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2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
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8 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
9 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
10 with '!' in the first column.
12 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
13 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
16 ! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
17 wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE still
18 exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
20 ! wxWindow::m_font and m_backgroundColour/m_foregroundColour are no longer
21 always set, use GetFont(), GetBack/ForegroundColour() to access
22 them, and they will be dynamically determined if necessary.
25 ! The Sizers have had some fundamental internal changes in the 2.5.2
26 and 2.5.3 releases intended to make them do more of the "Right
27 Thing" but also be as backwards compatible as possible. First a bit
28 about how things used to work:
30 * The size that a window had when Add()ed to the sizer was assumed
31 to be its minimal size, and that size would always be used by
32 default when calculating layout size and positions, and the
33 sizer itself would keep track of that minimal size.
35 * If the window item was Add()ed with the wxADJUST_MINSIZE flag
36 then when layout was calculated the item's GetBestSize would be
37 used to reset the minimal size that the sizer used.
39 The main thrust of the new Sizer changes was to make behaviour like
40 wxADJUST_MINSIZE be the default, and also to push the tracking of
41 the minimal size to the window itself (since it knows its own needs)
42 instead of having the sizer take care of it. Consequently these
45 * The wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag was added to allow for the old
46 behaviour. When this flag is used the size a window has when
47 Add()ed to the sizer will be treated as its minimal size and it
48 will not be readjusted on each layout.
50 * The min size stored in wxWindow and settable with SetSizeHints or
51 SetMinSize will by default be used by the sizer (if it was set)
52 as the minimal size of the sizer item. If the minsize was not
53 set (or was only partially set) then the window's best size is
54 fetched and it is used instead of (or blended with) the minsize.
55 wxWindow:GetBestFittingSize was added to facilitate getting the
56 size to be used by the sizers.
58 * The best size of a window is cached so it doesn't need to
59 recalculated on every layout. wxWindow::InvalidateBestSize was
60 added and should be called (usually just internally in control
61 methods) whenever something is done that would make the best
64 * All wxControls were changed to set the minsize to what is passed
65 to the constructor or Create method, and also to set the real
66 size of the control to the blending of the minsize and bestsize.
67 wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize was added to help with this,
68 although most controls don't need to call it directly because it
69 is called indirectly via the SetInitialSize called in the base
72 At this time, the only situation known not to work the same as
73 before is the following:
75 win = new SomeWidget(parent);
76 win->SetSize(SomeNonDefaultSize);
79 In this case the old code would have used the new size as the
80 minimum, but now the sizer will use the default size as the minimum
81 rather than the size set later. It is an easy fix though, just move
82 the specification of the size to the constructor (assuming that
83 SomeWidget will set its minsize there like the rest of the controls
84 do) or call SetMinSize instead of SetSize.
86 In order to fit well with this new scheme of things, all wxControls
87 or custom controls should do the following things. (Depending on
88 how they are used you may also want to do the same thing for
89 non-control custom windows.)
91 * Either override or inherit a meaningful DoGetBestSize method
92 that calculates whatever size is "best" for the control. Once
93 that size is calculated then there should normally be a call to
94 CacheBestSize to save it for later use, unless for some reason
95 you want the best size to be recalculated on every layout.
97 * Any method that changes the attributes of the control such that
98 the best size will change should call InvalidateBestSize so it
99 will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
101 * The control's constructor and/or Create method should ensure
102 that the minsize is set to the size passed in, and that the
103 control is sized to a blending of the min size and best size.
104 This can be done by calling SetBestFittingSize.
106 ! wxURL has undergone some radical changes.
108 * Many accessors of wxURL - GetHostName, GetProtocolName, and GetPath,
109 have been replaced by its parent's (wxURI) counterparts - GetServer,
110 GetScheme, and GetPath, respectively.
112 * ConvertToValidURI has been replaced by wxURI. Do not use
113 ConvertToValidURI for future applications.
115 * ConvertFromURI has been replaced by wxURI::Unescape.
117 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
118 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
119 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
120 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
121 - finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one
122 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
123 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
124 - wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
125 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
126 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
127 - wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more
128 - (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override
129 ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen
130 - wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments
131 - wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList&
132 (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0)
133 - wxID_SEPARATOR (id used for the menu separators) value changed from -1 to -2
134 - wxGetNumberFromUser() is now in separate wx/numdlg.h, not wx/textdlg.h
135 - wxChoice and wxCombobox now handle their size in the same way as in all the
136 other ports under MSW, new code is actually correct but different from weird
137 stuff they were doing before so the behaviour of your programs might change
138 - wxTaskBarIcon objects must now be destroyed before the application can exit.
139 Previously, the application terminated if there were no top level windows;
140 now it terminates if there are no top level windows or taskbar icons left.
141 - wxZlibInputStream is not by default compatible with the output of the
142 2.4.x version of wxZlibOutputStream. However, there is a compatibility mode,
143 switched on by passing wxZLIB_24COMPATIBLE to the constructor.
144 - when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0 wxHashTable uses a new implementation
145 not using wxList keyed interface (the same used when wxUSE_STL == 1),
146 the only incompatibility being that Next() returns a wxHashTable::Node*
147 instead of a wxNode*.
148 - non-const wxDC methods GetBackground(), GetBrush(), GetFont() and GetPen()
149 as well as wxWindow methods GetFont() and GetCursor() don't exist any more,
150 please fix your code -- it never worked correctly anyhow if you modified the
151 objects returned by these methods so you should simply switch to using const
153 - wxWindow::GetFont() now returns wxFont object instead of reference
154 - EVT_XXX macros are now type-safe; code that uses wrong type for event
155 handler's argument will no longer compile.
156 - Identical functionality of wxFileDialog::ParseWildcard,
157 wxGenericDirCtrl::ParseFilter, Motif and MSW parsing native dialogs
158 is now accessible in ::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter
159 - wxNotebookSizer and wxBookCtrlSizer are now deprecated -- they are no longer
160 needed, you can treat wxNotebook as any other control and put it directly
161 into the sizer that was wxNotebookSizer's parent sizer in old code.
162 - wxFile methods now return either wxFileOffset or wxFileSize_t which may be a
163 64 bit integer type, even on 32 bit platforms, instead of off_t and so the
164 return value of wxFile::Length(), for example, shouldn't be assigned to off_t
165 variable any more (the compiler might warn you about this)
166 - wxListItem::m_data is now of type wxUIntPtr, not long, for compatibility
168 - wxSizer::Add/Insert returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added so conditions
169 writeen with if(Add(..)==true) will not work. Use if(Add(..)) instead.
172 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
173 ==============================
175 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWidgets
176 versions, please update your code to not use them.
178 - wxURL::GetInputStream() and similar functionality has been depreciated in
179 favor of other ways of connecting, such as though sockets or wxFileSystem.
180 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
181 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
182 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
183 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
184 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
185 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
186 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
187 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
188 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
189 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
190 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWidgets
191 methods taking wxArrayString
192 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
193 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
194 - wxTreeCtrl::GetFirst/NextChild() 2nd argument now has type wxTreeItemIdValue
195 and not long, please change declarations of "cookie"s in your code
196 accordingly -- otherwise your code won't work on 64 bit platforms
197 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
198 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
199 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
200 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
201 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
202 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
204 - wxWave class; use wxSound instead
205 - The wxHIDE_READONLY flag for wxFileDialog was not implemented
206 and has now been removed
207 - wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead
208 - obsolete and not used wxUSE_GENERIC_DIALOGS_IN_MSW has been removed
209 - wxDbTable::wxDbTable with wxChar* deprecated, same with wxString& instead
220 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
221 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
222 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
223 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
224 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
225 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
226 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
227 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars
228 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
229 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
230 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
231 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
232 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell)
233 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
234 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
235 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
239 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
240 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
241 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
242 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
246 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
250 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
254 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
255 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
259 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
260 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
264 - wxBU_... button align flags support
265 - vertical notebook orientation support
266 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
274 - support for huge (>2 Gb) files (Tim Kosse)
275 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
276 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
277 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
278 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
279 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
280 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
281 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
282 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
283 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
284 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
285 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
286 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
287 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
288 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
289 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
293 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
294 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
295 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
297 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
298 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
299 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
300 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
301 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
302 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
303 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
304 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
305 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
306 - added samples/splash
307 - added support for stock buttons
308 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
309 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
310 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
311 - added wxChoicebook control
312 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
313 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
314 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
315 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
316 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
317 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
318 supported, instead of zero.
322 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
323 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
324 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
325 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
326 - wx-config has new --version-full option
330 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
331 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
332 - Tooltips now supported
333 - wxSound now supported
334 - wxDisplay now supported
335 - Some stock cursors now supported
339 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
340 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
341 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
342 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
346 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
347 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
348 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
349 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
350 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
351 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
352 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
353 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
354 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
355 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
356 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
357 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
358 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
359 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
360 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
361 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
362 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
363 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
364 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
368 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
372 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
373 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
374 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
375 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
376 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
377 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
378 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
379 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
380 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
381 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
382 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
383 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
384 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
385 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
389 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
393 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
394 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
395 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
396 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
400 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
401 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
409 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
410 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
411 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
412 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
414 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
415 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
416 to forward declare these classes.
420 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
421 resulting in much better display of scaled images
422 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
423 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
424 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
425 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
426 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
427 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
428 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
429 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
430 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
431 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
432 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
433 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
434 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
438 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
439 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
440 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
441 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
442 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
443 even try to do it by default -- now it does
444 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
445 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
446 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
447 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
448 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
449 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
453 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
457 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
458 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
459 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
460 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
464 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
468 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
469 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
473 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
474 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
478 - Full Unicode support is now available
479 - BLOB support is working
487 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
488 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
489 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
490 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
491 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
492 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
493 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
494 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
495 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
496 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
497 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
498 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
499 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
501 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
502 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
503 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
504 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
505 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
506 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
507 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
508 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
509 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
510 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
511 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
512 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
516 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
517 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
518 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
519 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
520 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
521 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
522 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
523 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
524 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
525 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
526 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
527 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
528 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
529 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
530 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
531 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
532 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
533 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
534 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
535 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
536 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
537 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
538 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
539 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
540 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
541 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
545 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
546 - fixed DDE memory leaks
547 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
548 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
549 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
550 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
551 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
552 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
553 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
554 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
555 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
556 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
557 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
558 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
559 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
560 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
561 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
562 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
563 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
564 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
565 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
566 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
567 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
568 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
569 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
570 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
571 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
572 than the specified default size
573 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
577 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
578 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
579 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
580 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
581 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
582 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
583 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
584 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
585 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
589 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
590 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
591 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
592 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
596 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
600 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
601 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
605 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
606 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
607 addition to existing OSS one
608 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
616 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
617 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
618 separately compiled library
619 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
620 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
621 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
622 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
623 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
624 - added wxArray::SetCount()
625 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
626 by default in Unicode mode
627 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
628 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
629 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
630 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
631 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
632 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
633 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
634 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
635 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
636 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
637 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
638 - added wxRecursionGuard class
639 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
640 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
641 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
642 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
643 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
644 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
645 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
646 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
650 - added Watcom makefiles
651 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
655 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
656 - added wxListbook control
657 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
658 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
659 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
660 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
661 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
662 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
663 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
664 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
665 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
666 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
667 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
668 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
669 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
670 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
671 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
672 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
673 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
674 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
675 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
676 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
677 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
678 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
679 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
680 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
681 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
682 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
683 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
684 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
685 default extension for the template
686 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
687 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
688 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
689 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
690 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
691 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
692 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
693 to allow better rich text support.
694 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
695 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
696 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
697 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
698 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
699 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
700 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
701 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
702 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
703 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
704 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
705 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
706 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
707 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
708 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
709 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
710 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
711 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
712 - added wxMirrorDC class
713 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
714 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
715 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
716 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
717 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
718 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
723 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
724 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
725 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
726 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
727 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
731 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
732 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
733 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
734 to contrib/src/deprecated
738 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
739 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
740 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
741 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
742 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
743 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
744 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
745 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
746 be appended to filenames with no extension
747 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
748 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
749 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
750 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
754 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
755 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
759 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
760 - added wxCrashReport
761 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
762 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
763 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
764 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
765 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
766 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
767 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
768 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
769 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
770 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
771 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
772 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
773 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
774 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
775 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
776 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
777 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
778 - improved border handling under Windows XP
779 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
780 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
781 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
782 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
783 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
784 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
785 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
789 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
790 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
791 documentation for a detailed explanation
792 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
793 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
794 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
795 with Motif 1.x compatibility
796 - implemented wxToggleButton
797 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
798 instead of a sunken border
799 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
800 - finished wxClipboard implementation
804 - controls in toolbars now supported
808 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
809 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
810 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
811 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
812 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
818 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
819 ================================
821 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
822 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
823 with '!' in the first column.
825 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
826 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
827 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
828 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
831 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
832 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
833 (see the documentation) useful.
838 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
839 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
842 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
843 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
844 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
845 arrays containing non-pointers.
847 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
848 simply don't make sense for all objects
850 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
851 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
852 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
854 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
856 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
857 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
858 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
859 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
860 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
862 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
863 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
864 the default assert handling.
868 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
869 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
870 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
872 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
873 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
876 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
877 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
878 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
880 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
881 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
882 you want to get OnChar() as well
884 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
885 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
886 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
888 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
889 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
890 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
891 will *NOT* work any longer:
893 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
896 ... do something else ...
898 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
899 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
902 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
904 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
905 if you derived any classes from it
907 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
908 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
910 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
911 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
913 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
914 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
916 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
917 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
920 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
921 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
922 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
924 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
925 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
926 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
927 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
931 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
932 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
933 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
934 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
935 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
936 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
937 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
938 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
939 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
940 is only present for the DLLs builds.
942 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
945 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
946 previously selected one instead of replacing it
948 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
949 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
950 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
952 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
953 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
958 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
959 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
960 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
961 to compile pure C files.
964 wxThread and related classes:
966 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
967 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
968 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
969 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
971 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
972 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
973 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
974 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
976 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
977 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
978 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
980 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
981 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
992 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
999 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1000 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1001 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1005 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1006 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1007 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1010 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1011 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1014 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1018 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1019 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1023 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1030 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1031 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1032 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1033 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1034 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1035 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1036 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1037 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1038 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1039 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1040 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1041 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1042 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1043 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1044 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1045 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1049 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1050 programs and not only GNU make
1051 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1052 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1053 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1054 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1055 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1059 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1060 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1061 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1062 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1063 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1065 - significantly improved native font support
1066 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1068 - added IFF image handler
1069 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1070 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1071 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1072 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1073 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1074 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1075 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1076 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1077 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1078 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1079 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1080 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1081 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1082 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1083 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1084 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1085 - wxMessageOutput class added
1086 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1087 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1089 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1090 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1091 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1092 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1094 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1095 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1096 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1100 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1101 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1102 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1103 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1104 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1105 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1106 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1107 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1108 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1109 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1111 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1112 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1113 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1114 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1115 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1116 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1117 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1119 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1120 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1121 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1122 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1123 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1124 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1125 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1126 has the capture before release it.
1127 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1128 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1129 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1130 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1131 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1132 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1133 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1134 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1135 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1136 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1137 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1138 provided in wxFontData
1139 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1140 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1144 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1145 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1146 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1147 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1148 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1149 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1150 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1151 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1152 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1153 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1154 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1155 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1156 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1160 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1161 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1162 - improved toolbar control alignment
1163 - implemented wxSpinButton
1164 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1165 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1166 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1170 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1171 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1179 - First alpha-quality release
1183 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1184 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1185 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1186 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1187 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1192 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1196 - wxRegEx class added
1197 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1198 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1199 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1200 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1201 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1205 - support for virtual list control added
1206 - column images in report mode of the list control
1207 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1208 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1209 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1210 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1211 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1212 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1213 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1214 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1215 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1216 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1217 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1218 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1222 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1223 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1228 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1229 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1230 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1231 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1235 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1240 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1242 - added support for animated GIFs
1250 - Fixed new charset detection code
1251 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1252 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1253 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1254 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1255 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1256 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1260 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1261 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1262 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1263 push on a custom event handler for example)
1264 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1265 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1266 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1267 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1268 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1269 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1271 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1272 - Various wxXML enhancements
1273 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1274 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1275 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1277 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1278 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1282 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1283 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1284 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1285 alt or shift) now work
1286 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1287 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1288 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1289 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1290 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1291 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1292 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1293 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1294 - We now send iconize events
1295 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1296 - Added mousewheel processing
1297 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1298 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1300 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1301 child frame styles are honoured
1305 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1306 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1307 - We now send iconize events
1308 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1309 GetSelection() results
1316 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1317 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1318 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1319 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1320 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1321 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1322 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1323 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1324 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1325 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1329 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1330 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1331 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1332 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1333 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1334 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1335 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1336 wxImage methods and ctor)
1337 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1338 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1339 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1340 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1341 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1342 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1346 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1347 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1348 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1349 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1353 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1357 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1358 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1365 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1366 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1367 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1368 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1369 - Completed Czech translations
1370 - Some stream corrections
1371 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1372 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1373 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1374 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1378 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1379 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1380 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1381 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1382 - Paper names now translated
1384 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1385 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1386 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1387 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1389 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1390 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1392 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1393 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1394 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1395 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1399 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1400 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1401 backward compatibility, please set
1402 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1403 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1404 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1405 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1406 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1407 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1408 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1409 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1410 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1411 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1412 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1413 - wxFrame restores focus better
1414 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1415 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1416 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1417 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1418 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1419 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1420 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1421 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1422 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1423 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1427 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1431 - Small compilation fixes
1435 - wxCaret documented
1447 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1448 files. This works under VC++ only
1449 - Modal dialog handling improved
1450 - Printer dialog now modal
1465 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1469 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1470 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1475 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1476 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1477 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1478 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1479 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1480 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1481 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1482 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1483 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1485 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1486 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1487 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1488 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1489 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1490 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1492 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1496 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1497 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1498 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1499 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1500 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1501 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1502 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1503 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1505 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1506 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1507 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1508 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1509 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1510 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1511 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1512 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1513 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1514 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1515 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1516 - wxDragImage class added
1517 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1518 controllers, as well as native help
1519 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1523 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1524 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1525 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1526 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1527 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1528 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1529 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1530 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1531 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1532 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1534 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1535 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1536 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1540 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1541 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1542 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1546 - wxMenu::Enable works
1547 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1548 - OGL samples made to work again
1552 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1553 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1554 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1555 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1556 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1557 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1558 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1559 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1560 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1561 - improved HTML printing
1562 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1563 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1564 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1565 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1568 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1571 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1572 -----------------------
1576 - JPEG support added.
1577 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1581 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1583 - JPEG support added.
1584 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1585 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1586 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1593 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1596 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1597 -------------------------------
1602 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1606 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1607 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1608 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1609 - Some makefile fixes.
1617 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1618 - More topic overviews.
1619 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1620 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1621 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1624 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1625 --------------------------
1629 - wxExecute improved.
1633 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1635 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1636 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1637 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1638 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1639 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1640 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1644 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1645 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1649 - wxLocale documented.
1650 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1651 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1652 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1653 (though doesn't display help yet).
1655 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1656 --------------------------
1660 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1664 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1666 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1670 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1671 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1672 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1673 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1674 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1675 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1676 crashes for some reason).
1677 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1678 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1682 - Further doc improvements.
1683 - wxGenericValidator added.
1684 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1687 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1688 -------------------------
1692 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1693 - wxToolTip class added.
1694 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1698 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1699 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1700 - TWIN32 support added.
1701 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1702 factored out program/library settings.
1703 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1707 - A few more colour fixes.
1708 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1709 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1710 - wxChoice crash fix.
1711 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1715 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1716 - Added samples/dde.
1717 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1719 Beta 2, January 1999
1720 --------------------
1726 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1730 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1732 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1733 - Added thread support (Robert).
1734 - wxPoem sample now works.
1738 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1739 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1740 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1742 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1743 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1745 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1747 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1748 --------------------------
1754 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1757 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1758 ----------------------------
1762 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1763 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1764 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1765 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1766 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1768 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1769 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1774 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1775 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1776 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1777 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1778 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1780 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1781 when any button was pressed.
1782 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1783 have a white background.
1784 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1785 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1786 they have sensible colours by default.
1787 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1788 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1789 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1790 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1791 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1793 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1794 ----------------------------
1798 - More documentation updates, especially for
1799 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1800 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1802 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1803 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1804 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1806 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1810 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1811 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1813 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1814 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1815 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1816 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1817 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1818 the debugging implementation.
1819 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1820 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1821 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1822 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1823 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1824 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1825 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1827 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1829 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1830 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1831 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1832 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1833 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1834 - wxNotebook almost done.
1835 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1836 to vertical toolbars).
1840 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1842 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1843 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1844 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1846 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1847 ----------------------------
1851 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1853 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1854 - A few more makefiles added.
1855 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1856 - Further doc updates.
1857 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1861 - First start at Motif port.
1862 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1863 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1864 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1865 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1867 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1868 --------------------------
1872 - wxBitmap debugged.
1873 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1874 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1875 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1876 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1877 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1878 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1879 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1881 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1882 ------------------------
1886 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1887 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1888 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1889 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1890 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1891 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1892 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1893 changes, wxNotebook.
1894 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1896 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1897 -----------------------
1901 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1902 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1903 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1904 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1905 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1907 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1908 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1910 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1911 -----------------------
1915 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1916 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1918 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1919 -----------------------
1923 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1924 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1926 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1927 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1928 wxMenuItem accessors.
1929 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1930 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1931 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1932 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1933 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1934 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1935 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1936 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1937 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1938 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1939 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1940 first, then doing the assignment.
1941 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1942 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1946 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1947 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1949 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1950 ----------------------
1954 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1955 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1956 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1957 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1958 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1959 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1960 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1961 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1962 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1964 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1965 ------------------------
1969 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1971 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1972 compilation and pragmas.
1973 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1974 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1978 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1979 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1980 compilation and pragmas.
1981 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1983 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1984 ------------------------
1988 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1989 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1991 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1992 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1993 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1994 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1996 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1997 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1998 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2000 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2001 compatibility functions.
2002 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2003 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2004 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2005 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2006 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2007 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2008 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2012 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2013 - Added samples/png.
2014 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2015 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2017 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2019 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2020 ------------------------
2024 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2025 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2026 cleaned up properly before exit.
2027 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2029 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2030 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2031 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2033 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2034 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2036 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2037 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2038 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2039 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2043 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2044 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2045 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2046 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2047 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2048 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2049 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2050 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2051 allow better control of memory.
2052 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2054 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2055 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2057 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2058 ------------------------
2062 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2063 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2064 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2065 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2066 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2067 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2068 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2069 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2070 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2071 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2072 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2073 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2075 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2076 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2077 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2078 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2079 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2080 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2081 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2082 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2083 internal implementation.
2084 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2085 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2086 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2090 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2091 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2092 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2093 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2094 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2096 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2097 --------------------------
2101 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2102 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2103 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2105 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2106 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2107 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2108 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2110 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2111 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2116 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2117 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2118 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2120 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2121 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2123 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2124 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2125 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2126 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2127 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2128 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2129 - Added gcc pragmas.
2130 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2131 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2132 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2133 added a few references to wxTransString.
2134 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2135 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2136 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2137 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2138 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2139 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2140 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2141 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2142 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2145 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2146 --------------------------
2150 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2151 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2152 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2153 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2154 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2155 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2156 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2157 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2158 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2159 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2160 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2162 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2163 to help printing with multiple pages.
2164 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2165 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2166 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2167 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2168 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2169 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2170 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2171 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2172 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2173 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2174 New files from Vadim:
2180 src\common\string.cpp
2184 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2185 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2186 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2187 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2188 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2189 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2190 including changes to defs.h.
2191 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2193 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2195 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2196 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2198 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2200 Alpha 3, September 1997
2201 -----------------------
2205 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2206 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2207 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2208 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2209 - Started documentation.
2211 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2212 ------------------------
2216 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2217 with MetroWerks compiler.
2218 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2219 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2220 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2221 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2222 for testing purposes.
2223 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2225 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2226 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2228 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2229 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2232 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2233 -----------------------
2237 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2239 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2240 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2241 wxString instead of char *.
2242 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2243 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2244 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2245 as wxbWindow now removed.
2246 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2247 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2249 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2250 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2251 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2253 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2254 settings mucho rationalised.
2255 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2256 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2258 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2259 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2260 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2261 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2262 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2263 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2265 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2266 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2268 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2269 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2270 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2271 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2272 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2273 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2274 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2275 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2276 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2277 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2279 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2280 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2282 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2283 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2284 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2285 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2286 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2287 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2289 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2290 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2291 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2292 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2293 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2294 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).