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+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Name:        wx/toplevel.h
+// Purpose:     declares wxTopLevelWindow class, the base class for all
+//              top level windows (such as frames and dialogs)
+// Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
+// Modified by:
+// Created:     06.08.01
+// RCS-ID:      $Id$
+// Copyright:   (c) 2001 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef _WX_TOPLEVEL_H_
+#define _WX_TOPLEVEL_H_
+
+#include "wx/window.h"
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxTopLevelWindow: a top level (as opposed to child) window
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxTopLevelWindow : public wxWindow
+{
+public:
+    /*
+       for now we already have them in wxWindow, but this is wrong: these
+       methods really only make sense for wxTopLevelWindow!
+
+    virtual void SetTitle( const wxString& title) = 0;
+    virtual wxString GetTitle() const = 0;
+     */
+};
+
+#endif // _WX_TOPLEVEL_H_