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2 wxWidgets Change Log
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4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
6 ================================
7
8 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
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10
11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
13 - wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not
14 if the whole name is a directory.
15 - wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual.
16 - wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
17 - wxArray::Alloc() now works as reserve() and does not clear the array any more
18 - Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the
19 wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case.
20 - wxInputStream::GetC() now returns an int in the range 0 - 255 on success
21 instead of a char the range -128 - 127.
22
23
24 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
25 -----------------------------------------------------------
26
27 - Some classes (notably wxBitmap and wxImage) don't define operator==() as it
28 used to work in somewhat unexpected way as it compared only internal pointers
29 and not the object data. The code using it will have to be updated:
30 * If the object was compared with wxNullXXX, use IsOk() method instead
31 * If valid object need to be compared, use IsSameAs() to reproduce the old
32 behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c.
33 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
34 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
35 even compile).
36 - wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
37 - wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
38 length of the converted string in all cases now.
39 - wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
40 - wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
41 wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
42 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
43 use ProcessMouseClick().
44 - wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
45 wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
46 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
47 use GetMouseCursor().
48 - wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
49 override it.
50 - wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
51 not pointers to arrays.
52 - SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
53 - wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
54 - wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
55 - wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
56 As a consequence, the class interface changed largely. Code updates, if
57 any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
58
59
60 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
61 -----------------------------------------------------
62
63 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
64 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, don't use them.
65 - wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize.
66 - wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize.
67 - Seeking on a zip stream returned from wxFileSystem without using the new
68 wxFS_SEEKABLE flags is deprecated. You can still seek, but use the flag.
69 - Constructor wxZipInputStream(const wxString& archive, const wxString& file)
70 deprecated in favour of wxFileSystem (other zip ctors are not deprecated).
71 - wx{Dir|File}Dialog::{Set|Get}Style deprecated in favour of the generic
72 wxWindow::{Set|Get}WindowStyle()
73
74
75 Major new features in 2.8 release
76 ---------------------------------
77
78 - New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more.
79 - New rich text control library implementing a generic wxRichTextCtrl,
80 using only the wxWidgets API. Also includes formatting dialogs, conversion
81 to HTML, and printing classes.
82 - New wxComboCtrl class giving the ability to create custom, graphical
83 comboboxes. Associated classes include wxOwnerDrawnComboBox, wxComboPopup
84 and wxBitmapComboBox.
85 - Further functionality including wxAnimationCtrl (moved from contrib/src/anim
86 and enhanced), wxSimpleHtmlListBox, wxHyperlinkCtrl, wxColourPickerCtrl,
87 wxDirPickerCtrl, wxFilePickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl, wxCollapsiblePane,
88 wxSearchCtrl, wxAboutBox, wxTreebook, tar streams.
89
90
91 2.8.2
92 -----
93
94 All:
95
96 - Added wxSizerFlags::Shaped() and FixedMinSize() methods
97 - Added wxDateTime::GetDateOnly()
98
99 wxMSW
100
101 - Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus
102 - Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items
103
104
105 2.8.1
106 -----
107
108 All:
109
110 - Fix compilation with wxUSE_STL=1
111 - wxGrid::GetBestSize() returns same size the grid would have after AutoSize()
112 - Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() (Francesco Montorsi)
113 - Several RTL-related positioning fixes (Diaa Sami)
114 - Fix wxConfig::DeleteGroup() for arguments with trailing slash (David Hart)
115 - Fix memory leak in wxGrid::ShowCellEditControl() (Christian Sturmlechner)
116
117 wxMSW:
118
119 - Fixed compilation with Borland C++ in Unicode mode but without MSLU
120 - Show taskbar icon menu on right button release, not press
121
122 wxGTK:
123
124 - Don't crash if command line is not valid UTF-8 (Unicode build only)
125
126 wxUniv:
127
128 - It is now possible to set background colour of wxStaticText
129
130
131 2.8.0
132 -----
133
134 All:
135
136 - Added wxSearchCtrl (Vince Harron)
137 - wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32
138 - wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents
139 - Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
140 - New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
141 a stream that is seekable.
142 - Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows
143 - Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize()
144 for a control with borders (Tim Kosse)
145
146 wxMSW:
147
148 - Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
149 - Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
150 - Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista
151 - Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
152
153 wxGTK:
154
155 - Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles
156 - Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure
157
158
159 2.7.2
160 -----
161
162 All:
163
164 - Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
165 - Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
166 - Added wxTar streams.
167 - Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
168 - Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
169
170 All (GUI):
171
172 - wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
173 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
174 - Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
175 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
176 - Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
177 - Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
178 - Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
179 - Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
180 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
181 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
182 - Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
183 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
184 formatting.
185 - Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
186 - Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
187 - wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
188 - wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
189
190 Unix Ports:
191
192 - Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
193 program (Francesco Montorsi).
194
195 wxGTK:
196
197 - More RTL work.
198 - Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
199 - Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
200 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
201 - wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
202
203
204 2.7.1
205 -----
206
207 All:
208
209 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
210 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
211 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
212 - Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
213 - Added reference counting for wxVariant.
214 - For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
215 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
216 - Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
217 - Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
218 - Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
219 - wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
220 - Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
221 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
222 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
223 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
224
225 All (GUI):
226
227 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
228 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
229 - wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
230 - Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
231 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
232 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
233 - Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
234 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
235 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
236 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
237 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
238 - Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
239 - Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
240 - Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
241
242 wxMSW:
243
244 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
245 - wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
246 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
247 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
248 high-contrast theme).
249 - Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
250
251 wxMac:
252
253 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
254 to the SDK.
255
256 wxGTK:
257
258 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
259 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
260 - Implemented right-to-left support.
261 - Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
262 - Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
263
264 wxUniv:
265
266 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
267
268
269 2.7.0
270 -----
271
272 All:
273
274 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
275 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
276 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
277 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
278 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
279 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
280 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
281 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
282 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
283 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
284 during a search and replace.
285 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
286 are both used in the same program.
287 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
288 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
289 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
290 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
291 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
292 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
293 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
294 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
295 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
296 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
297 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
298 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
299 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
300 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
301 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
302 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
303 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
304 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
305 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
306 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
307 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
308 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
309 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
310 the first time it was called.
311 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
312 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
313 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
314 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
315 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
316 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
317 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
318 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
319 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
320 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
321
322 All (GUI):
323
324 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
325 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
326 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
327 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
328 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
329 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
330 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
331 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
332 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
333 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
334 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
335 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
336 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
337 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
338 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
339 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
340 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
341 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
342 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
343 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
344 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
345 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
346 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
347 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
348 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
349 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
350 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
351 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
352 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
353 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
354 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
355 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
356 by Sandro Sigala).
357 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
358 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
359 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
360 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
361 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
362 best size.
363 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
364 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
365 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
366 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
367 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
368 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
369 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
370 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
371 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
372 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
373 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
374 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
375 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
376 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
377 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
378 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
379 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
380 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
381 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
382 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
383 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
384 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
385 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
386 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
387 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
388 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
389 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
390 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
391 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
392 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
393 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
394 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
395 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
396 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
397 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
398 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
399 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
400 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
401 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
402 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
403
404 wxMSW:
405
406 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
407 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
408 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
409 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
410 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
411 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
412 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
413 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
414 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
415 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
416 wxMSW faq for details).
417 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
418 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
419 to the link command.
420 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
421 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
422 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
423 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
424 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
425 show.
426 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
427 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
428 initial construction.
429 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
430 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
431 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
432 events).
433 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
434 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
435 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
436 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
437 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
438 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
439 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
440 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
441 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
442 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
443 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
444 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
445 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
446 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
447 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
448 changes the system font.
449 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
450 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
451 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
452 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
453 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
454 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
455
456 wxGTK:
457
458 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
459 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
460 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
461 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
462 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
463 implementation.
464 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
465 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
466 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
467 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
468 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
469 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
470 previously unable to be focused before.
471 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
472 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
473 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
474 class was used.
475 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
476 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
477 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
478 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
479 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
480 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
481 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
482 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
483 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
484
485 wxMac:
486
487 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
488 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
489 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
490 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
491 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
492 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
493 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
494 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
495 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
496 - Corrected idle wake-up.
497 - Corrected wxExecute.
498 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
499 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
500 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
501 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
502 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
503 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
504 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
505 were found.
506 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
507 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
508 under Mach-O.
509 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
510 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
511 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
512 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
513 end of file with an error.
514 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
515 binaries.
516 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
517 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
518 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
519 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
520 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
521 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
522 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
523
524 wxCocoa:
525
526 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
527
528 wxWinCE:
529
530 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
531 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
532 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
533 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
534 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
535 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
536 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
537 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
538 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
539 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
540 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
541 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
542 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
543 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
544 directly, however.
545 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
546 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
547 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
548 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
549 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
550
551 wxUniv:
552
553 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
554 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
555 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
556
557 wxX11:
558
559 - Invisible text problem fixed.
560 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
561 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
562 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
563
564 Unix:
565
566 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
567
568 wxMGL:
569
570 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
571 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
572
573
574 2.6.2
575 -----
576
577 All:
578
579 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
580 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
581 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
582 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
583 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
584 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
585 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
586 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
587 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
588 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
589 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
590 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
591
592 All (GUI):
593
594 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
595 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
596 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
597 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
598 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
599 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
600 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
601 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
602 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
603 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
604 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
605 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
606
607 wxMSW:
608
609 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
610 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
611 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
612 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
613 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
614 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
615 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
616 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
617 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
618 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
619 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
620 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
621 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
622 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
623 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
624
625 wxGTK:
626
627 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
628 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
629 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
630 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
631 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
632 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
633 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
634 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
635 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
636 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
637 - Fixed domain socket handling.
638
639 wxMac:
640
641 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
642 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
643 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
644 - Various text control bug fixes.
645 - Automatic menu management improved.
646 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
647 due to dangling cycle pointers.
648 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
649 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
650 showing modally).
651
652 wxOS2
653
654 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
655
656 wxUniv:
657
658 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
659 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
660
661 wxMotif:
662
663 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
664 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
665 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
666 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
667 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
668 flag has been specified.
669 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
670 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
671 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
672 showing modally).
673
674 wxMGL:
675
676 - Fixed crash on exit.
677 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
678
679 wxX11:
680
681 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
682
683
684 2.6.1
685 -----
686
687 All:
688
689 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
690 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
691
692 All (GUI):
693
694 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
695 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
696 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
697 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
698 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
699 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
700 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
701 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
702 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
703 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
704
705 wxMSW:
706
707 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
708 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
709 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
710 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
711 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
712 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
713 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
714 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
715 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
716 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
717 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
718 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
719 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
720 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
721 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
722 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
723 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
724 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
725 - Compiles again with WIN64.
726 - Winelib compilation now works.
727 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
728 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
729 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
730 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
731 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
732 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
733 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
734 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
735 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
736 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
737 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
738 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
739 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
740
741 wxWinCE:
742
743 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
744
745 wxGTK:
746
747 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
748 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
749 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
750 - Added bitmap support in menus.
751
752 wxMac:
753
754 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
755 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
756 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
757 incorrect state.
758 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
759 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
760 - Window menu now added automatically.
761 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
762 - Modified function key support fixed.
763 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
764
765 wxX11:
766
767 - Menu problems fixed.
768 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
769 - Fixed a font memory leak.
770 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
771
772
773 2.6.0
774 -----
775
776 All:
777
778 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
779 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
780
781 All (GUI):
782
783 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
784 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
785
786 wxMSW:
787
788 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
789 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
790 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
791
792 wxWinCE:
793
794 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
795
796 wxGTK:
797 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
798 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
799 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
800 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
801 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
802 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
803 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
804
805 wxMac:
806 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
807
808 2.5.5
809 -----
810
811 All:
812
813 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
814 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
815 - Added wxDebugReport class.
816 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
817 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
818 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
819 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
820 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
821 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
822
823 All (GUI):
824
825 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
826 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
827 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
828 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
829 the whole virtual area.
830 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
831 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
832 isn't used to set the window size.
833 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
834 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
835 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
836 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
837
838 Unix:
839
840 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
841
842 wxMSW:
843
844 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
845 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
846 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
847 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
848 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
849 handling (Jamie Gadd).
850
851 wxGTK:
852
853 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
854 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
855 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
856 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
857 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
858 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
859 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
860 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
861
862 wxMac:
863
864 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
865
866 wxPalmOS:
867
868 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
869
870 wxWinCE:
871
872 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
873 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
874 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
875 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
876 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
877 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
878 with correct titlebar style.
879 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
880 PocketPC guidelines
881 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
882 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
883 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
884 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
885 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
886 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
887 to the dialog's toolbar.
888
889 2.5.4
890 -----
891
892 All:
893
894 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
895 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
896 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
897 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
898 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
899 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
900 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
901 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
902 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
903 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
904 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
905 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
906 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
907 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
908 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
909 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
910 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
911 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
912 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
913 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
914 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
915 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
916 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
917 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
918 printing stuff in the GTK port.
919 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
920 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
921 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
922 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
923 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
924 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
925 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
926 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
927 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
928 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
929 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
930 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
931 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
932 due to a rounding error.
933 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
934 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
935 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
936 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
937 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
938 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
939 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
940 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
941
942
943 All (GUI):
944
945 - added wxMediaCtrl
946 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
947 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
948 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
949 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
950 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
951 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
952 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
953 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
954 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
955 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
956 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
957 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
958 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
959 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
960 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
961 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
962 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
963
964 Unix:
965
966 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
967
968 wxGTK:
969
970 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
971 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
972 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
973 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
974 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
975 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
976 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
977 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
978 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
979 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
980 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
981 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
982 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
983 errors otherwise.
984 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
985 - Added wxRawBitmap support
986 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
987 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
988 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
989
990 wxMac:
991
992 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
993 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
994 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
995 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
996
997 wxMSW:
998
999 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
1000 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
1001 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
1002 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
1003 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
1004
1005 wxWinCE:
1006 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
1007 but not mentioned anywhere.
1008 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
1009
1010 wxUniv:
1011
1012 - wxBU_... button align flags support
1013 - vertical notebook orientation support
1014 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
1015 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
1016
1017 wxPalmOS:
1018
1019 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
1020 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
1021 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
1022 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
1023 - enumeration of available volumes
1024 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
1025 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
1026 - native wxColourDialog implementation
1027 - native wxSystemSettings colours
1028 - native wxButton implementation
1029 - native wxCheckBox implementation
1030 - native wxSlider implementation
1031 - native wxToggleButton implementation
1032 - native wxRadioButton implementation
1033 - native wxStaticText implementation
1034 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
1035
1036
1037 2.5.3
1038 -----
1039
1040 All:
1041
1042 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
1043 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
1044 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1045 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
1046 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
1047 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
1048 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
1049 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
1050 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
1051 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
1052 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
1053 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
1054 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
1055 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
1056 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
1057 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
1058
1059 All (GUI):
1060
1061 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
1062 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
1063 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
1064 is discouraged
1065 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
1066 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
1067 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
1068 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
1069 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
1070 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
1071 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
1072 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
1073 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
1074 - added samples/splash
1075 - added support for stock buttons
1076 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
1077 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
1078 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
1079 - added wxChoicebook control
1080 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
1081 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
1082 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
1083 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
1084 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
1085 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
1086 supported, instead of zero.
1087 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
1088
1089 Unix:
1090
1091 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
1092 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
1093 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
1094 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
1095 - wx-config has new --version-full option
1096
1097 wxCocoa:
1098
1099 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1100 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
1101 - Tooltips now supported
1102 - wxSound now supported
1103 - wxDisplay now supported
1104 - Some stock cursors now supported
1105
1106 wxMac:
1107
1108 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
1109 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
1110 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1111 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
1112
1113 wxGTK:
1114
1115 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
1116 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
1117 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
1118 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
1119 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
1120 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
1121 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
1122 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
1123 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
1124 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
1125 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
1126 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
1127 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
1128 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
1129 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
1130 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
1131 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
1132 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
1133 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
1134
1135 wxMotif:
1136
1137 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
1138
1139 wxMSW:
1140
1141 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
1142 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
1143 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
1144 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
1145 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
1146 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
1147 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
1148 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
1149 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
1150 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
1151 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
1152 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1153 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
1154 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
1155
1156 wxUniv/X11:
1157
1158 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
1159
1160 wxWinCE:
1161
1162 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
1163 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
1164 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
1165 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
1166
1167 wxHTML:
1168
1169 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
1170 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
1171
1172
1173 2.5.2
1174 -----
1175
1176 All:
1177
1178 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1179 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1180 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1181 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1182 of run-time) now
1183 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1184 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1185 to forward declare these classes.
1186
1187 All (GUI):
1188
1189 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1190 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1191 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1192 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1193 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1194 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1195 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1196 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1197 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1198 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1199 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1200 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1201 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1202 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1203 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1204
1205 wxMSW:
1206
1207 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1208 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1209 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1210 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1211 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1212 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1213 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1214 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1215 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1216 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1217 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1218 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1219
1220 wxGTK:
1221
1222 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1223
1224 wxMotif:
1225
1226 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1227 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1228 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1229 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1230
1231 wxUniv/X11:
1232
1233 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1234
1235 wxHTML:
1236
1237 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1238 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1239
1240 Unix:
1241
1242 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1243 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1244
1245 wxODBC:
1246
1247 - Full Unicode support is now available
1248 - BLOB support is working
1249
1250
1251 2.5.1
1252 -----
1253
1254 All:
1255
1256 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1257 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1258 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1259 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1260 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1261 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1262 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1263 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1264 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1265 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1266 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1267 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1268 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1269 (as in 2.5.0).
1270 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1271 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1272 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1273 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1274 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1275 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1276 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1277 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1278 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1279 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1280 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1281 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1282
1283 All (GUI):
1284
1285 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1286 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1287 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1288 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1289 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1290 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1291 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1292 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1293 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1294 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1295 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1296 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1297 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1298 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1299 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1300 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1301 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1302 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1303 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1304 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1305 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1306 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1307 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1308 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1309 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1310 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1311
1312 wxMSW:
1313
1314 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1315 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1316 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1317 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1318 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1319 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1320 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1321 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1322 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1323 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1324 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1325 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1326 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1327 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1328 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1329 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1330 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1331 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1332 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1333 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1334 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1335 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1336 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1337 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1338 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1339 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1340 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1341 than the specified default size
1342 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1343
1344 wxGTK:
1345
1346 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1347 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1348 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1349 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1350 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1351 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1352 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1353 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1354 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1355
1356 wxMac:
1357
1358 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1359 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1360 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1361 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1362
1363 wxMotif:
1364
1365 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1366
1367 wxHTML:
1368
1369 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1370 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1371
1372 Unix:
1373
1374 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1375 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1376 addition to existing OSS one
1377 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1378
1379
1380 2.5.0
1381 -----
1382
1383 All:
1384
1385 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1386 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1387 separately compiled library
1388 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1389 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1390 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1391 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1392 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1393 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1394 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1395 by default in Unicode mode
1396 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1397 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1398 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1399 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1400 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1401 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1402 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1403 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1404 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1405 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1406 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1407 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1408 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1409 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1410 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1411 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1412 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1413 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1414 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1415 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1416
1417 wxBase:
1418
1419 - added Watcom makefiles
1420 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1421
1422 All GUI ports:
1423
1424 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1425 - added wxListbook control
1426 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1427 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1428 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1429 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1430 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1431 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1432 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1433 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1434 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1435 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1436 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1437 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1438 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1439 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1440 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1441 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1442 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1443 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1444 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1445 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1446 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1447 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1448 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1449 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1450 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1451 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1452 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1453 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1454 default extension for the template
1455 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1456 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1457 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1458 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1459 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1460 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1461 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1462 to allow better rich text support.
1463 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1464 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1465 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1466 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1467 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1468 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1469 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1470 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1471 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1472 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1473 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1474 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1475 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1476 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1477 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1478 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1479 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1480 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1481 - added wxMirrorDC class
1482 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1483 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1484 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1485 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1486 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1487 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1488 improved
1489
1490 Unix:
1491
1492 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1493 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1494 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1495 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1496 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1497
1498 Generic controls:
1499
1500 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1501 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1502 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1503 to contrib/src/deprecated
1504
1505 wxGTK:
1506
1507 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1508 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1509 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1510 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1511 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1512 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1513 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1514 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1515 be appended to filenames with no extension
1516 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1517 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1518 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1519 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1520
1521 wxMac:
1522
1523 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1524 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1525
1526 wxMSW:
1527
1528 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1529 - added wxCrashReport
1530 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1531 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1532 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1533 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1534 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1535 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1536 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1537 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1538 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1539 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1540 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1541 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1542 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1543 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1544 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1545 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1546 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1547 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1548 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1549 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1550 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1551 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1552 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1553 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1554 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1555
1556 wxMotif:
1557
1558 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1559 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1560 documentation for a detailed explanation
1561 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1562 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1563 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1564 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1565 - implemented wxToggleButton
1566 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1567 instead of a sunken border
1568 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1569 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1570
1571 wxUniv:
1572
1573 - controls in toolbars now supported
1574
1575 wxHTML:
1576
1577 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1578 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1579 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1580 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1581 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1582
1583
1584 OLD CHANGES
1585 ===========
1586
1587 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1588 ================================
1589
1590 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1591 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1592 with '!' in the first column.
1593
1594 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1595 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1596 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1597 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1598 2.6 release.
1599
1600 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1601 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1602 (see the documentation) useful.
1603
1604
1605 wxBase:
1606
1607 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1608 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1609 code.
1610
1611 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1612 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1613 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1614 arrays containing non-pointers.
1615
1616 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1617 simply don't make sense for all objects
1618
1619 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1620 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1621 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1622
1623 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1624
1625 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1626 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1627 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1628 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1629 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1630
1631 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1632 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1633 the default assert handling.
1634
1635 All (GUI):
1636
1637 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1638 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1639 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1640
1641 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1642 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1643 instead!
1644
1645 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1646 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1647 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1648
1649 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1650 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1651 you want to get OnChar() as well
1652
1653 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1654 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1655 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1656
1657 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1658 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1659 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1660 will *NOT* work any longer:
1661
1662 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1663 ... do something ...
1664 if ( flags & wxYES )
1665 ... do something else ...
1666
1667 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1668 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1669 the ctor
1670
1671 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1672
1673 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1674 if you derived any classes from it
1675
1676 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1677 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1678
1679 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1680 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1681
1682 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1683 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1684
1685 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1686 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1687 from happening
1688
1689 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1690 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1691 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1692
1693 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1694 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1695 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1696 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1697
1698 wxMSW:
1699
1700 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1701 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1702 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1703 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1704 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1705 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1706 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1707 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1708 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1709 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1710
1711 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1712 style to avoid it
1713
1714 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1715 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1716
1717 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1718 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1719 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1720
1721 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1722 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1723
1724
1725 Unix ports:
1726
1727 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1728 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1729 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1730 to compile pure C files.
1731
1732
1733 wxThread and related classes:
1734
1735 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1736 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1737 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1738 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1739
1740 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1741 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1742 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1743 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1744
1745 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1746 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1747 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1748
1749 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1750 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1751
1752
1753 OTHER CHANGES
1754 =============
1755
1756 2.4.0
1757 -----
1758
1759 wxMSW:
1760
1761 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1762
1763 2.3.4
1764 -----
1765
1766 All:
1767
1768 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1769 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1770 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1771
1772 Unix (Base/GUI):
1773
1774 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1775 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1776 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1777
1778 wxGTK:
1779 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1780 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1781
1782 wxX11:
1783 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1784
1785 wxMSW:
1786
1787 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1788 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1789
1790 wxHTML:
1791
1792 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1793
1794 2.3.3
1795 -----
1796
1797 wxBase:
1798
1799 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1800 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1801 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1802 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1803 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1804 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1805 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1806 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1807 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1808 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1809 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1810 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1811 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1812 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1813 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1814 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1815
1816 Unix (Base/GUI):
1817
1818 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1819 programs and not only GNU make
1820 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1821 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1822 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1823 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1824 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1825
1826 All (GUI):
1827
1828 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1829 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1830 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1831 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1832 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1833 wxWidgets dialogs
1834 - significantly improved native font support
1835 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1836 wxHashTable
1837 - added IFF image handler
1838 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1839 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1840 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1841 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1842 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1843 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1844 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1845 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1846 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1847 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1848 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1849 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1850 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1851 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1852 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1853 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1854 - wxMessageOutput class added
1855 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1856 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1857 table fills up
1858 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1859 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1860 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1861 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1862 (Rene Rivera).
1863 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1864 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1865 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1866
1867 wxMSW:
1868
1869 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1870 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1871 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1872 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1873 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1874 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1875 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1876 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1877 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1878 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1879 are changed
1880 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1881 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1882 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1883 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1884 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1885 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1886 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1887 recursion any more
1888 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1889 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1890 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1891 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1892 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1893 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1894 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1895 has the capture before release it.
1896 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1897 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1898 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1899 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1900 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1901 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1902 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1903 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1904 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1905 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1906 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1907 provided in wxFontData
1908 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1909 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1910
1911 wxGTK:
1912
1913 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1914 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1915 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1916 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1917 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1918 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1919 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1920 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1921 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1922 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1923 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1924 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1925 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1926
1927 wxMotif:
1928
1929 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1930 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1931 - improved toolbar control alignment
1932 - implemented wxSpinButton
1933 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1934 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1935 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1936
1937 wxX11:
1938
1939 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1940 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1941
1942 wxMac:
1943
1944 - Many improvements
1945
1946 wxOS2:
1947
1948 - First alpha-quality release
1949
1950 wxHTML:
1951
1952 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1953 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1954 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1955 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1956 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1957
1958 2.3.2
1959 -----
1960
1961 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1962
1963 wxBase:
1964
1965 - wxRegEx class added
1966 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1967 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1968 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1969 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1970 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1971
1972 All (GUI):
1973
1974 - support for virtual list control added
1975 - column images in report mode of the list control
1976 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1977 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1978 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1979 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1980 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1981 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1982 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1983 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1984 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1985 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1986 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1987 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1988
1989 wxMSW:
1990
1991 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1992 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1993 project files
1994
1995 wxGTK:
1996
1997 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1998 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1999 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
2000 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
2001
2002 wxMac:
2003
2004 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
2005 Tools
2006
2007 wxHTML:
2008
2009 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
2010 to tags parsing
2011 - added support for animated GIFs
2012
2013 2.3.1
2014 -----
2015
2016 wxBase:
2017
2018 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
2019 - Fixed new charset detection code
2020 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
2021 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
2022 - Added wxDir::Traverse
2023 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
2024 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
2025 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
2026
2027 All (GUI):
2028
2029 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
2030 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
2031 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
2032 push on a custom event handler for example)
2033 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
2034 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
2035 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
2036 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
2037 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
2038 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
2039 first-time saved
2040 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
2041 - Various wxXML enhancements
2042 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
2043 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
2044 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
2045 instead of GetId()
2046 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
2047 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
2048
2049 wxMSW:
2050
2051 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
2052 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
2053 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
2054 alt or shift) now work
2055 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
2056 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
2057 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
2058 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
2059 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
2060 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
2061 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
2062 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
2063 - We now send iconize events
2064 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
2065 - Added mousewheel processing
2066 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
2067 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
2068 in wxDC
2069 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
2070 child frame styles are honoured
2071
2072 wxGTK:
2073
2074 - Fixed slider rounding bug
2075 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
2076 - We now send iconize events
2077 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
2078 GetSelection() results
2079
2080 2.3.0
2081 -----
2082
2083 wxBase:
2084
2085 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
2086 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
2087 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
2088 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
2089 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2090 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
2091 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
2092 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
2093 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
2094 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
2095
2096 All (GUI):
2097
2098 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
2099 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
2100 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
2101 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
2102 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
2103 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
2104 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
2105 wxImage methods and ctor)
2106 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
2107 - ODBC documentation complete!!
2108 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
2109 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
2110 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
2111 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
2112
2113 wxMSW:
2114
2115 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
2116 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
2117 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
2118 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
2119
2120 wxGTK:
2121
2122 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
2123
2124 wxHTML:
2125
2126 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
2127 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
2128
2129 2.2.0
2130 -----
2131
2132 wxBase:
2133
2134 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
2135 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
2136 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
2137 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
2138 - Completed Czech translations
2139 - Some stream corrections
2140 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
2141 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
2142 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
2143 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
2144
2145 All (GUI):
2146
2147 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
2148 flicker-free dragging is now possible
2149 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
2150 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
2151 - Paper names now translated
2152 - wxGrid fixes
2153 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
2154 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
2155 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
2156 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
2157 File dialog.
2158 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
2159 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
2160 writing code
2161 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
2162 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
2163 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
2164 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
2165
2166 wxMSW:
2167
2168 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
2169 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
2170 backward compatibility, please set
2171 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
2172 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2173 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2174 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2175 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2176 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2177 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2178 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2179 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2180 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2181 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2182 - wxFrame restores focus better
2183 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2184 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2185 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2186 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2187 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2188 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2189 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2190 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2191 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2192 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2193
2194 wxGTK:
2195
2196 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2197
2198 wxMotif:
2199
2200 - Small compilation fixes
2201
2202 Documentation:
2203
2204 - wxCaret documented
2205
2206 2.1.16
2207 ------
2208
2209 wxBase:
2210
2211 All (GUI):
2212
2213 wxMSW:
2214
2215 - Various bug fixes
2216 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2217 files. This works under VC++ only
2218 - Modal dialog handling improved
2219 - Printer dialog now modal
2220
2221 wxGTK:
2222
2223 - Various bug fixes
2224
2225 wxMotif:
2226
2227 - Various bug fixes
2228
2229 2.1.15
2230 ------
2231
2232 Documentation:
2233
2234 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2235
2236 File hierarchy:
2237
2238 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2239 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2240
2241 wxBase:
2242
2243 - wxSocket support
2244 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2245 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2246 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2247 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2248 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2249 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2250 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2251 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2252 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2253 only so far)
2254 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2255 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2256 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2257 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2258 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2259 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2260 is available)
2261 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2262
2263 all (GUI):
2264
2265 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2266 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2267 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2268 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2269 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2270 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2271 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2272 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2273 John Norris)
2274 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2275 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2276 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2277 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2278 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2279 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2280 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2281 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2282 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2283 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2284 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2285 - wxDragImage class added
2286 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2287 controllers, as well as native help
2288 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2289
2290 wxMSW:
2291
2292 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2293 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2294 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2295 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2296 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2297 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2298 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2299 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2300 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2301 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2302 Unix ports
2303 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2304 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2305 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2306
2307 wxGTK:
2308
2309 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2310 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2311 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2312
2313 wxMotif:
2314
2315 - wxMenu::Enable works
2316 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2317 - OGL samples made to work again
2318
2319 wxHTML:
2320
2321 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2322 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2323 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2324 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2325 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2326 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2327 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2328 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2329 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2330 - improved HTML printing
2331 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
2332 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2333 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2334 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2335
2336
2337 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2338 change log.
2339
2340 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2341 -----------------------
2342
2343 wxGTK:
2344
2345 - JPEG support added.
2346 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2347
2348 wxMSW:
2349
2350 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2351 SetTabSize added.
2352 - JPEG support added.
2353 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2354 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2355 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2356
2357 wxMotif:
2358
2359
2360 General:
2361
2362 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2363
2364
2365 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2366 -------------------------------
2367
2368 wxGTK:
2369
2370 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
2371 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2372
2373 wxMSW:
2374
2375 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2376 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2377 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2378 - Some makefile fixes.
2379
2380 wxMotif:
2381
2382 - None.
2383
2384 General:
2385
2386 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2387 - More topic overviews.
2388 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2389 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2390 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2391
2392
2393 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2394 --------------------------
2395
2396 wxGTK:
2397
2398 - wxExecute improved.
2399
2400 wxMSW:
2401
2402 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2403 expected).
2404 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2405 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2406 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2407 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2408 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2409 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2410
2411 wxMotif:
2412
2413 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2414 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2415
2416 General:
2417
2418 - wxLocale documented.
2419 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2420 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2421 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2422 (though doesn't display help yet).
2423
2424 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2425 --------------------------
2426
2427 wxGTK:
2428
2429 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2430
2431 wxMSW:
2432
2433 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2434 rationalised.
2435 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2436
2437 wxMotif:
2438
2439 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2440 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2441 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2442 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2443 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2444 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2445 crashes for some reason).
2446 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2447 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2448
2449 General:
2450
2451 - Further doc improvements.
2452 - wxGenericValidator added.
2453 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2454 automatically.
2455
2456 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2457 -------------------------
2458
2459 wxGTK:
2460
2461 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2462 - wxToolTip class added.
2463 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2464
2465 wxMSW:
2466
2467 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2468 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2469 - TWIN32 support added.
2470 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2471 factored out program/library settings.
2472 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2473
2474 wxMotif:
2475
2476 - A few more colour fixes.
2477 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2478 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2479 - wxChoice crash fix.
2480 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2481
2482 General:
2483
2484 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2485 - Added samples/dde.
2486 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2487
2488 Beta 2, January 1999
2489 --------------------
2490
2491 wxGTK:
2492
2493 wxMSW:
2494
2495 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2496
2497 wxMotif:
2498
2499 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2500 the right place.
2501 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2502 - Added thread support (Robert).
2503 - wxPoem sample now works.
2504
2505 General:
2506
2507 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2508 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2509 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2510 or below).
2511 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2512 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2513 sample.
2514 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2515
2516 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2517 --------------------------
2518
2519 wxGTK:
2520
2521 - Various
2522
2523 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2524
2525
2526 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2527 ----------------------------
2528
2529 wxMSW:
2530
2531 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2532 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2533 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2534 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2535 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2536 on a tab.
2537 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2538 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2539 of Stefan Csomor.
2540
2541 wxMotif:
2542
2543 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2544 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2545 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2546 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2547 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2548 colours correctly.
2549 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2550 when any button was pressed.
2551 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2552 have a white background.
2553 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2554 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2555 they have sensible colours by default.
2556 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2557 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2558 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2559 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2560 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2561
2562 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2563 ----------------------------
2564
2565 wxMSW:
2566
2567 - More documentation updates, especially for
2568 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2569 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2570 of wxTrace.
2571 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2572 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2573 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2574 position.
2575 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2576
2577 wxMotif:
2578
2579 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2580 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2581 child frames).
2582 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2583 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2584 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2585 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2586 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2587 the debugging implementation.
2588 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2589 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2590 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2591 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2592 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2593 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2594 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2595
2596 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2597
2598 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2599 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2600 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2601 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2602 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2603 - wxNotebook almost done.
2604 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2605 to vertical toolbars).
2606
2607 More recently:
2608
2609 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2610 to scrollbars).
2611 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2612 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2613 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2614
2615 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2616 ----------------------------
2617
2618 wxMSW:
2619
2620 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2621 sample.
2622 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2623 - A few more makefiles added.
2624 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2625 - Further doc updates.
2626 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2627
2628 wxMotif:
2629
2630 - First start at Motif port.
2631 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2632 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2633 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2634 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2635
2636 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2637 --------------------------
2638
2639 wxMSW:
2640
2641 - wxBitmap debugged.
2642 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2643 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2644 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2645 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2646 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2647 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2648 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2649
2650 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2651 ------------------------
2652
2653 wxMSW:
2654
2655 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2656 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2657 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2658 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2659 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2660 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2661 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2662 changes, wxNotebook.
2663 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2664
2665 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2666 -----------------------
2667
2668 wxMSW:
2669
2670 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2671 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2672 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2673 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2674 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2675 don't support it.
2676 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2677 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2678
2679 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2680 -----------------------
2681
2682 wxMSW:
2683
2684 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2685 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2686
2687 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2688 -----------------------
2689
2690 wxMSW:
2691
2692 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2693 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2694 wxMenuBar.
2695 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2696 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2697 wxMenuItem accessors.
2698 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2699 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2700 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2701 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2702 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2703 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2704 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2705 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2706 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2707 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2708 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2709 first, then doing the assignment.
2710 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2711 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2712
2713 Generic:
2714
2715 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2716 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2717
2718 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2719 ----------------------
2720
2721 wxMSW:
2722
2723 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2724 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2725 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2726 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2727 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2728 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2729 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2730 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2731 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2732
2733 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2734 ------------------------
2735
2736 wxMSW:
2737
2738 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2739 fields were used.
2740 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2741 compilation and pragmas.
2742 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2743 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2744
2745 Generic:
2746
2747 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2748 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2749 compilation and pragmas.
2750 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2751
2752 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2753 ------------------------
2754
2755 wxMSW:
2756
2757 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2758 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2759 some reason :-(
2760 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2761 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2762 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2763 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2764 startup/exit.
2765 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2766 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2767 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2768 VADIM'S CHANGES:
2769 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2770 compatibility functions.
2771 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2772 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2773 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2774 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2775 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2776 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2777 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2778
2779 Generic:
2780
2781 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2782 - Added samples/png.
2783 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2784 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2785 header files.
2786 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2787
2788 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2789 ------------------------
2790
2791 wxMSW:
2792
2793 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2794 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2795 cleaned up properly before exit.
2796 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2797 automatically.
2798 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2799 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2800 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2801 unresolved issues.
2802 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2803 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2804 tray area.
2805 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2806 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2807 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2808 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2809
2810 Generic:
2811
2812 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2813 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2814 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2815 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2816 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2817 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2818 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2819 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2820 allow better control of memory.
2821 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2822 checking.
2823 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2824 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2825
2826 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2827 ------------------------
2828
2829 wxMSW:
2830
2831 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2832 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2833 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2834 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2835 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2836 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2837 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2838 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2839 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2840 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2841 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2842 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2843 IUnknown.
2844 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2845 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2846 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2847 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2848 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2849 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2850 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2851 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2852 internal implementation.
2853 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2854 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2855 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2856
2857 Generic:
2858
2859 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2860 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2861 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2862 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2863 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2864
2865 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2866 --------------------------
2867
2868 wxMSW:
2869
2870 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2871 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2872 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2873 changes.
2874 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2875 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2876 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2877 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2878 again.
2879 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2880 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2881 e.g. wxDC.
2882
2883 Generic:
2884
2885 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2886 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2887 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2888 changes.
2889 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2890 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2891 docs/gtk.
2892 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2893 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2894 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2895 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2896 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2897 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2898 - Added gcc pragmas.
2899 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2900 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2901 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2902 added a few references to wxTransString.
2903 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2904 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2905 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2906 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2907 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2908 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2909 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2910 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2911 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2912 MoreRequested.
2913
2914 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2915 --------------------------
2916
2917 All:
2918
2919 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2920 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2921 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2922 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2923 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2924 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2925 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2926 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2927 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2928 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2929 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2930 scrolling toolbars.
2931 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2932 to help printing with multiple pages.
2933 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2934 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2935 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2936 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2937 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2938 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2939 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2940 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2941 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2942 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2943 New files from Vadim:
2944 include\wx\string.h
2945 include\wx\debug.h
2946 include\wx\file.h
2947 include\wx\log.h
2948 include\wx\intl.h
2949 src\common\string.cpp
2950 src\common\log.cpp
2951 src\common\intl.cpp
2952 src\common\file.cpp
2953 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2954 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2955 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2956 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2957 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2958 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2959 including changes to defs.h.
2960 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2961 introduced.
2962 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2963 hidden).
2964 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2965 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2966 trick).
2967 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2968
2969 Alpha 3, September 1997
2970 -----------------------
2971
2972 All:
2973
2974 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2975 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2976 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2977 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2978 - Started documentation.
2979
2980 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2981 ------------------------
2982
2983 All:
2984
2985 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2986 with MetroWerks compiler.
2987 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2988 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2989 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2990 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2991 for testing purposes.
2992 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2993 handlers.
2994 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2995 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2996 fully).
2997 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2998 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2999 a separate file.
3000
3001 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
3002 -----------------------
3003
3004 Generic:
3005
3006 At this point, the following has been achieved:
3007
3008 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
3009 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
3010 wxString instead of char *.
3011 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
3012 old system event system) and code size reduced.
3013 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
3014 as wxbWindow now removed.
3015 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
3016 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
3017 - PrologIO revised.
3018 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
3019 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
3020 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
3021 Windows settings.
3022 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
3023 settings mucho rationalised.
3024 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
3025 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
3026 classes removed.
3027 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
3028 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
3029 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
3030 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
3031 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
3032 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
3033 of event handlers.
3034 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
3035 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
3036 wxToolBarBase
3037 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
3038 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
3039 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
3040 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
3041 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
3042 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
3043 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
3044 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
3045 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
3046 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
3047 in the future.
3048 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
3049 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
3050 variables instead.
3051 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
3052 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
3053 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
3054 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
3055 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
3056 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
3057 Win95.
3058 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
3059 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
3060 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
3061 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
3062 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
3063 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).