WxShapeFramework: an easy way for diagrams manipulation in C++ applications

Abstract

wxShapeFramework je now platformně nezávislá SW knihovna napsaná v jazyce C++ vhodná pro vytváření aplikací manipulujících s diagramy, obrázky a jinými grafickými objekty. Díky použitým technologiím jakými jsou knihovny wxWidgets a wxXmlSerializer umožňuje jednoduše interaktivně nebo programově vytvářet diagramy a ty exportovat do různých grafických formátu nebo serializovat do XML. Knihovna je dostupná pod licencí wxWidgets na platformách MS Windows, MacOS a Linux.

wxShapeFramework is new cross-platform software library written in C++ programming language which is suitable for creation of software applications manipulating diagrams, images and other graphical objects. Thanks to the underlying technologies such as wxWidgets toolkit and its XML-based persistent data container add-on called wxXmlSerializer it is an ideal solution for rapid and easy cross-platform visualisation software development. The paper reveals how the wxSF allows user to easily create applications able to interactively handle various scenes consisting of pre-defined or user-defined graphic objects (both vector- and bitmap-based) or GUI controls, store them to XML files, export them to bitmap images, print them etc. Moreover, thanks to applied software licence the library can be used for both open-source and commercial projects on all main target platforms including MS Windows, MacOS and Linux.