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