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2 wxWidgets Change Log
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4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
6 ================================
7
8 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10
11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
13 - wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not
14 if the whole name is a directory.
15 - wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual.
16 - wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
17 - wxArray::Alloc() now works as reserve() and does not clear the array any more
18 - Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the
19 wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case.
20 - wxInputStream::GetC() now returns an int in the range 0 - 255 on success
21 instead of a char the range -128 - 127.
22
23
24 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
25 -----------------------------------------------------------
26
27 - Some classes (notably wxBitmap and wxImage) don't define operator==() as it
28 used to work in somewhat unexpected way as it compared only internal pointers
29 and not the object data. The code using it will have to be updated:
30 * If the object was compared with wxNullXXX, use IsOk() method instead
31 * If valid object need to be compared, use IsSameAs() to reproduce the old
32 behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c.
33 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
34 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
35 even compile).
36 - wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
37 - wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
38 length of the converted string in all cases now.
39 - wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
40 - wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
41 wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
42 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
43 use ProcessMouseClick().
44 - wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
45 wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
46 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
47 use GetMouseCursor().
48 - wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
49 override it.
50 - wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
51 not pointers to arrays.
52 - SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
53 - wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
54 - wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
55 - wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
56 As a consequence, the class interface changed largely. Code updates, if
57 any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
58
59
60 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
61 -----------------------------------------------------
62
63 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
64 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, don't use them.
65 - wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize.
66 - wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize.
67 - Seeking on a zip stream returned from wxFileSystem without using the new
68 wxFS_SEEKABLE flags is deprecated. You can still seek, but use the flag.
69 - Constructor wxZipInputStream(const wxString& archive, const wxString& file)
70 deprecated in favour of wxFileSystem (other zip ctors are not deprecated).
71 - wx{Dir|File}Dialog::{Set|Get}Style deprecated in favour of the generic
72 wxWindow::{Set|Get}WindowStyle()
73
74
75 Major new features in 2.8 release
76 ---------------------------------
77
78 - New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more.
79 - New rich text control library implementing a generic wxRichTextCtrl,
80 using only the wxWidgets API. Also includes formatting dialogs, conversion
81 to HTML, and printing classes.
82 - New wxComboCtrl class giving the ability to create custom, graphical
83 comboboxes. Associated classes include wxOwnerDrawnComboBox, wxComboPopup
84 and wxBitmapComboBox.
85 - Further functionality including wxAnimationCtrl (moved from contrib/src/anim
86 and enhanced), wxSimpleHtmlListBox, wxHyperlinkCtrl, wxColourPickerCtrl,
87 wxDirPickerCtrl, wxFilePickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl, wxCollapsiblePane,
88 wxSearchCtrl, wxAboutBox, wxTreebook, tar streams.
89
90
91 2.8.1
92 -----
93
94 All:
95
96 - Fix compilation with wxUSE_STL=1
97 - wxGrid::GetBestSize() returns same size the grid would have after AutoSize()
98 - Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() (Francesco Montorsi)
99 - Several RTL-related positioning fixes (Diaa Sami)
100 - Fix wxConfig::DeleteGroup() for arguments with trailing slash (David Hart)
101
102 wxMSW:
103
104 - Fixed compilation with Borland C++ in Unicode mode but without MSLU
105
106 wxGTK:
107
108 - Don't crash if command line is not valid UTF-8 (Unicode build only)
109
110 wxUniv:
111
112 - It is now possible to set background colour of wxStaticText
113
114
115 2.8.0
116 -----
117
118 All:
119
120 - Added wxSearchCtrl (Vince Harron)
121 - wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32
122 - wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents
123 - Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
124 - New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
125 a stream that is seekable.
126 - Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows
127 - Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize()
128 for a control with borders (Tim Kosse)
129
130 wxMSW:
131
132 - Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
133 - Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
134 - Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista
135 - Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
136
137 wxGTK:
138
139 - Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles
140 - Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure
141
142
143 2.7.2
144 -----
145
146 All:
147
148 - Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
149 - Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
150 - Added wxTar streams.
151 - Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
152 - Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
153
154 All (GUI):
155
156 - wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
157 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
158 - Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
159 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
160 - Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
161 - Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
162 - Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
163 - Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
164 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
165 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
166 - Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
167 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
168 formatting.
169 - Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
170 - Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
171 - wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
172 - wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
173
174 Unix Ports:
175
176 - Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
177 program (Francesco Montorsi).
178
179 wxGTK:
180
181 - More RTL work.
182 - Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
183 - Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
184 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
185 - wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
186
187
188 2.7.1
189 -----
190
191 All:
192
193 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
194 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
195 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
196 - Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
197 - Added reference counting for wxVariant.
198 - For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
199 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
200 - Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
201 - Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
202 - Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
203 - wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
204 - Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
205 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
206 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
207 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
208
209 All (GUI):
210
211 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
212 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
213 - wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
214 - Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
215 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
216 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
217 - Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
218 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
219 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
220 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
221 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
222 - Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
223 - Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
224 - Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
225
226 wxMSW:
227
228 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
229 - wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
230 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
231 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
232 high-contrast theme).
233 - Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
234
235 wxMac:
236
237 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
238 to the SDK.
239
240 wxGTK:
241
242 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
243 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
244 - Implemented right-to-left support.
245 - Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
246 - Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
247
248 wxUniv:
249
250 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
251
252
253 2.7.0
254 -----
255
256 All:
257
258 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
259 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
260 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
261 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
262 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
263 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
264 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
265 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
266 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
267 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
268 during a search and replace.
269 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
270 are both used in the same program.
271 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
272 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
273 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
274 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
275 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
276 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
277 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
278 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
279 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
280 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
281 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
282 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
283 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
284 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
285 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
286 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
287 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
288 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
289 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
290 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
291 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
292 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
293 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
294 the first time it was called.
295 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
296 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
297 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
298 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
299 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
300 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
301 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
302 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
303 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
304 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
305
306 All (GUI):
307
308 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
309 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
310 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
311 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
312 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
313 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
314 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
315 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
316 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
317 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
318 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
319 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
320 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
321 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
322 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
323 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
324 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
325 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
326 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
327 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
328 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
329 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
330 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
331 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
332 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
333 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
334 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
335 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
336 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
337 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
338 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
339 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
340 by Sandro Sigala).
341 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
342 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
343 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
344 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
345 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
346 best size.
347 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
348 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
349 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
350 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
351 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
352 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
353 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
354 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
355 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
356 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
357 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
358 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
359 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
360 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
361 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
362 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
363 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
364 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
365 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
366 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
367 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
368 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
369 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
370 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
371 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
372 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
373 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
374 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
375 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
376 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
377 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
378 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
379 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
380 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
381 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
382 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
383 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
384 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
385 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
386 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
387
388 wxMSW:
389
390 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
391 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
392 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
393 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
394 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
395 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
396 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
397 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
398 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
399 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
400 wxMSW faq for details).
401 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
402 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
403 to the link command.
404 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
405 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
406 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
407 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
408 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
409 show.
410 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
411 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
412 initial construction.
413 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
414 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
415 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
416 events).
417 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
418 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
419 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
420 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
421 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
422 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
423 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
424 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
425 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
426 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
427 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
428 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
429 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
430 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
431 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
432 changes the system font.
433 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
434 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
435 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
436 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
437 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
438 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
439
440 wxGTK:
441
442 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
443 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
444 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
445 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
446 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
447 implementation.
448 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
449 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
450 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
451 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
452 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
453 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
454 previously unable to be focused before.
455 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
456 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
457 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
458 class was used.
459 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
460 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
461 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
462 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
463 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
464 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
465 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
466 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
467 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
468
469 wxMac:
470
471 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
472 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
473 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
474 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
475 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
476 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
477 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
478 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
479 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
480 - Corrected idle wake-up.
481 - Corrected wxExecute.
482 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
483 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
484 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
485 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
486 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
487 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
488 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
489 were found.
490 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
491 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
492 under Mach-O.
493 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
494 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
495 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
496 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
497 end of file with an error.
498 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
499 binaries.
500 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
501 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
502 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
503 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
504 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
505 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
506 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
507
508 wxCocoa:
509
510 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
511
512 wxWinCE:
513
514 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
515 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
516 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
517 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
518 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
519 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
520 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
521 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
522 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
523 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
524 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
525 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
526 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
527 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
528 directly, however.
529 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
530 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
531 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
532 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
533 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
534
535 wxUniv:
536
537 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
538 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
539 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
540
541 wxX11:
542
543 - Invisible text problem fixed.
544 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
545 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
546 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
547
548 Unix:
549
550 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
551
552 wxMGL:
553
554 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
555 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
556
557
558 2.6.2
559 -----
560
561 All:
562
563 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
564 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
565 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
566 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
567 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
568 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
569 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
570 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
571 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
572 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
573 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
574 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
575
576 All (GUI):
577
578 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
579 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
580 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
581 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
582 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
583 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
584 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
585 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
586 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
587 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
588 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
589 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
590
591 wxMSW:
592
593 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
594 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
595 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
596 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
597 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
598 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
599 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
600 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
601 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
602 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
603 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
604 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
605 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
606 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
607 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
608
609 wxGTK:
610
611 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
612 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
613 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
614 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
615 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
616 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
617 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
618 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
619 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
620 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
621 - Fixed domain socket handling.
622
623 wxMac:
624
625 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
626 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
627 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
628 - Various text control bug fixes.
629 - Automatic menu management improved.
630 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
631 due to dangling cycle pointers.
632 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
633 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
634 showing modally).
635
636 wxOS2
637
638 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
639
640 wxUniv:
641
642 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
643 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
644
645 wxMotif:
646
647 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
648 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
649 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
650 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
651 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
652 flag has been specified.
653 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
654 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
655 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
656 showing modally).
657
658 wxMGL:
659
660 - Fixed crash on exit.
661 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
662
663 wxX11:
664
665 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
666
667
668 2.6.1
669 -----
670
671 All:
672
673 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
674 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
675
676 All (GUI):
677
678 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
679 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
680 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
681 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
682 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
683 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
684 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
685 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
686 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
687 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
688
689 wxMSW:
690
691 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
692 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
693 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
694 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
695 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
696 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
697 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
698 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
699 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
700 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
701 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
702 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
703 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
704 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
705 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
706 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
707 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
708 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
709 - Compiles again with WIN64.
710 - Winelib compilation now works.
711 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
712 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
713 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
714 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
715 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
716 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
717 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
718 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
719 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
720 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
721 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
722 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
723 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
724
725 wxWinCE:
726
727 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
728
729 wxGTK:
730
731 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
732 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
733 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
734 - Added bitmap support in menus.
735
736 wxMac:
737
738 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
739 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
740 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
741 incorrect state.
742 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
743 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
744 - Window menu now added automatically.
745 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
746 - Modified function key support fixed.
747 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
748
749 wxX11:
750
751 - Menu problems fixed.
752 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
753 - Fixed a font memory leak.
754 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
755
756
757 2.6.0
758 -----
759
760 All:
761
762 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
763 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
764
765 All (GUI):
766
767 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
768 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
769
770 wxMSW:
771
772 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
773 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
774 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
775
776 wxWinCE:
777
778 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
779
780 wxGTK:
781 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
782 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
783 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
784 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
785 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
786 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
787 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
788
789 wxMac:
790 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
791
792 2.5.5
793 -----
794
795 All:
796
797 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
798 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
799 - Added wxDebugReport class.
800 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
801 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
802 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
803 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
804 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
805 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
806
807 All (GUI):
808
809 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
810 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
811 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
812 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
813 the whole virtual area.
814 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
815 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
816 isn't used to set the window size.
817 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
818 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
819 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
820 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
821
822 Unix:
823
824 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
825
826 wxMSW:
827
828 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
829 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
830 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
831 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
832 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
833 handling (Jamie Gadd).
834
835 wxGTK:
836
837 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
838 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
839 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
840 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
841 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
842 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
843 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
844 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
845
846 wxMac:
847
848 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
849
850 wxPalmOS:
851
852 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
853
854 wxWinCE:
855
856 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
857 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
858 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
859 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
860 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
861 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
862 with correct titlebar style.
863 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
864 PocketPC guidelines
865 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
866 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
867 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
868 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
869 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
870 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
871 to the dialog's toolbar.
872
873 2.5.4
874 -----
875
876 All:
877
878 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
879 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
880 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
881 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
882 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
883 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
884 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
885 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
886 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
887 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
888 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
889 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
890 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
891 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
892 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
893 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
894 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
895 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
896 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
897 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
898 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
899 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
900 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
901 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
902 printing stuff in the GTK port.
903 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
904 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
905 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
906 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
907 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
908 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
909 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
910 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
911 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
912 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
913 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
914 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
915 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
916 due to a rounding error.
917 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
918 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
919 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
920 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
921 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
922 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
923 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
924 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
925
926
927 All (GUI):
928
929 - added wxMediaCtrl
930 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
931 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
932 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
933 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
934 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
935 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
936 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
937 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
938 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
939 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
940 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
941 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
942 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
943 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
944 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
945 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
946 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
947
948 Unix:
949
950 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
951
952 wxGTK:
953
954 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
955 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
956 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
957 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
958 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
959 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
960 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
961 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
962 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
963 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
964 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
965 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
966 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
967 errors otherwise.
968 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
969 - Added wxRawBitmap support
970 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
971 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
972 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
973
974 wxMac:
975
976 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
977 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
978 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
979 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
980
981 wxMSW:
982
983 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
984 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
985 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
986 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
987 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
988
989 wxWinCE:
990 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
991 but not mentioned anywhere.
992 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
993
994 wxUniv:
995
996 - wxBU_... button align flags support
997 - vertical notebook orientation support
998 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
999 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
1000
1001 wxPalmOS:
1002
1003 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
1004 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
1005 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
1006 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
1007 - enumeration of available volumes
1008 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
1009 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
1010 - native wxColourDialog implementation
1011 - native wxSystemSettings colours
1012 - native wxButton implementation
1013 - native wxCheckBox implementation
1014 - native wxSlider implementation
1015 - native wxToggleButton implementation
1016 - native wxRadioButton implementation
1017 - native wxStaticText implementation
1018 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
1019
1020
1021 2.5.3
1022 -----
1023
1024 All:
1025
1026 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
1027 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
1028 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1029 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
1030 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
1031 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
1032 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
1033 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
1034 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
1035 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
1036 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
1037 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
1038 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
1039 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
1040 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
1041 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
1042
1043 All (GUI):
1044
1045 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
1046 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
1047 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
1048 is discouraged
1049 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
1050 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
1051 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
1052 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
1053 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
1054 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
1055 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
1056 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
1057 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
1058 - added samples/splash
1059 - added support for stock buttons
1060 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
1061 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
1062 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
1063 - added wxChoicebook control
1064 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
1065 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
1066 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
1067 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
1068 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
1069 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
1070 supported, instead of zero.
1071 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
1072
1073 Unix:
1074
1075 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
1076 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
1077 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
1078 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
1079 - wx-config has new --version-full option
1080
1081 wxCocoa:
1082
1083 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1084 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
1085 - Tooltips now supported
1086 - wxSound now supported
1087 - wxDisplay now supported
1088 - Some stock cursors now supported
1089
1090 wxMac:
1091
1092 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
1093 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
1094 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1095 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
1096
1097 wxGTK:
1098
1099 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
1100 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
1101 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
1102 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
1103 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
1104 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
1105 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
1106 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
1107 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
1108 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
1109 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
1110 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
1111 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
1112 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
1113 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
1114 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
1115 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
1116 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
1117 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
1118
1119 wxMotif:
1120
1121 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
1122
1123 wxMSW:
1124
1125 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
1126 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
1127 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
1128 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
1129 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
1130 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
1131 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
1132 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
1133 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
1134 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
1135 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
1136 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1137 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
1138 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
1139
1140 wxUniv/X11:
1141
1142 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
1143
1144 wxWinCE:
1145
1146 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
1147 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
1148 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
1149 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
1150
1151 wxHTML:
1152
1153 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
1154 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
1155
1156
1157 2.5.2
1158 -----
1159
1160 All:
1161
1162 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1163 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1164 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1165 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1166 of run-time) now
1167 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1168 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1169 to forward declare these classes.
1170
1171 All (GUI):
1172
1173 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1174 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1175 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1176 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1177 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1178 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1179 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1180 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1181 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1182 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1183 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1184 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1185 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1186 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1187 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1188
1189 wxMSW:
1190
1191 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1192 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1193 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1194 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1195 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1196 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1197 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1198 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1199 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1200 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1201 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1202 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1203
1204 wxGTK:
1205
1206 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1207
1208 wxMotif:
1209
1210 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1211 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1212 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1213 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1214
1215 wxUniv/X11:
1216
1217 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1218
1219 wxHTML:
1220
1221 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1222 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1223
1224 Unix:
1225
1226 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1227 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1228
1229 wxODBC:
1230
1231 - Full Unicode support is now available
1232 - BLOB support is working
1233
1234
1235 2.5.1
1236 -----
1237
1238 All:
1239
1240 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1241 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1242 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1243 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1244 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1245 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1246 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1247 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1248 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1249 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1250 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1251 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1252 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1253 (as in 2.5.0).
1254 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1255 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1256 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1257 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1258 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1259 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1260 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1261 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1262 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1263 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1264 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1265 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1266
1267 All (GUI):
1268
1269 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1270 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1271 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1272 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1273 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1274 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1275 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1276 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1277 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1278 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1279 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1280 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1281 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1282 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1283 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1284 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1285 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1286 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1287 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1288 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1289 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1290 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1291 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1292 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1293 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1294 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1295
1296 wxMSW:
1297
1298 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1299 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1300 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1301 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1302 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1303 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1304 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1305 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1306 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1307 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1308 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1309 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1310 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1311 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1312 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1313 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1314 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1315 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1316 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1317 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1318 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1319 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1320 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1321 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1322 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1323 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1324 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1325 than the specified default size
1326 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1327
1328 wxGTK:
1329
1330 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1331 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1332 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1333 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1334 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1335 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1336 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1337 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1338 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1339
1340 wxMac:
1341
1342 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1343 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1344 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1345 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1346
1347 wxMotif:
1348
1349 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1350
1351 wxHTML:
1352
1353 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1354 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1355
1356 Unix:
1357
1358 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1359 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1360 addition to existing OSS one
1361 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1362
1363
1364 2.5.0
1365 -----
1366
1367 All:
1368
1369 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1370 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1371 separately compiled library
1372 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1373 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1374 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1375 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1376 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1377 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1378 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1379 by default in Unicode mode
1380 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1381 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1382 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1383 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1384 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1385 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1386 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1387 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1388 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1389 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1390 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1391 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1392 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1393 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1394 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1395 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1396 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1397 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1398 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1399 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1400
1401 wxBase:
1402
1403 - added Watcom makefiles
1404 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1405
1406 All GUI ports:
1407
1408 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1409 - added wxListbook control
1410 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1411 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1412 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1413 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1414 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1415 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1416 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1417 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1418 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1419 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1420 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1421 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1422 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1423 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1424 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1425 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1426 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1427 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1428 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1429 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1430 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1431 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1432 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1433 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1434 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1435 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1436 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1437 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1438 default extension for the template
1439 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1440 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1441 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1442 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1443 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1444 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1445 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1446 to allow better rich text support.
1447 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1448 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1449 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1450 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1451 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1452 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1453 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1454 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1455 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1456 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1457 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1458 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1459 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1460 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1461 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1462 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1463 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1464 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1465 - added wxMirrorDC class
1466 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1467 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1468 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1469 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1470 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1471 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1472 improved
1473
1474 Unix:
1475
1476 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1477 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1478 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1479 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1480 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1481
1482 Generic controls:
1483
1484 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1485 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1486 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1487 to contrib/src/deprecated
1488
1489 wxGTK:
1490
1491 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1492 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1493 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1494 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1495 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1496 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1497 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1498 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1499 be appended to filenames with no extension
1500 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1501 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1502 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1503 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1504
1505 wxMac:
1506
1507 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1508 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1509
1510 wxMSW:
1511
1512 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1513 - added wxCrashReport
1514 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1515 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1516 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1517 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1518 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1519 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1520 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1521 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1522 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1523 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1524 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1525 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1526 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1527 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1528 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1529 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1530 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1531 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1532 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1533 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1534 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1535 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1536 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1537 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1538 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1539
1540 wxMotif:
1541
1542 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1543 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1544 documentation for a detailed explanation
1545 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1546 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1547 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1548 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1549 - implemented wxToggleButton
1550 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1551 instead of a sunken border
1552 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1553 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1554
1555 wxUniv:
1556
1557 - controls in toolbars now supported
1558
1559 wxHTML:
1560
1561 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1562 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1563 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1564 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1565 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1566
1567
1568 OLD CHANGES
1569 ===========
1570
1571 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1572 ================================
1573
1574 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1575 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1576 with '!' in the first column.
1577
1578 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1579 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1580 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1581 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1582 2.6 release.
1583
1584 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1585 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1586 (see the documentation) useful.
1587
1588
1589 wxBase:
1590
1591 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1592 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1593 code.
1594
1595 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1596 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1597 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1598 arrays containing non-pointers.
1599
1600 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1601 simply don't make sense for all objects
1602
1603 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1604 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1605 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1606
1607 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1608
1609 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1610 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1611 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1612 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1613 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1614
1615 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1616 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1617 the default assert handling.
1618
1619 All (GUI):
1620
1621 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1622 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1623 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1624
1625 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1626 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1627 instead!
1628
1629 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1630 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1631 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1632
1633 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1634 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1635 you want to get OnChar() as well
1636
1637 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1638 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1639 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1640
1641 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1642 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1643 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1644 will *NOT* work any longer:
1645
1646 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1647 ... do something ...
1648 if ( flags & wxYES )
1649 ... do something else ...
1650
1651 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1652 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1653 the ctor
1654
1655 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1656
1657 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1658 if you derived any classes from it
1659
1660 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1661 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1662
1663 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1664 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1665
1666 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1667 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1668
1669 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1670 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1671 from happening
1672
1673 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1674 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1675 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1676
1677 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1678 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1679 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1680 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1681
1682 wxMSW:
1683
1684 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1685 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1686 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1687 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1688 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1689 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1690 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1691 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1692 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1693 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1694
1695 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1696 style to avoid it
1697
1698 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1699 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1700
1701 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1702 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1703 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1704
1705 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1706 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1707
1708
1709 Unix ports:
1710
1711 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1712 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1713 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1714 to compile pure C files.
1715
1716
1717 wxThread and related classes:
1718
1719 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1720 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1721 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1722 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1723
1724 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1725 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1726 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1727 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1728
1729 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1730 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1731 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1732
1733 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1734 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1735
1736
1737 OTHER CHANGES
1738 =============
1739
1740 2.4.0
1741 -----
1742
1743 wxMSW:
1744
1745 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1746
1747 2.3.4
1748 -----
1749
1750 All:
1751
1752 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1753 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1754 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1755
1756 Unix (Base/GUI):
1757
1758 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1759 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1760 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1761
1762 wxGTK:
1763 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1764 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1765
1766 wxX11:
1767 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1768
1769 wxMSW:
1770
1771 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1772 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1773
1774 wxHTML:
1775
1776 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1777
1778 2.3.3
1779 -----
1780
1781 wxBase:
1782
1783 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1784 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1785 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1786 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1787 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1788 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1789 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1790 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1791 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1792 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1793 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1794 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1795 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1796 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1797 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1798 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1799
1800 Unix (Base/GUI):
1801
1802 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1803 programs and not only GNU make
1804 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1805 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1806 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1807 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1808 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1809
1810 All (GUI):
1811
1812 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1813 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1814 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1815 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1816 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1817 wxWidgets dialogs
1818 - significantly improved native font support
1819 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1820 wxHashTable
1821 - added IFF image handler
1822 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1823 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1824 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1825 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1826 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1827 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1828 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1829 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1830 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1831 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1832 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1833 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1834 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1835 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1836 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1837 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1838 - wxMessageOutput class added
1839 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1840 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1841 table fills up
1842 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1843 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1844 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1845 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1846 (Rene Rivera).
1847 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1848 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1849 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1850
1851 wxMSW:
1852
1853 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1854 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1855 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1856 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1857 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1858 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1859 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1860 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1861 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1862 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1863 are changed
1864 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1865 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1866 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1867 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1868 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1869 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1870 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1871 recursion any more
1872 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1873 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1874 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1875 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1876 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1877 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1878 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1879 has the capture before release it.
1880 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1881 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1882 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1883 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1884 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1885 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1886 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1887 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1888 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1889 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1890 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1891 provided in wxFontData
1892 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1893 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1894
1895 wxGTK:
1896
1897 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1898 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1899 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1900 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1901 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1902 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1903 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1904 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1905 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1906 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1907 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1908 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1909 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1910
1911 wxMotif:
1912
1913 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1914 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1915 - improved toolbar control alignment
1916 - implemented wxSpinButton
1917 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1918 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1919 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1920
1921 wxX11:
1922
1923 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1924 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1925
1926 wxMac:
1927
1928 - Many improvements
1929
1930 wxOS2:
1931
1932 - First alpha-quality release
1933
1934 wxHTML:
1935
1936 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1937 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1938 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1939 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1940 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1941
1942 2.3.2
1943 -----
1944
1945 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1946
1947 wxBase:
1948
1949 - wxRegEx class added
1950 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1951 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1952 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1953 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1954 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1955
1956 All (GUI):
1957
1958 - support for virtual list control added
1959 - column images in report mode of the list control
1960 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1961 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1962 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1963 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1964 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1965 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1966 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1967 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1968 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1969 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1970 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1971 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1972
1973 wxMSW:
1974
1975 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1976 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1977 project files
1978
1979 wxGTK:
1980
1981 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1982 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1983 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1984 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1985
1986 wxMac:
1987
1988 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1989 Tools
1990
1991 wxHTML:
1992
1993 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1994 to tags parsing
1995 - added support for animated GIFs
1996
1997 2.3.1
1998 -----
1999
2000 wxBase:
2001
2002 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
2003 - Fixed new charset detection code
2004 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
2005 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
2006 - Added wxDir::Traverse
2007 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
2008 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
2009 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
2010
2011 All (GUI):
2012
2013 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
2014 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
2015 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
2016 push on a custom event handler for example)
2017 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
2018 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
2019 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
2020 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
2021 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
2022 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
2023 first-time saved
2024 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
2025 - Various wxXML enhancements
2026 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
2027 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
2028 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
2029 instead of GetId()
2030 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
2031 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
2032
2033 wxMSW:
2034
2035 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
2036 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
2037 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
2038 alt or shift) now work
2039 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
2040 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
2041 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
2042 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
2043 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
2044 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
2045 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
2046 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
2047 - We now send iconize events
2048 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
2049 - Added mousewheel processing
2050 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
2051 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
2052 in wxDC
2053 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
2054 child frame styles are honoured
2055
2056 wxGTK:
2057
2058 - Fixed slider rounding bug
2059 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
2060 - We now send iconize events
2061 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
2062 GetSelection() results
2063
2064 2.3.0
2065 -----
2066
2067 wxBase:
2068
2069 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
2070 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
2071 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
2072 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
2073 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2074 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
2075 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
2076 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
2077 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
2078 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
2079
2080 All (GUI):
2081
2082 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
2083 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
2084 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
2085 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
2086 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
2087 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
2088 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
2089 wxImage methods and ctor)
2090 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
2091 - ODBC documentation complete!!
2092 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
2093 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
2094 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
2095 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
2096
2097 wxMSW:
2098
2099 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
2100 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
2101 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
2102 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
2103
2104 wxGTK:
2105
2106 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
2107
2108 wxHTML:
2109
2110 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
2111 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
2112
2113 2.2.0
2114 -----
2115
2116 wxBase:
2117
2118 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
2119 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
2120 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
2121 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
2122 - Completed Czech translations
2123 - Some stream corrections
2124 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
2125 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
2126 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
2127 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
2128
2129 All (GUI):
2130
2131 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
2132 flicker-free dragging is now possible
2133 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
2134 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
2135 - Paper names now translated
2136 - wxGrid fixes
2137 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
2138 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
2139 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
2140 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
2141 File dialog.
2142 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
2143 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
2144 writing code
2145 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
2146 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
2147 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
2148 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
2149
2150 wxMSW:
2151
2152 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
2153 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
2154 backward compatibility, please set
2155 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
2156 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2157 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2158 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2159 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2160 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2161 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2162 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2163 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2164 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2165 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2166 - wxFrame restores focus better
2167 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2168 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2169 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2170 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2171 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2172 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2173 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2174 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2175 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2176 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2177
2178 wxGTK:
2179
2180 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2181
2182 wxMotif:
2183
2184 - Small compilation fixes
2185
2186 Documentation:
2187
2188 - wxCaret documented
2189
2190 2.1.16
2191 ------
2192
2193 wxBase:
2194
2195 All (GUI):
2196
2197 wxMSW:
2198
2199 - Various bug fixes
2200 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2201 files. This works under VC++ only
2202 - Modal dialog handling improved
2203 - Printer dialog now modal
2204
2205 wxGTK:
2206
2207 - Various bug fixes
2208
2209 wxMotif:
2210
2211 - Various bug fixes
2212
2213 2.1.15
2214 ------
2215
2216 Documentation:
2217
2218 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2219
2220 File hierarchy:
2221
2222 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2223 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2224
2225 wxBase:
2226
2227 - wxSocket support
2228 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2229 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2230 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2231 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2232 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2233 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2234 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2235 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2236 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2237 only so far)
2238 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2239 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2240 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2241 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2242 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2243 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2244 is available)
2245 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2246
2247 all (GUI):
2248
2249 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2250 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2251 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2252 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2253 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2254 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2255 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2256 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2257 John Norris)
2258 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2259 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2260 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2261 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2262 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2263 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2264 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2265 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2266 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2267 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2268 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2269 - wxDragImage class added
2270 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2271 controllers, as well as native help
2272 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2273
2274 wxMSW:
2275
2276 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2277 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2278 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2279 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2280 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2281 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2282 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2283 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2284 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2285 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2286 Unix ports
2287 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2288 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2289 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2290
2291 wxGTK:
2292
2293 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2294 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2295 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2296
2297 wxMotif:
2298
2299 - wxMenu::Enable works
2300 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2301 - OGL samples made to work again
2302
2303 wxHTML:
2304
2305 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2306 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2307 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2308 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2309 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2310 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2311 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2312 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2313 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2314 - improved HTML printing
2315 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
2316 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2317 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2318 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2319
2320
2321 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2322 change log.
2323
2324 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2325 -----------------------
2326
2327 wxGTK:
2328
2329 - JPEG support added.
2330 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2331
2332 wxMSW:
2333
2334 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2335 SetTabSize added.
2336 - JPEG support added.
2337 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2338 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2339 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2340
2341 wxMotif:
2342
2343
2344 General:
2345
2346 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2347
2348
2349 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2350 -------------------------------
2351
2352 wxGTK:
2353
2354 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
2355 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2356
2357 wxMSW:
2358
2359 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2360 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2361 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2362 - Some makefile fixes.
2363
2364 wxMotif:
2365
2366 - None.
2367
2368 General:
2369
2370 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2371 - More topic overviews.
2372 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2373 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2374 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2375
2376
2377 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2378 --------------------------
2379
2380 wxGTK:
2381
2382 - wxExecute improved.
2383
2384 wxMSW:
2385
2386 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2387 expected).
2388 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2389 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2390 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2391 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2392 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2393 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2394
2395 wxMotif:
2396
2397 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2398 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2399
2400 General:
2401
2402 - wxLocale documented.
2403 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2404 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2405 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2406 (though doesn't display help yet).
2407
2408 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2409 --------------------------
2410
2411 wxGTK:
2412
2413 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2414
2415 wxMSW:
2416
2417 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2418 rationalised.
2419 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2420
2421 wxMotif:
2422
2423 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2424 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2425 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2426 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2427 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2428 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2429 crashes for some reason).
2430 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2431 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2432
2433 General:
2434
2435 - Further doc improvements.
2436 - wxGenericValidator added.
2437 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2438 automatically.
2439
2440 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2441 -------------------------
2442
2443 wxGTK:
2444
2445 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2446 - wxToolTip class added.
2447 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2448
2449 wxMSW:
2450
2451 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2452 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2453 - TWIN32 support added.
2454 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2455 factored out program/library settings.
2456 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2457
2458 wxMotif:
2459
2460 - A few more colour fixes.
2461 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2462 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2463 - wxChoice crash fix.
2464 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2465
2466 General:
2467
2468 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2469 - Added samples/dde.
2470 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2471
2472 Beta 2, January 1999
2473 --------------------
2474
2475 wxGTK:
2476
2477 wxMSW:
2478
2479 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2480
2481 wxMotif:
2482
2483 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2484 the right place.
2485 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2486 - Added thread support (Robert).
2487 - wxPoem sample now works.
2488
2489 General:
2490
2491 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2492 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2493 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2494 or below).
2495 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2496 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2497 sample.
2498 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2499
2500 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2501 --------------------------
2502
2503 wxGTK:
2504
2505 - Various
2506
2507 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2508
2509
2510 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2511 ----------------------------
2512
2513 wxMSW:
2514
2515 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2516 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2517 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2518 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2519 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2520 on a tab.
2521 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2522 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2523 of Stefan Csomor.
2524
2525 wxMotif:
2526
2527 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2528 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2529 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2530 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2531 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2532 colours correctly.
2533 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2534 when any button was pressed.
2535 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2536 have a white background.
2537 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2538 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2539 they have sensible colours by default.
2540 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2541 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2542 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2543 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2544 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2545
2546 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2547 ----------------------------
2548
2549 wxMSW:
2550
2551 - More documentation updates, especially for
2552 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2553 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2554 of wxTrace.
2555 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2556 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2557 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2558 position.
2559 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2560
2561 wxMotif:
2562
2563 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2564 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2565 child frames).
2566 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2567 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2568 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2569 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2570 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2571 the debugging implementation.
2572 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2573 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2574 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2575 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2576 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2577 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2578 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2579
2580 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2581
2582 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2583 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2584 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2585 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2586 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2587 - wxNotebook almost done.
2588 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2589 to vertical toolbars).
2590
2591 More recently:
2592
2593 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2594 to scrollbars).
2595 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2596 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2597 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2598
2599 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2600 ----------------------------
2601
2602 wxMSW:
2603
2604 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2605 sample.
2606 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2607 - A few more makefiles added.
2608 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2609 - Further doc updates.
2610 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2611
2612 wxMotif:
2613
2614 - First start at Motif port.
2615 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2616 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2617 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2618 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2619
2620 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2621 --------------------------
2622
2623 wxMSW:
2624
2625 - wxBitmap debugged.
2626 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2627 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2628 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2629 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2630 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2631 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2632 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2633
2634 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2635 ------------------------
2636
2637 wxMSW:
2638
2639 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2640 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2641 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2642 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2643 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2644 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2645 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2646 changes, wxNotebook.
2647 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2648
2649 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2650 -----------------------
2651
2652 wxMSW:
2653
2654 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2655 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2656 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2657 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2658 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2659 don't support it.
2660 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2661 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2662
2663 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2664 -----------------------
2665
2666 wxMSW:
2667
2668 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2669 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2670
2671 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2672 -----------------------
2673
2674 wxMSW:
2675
2676 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2677 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2678 wxMenuBar.
2679 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2680 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2681 wxMenuItem accessors.
2682 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2683 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2684 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2685 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2686 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2687 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2688 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2689 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2690 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2691 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2692 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2693 first, then doing the assignment.
2694 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2695 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2696
2697 Generic:
2698
2699 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2700 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2701
2702 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2703 ----------------------
2704
2705 wxMSW:
2706
2707 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2708 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2709 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2710 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2711 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2712 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2713 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2714 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2715 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2716
2717 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2718 ------------------------
2719
2720 wxMSW:
2721
2722 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2723 fields were used.
2724 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2725 compilation and pragmas.
2726 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2727 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2728
2729 Generic:
2730
2731 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2732 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2733 compilation and pragmas.
2734 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2735
2736 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2737 ------------------------
2738
2739 wxMSW:
2740
2741 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2742 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2743 some reason :-(
2744 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2745 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2746 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2747 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2748 startup/exit.
2749 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2750 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2751 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2752 VADIM'S CHANGES:
2753 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2754 compatibility functions.
2755 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2756 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2757 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2758 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2759 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2760 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2761 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2762
2763 Generic:
2764
2765 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2766 - Added samples/png.
2767 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2768 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2769 header files.
2770 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2771
2772 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2773 ------------------------
2774
2775 wxMSW:
2776
2777 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2778 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2779 cleaned up properly before exit.
2780 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2781 automatically.
2782 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2783 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2784 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2785 unresolved issues.
2786 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2787 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2788 tray area.
2789 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2790 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2791 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2792 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2793
2794 Generic:
2795
2796 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2797 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2798 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2799 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2800 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2801 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2802 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2803 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2804 allow better control of memory.
2805 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2806 checking.
2807 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2808 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2809
2810 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2811 ------------------------
2812
2813 wxMSW:
2814
2815 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2816 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2817 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2818 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2819 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2820 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2821 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2822 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2823 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2824 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2825 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2826 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2827 IUnknown.
2828 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2829 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2830 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2831 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2832 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2833 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2834 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2835 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2836 internal implementation.
2837 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2838 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2839 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2840
2841 Generic:
2842
2843 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2844 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2845 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2846 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2847 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2848
2849 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2850 --------------------------
2851
2852 wxMSW:
2853
2854 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2855 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2856 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2857 changes.
2858 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2859 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2860 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2861 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2862 again.
2863 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2864 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2865 e.g. wxDC.
2866
2867 Generic:
2868
2869 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2870 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2871 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2872 changes.
2873 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2874 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2875 docs/gtk.
2876 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2877 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2878 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2879 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2880 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2881 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2882 - Added gcc pragmas.
2883 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2884 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2885 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2886 added a few references to wxTransString.
2887 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2888 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2889 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2890 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2891 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2892 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2893 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2894 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2895 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2896 MoreRequested.
2897
2898 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2899 --------------------------
2900
2901 All:
2902
2903 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2904 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2905 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2906 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2907 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2908 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2909 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2910 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2911 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2912 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2913 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2914 scrolling toolbars.
2915 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2916 to help printing with multiple pages.
2917 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2918 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2919 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2920 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2921 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2922 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2923 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2924 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2925 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2926 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2927 New files from Vadim:
2928 include\wx\string.h
2929 include\wx\debug.h
2930 include\wx\file.h
2931 include\wx\log.h
2932 include\wx\intl.h
2933 src\common\string.cpp
2934 src\common\log.cpp
2935 src\common\intl.cpp
2936 src\common\file.cpp
2937 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2938 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2939 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2940 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2941 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2942 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2943 including changes to defs.h.
2944 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2945 introduced.
2946 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2947 hidden).
2948 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2949 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2950 trick).
2951 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2952
2953 Alpha 3, September 1997
2954 -----------------------
2955
2956 All:
2957
2958 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2959 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2960 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2961 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2962 - Started documentation.
2963
2964 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2965 ------------------------
2966
2967 All:
2968
2969 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2970 with MetroWerks compiler.
2971 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2972 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2973 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2974 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2975 for testing purposes.
2976 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2977 handlers.
2978 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2979 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2980 fully).
2981 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2982 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2983 a separate file.
2984
2985 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2986 -----------------------
2987
2988 Generic:
2989
2990 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2991
2992 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2993 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2994 wxString instead of char *.
2995 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2996 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2997 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2998 as wxbWindow now removed.
2999 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
3000 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
3001 - PrologIO revised.
3002 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
3003 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
3004 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
3005 Windows settings.
3006 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
3007 settings mucho rationalised.
3008 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
3009 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
3010 classes removed.
3011 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
3012 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
3013 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
3014 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
3015 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
3016 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
3017 of event handlers.
3018 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
3019 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
3020 wxToolBarBase
3021 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
3022 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
3023 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
3024 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
3025 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
3026 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
3027 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
3028 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
3029 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
3030 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
3031 in the future.
3032 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
3033 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
3034 variables instead.
3035 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
3036 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
3037 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
3038 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
3039 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
3040 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
3041 Win95.
3042 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
3043 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
3044 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
3045 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
3046 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
3047 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).