SEARCH_ALL);
112 
113    /// does nothing
114    virtual bool Quit(void);
115    /// does nothing
116    virtual void OnQuit(void);
117 
118    /// Call the browser using a relative URL.
119    virtual bool DisplayHelp(const wxString &) ;
120 
121    /// Allows one to override the default settings for the help frame.
122    virtual void SetFrameParameters(const wxString& WXUNUSED(title),
123                                    const wxSize& WXUNUSED(size),
124                                    const wxPoint& WXUNUSED(pos) = wxDefaultPosition,
125                                    bool WXUNUSED(newFrameEachTime) = false)
126       {
127          // does nothing by default
128       }
129    /// Obtains the latest settings used by the help frame and the help
130    /// frame.
131    virtual wxFrame *GetFrameParameters(wxSize *WXUNUSED(size) = NULL,
132                                    wxPoint *WXUNUSED(pos) = NULL,
133                                    bool *WXUNUSED(newFrameEachTime) = NULL)
134       {
135          return (wxFrame*) NULL;// does nothing by default
136       }
137 
138 protected:
139    /// Filename of currently active map file.
140    wxString         m_helpDir;
141    /// How many entries do we have in the map file?
142    int              m_NumOfEntries;
143    /// A list containing all id,url,documentation triples.
144    wxList          *m_MapList;
145 
146 private:
147    // parse a single line of the map file (called by LoadFile())
148    //
149    // return true if the line was valid or false otherwise
150    bool ParseMapFileLine(const wxString& line);
151 
152    /// Deletes the list and all objects.
153    void DeleteList(void);
154 
155 
156    /// How to call the html viewer.
157    wxString         m_BrowserName;
158    /// Is the viewer a variant of netscape?
159    bool             m_BrowserIsNetscape;
160 
161     DECLARE_CLASS(wxExtHelpController)
162 };
163 
164 #endif // wxUSE_HELP
165 
166 #endif // __WX_HELPEXT_H_
167