4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
9 - wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
10 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
13 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
14 simply don't make sense for all objects
16 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
17 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
18 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
22 - the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
23 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
24 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
26 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
27 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your codei
30 - wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
31 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
32 the occurences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
34 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
35 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
36 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
37 will *NOT* work any longer:
39 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
42 ... do something else ...
44 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
46 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
47 if you derived any classes from it
51 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
52 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
53 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
54 the include path in your make/project files appropriately.
56 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
57 style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
62 - You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
63 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
64 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
65 to compile pure C files.
72 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
73 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
74 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
75 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
76 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
80 - significantly improved native font support
81 - added IFF image handler
82 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
83 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF and ICO formats)
84 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
85 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
86 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
90 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create() (=> much faster toolbar creation)
91 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
92 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
93 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
95 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
96 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
97 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
98 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
100 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
104 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
105 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
106 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
110 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files on big endian machines
115 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
119 - wxRegEx class added
120 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
121 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
122 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
123 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
124 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
128 - support for virtual list control added
129 - column images in report mode of the list control
130 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
131 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
132 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
133 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
134 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
135 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
136 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
137 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
138 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
139 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
140 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
144 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
145 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
150 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
154 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
156 - added support for animated GIFs
164 - Fixed new charset detection code
165 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
166 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
167 - Added wxDir::Traverse
168 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
169 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
170 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
174 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
175 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
176 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
177 push on a custom event handler for example)
178 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
179 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
180 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
181 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
182 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
183 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
185 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
186 - Various wxXML enhancements
187 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
188 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
189 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
191 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
192 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
196 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
197 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
198 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
199 alt or shift) now work
200 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
201 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
202 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
203 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
204 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
205 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
206 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
207 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
208 - We now send iconize events
209 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
210 - Added mousewheel processing
211 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
212 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
214 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
215 child frame styles are honoured
219 - Fixed slider rounding bug
220 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
221 - We now send iconize events
222 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
223 GetSelection() results
230 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
231 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
232 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
233 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
234 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
235 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
236 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
237 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
238 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
239 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
243 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
244 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
245 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
246 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
247 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
248 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
249 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
250 wxImage methods and ctor)
251 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
252 - ODBC documentation complete!!
253 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
254 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
255 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
256 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
260 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
261 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
262 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
263 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
267 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
271 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
272 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
279 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
280 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
281 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
282 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
283 - Completed Czech translations
284 - Some stream corrections
285 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
286 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
287 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
288 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
292 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
293 flicker-free dragging is now possible
294 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
295 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
296 - Paper names now translated
298 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
299 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
300 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
301 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
303 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
304 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
306 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
307 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
308 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
309 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
313 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
314 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
315 backward compatibility, please set
316 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
317 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
318 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
319 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
320 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
321 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
322 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
323 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
324 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
325 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
326 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
327 - wxFrame restores focus better
328 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
329 frames anddialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
330 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
331 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
332 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
333 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
334 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
335 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
336 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
337 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
341 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
345 - Small compilation fixes
361 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
362 files. This works under VC++ only
363 - Modal dialog handling improved
364 - Printer dialog now modal
379 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
383 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
384 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
389 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
390 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
391 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
392 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
393 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
394 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
395 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
396 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
397 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
399 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
400 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
401 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
402 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
403 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
404 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
406 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
410 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
411 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
412 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu menagament
413 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
414 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
415 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
416 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
417 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
419 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
420 MIME types if available (Unix only)
421 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
422 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
423 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
424 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
425 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
426 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
427 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
428 for dealing with convertions between different encodings,
429 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
430 - wxDragImage class added
431 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
432 controllers, as well as native help
433 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
437 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
438 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
439 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
440 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
441 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
442 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
443 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
444 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
445 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
446 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
448 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
449 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
450 - wxSetCursorEvent added
454 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
455 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
456 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
460 - wxMenu::Enable works
461 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
462 - OGL samples made to work again
466 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
467 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
468 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
469 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
470 splitted into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
471 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
472 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
473 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
474 - added dynamic pushing/poping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
475 - improved HTML printing
476 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
477 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
478 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
479 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
482 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
485 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
486 -----------------------
490 - JPEG support added.
491 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
495 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
497 - JPEG support added.
498 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
499 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
500 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
507 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
510 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
511 -------------------------------
516 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
520 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
521 - Fixed window cursor setting.
522 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
523 - Some makefile fixes.
531 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
532 - More topic overviews.
533 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
534 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
535 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
538 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
539 --------------------------
543 - wxExecute improved.
547 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
549 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
550 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
551 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
552 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
553 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
554 - Fixed focus-related crash.
558 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
559 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
563 - wxLocale documented.
564 - Added include filenames to class reference.
565 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
566 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
567 (though doesn't display help yet).
569 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
570 --------------------------
574 - Miscellaneous fixes.
578 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
580 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
584 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
585 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
586 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
587 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
588 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
589 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
590 crashes for some reason).
591 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
592 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
596 - Further doc improvements.
597 - wxGenericValidator added.
598 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
601 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
602 -------------------------
606 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
607 - wxToolTip class added.
608 - Miscellaneous fixes.
612 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
613 - Makefiles for more compilers.
614 - TWIN32 support added.
615 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
616 factored out program/library settings.
617 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
621 - A few more colour fixes.
622 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
623 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
624 - wxChoice crash fix.
625 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
629 - wxBusyCursor class added.
631 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
640 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
644 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
646 - Cured some widget table clashes.
647 - Added thread support (Robert).
648 - wxPoem sample now works.
652 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
653 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
654 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
656 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
657 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
659 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
661 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
662 --------------------------
668 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
671 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
672 ----------------------------
676 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
677 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
678 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
679 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
680 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
682 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
683 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
688 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
689 without (permanently) resizing the window.
690 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
691 that disabled scrollbar paging.
692 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
694 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
695 when any button was pressed.
696 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
697 have a white background.
698 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
699 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
700 they have sensible colours by default.
701 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
702 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
703 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
704 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
705 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
707 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
708 ----------------------------
712 - More documentation updates, especially for
713 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
714 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
716 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
717 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
718 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
720 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
724 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
725 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
727 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
728 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
729 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
730 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
731 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
732 the debugging implementation.
733 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
734 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
735 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
736 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
737 - Added a parent-existance check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
738 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
739 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
741 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
743 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
744 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
745 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
746 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
747 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
748 - wxNotebook almost done.
749 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
750 to vertical toolbars).
754 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
756 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
757 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
758 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
760 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
761 ----------------------------
765 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
767 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
768 - A few more makefiles added.
769 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
770 - Further doc updates.
771 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
775 - First start at Motif port.
776 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
777 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
778 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
779 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
781 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
782 --------------------------
787 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
788 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
789 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
790 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
791 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
792 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
793 so event can travel up the window hierachy.
795 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
796 ------------------------
800 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
801 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
802 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
803 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
804 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
805 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
806 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
808 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
810 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
811 -----------------------
815 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
816 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
817 Windows functions, for efficiency.
818 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
819 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
821 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
822 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
824 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
825 -----------------------
829 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
830 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
832 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
833 -----------------------
837 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
838 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
840 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
841 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
842 wxMenuItem accessors.
843 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
844 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
845 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
846 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
847 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
848 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
849 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
850 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
851 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
852 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
853 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
854 first, then doing the assignment.
855 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
856 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
860 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
861 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
863 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
864 ----------------------
868 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
869 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
870 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
871 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
872 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
873 require application-supplied positioning code though.
874 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
875 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
876 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
878 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
879 ------------------------
883 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
885 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
886 compilation and pragmas.
887 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
888 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
892 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
893 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
894 compilation and pragmas.
895 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
897 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
898 ------------------------
902 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
903 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
905 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
906 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
907 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
908 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
910 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
911 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
912 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
914 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
915 compatibility functions.
916 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
917 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
918 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
919 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
920 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
921 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
922 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
926 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
928 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
929 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
931 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
933 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
934 ------------------------
938 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
939 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
940 cleaned up properly before exit.
941 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
943 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
944 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
945 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
947 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
948 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
950 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
951 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
952 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
953 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
957 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
958 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
959 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
960 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
961 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
962 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
963 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
964 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
965 allow better control of memory.
966 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
968 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
969 float to long in wxToolBar files.
971 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
972 ------------------------
976 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
977 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
978 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
979 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
980 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
981 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
982 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
983 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
984 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
985 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
986 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
987 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
989 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
990 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
991 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
992 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
993 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
994 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
995 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
996 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
997 internal implementation.
998 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
999 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1000 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1004 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1005 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1006 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1007 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1008 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1010 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1011 --------------------------
1015 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1016 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1017 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1019 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1020 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1021 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1022 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1024 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1025 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1030 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1031 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1032 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1034 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1035 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1037 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1038 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1039 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1040 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1041 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1042 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1043 - Added gcc pragmas.
1044 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1045 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1046 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1047 added a few references to wxTransString.
1048 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1049 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1050 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1051 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1052 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1053 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1054 - Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1055 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1056 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1059 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1060 --------------------------
1064 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1065 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1066 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1067 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1068 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1069 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1070 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1071 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1072 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1073 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1074 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1076 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1077 to help printing with multiple pages.
1078 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1079 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1080 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1081 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1082 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1083 WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1084 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1085 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1086 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1087 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1088 New files from Vadim:
1094 src\common\string.cpp
1098 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1099 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1100 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1101 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1102 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1103 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1104 including changes to defs.h.
1105 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1107 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1109 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1110 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1112 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1114 Alpha 3, September 1997
1115 -----------------------
1119 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1120 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1121 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1122 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1123 - Started documentation.
1125 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1126 ------------------------
1130 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1131 with MetroWerks compiler.
1132 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1133 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1134 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1135 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1136 for testing purposes.
1137 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1139 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1140 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1142 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1143 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1146 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1147 -----------------------
1151 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1153 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1154 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1155 wxString instead of char *.
1156 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1157 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1158 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1159 as wxbWindow now removed.
1160 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1161 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1163 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1164 MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
1165 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1167 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1168 settings mucho rationalised.
1169 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1170 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1172 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1173 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1174 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1175 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1176 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1177 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1179 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1180 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1182 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1183 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1184 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1185 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1186 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1187 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1188 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1189 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1190 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1191 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1193 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1194 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1196 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1197 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1198 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1199 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1200 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1201 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1203 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1204 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1205 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1206 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1207 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1208 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).