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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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10 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag
15 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
16 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
17 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
18 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
19 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
20 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
21 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
22 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
23 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
24 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
25 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
26 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
27 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
28 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap()
29 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
30 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
34 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
35 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
36 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
40 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
41 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
45 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
53 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
54 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
55 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
56 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
57 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
58 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
59 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
60 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
61 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
62 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
63 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
64 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
68 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
69 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
70 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
71 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
72 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
73 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
74 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
75 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
76 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
77 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
78 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
79 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
83 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
84 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
85 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
86 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
87 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
88 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
89 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
90 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
91 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
92 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
93 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
94 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
95 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
96 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
97 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
101 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
102 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
103 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
104 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
105 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
106 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
107 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
108 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
109 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
110 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
111 - Fixed domain socket handling.
115 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
116 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
117 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
118 - Various text control bug fixes.
119 - Automatic menu management improved.
120 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
121 due to dangling cycle pointers.
122 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
123 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
128 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
132 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
133 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
137 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
138 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
139 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
140 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
141 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
142 flag has been specified.
143 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
144 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
145 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
150 - Fixed crash on exit.
151 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
155 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
163 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
164 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
168 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
169 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
170 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
171 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
172 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
173 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
174 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
175 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
176 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
177 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
181 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
182 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
183 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
184 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
185 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
186 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
187 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
188 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
189 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
190 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
191 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
192 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
193 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
194 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
195 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
196 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
197 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
198 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
199 - Compiles again with WIN64.
200 - Winelib compilation now works.
201 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
202 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
203 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
204 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
205 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
206 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
207 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
208 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
209 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
210 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
211 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
212 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
213 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
217 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
221 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
222 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
223 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
224 - Added bitmap support in menus.
228 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
229 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
230 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
232 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
233 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
234 - Window menu now added automatically.
235 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
236 - Modified function key support fixed.
237 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
241 - Menu problems fixed.
242 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
243 - Fixed a font memory leak.
244 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
252 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
253 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
257 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
258 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
262 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
263 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
264 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
268 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
271 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
272 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
273 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
274 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
275 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
276 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
277 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
280 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
287 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
288 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
289 - Added wxDebugReport class.
290 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
291 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
292 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
293 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
294 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
295 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
299 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
300 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
301 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
302 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
303 the whole virtual area.
304 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
305 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
306 isn't used to set the window size.
307 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
308 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
309 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
310 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
314 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
318 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
319 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
320 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
321 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
322 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
323 handling (Jamie Gadd).
327 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
328 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
329 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
330 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
331 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
332 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
333 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
334 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
338 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
342 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
346 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
347 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
348 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
349 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
350 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
351 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
352 with correct titlebar style.
353 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
355 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
356 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
357 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
358 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
359 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
360 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
361 to the dialog's toolbar.
368 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
369 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
370 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
371 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
372 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
373 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
374 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
375 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
376 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
377 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
378 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
379 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
380 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
381 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
382 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
383 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
384 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
385 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
386 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
387 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
388 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
389 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
390 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
391 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
392 printing stuff in the GTK port.
393 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
394 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
395 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
396 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
397 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
398 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
399 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
400 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
401 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
402 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
403 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
404 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
405 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
406 due to a rounding error.
407 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
408 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
409 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
410 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
411 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
412 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
413 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
414 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
420 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
421 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
422 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
423 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
424 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
425 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
426 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
427 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
428 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
429 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
430 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
431 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
432 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
433 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
434 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
435 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
436 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
440 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
444 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
445 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
446 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
447 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
448 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
449 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
450 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
451 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
452 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
453 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
454 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
455 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
456 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
458 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
459 - Added wxRawBitmap support
460 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
461 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
462 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
466 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
467 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
468 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
469 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
473 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
474 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
475 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
476 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
477 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
480 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
481 but not mentioned anywhere.
482 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
486 - wxBU_... button align flags support
487 - vertical notebook orientation support
488 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
489 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
493 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
494 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
495 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
496 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
497 - enumeration of available volumes
498 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
499 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
500 - native wxColourDialog implementation
501 - native wxSystemSettings colours
502 - native wxButton implementation
503 - native wxCheckBox implementation
504 - native wxSlider implementation
505 - native wxToggleButton implementation
506 - native wxRadioButton implementation
507 - native wxStaticText implementation
508 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
516 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
517 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
518 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
519 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
520 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
521 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
522 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
523 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
524 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
525 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
526 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
527 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
528 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
529 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
530 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
531 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
535 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
536 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
537 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
539 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
540 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
541 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
542 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
543 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
544 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
545 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
546 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
547 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
548 - added samples/splash
549 - added support for stock buttons
550 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
551 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
552 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
553 - added wxChoicebook control
554 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
555 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
556 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
557 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
558 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
559 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
560 supported, instead of zero.
561 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
565 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
566 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
567 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
568 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
569 - wx-config has new --version-full option
573 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
574 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
575 - Tooltips now supported
576 - wxSound now supported
577 - wxDisplay now supported
578 - Some stock cursors now supported
582 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
583 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
584 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
585 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
589 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
590 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
591 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
592 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
593 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
594 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
595 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
596 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
597 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
598 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
599 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
600 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
601 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
602 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
603 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
604 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
605 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
606 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
607 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
611 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
615 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
616 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
617 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
618 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
619 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
620 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
621 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
622 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
623 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
624 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
625 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
626 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
627 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
628 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
632 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
636 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
637 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
638 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
639 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
643 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
644 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
652 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
653 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
654 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
655 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
657 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
658 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
659 to forward declare these classes.
663 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
664 resulting in much better display of scaled images
665 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
666 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
667 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
668 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
669 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
670 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
671 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
672 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
673 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
674 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
675 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
676 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
677 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
681 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
682 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
683 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
684 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
685 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
686 even try to do it by default -- now it does
687 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
688 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
689 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
690 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
691 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
692 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
696 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
700 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
701 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
702 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
703 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
707 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
711 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
712 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
716 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
717 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
721 - Full Unicode support is now available
722 - BLOB support is working
730 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
731 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
732 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
733 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
734 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
735 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
736 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
737 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
738 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
739 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
740 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
741 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
742 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
744 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
745 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
746 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
747 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
748 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
749 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
750 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
751 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
752 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
753 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
754 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
755 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
759 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
760 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
761 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
762 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
763 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
764 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
765 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
766 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
767 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
768 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
769 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
770 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
771 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
772 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
773 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
774 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
775 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
776 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
777 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
778 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
779 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
780 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
781 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
782 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
783 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
784 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
788 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
789 - fixed DDE memory leaks
790 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
791 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
792 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
793 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
794 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
795 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
796 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
797 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
798 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
799 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
800 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
801 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
802 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
803 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
804 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
805 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
806 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
807 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
808 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
809 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
810 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
811 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
812 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
813 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
814 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
815 than the specified default size
816 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
820 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
821 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
822 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
823 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
824 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
825 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
826 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
827 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
828 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
832 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
833 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
834 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
835 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
839 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
843 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
844 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
848 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
849 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
850 addition to existing OSS one
851 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
859 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
860 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
861 separately compiled library
862 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
863 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
864 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
865 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
866 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
867 - added wxArray::SetCount()
868 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
869 by default in Unicode mode
870 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
871 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
872 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
873 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
874 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
875 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
876 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
877 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
878 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
879 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
880 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
881 - added wxRecursionGuard class
882 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
883 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
884 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
885 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
886 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
887 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
888 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
889 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
893 - added Watcom makefiles
894 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
898 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
899 - added wxListbook control
900 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
901 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
902 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
903 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
904 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
905 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
906 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
907 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
908 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
909 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
910 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
911 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
912 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
913 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
914 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
915 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
916 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
917 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
918 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
919 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
920 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
921 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
922 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
923 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
924 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
925 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
926 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
927 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
928 default extension for the template
929 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
930 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
931 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
932 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
933 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
934 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
935 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
936 to allow better rich text support.
937 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
938 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
939 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
940 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
941 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
942 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
943 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
944 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
945 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
946 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
947 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
948 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
949 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
950 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
951 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
952 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
953 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
954 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
955 - added wxMirrorDC class
956 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
957 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
958 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
959 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
960 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
961 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
966 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
967 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
968 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
969 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
970 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
974 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
975 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
976 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
977 to contrib/src/deprecated
981 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
982 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
983 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
984 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
985 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
986 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
987 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
988 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
989 be appended to filenames with no extension
990 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
991 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
992 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
993 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
997 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
998 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1002 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1003 - added wxCrashReport
1004 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1005 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1006 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1007 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1008 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1009 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1010 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1011 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1012 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1013 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1014 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1015 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1016 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1017 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1018 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1019 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1020 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1021 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1022 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1023 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1024 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1025 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1026 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1027 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1028 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1032 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1033 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1034 documentation for a detailed explanation
1035 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1036 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1037 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1038 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1039 - implemented wxToggleButton
1040 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1041 instead of a sunken border
1042 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1043 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1047 - controls in toolbars now supported
1051 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1052 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1053 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1054 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1055 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1061 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1062 ================================
1064 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1065 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1066 with '!' in the first column.
1068 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1069 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1070 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1071 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1074 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1075 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1076 (see the documentation) useful.
1081 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1082 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1085 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1086 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1087 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1088 arrays containing non-pointers.
1090 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1091 simply don't make sense for all objects
1093 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1094 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1095 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1097 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1099 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1100 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1101 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1102 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1103 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1105 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1106 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1107 the default assert handling.
1111 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1112 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1113 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1115 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1116 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1119 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1120 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1121 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1123 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1124 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1125 you want to get OnChar() as well
1127 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1128 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1129 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1131 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1132 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1133 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1134 will *NOT* work any longer:
1136 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1137 ... do something ...
1138 if ( flags & wxYES )
1139 ... do something else ...
1141 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1142 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1145 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1147 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1148 if you derived any classes from it
1150 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1151 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1153 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1154 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1156 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1157 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1159 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1160 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1163 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1164 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1165 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1167 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1168 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1169 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1170 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1174 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1175 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1176 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1177 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1178 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1179 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1180 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1181 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1182 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1183 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1185 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1188 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1189 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1191 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1192 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1193 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1195 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1196 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1201 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1202 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1203 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1204 to compile pure C files.
1207 wxThread and related classes:
1209 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1210 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1211 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1212 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1214 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1215 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1216 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1217 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1219 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1220 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1221 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1223 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1224 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1235 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1242 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1243 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1244 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1248 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1249 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1250 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1253 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1254 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1257 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1261 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1262 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1266 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1273 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1274 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1275 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1276 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1277 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1278 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1279 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1280 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1281 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1282 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1283 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1284 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1285 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1286 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1287 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1288 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1292 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1293 programs and not only GNU make
1294 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1295 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1296 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1297 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1298 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1302 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1303 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1304 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1305 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1306 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1308 - significantly improved native font support
1309 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1311 - added IFF image handler
1312 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1313 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1314 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1315 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1316 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1317 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1318 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1319 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1320 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1321 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1322 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1323 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1324 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1325 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1326 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1327 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1328 - wxMessageOutput class added
1329 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1330 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1332 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1333 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1334 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1335 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1337 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1338 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1339 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1343 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1344 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1345 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1346 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1347 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1348 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1349 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1350 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1351 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1352 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1354 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1355 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1356 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1357 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1358 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1359 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1360 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1362 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1363 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1364 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1365 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1366 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1367 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1368 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1369 has the capture before release it.
1370 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1371 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1372 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1373 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1374 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1375 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1376 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1377 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1378 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1379 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1380 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1381 provided in wxFontData
1382 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1383 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1387 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1388 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1389 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1390 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1391 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1392 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1393 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1394 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1395 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1396 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1397 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1398 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1399 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1403 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1404 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1405 - improved toolbar control alignment
1406 - implemented wxSpinButton
1407 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1408 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1409 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1413 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1414 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1422 - First alpha-quality release
1426 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1427 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1428 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1429 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1430 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1435 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1439 - wxRegEx class added
1440 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1441 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1442 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1443 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1444 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1448 - support for virtual list control added
1449 - column images in report mode of the list control
1450 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1451 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1452 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1453 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1454 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1455 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1456 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1457 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1458 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1459 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1460 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1461 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1465 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1466 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1471 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1472 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1473 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1474 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1478 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1483 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1485 - added support for animated GIFs
1493 - Fixed new charset detection code
1494 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1495 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1496 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1497 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1498 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1499 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1503 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1504 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1505 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1506 push on a custom event handler for example)
1507 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1508 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1509 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1510 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1511 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1512 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1514 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1515 - Various wxXML enhancements
1516 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1517 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1518 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1520 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1521 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1525 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1526 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1527 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1528 alt or shift) now work
1529 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1530 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1531 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1532 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1533 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1534 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1535 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1536 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1537 - We now send iconize events
1538 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1539 - Added mousewheel processing
1540 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1541 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1543 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1544 child frame styles are honoured
1548 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1549 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1550 - We now send iconize events
1551 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1552 GetSelection() results
1559 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1560 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1561 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1562 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1563 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1564 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1565 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1566 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1567 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1568 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1572 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1573 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1574 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1575 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1576 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1577 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1578 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1579 wxImage methods and ctor)
1580 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1581 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1582 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1583 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1584 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1585 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1589 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1590 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1591 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1592 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1596 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1600 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1601 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1608 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1609 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1610 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1611 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1612 - Completed Czech translations
1613 - Some stream corrections
1614 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1615 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1616 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1617 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1621 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1622 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1623 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1624 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1625 - Paper names now translated
1627 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1628 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1629 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1630 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1632 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1633 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1635 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1636 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1637 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1638 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1642 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1643 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1644 backward compatibility, please set
1645 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1646 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1647 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1648 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1649 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1650 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1651 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1652 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1653 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1654 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1655 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1656 - wxFrame restores focus better
1657 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1658 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1659 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1660 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1661 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1662 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1663 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1664 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1665 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1666 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1670 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1674 - Small compilation fixes
1678 - wxCaret documented
1690 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1691 files. This works under VC++ only
1692 - Modal dialog handling improved
1693 - Printer dialog now modal
1708 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1712 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1713 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1718 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1719 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1720 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1721 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1722 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1723 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1724 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1725 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1726 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1728 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1729 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1730 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1731 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1732 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1733 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1735 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1739 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1740 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1741 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1742 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1743 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1744 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1745 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1746 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1748 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1749 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1750 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1751 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1752 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1753 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1754 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1755 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1756 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1757 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1758 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1759 - wxDragImage class added
1760 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1761 controllers, as well as native help
1762 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1766 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1767 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1768 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1769 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1770 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1771 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1772 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1773 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1774 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1775 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1777 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1778 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1779 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1783 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1784 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1785 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1789 - wxMenu::Enable works
1790 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1791 - OGL samples made to work again
1795 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1796 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1797 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1798 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1799 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1800 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1801 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1802 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1803 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1804 - improved HTML printing
1805 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1806 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1807 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1808 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1811 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1814 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1815 -----------------------
1819 - JPEG support added.
1820 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1824 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1826 - JPEG support added.
1827 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1828 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1829 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1836 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1839 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1840 -------------------------------
1845 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1849 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1850 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1851 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1852 - Some makefile fixes.
1860 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1861 - More topic overviews.
1862 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1863 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1864 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1867 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1868 --------------------------
1872 - wxExecute improved.
1876 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1878 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1879 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1880 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1881 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1882 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1883 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1887 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1888 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1892 - wxLocale documented.
1893 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1894 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1895 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1896 (though doesn't display help yet).
1898 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1899 --------------------------
1903 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1907 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1909 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1913 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1914 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1915 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1916 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1917 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1918 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1919 crashes for some reason).
1920 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1921 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1925 - Further doc improvements.
1926 - wxGenericValidator added.
1927 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1930 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1931 -------------------------
1935 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1936 - wxToolTip class added.
1937 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1941 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1942 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1943 - TWIN32 support added.
1944 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1945 factored out program/library settings.
1946 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1950 - A few more colour fixes.
1951 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1952 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1953 - wxChoice crash fix.
1954 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1958 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1959 - Added samples/dde.
1960 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1962 Beta 2, January 1999
1963 --------------------
1969 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1973 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1975 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1976 - Added thread support (Robert).
1977 - wxPoem sample now works.
1981 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1982 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1983 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1985 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1986 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1988 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1990 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1991 --------------------------
1997 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2000 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2001 ----------------------------
2005 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2006 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2007 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2008 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2009 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2011 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2012 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2017 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2018 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2019 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2020 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2021 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2023 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2024 when any button was pressed.
2025 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2026 have a white background.
2027 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2028 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2029 they have sensible colours by default.
2030 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2031 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2032 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2033 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2034 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2036 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2037 ----------------------------
2041 - More documentation updates, especially for
2042 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2043 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2045 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2046 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2047 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2049 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2053 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2054 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2056 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2057 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2058 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2059 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2060 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2061 the debugging implementation.
2062 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2063 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2064 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2065 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2066 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2067 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2068 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2070 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2072 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2073 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2074 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2075 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2076 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2077 - wxNotebook almost done.
2078 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2079 to vertical toolbars).
2083 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2085 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2086 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2087 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2089 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2090 ----------------------------
2094 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2096 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2097 - A few more makefiles added.
2098 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2099 - Further doc updates.
2100 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2104 - First start at Motif port.
2105 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2106 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2107 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2108 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2110 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2111 --------------------------
2115 - wxBitmap debugged.
2116 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2117 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2118 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2119 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2120 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2121 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2122 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2124 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2125 ------------------------
2129 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2130 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2131 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2132 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2133 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2134 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2135 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2136 changes, wxNotebook.
2137 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2139 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2140 -----------------------
2144 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2145 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2146 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2147 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2148 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2150 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2151 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2153 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2154 -----------------------
2158 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2159 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2161 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2162 -----------------------
2166 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2167 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2169 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2170 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2171 wxMenuItem accessors.
2172 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2173 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2174 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2175 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2176 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2177 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2178 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2179 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2180 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2181 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2182 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2183 first, then doing the assignment.
2184 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2185 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2189 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2190 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2192 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2193 ----------------------
2197 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2198 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2199 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2200 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2201 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2202 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2203 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2204 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2205 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2207 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2208 ------------------------
2212 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2214 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2215 compilation and pragmas.
2216 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2217 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2221 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2222 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2223 compilation and pragmas.
2224 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2226 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2227 ------------------------
2231 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2232 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2234 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2235 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2236 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2237 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2239 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2240 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2241 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2243 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2244 compatibility functions.
2245 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2246 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2247 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2248 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2249 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2250 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2251 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2255 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2256 - Added samples/png.
2257 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2258 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2260 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2262 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2263 ------------------------
2267 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2268 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2269 cleaned up properly before exit.
2270 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2272 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2273 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2274 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2276 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2277 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2279 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2280 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2281 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2282 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2286 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2287 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2288 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2289 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2290 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2291 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2292 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2293 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2294 allow better control of memory.
2295 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2297 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2298 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2300 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2301 ------------------------
2305 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2306 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2307 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2308 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2309 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2310 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2311 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2312 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2313 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2314 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2315 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2316 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2318 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2319 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2320 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2321 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2322 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2323 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2324 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2325 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2326 internal implementation.
2327 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2328 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2329 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2333 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2334 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2335 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2336 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2337 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2339 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2340 --------------------------
2344 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2345 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2346 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2348 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2349 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2350 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2351 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2353 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2354 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2359 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2360 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2361 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2363 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2364 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2366 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2367 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2368 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2369 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2370 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2371 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2372 - Added gcc pragmas.
2373 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2374 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2375 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2376 added a few references to wxTransString.
2377 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2378 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2379 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2380 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2381 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2382 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2383 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2384 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2385 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2388 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2389 --------------------------
2393 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2394 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2395 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2396 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2397 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2398 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2399 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2400 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2401 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2402 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2403 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2405 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2406 to help printing with multiple pages.
2407 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2408 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2409 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2410 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2411 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2412 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2413 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2414 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2415 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2416 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2417 New files from Vadim:
2423 src\common\string.cpp
2427 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2428 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2429 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2430 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2431 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2432 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2433 including changes to defs.h.
2434 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2436 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2438 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2439 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2441 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2443 Alpha 3, September 1997
2444 -----------------------
2448 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2449 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2450 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2451 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2452 - Started documentation.
2454 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2455 ------------------------
2459 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2460 with MetroWerks compiler.
2461 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2462 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2463 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2464 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2465 for testing purposes.
2466 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2468 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2469 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2471 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2472 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2475 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2476 -----------------------
2480 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2482 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2483 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2484 wxString instead of char *.
2485 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2486 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2487 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2488 as wxbWindow now removed.
2489 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2490 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2492 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2493 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2494 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2496 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2497 settings mucho rationalised.
2498 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2499 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2501 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2502 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2503 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2504 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2505 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2506 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2508 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2509 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2511 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2512 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2513 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2514 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2515 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2516 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2517 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2518 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2519 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2520 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2522 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2523 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2525 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2526 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2527 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2528 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2529 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2530 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2532 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2533 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2534 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2535 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2536 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2537 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).