{"id":4037,"date":"2022-01-03T05:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T05:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truelogic.org\/wordpress\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2022-01-03T05:58:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T05:58:50","slug":"7d-wxwidgets-creating-custom-dialog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truelogic.org\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/03\/7d-wxwidgets-creating-custom-dialog\/","title":{"rendered":"7d.wxWidgets – Creating Custom Dialog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We now create a custom dialog which takes the code from the two previous sections and puts them together to show a dialog where you can load a text file in an editor and then change the font of the editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAMPLE CODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dialog-custom.h<\/pre>\n\n\n
\n#include <wx\/wxprec.h>\n#ifndef WX_PRECOMP\n\t#include <wx\/wx.h>\n#endif\n\n\nclass DialogCustom: public wxFrame {\n\tpublic:\n\t\tDialogCustom(const wxString& title);\n\t\tvoid OnFileClick(wxCommandEvent &event);\n\t\tvoid OnFontClick(wxCommandEvent &event);\n\tprivate:\n\t\twxTextCtrl *mTxt;\n};\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
dialog-custom.cpp<\/pre>\n\n\n
\n#include <wx\/fontdlg.h>\n#include "dialog-custom.h"\n\nDialogCustom::DialogCustom(const wxString& title):\n\twxFrame(NULL, -1, title, wxDefaultPosition, wxSize(500,400)) {\n\n\twxPanel *panelMain = new wxPanel(this, -1);\n\twxBoxSizer *vbox = new wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL);\n\tpanelMain->SetSizer(vbox);\n\t\n\twxPanel *panelButtons = new wxPanel(panelMain,-1);\n\twxBoxSizer *hbox = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);\n\tpanelButtons->SetSizer(hbox);\n\n\twxButton *btn1 = new wxButton(panelButtons, -1, wxT("Choose Text File"));\n\twxButton *btn2 = new wxButton(panelButtons, -1, wxT("Choose Font"));\n\thbox->Add(btn1, 1, wxALL | wxALIGN_LEFT, 5);\n\thbox->Add(btn2, 1, wxALL , 5);\n\n\tmTxt = new wxTextCtrl(panelMain, -1, wxT(""), wxPoint(-1,-1), wxSize(-1,-1), wxTE_MULTILINE);\n\n\tvbox->Add(panelButtons, 0, wxALL ,5);\n\tvbox->Add(mTxt, 1, wxALL | wxEXPAND | wxCENTER, 5);\n\t\n\tbtn1->Bind(wxEVT_BUTTON, &DialogCustom::OnFileClick, this);\n\tbtn2->Bind(wxEVT_BUTTON, &DialogCustom::OnFontClick, this);\n\tCenter();\n}\n\n\t\nvoid DialogCustom::OnFileClick(wxCommandEvent &event) {\n\twxFileDialog *dlg = new wxFileDialog(this, wxT("Open Text File"), wxT(""), wxT(""), wxT("txt files (*.txt)|*.txt"),\n\t\t\t\t\t\twxFD_OPEN | wxFD_FILE_MUST_EXIST);\n\tint retVal = dlg->ShowModal();\t\n\tif (retVal == wxID_OK) {\n   \t\twxString path = dlg->GetPath();\n\t\tmTxt->LoadFile(path);\n\t}\n}\n\n\t\nvoid DialogCustom::OnFontClick(wxCommandEvent &event) {\n\n\twxFontDialog *dlg = new wxFontDialog(this);\n\tint retVal = dlg->ShowModal();\t\n\tif (retVal == wxID_OK) {\n\t\tmTxt->SetFont(dlg->GetFontData().GetChosenFont());\t\n\t}\n}\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
main.h<\/pre>\n\n\n
\n#include <wx\/wxprec.h>\n#ifndef WX_PRECOMP\n\t#include <wx\/wx.h>\n#endif\n\nclass Main: public wxApp {\n\n\tpublic:\n\t\tvirtual bool OnInit();\n};\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
main.cpp<\/pre>\n\n\n
\n#include "main.h"\n#include "dialog-custom.h"\n\nIMPLEMENT_APP(Main)\n\nbool Main::OnInit() {\n\tDialogCustom *app = new DialogCustom(wxT("Custom Dialog "));\n\tapp->Show(true);\n\n}\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
The output is shown below<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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