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2 wxWidgets Change Log
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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5ec9d741 5INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.8.x
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7
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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!
51---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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71Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
72-----------------------------------------------------------
73
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74- WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
75 you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
76
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77- Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
78 longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
79 in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
80 code that depends on the result being wxChar.
81
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82- The value returned by wxString::c_str() cannot be casted to non-const char*
83 or wchar_t* anymore. The solution is to use newly added wxString methods
84 char_str() (which returns a buffer convertible to char*) or wchar_str()
85 (which returns a buffer convertible to wchar_t*). These methods are
86 available in wxWidgets 2.8 series beginning with 2.8.4 as well.
87
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88- The value returned by wxString::operator[] or wxString::iterator cannot be
89 used in switch statements anymore, because it's a class instance. Code like
90 this won't compile:
91 switch (str[i]) { ... }
92 and has to be replaced with this:
93 switch (str[i].GetValue()) { ... }
94
95- Return type of wxString::c_str() is now wxCStrData struct and not
96 const wxChar*. wxCStrData is implicitly convertible to const char* and
97 const wchar_t*, so this only presents a problem if the compiler cannot
98 convert the type. In particular, Borland C++ and DigitalMars compilers
99 don't correctly convert operator?: operands to the same type and fail with
100 compilation error instead. This can be worked around by explicitly casting
101 to const wxChar*:
102 wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
103
52de37c7 104- wxCtime() and wxAsctime() return char*; this is incompatible with Unicode
5bce3e6f 105 build in wxWidgets 2.8 that returned wchar_t*.
52de37c7 106
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107- DigitalMars compiler has a bug that prevents it from using
108 wxUniChar::operator bool in conditions and it erroneously reports type
109 conversion ambiguity in expressions such as this:
110 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); *p; ++p )
111 This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
112 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
113
d03dab2a 114- Virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
5bce3e6f 115
de34bb08 116- Functions that took wxChar* arguments that could by NULL in wxWidgets 2.8.
d38f70b2 117 are deprecated and passing NULL to them won't compile anymore, wxEmptyString
ab29bb87 118 must be used instead.
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120- wxTmemxxx() functions take either wxChar* or char*, not void*: use memxxx()
121 with void pointers.
122
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123- Removed insecure wxGets() and wxTmpnam() functions.
124
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125- Removed global GetLine() function from wx/protocol/protocol.h, use
126 wxProtocol::ReadLine() instead.
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128- wxVariant no longer derives from wxObject. wxVariantData also no longer
129 derives from wxObject; instead of using wxDynamicCast with wxVariantData you
130 can use the macro wxDynamicCastVariantData with the same arguments.
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132- wxWindow::Next/PrevControlId() don't exist any more as they can't be
133 implemented correctly any longer because automatically generated ids are not
134 necessarily allocated consecutively any more. Use GetChildren() to find the
135 next/previous control sibling instead.
136
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138Deprecated methods and their replacements
139-----------------------------------------
140
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142- wxString::GetWriteBuf() and UngetWriteBuf() deprecated, using wxStringBuffer
143 or wxStringBufferLength instead.
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144- wxDIRCTRL_SHOW_FILTERS style is deprecated, filters are alwsys shown if
145 specified so this style should simply be removed
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146- wxDocManager::MakeDefaultName() replaced by MakeNewDocumentName() and
147 wxDocument::GetPrintableName() with GetUserReadableName() which are simpler
148 to use
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149- wxXmlProperty class was renamed to wxXmlAttribute in order to use standard
150 terminology. Corresponding wxXmlNode methods were renamed to use
151 "Attribute" instead of "Property" or "Prop" in their names.
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154Major new features in this release
155----------------------------------
156
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1582.9.0
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160
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161All:
162
8575ff50 163- Added (experimental) IPv6 support to wxSocket (Arcen)
c0030ca7 164- Allow loading message catalogs from wxFileSystem (Axel Gembe)
6aaee6af 165- Added wxMessageQueue class for inter-thread communications
50c549b9 166- Use UTF-8 for Unicode data in wxIPC classes (Anders Larsen)
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167- Added support for user-defined types to wxConfig (Marcin Wojdyr).
168- Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi).
169- Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov).
170- Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev).
171- Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead().
172- Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz).
173- Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev).
174- Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev).
985acf87 175- Allow using wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski).
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176- Added functions for Base64 en/decoding (Charles Reimers).
177- Added support for binary data to wxConfig (Charles Reimers).
178- Added functions for atomically inc/decrementing integers (Armel Asselin).
30519b02 179- wxLogInterposer has been added to replace wxLogPassThrough and new
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180 wxLogInterposerTemp was added.
181- Added support for broadcasting to UDP sockets (Andrew Vincent).
182- Documentation now includes the wx library in which each class is defined.
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183- wxrc --gettext now generates references to source .xrc files (Heikki
184 Linnakangas).
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185- wxVariant::Unshare allows exclusive allocation of data that must be shared,
186 if the wxVariantData::Clone function is implemented.
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188All (Unix):
189
3cc305b2 190- Added wx-config --optional-libs command line option (John Labenski).
bd630206 191
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192All (GUI):
193
59396417 194- Added {wxTextCtrl,wxComboBox}::AutoComplete() and AutoCompleteFileNames()
3cc305b2 195- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty).
e36a1739 196- Added wxNotificationMessage class for non-intrusive notifications
376d7d97 197- Added wxWindow::Show/HideWithEffect()
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198- Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron).
199- Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse).
200- Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron).
201- Added wxMessageDialog::SetMessage() and SetExtendedMessage().
67d3fc49 202- Added wxListCtrl::Set/GetColumnsOrder() (Yury Voronov)
c1142003 203- Added wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars() (Julian Scheid)
8866abbb 204- Added wxMouseEvent::GetClickCount() (Julian Scheid)
4488a1d3 205- Added wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT background style (Julian Scheid)
86909f4c 206- Added XRCSIZERITEM() macro for obtaining sizers from XRC (Brian Vanderburg II)
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207- New and improved wxFileCtrl (Diaa Sami and Marcin Wojdyr)
208- Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
209- Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
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210- Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
211- Slovak translation added.
212- Fixed tab-related drawing and hit-testing bugs in wxRichTextCtrl.
213- Implemented background colour in wxRichTextCtrl.
214- Fixed crashes in helpview when opening a file.
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215- Set locale to the default in all ports, not just wxGTK.
216- Added wxJoystick::GetButtonState/Position() (Frank C Szczerba).
217- Added wxGridUpdateLocker helper class (Evgeniy Tarassov).
218- Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov).
219- Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate().
220- Add support for <data> tags to wxrc.
221- Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr).
222- Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi).
223- Added wxRect::operator+ (union) and * (intersection) (bdonner).
224- Added support for two auxiliary mouse buttons to wxMouseEvent (Chris Weiland).
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225- Added wxToolTip::SetAutoPop() and SetReshow() (Jan Knepper).
226- Added wxTaskBarIcon::Destroy().
227- Added XRC handler for wxSearchCtrl (Sander Berents).
228- Read image resolution from TIFF, JPEG and BMP images (Maycon Aparecido Gasoto).
229- Add support for reading alpha data from TIFF images.
230- Added wxSYS_DCLICK_TIME system metric constant (Arne Steinarson).
231- Added wxApp::Get/SetAppDisplayName() (Brian A. Vanderburg II).
232- Added wxWindow::GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser() (Arne Steinarson).
f73eddd2 233- Implemented wxTreeCtrl::GetPrevVisible() in the generic version and made the
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234 behaviour of GetNextSibling() consistent between wxMSW and generic versions.
235- Merged wxRichTextAttr and wxTextAttrEx into wxTextAttr, and added a font table
236 to wxRichTextBuffer to reduce wxFont consumption and increase performance.
624f89c2 237- Optimize wxGenericTreeCtrl::Collapse/ExpandAllChildren() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
ccee328e 238
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239wxGTK:
240
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241- Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi).
242- Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
243- Native keyboard navigation implementation.
244- Added wxCB_SORT support to wxComboBox (Evgeniy Tarassov).
245- Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa.
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246- Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText.
247- wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints size increments now work.
248- wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
249- wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
250- Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
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251- Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff).
252- Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option.
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254wxMac:
255
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256- Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls).
257- Added support for changing button labels in wxMessageDialog (Gareth Simpson).
258- Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs).
259- Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox).
260- Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz).
dff6cf57 261- Implement wxLocale::GetInfo() using CFLocale
4dd25308 262
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263wxMSW:
264
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265- Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
266- Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
3cc305b2 267- wxCheckListBox now looks more native, especially under XP (Marcin Malich).
1032aee2 268- Allow tooltips longer than 64 (up to 128) characters in wxTaskBarIcon
0a7b0229 269- Fix centering wxFileDialog
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271wxX11:
272
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273- Added mouse wheel support (David Hart).
274- Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart).
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278-----
279
280All (GUI):
281
282- Added wxWindow::GetNextSibling() and GetPrevSibling()
283
284
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286-----
287
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288All:
289
58b33f50 290- Fixed bug with default proxy destruction in wxURL (Axel Gembe).
ba1a5962 291
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292wxMSW:
293
294- Correct (harmless) warnings given for forward-declared DLL-exported classes
58b33f50 295 by mingw32 4.2 (Tim Stahlhut).
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297wxGTK:
298
299- Added gtk.window.force-background-colour wxSystemOptions option to work around
300 a background colour bug in the gtk-qt theme under KDE.
58b33f50 301- Implemented wxGetClientDisplayRect() correctly for wxGTK and X11-based ports.
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303
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306
307All:
308
309- Fixed another bug in wxFileConfig when deleting entries (Axel Gembe)
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310- Added Portuguese translation (Antonio Cardoso Martins)
311
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315
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316All (GUI):
317
c253e005 318- Added colour normalization to PNM image handler (Ray Johnston)
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319- Fixed selecting part of word from right to left in wxHTML (Michael Hieke)
320- Selecting text in wxHTML with character precision was made easier, it's
321 enough to select half of a character (Michael Hieke)
322- Significantly improved startup times of XRC-based applications using
323 embedded resources on Unix (requires resources recompilation)
eb86e775 324- Fixed freeing of "static" alpha data in wxImage (Axel Gembe)
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325- Don't invalidate the font in SetNativeFontInfo[Desc]() if the string is
326 invalid, to conform to the documented behaviour (Langhammer)
0200fb27 327- Fixed wxXPMHandler::SaveFile for images with more than 92 colors.
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329wxMSW:
330
94dd2287 331- Correct problem with page setup dialog when using landscape mode
66160760 332- Added msw.font.no-proof-quality system option, see manual for description
b013c971 333- Fix appearance of notebook with non-top tabs under Windows Vista
d4762753 334- Fixed bug with symbol resolving in wxStackWalker (Axel Gembe)
46753a7c 335- Fixed showing busy cursor for disabled windows and during wxExecute()
c70557da 336- Set the string of wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLED events (Luca Cappa)
48271822 337- Fix problems with timers on SMP machines in wxAnimationCtrl (Gennady)
66160760 338
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339wxGTK:
340
d6a41cc7 341- Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
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342- More work on setting defaults in GNOME print dialogs.
343- Also made landscape printing work as per wxMSW.
344- Add support for clipping in GNOME print backend.
345- Speed up wxBitmap::Rescale()
346- Add right button event for wxToolbar's tools (Tim Kosse)
1c871fe2 347- Don't unconditionally add wxCAPTION style to wxMiniFrame
0a904ed2 348- Generate wxEVT_COMMAND_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT event even if label didn't change
85866f52 349- Fix WX_GL_STEREO attribute handling (Tristan Mehamli)
a07bf2d0 350- Fix wxThread::SetPriority() when the thread is running (Christos Gourdoupis)
5f77ee3b 351- Fixed off by 1 bug in wxDC::GradientFillLinear() (Tim Kosse)
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353
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356
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357All:
358
359- Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
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360- Fix wxStringOutputStream::Write() in Unicode build when the argument
361 overlaps UTF-8 characters boundary
8bdc8a9c 362- Account for lines without newline at the end in wxExecute()
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364All (Unix):
365
366- Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
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368All (GUI):
369
370- Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
781130bf 371- Fix memory leak in wxWizard when not using sizers for the page layout
9fcd0bf7 372- Added wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData()
884898a7 373- wxHTML: Apply table background colour between the cells too (Michael Hieke)
f4854380 374
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375wxMSW:
376
377- Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:
378 it didn't respect font size nor background colour then (Juan Antonio Ortega)
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379- Don't lose combobox text when it's opened and closed (Kolya Kosenko)
380- Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
b40bf35c 381- Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
61053de4 382- Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3
223b7504 383- Support right-aligned/centered owner drawn items in wxListCtrl (troelsk)
61053de4 384- Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0
721d1838 385- Fix wxComboCtrl colours under Windows Vista (Kolya Kosenko)
b40bf35c 386
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387wxGTK:
388
61053de4 389- Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
378b042b 390- Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)
5440a04f 391- Fix wxTextCtrl::GetLineText() for empty lines (Marcin Wojdyr)
378b042b 392
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393wxMac:
394
395- Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND) (Adrian Secord)
396
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397wxUniv:
398
399- Fix wxTextCtrl::SetSelection(-1, -1) to behave as documented (Anders Larsen)
75a788ee 400- Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND)
3b6c95eb 401- Fix setting background colour for controls with transparent background
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406
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408
409- Shut down the sockets gracefully (Sergio Aguayo)
9076e56d 410- Fix extra indentation in wxHTML_ALIGN_JUSTIFY display (Chacal)
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412wxMac:
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414- Corrected top border size for wxStaticBox with empty label (nusi)
415
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416wxMSW:
417
418- Fixed wxFileName::GetSize() for large files
419
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421
422- Fixed handling of accelerators using PageUp/Down keys
423
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427
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429
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430- Added wxSizerFlags::Shaped() and FixedMinSize() methods.
431- Added wxCSConv::IsOk() (Manuel Martin).
432- Added wxDateTime::GetDateOnly().
433- Made wxTextFile work with unseekable files again (David Hart).
434- Added wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR flag to wxFileConfig (Giuseppe Bilotta).
435- Added wxSearchCtrl::[Get|Set]DescriptiveText.
85bf679a 436- Fixed detection of number of processors under Linux 2.6
886f61ca 437- Fixed Base64 computation in wxHTTP (p_michalczyk)
28bf2f3c 438- Fix handling of wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR in wxDatagramSocket (troelsk)
d95527de 439
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441
442- Fixed crash in wxGetUserName() in Unicode build
443
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445
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446- Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus.
447- Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items.
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449wxGTK
450
451- Fix hang on startup when using GTK+ options in Unicode build
452
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454
0d045709 455- Fix position of the centered windows (didn't take menu bar size into account)
13dd765c 456- Added support for the wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style.
a0232aa5 457
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459
13dd765c 460- Don't crash in wxWindow dtor if the window hadn't been really Create()d.
3aba082d 461
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463
13dd765c 464- Fixed wxComboBox always sorted.
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469
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471
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472- Fix compilation with wxUSE_STL=1.
473- wxGrid::GetBestSize() returns same size the grid would have after AutoSize().
474- Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() (Francesco Montorsi).
475- Several RTL-related positioning fixes (Diaa Sami).
476- Fix wxConfig::DeleteGroup() for arguments with trailing slash (David Hart).
477- Fix memory leak in wxGrid::ShowCellEditControl() (Christian Sturmlechner).
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480
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481- Fixed compilation with Borland C++ in Unicode mode but without MSLU.
482- Show taskbar icon menu on right button release, not press.
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485
13dd765c 486- Don't crash if command line is not valid UTF-8 (Unicode build only).
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489
13dd765c 490- It is now possible to set background colour of wxStaticText.
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496All:
497
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498- Added wxSearchCtrl (Vince Harron).
499- wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32.
500- wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents.
bc2ce7a5 501- Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
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502- New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
503 a stream that is seekable.
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504- Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows.
505- Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize().
506 for a control with borders (Tim Kosse).
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509
bc2ce7a5 510- Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
a7734bdf 511- Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
13dd765c 512- Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista.
a7734bdf 513- Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
a7734bdf 514
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515wxGTK:
516
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517- Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles.
518- Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure.
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523
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524All:
525
526- Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
049e9de7 527- Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
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528- Added wxTar streams.
529- Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
bc2ce7a5 530- Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
f8f6c91a 531
0ec8d8f7 532All (GUI):
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534- wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
535 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
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536- Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
537 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
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538- Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
539- Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
540- Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
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541- Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
542 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
543 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
544- Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
545 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
546 formatting.
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547- Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
548- Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
0f11c233 549- wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
bc2ce7a5 550- wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
432efcb0 551
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552Unix Ports:
553
554- Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
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555 program (Francesco Montorsi).
556
557wxGTK:
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4ff4d045 559- More RTL work.
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560- Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
561- Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
562 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
96202eaa 563- wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
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565
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568
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569All:
570
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571- Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
572- Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
573- Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
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574- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
575- Added reference counting for wxVariant.
b7cacb43 576- For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
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577 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
578- Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
579- Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
580- Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
581- wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
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582- Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
583 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
584 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
049e9de7 585 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
d1af8e2d 586
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587All (GUI):
588
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589- Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
590 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
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591- wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
592- Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
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593- Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
594- Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
049e9de7 595- Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
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596- Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
597 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
598- wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
599 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
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600- Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
601- Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
602- Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
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604wxMSW:
605
3306aec1 606- Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
a0020fcd 607- wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
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608- Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
609 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
610 high-contrast theme).
049e9de7 611- Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
916eecaa 612
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614
615- Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
616 to the SDK.
617
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618wxGTK:
619
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620- Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
621- Setting cursor now works for all controls.
049e9de7 622- Implemented right-to-left support.
ae6a64b6 623- Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
049e9de7 624- Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
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627
049e9de7 628- Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
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635
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636- Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
637- wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
638- Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
b83d533a 639- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
3af9f2de 640- Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
7f0d9d71 641- Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
b83d533a 642- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
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643- Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
644- Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
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645- Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
646 during a search and replace.
647- Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
648 are both used in the same program.
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649- Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
650- wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
651- Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
652- Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
653- Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
654- Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
655- wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
656- Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
657- Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
2decc3bd 658- Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
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659- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
660- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
24f4fc23 661- wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
480abc8f 662- Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
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663- Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
664- Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
665- wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
666- Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
968f291b 667- The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
6fa9383b 668 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
968f291b 669 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
6fa9383b 670 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
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671- Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
672 the first time it was called.
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673- Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
674- Added wxString::EndsWith().
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675- wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
676 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
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677- Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
678- Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
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679- Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
680- Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
681- Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
682- Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
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685
3306aec1 686- New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
7f0d9d71 687- Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
03a37db9 688- Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
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689- Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
690- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
691- Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
692- Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
693- Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
694- Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
695- Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
696- Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
697- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
5d7836c4 698- Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
f7c40316 699- wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
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701- wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
702- Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
703 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
704- Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
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705- All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
706 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
707 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
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708- Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
709 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
60104cba 710- wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
b83d533a 711- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
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712- Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
713 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
b83d533a 714- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
7f0d9d71 715- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
3d941982 716- Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
3c115835 717- Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
b83d533a 718 by Sandro Sigala).
f14d6dd1 719- Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
7dd40b6f 720- Added wxGetMouseState function.
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721- Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
722 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
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723- wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
724 best size.
d9170b47 725- wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
7f0d9d71 726- wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
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727- More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
728- Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
729- Added ability to use templates with static event tables
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730 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
731- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
a5fa20cb 732- Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
fd0d619f 733- Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
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734- Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
735 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
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736- Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
737- Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
738- Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
b83d533a 739- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
0f30d8e3 740- More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
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741- Added wxListBox::HitTest().
742- Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
894b93d3 743- Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
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744- Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
745 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
7f0d9d71 746- Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
40989e46 747- wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
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748- Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
749- Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
750- Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
751- Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
70934138 752- Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
6b8f5d30 753- Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
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754- Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
755- Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
d8766675 756- Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
3b2cb431 757- Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
9804d540 758- wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
07880314 759- Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
50f3c41d 760 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
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