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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
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8 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
18 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
19 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
20 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
21 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
22 - added wxArray::SetCount()
23 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
24 by default in Unicode mode
25 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
26 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
27 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
28 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
29 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
33 - added Watcom makefiles
34 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
38 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
39 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
40 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
41 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
42 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
43 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
44 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
45 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
46 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
47 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
48 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
49 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
50 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
51 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
52 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
53 - changed to type-safe wxSizerItemList for wxSizer child items
55 wxSizer::Remove( wxWindow* )
56 - it does not function as Remove would usually be expected to
57 and destroy the window, use Detach instead
60 - wxSizer 'option' parameter was renamed 'proportion' to better
61 reflect its action, use Get/SetProportion instead
63 - use GetKeyCode instead
64 wxList:: Number, First, Last, Nth
65 - use typesafe GetCount, GetFirst, GetLast, Item instead
66 wxNode:: Next, Previous, Data
67 - use typesafe Get* instead
68 wxListBase::operator wxList&()
69 - use typesafe lists instead
70 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so
72 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
73 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
74 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
75 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
76 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
77 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
78 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
79 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
80 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
81 default extension for the template
82 - Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
83 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
84 - Wizard now validates as well as doing data transfer when
86 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
90 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
91 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
92 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
96 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
97 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
98 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
99 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
100 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
101 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
102 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
103 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
104 be appended to filenames with no extension
105 - added SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
109 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
110 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
111 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
112 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
113 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
114 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
115 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
116 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
117 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
118 - all libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix
119 (for MinGW and Cygwin)
120 - When using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported - added
122 - A wxEvtHandler object was not removed from wxPendingEvents on deletion.
123 wxPendingEventsLocker was being deleted in App before all wxEvtHandler
124 objects have been destroyed resulting in stale handler/lock
126 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
127 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
128 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
129 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
130 - Improved border handling so it no longer shows a thin and
131 sunken border under XP
132 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
133 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
134 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
135 Proper XP theme support is planned for 2.6
136 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles
137 if the version of CommCtl doesn't support it (XP)
141 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
142 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
143 documentation for a detailed explanation
144 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
145 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
146 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
147 with Motif 1.x compatibility
148 - implemented wxToggleButton
149 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
150 instead of a sunken border
151 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
152 - finished wxClipboard implementation
156 - controls in toolbars now supported
160 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
161 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
162 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
163 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
169 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
170 ================================
172 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
173 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
174 with '!' in the first column.
176 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
177 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
178 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
179 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
182 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
183 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
184 (see the documentation) useful.
189 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
190 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
193 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
194 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
195 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
196 arrays containing non-pointers.
198 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
199 simply don't make sense for all objects
201 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
202 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
203 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
205 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
207 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
208 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
209 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
210 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
211 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
213 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
214 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
215 the default assert handling.
219 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
220 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
221 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
223 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
224 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
227 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
228 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
229 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
231 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
232 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
233 you want to get OnChar() as well
235 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
236 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
237 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
239 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
240 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
241 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
242 will *NOT* work any longer:
244 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
247 ... do something else ...
249 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
250 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
253 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
255 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
256 if you derived any classes from it
258 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
259 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
261 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
262 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
264 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
265 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
267 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
268 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
271 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
272 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
273 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
275 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
276 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
277 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
278 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
282 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
283 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
284 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
285 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
286 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
287 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
288 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
289 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
290 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
291 is only present for the DLLs builds.
293 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
296 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
297 previously selected one instead of replacing it
299 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
300 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
301 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
303 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
304 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
309 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
310 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
311 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
312 to compile pure C files.
315 wxThread and related classes:
317 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
318 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
319 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
320 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
322 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
323 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
324 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
325 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
327 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
328 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
329 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
331 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
332 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
343 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
350 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
351 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
352 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
356 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
357 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
358 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
361 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
362 - Addition of native frame site grip.
365 - Unicode support through Pango library.
369 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
370 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
374 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
381 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
382 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
383 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
384 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
385 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
386 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
387 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
388 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
389 after (non standard) STL hash_map
390 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
391 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
392 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
393 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
394 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
395 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
396 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
400 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
401 programs and not only GNU make
402 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
403 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
404 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
405 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
406 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
410 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
411 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
412 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
413 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
414 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
416 - significantly improved native font support
417 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
419 - added IFF image handler
420 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
421 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
422 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
423 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
424 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
425 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
426 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
427 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
428 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
429 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
430 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
431 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
432 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
433 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
434 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
435 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
436 - wxMessageOutput class added
437 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
438 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
440 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
441 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
442 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
443 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
445 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
446 whether a label edit was cancelled.
447 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
452 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
453 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
454 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
455 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
456 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
457 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
458 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
459 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
460 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
461 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
463 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
464 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
465 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
466 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
467 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
468 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
469 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
471 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
472 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
473 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
474 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
475 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
476 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
477 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
478 has the capture before release it.
479 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
480 - default button handling is now closer to expected
481 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
482 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
483 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
484 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
485 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
486 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
487 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
488 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
489 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
490 provided in wxFontData
491 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
492 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
496 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
497 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
498 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
499 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
500 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
501 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
502 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
503 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
504 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
505 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
506 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
507 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
508 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
512 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
513 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
514 - improved toolbar control alignment
515 - implemented wxSpinButton
516 - implemented wxCheckListBox
517 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
518 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
522 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
523 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
531 - First alpha-quality release
535 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
536 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
537 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
538 - fixed alignment handling in tables
539 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
544 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
548 - wxRegEx class added
549 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
550 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
551 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
552 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
553 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
557 - support for virtual list control added
558 - column images in report mode of the list control
559 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
560 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
561 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
562 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
563 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
564 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
565 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
566 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
567 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
568 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
569 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
570 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
574 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
575 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
580 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
581 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
582 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
583 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
587 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
592 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
594 - added support for animated GIFs
602 - Fixed new charset detection code
603 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
604 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
605 - Added wxDir::Traverse
606 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
607 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
608 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
612 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
613 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
614 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
615 push on a custom event handler for example)
616 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
617 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
618 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
619 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
620 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
621 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
623 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
624 - Various wxXML enhancements
625 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
626 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
627 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
629 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
630 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
634 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
635 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
636 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
637 alt or shift) now work
638 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
639 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
640 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
641 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
642 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
643 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
644 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
645 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
646 - We now send iconize events
647 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
648 - Added mousewheel processing
649 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
650 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
652 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
653 child frame styles are honoured
657 - Fixed slider rounding bug
658 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
659 - We now send iconize events
660 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
661 GetSelection() results
668 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
669 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
670 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
671 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
672 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
673 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
674 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
675 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
676 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
677 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
681 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
682 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
683 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
684 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
685 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
686 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
687 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
688 wxImage methods and ctor)
689 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
690 - ODBC documentation complete!!
691 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
692 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
693 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
694 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
698 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
699 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
700 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
701 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
705 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
709 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
710 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
717 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
718 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
719 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
720 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
721 - Completed Czech translations
722 - Some stream corrections
723 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
724 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
725 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
726 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
730 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
731 flicker-free dragging is now possible
732 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
733 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
734 - Paper names now translated
736 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
737 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
738 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
739 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
741 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
742 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
744 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
745 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
746 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
747 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
751 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
752 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
753 backward compatibility, please set
754 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
755 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
756 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
757 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
758 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
759 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
760 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
761 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
762 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
763 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
764 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
765 - wxFrame restores focus better
766 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
767 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
768 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
769 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
770 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
771 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
772 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
773 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
774 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
775 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
779 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
783 - Small compilation fixes
799 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
800 files. This works under VC++ only
801 - Modal dialog handling improved
802 - Printer dialog now modal
817 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
821 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
822 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
827 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
828 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
829 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
830 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
831 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
832 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
833 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
834 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
835 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
837 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
838 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
839 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
840 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
841 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
842 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
844 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
848 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
849 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
850 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
851 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
852 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
853 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
854 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
855 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
857 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
858 MIME types if available (Unix only)
859 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
860 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
861 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
862 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
863 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
864 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
865 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
866 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
867 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
868 - wxDragImage class added
869 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
870 controllers, as well as native help
871 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
875 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
876 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
877 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
878 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
879 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
880 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
881 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
882 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
883 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
884 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
886 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
887 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
888 - wxSetCursorEvent added
892 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
893 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
894 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
898 - wxMenu::Enable works
899 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
900 - OGL samples made to work again
904 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
905 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
906 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
907 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
908 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
909 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
910 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
911 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
912 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
913 - improved HTML printing
914 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
915 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
916 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
917 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
920 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
923 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
924 -----------------------
928 - JPEG support added.
929 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
933 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
935 - JPEG support added.
936 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
937 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
938 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
945 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
948 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
949 -------------------------------
954 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
958 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
959 - Fixed window cursor setting.
960 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
961 - Some makefile fixes.
969 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
970 - More topic overviews.
971 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
972 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
973 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
976 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
977 --------------------------
981 - wxExecute improved.
985 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
987 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
988 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
989 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
990 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
991 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
992 - Fixed focus-related crash.
996 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
997 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1001 - wxLocale documented.
1002 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1003 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1004 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1005 (though doesn't display help yet).
1007 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1008 --------------------------
1012 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1016 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1018 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1022 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1023 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1024 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1025 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1026 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1027 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1028 crashes for some reason).
1029 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1030 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1034 - Further doc improvements.
1035 - wxGenericValidator added.
1036 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1039 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1040 -------------------------
1044 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1045 - wxToolTip class added.
1046 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1050 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1051 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1052 - TWIN32 support added.
1053 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1054 factored out program/library settings.
1055 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1059 - A few more colour fixes.
1060 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1061 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1062 - wxChoice crash fix.
1063 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1067 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1068 - Added samples/dde.
1069 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1071 Beta 2, January 1999
1072 --------------------
1078 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1082 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1084 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1085 - Added thread support (Robert).
1086 - wxPoem sample now works.
1090 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1091 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1092 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1094 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1095 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1097 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1099 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1100 --------------------------
1106 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1109 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1110 ----------------------------
1114 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1115 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1116 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1117 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1118 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1120 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1121 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1126 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1127 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1128 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1129 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1130 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1132 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1133 when any button was pressed.
1134 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1135 have a white background.
1136 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1137 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1138 they have sensible colours by default.
1139 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1140 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1141 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1142 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1143 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1145 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1146 ----------------------------
1150 - More documentation updates, especially for
1151 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1152 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1154 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1155 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1156 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1158 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1162 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1163 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1165 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1166 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1167 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1168 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1169 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1170 the debugging implementation.
1171 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1172 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1173 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1174 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1175 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1176 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1177 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1179 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1181 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1182 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1183 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1184 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1185 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1186 - wxNotebook almost done.
1187 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1188 to vertical toolbars).
1192 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1194 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1195 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1196 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1198 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1199 ----------------------------
1203 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1205 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1206 - A few more makefiles added.
1207 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1208 - Further doc updates.
1209 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1213 - First start at Motif port.
1214 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1215 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1216 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1217 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1219 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1220 --------------------------
1224 - wxBitmap debugged.
1225 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1226 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1227 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1228 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1229 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1230 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1231 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1233 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1234 ------------------------
1238 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1239 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1240 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1241 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1242 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1243 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1244 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1245 changes, wxNotebook.
1246 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1248 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1249 -----------------------
1253 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1254 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1255 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1256 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1257 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1259 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1260 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1262 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1263 -----------------------
1267 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1268 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1270 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1271 -----------------------
1275 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1276 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1278 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1279 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1280 wxMenuItem accessors.
1281 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1282 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1283 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1284 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1285 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1286 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1287 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1288 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1289 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1290 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1291 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1292 first, then doing the assignment.
1293 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1294 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1298 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1299 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1301 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1302 ----------------------
1306 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1307 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1308 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1309 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1310 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1311 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1312 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1313 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1314 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1316 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1317 ------------------------
1321 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1323 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1324 compilation and pragmas.
1325 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1326 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1330 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1331 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1332 compilation and pragmas.
1333 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1335 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1336 ------------------------
1340 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1341 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1343 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1344 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1345 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1346 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1348 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1349 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1350 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1352 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1353 compatibility functions.
1354 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1355 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1356 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1357 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1358 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1359 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1360 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1364 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1365 - Added samples/png.
1366 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1367 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1369 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1371 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1372 ------------------------
1376 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1377 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1378 cleaned up properly before exit.
1379 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1381 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1382 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1383 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1385 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1386 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1388 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1389 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1390 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1391 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1395 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1396 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1397 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1398 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1399 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1400 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1401 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1402 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1403 allow better control of memory.
1404 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1406 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1407 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1409 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1410 ------------------------
1414 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1415 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1416 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1417 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1418 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1419 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1420 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1421 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1422 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1423 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1424 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1425 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1427 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1428 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1429 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1430 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1431 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1432 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1433 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1434 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1435 internal implementation.
1436 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1437 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1438 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1442 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1443 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1444 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1445 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1446 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1448 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1449 --------------------------
1453 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1454 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1455 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1457 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1458 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1459 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1460 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1462 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1463 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1468 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1469 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1470 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1472 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1473 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1475 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1476 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1477 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1478 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1479 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1480 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1481 - Added gcc pragmas.
1482 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1483 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1484 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1485 added a few references to wxTransString.
1486 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1487 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1488 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1489 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1490 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1491 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1492 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1493 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1494 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1497 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1498 --------------------------
1502 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1503 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1504 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1505 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1506 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1507 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1508 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1509 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1510 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1511 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1512 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1514 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1515 to help printing with multiple pages.
1516 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1517 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1518 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1519 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1520 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1521 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1522 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1523 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1524 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1525 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1526 New files from Vadim:
1532 src\common\string.cpp
1536 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1537 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1538 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1539 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1540 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1541 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1542 including changes to defs.h.
1543 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1545 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1547 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1548 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1550 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1552 Alpha 3, September 1997
1553 -----------------------
1557 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1558 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1559 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1560 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1561 - Started documentation.
1563 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1564 ------------------------
1568 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1569 with MetroWerks compiler.
1570 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1571 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1572 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1573 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1574 for testing purposes.
1575 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1577 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1578 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1580 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1581 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1584 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1585 -----------------------
1589 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1591 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1592 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1593 wxString instead of char *.
1594 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1595 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1596 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1597 as wxbWindow now removed.
1598 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1599 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1601 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1602 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1603 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1605 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1606 settings mucho rationalised.
1607 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1608 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1610 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1611 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1612 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1613 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1614 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1615 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1617 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1618 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1620 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1621 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1622 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1623 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1624 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1625 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1626 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1627 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1628 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1629 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1631 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1632 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1634 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1635 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1636 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1637 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1638 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1639 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1641 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1642 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1643 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1644 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1645 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1646 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).