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2wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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5INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
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8Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
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11- For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
13- wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not
14 if the whole name is a directory
15- wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual
16- wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted
17- Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the
18 wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case
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21Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
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23
7f0d9d71 24- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
e72d82bb 25- wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
7f0d9d71 26 even compile).
7f0d9d71 27- wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
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28- wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
29 length of the converted string in all cases now.
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30- wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
31- wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
32 wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
33 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
34 use ProcessMouseClick().
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35- wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
36 wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
37 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
38 use GetMouseCursor().
fd0bab43 39- wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
7f0d9d71 40 override it.
6540132f 41- wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
7f0d9d71 42 not pointers to arrays.
4334c3d5 43- SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
684e5b95 44- wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
4f92e6ef 45- wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
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46- wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
47 As a consequence, the class interface changed largely.
48 Code updates, if any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
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51Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
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54- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
55- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them.
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58Major new features in 2.7 release
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61- New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more
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67All (GUI):
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69- wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
70 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
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71- Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
72 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
f4aa7ec3 73- Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse()
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75Unix Ports:
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77- Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
78 program (Francesco Montorsi)
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85All:
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87- Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
88- Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
89- Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
562f54a7 90- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal)
decae25e 91- Added reference counting for wxVariant
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92- For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
93 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet
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94- Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi)
95- Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi)
96- Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi)
97- wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi)
98- Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
99 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
100 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
101 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info
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103All (GUI):
104
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105- Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
106 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
72045d57 107- wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi)
c2709a3d 108- Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog
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109- Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
110- Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
28fdd8db 111- Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty()
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112- Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
113 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
114- wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
115 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
2e992e06 116- Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered()
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117- Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
118- Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi)
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120wxMSW:
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a0020fcd 123- wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
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124- Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
125 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
126 high-contrast theme).
f40ea601 127- Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky)
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131- Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
132 to the SDK.
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134wxGTK:
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136- Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
137- Setting cursor now works for all controls.
decae25e 138- Implemented right-to-left support
ae6a64b6 139- Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
78041f2e 140- Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp)
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142wxUniv:
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144- Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault()
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150All:
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152- Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
153- wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
154- Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
b83d533a 155- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
3af9f2de 156- Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
7f0d9d71 157- Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
b83d533a 158- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
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159- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
160- Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
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161- Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
162 during a search and replace.
163- Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
164 are both used in the same program.
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165- Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
166- wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
167- Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
168- Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
169- Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
170- Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
171- wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
172- Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
173- Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
2decc3bd 174- Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
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175- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
176- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
24f4fc23 177- wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
480abc8f 178- Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
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179- Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
180- Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
181- wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
182- Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
968f291b 183- The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
6fa9383b 184 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
968f291b 185 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
6fa9383b 186 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
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187- Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
188 the first time it was called.
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189- Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
190- Added wxString::EndsWith().
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191- wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
192 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
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193- Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
194- Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
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195- Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
196- Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
197- Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
198- Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
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201
3306aec1 202- New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
7f0d9d71 203- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
03a37db9 204- Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
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205- Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
206- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
207- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
208- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
209- Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
210- Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
211- Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
212- Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
213- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
5d7836c4 214- Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
f7c40316 215- wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
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216 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
217- wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
218- Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
219 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
220- Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
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221- All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
222 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
223 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
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224- Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
225 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
60104cba 226- wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
b83d533a 227- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
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228- Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
229 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
b83d533a 230- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
7f0d9d71 231- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
3d941982 232- Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
3c115835 233- Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
b83d533a 234 by Sandro Sigala).
f14d6dd1 235- Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
7dd40b6f 236- Added wxGetMouseState function.
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237- Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
238 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
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239- wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
240 best size.
d9170b47 241- wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
7f0d9d71 242- wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
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243- More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
244- Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
245- Added ability to use templates with static event tables
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246 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
247- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
a5fa20cb 248- Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
fd0d619f 249- Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
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250- Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
251 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
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252- Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
253- Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
254- Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
b83d533a 255- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
0f30d8e3 256- More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
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257- Added wxListBox::HitTest().
258- Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
894b93d3 259- Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
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260- Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
261 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
7f0d9d71 262- Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
40989e46 263- wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
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264- Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
265- Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
266- Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
267- Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
70934138 268- Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
6b8f5d30 269- Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
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270- Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
271- Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
d8766675 272- Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
3b2cb431 273- Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
9804d540 274- wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
07880314 275- Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
50f3c41d 276 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
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