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2 wxWidgets Change Log
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5ec9d741 5INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.8.x
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8Unicode-related changes
9-----------------------
10
11The biggest changes in wxWidgets 3.0 are the changes due to the merge of the
12old ANSI and Unicode build modes in a single build. See the Unicode overview
13in the manual for more details but here are the most important incompatible
14changes:
15
16- Many wxWidgets functions taking "const wxChar *" have been changed to take
4baf7800 17 either "const wxString&" so that they accept both Unicode and ANSI strings.
e6d4038a 18 and the argument can't be NULL or "const char *" if the strings are always
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19 ANSI but may be NULL. This change is normally backwards compatible except:
20
21 a) Virtual functions: derived classes versions must be modified to take
22 "const wxString&" as well to make sure that they continue to override the
23 base class version.
24
25 b) Passing NULL as argument: as NULL can't be unambiguously converted to
26 wxString, in many cases code using it won't compile any more and NULL
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27 should be replaced with an empty string.
28
29
30- Some structure fields which used to be of type "const wxChar *" (such as
31 wxCmdLineEntryDesc::shortName, longName and description fields) are now of
32 type "const char *", you need to remove wxT() or _T() around the values used
33 to initialize them (which should normally always be ASCII).
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35- wxIPC classes didn't work correctly in Unicode build before, this was fixed
36 but at a price of breaking backwards compatibility: many methods which used
37 to work with "wxChar *" before use "void *" now (some int parameters were
38 also changed to size_t). While wxIPC_TEXT can still be used to transfer 7
39 bit text, the new wxIPC_UTF8TEXT format is used for transferring wxStrings.
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40
41
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42wxODBC library removal
43----------------------
44
45wxODBC library was unmaintained since several years and we couldn't continue
46supporting it any longer so it was removed. Please use any of the other open
47source ODBC libraries in the future projects.
48
49
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50Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
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52
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53- Default location of wxFileConfig files has changed under Windows, you will
54 need to update your code if you access these files directly.
55
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56- wxWindow::IsEnabled() now returns false if a window parent (and not
57 necessarily the window itself) is disabled, new function IsThisEnabled()
58 with the same behaviour as old IsEnabled() was added.
59
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60- Generating wxNavigationKeyEvent events doesn't work any more under wxGTK (and
61 other platforms in the future), use wxWindow::Navigate() or NavigateIn()
62 instead.
63
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64- Sizers distribute only the extra space between the stretchable items
65 according to their proportions and not all available space. We believe the
66 new behaviour corresponds better to user expectations but if you did rely
67 on the old behaviour you will have to update your code to set the minimal
68 sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
69 proportions to return to the old behaviour.
70
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71- wxWindow::Freeze/Thaw() are not virtual any more, if you overrode them in
72 your code you need to override DoFreeze/Thaw() instead now.
73
74
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75Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
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77
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78- WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
79 you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
80
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81- wxDC classes hierarchy has changed, if you derived any classes from wxDC you
82 need to review them as wxDC doesn't have any virtual methods any longer and
83 uses delegation instead of inheritance to present different behaviours.
84
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85- Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
86 longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
87 in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
88 code that depends on the result being wxChar.
89
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90- The value returned by wxString::c_str() cannot be casted to non-const char*
91 or wchar_t* anymore. The solution is to use newly added wxString methods
92 char_str() (which returns a buffer convertible to char*) or wchar_str()
93 (which returns a buffer convertible to wchar_t*). These methods are
94 available in wxWidgets 2.8 series beginning with 2.8.4 as well.
95
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96- The value returned by wxString::operator[] or wxString::iterator cannot be
97 used in switch statements anymore, because it's a class instance. Code like
98 this won't compile:
99 switch (str[i]) { ... }
100 and has to be replaced with this:
101 switch (str[i].GetValue()) { ... }
102
103- Return type of wxString::c_str() is now wxCStrData struct and not
104 const wxChar*. wxCStrData is implicitly convertible to const char* and
105 const wchar_t*, so this only presents a problem if the compiler cannot
106 convert the type. In particular, Borland C++ and DigitalMars compilers
107 don't correctly convert operator?: operands to the same type and fail with
108 compilation error instead. This can be worked around by explicitly casting
109 to const wxChar*:
110 wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
111
52de37c7 112- wxCtime() and wxAsctime() return char*; this is incompatible with Unicode
5bce3e6f 113 build in wxWidgets 2.8 that returned wchar_t*.
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115- DigitalMars compiler has a bug that prevents it from using
116 wxUniChar::operator bool in conditions and it erroneously reports type
117 conversion ambiguity in expressions such as this:
118 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); *p; ++p )
119 This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
120 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
121
d03dab2a 122- Virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
5bce3e6f 123
de34bb08 124- Functions that took wxChar* arguments that could by NULL in wxWidgets 2.8.
d38f70b2 125 are deprecated and passing NULL to them won't compile anymore, wxEmptyString
ab29bb87 126 must be used instead.
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128- wxTmemxxx() functions take either wxChar* or char*, not void*: use memxxx()
129 with void pointers.
130
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131- Removed insecure wxGets() and wxTmpnam() functions.
132
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133- Removed global GetLine() function from wx/protocol/protocol.h, use
134 wxProtocol::ReadLine() instead.
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136- wxVariant no longer derives from wxObject. wxVariantData also no longer
137 derives from wxObject; instead of using wxDynamicCast with wxVariantData you
138 can use the macro wxDynamicCastVariantData with the same arguments.
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140- wxWindow::Next/PrevControlId() don't exist any more as they can't be
141 implemented correctly any longer because automatically generated ids are not
142 necessarily allocated consecutively any more. Use GetChildren() to find the
143 next/previous control sibling instead.
144
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146Deprecated methods and their replacements
147-----------------------------------------
148
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150- wxString::GetWriteBuf() and UngetWriteBuf() deprecated, using wxStringBuffer
151 or wxStringBufferLength instead.
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152- wxDIRCTRL_SHOW_FILTERS style is deprecated, filters are alwsys shown if
153 specified so this style should simply be removed
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154- wxDocManager::MakeDefaultName() replaced by MakeNewDocumentName() and
155 wxDocument::GetPrintableName() with GetUserReadableName() which are simpler
156 to use
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157- wxXmlProperty class was renamed to wxXmlAttribute in order to use standard
158 terminology. Corresponding wxXmlNode methods were renamed to use
159 "Attribute" instead of "Property" or "Prop" in their names.
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162Major new features in this release
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164
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165- wxWidgets is now always built with Unicode support but provides the same
166 simple (i.e. "char *"-tolerant) API as was available in ANSI build in the
167 past.
168
169- wxWidgets may now use either wchar_t (UTF-16/32) or UTF-8 internally,
170 depending on what is optimal for the target platform.
171
2804f77d 172- Events loops, timers and sockets can now be used in wxBase, without GUI.
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177
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178All:
179
8575ff50 180- Added (experimental) IPv6 support to wxSocket (Arcen)
c0030ca7 181- Allow loading message catalogs from wxFileSystem (Axel Gembe)
6aaee6af 182- Added wxMessageQueue class for inter-thread communications
50c549b9 183- Use UTF-8 for Unicode data in wxIPC classes (Anders Larsen)
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184- Added support for user-defined types to wxConfig (Marcin Wojdyr).
185- Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi).
186- Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov).
187- Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev).
188- Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead().
189- Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz).
190- Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev).
191- Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev).
985acf87 192- Allow using wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski).
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193- Added functions for Base64 en/decoding (Charles Reimers).
194- Added support for binary data to wxConfig (Charles Reimers).
195- Added functions for atomically inc/decrementing integers (Armel Asselin).
30519b02 196- wxLogInterposer has been added to replace wxLogPassThrough and new
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197 wxLogInterposerTemp was added.
198- Added support for broadcasting to UDP sockets (Andrew Vincent).
199- Documentation now includes the wx library in which each class is defined.
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200- wxrc --gettext now generates references to source .xrc files (Heikki
201 Linnakangas).
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202- wxVariant::Unshare allows exclusive allocation of data that must be shared,
203 if the wxVariantData::Clone function is implemented.
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204- Added wxWeakRef<T>, wxScopedPtr<T>, wxSharedPtr<T> class templates
205- Added wxVector<T> class templates
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207All (Unix):
208
3cc305b2 209- Added wx-config --optional-libs command line option (John Labenski).
bd630206 210
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211All (GUI):
212
69d0fe83 213- Added wxDataViewCtrl class and helper classes
59396417 214- Added {wxTextCtrl,wxComboBox}::AutoComplete() and AutoCompleteFileNames()
3cc305b2 215- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty).
e36a1739 216- Added wxNotificationMessage class for non-intrusive notifications
376d7d97 217- Added wxWindow::Show/HideWithEffect()
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218- Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron).
219- Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse).
220- Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron).
221- Added wxMessageDialog::SetMessage() and SetExtendedMessage().
67d3fc49 222- Added wxListCtrl::Set/GetColumnsOrder() (Yury Voronov)
c1142003 223- Added wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars() (Julian Scheid)
8866abbb 224- Added wxMouseEvent::GetClickCount() (Julian Scheid)
4488a1d3 225- Added wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT background style (Julian Scheid)
86909f4c 226- Added XRCSIZERITEM() macro for obtaining sizers from XRC (Brian Vanderburg II)
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227- New and improved wxFileCtrl (Diaa Sami and Marcin Wojdyr)
228- Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
229- Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
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230- Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
231- Slovak translation added.
232- Fixed tab-related drawing and hit-testing bugs in wxRichTextCtrl.
233- Implemented background colour in wxRichTextCtrl.
234- Fixed crashes in helpview when opening a file.
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235- Set locale to the default in all ports, not just wxGTK.
236- Added wxJoystick::GetButtonState/Position() (Frank C Szczerba).
237- Added wxGridUpdateLocker helper class (Evgeniy Tarassov).
238- Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov).
239- Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate().
240- Add support for <data> tags to wxrc.
241- Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr).
242- Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi).
243- Added wxRect::operator+ (union) and * (intersection) (bdonner).
244- Added support for two auxiliary mouse buttons to wxMouseEvent (Chris Weiland).
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245- Added wxToolTip::SetAutoPop() and SetReshow() (Jan Knepper).
246- Added wxTaskBarIcon::Destroy().
247- Added XRC handler for wxSearchCtrl (Sander Berents).
248- Read image resolution from TIFF, JPEG and BMP images (Maycon Aparecido Gasoto).
249- Add support for reading alpha data from TIFF images.
250- Added wxSYS_DCLICK_TIME system metric constant (Arne Steinarson).
251- Added wxApp::Get/SetAppDisplayName() (Brian A. Vanderburg II).
252- Added wxWindow::GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser() (Arne Steinarson).
f73eddd2 253- Implemented wxTreeCtrl::GetPrevVisible() in the generic version and made the
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254 behaviour of GetNextSibling() consistent between wxMSW and generic versions.
255- Merged wxRichTextAttr and wxTextAttrEx into wxTextAttr, and added a font table
256 to wxRichTextBuffer to reduce wxFont consumption and increase performance.
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257- Optimize wxGenericTreeCtrl::Collapse/ExpandAllChildren(). (Szczepan Holyszewski)
258- Added <scrollrate> parameter to wxScrolledWindow XRC handler.
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259- Added support for automatic dialog scrolling, via the new wxDialogLayoutAdapter
260 class and various new wxDialog functions. See the topic "Automatic Scrolling
261 Dialogs" in the manual for further details.
262- Added support for resizing wxWizard bitmaps to the current page height,
263 via SetBitmapPlacement, SetBitmapBackgroundColour and SetMinimumBitmapWidth.
264 Also made it easier to derive from wxWizard and override behaviour.
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266wxGTK:
267
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268- Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi).
269- Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
270- Native keyboard navigation implementation.
271- Added wxCB_SORT support to wxComboBox (Evgeniy Tarassov).
272- Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa.
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273- Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText.
274- wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints size increments now work.
275- wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
276- wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
277- Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
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278- Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff).
279- Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option.
69d0fe83 280- Added support for GTK+ print backend
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283
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284- Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls).
285- Added support for changing button labels in wxMessageDialog (Gareth Simpson).
286- Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs).
287- Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox).
288- Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz).
dff6cf57 289- Implement wxLocale::GetInfo() using CFLocale
69d0fe83 290- Added native wxCollapsiblePane
4dd25308 291
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292wxMSW:
293
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294- Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
295- Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
3cc305b2 296- wxCheckListBox now looks more native, especially under XP (Marcin Malich).
1032aee2 297- Allow tooltips longer than 64 (up to 128) characters in wxTaskBarIcon
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298- Fix centering wxFileDialog and allow positioning it
299- Allow centering wxMessageDialog on its parent window (troelsk)
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301wxX11:
302
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303- Added mouse wheel support (David Hart).
304- Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart).
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309
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311
312- Fixed bug with parsing some dates in wxDateTime (Bob Pesner)
1cf57808 313- Fixed bug with parsing negative time zones in wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date()
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316
317- Added wxWindow::GetNextSibling() and GetPrevSibling()
c7a284c7 318- Improve wximage::ResampleBox() (Mihai Ciocarlie)
66a9201d 319- Implemented ScrollList() in generic wxListCtrl (Tim Kosse)
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322
323- Fix rare bug with messages delivered to wrong wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
b9e66233 324- Fix setting icons when they have non-default (16*16 and 32*32) sizes
cab9b205 325
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326wxGTK:
327
328- Return false from wxEventLoop::Dispatch() if gtk_main_quit() was called and
329 so the loop should exit (Rodolfo Schulz de Lima)
330
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334
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336
58b33f50 337- Fixed bug with default proxy destruction in wxURL (Axel Gembe).
ba1a5962 338
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339wxMSW:
340
341- Correct (harmless) warnings given for forward-declared DLL-exported classes
58b33f50 342 by mingw32 4.2 (Tim Stahlhut).
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344wxGTK:
345
346- Added gtk.window.force-background-colour wxSystemOptions option to work around
347 a background colour bug in the gtk-qt theme under KDE.
58b33f50 348- Implemented wxGetClientDisplayRect() correctly for wxGTK and X11-based ports.
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350
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353
354All:
355
356- Fixed another bug in wxFileConfig when deleting entries (Axel Gembe)
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357- Added Portuguese translation (Antonio Cardoso Martins)
358
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362
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363All (GUI):
364
c253e005 365- Added colour normalization to PNM image handler (Ray Johnston)
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366- Fixed selecting part of word from right to left in wxHTML (Michael Hieke)
367- Selecting text in wxHTML with character precision was made easier, it's
368 enough to select half of a character (Michael Hieke)
369- Significantly improved startup times of XRC-based applications using
370 embedded resources on Unix (requires resources recompilation)
eb86e775 371- Fixed freeing of "static" alpha data in wxImage (Axel Gembe)
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372- Don't invalidate the font in SetNativeFontInfo[Desc]() if the string is
373 invalid, to conform to the documented behaviour (Langhammer)
0200fb27 374- Fixed wxXPMHandler::SaveFile for images with more than 92 colors.
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377
94dd2287 378- Correct problem with page setup dialog when using landscape mode
66160760 379- Added msw.font.no-proof-quality system option, see manual for description
b013c971 380- Fix appearance of notebook with non-top tabs under Windows Vista
d4762753 381- Fixed bug with symbol resolving in wxStackWalker (Axel Gembe)
46753a7c 382- Fixed showing busy cursor for disabled windows and during wxExecute()
c70557da 383- Set the string of wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLED events (Luca Cappa)
48271822 384- Fix problems with timers on SMP machines in wxAnimationCtrl (Gennady)
66160760 385
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387
d6a41cc7 388- Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
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389- More work on setting defaults in GNOME print dialogs.
390- Also made landscape printing work as per wxMSW.
391- Add support for clipping in GNOME print backend.
392- Speed up wxBitmap::Rescale()
393- Add right button event for wxToolbar's tools (Tim Kosse)
1c871fe2 394- Don't unconditionally add wxCAPTION style to wxMiniFrame
0a904ed2 395- Generate wxEVT_COMMAND_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT event even if label didn't change
85866f52 396- Fix WX_GL_STEREO attribute handling (Tristan Mehamli)
a07bf2d0 397- Fix wxThread::SetPriority() when the thread is running (Christos Gourdoupis)
5f77ee3b 398- Fixed off by 1 bug in wxDC::GradientFillLinear() (Tim Kosse)
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400
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403
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405
406- Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
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407- Fix wxStringOutputStream::Write() in Unicode build when the argument
408 overlaps UTF-8 characters boundary
8bdc8a9c 409- Account for lines without newline at the end in wxExecute()
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412
413- Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
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415All (GUI):
416
417- Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
781130bf 418- Fix memory leak in wxWizard when not using sizers for the page layout
9fcd0bf7 419- Added wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData()
884898a7 420- wxHTML: Apply table background colour between the cells too (Michael Hieke)
f4854380 421
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423
424- Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:
425 it didn't respect font size nor background colour then (Juan Antonio Ortega)
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427- Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
b40bf35c 428- Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
61053de4 429- Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3
223b7504 430- Support right-aligned/centered owner drawn items in wxListCtrl (troelsk)
61053de4 431- Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0
721d1838 432- Fix wxComboCtrl colours under Windows Vista (Kolya Kosenko)
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435
61053de4 436- Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
378b042b 437- Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)
5440a04f 438- Fix wxTextCtrl::GetLineText() for empty lines (Marcin Wojdyr)
378b042b 439
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441
442- Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND) (Adrian Secord)
443
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445
446- Fix wxTextCtrl::SetSelection(-1, -1) to behave as documented (Anders Larsen)
75a788ee 447- Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND)
3b6c95eb 448- Fix setting background colour for controls with transparent background
b5a3a81b 449
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455
456- Shut down the sockets gracefully (Sergio Aguayo)
9076e56d 457- Fix extra indentation in wxHTML_ALIGN_JUSTIFY display (Chacal)
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459wxMac:
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461- Corrected top border size for wxStaticBox with empty label (nusi)
462
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464
465- Fixed wxFileName::GetSize() for large files
466
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468
469- Fixed handling of accelerators using PageUp/Down keys
470
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474
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476
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477- Added wxSizerFlags::Shaped() and FixedMinSize() methods.
478- Added wxCSConv::IsOk() (Manuel Martin).
479- Added wxDateTime::GetDateOnly().
480- Made wxTextFile work with unseekable files again (David Hart).
481- Added wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR flag to wxFileConfig (Giuseppe Bilotta).
482- Added wxSearchCtrl::[Get|Set]DescriptiveText.
85bf679a 483- Fixed detection of number of processors under Linux 2.6
886f61ca 484- Fixed Base64 computation in wxHTTP (p_michalczyk)
28bf2f3c 485- Fix handling of wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR in wxDatagramSocket (troelsk)
d95527de 486
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488
489- Fixed crash in wxGetUserName() in Unicode build
490
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492
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493- Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus.
494- Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items.
0d3997fd 495
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496wxGTK
497
498- Fix hang on startup when using GTK+ options in Unicode build
499
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500wxMac
501
0d045709 502- Fix position of the centered windows (didn't take menu bar size into account)
13dd765c 503- Added support for the wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style.
a0232aa5 504
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505wxX11:
506
13dd765c 507- Don't crash in wxWindow dtor if the window hadn't been really Create()d.
3aba082d 508
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509wxUniv:
510
13dd765c 511- Fixed wxComboBox always sorted.
750040fa 512
e816f5c7 513
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515-----
516
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517All:
518
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519- Fix compilation with wxUSE_STL=1.
520- wxGrid::GetBestSize() returns same size the grid would have after AutoSize().
521- Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() (Francesco Montorsi).
522- Several RTL-related positioning fixes (Diaa Sami).
523- Fix wxConfig::DeleteGroup() for arguments with trailing slash (David Hart).
524- Fix memory leak in wxGrid::ShowCellEditControl() (Christian Sturmlechner).
5fe6c02b 525
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526wxMSW:
527
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528- Fixed compilation with Borland C++ in Unicode mode but without MSLU.
529- Show taskbar icon menu on right button release, not press.
0ec8d8f7 530
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531wxGTK:
532
13dd765c 533- Don't crash if command line is not valid UTF-8 (Unicode build only).
265db88d 534
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535wxUniv:
536
13dd765c 537- It is now possible to set background colour of wxStaticText.
9c5fd8a3 538
265db88d 539
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542
543All:
544
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545- Added wxSearchCtrl (Vince Harron).
546- wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32.
547- wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents.
bc2ce7a5 548- Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
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549- New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
550 a stream that is seekable.
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551- Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows.
552- Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize().
553 for a control with borders (Tim Kosse).
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555wxMSW:
556
bc2ce7a5 557- Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
a7734bdf 558- Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
13dd765c 559- Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista.
a7734bdf 560- Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
a7734bdf 561
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562wxGTK:
563
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564- Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles.
565- Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure.
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570
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571All:
572
573- Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
049e9de7 574- Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
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575- Added wxTar streams.
576- Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
bc2ce7a5 577- Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
f8f6c91a 578
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580
581- wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
582 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
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583- Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
584 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
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585- Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
586- Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
587- Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
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588- Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
589 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
590 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
591- Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
592 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
593 formatting.
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594- Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
595- Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
0f11c233 596- wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
bc2ce7a5 597- wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
432efcb0 598
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599Unix Ports:
600
601- Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
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602 program (Francesco Montorsi).
603
604wxGTK:
2baa2b0e 605
4ff4d045 606- More RTL work.
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607- Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
608- Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
609 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
96202eaa 610- wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
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612
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615
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617
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618- Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
619- Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
620- Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
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621- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
622- Added reference counting for wxVariant.
b7cacb43 623- For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
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624 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
625- Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
626- Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
627- Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
628- wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
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629- Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
630 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
631 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
049e9de7 632 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
d1af8e2d 633
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635
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636- Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
637 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
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638- wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
639- Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
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640- Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
641- Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
049e9de7 642- Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
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643- Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
644 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
645- wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
646 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
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647- Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
648- Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
649- Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
e63f19ba 650
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651wxMSW:
652
3306aec1 653- Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
a0020fcd 654- wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
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655- Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
656 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
657 high-contrast theme).
049e9de7 658- Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
916eecaa 659
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660wxMac:
661
662- Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
663 to the SDK.
664
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665wxGTK:
666
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667- Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
668- Setting cursor now works for all controls.
049e9de7 669- Implemented right-to-left support.
ae6a64b6 670- Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
049e9de7 671- Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
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673wxUniv:
674
049e9de7 675- Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
b48f51ca 676
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680
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681All:
682
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683- Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
684- wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
685- Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
b83d533a 686- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
3af9f2de 687- Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
7f0d9d71 688- Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
b83d533a 689- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
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690- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
691- Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
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692- Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
693 during a search and replace.
694- Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
695 are both used in the same program.
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696- Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
697- wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
698- Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
699- Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
700- Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
701- Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
702- wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
703- Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
704- Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
2decc3bd 705- Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
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706- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
707- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
24f4fc23 708- wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
480abc8f 709- Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
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710- Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
711- Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
712- wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
713- Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
968f291b 714- The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
6fa9383b 715 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
968f291b 716 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
6fa9383b 717 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
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718- Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
719 the first time it was called.
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720- Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
721- Added wxString::EndsWith().
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722- wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
723 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
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724- Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
725- Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
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726- Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
727- Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
728- Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
729- Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
42d0df00 730
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731All (GUI):
732
3306aec1 733- New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
7f0d9d71 734- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
03a37db9 735- Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
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736- Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
737- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
738- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
739- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
740- Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
741- Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
742- Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
743- Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
744- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
5d7836c4 745- Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
f7c40316 746- wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
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747 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
748- wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
749- Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
750 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
751- Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
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752- All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
753 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
754 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
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755- Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
756 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
60104cba 757- wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
b83d533a 758- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
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759- Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
760 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
b83d533a 761- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
7f0d9d71 762- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
3d941982 763- Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
3c115835 764- Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
b83d533a 765 by Sandro Sigala).
f14d6dd1 766- Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
7dd40b6f 767- Added wxGetMouseState function.
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768- Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
769 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
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770- wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
771 best size.
d9170b47 772- wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
7f0d9d71 773- wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
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774- More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
775- Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
776- Added ability to use templates with static event tables
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777 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
778- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
a5fa20cb 779- Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
fd0d619f 780- Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
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781- Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
782 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
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783- Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
784- Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
785- Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
b83d533a 786- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
0f30d8e3 787- More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
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788- Added wxListBox::HitTest().
789- Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
894b93d3 790- Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
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791- Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
792 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
7f0d9d71 793- Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
40989e46 794- wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
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795- Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
796- Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
797- Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
798- Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
70934138 799- Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
6b8f5d30 800- Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
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801- Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
802- Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
d8766675 803- Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
3b2cb431 804- Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
9804d540 805- wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
07880314 806- Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
50f3c41d 807 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
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