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2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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10 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
11 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
12 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
13 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
14 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
15 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
16 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
17 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
18 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars
19 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
20 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
21 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
22 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
23 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell)
24 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
25 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
26 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
27 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
28 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
29 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
30 printing stuff in the GTK port.
34 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
35 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
36 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
37 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
38 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
39 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
40 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
41 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
42 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
46 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
50 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
51 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
52 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
53 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
54 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
55 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
56 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
57 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
58 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
59 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
60 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
61 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
62 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
67 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
68 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
72 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
73 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
74 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
77 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
78 but not mentioned anywhere.
82 - wxBU_... button align flags support
83 - vertical notebook orientation support
84 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
85 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
93 - support for huge (>2 Gb) files (Tim Kosse)
94 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
95 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
96 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
97 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
98 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
99 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
100 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
101 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
102 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
103 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
104 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
105 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
106 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
107 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
108 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
112 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
113 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
114 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
116 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
117 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
118 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
119 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
120 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
121 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
122 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
123 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
124 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
125 - added samples/splash
126 - added support for stock buttons
127 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
128 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
129 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
130 - added wxChoicebook control
131 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
132 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
133 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
134 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
135 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
136 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
137 supported, instead of zero.
141 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
142 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
143 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
144 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
145 - wx-config has new --version-full option
149 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
150 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
151 - Tooltips now supported
152 - wxSound now supported
153 - wxDisplay now supported
154 - Some stock cursors now supported
158 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
159 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
160 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
161 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
165 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
166 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
167 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
168 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
169 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
170 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
171 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
172 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
173 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
174 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
175 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
176 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
177 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
178 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
179 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
180 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
181 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
182 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
183 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
187 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
191 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
192 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
193 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
194 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
195 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
196 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
197 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
198 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
199 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
200 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
201 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
202 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
203 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
204 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
208 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
212 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
213 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
214 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
215 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
219 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
220 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
228 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
229 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
230 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
231 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
233 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
234 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
235 to forward declare these classes.
239 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
240 resulting in much better display of scaled images
241 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
242 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
243 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
244 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
245 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
246 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
247 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
248 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
249 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
250 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
251 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
252 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
253 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
257 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
258 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
259 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
260 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
261 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
262 even try to do it by default -- now it does
263 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
264 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
265 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
266 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
267 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
268 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
272 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
276 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
277 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
278 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
279 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
283 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
287 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
288 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
292 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
293 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
297 - Full Unicode support is now available
298 - BLOB support is working
306 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
307 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
308 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
309 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
310 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
311 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
312 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
313 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
314 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
315 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
316 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
317 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
318 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
320 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
321 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
322 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
323 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
324 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
325 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
326 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
327 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
328 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
329 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
330 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
331 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
335 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
336 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
337 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
338 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
339 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
340 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
341 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
342 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
343 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
344 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
345 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
346 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
347 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
348 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
349 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
350 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
351 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
352 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
353 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
354 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
355 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
356 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
357 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
358 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
359 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
360 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
364 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
365 - fixed DDE memory leaks
366 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
367 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
368 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
369 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
370 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
371 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
372 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
373 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
374 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
375 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
376 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
377 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
378 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
379 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
380 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
381 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
382 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
383 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
384 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
385 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
386 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
387 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
388 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
389 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
390 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
391 than the specified default size
392 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
396 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
397 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
398 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
399 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
400 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
401 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
402 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
403 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
404 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
408 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
409 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
410 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
411 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
415 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
419 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
420 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
424 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
425 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
426 addition to existing OSS one
427 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
435 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
436 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
437 separately compiled library
438 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
439 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
440 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
441 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
442 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
443 - added wxArray::SetCount()
444 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
445 by default in Unicode mode
446 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
447 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
448 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
449 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
450 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
451 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
452 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
453 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
454 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
455 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
456 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
457 - added wxRecursionGuard class
458 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
459 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
460 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
461 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
462 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
463 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
464 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
465 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
469 - added Watcom makefiles
470 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
474 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
475 - added wxListbook control
476 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
477 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
478 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
479 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
480 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
481 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
482 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
483 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
484 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
485 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
486 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
487 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
488 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
489 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
490 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
491 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
492 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
493 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
494 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
495 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
496 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
497 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
498 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
499 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
500 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
501 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
502 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
503 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
504 default extension for the template
505 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
506 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
507 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
508 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
509 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
510 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
511 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
512 to allow better rich text support.
513 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
514 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
515 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
516 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
517 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
518 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
519 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
520 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
521 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
522 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
523 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
524 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
525 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
526 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
527 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
528 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
529 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
530 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
531 - added wxMirrorDC class
532 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
533 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
534 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
535 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
536 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
537 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
542 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
543 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
544 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
545 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
546 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
550 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
551 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
552 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
553 to contrib/src/deprecated
557 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
558 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
559 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
560 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
561 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
562 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
563 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
564 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
565 be appended to filenames with no extension
566 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
567 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
568 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
569 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
573 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
574 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
578 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
579 - added wxCrashReport
580 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
581 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
582 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
583 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
584 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
585 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
586 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
587 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
588 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
589 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
590 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
591 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
592 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
593 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
594 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
595 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
596 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
597 - improved border handling under Windows XP
598 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
599 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
600 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
601 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
602 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
603 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
604 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
608 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
609 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
610 documentation for a detailed explanation
611 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
612 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
613 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
614 with Motif 1.x compatibility
615 - implemented wxToggleButton
616 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
617 instead of a sunken border
618 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
619 - finished wxClipboard implementation
623 - controls in toolbars now supported
627 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
628 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
629 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
630 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
631 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
637 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
638 ================================
640 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
641 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
642 with '!' in the first column.
644 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
645 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
646 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
647 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
650 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
651 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
652 (see the documentation) useful.
657 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
658 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
661 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
662 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
663 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
664 arrays containing non-pointers.
666 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
667 simply don't make sense for all objects
669 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
670 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
671 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
673 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
675 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
676 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
677 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
678 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
679 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
681 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
682 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
683 the default assert handling.
687 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
688 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
689 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
691 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
692 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
695 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
696 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
697 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
699 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
700 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
701 you want to get OnChar() as well
703 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
704 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
705 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
707 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
708 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
709 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
710 will *NOT* work any longer:
712 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
715 ... do something else ...
717 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
718 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
721 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
723 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
724 if you derived any classes from it
726 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
727 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
729 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
730 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
732 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
733 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
735 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
736 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
739 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
740 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
741 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
743 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
744 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
745 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
746 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
750 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
751 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
752 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
753 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
754 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
755 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
756 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
757 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
758 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
759 is only present for the DLLs builds.
761 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
764 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
765 previously selected one instead of replacing it
767 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
768 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
769 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
771 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
772 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
777 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
778 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
779 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
780 to compile pure C files.
783 wxThread and related classes:
785 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
786 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
787 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
788 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
790 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
791 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
792 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
793 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
795 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
796 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
797 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
799 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
800 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
811 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
818 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
819 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
820 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
824 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
825 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
826 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
829 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
830 - Addition of native frame site grip.
833 - Unicode support through Pango library.
837 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
838 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
842 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
849 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
850 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
851 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
852 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
853 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
854 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
855 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
856 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
857 after (non standard) STL hash_map
858 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
859 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
860 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
861 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
862 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
863 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
864 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
868 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
869 programs and not only GNU make
870 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
871 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
872 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
873 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
874 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
878 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
879 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
880 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
881 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
882 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
884 - significantly improved native font support
885 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
887 - added IFF image handler
888 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
889 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
890 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
891 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
892 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
893 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
894 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
895 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
896 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
897 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
898 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
899 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
900 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
901 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
902 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
903 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
904 - wxMessageOutput class added
905 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
906 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
908 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
909 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
910 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
911 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
913 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
914 whether a label edit was cancelled.
915 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
919 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
920 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
921 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
922 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
923 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
924 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
925 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
926 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
927 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
928 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
930 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
931 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
932 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
933 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
934 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
935 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
936 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
938 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
939 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
940 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
941 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
942 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
943 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
944 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
945 has the capture before release it.
946 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
947 - default button handling is now closer to expected
948 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
949 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
950 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
951 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
952 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
953 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
954 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
955 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
956 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
957 provided in wxFontData
958 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
959 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
963 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
964 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
965 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
966 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
967 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
968 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
969 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
970 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
971 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
972 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
973 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
974 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
975 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
979 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
980 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
981 - improved toolbar control alignment
982 - implemented wxSpinButton
983 - implemented wxCheckListBox
984 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
985 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
989 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
990 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
998 - First alpha-quality release
1002 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1003 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1004 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1005 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1006 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1011 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1015 - wxRegEx class added
1016 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1017 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1018 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1019 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1020 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1024 - support for virtual list control added
1025 - column images in report mode of the list control
1026 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1027 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1028 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1029 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1030 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1031 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1032 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1033 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1034 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1035 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1036 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1037 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1041 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1042 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1047 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1048 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1049 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1050 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1054 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1059 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1061 - added support for animated GIFs
1069 - Fixed new charset detection code
1070 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1071 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1072 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1073 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1074 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1075 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1079 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1080 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1081 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1082 push on a custom event handler for example)
1083 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1084 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1085 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1086 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1087 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1088 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1090 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1091 - Various wxXML enhancements
1092 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1093 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1094 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1096 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1097 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1101 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1102 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1103 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1104 alt or shift) now work
1105 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1106 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1107 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1108 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1109 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1110 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1111 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1112 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1113 - We now send iconize events
1114 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1115 - Added mousewheel processing
1116 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1117 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1119 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1120 child frame styles are honoured
1124 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1125 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1126 - We now send iconize events
1127 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1128 GetSelection() results
1135 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1136 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1137 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1138 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1139 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1140 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1141 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1142 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1143 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1144 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1148 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1149 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1150 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1151 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1152 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1153 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1154 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1155 wxImage methods and ctor)
1156 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1157 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1158 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1159 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1160 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1161 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1165 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1166 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1167 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1168 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1172 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1176 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1177 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1184 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1185 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1186 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1187 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1188 - Completed Czech translations
1189 - Some stream corrections
1190 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1191 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1192 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1193 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1197 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1198 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1199 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1200 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1201 - Paper names now translated
1203 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1204 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1205 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1206 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1208 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1209 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1211 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1212 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1213 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1214 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1218 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1219 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1220 backward compatibility, please set
1221 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1222 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1223 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1224 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1225 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1226 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1227 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1228 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1229 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1230 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1231 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1232 - wxFrame restores focus better
1233 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1234 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1235 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1236 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1237 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1238 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1239 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1240 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1241 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1242 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1246 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1250 - Small compilation fixes
1254 - wxCaret documented
1266 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1267 files. This works under VC++ only
1268 - Modal dialog handling improved
1269 - Printer dialog now modal
1284 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1288 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1289 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1294 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1295 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1296 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1297 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1298 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1299 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1300 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1301 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1302 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1304 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1305 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1306 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1307 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1308 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1309 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1311 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1315 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1316 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1317 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1318 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1319 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1320 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1321 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1322 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1324 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1325 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1326 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1327 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1328 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1329 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1330 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1331 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1332 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1333 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1334 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1335 - wxDragImage class added
1336 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1337 controllers, as well as native help
1338 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1342 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1343 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1344 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1345 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1346 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1347 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1348 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1349 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1350 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1351 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1353 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1354 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1355 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1359 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1360 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1361 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1365 - wxMenu::Enable works
1366 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1367 - OGL samples made to work again
1371 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1372 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1373 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1374 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1375 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1376 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1377 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1378 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1379 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1380 - improved HTML printing
1381 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1382 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1383 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1384 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1387 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1390 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1391 -----------------------
1395 - JPEG support added.
1396 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1400 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1402 - JPEG support added.
1403 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1404 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1405 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1412 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1415 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1416 -------------------------------
1421 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1425 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1426 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1427 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1428 - Some makefile fixes.
1436 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1437 - More topic overviews.
1438 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1439 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1440 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1443 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1444 --------------------------
1448 - wxExecute improved.
1452 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1454 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1455 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1456 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1457 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1458 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1459 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1463 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1464 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1468 - wxLocale documented.
1469 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1470 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1471 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1472 (though doesn't display help yet).
1474 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1475 --------------------------
1479 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1483 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1485 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1489 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1490 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1491 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1492 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1493 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1494 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1495 crashes for some reason).
1496 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1497 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1501 - Further doc improvements.
1502 - wxGenericValidator added.
1503 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1506 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1507 -------------------------
1511 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1512 - wxToolTip class added.
1513 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1517 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1518 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1519 - TWIN32 support added.
1520 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1521 factored out program/library settings.
1522 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1526 - A few more colour fixes.
1527 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1528 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1529 - wxChoice crash fix.
1530 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1534 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1535 - Added samples/dde.
1536 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1538 Beta 2, January 1999
1539 --------------------
1545 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1549 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1551 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1552 - Added thread support (Robert).
1553 - wxPoem sample now works.
1557 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1558 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1559 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1561 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1562 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1564 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1566 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1567 --------------------------
1573 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1576 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1577 ----------------------------
1581 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1582 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1583 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1584 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1585 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1587 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1588 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1593 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1594 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1595 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1596 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1597 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1599 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1600 when any button was pressed.
1601 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1602 have a white background.
1603 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1604 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1605 they have sensible colours by default.
1606 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1607 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1608 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1609 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1610 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1612 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1613 ----------------------------
1617 - More documentation updates, especially for
1618 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1619 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1621 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1622 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1623 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1625 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1629 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1630 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1632 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1633 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1634 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1635 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1636 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1637 the debugging implementation.
1638 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1639 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1640 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1641 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1642 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1643 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1644 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1646 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1648 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1649 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1650 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1651 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1652 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1653 - wxNotebook almost done.
1654 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1655 to vertical toolbars).
1659 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1661 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1662 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1663 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1665 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1666 ----------------------------
1670 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1672 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1673 - A few more makefiles added.
1674 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1675 - Further doc updates.
1676 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1680 - First start at Motif port.
1681 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1682 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1683 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1684 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1686 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1687 --------------------------
1691 - wxBitmap debugged.
1692 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1693 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1694 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1695 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1696 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1697 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1698 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1700 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1701 ------------------------
1705 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1706 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1707 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1708 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1709 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1710 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1711 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1712 changes, wxNotebook.
1713 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1715 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1716 -----------------------
1720 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1721 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1722 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1723 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1724 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1726 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1727 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1729 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1730 -----------------------
1734 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1735 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1737 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1738 -----------------------
1742 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1743 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1745 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1746 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1747 wxMenuItem accessors.
1748 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1749 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1750 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1751 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1752 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1753 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1754 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1755 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1756 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1757 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1758 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1759 first, then doing the assignment.
1760 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1761 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1765 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1766 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1768 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1769 ----------------------
1773 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1774 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1775 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1776 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1777 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1778 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1779 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1780 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1781 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1783 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1784 ------------------------
1788 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1790 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1791 compilation and pragmas.
1792 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1793 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1797 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1798 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1799 compilation and pragmas.
1800 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1802 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1803 ------------------------
1807 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1808 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1810 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1811 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1812 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1813 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1815 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1816 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1817 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1819 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1820 compatibility functions.
1821 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1822 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1823 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1824 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1825 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1826 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1827 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1831 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1832 - Added samples/png.
1833 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1834 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1836 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1838 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1839 ------------------------
1843 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1844 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1845 cleaned up properly before exit.
1846 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1848 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1849 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1850 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1852 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1853 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1855 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1856 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1857 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1858 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1862 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1863 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1864 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1865 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1866 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1867 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1868 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1869 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1870 allow better control of memory.
1871 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1873 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1874 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1876 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1877 ------------------------
1881 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1882 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1883 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1884 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1885 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1886 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1887 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1888 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1889 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1890 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1891 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1892 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1894 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1895 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1896 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1897 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1898 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1899 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1900 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1901 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1902 internal implementation.
1903 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1904 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1905 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1909 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1910 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1911 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1912 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1913 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1915 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1916 --------------------------
1920 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1921 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1922 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1924 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1925 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1926 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1927 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1929 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1930 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1935 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1936 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1937 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1939 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1940 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1942 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1943 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1944 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1945 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1946 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1947 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1948 - Added gcc pragmas.
1949 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1950 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1951 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1952 added a few references to wxTransString.
1953 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1954 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1955 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1956 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1957 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1958 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1959 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1960 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1961 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1964 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1965 --------------------------
1969 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1970 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1971 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1972 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1973 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1974 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1975 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1976 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1977 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1978 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1979 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1981 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1982 to help printing with multiple pages.
1983 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1984 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1985 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1986 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1987 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1988 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1989 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1990 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1991 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1992 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1993 New files from Vadim:
1999 src\common\string.cpp
2003 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2004 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2005 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2006 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2007 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2008 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2009 including changes to defs.h.
2010 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2012 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2014 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2015 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2017 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2019 Alpha 3, September 1997
2020 -----------------------
2024 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2025 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2026 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2027 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2028 - Started documentation.
2030 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2031 ------------------------
2035 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2036 with MetroWerks compiler.
2037 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2038 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2039 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2040 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2041 for testing purposes.
2042 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2044 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2045 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2047 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2048 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2051 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2052 -----------------------
2056 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2058 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2059 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2060 wxString instead of char *.
2061 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2062 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2063 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2064 as wxbWindow now removed.
2065 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2066 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2068 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2069 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2070 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2072 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2073 settings mucho rationalised.
2074 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2075 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2077 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2078 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2079 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2080 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2081 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2082 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2084 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2085 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2087 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2088 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2089 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2090 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2091 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2092 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2093 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2094 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2095 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2096 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2098 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2099 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2101 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2102 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2103 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2104 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2105 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2106 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2108 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2109 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2110 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2111 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2112 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2113 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).