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1 wxWindows 2 Change Log
2 ----------------------
3
4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
6
7 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
8 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
9 with '!' in the first column.
10
11 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
12 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
13 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
14 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
15 2.6 release.
16
17
18 wxBase:
19
20 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
21 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
22 code.
23
24 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
25 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
26 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
27 arrays containing non-pointers.
28
29 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
30 simply don't make sense for all objects
31
32 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
33 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
34 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
35
36 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
37
38 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
39 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
40 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
41 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
42 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
43
44 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
45 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
46 the default assert handling.
47
48
49 All (GUI):
50
51 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
52 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
53 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
54
55 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
56 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
57 instead!
58
59 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
60 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
61 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
62
63 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
64 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
65 you want to get OnChar() as well
66
67 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
68 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
69 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
70 will *NOT* work any longer:
71
72 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
73 ... do something ...
74 if ( flags & wxYES )
75 ... do something else ...
76
77 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
78
79 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
80 if you derived any classes from it
81
82 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
83 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
84
85 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
86 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
87
88 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
89 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
90
91 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
92 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
93 from happening
94
95 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
96 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
97 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
98
99
100 wxMSW:
101
102 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
103 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
104 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
105 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
106 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
107 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
108 make/project files.
109
110 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
111 style to avoid it
112
113 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
114 previously selected one instead of replacing it
115
116 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
117 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
118 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
119
120 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
121 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
122
123
124 Unix ports:
125
126 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
127 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
128 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
129 to compile pure C files.
130
131
132 wxThread and related classes:
133
134 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
135 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
136 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
137 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
138
139 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
140 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
141 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
142 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
143
144 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
145 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
146 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
147
148 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
149 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
150
151
152 OTHER CHANGES
153 =============
154
155 2.3.3
156 -----
157
158 wxBase:
159
160 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
161 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
162 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
163 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
164 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
165 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
166 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
167 after (non standard) STL hash_map
168 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
169 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
170 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
171 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
172 deprecated)
173 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
174 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
175
176 Unix (Base/GUI):
177
178 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
179 programs and not only GNU make
180 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
181 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
182 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
183 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
184 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
185
186 All (GUI):
187
188 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
189 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
190 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
191 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
192 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
193 wxWindows dialogs
194 - significantly improved native font support
195 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
196 wxHashTable
197 - added IFF image handler
198 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
199 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
200 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
201 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
202 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
203 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
204 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
205 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
206 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
207 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
208 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
209 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
210 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
211 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
212 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
213 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
214 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
215 table fills up
216 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
217 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do
218 cleanup.
219 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
220 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
221 (Rene Rivera).
222
223 wxMSW:
224
225 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
226 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
227 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
228 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
229 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
230 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
231 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
232 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
233 are changed
234 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
235 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
236 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
237 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
238 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
239 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
240 recursion any more
241 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
242 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
243 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
244 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
245 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
246 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
247 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
248 has the capture before release it.
249 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
250 - default button handling is now closer to expected
251 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
252 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
253 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
254 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
255 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during
256 message/event processing
257 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
258
259 wxGTK:
260
261 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
262 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
263 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
264 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
265 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
266 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
267 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
268 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
269 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
270 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
271 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
272 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
273
274 wxMotif:
275
276 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
277 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
278 - improved toolbar control alignment
279
280 wxHTML:
281
282 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
283 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
284 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
285 - fixed alignment handling in tables
286 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
287
288 2.3.2
289 -----
290
291 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
292
293 wxBase:
294
295 - wxRegEx class added
296 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
297 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
298 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
299 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
300 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
301
302 All (GUI):
303
304 - support for virtual list control added
305 - column images in report mode of the list control
306 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
307 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
308 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
309 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
310 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
311 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
312 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
313 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
314 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
315 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
316 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
317 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
318
319 wxMSW:
320
321 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
322 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
323 project files
324
325 wxGTK:
326
327 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
328 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
329 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
330 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
331
332 wxMac:
333
334 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
335 Tools
336
337 wxHTML:
338
339 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
340 to tags parsing
341 - added support for animated GIFs
342
343 2.3.1
344 -----
345
346 wxBase:
347
348 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
349 - Fixed new charset detection code
350 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
351 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
352 - Added wxDir::Traverse
353 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
354 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
355 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
356
357 All (GUI):
358
359 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
360 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
361 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
362 push on a custom event handler for example)
363 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
364 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
365 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
366 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
367 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
368 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
369 first-time saved
370 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
371 - Various wxXML enhancements
372 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
373 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
374 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
375 instead of GetId()
376 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
377 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
378
379 wxMSW:
380
381 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
382 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
383 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
384 alt or shift) now work
385 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
386 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
387 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
388 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
389 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
390 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
391 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
392 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
393 - We now send iconize events
394 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
395 - Added mousewheel processing
396 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
397 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
398 in wxDC
399 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
400 child frame styles are honoured
401
402 wxGTK:
403
404 - Fixed slider rounding bug
405 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
406 - We now send iconize events
407 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
408 GetSelection() results
409
410 2.3.0
411 -----
412
413 wxBase:
414
415 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
416 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
417 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
418 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
419 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
420 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
421 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
422 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
423 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
424 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
425
426 All (GUI):
427
428 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
429 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
430 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
431 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
432 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
433 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
434 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
435 wxImage methods and ctor)
436 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
437 - ODBC documentation complete!!
438 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
439 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
440 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
441 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
442
443 wxMSW:
444
445 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
446 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
447 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
448 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
449
450 wxGTK:
451
452 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
453
454 wxHTML:
455
456 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
457 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
458
459 2.2.0
460 -----
461
462 wxBase:
463
464 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
465 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
466 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
467 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
468 - Completed Czech translations
469 - Some stream corrections
470 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
471 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
472 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
473 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
474
475 All (GUI):
476
477 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
478 flicker-free dragging is now possible
479 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
480 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
481 - Paper names now translated
482 - wxGrid fixes
483 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
484 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
485 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
486 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
487 File dialog.
488 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
489 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
490 writing code
491 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
492 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
493 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
494 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
495
496 wxMSW:
497
498 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
499 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
500 backward compatibility, please set
501 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
502 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
503 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
504 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
505 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
506 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
507 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
508 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
509 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
510 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
511 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
512 - wxFrame restores focus better
513 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
514 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
515 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
516 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
517 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
518 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
519 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
520 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
521 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
522 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
523
524 wxGTK:
525
526 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
527
528 wxMotif:
529
530 - Small compilation fixes
531
532 Documentation:
533
534 - wxCaret documented
535
536 2.1.16
537 ------
538
539 wxBase:
540
541 All (GUI):
542
543 wxMSW:
544
545 - Various bug fixes
546 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
547 files. This works under VC++ only
548 - Modal dialog handling improved
549 - Printer dialog now modal
550
551 wxGTK:
552
553 - Various bug fixes
554
555 wxMotif:
556
557 - Various bug fixes
558
559 2.1.15
560 ------
561
562 Documentation:
563
564 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
565
566 File hierarchy:
567
568 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
569 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
570
571 wxBase:
572
573 - wxSocket support
574 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
575 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
576 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
577 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
578 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
579 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
580 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
581 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
582 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
583 only so far)
584 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
585 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
586 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
587 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
588 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
589 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
590 is available)
591 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
592
593 all (GUI):
594
595 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
596 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
597 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
598 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
599 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
600 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
601 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
602 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
603 John Norris)
604 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
605 MIME types if available (Unix only)
606 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
607 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
608 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
609 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
610 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
611 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
612 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
613 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
614 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
615 - wxDragImage class added
616 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
617 controllers, as well as native help
618 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
619
620 wxMSW:
621
622 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
623 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
624 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
625 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
626 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
627 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
628 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
629 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
630 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
631 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
632 Unix ports
633 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
634 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
635 - wxSetCursorEvent added
636
637 wxGTK:
638
639 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
640 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
641 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
642
643 wxMotif:
644
645 - wxMenu::Enable works
646 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
647 - OGL samples made to work again
648
649 wxHTML:
650
651 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
652 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
653 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
654 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
655 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
656 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
657 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
658 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
659 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
660 - improved HTML printing
661 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
662 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
663 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
664 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
665
666
667 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
668 change log.
669
670 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
671 -----------------------
672
673 wxGTK:
674
675 - JPEG support added.
676 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
677
678 wxMSW:
679
680 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
681 SetTabSize added.
682 - JPEG support added.
683 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
684 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
685 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
686
687 wxMotif:
688
689
690 General:
691
692 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
693
694
695 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
696 -------------------------------
697
698 wxGTK:
699
700 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
701 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
702
703 wxMSW:
704
705 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
706 - Fixed window cursor setting.
707 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
708 - Some makefile fixes.
709
710 wxMotif:
711
712 - None.
713
714 General:
715
716 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
717 - More topic overviews.
718 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
719 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
720 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
721
722
723 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
724 --------------------------
725
726 wxGTK:
727
728 - wxExecute improved.
729
730 wxMSW:
731
732 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
733 expected).
734 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
735 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
736 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
737 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
738 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
739 - Fixed focus-related crash.
740
741 wxMotif:
742
743 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
744 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
745
746 General:
747
748 - wxLocale documented.
749 - Added include filenames to class reference.
750 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
751 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
752 (though doesn't display help yet).
753
754 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
755 --------------------------
756
757 wxGTK:
758
759 - Miscellaneous fixes.
760
761 wxMSW:
762
763 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
764 rationalised.
765 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
766
767 wxMotif:
768
769 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
770 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
771 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
772 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
773 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
774 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
775 crashes for some reason).
776 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
777 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
778
779 General:
780
781 - Further doc improvements.
782 - wxGenericValidator added.
783 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
784 automatically.
785
786 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
787 -------------------------
788
789 wxGTK:
790
791 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
792 - wxToolTip class added.
793 - Miscellaneous fixes.
794
795 wxMSW:
796
797 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
798 - Makefiles for more compilers.
799 - TWIN32 support added.
800 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
801 factored out program/library settings.
802 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
803
804 wxMotif:
805
806 - A few more colour fixes.
807 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
808 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
809 - wxChoice crash fix.
810 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
811
812 General:
813
814 - wxBusyCursor class added.
815 - Added samples/dde.
816 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
817
818 Beta 2, January 1999
819 --------------------
820
821 wxGTK:
822
823 wxMSW:
824
825 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
826
827 wxMotif:
828
829 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
830 the right place.
831 - Cured some widget table clashes.
832 - Added thread support (Robert).
833 - wxPoem sample now works.
834
835 General:
836
837 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
838 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
839 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
840 or below).
841 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
842 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
843 sample.
844 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
845
846 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
847 --------------------------
848
849 wxGTK:
850
851 - Various
852
853 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
854
855
856 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
857 ----------------------------
858
859 wxMSW:
860
861 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
862 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
863 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
864 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
865 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
866 on a tab.
867 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
868 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
869 of Stefan Csomor.
870
871 wxMotif:
872
873 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
874 without (permanently) resizing the window.
875 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
876 that disabled scrollbar paging.
877 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
878 colours correctly.
879 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
880 when any button was pressed.
881 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
882 have a white background.
883 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
884 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
885 they have sensible colours by default.
886 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
887 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
888 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
889 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
890 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
891
892 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
893 ----------------------------
894
895 wxMSW:
896
897 - More documentation updates, especially for
898 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
899 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
900 of wxTrace.
901 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
902 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
903 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
904 position.
905 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
906
907 wxMotif:
908
909 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
910 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
911 child frames).
912 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
913 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
914 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
915 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
916 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
917 the debugging implementation.
918 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
919 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
920 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
921 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
922 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
923 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
924 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
925
926 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
927
928 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
929 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
930 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
931 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
932 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
933 - wxNotebook almost done.
934 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
935 to vertical toolbars).
936
937 More recently:
938
939 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
940 to scrollbars).
941 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
942 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
943 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
944
945 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
946 ----------------------------
947
948 wxMSW:
949
950 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
951 sample.
952 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
953 - A few more makefiles added.
954 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
955 - Further doc updates.
956 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
957
958 wxMotif:
959
960 - First start at Motif port.
961 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
962 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
963 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
964 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
965
966 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
967 --------------------------
968
969 wxMSW:
970
971 - wxBitmap debugged.
972 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
973 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
974 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
975 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
976 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
977 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
978 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
979
980 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
981 ------------------------
982
983 wxMSW:
984
985 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
986 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
987 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
988 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
989 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
990 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
991 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
992 changes, wxNotebook.
993 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
994
995 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
996 -----------------------
997
998 wxMSW:
999
1000 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1001 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1002 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1003 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1004 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1005 don't support it.
1006 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1007 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1008
1009 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1010 -----------------------
1011
1012 wxMSW:
1013
1014 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1015 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1016
1017 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1018 -----------------------
1019
1020 wxMSW:
1021
1022 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1023 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1024 wxMenuBar.
1025 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1026 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1027 wxMenuItem accessors.
1028 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1029 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1030 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1031 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1032 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1033 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1034 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1035 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1036 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1037 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1038 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1039 first, then doing the assignment.
1040 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1041 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1042
1043 Generic:
1044
1045 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1046 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1047
1048 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1049 ----------------------
1050
1051 wxMSW:
1052
1053 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1054 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1055 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1056 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1057 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1058 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1059 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1060 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1061 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1062
1063 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1064 ------------------------
1065
1066 wxMSW:
1067
1068 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1069 fields were used.
1070 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1071 compilation and pragmas.
1072 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1073 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1074
1075 Generic:
1076
1077 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1078 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1079 compilation and pragmas.
1080 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1081
1082 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1083 ------------------------
1084
1085 wxMSW:
1086
1087 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1088 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1089 some reason :-(
1090 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1091 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1092 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1093 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1094 startup/exit.
1095 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1096 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1097 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1098 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1099 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1100 compatibility functions.
1101 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1102 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1103 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1104 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1105 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1106 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1107 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1108
1109 Generic:
1110
1111 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1112 - Added samples/png.
1113 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1114 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1115 header files.
1116 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1117
1118 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1119 ------------------------
1120
1121 wxMSW:
1122
1123 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1124 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1125 cleaned up properly before exit.
1126 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1127 automatically.
1128 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1129 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1130 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1131 unresolved issues.
1132 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1133 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1134 tray area.
1135 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1136 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1137 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1138 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1139
1140 Generic:
1141
1142 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1143 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1144 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1145 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1146 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1147 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1148 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1149 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1150 allow better control of memory.
1151 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1152 checking.
1153 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1154 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1155
1156 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1157 ------------------------
1158
1159 wxMSW:
1160
1161 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1162 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1163 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1164 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1165 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1166 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1167 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1168 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1169 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1170 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1171 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1172 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1173 IUnknown.
1174 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1175 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1176 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1177 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1178 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1179 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1180 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1181 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1182 internal implementation.
1183 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1184 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1185 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1186
1187 Generic:
1188
1189 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1190 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1191 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1192 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1193 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1194
1195 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1196 --------------------------
1197
1198 wxMSW:
1199
1200 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1201 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1202 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1203 changes.
1204 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1205 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1206 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1207 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1208 again.
1209 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1210 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1211 e.g. wxDC.
1212
1213 Generic:
1214
1215 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1216 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1217 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1218 changes.
1219 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1220 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1221 docs/gtk.
1222 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1223 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1224 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1225 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1226 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1227 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1228 - Added gcc pragmas.
1229 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1230 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1231 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1232 added a few references to wxTransString.
1233 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1234 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1235 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1236 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1237 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1238 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1239 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1240 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1241 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1242 MoreRequested.
1243
1244 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1245 --------------------------
1246
1247 All:
1248
1249 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1250 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1251 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1252 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1253 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1254 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1255 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1256 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1257 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1258 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1259 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1260 scrolling toolbars.
1261 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1262 to help printing with multiple pages.
1263 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1264 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1265 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1266 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1267 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1268 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1269 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1270 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1271 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1272 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1273 New files from Vadim:
1274 include\wx\string.h
1275 include\wx\debug.h
1276 include\wx\file.h
1277 include\wx\log.h
1278 include\wx\intl.h
1279 src\common\string.cpp
1280 src\common\log.cpp
1281 src\common\intl.cpp
1282 src\common\file.cpp
1283 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1284 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1285 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1286 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1287 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1288 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1289 including changes to defs.h.
1290 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1291 introduced.
1292 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1293 hidden).
1294 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1295 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1296 trick).
1297 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1298
1299 Alpha 3, September 1997
1300 -----------------------
1301
1302 All:
1303
1304 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1305 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1306 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1307 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1308 - Started documentation.
1309
1310 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1311 ------------------------
1312
1313 All:
1314
1315 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1316 with MetroWerks compiler.
1317 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1318 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1319 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1320 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1321 for testing purposes.
1322 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1323 handlers.
1324 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1325 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1326 fully).
1327 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1328 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1329 a separate file.
1330
1331 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1332 -----------------------
1333
1334 Generic:
1335
1336 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1337
1338 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1339 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1340 wxString instead of char *.
1341 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1342 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1343 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1344 as wxbWindow now removed.
1345 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1346 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1347 - PrologIO revised.
1348 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1349 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1350 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1351 Windows settings.
1352 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1353 settings mucho rationalised.
1354 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1355 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1356 classes removed.
1357 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1358 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1359 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1360 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1361 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1362 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1363 of event handlers.
1364 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1365 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1366 wxToolBarBase
1367 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1368 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1369 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1370 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1371 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1372 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1373 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1374 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1375 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1376 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1377 in the future.
1378 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1379 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1380 variables instead.
1381 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1382 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1383 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1384 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1385 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1386 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1387 Win95.
1388 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1389 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1390 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1391 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1392 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1393 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
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