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