Code-Bin #155 - wxAUI and derived windows

wxAUI and derived windows
Posted by: aquawicket | April 4, 2008 @ 3:43pm

Revision 3 - Original post on April 4, 2008 @ 12:53pm

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#include <wx/frame.h>
#include <wx/aui/aui.h>
#include <wx/stattext.h>

///////////////////////////////
class MyWindow: public wxPanel 
{ 
	public: 
		MyWindow(wxWindow *parent, const wxString& title); 
		~MyWindow(){}
};

//////////////////////////////
class MyFrame: public wxFrame 
{ 
	public: 
		MyFrame(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& title); 
		~MyFrame(){ manager.UnInit(); } 
		
		wxAuiManager manager;
};

// MyFrame ////////////////////////////////
MyFrame::MyFrame(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& title) 
		: wxFrame(frame, -1, title, wxDefaultPosition, wxSize(800, 570), wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE)
{ 
	manager.SetManagedWindow(this);
	
	MyWindow *window1 = new MyWindow(this, wxString("Main Window"));
	manager.AddPane(window1, wxLEFT, wxT("the main window"));

manager.Update();
}

// MyWindow ///////////////////////////
MyWindow::MyWindow(wxWindow *parent, const wxString& title)
		: wxPanel(parent, -1, wxDefaultPosition, wxSize(100, 100),  wxNO_BORDER, title)
{
	wxStaticText *text = new wxStaticText(this, -1, wxString("This is static text in my first window. "), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0, wxString("staticText"));
}

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Author Comments

It adds MyWindow to the frame, but can't see it unless I resize the frames, then i can see it flickering, so I know it's there.

***** SOLVED ****
You must have at least 2 panes for things to work. So I added another MyWindow and hide(); it :) Thanks to the guys on the wxWidgets irc channel on freenode :)

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