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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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10 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
14 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
15 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
19 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
20 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
21 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
22 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
23 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
24 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
25 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
26 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
27 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
28 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
29 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
30 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
31 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
32 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
36 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
37 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
38 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
46 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
47 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
51 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
52 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
56 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
57 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
58 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
62 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
65 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
66 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
67 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
68 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
69 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
70 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
71 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
74 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
81 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
82 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
83 - Added wxDebugReport class.
84 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
85 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
86 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
87 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
88 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
89 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
93 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
94 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
95 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
96 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
97 the whole virtual area.
98 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
99 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
100 isn't used to set the window size.
101 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
102 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
103 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
104 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
108 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
112 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
113 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
114 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
115 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
116 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
117 handling (Jamie Gadd).
121 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
122 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
123 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
124 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
125 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
126 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
127 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
128 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
132 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
136 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
140 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
141 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
142 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
143 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
144 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
145 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
146 with correct titlebar style.
147 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
149 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
150 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
151 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
152 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
153 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
154 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
155 to the dialog's toolbar.
162 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
163 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
164 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
165 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
166 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
167 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
168 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
169 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
170 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
171 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
172 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
173 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
174 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
175 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
176 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
177 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
178 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
179 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
180 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
181 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
182 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
183 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
184 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
185 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
186 printing stuff in the GTK port.
187 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
188 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
189 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
190 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
191 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
192 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
193 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
194 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
195 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
196 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
197 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
198 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
199 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
200 due to a rounding error.
201 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
202 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
203 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
204 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
205 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
206 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
207 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
208 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
214 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
215 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
216 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
217 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
218 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
219 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
220 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
221 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
222 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
223 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
224 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
225 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
226 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
227 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
228 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
229 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
230 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
234 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
238 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
239 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
240 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
241 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
242 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
243 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
244 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
245 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
246 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
247 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
248 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
249 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
250 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
252 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
253 - Added wxRawBitmap support
254 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
255 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
256 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
260 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
261 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
262 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
263 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
267 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
268 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
269 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
270 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
271 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
274 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
275 but not mentioned anywhere.
276 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
280 - wxBU_... button align flags support
281 - vertical notebook orientation support
282 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
283 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
287 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
288 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
289 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
290 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
291 - enumeration of available volumes
292 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
293 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
294 - native wxColourDialog implementation
295 - native wxSystemSettings colours
296 - native wxButton implementation
297 - native wxCheckBox implementation
298 - native wxSlider implementation
299 - native wxToggleButton implementation
300 - native wxRadioButton implementation
301 - native wxStaticText implementation
302 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
310 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
311 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
312 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
313 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
314 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
315 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
316 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
317 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
318 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
319 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
320 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
321 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
322 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
323 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
324 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
325 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
329 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
330 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
331 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
333 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
334 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
335 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
336 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
337 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
338 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
339 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
340 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
341 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
342 - added samples/splash
343 - added support for stock buttons
344 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
345 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
346 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
347 - added wxChoicebook control
348 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
349 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
350 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
351 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
352 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
353 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
354 supported, instead of zero.
355 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
359 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
360 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
361 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
362 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
363 - wx-config has new --version-full option
367 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
368 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
369 - Tooltips now supported
370 - wxSound now supported
371 - wxDisplay now supported
372 - Some stock cursors now supported
376 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
377 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
378 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
379 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
383 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
384 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
385 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
386 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
387 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
388 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
389 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
390 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
391 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
392 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
393 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
394 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
395 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
396 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
397 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
398 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
399 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
400 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
401 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
405 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
409 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
410 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
411 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
412 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
413 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
414 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
415 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
416 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
417 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
418 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
419 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
420 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
421 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
422 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
426 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
430 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
431 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
432 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
433 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
437 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
438 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
446 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
447 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
448 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
449 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
451 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
452 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
453 to forward declare these classes.
457 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
458 resulting in much better display of scaled images
459 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
460 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
461 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
462 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
463 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
464 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
465 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
466 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
467 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
468 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
469 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
470 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
471 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
475 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
476 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
477 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
478 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
479 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
480 even try to do it by default -- now it does
481 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
482 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
483 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
484 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
485 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
486 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
490 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
494 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
495 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
496 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
497 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
501 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
505 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
506 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
510 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
511 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
515 - Full Unicode support is now available
516 - BLOB support is working
524 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
525 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
526 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
527 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
528 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
529 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
530 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
531 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
532 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
533 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
534 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
535 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
536 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
538 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
539 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
540 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
541 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
542 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
543 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
544 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
545 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
546 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
547 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
548 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
549 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
553 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
554 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
555 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
556 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
557 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
558 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
559 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
560 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
561 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
562 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
563 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
564 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
565 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
566 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
567 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
568 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
569 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
570 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
571 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
572 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
573 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
574 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
575 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
576 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
577 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
578 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
582 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
583 - fixed DDE memory leaks
584 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
585 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
586 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
587 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
588 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
589 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
590 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
591 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
592 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
593 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
594 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
595 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
596 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
597 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
598 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
599 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
600 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
601 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
602 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
603 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
604 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
605 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
606 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
607 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
608 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
609 than the specified default size
610 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
614 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
615 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
616 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
617 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
618 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
619 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
620 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
621 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
622 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
626 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
627 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
628 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
629 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
633 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
637 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
638 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
642 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
643 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
644 addition to existing OSS one
645 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
653 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
654 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
655 separately compiled library
656 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
657 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
658 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
659 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
660 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
661 - added wxArray::SetCount()
662 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
663 by default in Unicode mode
664 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
665 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
666 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
667 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
668 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
669 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
670 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
671 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
672 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
673 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
674 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
675 - added wxRecursionGuard class
676 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
677 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
678 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
679 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
680 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
681 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
682 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
683 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
687 - added Watcom makefiles
688 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
692 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
693 - added wxListbook control
694 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
695 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
696 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
697 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
698 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
699 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
700 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
701 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
702 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
703 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
704 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
705 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
706 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
707 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
708 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
709 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
710 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
711 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
712 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
713 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
714 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
715 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
716 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
717 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
718 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
719 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
720 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
721 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
722 default extension for the template
723 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
724 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
725 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
726 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
727 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
728 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
729 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
730 to allow better rich text support.
731 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
732 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
733 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
734 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
735 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
736 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
737 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
738 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
739 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
740 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
741 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
742 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
743 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
744 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
745 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
746 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
747 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
748 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
749 - added wxMirrorDC class
750 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
751 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
752 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
753 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
754 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
755 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
760 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
761 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
762 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
763 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
764 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
768 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
769 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
770 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
771 to contrib/src/deprecated
775 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
776 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
777 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
778 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
779 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
780 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
781 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
782 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
783 be appended to filenames with no extension
784 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
785 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
786 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
787 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
791 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
792 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
796 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
797 - added wxCrashReport
798 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
799 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
800 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
801 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
802 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
803 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
804 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
805 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
806 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
807 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
808 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
809 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
810 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
811 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
812 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
813 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
814 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
815 - improved border handling under Windows XP
816 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
817 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
818 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
819 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
820 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
821 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
822 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
826 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
827 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
828 documentation for a detailed explanation
829 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
830 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
831 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
832 with Motif 1.x compatibility
833 - implemented wxToggleButton
834 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
835 instead of a sunken border
836 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
837 - finished wxClipboard implementation
841 - controls in toolbars now supported
845 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
846 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
847 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
848 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
849 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
855 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
856 ================================
858 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
859 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
860 with '!' in the first column.
862 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
863 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
864 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
865 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
868 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
869 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
870 (see the documentation) useful.
875 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
876 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
879 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
880 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
881 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
882 arrays containing non-pointers.
884 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
885 simply don't make sense for all objects
887 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
888 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
889 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
891 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
893 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
894 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
895 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
896 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
897 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
899 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
900 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
901 the default assert handling.
905 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
906 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
907 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
909 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
910 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
913 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
914 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
915 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
917 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
918 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
919 you want to get OnChar() as well
921 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
922 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
923 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
925 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
926 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
927 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
928 will *NOT* work any longer:
930 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
933 ... do something else ...
935 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
936 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
939 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
941 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
942 if you derived any classes from it
944 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
945 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
947 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
948 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
950 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
951 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
953 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
954 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
957 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
958 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
959 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
961 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
962 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
963 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
964 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
968 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
969 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
970 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
971 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
972 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
973 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
974 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
975 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
976 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
977 is only present for the DLLs builds.
979 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
982 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
983 previously selected one instead of replacing it
985 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
986 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
987 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
989 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
990 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
995 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
996 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
997 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
998 to compile pure C files.
1001 wxThread and related classes:
1003 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1004 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1005 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1006 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1008 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1009 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1010 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1011 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1013 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1014 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1015 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1017 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1018 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1029 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1036 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1037 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1038 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1042 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1043 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1044 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1047 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1048 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1051 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1055 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1056 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1060 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1067 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1068 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1069 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1070 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1071 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1072 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1073 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1074 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1075 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1076 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1077 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1078 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1079 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1080 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1081 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1082 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1086 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1087 programs and not only GNU make
1088 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1089 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1090 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1091 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1092 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1096 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1097 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1098 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1099 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1100 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1102 - significantly improved native font support
1103 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1105 - added IFF image handler
1106 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1107 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1108 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1109 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1110 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1111 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1112 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1113 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1114 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1115 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1116 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1117 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1118 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1119 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1120 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1121 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1122 - wxMessageOutput class added
1123 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1124 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1126 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1127 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1128 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1129 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1131 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1132 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1133 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1137 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1138 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1139 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1140 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1141 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1142 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1143 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1144 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1145 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1146 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1148 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1149 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1150 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1151 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1152 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1153 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1154 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1156 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1157 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1158 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1159 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1160 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1161 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1162 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1163 has the capture before release it.
1164 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1165 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1166 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1167 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1168 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1169 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1170 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1171 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1172 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1173 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1174 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1175 provided in wxFontData
1176 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1177 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1181 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1182 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1183 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1184 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1185 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1186 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1187 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1188 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1189 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1190 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1191 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1192 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1193 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1197 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1198 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1199 - improved toolbar control alignment
1200 - implemented wxSpinButton
1201 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1202 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1203 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1207 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1208 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1216 - First alpha-quality release
1220 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1221 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1222 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1223 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1224 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1229 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1233 - wxRegEx class added
1234 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1235 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1236 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1237 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1238 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1242 - support for virtual list control added
1243 - column images in report mode of the list control
1244 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1245 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1246 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1247 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1248 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1249 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1250 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1251 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1252 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1253 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1254 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1255 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1259 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1260 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1265 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1266 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1267 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1268 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1272 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1277 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1279 - added support for animated GIFs
1287 - Fixed new charset detection code
1288 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1289 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1290 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1291 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1292 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1293 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1297 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1298 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1299 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1300 push on a custom event handler for example)
1301 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1302 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1303 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1304 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1305 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1306 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1308 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1309 - Various wxXML enhancements
1310 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1311 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1312 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1314 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1315 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1319 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1320 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1321 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1322 alt or shift) now work
1323 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1324 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1325 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1326 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1327 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1328 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1329 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1330 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1331 - We now send iconize events
1332 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1333 - Added mousewheel processing
1334 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1335 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1337 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1338 child frame styles are honoured
1342 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1343 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1344 - We now send iconize events
1345 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1346 GetSelection() results
1353 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1354 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1355 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1356 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1357 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1358 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1359 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1360 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1361 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1362 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1366 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1367 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1368 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1369 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1370 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1371 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1372 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1373 wxImage methods and ctor)
1374 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1375 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1376 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1377 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1378 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1379 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1383 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1384 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1385 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1386 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1390 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1394 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1395 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1402 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1403 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1404 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1405 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1406 - Completed Czech translations
1407 - Some stream corrections
1408 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1409 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1410 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1411 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1415 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1416 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1417 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1418 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1419 - Paper names now translated
1421 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1422 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1423 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1424 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1426 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1427 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1429 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1430 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1431 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1432 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1436 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1437 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1438 backward compatibility, please set
1439 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1440 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1441 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1442 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1443 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1444 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1445 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1446 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1447 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1448 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1449 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1450 - wxFrame restores focus better
1451 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1452 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1453 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1454 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1455 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1456 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1457 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1458 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1459 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1460 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1464 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1468 - Small compilation fixes
1472 - wxCaret documented
1484 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1485 files. This works under VC++ only
1486 - Modal dialog handling improved
1487 - Printer dialog now modal
1502 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1506 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1507 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1512 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1513 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1514 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1515 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1516 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1517 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1518 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1519 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1520 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1522 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1523 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1524 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1525 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1526 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1527 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1529 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1533 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1534 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1535 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1536 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1537 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1538 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1539 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1540 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1542 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1543 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1544 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1545 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1546 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1547 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1548 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1549 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1550 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1551 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1552 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1553 - wxDragImage class added
1554 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1555 controllers, as well as native help
1556 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1560 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1561 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1562 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1563 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1564 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1565 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1566 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1567 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1568 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1569 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1571 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1572 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1573 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1577 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1578 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1579 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1583 - wxMenu::Enable works
1584 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1585 - OGL samples made to work again
1589 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1590 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1591 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1592 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1593 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1594 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1595 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1596 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1597 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1598 - improved HTML printing
1599 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1600 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1601 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1602 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1605 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1608 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1609 -----------------------
1613 - JPEG support added.
1614 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1618 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1620 - JPEG support added.
1621 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1622 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1623 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1630 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1633 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1634 -------------------------------
1639 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1643 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1644 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1645 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1646 - Some makefile fixes.
1654 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1655 - More topic overviews.
1656 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1657 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1658 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1661 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1662 --------------------------
1666 - wxExecute improved.
1670 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1672 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1673 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1674 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1675 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1676 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1677 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1681 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1682 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1686 - wxLocale documented.
1687 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1688 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1689 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1690 (though doesn't display help yet).
1692 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1693 --------------------------
1697 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1701 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1703 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1707 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1708 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1709 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1710 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1711 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1712 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1713 crashes for some reason).
1714 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1715 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1719 - Further doc improvements.
1720 - wxGenericValidator added.
1721 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1724 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1725 -------------------------
1729 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1730 - wxToolTip class added.
1731 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1735 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1736 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1737 - TWIN32 support added.
1738 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1739 factored out program/library settings.
1740 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1744 - A few more colour fixes.
1745 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1746 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1747 - wxChoice crash fix.
1748 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1752 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1753 - Added samples/dde.
1754 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1756 Beta 2, January 1999
1757 --------------------
1763 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1767 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1769 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1770 - Added thread support (Robert).
1771 - wxPoem sample now works.
1775 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1776 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1777 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1779 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1780 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1782 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1784 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1785 --------------------------
1791 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1794 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1795 ----------------------------
1799 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1800 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1801 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1802 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1803 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1805 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1806 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1811 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1812 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1813 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1814 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1815 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1817 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1818 when any button was pressed.
1819 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1820 have a white background.
1821 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1822 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1823 they have sensible colours by default.
1824 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1825 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1826 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1827 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1828 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1830 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1831 ----------------------------
1835 - More documentation updates, especially for
1836 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1837 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1839 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1840 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1841 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1843 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1847 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1848 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1850 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1851 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1852 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1853 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1854 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1855 the debugging implementation.
1856 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1857 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1858 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1859 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1860 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1861 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1862 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1864 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1866 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1867 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1868 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1869 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1870 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1871 - wxNotebook almost done.
1872 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1873 to vertical toolbars).
1877 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1879 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1880 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1881 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1883 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1884 ----------------------------
1888 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1890 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1891 - A few more makefiles added.
1892 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1893 - Further doc updates.
1894 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1898 - First start at Motif port.
1899 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1900 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1901 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1902 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1904 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1905 --------------------------
1909 - wxBitmap debugged.
1910 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1911 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1912 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1913 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1914 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1915 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1916 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1918 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1919 ------------------------
1923 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1924 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1925 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1926 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1927 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1928 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1929 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1930 changes, wxNotebook.
1931 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1933 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1934 -----------------------
1938 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1939 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1940 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1941 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1942 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1944 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1945 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1947 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1948 -----------------------
1952 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1953 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1955 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1956 -----------------------
1960 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1961 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1963 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1964 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1965 wxMenuItem accessors.
1966 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1967 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1968 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1969 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1970 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1971 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1972 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1973 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1974 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1975 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1976 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1977 first, then doing the assignment.
1978 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1979 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1983 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1984 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1986 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1987 ----------------------
1991 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1992 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1993 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1994 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1995 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1996 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1997 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1998 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1999 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2001 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2002 ------------------------
2006 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2008 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2009 compilation and pragmas.
2010 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2011 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2015 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2016 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2017 compilation and pragmas.
2018 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2020 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2021 ------------------------
2025 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2026 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2028 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2029 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2030 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2031 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2033 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2034 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2035 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2037 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2038 compatibility functions.
2039 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2040 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2041 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2042 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2043 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2044 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2045 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2049 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2050 - Added samples/png.
2051 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2052 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2054 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2056 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2057 ------------------------
2061 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2062 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2063 cleaned up properly before exit.
2064 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2066 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2067 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2068 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2070 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2071 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2073 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2074 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2075 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2076 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2080 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2081 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2082 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2083 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2084 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2085 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2086 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2087 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2088 allow better control of memory.
2089 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2091 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2092 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2094 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2095 ------------------------
2099 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2100 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2101 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2102 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2103 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2104 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2105 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2106 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2107 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2108 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2109 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2110 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2112 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2113 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2114 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2115 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2116 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2117 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2118 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2119 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2120 internal implementation.
2121 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2122 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2123 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2127 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2128 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2129 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2130 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2131 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2133 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2134 --------------------------
2138 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2139 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2140 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2142 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2143 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2144 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2145 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2147 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2148 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2153 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2154 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2155 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2157 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2158 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2160 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2161 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2162 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2163 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2164 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2165 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2166 - Added gcc pragmas.
2167 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2168 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2169 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2170 added a few references to wxTransString.
2171 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2172 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2173 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2174 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2175 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2176 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2177 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2178 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2179 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2182 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2183 --------------------------
2187 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2188 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2189 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2190 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2191 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2192 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2193 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2194 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2195 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2196 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2197 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2199 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2200 to help printing with multiple pages.
2201 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2202 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2203 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2204 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2205 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2206 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2207 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2208 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2209 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2210 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2211 New files from Vadim:
2217 src\common\string.cpp
2221 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2222 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2223 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2224 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2225 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2226 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2227 including changes to defs.h.
2228 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2230 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2232 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2233 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2235 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2237 Alpha 3, September 1997
2238 -----------------------
2242 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2243 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2244 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2245 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2246 - Started documentation.
2248 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2249 ------------------------
2253 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2254 with MetroWerks compiler.
2255 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2256 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2257 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2258 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2259 for testing purposes.
2260 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2262 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2263 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2265 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2266 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2269 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2270 -----------------------
2274 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2276 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2277 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2278 wxString instead of char *.
2279 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2280 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2281 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2282 as wxbWindow now removed.
2283 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2284 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2286 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2287 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2288 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2290 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2291 settings mucho rationalised.
2292 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2293 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2295 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2296 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2297 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2298 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2299 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2300 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2302 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2303 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2305 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2306 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2307 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2308 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2309 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2310 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2311 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2312 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2313 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2314 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2316 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2317 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2319 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2320 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2321 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2322 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2323 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2324 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2326 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2327 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2328 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2329 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2330 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2331 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).