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50c80a59 1Announcing wxWidgets 2.7.0: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
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4August 5th, 2006 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
5a new release of the mature cross-platform C++ application framework.
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a9ddd443 7The following platforms are supported:
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9- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
50c80a59 10- Windows 64 on Itanium and x86-64 architectures
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12- Unix (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64) and VMS with GTK+
13- Unix with X11 (beta)
14- Unix with Motif/Lesstif
15- Mac OS X using Carbon
16- Mac OS X using Cocoa (beta)
4e9a4c98 17- OS/2 (beta)
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18- MGL for Linux and DOS
19- Palm OS (alpha)
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21To get wxWidgets, please go to the Download page at:
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23 http://www.wxwidgets.org/
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25This is the first version in the new 2.7 development series. Please
26notice that this series is called "development" and not "stable"
27solely because ABI or API compatibility is not assured between
28different 2.7.x series versions. Rest assured however that these
29potentially incompatible changes are made in order to evolve the
30toolkit to the next ABI stable release series (2.8.x) and that
31normally efforts are made to preserve compilation compatibility, so
32often moving to a new development release just requires a full
33recompile of the application using wxWidgets. There are currently no
34known issues with the stability of the programs using this version.
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36There have been many changes since the 2.6 series, please see the
37change log file included in the distribution for more details. The
38most significant additions to the GUI part of the libraries were:
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40 - AUI (advanced user interface) library providing dockable
41 windows and much more
42 - richtext library implementing wxRichTextCtrl
43 - New wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox controls
44 - New wxTreebook book-like control
45 - New wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls
46 - wxHyperlinkCtrl control
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49*** About wxWidgets
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51wxWidgets is a comprehensive open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI
52framework, that can be used to build commercial and free
53software. First released in 1992 under the name wxWindows, it's
54increasingly used by organisations and individuals all over the
55world due to its winning combination of sophistication, wide
56platform coverage, ease of use, unrestrictive licence and
57vibrant user community.
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59For most ports, wxWidgets adopts the native look and feel of
c4077b34 60each platform since it uses the native widget sets. There is also
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61a generic widget set, used for example by the wxX11 port - no
62other widget set is required, giving the potential for embedded
63use.
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65An extraordinary range of classes is provided - but don't be put
c140b7e7 66off by this because most people find wxWidgets easier to learn
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67and use than MFC and other frameworks.
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69As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced
70features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing
3980000c 71handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizeable panels
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72and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support,
73HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop,
74a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes,
08890e27 75a styled text control, and much more. A 2,000-page reference manual
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76is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF
77formats, and there are over eighty samples and demos.
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c140b7e7 79If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts
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80reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent.
81If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start.
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50c80a59 83wxWidgets bindings for many other languages are available,
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84including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel.
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c140b7e7 86If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links:
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88 http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/feedback.htm ; Comments from users
89 http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/screensh.htm ; Screenshots
90 http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/users.htm ; Some of our users
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92Have fun!
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c140b7e7 94The wxWidgets team
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