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