4 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
5 -------------------------------
10 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
14 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
15 - Fixed window cursor setting.
16 - Some makefile fixes.
24 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
25 - More topic overviews.
26 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
27 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
28 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
31 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
32 --------------------------
40 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
42 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
43 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
44 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
45 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
46 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
47 - Fixed focus-related crash.
51 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
52 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
56 - wxLocale documented.
57 - Added include filenames to class reference.
58 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
59 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
60 (though doesn't display help yet).
62 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
63 --------------------------
67 - Miscellaneous fixes.
71 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
73 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
77 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
78 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
79 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
80 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
81 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
82 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
83 crashes for some reason).
84 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
85 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
89 - Further doc improvements.
90 - wxGenericValidator added.
91 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
94 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
95 -------------------------
99 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
100 - wxToolTip class added.
101 - Miscellaneous fixes.
105 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
106 - Makefiles for more compilers.
107 - TWIN32 support added.
108 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
109 factored out program/library settings.
110 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
114 - A few more colour fixes.
115 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
116 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
117 - wxChoice crash fix.
118 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
122 - wxBusyCursor class added.
124 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
133 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
137 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
139 - Cured some widget table clashes.
140 - Added thread support (Robert).
141 - wxPoem sample now works.
145 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
146 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
147 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
149 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
150 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
152 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
154 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
155 --------------------------
161 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
164 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
165 ----------------------------
169 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
170 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
171 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
172 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
173 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
175 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
176 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
181 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
182 without (permanently) resizing the window.
183 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
184 that disabled scrollbar paging.
185 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
187 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
188 when any button was pressed.
189 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
190 have a white background.
191 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
192 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
193 they have sensible colours by default.
194 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
195 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
196 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
197 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
198 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
200 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
201 ----------------------------
205 - More documentation updates, especially for
206 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
207 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
209 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
210 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
211 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
213 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
217 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
218 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
220 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
221 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
222 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
223 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
224 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
225 the debugging implementation.
226 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
227 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
228 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
229 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
230 - Added a parent-existance check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
231 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
232 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
234 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
236 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
237 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
238 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
239 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
240 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
241 - wxNotebook almost done.
242 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
243 to vertical toolbars).
247 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
249 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
250 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
251 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
253 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
254 ----------------------------
258 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
260 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
261 - A few more makefiles added.
262 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
263 - Further doc updates.
264 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
268 - First start at Motif port.
269 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
270 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
271 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
272 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
274 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
275 --------------------------
280 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
281 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
282 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
283 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
284 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
285 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
286 so event can travel up the window hierachy.
288 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
289 ------------------------
293 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
294 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
295 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
296 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
297 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
298 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
299 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
301 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
303 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
304 -----------------------
308 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
309 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
310 Windows functions, for efficiency.
311 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
312 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
314 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
315 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
317 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
318 -----------------------
322 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
323 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
325 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
326 -----------------------
330 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
331 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
333 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
334 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
335 wxMenuItem accessors.
336 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
337 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
338 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
339 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
340 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
341 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
342 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
343 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
344 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
345 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
346 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
347 first, then doing the assignment.
348 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
349 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
353 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
354 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
356 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
357 ----------------------
361 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
362 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
363 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
364 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
365 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
366 require application-supplied positioning code though.
367 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
368 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
369 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
371 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
372 ------------------------
376 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
378 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
379 compilation and pragmas.
380 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
381 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
385 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
386 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
387 compilation and pragmas.
388 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
390 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
391 ------------------------
395 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
396 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
398 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
399 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
400 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
401 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
403 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
404 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
405 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
407 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
408 compatibility functions.
409 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
410 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
411 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
412 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
413 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
414 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
415 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
419 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
421 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
422 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
424 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
426 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
427 ------------------------
431 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
432 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
433 cleaned up properly before exit.
434 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
436 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
437 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
438 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
440 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
441 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
443 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
444 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
445 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
446 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
450 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
451 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
452 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
453 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
454 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
455 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
456 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
457 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
458 allow better control of memory.
459 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
461 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
462 float to long in wxToolBar files.
464 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
465 ------------------------
469 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
470 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
471 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
472 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
473 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
474 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
475 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
476 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
477 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
478 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
479 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
480 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
482 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
483 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
484 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
485 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
486 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
487 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
488 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
489 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
490 internal implementation.
491 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
492 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
493 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
497 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
498 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
499 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
500 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
501 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
503 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
504 --------------------------
508 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
509 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
510 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
512 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
513 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
514 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
515 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
517 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
518 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
523 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
524 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
525 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
527 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
528 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
530 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
531 created dynamically, not as a global object.
532 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
533 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
534 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
535 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
537 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
538 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
539 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
540 added a few references to wxTransString.
541 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
542 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
543 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
544 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
545 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
546 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
547 - Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
548 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
549 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
552 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
553 --------------------------
557 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
558 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
559 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
560 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
561 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
562 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
563 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
564 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
565 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
566 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
567 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
569 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
570 to help printing with multiple pages.
571 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
572 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
573 implementation updated to use these base classes.
574 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
575 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
576 WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
577 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
578 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
579 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
580 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
581 New files from Vadim:
587 src\common\string.cpp
591 No longer use GNU wxString files.
592 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
593 src\common\filefn.cpp.
594 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
595 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
596 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
597 including changes to defs.h.
598 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
600 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
602 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
603 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
605 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
607 Alpha 3, September 1997
608 -----------------------
612 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
613 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
614 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
615 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
616 - Started documentation.
618 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
619 ------------------------
623 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
624 with MetroWerks compiler.
625 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
626 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
627 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
628 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
629 for testing purposes.
630 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
632 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
633 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
635 - Added back wxRadioBox.
636 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
639 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
640 -----------------------
644 At this point, the following has been achieved:
646 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
647 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
648 wxString instead of char *.
649 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
650 old system event system) and code size reduced.
651 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
652 as wxbWindow now removed.
653 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
654 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
656 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
657 MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
658 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
660 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
661 settings mucho rationalised.
662 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
663 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
665 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
666 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
667 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
668 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
669 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
670 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
672 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
673 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
675 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
676 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
677 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
678 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
679 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
680 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
681 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
682 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
683 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
684 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
686 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
687 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
689 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
690 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
691 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
692 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
693 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
694 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
696 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
697 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
698 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
699 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
700 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
701 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).