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