docs/msw/changes.txt

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   2 wxWindows 2.0 for Windows Change Log
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   5 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
   6 ------------------------
   7
   8 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
   9   wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
  10   area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
  11   wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
  12 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
  13 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
  14 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
  15   changes, wxNotebook.
  16 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
  17
  18 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
  19 -----------------------
  20
  21 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
  22   altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
  23   Windows functions, for efficiency.
  24 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
  25 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
  26   don't support it.
  27 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
  28 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
  29
  30 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
  31 -----------------------
  32
  33 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
  34   have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
  35
  36 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
  37 -----------------------
  38
  39 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
  40 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
  41   wxMenuBar.
  42 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
  43   SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
  44   wxMenuItem accessors.
  45 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
  46   wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
  47 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
  48 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
  49 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
  50 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
  51 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
  52   then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
  53   the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
  54   to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
  55   being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
  56   first, then doing the assignment.
  57 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
  58 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
  59
  60 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
  61 ----------------------
  62
  63 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
  64   and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
  65   icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
  66 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
  67 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
  68   require application-supplied positioning code though.
  69 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
  70   for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
  71   change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
  72
  73 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
  74 ------------------------
  75
  76 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
  77   fields were used.
  78 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
  79   compilation and pragmas.
  80 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
  81   commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
  82
  83 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
  84 ------------------------
  85
  86 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
  87 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
  88   some reason :-(
  89 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
  90 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
  91 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
  92   of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
  93   startup/exit.
  94 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
  95   makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
  96 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
  97 VADIM'S CHANGES:
  98 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
  99   compatibility functions.
 100 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
 101 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
 102 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
 103 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
 104 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
 105 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
 106 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
 107
 108 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
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 111 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
 112 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
 113   cleaned up properly before exit.
 114 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
 115   automatically.
 116 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
 117 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
 118   memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
 119   unresolved issues.
 120 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
 121   to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
 122   tray area.
 123 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
 124   application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
 125 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
 126 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
 127
 128 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
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 130
 131 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
 132 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
 133 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
 134   check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
 135   exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
 136   m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
 137   don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
 138 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
 139 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
 140   added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
 141   wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
 142   Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
 143   IUnknown.
 144   Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
 145 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
 146   Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
 147 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
 148 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
 149   Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
 150 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
 151   can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
 152   internal implementation.
 153 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
 154   in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
 155   binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
 156
 157 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
 158 ---------------------------
 159
 160 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
 161   DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
 162   the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
 163   changes.
 164 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
 165   resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
 166   advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
 167 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
 168   again.
 169 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
 170 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
 171   e.g. wxDC.
 172
 173 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
 174 --------------------------
 175
 176 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
 177   integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
 178 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
 179 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
 180   an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
 181   origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
 182 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
 183   function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
 184   OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
 185   When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
 186 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
 187   scrolling toolbars.
 188 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
 189   to help printing with multiple pages.
 190 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
 191   define the API used by different implementations. DDE
 192   implementation updated to use these base classes.
 193 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
 194   for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
 195   WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
 196   TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
 197   wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
 198 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
 199   internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
 200   New files from Vadim:
 201   include\wx\string.h
 202   include\wx\debug.h
 203   include\wx\file.h
 204   include\wx\log.h
 205   include\wx\intl.h
 206   src\common\string.cpp
 207   src\common\log.cpp
 208   src\common\intl.cpp
 209   src\common\file.cpp
 210   No longer use GNU wxString files.
 211 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
 212   src\common\filefn.cpp.
 213 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
 214   samples, using makefile.b32 files.
 215 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
 216   including changes to defs.h.
 217 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
 218   introduced.
 219 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
 220   hidden).
 221 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
 222   cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
 223   trick).
 224 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
 225
 226 Alpha 3, September 1997
 227 -----------------------
 228
 229 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
 230 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
 231 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
 232 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
 233 - Started documentation.
 234
 235 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
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 237
 238 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
 239   with MetroWerks compiler.
 240 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
 241 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
 242   to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
 243   Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
 244   for testing purposes.
 245 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
 246   handlers.
 247 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
 248 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
 249   fully).
 250 - Added back wxRadioBox.
 251 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
 252   a separate file.
 253
 254 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
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 256
 257 At this point, the following has been achieved:
 258
 259 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
 260   naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
 261   wxString instead of char *.
 262 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
 263   old system event system) and code size reduced.
 264 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
 265   as wxbWindow now removed.
 266 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
 267   Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
 268 - PrologIO revised.
 269 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
 270   MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
 271 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
 272   Windows settings.
 273 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
 274   settings mucho rationalised.
 275 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
 276   event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
 277   classes removed.
 278 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
 279   wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
 280 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
 281 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
 282   wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
 283   made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
 284   of event handlers.
 285 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
 286 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
 287   wxToolBarBase
 288   wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
 289   wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
 290   wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
 291 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
 292 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
 293   have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
 294   rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
 295 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
 296   an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
 297   will be replaced by something better and more efficient
 298   in the future.
 299 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
 300   with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
 301   variables instead.
 302 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
 303   determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
 304   introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
 305 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
 306   any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
 307 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
 308   Win95.
 309 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
 310   classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
 311   the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
 312 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
 313   in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
 314 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
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