4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
9 - wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
10 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
13 - wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
14 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
15 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
16 arrays containing non-pointers.
18 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
19 simply don't make sense for all objects
21 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
22 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
23 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
25 - wxCondition now must be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
26 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
27 unfortunately needed as the old class didn't behave correctly in all cases
29 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
34 - the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
35 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
36 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
38 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
39 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your codei
42 - wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
43 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
44 the occurences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
46 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
47 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
48 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
49 will *NOT* work any longer:
51 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
54 ... do something else ...
56 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
58 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
59 if you derived any classes from it
61 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
62 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
64 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
65 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
67 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
68 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
70 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
71 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
77 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
78 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
79 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
80 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
81 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
82 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
85 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
86 style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
89 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
90 previously selected one instead of replacing it
92 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
93 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
94 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
96 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
97 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
102 - You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
103 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
104 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
105 to compile pure C files.
116 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
117 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
118 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
119 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
120 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
121 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
122 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
123 after (non standard) STL hash_map
124 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
125 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
126 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
127 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
132 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
133 programs and not only GNU make
134 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
138 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
139 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
140 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
141 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
142 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
144 - significantly improved native font support
145 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
147 - added IFF image handler
148 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
149 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
150 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
151 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
152 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
153 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
154 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
155 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
156 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
157 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
158 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
159 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
163 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
164 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
165 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
166 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
167 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
168 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
169 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
170 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
172 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
173 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
174 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
175 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
177 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
178 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
179 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
180 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
181 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
182 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
186 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
187 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
188 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
189 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
190 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
191 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
192 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
193 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
194 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
196 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
200 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
201 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
202 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
203 - fixed alignment handling in tables
204 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
209 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
213 - wxRegEx class added
214 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
215 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
216 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
217 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
218 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
222 - support for virtual list control added
223 - column images in report mode of the list control
224 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
225 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
226 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
227 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
228 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
229 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
230 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
231 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
232 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
233 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
234 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
238 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
239 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
244 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
248 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
250 - added support for animated GIFs
258 - Fixed new charset detection code
259 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
260 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
261 - Added wxDir::Traverse
262 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
263 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
264 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
268 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
269 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
270 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
271 push on a custom event handler for example)
272 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
273 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
274 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
275 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
276 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
277 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
279 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
280 - Various wxXML enhancements
281 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
282 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
283 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
285 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
286 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
290 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
291 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
292 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
293 alt or shift) now work
294 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
295 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
296 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
297 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
298 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
299 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
300 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
301 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
302 - We now send iconize events
303 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
304 - Added mousewheel processing
305 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
306 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
308 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
309 child frame styles are honoured
313 - Fixed slider rounding bug
314 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
315 - We now send iconize events
316 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
317 GetSelection() results
324 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
325 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
326 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
327 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
328 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
329 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
330 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
331 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
332 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
333 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
337 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
338 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
339 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
340 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
341 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
342 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
343 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
344 wxImage methods and ctor)
345 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
346 - ODBC documentation complete!!
347 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
348 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
349 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
350 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
354 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
355 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
356 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
357 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
361 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
365 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
366 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
373 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
374 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
375 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
376 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
377 - Completed Czech translations
378 - Some stream corrections
379 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
380 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
381 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
382 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
386 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
387 flicker-free dragging is now possible
388 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
389 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
390 - Paper names now translated
392 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
393 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
394 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
395 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
397 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
398 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
400 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
401 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
402 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
403 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
407 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
408 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
409 backward compatibility, please set
410 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
411 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
412 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
413 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
414 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
415 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
416 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
417 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
418 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
419 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
420 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
421 - wxFrame restores focus better
422 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
423 frames anddialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
424 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
425 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
426 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
427 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
428 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
429 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
430 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
431 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
435 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
439 - Small compilation fixes
455 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
456 files. This works under VC++ only
457 - Modal dialog handling improved
458 - Printer dialog now modal
473 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
477 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
478 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
483 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
484 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
485 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
486 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
487 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
488 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
489 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
490 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
491 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
493 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
494 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
495 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
496 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
497 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
498 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
500 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
504 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
505 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
506 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu menagament
507 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
508 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
509 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
510 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
511 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
513 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
514 MIME types if available (Unix only)
515 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
516 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
517 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
518 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
519 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
520 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
521 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
522 for dealing with convertions between different encodings,
523 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
524 - wxDragImage class added
525 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
526 controllers, as well as native help
527 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
531 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
532 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
533 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
534 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
535 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
536 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
537 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
538 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
539 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
540 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
542 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
543 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
544 - wxSetCursorEvent added
548 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
549 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
550 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
554 - wxMenu::Enable works
555 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
556 - OGL samples made to work again
560 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
561 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
562 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
563 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
564 splitted into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
565 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
566 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
567 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
568 - added dynamic pushing/poping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
569 - improved HTML printing
570 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
571 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
572 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
573 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
576 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
579 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
580 -----------------------
584 - JPEG support added.
585 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
589 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
591 - JPEG support added.
592 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
593 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
594 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
601 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
604 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
605 -------------------------------
610 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
614 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
615 - Fixed window cursor setting.
616 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
617 - Some makefile fixes.
625 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
626 - More topic overviews.
627 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
628 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
629 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
632 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
633 --------------------------
637 - wxExecute improved.
641 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
643 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
644 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
645 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
646 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
647 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
648 - Fixed focus-related crash.
652 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
653 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
657 - wxLocale documented.
658 - Added include filenames to class reference.
659 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
660 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
661 (though doesn't display help yet).
663 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
664 --------------------------
668 - Miscellaneous fixes.
672 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
674 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
678 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
679 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
680 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
681 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
682 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
683 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
684 crashes for some reason).
685 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
686 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
690 - Further doc improvements.
691 - wxGenericValidator added.
692 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
695 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
696 -------------------------
700 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
701 - wxToolTip class added.
702 - Miscellaneous fixes.
706 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
707 - Makefiles for more compilers.
708 - TWIN32 support added.
709 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
710 factored out program/library settings.
711 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
715 - A few more colour fixes.
716 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
717 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
718 - wxChoice crash fix.
719 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
723 - wxBusyCursor class added.
725 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
734 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
738 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
740 - Cured some widget table clashes.
741 - Added thread support (Robert).
742 - wxPoem sample now works.
746 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
747 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
748 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
750 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
751 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
753 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
755 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
756 --------------------------
762 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
765 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
766 ----------------------------
770 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
771 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
772 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
773 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
774 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
776 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
777 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
782 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
783 without (permanently) resizing the window.
784 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
785 that disabled scrollbar paging.
786 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
788 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
789 when any button was pressed.
790 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
791 have a white background.
792 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
793 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
794 they have sensible colours by default.
795 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
796 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
797 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
798 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
799 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
801 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
802 ----------------------------
806 - More documentation updates, especially for
807 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
808 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
810 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
811 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
812 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
814 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
818 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
819 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
821 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
822 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
823 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
824 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
825 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
826 the debugging implementation.
827 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
828 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
829 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
830 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
831 - Added a parent-existance check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
832 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
833 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
835 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
837 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
838 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
839 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
840 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
841 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
842 - wxNotebook almost done.
843 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
844 to vertical toolbars).
848 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
850 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
851 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
852 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
854 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
855 ----------------------------
859 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
861 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
862 - A few more makefiles added.
863 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
864 - Further doc updates.
865 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
869 - First start at Motif port.
870 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
871 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
872 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
873 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
875 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
876 --------------------------
881 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
882 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
883 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
884 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
885 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
886 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
887 so event can travel up the window hierachy.
889 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
890 ------------------------
894 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
895 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
896 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
897 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
898 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
899 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
900 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
902 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
904 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
905 -----------------------
909 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
910 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
911 Windows functions, for efficiency.
912 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
913 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
915 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
916 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
918 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
919 -----------------------
923 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
924 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
926 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
927 -----------------------
931 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
932 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
934 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
935 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
936 wxMenuItem accessors.
937 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
938 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
939 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
940 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
941 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
942 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
943 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
944 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
945 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
946 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
947 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
948 first, then doing the assignment.
949 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
950 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
954 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
955 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
957 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
958 ----------------------
962 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
963 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
964 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
965 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
966 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
967 require application-supplied positioning code though.
968 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
969 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
970 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
972 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
973 ------------------------
977 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
979 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
980 compilation and pragmas.
981 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
982 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
986 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
987 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
988 compilation and pragmas.
989 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
991 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
992 ------------------------
996 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
997 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
999 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1000 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1001 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1002 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1004 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1005 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1006 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1008 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1009 compatibility functions.
1010 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1011 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1012 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1013 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1014 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1015 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1016 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1020 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1021 - Added samples/png.
1022 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1023 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1025 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1027 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1028 ------------------------
1032 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1033 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1034 cleaned up properly before exit.
1035 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1037 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1038 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1039 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1041 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1042 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1044 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1045 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1046 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1047 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1051 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1052 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1053 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1054 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1055 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1056 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1057 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1058 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1059 allow better control of memory.
1060 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1062 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1063 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1065 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1066 ------------------------
1070 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1071 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1072 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1073 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1074 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1075 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1076 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1077 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1078 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1079 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1080 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1081 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1083 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1084 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1085 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1086 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1087 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1088 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1089 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1090 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1091 internal implementation.
1092 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1093 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1094 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1098 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1099 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1100 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1101 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1102 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1104 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1105 --------------------------
1109 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1110 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1111 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1113 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1114 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1115 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1116 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1118 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1119 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1124 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1125 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1126 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1128 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1129 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1131 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1132 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1133 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1134 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1135 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1136 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1137 - Added gcc pragmas.
1138 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1139 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1140 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1141 added a few references to wxTransString.
1142 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1143 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1144 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1145 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1146 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1147 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1148 - Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1149 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1150 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1153 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1154 --------------------------
1158 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1159 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1160 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1161 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1162 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1163 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1164 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1165 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1166 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1167 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1168 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1170 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1171 to help printing with multiple pages.
1172 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1173 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1174 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1175 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1176 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1177 WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1178 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1179 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1180 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1181 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1182 New files from Vadim:
1188 src\common\string.cpp
1192 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1193 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1194 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1195 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1196 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1197 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1198 including changes to defs.h.
1199 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1201 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1203 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1204 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1206 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1208 Alpha 3, September 1997
1209 -----------------------
1213 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1214 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1215 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1216 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1217 - Started documentation.
1219 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1220 ------------------------
1224 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1225 with MetroWerks compiler.
1226 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1227 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1228 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1229 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1230 for testing purposes.
1231 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1233 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1234 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1236 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1237 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1240 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1241 -----------------------
1245 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1247 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1248 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1249 wxString instead of char *.
1250 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1251 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1252 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1253 as wxbWindow now removed.
1254 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1255 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1257 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1258 MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
1259 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1261 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1262 settings mucho rationalised.
1263 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1264 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1266 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1267 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1268 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1269 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1270 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1271 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1273 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1274 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1276 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1277 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1278 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1279 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1280 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1281 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1282 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1283 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1284 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1285 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1287 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1288 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1290 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1291 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1292 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1293 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1294 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1295 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1297 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1298 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1299 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1300 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1301 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1302 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).