[wxWidgets.git] / docs / msw / todo.txt


Todo on wxWin 2.0, Windows platform
-----------------------------------

HIGH PRIORITY
-------------

Add further controls and properties to Dialog Editor.

Add centring, right justify styles to wxStaticText.

Extend wxSystemSettings to get symbols for current nationality,
e.g. ',' instead of '.' for decimal points.

Supply correct ctl3d/odbc lib files for BC++, Watcom (corrupt?)

wxToolTip::Enable should be static for wxGTK compatibility (VZ)

LOW PRIORITY (MEDIUM TERM)
--------------------------

Supply VC++ project generator utility.

Convert remaining utilities e.g. wxGraphLayout.

More wxSystemSettings (see comment in settings.cpp).

Synchronize drawing functions on all platforms, using Chris's
code to test them.

Shell function to invoke a document with open, print, whatever...

Write tutorial.

Add wxDC::DeviceToLogical -> wxPoint etc (convenience accessors).

Generic makefiles? Rewrite makefiles to maintain simultaneous debug/release
objects.

Add a wxTabCtrl sample.

Improve printing. More API functions for printer DCs (to get
printer characteristics) and more reliable printing framework.

Add GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. Perhaps store bitmaps
in image list so we can get them later.

Merge dib.cpp, dibutils.cpp (see also some DIB code in bitmap.cpp).

Debug PNG support in wxBitmap (no 4-bit support), and possibly add a convertor from PNG
to HICON. We could perhaps also support inclusion of PNGs into
a .res file as a custom resource.

Fonts: ability to enumerate them.

Angled text.

Think about reimplementing wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap using
BS_BITMAP, SS_BITMAP - but this may not allow wxBitmap
argument, so instead just allow controls loaded from native
resource to deal with this style and call default processing.

wxWizard class?

Doc/view - have some standard views/docs e.g. wxTextView.

Miscellaneous file/system function wrappers.

Bug database.

Menu bitmaps - document Vadim's enhancements.

wxCreateDynamicObject is apparently slow: ~ 2000 calls to strcmp. Need to
use some kind of hash table scheme.

Write wxDisplay class for querying settings and passing
to wxFrame to mirror the X situation (multiple displays).

Write translator between old and new .wxr formats (including
substituting static text for obsolete labels).

Write more validators. Also, how do they work if loading the
dialog from a .wxr? Could call SetValidator from within
InitDialog for all controls, then call TransferDataToWindow.

Classes for file/OS utility functions.

Add support for more static controls e.g. wxStaticLine.

Perhaps rewrite wxFile to use FILE* descriptors, so Eof and Flush
can work.

Find out how to set wxFileDialog position.

Maybe bundle Andrew Tucker's DBWIN32 with wxWindows (it's only
26KB), for viewing debug messages without a debugger.

Implement wxDC floating point transformations.

A wxDC function (or two) for drawing 3D edges?

LOW PRIORITY (LONG TERM)
------------------------

Improve and expand wxSizer classes.

ActiveX support

Look at porting to WinCE

Enhance Tex2RTF to generate Microsoft HTML help, perhaps Netscape
HTML help also.

GDI objects could be optimised further in constructors by
searching for a matching, pre-existing object, and assigning from
that, thus sharing the internal handle. A problem with this
arises if you wish to change the data. But this can be handled by
un-refing and creating a new handle. So we could reuse many
Windows GDI objects without troubling the programmer. We might
wish to switch this off in certain circumstances, e.g.

    wxEnableGDIReuse(FALSE);
    wxBrush brush(...);
    wxEnableGDIReuse(TRUE);

or even

    wxGDIReuse reuse(FALSE);
    wxBrush brush(...);

which lasts until its scope ends. This might be needed e.g. if we
needed to ensure that the operation was maximally efficient
(creating a new object rather than searching may or may not be
more efficient).

Integrate Guilhem's multimedia classes: documentation, makefiles,
different platforms.

Rich text class.
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2bda0e17 KB	1
	2	Todo on wxWin 2.0, Windows platform
	3	-----------------------------------
	4
	5	HIGH PRIORITY
	6	-------------
	7
2432b92d	8	Add further controls and properties to Dialog Editor.
2bda0e17	9
2432b92d	10	Add centring, right justify styles to wxStaticText.
2bda0e17	11
2432b92d JS	12	Extend wxSystemSettings to get symbols for current nationality,
	13	e.g. ',' instead of '.' for decimal points.
	14
8a2c6ef8 JS	15	Supply correct ctl3d/odbc lib files for BC++, Watcom (corrupt?)
8a2c6ef8 JS	16
503d5ba9	17	wxToolTip::Enable should be static for wxGTK compatibility (VZ)
8cbd2bde	18
2432b92d JS	19	LOW PRIORITY (MEDIUM TERM)
	20	--------------------------
	21
750b78ba	22	Supply VC++ project generator utility.
acbd13a3	23
2432b92d	24	Convert remaining utilities e.g. wxGraphLayout.
2bda0e17	25
2432b92d	26	More wxSystemSettings (see comment in settings.cpp).
2bda0e17	27
2432b92d JS	28	Synchronize drawing functions on all platforms, using Chris's
2432b92d JS	29	code to test them.
2bda0e17	30
2bda0e17 KB	31	Shell function to invoke a document with open, print, whatever...
2bda0e17 KB	32
2432b92d	33	Write tutorial.
2bda0e17	34
2432b92d	35	Add wxDC::DeviceToLogical -> wxPoint etc (convenience accessors).
2bda0e17	36
2432b92d JS	37	Generic makefiles? Rewrite makefiles to maintain simultaneous debug/release
2432b92d JS	38	objects.
2bda0e17	39
2bda0e17 KB	40	Add a wxTabCtrl sample.
2bda0e17 KB	41
f7bd2698 JS	42	Improve printing. More API functions for printer DCs (to get
f7bd2698 JS	43	printer characteristics) and more reliable printing framework.
b18268d3	44
9c331ded JS	45	Add GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. Perhaps store bitmaps
	46	in image list so we can get them later.
	47
2432b92d	48	Merge dib.cpp, dibutils.cpp (see also some DIB code in bitmap.cpp).
2bda0e17 KB	49
	50	Debug PNG support in wxBitmap (no 4-bit support), and possibly add a convertor from PNG
	51	to HICON. We could perhaps also support inclusion of PNGs into
	52	a .res file as a custom resource.
	53
	54	Fonts: ability to enumerate them.
	55
	56	Angled text.
	57
2bda0e17 KB	58	Think about reimplementing wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap using
	59	BS_BITMAP, SS_BITMAP - but this may not allow wxBitmap
	60	argument, so instead just allow controls loaded from native
	61	resource to deal with this style and call default processing.
	62
2bda0e17 KB	63	wxWizard class?
	64
	65	Doc/view - have some standard views/docs e.g. wxTextView.
	66
2bda0e17 KB	67	Miscellaneous file/system function wrappers.
2bda0e17 KB	68
2bda0e17 KB	69	Bug database.
2bda0e17 KB	70
2bda0e17 KB	71	Menu bitmaps - document Vadim's enhancements.
2bda0e17 KB	72
2bda0e17 KB	73	wxCreateDynamicObject is apparently slow: ~ 2000 calls to strcmp. Need to
	74	use some kind of hash table scheme.
	75
	76	Write wxDisplay class for querying settings and passing
	77	to wxFrame to mirror the X situation (multiple displays).
	78
	79	Write translator between old and new .wxr formats (including
	80	substituting static text for obsolete labels).
	81
b8c631bb JS	82	Write more validators. Also, how do they work if loading the
	83	dialog from a .wxr? Could call SetValidator from within
	84	InitDialog for all controls, then call TransferDataToWindow.
2bda0e17 KB	85
	86	Classes for file/OS utility functions.
	87
	88	Add support for more static controls e.g. wxStaticLine.
	89
2432b92d JS	90	Perhaps rewrite wxFile to use FILE* descriptors, so Eof and Flush
	91	can work.
	92
	93	Find out how to set wxFileDialog position.
	94
	95	Maybe bundle Andrew Tucker's DBWIN32 with wxWindows (it's only
	96	26KB), for viewing debug messages without a debugger.
	97
	98	Implement wxDC floating point transformations.
	99
	100	A wxDC function (or two) for drawing 3D edges?
	101
	102	LOW PRIORITY (LONG TERM)
	103	------------------------
	104
	105	Improve and expand wxSizer classes.
	106
	107	ActiveX support
	108
	109	Look at porting to WinCE
	110
	111	Enhance Tex2RTF to generate Microsoft HTML help, perhaps Netscape
	112	HTML help also.
	113
2bda0e17 KB	114	GDI objects could be optimised further in constructors by
	115	searching for a matching, pre-existing object, and assigning from
	116	that, thus sharing the internal handle. A problem with this
	117	arises if you wish to change the data. But this can be handled by
	118	un-refing and creating a new handle. So we could reuse many
	119	Windows GDI objects without troubling the programmer. We might
	120	wish to switch this off in certain circumstances, e.g.
	121
	122	wxEnableGDIReuse(FALSE);
	123	wxBrush brush(...);
	124	wxEnableGDIReuse(TRUE);
	125
	126	or even
	127
	128	wxGDIReuse reuse(FALSE);
	129	wxBrush brush(...);
	130
	131	which lasts until its scope ends. This might be needed e.g. if we
	132	needed to ensure that the operation was maximally efficient
	133	(creating a new object rather than searching may or may not be
	134	more efficient).
	135
2432b92d JS	136	Integrate Guilhem's multimedia classes: documentation, makefiles,
	137	different platforms.
	138
	139	Rich text class.
4b5f3fe6	140
a0a302dc	141