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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
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8 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
9 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
10 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
11 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
12 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
13 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
14 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
17 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
18 ==============================
20 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
21 versions, please update your code to not use them.
23 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
24 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
25 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
26 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
27 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
28 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
29 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
30 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
31 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
32 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
33 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
34 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
35 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
36 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
37 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
48 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
49 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
53 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
54 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
58 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
59 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
60 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
64 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
72 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
73 huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
74 separately compiled library
75 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
76 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
77 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
78 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
79 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
80 - added wxArray::SetCount()
81 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
82 by default in Unicode mode
83 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
84 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
85 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
86 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
87 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
88 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
89 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
90 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
91 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
92 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
93 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
94 - added wxRecursionGuard class
95 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
99 - added Watcom makefiles
100 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
104 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
106 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
107 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
108 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
109 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
110 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
111 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
112 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
113 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
114 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
115 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
116 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
117 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
118 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
119 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
120 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
121 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
122 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
123 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
124 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
125 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
126 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
127 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
128 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
129 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
130 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
131 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
132 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
133 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
134 default extension for the template
135 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
136 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
137 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
138 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
139 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
140 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
141 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
142 to allow better rich text support.
143 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
144 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
145 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
146 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
147 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
148 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
149 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
150 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
151 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
152 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
153 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
154 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
155 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
156 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
157 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
158 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
159 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
160 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
161 - added wxMirrorDC class
162 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
163 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
164 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
165 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
166 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
167 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
172 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
173 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
174 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
175 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
176 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
180 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
181 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
182 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
183 to contrib/src/deprecated
187 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
188 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
189 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
190 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
191 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
192 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
193 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
194 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
195 be appended to filenames with no extension
196 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
197 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
198 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
199 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
203 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
204 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
208 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
209 - added wxCrashReport
210 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
211 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
212 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
213 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
214 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
215 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
216 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
217 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
218 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
219 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
220 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
221 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
222 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
223 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
224 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
225 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
226 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
227 - improved border handling under Windows XP
228 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
229 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
230 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
231 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
232 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
233 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
234 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
238 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
239 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
240 documentation for a detailed explanation
241 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
242 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
243 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
244 with Motif 1.x compatibility
245 - implemented wxToggleButton
246 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
247 instead of a sunken border
248 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
249 - finished wxClipboard implementation
253 - controls in toolbars now supported
257 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
258 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
259 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
260 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
261 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
267 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
268 ================================
270 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
271 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
272 with '!' in the first column.
274 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
275 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
276 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
277 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
280 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
281 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
282 (see the documentation) useful.
287 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
288 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
291 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
292 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
293 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
294 arrays containing non-pointers.
296 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
297 simply don't make sense for all objects
299 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
300 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
301 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
303 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
305 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
306 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
307 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
308 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
309 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
311 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
312 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
313 the default assert handling.
317 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
318 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
319 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
321 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
322 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
325 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
326 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
327 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
329 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
330 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
331 you want to get OnChar() as well
333 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
334 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
335 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
337 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
338 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
339 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
340 will *NOT* work any longer:
342 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
345 ... do something else ...
347 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
348 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
351 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
353 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
354 if you derived any classes from it
356 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
357 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
359 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
360 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
362 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
363 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
365 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
366 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
369 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
370 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
371 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
373 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
374 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
375 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
376 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
380 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
381 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
382 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
383 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
384 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
385 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
386 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
387 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
388 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
389 is only present for the DLLs builds.
391 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
394 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
395 previously selected one instead of replacing it
397 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
398 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
399 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
401 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
402 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
407 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
408 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
409 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
410 to compile pure C files.
413 wxThread and related classes:
415 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
416 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
417 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
418 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
420 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
421 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
422 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
423 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
425 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
426 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
427 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
429 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
430 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
441 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
448 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
449 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
450 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
454 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
455 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
456 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
459 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
460 - Addition of native frame site grip.
463 - Unicode support through Pango library.
467 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
468 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
472 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
479 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
480 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
481 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
482 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
483 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
484 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
485 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
486 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
487 after (non standard) STL hash_map
488 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
489 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
490 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
491 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
492 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
493 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
494 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
498 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
499 programs and not only GNU make
500 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
501 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
502 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
503 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
504 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
508 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
509 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
510 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
511 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
512 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
514 - significantly improved native font support
515 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
517 - added IFF image handler
518 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
519 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
520 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
521 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
522 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
523 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
524 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
525 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
526 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
527 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
528 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
529 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
530 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
531 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
532 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
533 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
534 - wxMessageOutput class added
535 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
536 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
538 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
539 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
540 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
541 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
543 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
544 whether a label edit was cancelled.
545 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
549 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
550 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
551 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
552 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
553 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
554 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
555 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
556 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
557 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
558 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
560 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
561 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
562 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
563 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
564 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
565 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
566 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
568 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
569 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
570 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
571 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
572 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
573 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
574 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
575 has the capture before release it.
576 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
577 - default button handling is now closer to expected
578 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
579 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
580 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
581 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
582 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
583 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
584 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
585 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
586 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
587 provided in wxFontData
588 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
589 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
593 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
594 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
595 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
596 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
597 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
598 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
599 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
600 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
601 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
602 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
603 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
604 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
605 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
609 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
610 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
611 - improved toolbar control alignment
612 - implemented wxSpinButton
613 - implemented wxCheckListBox
614 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
615 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
619 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
620 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
628 - First alpha-quality release
632 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
633 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
634 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
635 - fixed alignment handling in tables
636 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
641 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
645 - wxRegEx class added
646 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
647 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
648 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
649 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
650 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
654 - support for virtual list control added
655 - column images in report mode of the list control
656 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
657 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
658 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
659 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
660 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
661 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
662 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
663 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
664 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
665 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
666 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
667 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
671 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
672 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
677 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
678 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
679 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
680 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
684 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
689 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
691 - added support for animated GIFs
699 - Fixed new charset detection code
700 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
701 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
702 - Added wxDir::Traverse
703 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
704 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
705 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
709 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
710 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
711 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
712 push on a custom event handler for example)
713 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
714 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
715 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
716 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
717 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
718 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
720 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
721 - Various wxXML enhancements
722 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
723 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
724 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
726 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
727 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
731 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
732 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
733 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
734 alt or shift) now work
735 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
736 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
737 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
738 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
739 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
740 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
741 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
742 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
743 - We now send iconize events
744 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
745 - Added mousewheel processing
746 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
747 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
749 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
750 child frame styles are honoured
754 - Fixed slider rounding bug
755 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
756 - We now send iconize events
757 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
758 GetSelection() results
765 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
766 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
767 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
768 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
769 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
770 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
771 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
772 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
773 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
774 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
778 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
779 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
780 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
781 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
782 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
783 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
784 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
785 wxImage methods and ctor)
786 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
787 - ODBC documentation complete!!
788 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
789 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
790 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
791 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
795 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
796 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
797 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
798 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
802 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
806 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
807 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
814 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
815 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
816 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
817 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
818 - Completed Czech translations
819 - Some stream corrections
820 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
821 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
822 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
823 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
827 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
828 flicker-free dragging is now possible
829 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
830 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
831 - Paper names now translated
833 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
834 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
835 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
836 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
838 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
839 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
841 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
842 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
843 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
844 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
848 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
849 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
850 backward compatibility, please set
851 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
852 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
853 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
854 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
855 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
856 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
857 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
858 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
859 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
860 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
861 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
862 - wxFrame restores focus better
863 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
864 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
865 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
866 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
867 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
868 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
869 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
870 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
871 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
872 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
876 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
880 - Small compilation fixes
896 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
897 files. This works under VC++ only
898 - Modal dialog handling improved
899 - Printer dialog now modal
914 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
918 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
919 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
924 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
925 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
926 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
927 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
928 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
929 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
930 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
931 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
932 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
934 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
935 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
936 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
937 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
938 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
939 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
941 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
945 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
946 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
947 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
948 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
949 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
950 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
951 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
952 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
954 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
955 MIME types if available (Unix only)
956 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
957 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
958 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
959 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
960 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
961 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
962 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
963 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
964 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
965 - wxDragImage class added
966 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
967 controllers, as well as native help
968 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
972 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
973 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
974 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
975 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
976 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
977 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
978 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
979 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
980 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
981 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
983 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
984 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
985 - wxSetCursorEvent added
989 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
990 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
991 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
995 - wxMenu::Enable works
996 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
997 - OGL samples made to work again
1001 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1002 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1003 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1004 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1005 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1006 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1007 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1008 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1009 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1010 - improved HTML printing
1011 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1012 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1013 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1014 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1017 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1020 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1021 -----------------------
1025 - JPEG support added.
1026 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1030 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1032 - JPEG support added.
1033 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1034 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1035 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1042 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1045 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1046 -------------------------------
1051 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1055 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1056 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1057 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1058 - Some makefile fixes.
1066 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1067 - More topic overviews.
1068 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1069 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1070 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1073 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1074 --------------------------
1078 - wxExecute improved.
1082 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1084 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1085 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1086 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1087 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1088 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1089 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1093 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1094 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1098 - wxLocale documented.
1099 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1100 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1101 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1102 (though doesn't display help yet).
1104 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1105 --------------------------
1109 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1113 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1115 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1119 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1120 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1121 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1122 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1123 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1124 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1125 crashes for some reason).
1126 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1127 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1131 - Further doc improvements.
1132 - wxGenericValidator added.
1133 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1136 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1137 -------------------------
1141 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1142 - wxToolTip class added.
1143 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1147 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1148 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1149 - TWIN32 support added.
1150 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1151 factored out program/library settings.
1152 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1156 - A few more colour fixes.
1157 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1158 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1159 - wxChoice crash fix.
1160 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1164 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1165 - Added samples/dde.
1166 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1168 Beta 2, January 1999
1169 --------------------
1175 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1179 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1181 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1182 - Added thread support (Robert).
1183 - wxPoem sample now works.
1187 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1188 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1189 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1191 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1192 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1194 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1196 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1197 --------------------------
1203 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1206 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1207 ----------------------------
1211 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1212 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1213 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1214 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1215 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1217 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1218 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1223 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1224 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1225 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1226 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1227 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1229 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1230 when any button was pressed.
1231 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1232 have a white background.
1233 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1234 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1235 they have sensible colours by default.
1236 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1237 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1238 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1239 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1240 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1242 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1243 ----------------------------
1247 - More documentation updates, especially for
1248 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1249 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1251 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1252 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1253 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1255 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1259 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1260 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1262 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1263 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1264 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1265 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1266 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1267 the debugging implementation.
1268 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1269 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1270 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1271 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1272 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1273 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1274 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1276 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1278 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1279 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1280 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1281 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1282 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1283 - wxNotebook almost done.
1284 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1285 to vertical toolbars).
1289 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1291 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1292 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1293 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1295 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1296 ----------------------------
1300 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1302 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1303 - A few more makefiles added.
1304 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1305 - Further doc updates.
1306 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1310 - First start at Motif port.
1311 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1312 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1313 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1314 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1316 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1317 --------------------------
1321 - wxBitmap debugged.
1322 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1323 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1324 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1325 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1326 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1327 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1328 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1330 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1331 ------------------------
1335 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1336 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1337 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1338 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1339 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1340 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1341 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1342 changes, wxNotebook.
1343 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1345 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1346 -----------------------
1350 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1351 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1352 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1353 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1354 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1356 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1357 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1359 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1360 -----------------------
1364 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1365 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1367 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1368 -----------------------
1372 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1373 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1375 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1376 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1377 wxMenuItem accessors.
1378 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1379 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1380 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1381 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1382 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1383 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1384 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1385 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1386 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1387 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1388 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1389 first, then doing the assignment.
1390 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1391 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1395 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1396 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1398 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1399 ----------------------
1403 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1404 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1405 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1406 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1407 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1408 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1409 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1410 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1411 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1413 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1414 ------------------------
1418 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1420 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1421 compilation and pragmas.
1422 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1423 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1427 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1428 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1429 compilation and pragmas.
1430 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1432 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1433 ------------------------
1437 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1438 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1440 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1441 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1442 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1443 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1445 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1446 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1447 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1449 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1450 compatibility functions.
1451 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1452 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1453 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1454 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1455 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1456 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1457 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1461 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1462 - Added samples/png.
1463 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1464 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1466 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1468 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1469 ------------------------
1473 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1474 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1475 cleaned up properly before exit.
1476 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1478 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1479 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1480 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1482 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1483 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1485 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1486 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1487 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1488 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1492 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1493 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1494 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1495 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1496 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1497 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1498 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1499 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1500 allow better control of memory.
1501 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1503 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1504 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1506 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1507 ------------------------
1511 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1512 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1513 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1514 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1515 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1516 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1517 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1518 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1519 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1520 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1521 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1522 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1524 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1525 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1526 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1527 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1528 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1529 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1530 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1531 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1532 internal implementation.
1533 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1534 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1535 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1539 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1540 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1541 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1542 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1543 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1545 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1546 --------------------------
1550 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1551 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1552 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1554 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1555 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1556 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1557 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1559 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1560 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1565 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1566 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1567 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1569 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1570 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1572 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1573 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1574 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1575 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1576 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1577 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1578 - Added gcc pragmas.
1579 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1580 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1581 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1582 added a few references to wxTransString.
1583 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1584 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1585 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1586 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1587 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1588 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1589 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1590 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1591 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1594 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1595 --------------------------
1599 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1600 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1601 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1602 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1603 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1604 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1605 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1606 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1607 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1608 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1609 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1611 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1612 to help printing with multiple pages.
1613 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1614 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1615 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1616 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1617 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1618 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1619 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1620 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1621 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1622 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1623 New files from Vadim:
1629 src\common\string.cpp
1633 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1634 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1635 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1636 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1637 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1638 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1639 including changes to defs.h.
1640 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1642 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1644 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1645 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1647 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1649 Alpha 3, September 1997
1650 -----------------------
1654 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1655 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1656 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1657 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1658 - Started documentation.
1660 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1661 ------------------------
1665 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1666 with MetroWerks compiler.
1667 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1668 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1669 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1670 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1671 for testing purposes.
1672 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1674 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1675 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1677 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1678 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1681 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1682 -----------------------
1686 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1688 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1689 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1690 wxString instead of char *.
1691 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1692 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1693 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1694 as wxbWindow now removed.
1695 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1696 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1698 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1699 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1700 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1702 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1703 settings mucho rationalised.
1704 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1705 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1707 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1708 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1709 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1710 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1711 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1712 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1714 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1715 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1717 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1718 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1719 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1720 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1721 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1722 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1723 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1724 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1725 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1726 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1728 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1729 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1731 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1732 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1733 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1734 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1735 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1736 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1738 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1739 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1740 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1741 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1742 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1743 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).