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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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10 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
14 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
15 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
16 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
17 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
21 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
22 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
23 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
24 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
25 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
26 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
27 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
28 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
29 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
30 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
31 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
32 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
33 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
34 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
35 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
36 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
37 - Compiles again with WIN64.
38 - Restored separators on toolbars under XP themes.
39 - Winelib compilation now works.
43 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
47 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
48 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
49 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
57 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
58 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
62 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
63 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
67 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
68 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
69 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
73 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
76 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
77 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
78 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
79 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
80 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
81 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
82 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
85 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
92 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
93 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
94 - Added wxDebugReport class.
95 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
96 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
97 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
98 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
99 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
100 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
104 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
105 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
106 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
107 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
108 the whole virtual area.
109 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
110 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
111 isn't used to set the window size.
112 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
113 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
114 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
115 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
119 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
123 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
124 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
125 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
126 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
127 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
128 handling (Jamie Gadd).
132 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
133 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
134 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
135 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
136 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
137 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
138 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
139 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
143 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
147 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
151 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
152 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
153 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
154 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
155 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
156 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
157 with correct titlebar style.
158 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
160 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
161 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
162 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
163 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
164 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
165 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
166 to the dialog's toolbar.
173 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
174 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
175 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
176 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
177 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
178 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
179 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
180 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
181 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
182 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
183 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
184 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
185 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
186 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
187 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
188 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
189 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
190 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
191 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
192 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
193 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
194 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
195 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
196 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
197 printing stuff in the GTK port.
198 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
199 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
200 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
201 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
202 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
203 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
204 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
205 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
206 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
207 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
208 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
209 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
210 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
211 due to a rounding error.
212 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
213 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
214 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
215 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
216 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
217 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
218 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
219 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
225 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
226 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
227 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
228 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
229 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
230 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
231 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
232 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
233 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
234 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
235 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
236 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
237 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
238 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
239 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
240 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
241 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
245 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
249 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
250 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
251 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
252 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
253 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
254 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
255 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
256 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
257 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
258 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
259 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
260 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
261 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
263 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
264 - Added wxRawBitmap support
265 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
266 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
267 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
271 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
272 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
273 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
274 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
278 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
279 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
280 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
281 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
282 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
285 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
286 but not mentioned anywhere.
287 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
291 - wxBU_... button align flags support
292 - vertical notebook orientation support
293 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
294 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
298 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
299 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
300 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
301 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
302 - enumeration of available volumes
303 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
304 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
305 - native wxColourDialog implementation
306 - native wxSystemSettings colours
307 - native wxButton implementation
308 - native wxCheckBox implementation
309 - native wxSlider implementation
310 - native wxToggleButton implementation
311 - native wxRadioButton implementation
312 - native wxStaticText implementation
313 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
321 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
322 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
323 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
324 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
325 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
326 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
327 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
328 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
329 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
330 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
331 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
332 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
333 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
334 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
335 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
336 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
340 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
341 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
342 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
344 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
345 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
346 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
347 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
348 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
349 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
350 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
351 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
352 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
353 - added samples/splash
354 - added support for stock buttons
355 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
356 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
357 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
358 - added wxChoicebook control
359 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
360 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
361 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
362 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
363 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
364 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
365 supported, instead of zero.
366 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
370 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
371 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
372 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
373 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
374 - wx-config has new --version-full option
378 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
379 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
380 - Tooltips now supported
381 - wxSound now supported
382 - wxDisplay now supported
383 - Some stock cursors now supported
387 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
388 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
389 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
390 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
394 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
395 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
396 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
397 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
398 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
399 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
400 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
401 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
402 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
403 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
404 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
405 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
406 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
407 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
408 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
409 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
410 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
411 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
412 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
416 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
420 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
421 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
422 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
423 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
424 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
425 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
426 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
427 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
428 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
429 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
430 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
431 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
432 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
433 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
437 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
441 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
442 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
443 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
444 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
448 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
449 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
457 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
458 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
459 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
460 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
462 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
463 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
464 to forward declare these classes.
468 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
469 resulting in much better display of scaled images
470 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
471 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
472 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
473 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
474 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
475 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
476 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
477 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
478 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
479 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
480 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
481 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
482 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
486 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
487 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
488 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
489 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
490 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
491 even try to do it by default -- now it does
492 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
493 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
494 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
495 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
496 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
497 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
501 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
505 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
506 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
507 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
508 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
512 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
516 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
517 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
521 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
522 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
526 - Full Unicode support is now available
527 - BLOB support is working
535 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
536 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
537 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
538 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
539 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
540 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
541 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
542 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
543 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
544 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
545 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
546 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
547 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
549 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
550 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
551 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
552 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
553 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
554 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
555 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
556 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
557 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
558 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
559 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
560 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
564 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
565 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
566 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
567 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
568 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
569 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
570 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
571 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
572 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
573 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
574 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
575 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
576 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
577 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
578 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
579 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
580 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
581 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
582 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
583 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
584 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
585 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
586 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
587 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
588 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
589 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
593 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
594 - fixed DDE memory leaks
595 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
596 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
597 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
598 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
599 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
600 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
601 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
602 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
603 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
604 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
605 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
606 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
607 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
608 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
609 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
610 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
611 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
612 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
613 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
614 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
615 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
616 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
617 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
618 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
619 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
620 than the specified default size
621 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
625 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
626 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
627 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
628 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
629 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
630 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
631 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
632 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
633 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
637 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
638 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
639 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
640 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
644 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
648 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
649 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
653 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
654 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
655 addition to existing OSS one
656 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
664 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
665 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
666 separately compiled library
667 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
668 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
669 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
670 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
671 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
672 - added wxArray::SetCount()
673 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
674 by default in Unicode mode
675 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
676 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
677 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
678 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
679 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
680 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
681 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
682 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
683 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
684 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
685 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
686 - added wxRecursionGuard class
687 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
688 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
689 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
690 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
691 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
692 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
693 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
694 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
698 - added Watcom makefiles
699 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
703 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
704 - added wxListbook control
705 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
706 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
707 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
708 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
709 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
710 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
711 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
712 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
713 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
714 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
715 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
716 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
717 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
718 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
719 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
720 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
721 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
722 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
723 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
724 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
725 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
726 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
727 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
728 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
729 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
730 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
731 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
732 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
733 default extension for the template
734 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
735 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
736 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
737 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
738 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
739 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
740 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
741 to allow better rich text support.
742 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
743 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
744 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
745 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
746 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
747 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
748 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
749 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
750 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
751 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
752 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
753 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
754 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
755 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
756 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
757 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
758 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
759 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
760 - added wxMirrorDC class
761 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
762 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
763 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
764 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
765 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
766 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
771 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
772 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
773 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
774 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
775 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
779 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
780 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
781 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
782 to contrib/src/deprecated
786 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
787 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
788 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
789 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
790 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
791 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
792 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
793 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
794 be appended to filenames with no extension
795 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
796 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
797 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
798 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
802 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
803 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
807 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
808 - added wxCrashReport
809 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
810 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
811 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
812 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
813 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
814 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
815 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
816 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
817 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
818 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
819 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
820 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
821 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
822 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
823 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
824 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
825 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
826 - improved border handling under Windows XP
827 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
828 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
829 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
830 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
831 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
832 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
833 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
837 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
838 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
839 documentation for a detailed explanation
840 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
841 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
842 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
843 with Motif 1.x compatibility
844 - implemented wxToggleButton
845 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
846 instead of a sunken border
847 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
848 - finished wxClipboard implementation
852 - controls in toolbars now supported
856 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
857 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
858 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
859 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
860 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
866 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
867 ================================
869 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
870 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
871 with '!' in the first column.
873 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
874 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
875 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
876 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
879 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
880 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
881 (see the documentation) useful.
886 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
887 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
890 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
891 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
892 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
893 arrays containing non-pointers.
895 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
896 simply don't make sense for all objects
898 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
899 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
900 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
902 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
904 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
905 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
906 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
907 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
908 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
910 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
911 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
912 the default assert handling.
916 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
917 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
918 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
920 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
921 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
924 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
925 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
926 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
928 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
929 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
930 you want to get OnChar() as well
932 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
933 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
934 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
936 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
937 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
938 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
939 will *NOT* work any longer:
941 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
944 ... do something else ...
946 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
947 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
950 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
952 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
953 if you derived any classes from it
955 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
956 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
958 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
959 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
961 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
962 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
964 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
965 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
968 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
969 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
970 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
972 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
973 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
974 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
975 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
979 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
980 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
981 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
982 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
983 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
984 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
985 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
986 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
987 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
988 is only present for the DLLs builds.
990 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
993 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
994 previously selected one instead of replacing it
996 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
997 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
998 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1000 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1001 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1006 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1007 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1008 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1009 to compile pure C files.
1012 wxThread and related classes:
1014 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1015 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1016 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1017 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1019 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1020 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1021 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1022 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1024 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1025 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1026 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1028 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1029 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1040 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1047 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1048 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1049 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1053 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1054 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1055 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1058 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1059 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1062 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1066 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1067 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1071 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1078 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1079 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1080 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1081 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1082 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1083 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1084 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1085 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1086 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1087 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1088 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1089 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1090 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1091 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1092 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1093 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1097 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1098 programs and not only GNU make
1099 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1100 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1101 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1102 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1103 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1107 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1108 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1109 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1110 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1111 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1113 - significantly improved native font support
1114 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1116 - added IFF image handler
1117 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1118 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1119 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1120 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1121 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1122 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1123 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1124 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1125 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1126 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1127 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1128 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1129 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1130 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1131 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1132 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1133 - wxMessageOutput class added
1134 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1135 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1137 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1138 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1139 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1140 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1142 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1143 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1144 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1148 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1149 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1150 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1151 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1152 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1153 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1154 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1155 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1156 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1157 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1159 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1160 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1161 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1162 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1163 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1164 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1165 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1167 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1168 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1169 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1170 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1171 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1172 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1173 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1174 has the capture before release it.
1175 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1176 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1177 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1178 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1179 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1180 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1181 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1182 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1183 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1184 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1185 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1186 provided in wxFontData
1187 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1188 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1192 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1193 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1194 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1195 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1196 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1197 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1198 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1199 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1200 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1201 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1202 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1203 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1204 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1208 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1209 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1210 - improved toolbar control alignment
1211 - implemented wxSpinButton
1212 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1213 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1214 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1218 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1219 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1227 - First alpha-quality release
1231 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1232 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1233 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1234 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1235 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1240 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1244 - wxRegEx class added
1245 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1246 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1247 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1248 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1249 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1253 - support for virtual list control added
1254 - column images in report mode of the list control
1255 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1256 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1257 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1258 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1259 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1260 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1261 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1262 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1263 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1264 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1265 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1266 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1270 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1271 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1276 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1277 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1278 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1279 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1283 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1288 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1290 - added support for animated GIFs
1298 - Fixed new charset detection code
1299 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1300 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1301 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1302 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1303 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1304 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1308 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1309 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1310 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1311 push on a custom event handler for example)
1312 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1313 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1314 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1315 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1316 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1317 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1319 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1320 - Various wxXML enhancements
1321 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1322 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1323 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1325 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1326 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1330 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1331 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1332 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1333 alt or shift) now work
1334 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1335 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1336 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1337 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1338 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1339 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1340 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1341 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1342 - We now send iconize events
1343 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1344 - Added mousewheel processing
1345 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1346 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1348 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1349 child frame styles are honoured
1353 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1354 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1355 - We now send iconize events
1356 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1357 GetSelection() results
1364 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1365 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1366 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1367 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1368 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1369 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1370 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1371 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1372 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1373 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1377 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1378 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1379 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1380 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1381 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1382 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1383 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1384 wxImage methods and ctor)
1385 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1386 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1387 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1388 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1389 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1390 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1394 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1395 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1396 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1397 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1401 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1405 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1406 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1413 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1414 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1415 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1416 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1417 - Completed Czech translations
1418 - Some stream corrections
1419 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1420 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1421 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1422 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1426 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1427 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1428 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1429 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1430 - Paper names now translated
1432 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1433 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1434 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1435 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1437 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1438 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1440 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1441 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1442 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1443 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1447 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1448 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1449 backward compatibility, please set
1450 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1451 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1452 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1453 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1454 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1455 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1456 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1457 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1458 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1459 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1460 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1461 - wxFrame restores focus better
1462 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1463 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1464 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1465 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1466 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1467 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1468 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1469 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1470 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1471 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1475 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1479 - Small compilation fixes
1483 - wxCaret documented
1495 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1496 files. This works under VC++ only
1497 - Modal dialog handling improved
1498 - Printer dialog now modal
1513 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1517 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1518 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1523 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1524 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1525 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1526 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1527 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1528 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1529 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1530 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1531 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1533 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1534 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1535 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1536 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1537 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1538 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1540 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1544 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1545 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1546 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1547 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1548 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1549 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1550 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1551 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1553 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1554 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1555 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1556 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1557 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1558 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1559 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1560 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1561 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1562 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1563 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1564 - wxDragImage class added
1565 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1566 controllers, as well as native help
1567 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1571 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1572 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1573 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1574 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1575 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1576 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1577 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1578 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1579 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1580 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1582 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1583 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1584 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1588 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1589 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1590 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1594 - wxMenu::Enable works
1595 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1596 - OGL samples made to work again
1600 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1601 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1602 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1603 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1604 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1605 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1606 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1607 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1608 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1609 - improved HTML printing
1610 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1611 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1612 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1613 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1616 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1619 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1620 -----------------------
1624 - JPEG support added.
1625 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1629 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1631 - JPEG support added.
1632 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1633 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1634 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1641 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1644 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1645 -------------------------------
1650 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1654 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1655 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1656 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1657 - Some makefile fixes.
1665 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1666 - More topic overviews.
1667 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1668 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1669 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1672 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1673 --------------------------
1677 - wxExecute improved.
1681 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1683 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1684 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1685 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1686 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1687 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1688 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1692 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1693 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1697 - wxLocale documented.
1698 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1699 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1700 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1701 (though doesn't display help yet).
1703 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1704 --------------------------
1708 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1712 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1714 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1718 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1719 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1720 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1721 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1722 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1723 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1724 crashes for some reason).
1725 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1726 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1730 - Further doc improvements.
1731 - wxGenericValidator added.
1732 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1735 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1736 -------------------------
1740 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1741 - wxToolTip class added.
1742 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1746 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1747 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1748 - TWIN32 support added.
1749 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1750 factored out program/library settings.
1751 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1755 - A few more colour fixes.
1756 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1757 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1758 - wxChoice crash fix.
1759 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1763 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1764 - Added samples/dde.
1765 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1767 Beta 2, January 1999
1768 --------------------
1774 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1778 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1780 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1781 - Added thread support (Robert).
1782 - wxPoem sample now works.
1786 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1787 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1788 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1790 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1791 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1793 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1795 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1796 --------------------------
1802 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1805 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1806 ----------------------------
1810 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1811 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1812 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1813 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1814 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1816 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1817 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1822 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1823 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1824 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1825 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1826 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1828 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1829 when any button was pressed.
1830 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1831 have a white background.
1832 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1833 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1834 they have sensible colours by default.
1835 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1836 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1837 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1838 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1839 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1841 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1842 ----------------------------
1846 - More documentation updates, especially for
1847 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1848 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1850 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1851 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1852 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1854 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1858 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1859 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1861 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1862 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1863 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1864 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1865 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1866 the debugging implementation.
1867 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1868 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1869 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1870 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1871 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1872 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1873 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1875 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1877 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1878 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1879 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1880 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1881 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1882 - wxNotebook almost done.
1883 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1884 to vertical toolbars).
1888 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1890 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1891 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1892 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1894 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1895 ----------------------------
1899 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1901 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1902 - A few more makefiles added.
1903 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1904 - Further doc updates.
1905 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1909 - First start at Motif port.
1910 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1911 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1912 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1913 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1915 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1916 --------------------------
1920 - wxBitmap debugged.
1921 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1922 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1923 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1924 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1925 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1926 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1927 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1929 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1930 ------------------------
1934 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1935 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1936 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1937 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1938 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1939 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1940 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1941 changes, wxNotebook.
1942 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1944 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1945 -----------------------
1949 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1950 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1951 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1952 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1953 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1955 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1956 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1958 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1959 -----------------------
1963 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1964 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1966 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1967 -----------------------
1971 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1972 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1974 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1975 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1976 wxMenuItem accessors.
1977 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1978 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1979 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1980 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1981 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1982 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1983 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1984 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1985 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1986 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1987 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1988 first, then doing the assignment.
1989 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1990 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1994 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1995 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1997 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1998 ----------------------
2002 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2003 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2004 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2005 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2006 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2007 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2008 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2009 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2010 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2012 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2013 ------------------------
2017 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2019 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2020 compilation and pragmas.
2021 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2022 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2026 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2027 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2028 compilation and pragmas.
2029 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2031 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2032 ------------------------
2036 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2037 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2039 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2040 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2041 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2042 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2044 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2045 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2046 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2048 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2049 compatibility functions.
2050 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2051 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2052 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2053 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2054 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2055 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2056 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2060 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2061 - Added samples/png.
2062 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2063 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2065 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2067 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2068 ------------------------
2072 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2073 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2074 cleaned up properly before exit.
2075 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2077 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2078 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2079 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2081 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2082 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2084 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2085 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2086 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2087 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2091 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2092 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2093 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2094 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2095 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2096 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2097 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2098 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2099 allow better control of memory.
2100 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2102 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2103 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2105 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2106 ------------------------
2110 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2111 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2112 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2113 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2114 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2115 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2116 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2117 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2118 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2119 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2120 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2121 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2123 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2124 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2125 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2126 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2127 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2128 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2129 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2130 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2131 internal implementation.
2132 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2133 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2134 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2138 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2139 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2140 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2141 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2142 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2144 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2145 --------------------------
2149 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2150 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2151 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2153 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2154 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2155 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2156 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2158 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2159 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2164 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2165 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2166 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2168 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2169 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2171 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2172 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2173 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2174 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2175 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2176 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2177 - Added gcc pragmas.
2178 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2179 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2180 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2181 added a few references to wxTransString.
2182 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2183 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2184 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2185 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2186 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2187 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2188 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2189 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2190 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2193 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2194 --------------------------
2198 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2199 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2200 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2201 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2202 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2203 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2204 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2205 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2206 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2207 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2208 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2210 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2211 to help printing with multiple pages.
2212 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2213 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2214 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2215 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2216 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2217 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2218 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2219 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2220 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2221 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2222 New files from Vadim:
2228 src\common\string.cpp
2232 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2233 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2234 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2235 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2236 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2237 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2238 including changes to defs.h.
2239 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2241 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2243 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2244 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2246 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2248 Alpha 3, September 1997
2249 -----------------------
2253 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2254 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2255 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2256 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2257 - Started documentation.
2259 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2260 ------------------------
2264 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2265 with MetroWerks compiler.
2266 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2267 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2268 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2269 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2270 for testing purposes.
2271 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2273 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2274 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2276 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2277 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2280 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2281 -----------------------
2285 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2287 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2288 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2289 wxString instead of char *.
2290 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2291 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2292 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2293 as wxbWindow now removed.
2294 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2295 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2297 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2298 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2299 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2301 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2302 settings mucho rationalised.
2303 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2304 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2306 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2307 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2308 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2309 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2310 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2311 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2313 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2314 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2316 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2317 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2318 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2319 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2320 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2321 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2322 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2323 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2324 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2325 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2327 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2328 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2330 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2331 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2332 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2333 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2334 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2335 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2337 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2338 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2339 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2340 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2341 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2342 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).