A header only modern c++ wrapper for the windows API.
| GUI ELEMENTS | |
|---|---|
| gui | The base class for all windex gui elements |
| label | A widget that displays a string |
| button | A widget that user can click to start an action |
| menu | A drop down list of options that user can click to start an action |
| menubar | A widget that displays across top of a window and contains a number of dropdown menues |
| checkbox | A widget that user can click to toggle a true/false value |
| choice | A widget where user can choose from a dropdown list of strings |
| list | A widget where user can choose from a displayed list of strings |
| editbox | A widget where user can enter a string, single line |
| multiline | A widget where user can enter a string, multiple lines |
| gauge | A widget to display a value on a circular clock face |
| radiobutton | A widget that user can click to select one of an exclusive set of options |
| slider | A widget which user can drag to change a value |
| datebox | A widget where user can select a date from calender |
| PANELS | |
|---|---|
| panel | A child window that can contain widgets |
| layout | A panel which arranges the widgets it contains in a grid |
| groupbox | A panel displaying a title and box around contents |
| tabbed | A widget where user can select which panel to display by clicking a tab button |
| POP-UPS | |
|---|---|
| msgbox | A popup with a message |
| filebox | A popup window where user can browse folders and select a file |
| inputbox | A popup window where user can edit a set of values |
| PROPERTY GRID | |
|---|---|
| property | A name value pair |
| propertyGrid | A grid of properties |
| PLOT | |
|---|---|
| plot | Draw a 2D plot |
| trace | Single trace to be plotted |
| COMMUNICATIONS | |
|---|---|
| com | Read / write to COM serial port |
| tcp | Read / write to TCP/IP socket, server or client |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
|---|---|
| maker | A class for making windex objects |
| eventhandler | A class where application code registers functions to be called when an event occurs |
| drop | A widget where users can drop files dragged from windows explorer |
| shapes | A class that offers application code methods to draw on a window |
| sMouse | A structure containing the mouse status for event handlers |
| timer | Generate events at regularly timed intervals |
| window2file | Save window contents to an image file in PNG format |
| printDoc | Create and print a document |
| startProcess | Run command in own process |
No separate build step is required. since this is a header only library. This avoids all the challenging configuration management problems that can result from trying to maintain a separate library build, when the library build and application build use different compilers or compiler options.
- Add
"include "wex.h";to application source files that use windex. - Add the
includefolder to the compiler search directories. - Add the windows libraries gdi32, comdlg32 and Comctl32 to the linker command
More details in the wiki at https://github.com/JamesBremner/windex/wiki/Build-Instructions
Complete sample code for a hello world application.
Reference documentation for the classes and methods used to create a GUI application using windex.
An application to demonstrate and test the windex features is available. The source is in the demo folder, and a code::blocks project to build it in build/codeblocks.
https://github.com/JamesBremner/DXF_Viewer
