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2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log
3 ------------------------
4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
7
8 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
9 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
10 with '!' in the first column.
11
12 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
13 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
14 series.
15
16 ! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
17 wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE still
18 exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
19
20
21 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
22 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
23 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
24 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
25 - finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one
26 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
27 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
28 - wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
29 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
30 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
31 - wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more
32 - (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override
33 ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen
34 - wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments
35 - wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList&
36 (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0)
37 - wxID_SEPARATOR (id used for the menu separators) value changed from -1 to -2
38 - wxGetNumberFromUser() is now in separate wx/numdlg.h, not wx/textdlg.h
39 - wxChoice and wxCombobox now handle their size in the same way as in all the
40 other ports under MSW, new code is actually correct but different from weird
41 stuff they were doing before so the behaviour of your programs might change
42 - wxTaskBarIcon objects must now be destroyed before the application can exit.
43 Previously, the application terminated if there were no top level windows;
44 now it terminates if there are no top level windows or taskbar icons left.
45 - wxZlibInputStream is not by default compatible with the output of the
46 2.4.x version of wxZlibOutputStream. However, there is a compatibilty mode,
47 switched on by passing wxZLIB_24COMPATIBLE to the constructor.
48 - when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0 wxHashTable uses a new implementation
49 not using wxList keyed interface (the same used when wxUSE_STL == 1),
50 the only incompatibility being that Next() returns a wxHashTable::Node*
51 instead of a wxNode*.
52 - non-const wxDC methods GetBackground(), GetBrush(), GetFont() and GetPen()
53 as well as wxWindow methods GetFont() and GetCursor() don't exist any more,
54 please fix your code -- it never worked correctly anyhow if you modified the
55 objects returned by these methods so you should simply switch to using const
56 methods.
57 - EVT_XXX macros are now type-safe; code that uses wrong type for event
58 handler's argument will no longer compile.
59 - Identical functionality of wxFileDialog::ParseWildcard,
60 wxGenericDirCtrl::ParseFilter, Motif and MSW parsing native dialogs
61 is now accessible in ::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter
62 - wxNotebookSizer and wxBookCtrlSizer are now deprecated -- the are no longer
63 needed, you can treat wxNotebook as any other control and put it directly
64 into the sizer that was wxNotebookSizer's parent sizer in old code.
65
66
67
68 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
69 ==============================
70
71 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWidgets
72 versions, please update your code to not use them.
73
74 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
75 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
76 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
77 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
78 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
79 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
80 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
81 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
82 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
83 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
84 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWidgets
85 methods taking wxArrayString
86 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
87 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
88 - wxTreeCtrl::GetFirst/NextChild() 2nd argument now has type wxTreeItemIdValue
89 and not long, please change declarations of "cookie"s in your code
90 accordingly -- otherwise your code won't work on 64 bit platforms
91 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
92 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
93 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
94 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
95 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
96 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
97 value
98 - wxWave class; use wxSound instead
99 - The wxHIDE_READONLY flag for wxFileDialog was not implemented
100 and has now been removed
101 - wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead
102
103
104 OTHER CHANGES
105 =============
106
107 2.5.3
108 -----
109
110 All:
111
112 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
113 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
114 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
115 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
116 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
117
118 All (GUI):
119
120 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now recommended way
121 of showing popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
122 is discouraged
123 - Added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
124 - Added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control.
125 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
126 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
127
128 Unix:
129
130 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
131 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
132
133 wxGTK:
134
135 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
136 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
137 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
138
139 wxMotif:
140
141 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
142
143 wxMSW:
144
145 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
146 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
147
148 wxWinCE:
149
150 - added automatized but customizable handling of native SmartPhone menus
151
152
153 2.5.2
154 -----
155
156 All:
157
158 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
159 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
160 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
161 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
162 of run-time) now
163 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
164 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
165 to forward declare these classes.
166
167 All (GUI):
168
169 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
170 resulting in much better display of scaled images
171 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
172 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
173 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
174 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
175 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
176 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
177 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
178 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
179 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
180 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
181 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
182 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
183 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
184
185 wxMSW:
186
187 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
188 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
189 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
190 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
191 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
192 even try to do it by default -- now it does
193 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
194 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
195 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
196 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
197 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
198 - subdindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
199
200 wxGTK:
201
202 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
203
204 wxMotif:
205
206 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
207 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
208 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
209 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
210
211 wxUniv/X11:
212
213 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
214
215 wxHTML:
216
217 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
218 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
219
220 Unix:
221
222 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
223 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
224
225 wxODBC:
226
227 - Full Unicode support is now available
228 - BLOB support is working
229
230
231 2.5.1
232 -----
233
234 All:
235
236 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
237 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
238 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
239 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
240 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
241 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
242 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
243 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
244 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
245 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
246 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
247 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
248 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
249 (as in 2.5.0).
250 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
251 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
252 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
253 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
254 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
255 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
256 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
257 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
258 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
259 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
260 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
261 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
262
263 All (GUI):
264
265 - added wxListBook control
266 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
267 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
268 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
269 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
270 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
271 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
272 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
273 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
274 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
275 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
276 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
277 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
278 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
279 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
280 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
281 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
282 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
283 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
284 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
285 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
286 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
287 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
288 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
289 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
290 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
291 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
292
293 wxMSW:
294
295 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
296 - fixed DDE memory leaks
297 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
298 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
299 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
300 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
301 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
302 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
303 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
304 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
305 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
306 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
307 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
308 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
309 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
310 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
311 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
312 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
313 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
314 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
315 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
316 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
317 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
318 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
319 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
320 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
321 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
322 than the specified default size
323 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
324
325 wxGTK:
326
327 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
328 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
329 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
330 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
331 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
332 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
333 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
334 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
335 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
336
337 wxMac:
338
339 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
340 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
341 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
342 - use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
343
344 wxMotif:
345
346 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
347
348 wxHTML:
349
350 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
351 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
352
353 Unix:
354
355 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
356 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
357 addition to existing OSS one
358 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
359
360
361 2.5.0
362 -----
363
364 All:
365
366 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
367 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
368 separately compiled library
369 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
370 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
371 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
372 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
373 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
374 - added wxArray::SetCount()
375 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
376 by default in Unicode mode
377 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
378 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
379 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
380 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
381 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
382 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
383 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
384 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
385 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
386 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
387 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
388 - added wxRecursionGuard class
389 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
390 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
391 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
392 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
393 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
394 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
395 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
396 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
397
398 wxBase:
399
400 - added Watcom makefiles
401 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
402
403 All GUI ports:
404
405 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
406 - added wxListbook
407 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
408 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
409 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
410 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
411 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
412 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
413 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
414 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
415 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
416 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
417 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
418 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
419 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
420 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
421 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
422 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
423 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
424 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
425 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
426 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
427 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
428 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
429 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
430 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
431 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
432 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
433 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
434 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
435 default extension for the template
436 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
437 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
438 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
439 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
440 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
441 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
442 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
443 to allow better rich text support.
444 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
445 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
446 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
447 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
448 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
449 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
450 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
451 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
452 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
453 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
454 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
455 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
456 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
457 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
458 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
459 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
460 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
461 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
462 - added wxMirrorDC class
463 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
464 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
465 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
466 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
467 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
468 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
469 improved
470
471 Unix:
472
473 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
474 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
475 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
476 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
477 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
478
479 Generic controls:
480
481 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
482 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
483 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
484 to contrib/src/deprecated
485
486 wxGTK:
487
488 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
489 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
490 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
491 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
492 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
493 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
494 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
495 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
496 be appended to filenames with no extension
497 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
498 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
499 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
500 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
501
502 wxMac:
503
504 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
505 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
506
507 wxMSW:
508
509 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
510 - added wxCrashReport
511 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
512 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
513 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
514 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
515 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
516 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
517 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
518 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
519 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
520 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
521 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
522 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
523 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
524 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
525 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
526 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
527 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
528 - improved border handling under Windows XP
529 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
530 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
531 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
532 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
533 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
534 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
535 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
536
537 wxMotif:
538
539 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
540 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
541 documentation for a detailed explanation
542 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
543 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
544 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
545 with Motif 1.x compatibility
546 - implemented wxToggleButton
547 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
548 instead of a sunken border
549 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
550 - finished wxClipboard implementation
551
552 wxUniv:
553
554 - controls in toolbars now supported
555
556 wxHTML:
557
558 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
559 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
560 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
561 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
562 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
563
564
565 OLD CHANGES
566 ===========
567
568 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
569 ================================
570
571 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
572 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
573 with '!' in the first column.
574
575 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
576 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
577 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
578 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
579 2.6 release.
580
581 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
582 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
583 (see the documentation) useful.
584
585
586 wxBase:
587
588 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
589 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
590 code.
591
592 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
593 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
594 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
595 arrays containing non-pointers.
596
597 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
598 simply don't make sense for all objects
599
600 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
601 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
602 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
603
604 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
605
606 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
607 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
608 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
609 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
610 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
611
612 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
613 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
614 the default assert handling.
615
616 All (GUI):
617
618 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
619 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
620 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
621
622 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
623 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
624 instead!
625
626 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
627 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
628 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
629
630 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
631 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
632 you want to get OnChar() as well
633
634 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
635 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
636 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
637
638 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
639 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
640 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
641 will *NOT* work any longer:
642
643 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
644 ... do something ...
645 if ( flags & wxYES )
646 ... do something else ...
647
648 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
649 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
650 the ctor
651
652 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
653
654 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
655 if you derived any classes from it
656
657 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
658 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
659
660 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
661 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
662
663 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
664 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
665
666 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
667 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
668 from happening
669
670 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
671 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
672 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
673
674 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
675 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
676 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
677 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
678
679 wxMSW:
680
681 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
682 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
683 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
684 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
685 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
686 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
687 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
688 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
689 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
690 is only present for the DLLs builds.
691
692 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
693 style to avoid it
694
695 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
696 previously selected one instead of replacing it
697
698 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
699 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
700 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
701
702 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
703 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
704
705
706 Unix ports:
707
708 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
709 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
710 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
711 to compile pure C files.
712
713
714 wxThread and related classes:
715
716 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
717 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
718 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
719 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
720
721 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
722 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
723 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
724 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
725
726 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
727 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
728 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
729
730 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
731 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
732
733
734 OTHER CHANGES
735 =============
736
737 2.4.0
738 -----
739
740 wxMSW:
741
742 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
743
744 2.3.4
745 -----
746
747 All:
748
749 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
750 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
751 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
752
753 Unix (Base/GUI):
754
755 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
756 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
757 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
758
759 wxGTK:
760 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
761 - Addition of native frame site grip.
762
763 wxX11:
764 - Unicode support through Pango library.
765
766 wxMSW:
767
768 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
769 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
770
771 wxHTML:
772
773 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
774
775 2.3.3
776 -----
777
778 wxBase:
779
780 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
781 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
782 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
783 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
784 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
785 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
786 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
787 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
788 after (non standard) STL hash_map
789 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
790 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
791 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
792 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
793 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
794 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
795 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
796
797 Unix (Base/GUI):
798
799 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
800 programs and not only GNU make
801 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
802 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
803 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
804 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
805 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
806
807 All (GUI):
808
809 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
810 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
811 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
812 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
813 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
814 wxWidgets dialogs
815 - significantly improved native font support
816 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
817 wxHashTable
818 - added IFF image handler
819 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
820 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
821 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
822 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
823 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
824 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
825 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
826 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
827 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
828 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
829 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
830 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
831 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
832 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
833 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
834 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
835 - wxMessageOutput class added
836 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
837 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
838 table fills up
839 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
840 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
841 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
842 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
843 (Rene Rivera).
844 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
845 whether a label edit was cancelled.
846 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
847
848 wxMSW:
849
850 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
851 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
852 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
853 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
854 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
855 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
856 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
857 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
858 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
859 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
860 are changed
861 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
862 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
863 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
864 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
865 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
866 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
867 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
868 recursion any more
869 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
870 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
871 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
872 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
873 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
874 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
875 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
876 has the capture before release it.
877 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
878 - default button handling is now closer to expected
879 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
880 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
881 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
882 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
883 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
884 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
885 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
886 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
887 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
888 provided in wxFontData
889 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
890 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
891
892 wxGTK:
893
894 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
895 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
896 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
897 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
898 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
899 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
900 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
901 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
902 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
903 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
904 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
905 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
906 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
907
908 wxMotif:
909
910 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
911 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
912 - improved toolbar control alignment
913 - implemented wxSpinButton
914 - implemented wxCheckListBox
915 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
916 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
917
918 wxX11:
919
920 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
921 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
922
923 wxMac:
924
925 - Many improvements
926
927 wxOS2:
928
929 - First alpha-quality release
930
931 wxHTML:
932
933 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
934 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
935 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
936 - fixed alignment handling in tables
937 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
938
939 2.3.2
940 -----
941
942 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
943
944 wxBase:
945
946 - wxRegEx class added
947 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
948 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
949 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
950 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
951 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
952
953 All (GUI):
954
955 - support for virtual list control added
956 - column images in report mode of the list control
957 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
958 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
959 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
960 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
961 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
962 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
963 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
964 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
965 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
966 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
967 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
968 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
969
970 wxMSW:
971
972 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
973 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
974 project files
975
976 wxGTK:
977
978 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
979 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
980 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
981 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
982
983 wxMac:
984
985 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
986 Tools
987
988 wxHTML:
989
990 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
991 to tags parsing
992 - added support for animated GIFs
993
994 2.3.1
995 -----
996
997 wxBase:
998
999 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
1000 - Fixed new charset detection code
1001 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1002 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1003 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1004 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1005 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1006 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1007
1008 All (GUI):
1009
1010 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1011 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1012 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1013 push on a custom event handler for example)
1014 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1015 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1016 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1017 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1018 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1019 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1020 first-time saved
1021 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1022 - Various wxXML enhancements
1023 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1024 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1025 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1026 instead of GetId()
1027 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1028 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1029
1030 wxMSW:
1031
1032 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1033 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1034 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1035 alt or shift) now work
1036 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1037 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1038 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1039 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1040 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1041 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1042 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1043 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1044 - We now send iconize events
1045 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1046 - Added mousewheel processing
1047 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1048 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1049 in wxDC
1050 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1051 child frame styles are honoured
1052
1053 wxGTK:
1054
1055 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1056 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1057 - We now send iconize events
1058 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1059 GetSelection() results
1060
1061 2.3.0
1062 -----
1063
1064 wxBase:
1065
1066 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1067 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1068 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1069 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1070 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1071 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1072 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1073 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1074 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1075 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1076
1077 All (GUI):
1078
1079 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1080 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1081 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1082 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1083 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1084 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1085 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1086 wxImage methods and ctor)
1087 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1088 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1089 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1090 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1091 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1092 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1093
1094 wxMSW:
1095
1096 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1097 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1098 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1099 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1100
1101 wxGTK:
1102
1103 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1104
1105 wxHTML:
1106
1107 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1108 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1109
1110 2.2.0
1111 -----
1112
1113 wxBase:
1114
1115 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1116 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1117 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1118 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1119 - Completed Czech translations
1120 - Some stream corrections
1121 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1122 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1123 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1124 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1125
1126 All (GUI):
1127
1128 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1129 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1130 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1131 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1132 - Paper names now translated
1133 - wxGrid fixes
1134 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1135 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1136 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1137 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1138 File dialog.
1139 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1140 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1141 writing code
1142 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1143 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1144 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1145 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1146
1147 wxMSW:
1148
1149 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1150 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1151 backward compatibility, please set
1152 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1153 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1154 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1155 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1156 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1157 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1158 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1159 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1160 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1161 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1162 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1163 - wxFrame restores focus better
1164 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1165 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1166 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1167 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1168 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1169 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1170 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1171 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1172 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1173 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1174
1175 wxGTK:
1176
1177 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1178
1179 wxMotif:
1180
1181 - Small compilation fixes
1182
1183 Documentation:
1184
1185 - wxCaret documented
1186
1187 2.1.16
1188 ------
1189
1190 wxBase:
1191
1192 All (GUI):
1193
1194 wxMSW:
1195
1196 - Various bug fixes
1197 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1198 files. This works under VC++ only
1199 - Modal dialog handling improved
1200 - Printer dialog now modal
1201
1202 wxGTK:
1203
1204 - Various bug fixes
1205
1206 wxMotif:
1207
1208 - Various bug fixes
1209
1210 2.1.15
1211 ------
1212
1213 Documentation:
1214
1215 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1216
1217 File hierarchy:
1218
1219 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1220 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1221
1222 wxBase:
1223
1224 - wxSocket support
1225 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1226 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1227 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1228 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1229 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1230 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1231 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1232 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1233 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1234 only so far)
1235 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1236 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1237 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1238 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1239 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1240 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1241 is available)
1242 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1243
1244 all (GUI):
1245
1246 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1247 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1248 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1249 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1250 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1251 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1252 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1253 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1254 John Norris)
1255 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1256 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1257 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1258 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1259 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1260 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1261 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1262 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1263 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1264 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1265 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1266 - wxDragImage class added
1267 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1268 controllers, as well as native help
1269 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1270
1271 wxMSW:
1272
1273 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1274 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1275 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1276 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1277 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1278 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1279 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1280 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1281 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1282 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1283 Unix ports
1284 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1285 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1286 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1287
1288 wxGTK:
1289
1290 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1291 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1292 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1293
1294 wxMotif:
1295
1296 - wxMenu::Enable works
1297 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1298 - OGL samples made to work again
1299
1300 wxHTML:
1301
1302 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1303 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1304 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1305 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1306 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1307 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1308 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1309 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1310 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1311 - improved HTML printing
1312 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
1313 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1314 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1315 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1316
1317
1318 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1319 change log.
1320
1321 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1322 -----------------------
1323
1324 wxGTK:
1325
1326 - JPEG support added.
1327 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1328
1329 wxMSW:
1330
1331 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1332 SetTabSize added.
1333 - JPEG support added.
1334 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1335 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1336 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1337
1338 wxMotif:
1339
1340
1341 General:
1342
1343 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1344
1345
1346 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1347 -------------------------------
1348
1349 wxGTK:
1350
1351 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
1352 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1353
1354 wxMSW:
1355
1356 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1357 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1358 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1359 - Some makefile fixes.
1360
1361 wxMotif:
1362
1363 - None.
1364
1365 General:
1366
1367 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1368 - More topic overviews.
1369 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1370 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1371 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1372
1373
1374 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1375 --------------------------
1376
1377 wxGTK:
1378
1379 - wxExecute improved.
1380
1381 wxMSW:
1382
1383 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1384 expected).
1385 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1386 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1387 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1388 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1389 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1390 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1391
1392 wxMotif:
1393
1394 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1395 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1396
1397 General:
1398
1399 - wxLocale documented.
1400 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1401 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1402 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1403 (though doesn't display help yet).
1404
1405 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1406 --------------------------
1407
1408 wxGTK:
1409
1410 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1411
1412 wxMSW:
1413
1414 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1415 rationalised.
1416 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1417
1418 wxMotif:
1419
1420 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1421 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1422 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1423 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1424 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1425 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1426 crashes for some reason).
1427 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1428 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1429
1430 General:
1431
1432 - Further doc improvements.
1433 - wxGenericValidator added.
1434 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1435 automatically.
1436
1437 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1438 -------------------------
1439
1440 wxGTK:
1441
1442 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1443 - wxToolTip class added.
1444 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1445
1446 wxMSW:
1447
1448 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1449 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1450 - TWIN32 support added.
1451 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1452 factored out program/library settings.
1453 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1454
1455 wxMotif:
1456
1457 - A few more colour fixes.
1458 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1459 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1460 - wxChoice crash fix.
1461 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1462
1463 General:
1464
1465 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1466 - Added samples/dde.
1467 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1468
1469 Beta 2, January 1999
1470 --------------------
1471
1472 wxGTK:
1473
1474 wxMSW:
1475
1476 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1477
1478 wxMotif:
1479
1480 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1481 the right place.
1482 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1483 - Added thread support (Robert).
1484 - wxPoem sample now works.
1485
1486 General:
1487
1488 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1489 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1490 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1491 or below).
1492 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1493 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1494 sample.
1495 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1496
1497 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1498 --------------------------
1499
1500 wxGTK:
1501
1502 - Various
1503
1504 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1505
1506
1507 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1508 ----------------------------
1509
1510 wxMSW:
1511
1512 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1513 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1514 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1515 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1516 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1517 on a tab.
1518 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1519 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1520 of Stefan Csomor.
1521
1522 wxMotif:
1523
1524 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1525 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1526 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1527 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1528 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1529 colours correctly.
1530 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1531 when any button was pressed.
1532 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1533 have a white background.
1534 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1535 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1536 they have sensible colours by default.
1537 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1538 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1539 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1540 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1541 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1542
1543 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1544 ----------------------------
1545
1546 wxMSW:
1547
1548 - More documentation updates, especially for
1549 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1550 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1551 of wxTrace.
1552 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1553 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1554 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1555 position.
1556 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1557
1558 wxMotif:
1559
1560 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1561 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1562 child frames).
1563 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1564 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1565 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1566 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1567 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1568 the debugging implementation.
1569 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1570 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1571 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1572 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1573 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1574 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1575 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1576
1577 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1578
1579 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1580 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1581 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1582 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1583 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1584 - wxNotebook almost done.
1585 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1586 to vertical toolbars).
1587
1588 More recently:
1589
1590 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1591 to scrollbars).
1592 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1593 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1594 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1595
1596 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1597 ----------------------------
1598
1599 wxMSW:
1600
1601 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1602 sample.
1603 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1604 - A few more makefiles added.
1605 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1606 - Further doc updates.
1607 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1608
1609 wxMotif:
1610
1611 - First start at Motif port.
1612 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1613 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1614 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1615 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1616
1617 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1618 --------------------------
1619
1620 wxMSW:
1621
1622 - wxBitmap debugged.
1623 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1624 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1625 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1626 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1627 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1628 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1629 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1630
1631 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1632 ------------------------
1633
1634 wxMSW:
1635
1636 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1637 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1638 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1639 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1640 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1641 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1642 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1643 changes, wxNotebook.
1644 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1645
1646 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1647 -----------------------
1648
1649 wxMSW:
1650
1651 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1652 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1653 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1654 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1655 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1656 don't support it.
1657 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1658 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1659
1660 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1661 -----------------------
1662
1663 wxMSW:
1664
1665 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1666 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1667
1668 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1669 -----------------------
1670
1671 wxMSW:
1672
1673 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1674 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1675 wxMenuBar.
1676 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1677 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1678 wxMenuItem accessors.
1679 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1680 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1681 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1682 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1683 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1684 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1685 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1686 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1687 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1688 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1689 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1690 first, then doing the assignment.
1691 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1692 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1693
1694 Generic:
1695
1696 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1697 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1698
1699 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1700 ----------------------
1701
1702 wxMSW:
1703
1704 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1705 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1706 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1707 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1708 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1709 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1710 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1711 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1712 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1713
1714 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1715 ------------------------
1716
1717 wxMSW:
1718
1719 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1720 fields were used.
1721 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1722 compilation and pragmas.
1723 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1724 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1725
1726 Generic:
1727
1728 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1729 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1730 compilation and pragmas.
1731 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1732
1733 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1734 ------------------------
1735
1736 wxMSW:
1737
1738 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1739 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1740 some reason :-(
1741 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1742 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1743 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1744 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1745 startup/exit.
1746 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1747 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1748 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1749 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1750 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1751 compatibility functions.
1752 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1753 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1754 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1755 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1756 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1757 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1758 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1759
1760 Generic:
1761
1762 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1763 - Added samples/png.
1764 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1765 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1766 header files.
1767 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1768
1769 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1770 ------------------------
1771
1772 wxMSW:
1773
1774 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1775 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1776 cleaned up properly before exit.
1777 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1778 automatically.
1779 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1780 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1781 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1782 unresolved issues.
1783 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1784 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1785 tray area.
1786 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1787 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1788 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1789 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1790
1791 Generic:
1792
1793 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1794 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1795 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1796 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1797 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1798 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1799 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1800 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1801 allow better control of memory.
1802 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1803 checking.
1804 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1805 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1806
1807 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1808 ------------------------
1809
1810 wxMSW:
1811
1812 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1813 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1814 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1815 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1816 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1817 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1818 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1819 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1820 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1821 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1822 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1823 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1824 IUnknown.
1825 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1826 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1827 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1828 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1829 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1830 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1831 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1832 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1833 internal implementation.
1834 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1835 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1836 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1837
1838 Generic:
1839
1840 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1841 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1842 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1843 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1844 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1845
1846 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1847 --------------------------
1848
1849 wxMSW:
1850
1851 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1852 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1853 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1854 changes.
1855 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1856 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1857 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1858 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1859 again.
1860 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1861 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1862 e.g. wxDC.
1863
1864 Generic:
1865
1866 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1867 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1868 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1869 changes.
1870 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1871 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1872 docs/gtk.
1873 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1874 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1875 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1876 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1877 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1878 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1879 - Added gcc pragmas.
1880 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1881 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1882 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1883 added a few references to wxTransString.
1884 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1885 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1886 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1887 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1888 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1889 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1890 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1891 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1892 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1893 MoreRequested.
1894
1895 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1896 --------------------------
1897
1898 All:
1899
1900 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1901 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1902 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1903 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1904 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1905 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1906 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1907 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1908 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1909 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1910 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1911 scrolling toolbars.
1912 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1913 to help printing with multiple pages.
1914 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1915 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1916 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1917 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1918 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1919 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1920 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1921 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1922 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1923 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1924 New files from Vadim:
1925 include\wx\string.h
1926 include\wx\debug.h
1927 include\wx\file.h
1928 include\wx\log.h
1929 include\wx\intl.h
1930 src\common\string.cpp
1931 src\common\log.cpp
1932 src\common\intl.cpp
1933 src\common\file.cpp
1934 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1935 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1936 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1937 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1938 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1939 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1940 including changes to defs.h.
1941 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1942 introduced.
1943 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1944 hidden).
1945 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1946 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1947 trick).
1948 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1949
1950 Alpha 3, September 1997
1951 -----------------------
1952
1953 All:
1954
1955 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1956 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1957 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1958 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1959 - Started documentation.
1960
1961 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1962 ------------------------
1963
1964 All:
1965
1966 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1967 with MetroWerks compiler.
1968 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1969 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1970 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1971 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1972 for testing purposes.
1973 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1974 handlers.
1975 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1976 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1977 fully).
1978 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1979 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1980 a separate file.
1981
1982 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1983 -----------------------
1984
1985 Generic:
1986
1987 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1988
1989 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1990 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1991 wxString instead of char *.
1992 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1993 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1994 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1995 as wxbWindow now removed.
1996 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1997 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1998 - PrologIO revised.
1999 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2000 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2001 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2002 Windows settings.
2003 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2004 settings mucho rationalised.
2005 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2006 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2007 classes removed.
2008 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2009 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2010 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2011 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2012 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2013 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2014 of event handlers.
2015 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2016 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2017 wxToolBarBase
2018 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2019 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
2020 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2021 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2022 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2023 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2024 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2025 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2026 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2027 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2028 in the future.
2029 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2030 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2031 variables instead.
2032 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2033 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2034 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2035 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2036 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2037 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2038 Win95.
2039 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2040 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2041 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2042 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2043 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2044 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
2045
2046