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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
16 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
17 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
18 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
19 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
20 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
21 - added wxArray::SetCount()
22 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
23 by default in Unicode mode
24 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
28 - added Watcom makefiles
32 - added wxSplitterWindow handler to XRC
33 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
34 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
35 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
36 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
37 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
38 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
39 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
40 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
41 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
42 - changed to type-safe wxSizerItemList for wxSizer child items
44 wxSizer::Remove( wxWindow* )
45 - it does not function as Remove would usually be expected to
46 and destroy the window, use Detach instead
49 - wxSizer 'option' parameter was renamed 'proportion' to better
50 reflect its action, use Get/SetProportion instead
52 - use GetKeyCode instead
53 wxList:: Number, First, Last, Nth
54 - use typesafe GetCount, GetFirst, GetLast, Item instead
55 wxNode:: Next, Previous, Data
56 - use typesafe Get* instead
57 wxListBase::operator wxList&()
58 - use typesafe lists instead
62 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
63 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
67 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
68 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
69 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
70 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
71 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
72 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
73 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
74 be appended to filenames with no extension
78 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
79 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
80 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
81 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
82 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
83 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
84 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
85 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
86 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
90 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
91 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
92 documentation for a detailed explanation
93 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
94 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
95 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
96 with Motif 1.x compatibility
97 - implemented wxToggleButton
98 - made wxButton a bit smaller by default
102 - Controls in toolbars now supported.
108 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
109 ================================
111 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
112 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
113 with '!' in the first column.
115 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
116 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
117 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
118 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
121 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
122 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
123 (see the documentation) useful.
128 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
129 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
132 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
133 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
134 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
135 arrays containing non-pointers.
137 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
138 simply don't make sense for all objects
140 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
141 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
142 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
144 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
146 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
147 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
148 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
149 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
150 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
152 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
153 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
154 the default assert handling.
158 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
159 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
160 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
162 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
163 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
166 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
167 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
168 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
170 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
171 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
172 you want to get OnChar() as well
174 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
175 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
176 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
178 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
179 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
180 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
181 will *NOT* work any longer:
183 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
186 ... do something else ...
188 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
189 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
192 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
194 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
195 if you derived any classes from it
197 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
198 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
200 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
201 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
203 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
204 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
206 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
207 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
210 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
211 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
212 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
214 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
215 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
216 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
217 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
221 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
222 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
223 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
224 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
225 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
226 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
227 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
228 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
229 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
230 is only present for the DLLs builds.
232 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
235 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
236 previously selected one instead of replacing it
238 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
239 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
240 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
242 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
243 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
248 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
249 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
250 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
251 to compile pure C files.
254 wxThread and related classes:
256 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
257 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
258 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
259 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
261 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
262 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
263 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
264 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
266 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
267 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
268 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
270 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
271 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
282 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
289 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
290 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
291 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
295 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
296 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
297 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
300 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
301 - Addition of native frame site grip.
304 - Unicode support through Pango library.
308 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
309 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
313 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
320 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
321 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
322 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
323 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
324 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
325 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
326 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
327 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
328 after (non standard) STL hash_map
329 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
330 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
331 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
332 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
333 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
334 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
335 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
339 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
340 programs and not only GNU make
341 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
342 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
343 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
344 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
345 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
349 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
350 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
351 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
352 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
353 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
355 - significantly improved native font support
356 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
358 - added IFF image handler
359 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
360 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
361 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
362 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
363 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
364 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
365 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
366 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
367 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
368 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
369 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
370 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
371 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
372 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
373 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
374 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
375 - wxMessageOutput class added
376 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
377 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
379 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
380 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
381 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
382 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
384 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
385 whether a label edit was cancelled.
386 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
391 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
392 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
393 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
394 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
395 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
396 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
397 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
398 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
399 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
400 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
402 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
403 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
404 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
405 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
406 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
407 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
408 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
410 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
411 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
412 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
413 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
414 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
415 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
416 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
417 has the capture before release it.
418 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
419 - default button handling is now closer to expected
420 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
421 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
422 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
423 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
424 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
425 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
426 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
427 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
428 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
429 provided in wxFontData
430 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
431 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
435 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
436 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
437 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
438 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
439 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
440 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
441 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
442 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
443 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
444 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
445 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
446 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
447 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
451 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
452 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
453 - improved toolbar control alignment
454 - implemented wxSpinButton
455 - implemented wxCheckListBox
456 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
457 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
461 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
462 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
470 - First alpha-quality release
474 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
475 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
476 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
477 - fixed alignment handling in tables
478 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
483 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
487 - wxRegEx class added
488 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
489 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
490 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
491 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
492 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
496 - support for virtual list control added
497 - column images in report mode of the list control
498 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
499 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
500 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
501 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
502 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
503 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
504 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
505 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
506 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
507 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
508 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
509 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
513 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
514 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
519 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
520 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
521 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
522 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
526 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
531 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
533 - added support for animated GIFs
541 - Fixed new charset detection code
542 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
543 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
544 - Added wxDir::Traverse
545 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
546 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
547 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
551 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
552 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
553 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
554 push on a custom event handler for example)
555 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
556 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
557 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
558 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
559 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
560 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
562 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
563 - Various wxXML enhancements
564 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
565 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
566 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
568 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
569 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
573 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
574 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
575 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
576 alt or shift) now work
577 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
578 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
579 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
580 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
581 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
582 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
583 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
584 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
585 - We now send iconize events
586 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
587 - Added mousewheel processing
588 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
589 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
591 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
592 child frame styles are honoured
596 - Fixed slider rounding bug
597 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
598 - We now send iconize events
599 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
600 GetSelection() results
607 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
608 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
609 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
610 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
611 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
612 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
613 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
614 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
615 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
616 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
620 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
621 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
622 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
623 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
624 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
625 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
626 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
627 wxImage methods and ctor)
628 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
629 - ODBC documentation complete!!
630 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
631 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
632 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
633 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
637 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
638 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
639 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
640 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
644 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
648 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
649 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
656 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
657 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
658 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
659 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
660 - Completed Czech translations
661 - Some stream corrections
662 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
663 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
664 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
665 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
669 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
670 flicker-free dragging is now possible
671 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
672 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
673 - Paper names now translated
675 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
676 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
677 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
678 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
680 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
681 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
683 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
684 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
685 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
686 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
690 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
691 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
692 backward compatibility, please set
693 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
694 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
695 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
696 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
697 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
698 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
699 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
700 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
701 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
702 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
703 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
704 - wxFrame restores focus better
705 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
706 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
707 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
708 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
709 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
710 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
711 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
712 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
713 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
714 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
718 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
722 - Small compilation fixes
738 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
739 files. This works under VC++ only
740 - Modal dialog handling improved
741 - Printer dialog now modal
756 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
760 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
761 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
766 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
767 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
768 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
769 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
770 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
771 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
772 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
773 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
774 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
776 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
777 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
778 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
779 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
780 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
781 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
783 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
787 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
788 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
789 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
790 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
791 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
792 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
793 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
794 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
796 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
797 MIME types if available (Unix only)
798 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
799 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
800 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
801 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
802 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
803 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
804 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
805 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
806 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
807 - wxDragImage class added
808 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
809 controllers, as well as native help
810 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
814 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
815 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
816 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
817 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
818 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
819 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
820 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
821 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
822 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
823 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
825 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
826 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
827 - wxSetCursorEvent added
831 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
832 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
833 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
837 - wxMenu::Enable works
838 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
839 - OGL samples made to work again
843 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
844 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
845 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
846 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
847 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
848 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
849 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
850 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
851 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
852 - improved HTML printing
853 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
854 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
855 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
856 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
859 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
862 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
863 -----------------------
867 - JPEG support added.
868 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
872 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
874 - JPEG support added.
875 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
876 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
877 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
884 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
887 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
888 -------------------------------
893 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
897 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
898 - Fixed window cursor setting.
899 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
900 - Some makefile fixes.
908 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
909 - More topic overviews.
910 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
911 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
912 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
915 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
916 --------------------------
920 - wxExecute improved.
924 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
926 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
927 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
928 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
929 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
930 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
931 - Fixed focus-related crash.
935 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
936 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
940 - wxLocale documented.
941 - Added include filenames to class reference.
942 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
943 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
944 (though doesn't display help yet).
946 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
947 --------------------------
951 - Miscellaneous fixes.
955 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
957 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
961 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
962 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
963 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
964 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
965 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
966 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
967 crashes for some reason).
968 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
969 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
973 - Further doc improvements.
974 - wxGenericValidator added.
975 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
978 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
979 -------------------------
983 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
984 - wxToolTip class added.
985 - Miscellaneous fixes.
989 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
990 - Makefiles for more compilers.
991 - TWIN32 support added.
992 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
993 factored out program/library settings.
994 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
998 - A few more colour fixes.
999 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1000 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1001 - wxChoice crash fix.
1002 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1006 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1007 - Added samples/dde.
1008 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1010 Beta 2, January 1999
1011 --------------------
1017 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1021 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1023 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1024 - Added thread support (Robert).
1025 - wxPoem sample now works.
1029 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1030 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1031 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1033 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1034 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1036 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1038 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1039 --------------------------
1045 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1048 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1049 ----------------------------
1053 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1054 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1055 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1056 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1057 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1059 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1060 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1065 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1066 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1067 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1068 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1069 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1071 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1072 when any button was pressed.
1073 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1074 have a white background.
1075 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1076 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1077 they have sensible colours by default.
1078 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1079 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1080 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1081 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1082 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1084 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1085 ----------------------------
1089 - More documentation updates, especially for
1090 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1091 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1093 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1094 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1095 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1097 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1101 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1102 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1104 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1105 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1106 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1107 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1108 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1109 the debugging implementation.
1110 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1111 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1112 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1113 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1114 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1115 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1116 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1118 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1120 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1121 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1122 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1123 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1124 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1125 - wxNotebook almost done.
1126 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1127 to vertical toolbars).
1131 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1133 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1134 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1135 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1137 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1138 ----------------------------
1142 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1144 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1145 - A few more makefiles added.
1146 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1147 - Further doc updates.
1148 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1152 - First start at Motif port.
1153 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1154 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1155 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1156 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1158 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1159 --------------------------
1163 - wxBitmap debugged.
1164 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1165 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1166 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1167 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1168 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1169 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1170 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1172 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1173 ------------------------
1177 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1178 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1179 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1180 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1181 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1182 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1183 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1184 changes, wxNotebook.
1185 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1187 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1188 -----------------------
1192 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1193 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1194 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1195 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1196 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1198 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1199 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1201 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1202 -----------------------
1206 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1207 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1209 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1210 -----------------------
1214 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1215 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1217 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1218 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1219 wxMenuItem accessors.
1220 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1221 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1222 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1223 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1224 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1225 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1226 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1227 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1228 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1229 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1230 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1231 first, then doing the assignment.
1232 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1233 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1237 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1238 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1240 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1241 ----------------------
1245 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1246 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1247 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1248 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1249 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1250 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1251 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1252 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1253 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1255 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1256 ------------------------
1260 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1262 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1263 compilation and pragmas.
1264 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1265 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1269 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1270 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1271 compilation and pragmas.
1272 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1274 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1275 ------------------------
1279 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1280 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1282 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1283 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1284 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1285 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1287 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1288 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1289 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1291 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1292 compatibility functions.
1293 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1294 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1295 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1296 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1297 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1298 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1299 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1303 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1304 - Added samples/png.
1305 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1306 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1308 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1310 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1311 ------------------------
1315 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1316 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1317 cleaned up properly before exit.
1318 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1320 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1321 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1322 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1324 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1325 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1327 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1328 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1329 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1330 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1334 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1335 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1336 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1337 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1338 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1339 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1340 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1341 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1342 allow better control of memory.
1343 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1345 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1346 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1348 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1349 ------------------------
1353 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1354 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1355 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1356 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1357 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1358 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1359 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1360 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1361 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1362 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1363 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1364 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1366 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1367 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1368 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1369 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1370 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1371 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1372 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1373 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1374 internal implementation.
1375 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1376 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1377 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1381 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1382 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1383 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1384 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1385 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1387 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1388 --------------------------
1392 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1393 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1394 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1396 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1397 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1398 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1399 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1401 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1402 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1407 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1408 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1409 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1411 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1412 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1414 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1415 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1416 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1417 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1418 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1419 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1420 - Added gcc pragmas.
1421 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1422 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1423 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1424 added a few references to wxTransString.
1425 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1426 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1427 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1428 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1429 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1430 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1431 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1432 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1433 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1436 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1437 --------------------------
1441 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1442 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1443 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1444 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1445 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1446 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1447 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1448 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1449 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1450 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1451 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1453 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1454 to help printing with multiple pages.
1455 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1456 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1457 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1458 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1459 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1460 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1461 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1462 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1463 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1464 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1465 New files from Vadim:
1471 src\common\string.cpp
1475 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1476 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1477 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1478 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1479 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1480 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1481 including changes to defs.h.
1482 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1484 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1486 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1487 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1489 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1491 Alpha 3, September 1997
1492 -----------------------
1496 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1497 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1498 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1499 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1500 - Started documentation.
1502 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1503 ------------------------
1507 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1508 with MetroWerks compiler.
1509 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1510 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1511 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1512 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1513 for testing purposes.
1514 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1516 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1517 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1519 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1520 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1523 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1524 -----------------------
1528 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1530 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1531 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1532 wxString instead of char *.
1533 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1534 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1535 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1536 as wxbWindow now removed.
1537 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1538 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1540 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1541 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1542 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1544 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1545 settings mucho rationalised.
1546 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1547 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1549 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1550 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1551 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1552 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1553 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1554 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1556 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1557 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1559 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1560 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1561 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1562 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1563 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1564 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1565 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1566 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1567 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1568 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1570 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1571 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1573 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1574 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1575 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1576 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1577 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1578 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1580 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1581 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1582 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1583 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1584 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1585 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).