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