wxWidgets is an easy-to-use, open source C++ API for writing GUI applications that run on Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and even Pocket PC-supporting each platform's native look and feel with virtually no additional coding. Now, its creator and two leading developers teach you all you need to know to write robust cross-platform software with wxWidgets. This book covers everything from dialog boxes to drag-and-drop, from networking to multithreading. It includes all the tools and code you need to get great results, fast. From AMD to AOL, Lockheed Martin to Xerox, world-class developers are using wxWidgets to save money, increase efficiency, and reach new markets. With this book, you can, too.

• wxWidgets quickstart: event/input handling, window layouts, drawing, printing, dialogs, and more
• Working with window classes, from simple to advanced
• Memory management, debugging, error checking, internationalization, and other advanced topics
• Includes extensive code samples for Windows, Linux (GTK+), and Mac OS X

About the CD-ROM

The CD-ROM contains all of the source code from the book; wxWidgets distributions for Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and other platforms; the wxWidgets reference guide; and development tools including the OpenWatcom C++ compiler, the poEdit translation helper, and the DialogBlocks user interface builder.

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Event Handling
• Windows Basics
• Drawing and Printing
• Handling Input
• Window Layout Using Sizers
• Using Standard Dialogs
• Writing Custom Dialogs
• Programming with Images
• Clipboard and Drag and Drop
• Advanced Window Classes
• Data Structure Classes
• Files and Streams
• Memory Management, Debugging, and Error Checking
• Writing International Applications
• Writing Multithreaded Applications
• Programming with wxSocket
• Working with Documents and Views
• Perfecting Your Application
• A: Installing wxWidgets
• B: Building Your Own wxWidgets Applications
• C: Creating Applications with DialogBlocks
• D: Other Features in wxWidgets
• E: Third-Party Tools for wxWidgets
• F: wxWidgets Application Showcase
• G: Using the CD-ROM
• H: How wxWidgets Processes Events
• I: Event Classes and Macros
• J: Code Listings
• K: Porting from MFC
• Glossary
• Index