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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
8 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
9 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
10 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
11 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
14 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
15 ==============================
17 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
18 versions, please update your code to not use them.
20 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
21 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
22 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
23 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
24 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
25 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
26 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
27 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
28 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
29 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
30 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
31 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
32 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
33 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
44 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
45 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
46 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
47 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
48 - added wxArray::SetCount()
49 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
50 by default in Unicode mode
51 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
52 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
53 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
54 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
55 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
56 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
57 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
58 - Added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
62 - added Watcom makefiles
63 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
67 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
68 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
69 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
70 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
71 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
72 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
73 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
74 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
75 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
76 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
77 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
78 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
79 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
80 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
81 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
82 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
83 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
84 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
85 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
86 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
87 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
88 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
89 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
90 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
91 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
92 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
93 default extension for the template
94 - Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
95 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
96 - Wizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
97 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
98 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
99 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
100 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
101 to allow better rich text support.
102 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
103 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
104 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
105 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
106 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
107 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
108 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
109 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
110 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
111 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
112 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
113 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
114 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
115 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
116 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
117 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
118 - wxMSW and wxGTK now send menu update events only when a menu is
123 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
124 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
125 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
126 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
127 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
131 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
132 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
133 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
134 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
135 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
136 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
137 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
138 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
139 be appended to filenames with no extension
140 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
141 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
142 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
143 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
147 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
151 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
152 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
153 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
154 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
155 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
156 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
157 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
158 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
159 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
160 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
161 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
162 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
163 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
164 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
165 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
166 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
167 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
168 - improved border handling under Windows XP
169 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
170 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
171 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
172 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
173 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
174 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
178 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
179 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
180 documentation for a detailed explanation
181 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
182 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
183 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
184 with Motif 1.x compatibility
185 - implemented wxToggleButton
186 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
187 instead of a sunken border
188 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
189 - finished wxClipboard implementation
193 - controls in toolbars now supported
197 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
198 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
199 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
200 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
201 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
207 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
208 ================================
210 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
211 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
212 with '!' in the first column.
214 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
215 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
216 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
217 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
220 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
221 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
222 (see the documentation) useful.
227 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
228 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
231 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
232 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
233 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
234 arrays containing non-pointers.
236 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
237 simply don't make sense for all objects
239 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
240 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
241 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
243 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
245 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
246 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
247 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
248 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
249 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
251 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
252 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
253 the default assert handling.
257 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
258 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
259 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
261 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
262 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
265 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
266 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
267 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
269 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
270 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
271 you want to get OnChar() as well
273 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
274 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
275 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
277 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
278 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
279 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
280 will *NOT* work any longer:
282 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
285 ... do something else ...
287 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
288 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
291 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
293 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
294 if you derived any classes from it
296 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
297 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
299 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
300 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
302 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
303 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
305 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
306 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
309 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
310 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
311 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
313 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
314 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
315 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
316 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
320 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
321 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
322 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
323 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
324 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
325 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
326 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
327 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
328 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
329 is only present for the DLLs builds.
331 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
334 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
335 previously selected one instead of replacing it
337 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
338 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
339 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
341 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
342 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
347 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
348 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
349 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
350 to compile pure C files.
353 wxThread and related classes:
355 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
356 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
357 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
358 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
360 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
361 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
362 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
363 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
365 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
366 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
367 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
369 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
370 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
381 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
388 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
389 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
390 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
394 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
395 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
396 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
399 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
400 - Addition of native frame site grip.
403 - Unicode support through Pango library.
407 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
408 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
412 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
419 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
420 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
421 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
422 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
423 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
424 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
425 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
426 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
427 after (non standard) STL hash_map
428 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
429 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
430 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
431 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
432 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
433 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
434 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
438 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
439 programs and not only GNU make
440 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
441 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
442 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
443 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
444 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
448 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
449 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
450 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
451 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
452 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
454 - significantly improved native font support
455 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
457 - added IFF image handler
458 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
459 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
460 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
461 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
462 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
463 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
464 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
465 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
466 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
467 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
468 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
469 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
470 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
471 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
472 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
473 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
474 - wxMessageOutput class added
475 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
476 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
478 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
479 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
480 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
481 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
483 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
484 whether a label edit was cancelled.
485 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
489 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
490 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
491 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
492 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
493 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
494 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
495 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
496 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
497 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
498 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
500 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
501 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
502 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
503 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
504 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
505 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
506 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
508 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
509 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
510 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
511 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
512 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
513 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
514 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
515 has the capture before release it.
516 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
517 - default button handling is now closer to expected
518 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
519 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
520 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
521 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
522 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
523 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
524 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
525 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
526 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
527 provided in wxFontData
528 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
529 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
533 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
534 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
535 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
536 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
537 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
538 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
539 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
540 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
541 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
542 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
543 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
544 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
545 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
549 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
550 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
551 - improved toolbar control alignment
552 - implemented wxSpinButton
553 - implemented wxCheckListBox
554 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
555 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
559 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
560 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
568 - First alpha-quality release
572 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
573 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
574 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
575 - fixed alignment handling in tables
576 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
581 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
585 - wxRegEx class added
586 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
587 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
588 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
589 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
590 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
594 - support for virtual list control added
595 - column images in report mode of the list control
596 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
597 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
598 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
599 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
600 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
601 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
602 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
603 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
604 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
605 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
606 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
607 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
611 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
612 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
617 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
618 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
619 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
620 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
624 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
629 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
631 - added support for animated GIFs
639 - Fixed new charset detection code
640 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
641 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
642 - Added wxDir::Traverse
643 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
644 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
645 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
649 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
650 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
651 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
652 push on a custom event handler for example)
653 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
654 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
655 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
656 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
657 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
658 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
660 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
661 - Various wxXML enhancements
662 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
663 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
664 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
666 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
667 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
671 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
672 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
673 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
674 alt or shift) now work
675 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
676 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
677 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
678 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
679 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
680 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
681 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
682 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
683 - We now send iconize events
684 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
685 - Added mousewheel processing
686 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
687 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
689 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
690 child frame styles are honoured
694 - Fixed slider rounding bug
695 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
696 - We now send iconize events
697 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
698 GetSelection() results
705 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
706 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
707 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
708 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
709 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
710 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
711 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
712 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
713 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
714 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
718 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
719 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
720 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
721 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
722 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
723 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
724 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
725 wxImage methods and ctor)
726 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
727 - ODBC documentation complete!!
728 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
729 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
730 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
731 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
735 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
736 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
737 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
738 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
742 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
746 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
747 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
754 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
755 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
756 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
757 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
758 - Completed Czech translations
759 - Some stream corrections
760 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
761 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
762 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
763 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
767 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
768 flicker-free dragging is now possible
769 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
770 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
771 - Paper names now translated
773 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
774 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
775 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
776 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
778 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
779 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
781 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
782 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
783 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
784 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
788 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
789 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
790 backward compatibility, please set
791 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
792 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
793 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
794 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
795 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
796 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
797 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
798 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
799 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
800 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
801 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
802 - wxFrame restores focus better
803 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
804 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
805 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
806 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
807 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
808 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
809 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
810 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
811 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
812 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
816 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
820 - Small compilation fixes
836 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
837 files. This works under VC++ only
838 - Modal dialog handling improved
839 - Printer dialog now modal
854 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
858 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
859 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
864 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
865 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
866 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
867 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
868 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
869 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
870 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
871 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
872 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
874 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
875 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
876 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
877 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
878 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
879 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
881 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
885 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
886 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
887 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
888 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
889 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
890 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
891 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
892 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
894 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
895 MIME types if available (Unix only)
896 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
897 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
898 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
899 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
900 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
901 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
902 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
903 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
904 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
905 - wxDragImage class added
906 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
907 controllers, as well as native help
908 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
912 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
913 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
914 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
915 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
916 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
917 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
918 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
919 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
920 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
921 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
923 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
924 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
925 - wxSetCursorEvent added
929 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
930 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
931 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
935 - wxMenu::Enable works
936 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
937 - OGL samples made to work again
941 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
942 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
943 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
944 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
945 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
946 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
947 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
948 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
949 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
950 - improved HTML printing
951 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
952 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
953 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
954 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
957 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
960 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
961 -----------------------
965 - JPEG support added.
966 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
970 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
972 - JPEG support added.
973 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
974 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
975 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
982 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
985 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
986 -------------------------------
991 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
995 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
996 - Fixed window cursor setting.
997 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
998 - Some makefile fixes.
1006 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1007 - More topic overviews.
1008 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1009 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1010 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1013 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1014 --------------------------
1018 - wxExecute improved.
1022 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1024 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1025 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1026 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1027 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1028 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1029 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1033 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1034 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1038 - wxLocale documented.
1039 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1040 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1041 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1042 (though doesn't display help yet).
1044 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1045 --------------------------
1049 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1053 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1055 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1059 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1060 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1061 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1062 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1063 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1064 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1065 crashes for some reason).
1066 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1067 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1071 - Further doc improvements.
1072 - wxGenericValidator added.
1073 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1076 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1077 -------------------------
1081 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1082 - wxToolTip class added.
1083 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1087 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1088 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1089 - TWIN32 support added.
1090 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1091 factored out program/library settings.
1092 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1096 - A few more colour fixes.
1097 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1098 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1099 - wxChoice crash fix.
1100 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1104 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1105 - Added samples/dde.
1106 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1108 Beta 2, January 1999
1109 --------------------
1115 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1119 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1121 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1122 - Added thread support (Robert).
1123 - wxPoem sample now works.
1127 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1128 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1129 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1131 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1132 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1134 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1136 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1137 --------------------------
1143 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1146 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1147 ----------------------------
1151 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1152 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1153 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1154 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1155 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1157 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1158 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1163 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1164 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1165 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1166 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1167 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1169 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1170 when any button was pressed.
1171 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1172 have a white background.
1173 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1174 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1175 they have sensible colours by default.
1176 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1177 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1178 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1179 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1180 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1182 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1183 ----------------------------
1187 - More documentation updates, especially for
1188 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1189 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1191 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1192 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1193 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1195 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1199 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1200 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1202 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1203 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1204 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1205 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1206 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1207 the debugging implementation.
1208 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1209 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1210 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1211 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1212 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1213 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1214 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1216 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1218 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1219 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1220 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1221 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1222 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1223 - wxNotebook almost done.
1224 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1225 to vertical toolbars).
1229 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1231 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1232 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1233 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1235 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1236 ----------------------------
1240 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1242 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1243 - A few more makefiles added.
1244 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1245 - Further doc updates.
1246 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1250 - First start at Motif port.
1251 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1252 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1253 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1254 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1256 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1257 --------------------------
1261 - wxBitmap debugged.
1262 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1263 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1264 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1265 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1266 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1267 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1268 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1270 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1271 ------------------------
1275 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1276 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1277 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1278 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1279 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1280 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1281 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1282 changes, wxNotebook.
1283 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1285 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1286 -----------------------
1290 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1291 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1292 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1293 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1294 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1296 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1297 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1299 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1300 -----------------------
1304 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1305 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1307 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1308 -----------------------
1312 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1313 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1315 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1316 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1317 wxMenuItem accessors.
1318 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1319 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1320 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1321 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1322 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1323 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1324 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1325 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1326 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1327 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1328 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1329 first, then doing the assignment.
1330 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1331 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1335 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1336 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1338 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1339 ----------------------
1343 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1344 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1345 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1346 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1347 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1348 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1349 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1350 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1351 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1353 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1354 ------------------------
1358 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1360 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1361 compilation and pragmas.
1362 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1363 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1367 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1368 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1369 compilation and pragmas.
1370 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1372 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1373 ------------------------
1377 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1378 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1380 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1381 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1382 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1383 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1385 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1386 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1387 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1389 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1390 compatibility functions.
1391 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1392 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1393 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1394 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1395 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1396 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1397 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1401 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1402 - Added samples/png.
1403 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1404 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1406 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1408 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1409 ------------------------
1413 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1414 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1415 cleaned up properly before exit.
1416 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1418 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1419 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1420 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1422 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1423 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1425 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1426 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1427 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1428 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1432 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1433 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1434 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1435 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1436 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1437 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1438 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1439 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1440 allow better control of memory.
1441 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1443 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1444 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1446 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1447 ------------------------
1451 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1452 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1453 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1454 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1455 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1456 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1457 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1458 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1459 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1460 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1461 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1462 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1464 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1465 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1466 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1467 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1468 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1469 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1470 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1471 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1472 internal implementation.
1473 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1474 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1475 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1479 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1480 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1481 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1482 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1483 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1485 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1486 --------------------------
1490 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1491 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1492 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1494 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1495 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1496 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1497 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1499 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1500 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1505 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1506 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1507 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1509 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1510 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1512 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1513 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1514 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1515 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1516 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1517 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1518 - Added gcc pragmas.
1519 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1520 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1521 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1522 added a few references to wxTransString.
1523 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1524 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1525 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1526 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1527 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1528 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1529 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1530 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1531 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1534 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1535 --------------------------
1539 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1540 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1541 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1542 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1543 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1544 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1545 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1546 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1547 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1548 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1549 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1551 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1552 to help printing with multiple pages.
1553 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1554 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1555 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1556 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1557 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1558 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1559 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1560 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1561 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1562 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1563 New files from Vadim:
1569 src\common\string.cpp
1573 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1574 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1575 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1576 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1577 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1578 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1579 including changes to defs.h.
1580 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1582 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1584 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1585 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1587 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1589 Alpha 3, September 1997
1590 -----------------------
1594 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1595 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1596 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1597 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1598 - Started documentation.
1600 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1601 ------------------------
1605 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1606 with MetroWerks compiler.
1607 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1608 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1609 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1610 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1611 for testing purposes.
1612 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1614 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1615 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1617 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1618 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1621 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1622 -----------------------
1626 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1628 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1629 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1630 wxString instead of char *.
1631 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1632 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1633 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1634 as wxbWindow now removed.
1635 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1636 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1638 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1639 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1640 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1642 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1643 settings mucho rationalised.
1644 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1645 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1647 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1648 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1649 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1650 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1651 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1652 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1654 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1655 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1657 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1658 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1659 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1660 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1661 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1662 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1663 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1664 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1665 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1666 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1668 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1669 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1671 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1672 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1673 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1674 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1675 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1676 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1678 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1679 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1680 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1681 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1682 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1683 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).