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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
8 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
9 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
10 with '!' in the first column.
12 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
13 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
16 ! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
17 wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE stll
18 exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
21 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
22 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
23 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
24 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
25 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
26 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
27 - wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
28 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
29 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
30 - wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more
31 - (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override
32 ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen
33 - wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments
34 - wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList&
35 (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0)
38 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
39 ==============================
41 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
42 versions, please update your code to not use them.
44 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
45 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
46 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
47 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
48 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
49 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
50 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
51 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
52 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
53 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
54 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
55 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
56 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
57 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
58 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
59 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
60 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
61 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
62 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
74 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
75 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
76 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
77 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
78 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
79 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
80 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
81 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
82 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
83 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
84 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
85 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
87 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
88 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
89 - Changed built-in regex library to a unicode-compatible one (Ryan Norton)
90 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
91 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
92 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
93 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
97 - added wxListBook control
98 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
99 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
100 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
101 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
102 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
103 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
104 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
105 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
106 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
107 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
108 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
109 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
110 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
111 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
112 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
113 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
114 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
115 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
119 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
120 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
121 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
122 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
123 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
124 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
125 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
126 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
127 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
128 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
129 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
130 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
131 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
132 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
133 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file
138 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
139 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
140 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
141 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
142 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
143 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
144 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
148 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
149 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
150 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
151 - use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
155 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
156 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
160 - Added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
168 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
169 huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
170 separately compiled library
171 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
172 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
173 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
174 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
175 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
176 - added wxArray::SetCount()
177 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
178 by default in Unicode mode
179 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
180 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
181 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
182 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
183 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
184 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
185 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
186 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
187 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
188 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
189 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
190 - added wxRecursionGuard class
191 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
192 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
193 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
194 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
195 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
196 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
197 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
198 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
202 - added Watcom makefiles
203 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
207 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
209 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
210 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
211 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
212 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
213 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
214 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
215 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
216 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
217 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
218 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
219 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
220 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
221 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
222 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
223 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
224 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
225 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
226 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
227 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
228 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
229 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
230 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
231 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
232 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
233 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
234 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
235 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
236 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
237 default extension for the template
238 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
239 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
240 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
241 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
242 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
243 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
244 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
245 to allow better rich text support.
246 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
247 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
248 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
249 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
250 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
251 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
252 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
253 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
254 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
255 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
256 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
257 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
258 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
259 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
260 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
261 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
262 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
263 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
264 - added wxMirrorDC class
265 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
266 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
267 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
268 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
269 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
270 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
275 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
276 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
277 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
278 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
279 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
283 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
284 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
285 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
286 to contrib/src/deprecated
290 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
291 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
292 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
293 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
294 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
295 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
296 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
297 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
298 be appended to filenames with no extension
299 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
300 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
301 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
302 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
306 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
307 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
311 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
312 - added wxCrashReport
313 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
314 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
315 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
316 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
317 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
318 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
319 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
320 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
321 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
322 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
323 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
324 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
325 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
326 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
327 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
328 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
329 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
330 - improved border handling under Windows XP
331 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
332 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
333 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
334 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
335 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
336 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
337 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
341 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
342 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
343 documentation for a detailed explanation
344 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
345 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
346 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
347 with Motif 1.x compatibility
348 - implemented wxToggleButton
349 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
350 instead of a sunken border
351 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
352 - finished wxClipboard implementation
356 - controls in toolbars now supported
360 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
361 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
362 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
363 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
364 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
370 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
371 ================================
373 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
374 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
375 with '!' in the first column.
377 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
378 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
379 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
380 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
383 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
384 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
385 (see the documentation) useful.
390 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
391 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
394 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
395 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
396 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
397 arrays containing non-pointers.
399 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
400 simply don't make sense for all objects
402 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
403 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
404 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
406 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
408 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
409 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
410 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
411 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
412 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
414 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
415 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
416 the default assert handling.
420 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
421 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
422 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
424 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
425 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
428 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
429 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
430 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
432 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
433 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
434 you want to get OnChar() as well
436 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
437 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
438 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
440 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
441 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
442 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
443 will *NOT* work any longer:
445 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
448 ... do something else ...
450 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
451 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
454 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
456 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
457 if you derived any classes from it
459 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
460 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
462 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
463 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
465 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
466 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
468 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
469 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
472 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
473 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
474 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
476 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
477 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
478 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
479 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
483 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
484 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
485 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
486 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
487 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
488 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
489 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
490 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
491 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
492 is only present for the DLLs builds.
494 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
497 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
498 previously selected one instead of replacing it
500 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
501 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
502 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
504 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
505 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
510 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
511 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
512 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
513 to compile pure C files.
516 wxThread and related classes:
518 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
519 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
520 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
521 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
523 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
524 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
525 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
526 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
528 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
529 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
530 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
532 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
533 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
544 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
551 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
552 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
553 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
557 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
558 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
559 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
562 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
563 - Addition of native frame site grip.
566 - Unicode support through Pango library.
570 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
571 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
575 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
582 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
583 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
584 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
585 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
586 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
587 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
588 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
589 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
590 after (non standard) STL hash_map
591 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
592 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
593 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
594 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
595 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
596 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
597 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
601 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
602 programs and not only GNU make
603 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
604 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
605 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
606 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
607 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
611 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
612 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
613 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
614 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
615 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
617 - significantly improved native font support
618 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
620 - added IFF image handler
621 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
622 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
623 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
624 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
625 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
626 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
627 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
628 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
629 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
630 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
631 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
632 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
633 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
634 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
635 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
636 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
637 - wxMessageOutput class added
638 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
639 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
641 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
642 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
643 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
644 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
646 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
647 whether a label edit was cancelled.
648 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
652 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
653 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
654 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
655 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
656 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
657 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
658 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
659 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
660 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
661 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
663 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
664 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
665 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
666 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
667 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
668 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
669 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
671 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
672 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
673 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
674 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
675 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
676 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
677 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
678 has the capture before release it.
679 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
680 - default button handling is now closer to expected
681 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
682 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
683 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
684 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
685 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
686 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
687 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
688 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
689 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
690 provided in wxFontData
691 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
692 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
696 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
697 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
698 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
699 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
700 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
701 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
702 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
703 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
704 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
705 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
706 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
707 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
708 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
712 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
713 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
714 - improved toolbar control alignment
715 - implemented wxSpinButton
716 - implemented wxCheckListBox
717 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
718 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
722 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
723 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
731 - First alpha-quality release
735 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
736 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
737 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
738 - fixed alignment handling in tables
739 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
744 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
748 - wxRegEx class added
749 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
750 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
751 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
752 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
753 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
757 - support for virtual list control added
758 - column images in report mode of the list control
759 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
760 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
761 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
762 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
763 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
764 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
765 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
766 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
767 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
768 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
769 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
770 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
774 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
775 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
780 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
781 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
782 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
783 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
787 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
792 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
794 - added support for animated GIFs
802 - Fixed new charset detection code
803 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
804 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
805 - Added wxDir::Traverse
806 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
807 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
808 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
812 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
813 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
814 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
815 push on a custom event handler for example)
816 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
817 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
818 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
819 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
820 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
821 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
823 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
824 - Various wxXML enhancements
825 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
826 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
827 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
829 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
830 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
834 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
835 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
836 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
837 alt or shift) now work
838 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
839 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
840 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
841 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
842 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
843 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
844 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
845 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
846 - We now send iconize events
847 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
848 - Added mousewheel processing
849 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
850 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
852 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
853 child frame styles are honoured
857 - Fixed slider rounding bug
858 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
859 - We now send iconize events
860 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
861 GetSelection() results
868 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
869 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
870 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
871 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
872 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
873 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
874 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
875 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
876 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
877 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
881 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
882 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
883 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
884 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
885 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
886 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
887 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
888 wxImage methods and ctor)
889 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
890 - ODBC documentation complete!!
891 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
892 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
893 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
894 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
898 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
899 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
900 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
901 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
905 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
909 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
910 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
917 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
918 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
919 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
920 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
921 - Completed Czech translations
922 - Some stream corrections
923 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
924 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
925 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
926 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
930 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
931 flicker-free dragging is now possible
932 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
933 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
934 - Paper names now translated
936 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
937 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
938 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
939 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
941 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
942 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
944 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
945 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
946 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
947 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
951 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
952 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
953 backward compatibility, please set
954 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
955 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
956 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
957 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
958 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
959 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
960 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
961 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
962 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
963 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
964 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
965 - wxFrame restores focus better
966 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
967 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
968 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
969 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
970 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
971 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
972 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
973 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
974 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
975 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
979 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
983 - Small compilation fixes
999 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1000 files. This works under VC++ only
1001 - Modal dialog handling improved
1002 - Printer dialog now modal
1017 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1021 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1022 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1027 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1028 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1029 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1030 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1031 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1032 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1033 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1034 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1035 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1037 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1038 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1039 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1040 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1041 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1042 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1044 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1048 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1049 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1050 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1051 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1052 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1053 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1054 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1055 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1057 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1058 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1059 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1060 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1061 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1062 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1063 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1064 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1065 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1066 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1067 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1068 - wxDragImage class added
1069 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1070 controllers, as well as native help
1071 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1075 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1076 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1077 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1078 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1079 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1080 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1081 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1082 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1083 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1084 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1086 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1087 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1088 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1092 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1093 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1094 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1098 - wxMenu::Enable works
1099 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1100 - OGL samples made to work again
1104 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1105 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1106 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1107 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1108 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1109 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1110 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1111 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1112 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1113 - improved HTML printing
1114 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1115 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1116 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1117 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1120 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1123 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1124 -----------------------
1128 - JPEG support added.
1129 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1133 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1135 - JPEG support added.
1136 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1137 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1138 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1145 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1148 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1149 -------------------------------
1154 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1158 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1159 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1160 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1161 - Some makefile fixes.
1169 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1170 - More topic overviews.
1171 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1172 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1173 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1176 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1177 --------------------------
1181 - wxExecute improved.
1185 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1187 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1188 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1189 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1190 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1191 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1192 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1196 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1197 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1201 - wxLocale documented.
1202 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1203 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1204 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1205 (though doesn't display help yet).
1207 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1208 --------------------------
1212 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1216 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1218 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1222 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1223 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1224 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1225 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1226 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1227 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1228 crashes for some reason).
1229 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1230 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1234 - Further doc improvements.
1235 - wxGenericValidator added.
1236 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1239 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1240 -------------------------
1244 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1245 - wxToolTip class added.
1246 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1250 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1251 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1252 - TWIN32 support added.
1253 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1254 factored out program/library settings.
1255 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1259 - A few more colour fixes.
1260 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1261 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1262 - wxChoice crash fix.
1263 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1267 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1268 - Added samples/dde.
1269 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1271 Beta 2, January 1999
1272 --------------------
1278 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1282 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1284 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1285 - Added thread support (Robert).
1286 - wxPoem sample now works.
1290 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1291 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1292 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1294 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1295 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1297 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1299 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1300 --------------------------
1306 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1309 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1310 ----------------------------
1314 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1315 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1316 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1317 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1318 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1320 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1321 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1326 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1327 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1328 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1329 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1330 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1332 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1333 when any button was pressed.
1334 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1335 have a white background.
1336 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1337 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1338 they have sensible colours by default.
1339 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1340 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1341 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1342 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1343 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1345 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1346 ----------------------------
1350 - More documentation updates, especially for
1351 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1352 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1354 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1355 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1356 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1358 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1362 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1363 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1365 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1366 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1367 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1368 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1369 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1370 the debugging implementation.
1371 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1372 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1373 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1374 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1375 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1376 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1377 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1379 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1381 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1382 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1383 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1384 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1385 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1386 - wxNotebook almost done.
1387 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1388 to vertical toolbars).
1392 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1394 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1395 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1396 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1398 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1399 ----------------------------
1403 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1405 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1406 - A few more makefiles added.
1407 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1408 - Further doc updates.
1409 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1413 - First start at Motif port.
1414 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1415 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1416 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1417 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1419 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1420 --------------------------
1424 - wxBitmap debugged.
1425 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1426 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1427 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1428 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1429 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1430 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1431 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1433 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1434 ------------------------
1438 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1439 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1440 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1441 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1442 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1443 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1444 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1445 changes, wxNotebook.
1446 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1448 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1449 -----------------------
1453 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1454 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1455 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1456 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1457 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1459 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1460 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1462 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1463 -----------------------
1467 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1468 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1470 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1471 -----------------------
1475 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1476 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1478 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1479 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1480 wxMenuItem accessors.
1481 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1482 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1483 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1484 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1485 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1486 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1487 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1488 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1489 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1490 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1491 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1492 first, then doing the assignment.
1493 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1494 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1498 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1499 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1501 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1502 ----------------------
1506 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1507 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1508 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1509 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1510 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1511 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1512 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1513 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1514 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1516 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1517 ------------------------
1521 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1523 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1524 compilation and pragmas.
1525 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1526 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1530 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1531 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1532 compilation and pragmas.
1533 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1535 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1536 ------------------------
1540 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1541 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1543 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1544 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1545 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1546 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1548 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1549 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1550 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1552 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1553 compatibility functions.
1554 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1555 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1556 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1557 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1558 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1559 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1560 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1564 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1565 - Added samples/png.
1566 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1567 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1569 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1571 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1572 ------------------------
1576 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1577 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1578 cleaned up properly before exit.
1579 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1581 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1582 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1583 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1585 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1586 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1588 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1589 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1590 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1591 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1595 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1596 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1597 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1598 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1599 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1600 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1601 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1602 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1603 allow better control of memory.
1604 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1606 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1607 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1609 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1610 ------------------------
1614 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1615 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1616 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1617 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1618 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1619 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1620 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1621 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1622 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1623 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1624 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1625 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1627 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1628 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1629 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1630 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1631 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1632 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1633 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1634 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1635 internal implementation.
1636 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1637 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1638 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1642 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1643 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1644 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1645 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1646 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1648 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1649 --------------------------
1653 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1654 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1655 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1657 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1658 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1659 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1660 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1662 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1663 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1668 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1669 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1670 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1672 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1673 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1675 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1676 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1677 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1678 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1679 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1680 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1681 - Added gcc pragmas.
1682 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1683 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1684 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1685 added a few references to wxTransString.
1686 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1687 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1688 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1689 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1690 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1691 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1692 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1693 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1694 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1697 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1698 --------------------------
1702 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1703 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1704 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1705 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1706 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1707 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1708 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1709 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1710 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1711 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1712 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1714 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1715 to help printing with multiple pages.
1716 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1717 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1718 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1719 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1720 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1721 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1722 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1723 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1724 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1725 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1726 New files from Vadim:
1732 src\common\string.cpp
1736 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1737 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1738 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1739 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1740 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1741 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1742 including changes to defs.h.
1743 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1745 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1747 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1748 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1750 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1752 Alpha 3, September 1997
1753 -----------------------
1757 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1758 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1759 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1760 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1761 - Started documentation.
1763 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1764 ------------------------
1768 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1769 with MetroWerks compiler.
1770 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1771 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1772 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1773 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1774 for testing purposes.
1775 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1777 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1778 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1780 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1781 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1784 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1785 -----------------------
1789 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1791 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1792 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1793 wxString instead of char *.
1794 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1795 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1796 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1797 as wxbWindow now removed.
1798 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1799 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1801 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1802 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1803 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1805 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1806 settings mucho rationalised.
1807 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1808 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1810 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1811 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1812 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1813 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1814 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1815 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1817 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1818 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1820 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1821 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1822 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1823 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1824 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1825 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1826 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1827 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1828 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1829 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1831 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1832 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1834 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1835 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1836 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1837 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1838 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1839 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1841 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1842 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1843 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1844 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1845 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1846 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).