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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
3 ----------------------------
4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
7
8 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
9
10 OTHER CHANGES
11 =============
12
13 2.5.0
14 -----
15
16 All:
17
18 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
19 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
20 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
21 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
22 - added wxArray::SetCount()
23 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
24 by default in Unicode mode
25 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
26 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
27 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
28 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
29 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
30
31 wxBase:
32
33 - added Watcom makefiles
34 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
35
36 All GUI ports:
37
38 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
39 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
40 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
41 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
42 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
43 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
44 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
45 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
46 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
47 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
48 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
49 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
50 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
51 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
52 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
53 - changed to type-safe wxSizerItemList for wxSizer child items
54 Deprecated:
55 wxSizer::Remove( wxWindow* )
56 - it does not function as Remove would usually be expected to
57 and destroy the window, use Detach instead
58 wxSizer::GetOption(),
59 wxSizer::SetOption()
60 - wxSizer 'option' parameter was renamed 'proportion' to better
61 reflect its action, use Get/SetProportion instead
62 wxKeyEvent::KeyCode()
63 - use GetKeyCode instead
64 wxList:: Number, First, Last, Nth
65 - use typesafe GetCount, GetFirst, GetLast, Item instead
66 wxNode:: Next, Previous, Data
67 - use typesafe Get* instead
68 wxListBase::operator wxList&()
69 - use typesafe lists instead
70 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so
71 far)
72 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
73 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
74 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
75 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
76 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
77 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
78 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
79 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
80 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
81 default extension for the template
82 - Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
83 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
84 - Wizard now validates as well as doing data transfer when
85 pressing Back or Next
86 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
87
88 Unix:
89
90 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
91 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
92 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
93
94 wxGTK:
95
96 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
97 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
98 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
99 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
100 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
101 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
102 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
103 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
104 be appended to filenames with no extension
105 - added SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
106
107 wxMSW:
108
109 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
110 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
111 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
112 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
113 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
114 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
115 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
116 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
117 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
118 - all libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix
119 (for MinGW and Cygwin)
120 - When using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported - added
121 WXEXPORTDLL
122 - A wxEvtHandler object was not removed from wxPendingEvents on deletion.
123 wxPendingEventsLocker was being deleted in App before all wxEvtHandler
124 objects have been destroyed resulting in stale handler/lock
125 ptrs; fixed
126 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
127 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
128 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
129 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
130 - Improved border handling so it no longer shows a thin and
131 sunken border under XP
132 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
133 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
134 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
135 Proper XP theme support is planned for 2.6
136 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles
137 if the version of CommCtl doesn't support it (XP)
138
139 wxMotif:
140
141 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
142 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
143 documentation for a detailed explanation
144 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
145 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
146 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
147 with Motif 1.x compatibility
148 - implemented wxToggleButton
149 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
150 instead of a sunken border
151 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
152 - finished wxClipboard implementation
153
154 wxUniv:
155
156 - controls in toolbars now supported
157
158 wxHTML:
159
160 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
161 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
162 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
163 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
164 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
165
166
167 OLD CHANGES
168 ===========
169
170 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
171 ================================
172
173 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
174 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
175 with '!' in the first column.
176
177 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
178 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
179 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
180 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
181 2.6 release.
182
183 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
184 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
185 (see the documentation) useful.
186
187
188 wxBase:
189
190 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
191 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
192 code.
193
194 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
195 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
196 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
197 arrays containing non-pointers.
198
199 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
200 simply don't make sense for all objects
201
202 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
203 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
204 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
205
206 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
207
208 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
209 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
210 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
211 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
212 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
213
214 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
215 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
216 the default assert handling.
217
218 All (GUI):
219
220 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
221 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
222 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
223
224 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
225 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
226 instead!
227
228 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
229 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
230 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
231
232 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
233 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
234 you want to get OnChar() as well
235
236 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
237 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
238 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
239
240 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
241 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
242 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
243 will *NOT* work any longer:
244
245 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
246 ... do something ...
247 if ( flags & wxYES )
248 ... do something else ...
249
250 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
251 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
252 the ctor
253
254 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
255
256 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
257 if you derived any classes from it
258
259 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
260 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
261
262 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
263 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
264
265 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
266 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
267
268 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
269 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
270 from happening
271
272 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
273 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
274 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
275
276 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
277 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
278 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
279 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
280
281 wxMSW:
282
283 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
284 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
285 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
286 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
287 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
288 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
289 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
290 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
291 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
292 is only present for the DLLs builds.
293
294 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
295 style to avoid it
296
297 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
298 previously selected one instead of replacing it
299
300 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
301 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
302 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
303
304 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
305 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
306
307
308 Unix ports:
309
310 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
311 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
312 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
313 to compile pure C files.
314
315
316 wxThread and related classes:
317
318 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
319 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
320 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
321 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
322
323 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
324 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
325 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
326 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
327
328 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
329 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
330 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
331
332 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
333 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
334
335
336 OTHER CHANGES
337 =============
338
339 2.4.0
340 -----
341
342 wxMSW:
343
344 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
345
346 2.3.4
347 -----
348
349 All:
350
351 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
352 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
353 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
354
355 Unix (Base/GUI):
356
357 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
358 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
359 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
360
361 wxGTK:
362 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
363 - Addition of native frame site grip.
364
365 wxX11:
366 - Unicode support through Pango library.
367
368 wxMSW:
369
370 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
371 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
372
373 wxHTML:
374
375 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
376
377 2.3.3
378 -----
379
380 wxBase:
381
382 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
383 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
384 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
385 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
386 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
387 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
388 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
389 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
390 after (non standard) STL hash_map
391 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
392 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
393 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
394 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
395 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
396 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
397 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
398
399 Unix (Base/GUI):
400
401 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
402 programs and not only GNU make
403 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
404 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
405 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
406 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
407 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
408
409 All (GUI):
410
411 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
412 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
413 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
414 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
415 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
416 wxWindows dialogs
417 - significantly improved native font support
418 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
419 wxHashTable
420 - added IFF image handler
421 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
422 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
423 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
424 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
425 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
426 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
427 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
428 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
429 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
430 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
431 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
432 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
433 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
434 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
435 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
436 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
437 - wxMessageOutput class added
438 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
439 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
440 table fills up
441 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
442 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
443 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
444 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
445 (Rene Rivera).
446 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
447 whether a label edit was cancelled.
448 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
449 deprecated)
450
451 wxMSW:
452
453 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
454 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
455 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
456 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
457 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
458 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
459 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
460 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
461 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
462 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
463 are changed
464 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
465 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
466 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
467 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
468 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
469 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
470 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
471 recursion any more
472 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
473 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
474 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
475 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
476 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
477 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
478 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
479 has the capture before release it.
480 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
481 - default button handling is now closer to expected
482 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
483 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
484 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
485 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
486 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
487 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
488 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
489 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
490 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
491 provided in wxFontData
492 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
493 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
494
495 wxGTK:
496
497 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
498 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
499 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
500 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
501 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
502 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
503 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
504 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
505 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
506 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
507 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
508 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
509 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
510
511 wxMotif:
512
513 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
514 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
515 - improved toolbar control alignment
516 - implemented wxSpinButton
517 - implemented wxCheckListBox
518 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
519 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
520
521 wxX11:
522
523 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
524 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
525
526 wxMac:
527
528 - Many improvements
529
530 wxOS2:
531
532 - First alpha-quality release
533
534 wxHTML:
535
536 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
537 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
538 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
539 - fixed alignment handling in tables
540 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
541
542 2.3.2
543 -----
544
545 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
546
547 wxBase:
548
549 - wxRegEx class added
550 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
551 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
552 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
553 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
554 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
555
556 All (GUI):
557
558 - support for virtual list control added
559 - column images in report mode of the list control
560 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
561 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
562 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
563 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
564 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
565 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
566 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
567 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
568 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
569 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
570 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
571 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
572
573 wxMSW:
574
575 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
576 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
577 project files
578
579 wxGTK:
580
581 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
582 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
583 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
584 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
585
586 wxMac:
587
588 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
589 Tools
590
591 wxHTML:
592
593 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
594 to tags parsing
595 - added support for animated GIFs
596
597 2.3.1
598 -----
599
600 wxBase:
601
602 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
603 - Fixed new charset detection code
604 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
605 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
606 - Added wxDir::Traverse
607 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
608 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
609 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
610
611 All (GUI):
612
613 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
614 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
615 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
616 push on a custom event handler for example)
617 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
618 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
619 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
620 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
621 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
622 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
623 first-time saved
624 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
625 - Various wxXML enhancements
626 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
627 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
628 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
629 instead of GetId()
630 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
631 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
632
633 wxMSW:
634
635 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
636 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
637 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
638 alt or shift) now work
639 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
640 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
641 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
642 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
643 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
644 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
645 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
646 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
647 - We now send iconize events
648 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
649 - Added mousewheel processing
650 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
651 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
652 in wxDC
653 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
654 child frame styles are honoured
655
656 wxGTK:
657
658 - Fixed slider rounding bug
659 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
660 - We now send iconize events
661 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
662 GetSelection() results
663
664 2.3.0
665 -----
666
667 wxBase:
668
669 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
670 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
671 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
672 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
673 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
674 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
675 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
676 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
677 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
678 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
679
680 All (GUI):
681
682 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
683 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
684 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
685 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
686 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
687 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
688 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
689 wxImage methods and ctor)
690 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
691 - ODBC documentation complete!!
692 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
693 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
694 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
695 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
696
697 wxMSW:
698
699 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
700 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
701 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
702 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
703
704 wxGTK:
705
706 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
707
708 wxHTML:
709
710 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
711 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
712
713 2.2.0
714 -----
715
716 wxBase:
717
718 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
719 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
720 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
721 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
722 - Completed Czech translations
723 - Some stream corrections
724 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
725 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
726 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
727 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
728
729 All (GUI):
730
731 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
732 flicker-free dragging is now possible
733 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
734 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
735 - Paper names now translated
736 - wxGrid fixes
737 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
738 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
739 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
740 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
741 File dialog.
742 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
743 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
744 writing code
745 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
746 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
747 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
748 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
749
750 wxMSW:
751
752 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
753 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
754 backward compatibility, please set
755 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
756 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
757 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
758 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
759 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
760 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
761 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
762 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
763 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
764 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
765 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
766 - wxFrame restores focus better
767 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
768 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
769 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
770 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
771 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
772 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
773 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
774 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
775 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
776 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
777
778 wxGTK:
779
780 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
781
782 wxMotif:
783
784 - Small compilation fixes
785
786 Documentation:
787
788 - wxCaret documented
789
790 2.1.16
791 ------
792
793 wxBase:
794
795 All (GUI):
796
797 wxMSW:
798
799 - Various bug fixes
800 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
801 files. This works under VC++ only
802 - Modal dialog handling improved
803 - Printer dialog now modal
804
805 wxGTK:
806
807 - Various bug fixes
808
809 wxMotif:
810
811 - Various bug fixes
812
813 2.1.15
814 ------
815
816 Documentation:
817
818 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
819
820 File hierarchy:
821
822 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
823 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
824
825 wxBase:
826
827 - wxSocket support
828 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
829 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
830 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
831 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
832 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
833 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
834 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
835 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
836 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
837 only so far)
838 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
839 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
840 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
841 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
842 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
843 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
844 is available)
845 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
846
847 all (GUI):
848
849 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
850 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
851 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
852 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
853 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
854 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
855 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
856 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
857 John Norris)
858 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
859 MIME types if available (Unix only)
860 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
861 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
862 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
863 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
864 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
865 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
866 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
867 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
868 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
869 - wxDragImage class added
870 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
871 controllers, as well as native help
872 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
873
874 wxMSW:
875
876 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
877 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
878 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
879 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
880 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
881 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
882 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
883 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
884 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
885 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
886 Unix ports
887 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
888 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
889 - wxSetCursorEvent added
890
891 wxGTK:
892
893 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
894 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
895 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
896
897 wxMotif:
898
899 - wxMenu::Enable works
900 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
901 - OGL samples made to work again
902
903 wxHTML:
904
905 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
906 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
907 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
908 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
909 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
910 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
911 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
912 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
913 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
914 - improved HTML printing
915 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
916 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
917 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
918 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
919
920
921 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
922 change log.
923
924 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
925 -----------------------
926
927 wxGTK:
928
929 - JPEG support added.
930 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
931
932 wxMSW:
933
934 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
935 SetTabSize added.
936 - JPEG support added.
937 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
938 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
939 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
940
941 wxMotif:
942
943
944 General:
945
946 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
947
948
949 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
950 -------------------------------
951
952 wxGTK:
953
954 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
955 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
956
957 wxMSW:
958
959 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
960 - Fixed window cursor setting.
961 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
962 - Some makefile fixes.
963
964 wxMotif:
965
966 - None.
967
968 General:
969
970 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
971 - More topic overviews.
972 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
973 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
974 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
975
976
977 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
978 --------------------------
979
980 wxGTK:
981
982 - wxExecute improved.
983
984 wxMSW:
985
986 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
987 expected).
988 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
989 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
990 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
991 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
992 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
993 - Fixed focus-related crash.
994
995 wxMotif:
996
997 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
998 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
999
1000 General:
1001
1002 - wxLocale documented.
1003 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1004 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1005 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1006 (though doesn't display help yet).
1007
1008 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1009 --------------------------
1010
1011 wxGTK:
1012
1013 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1014
1015 wxMSW:
1016
1017 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1018 rationalised.
1019 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1020
1021 wxMotif:
1022
1023 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1024 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1025 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1026 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1027 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1028 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1029 crashes for some reason).
1030 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1031 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1032
1033 General:
1034
1035 - Further doc improvements.
1036 - wxGenericValidator added.
1037 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1038 automatically.
1039
1040 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1041 -------------------------
1042
1043 wxGTK:
1044
1045 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1046 - wxToolTip class added.
1047 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1048
1049 wxMSW:
1050
1051 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1052 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1053 - TWIN32 support added.
1054 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1055 factored out program/library settings.
1056 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1057
1058 wxMotif:
1059
1060 - A few more colour fixes.
1061 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1062 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1063 - wxChoice crash fix.
1064 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1065
1066 General:
1067
1068 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1069 - Added samples/dde.
1070 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1071
1072 Beta 2, January 1999
1073 --------------------
1074
1075 wxGTK:
1076
1077 wxMSW:
1078
1079 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1080
1081 wxMotif:
1082
1083 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1084 the right place.
1085 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1086 - Added thread support (Robert).
1087 - wxPoem sample now works.
1088
1089 General:
1090
1091 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1092 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1093 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1094 or below).
1095 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1096 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1097 sample.
1098 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1099
1100 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1101 --------------------------
1102
1103 wxGTK:
1104
1105 - Various
1106
1107 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1108
1109
1110 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1111 ----------------------------
1112
1113 wxMSW:
1114
1115 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1116 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1117 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1118 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1119 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1120 on a tab.
1121 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1122 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1123 of Stefan Csomor.
1124
1125 wxMotif:
1126
1127 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1128 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1129 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1130 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1131 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1132 colours correctly.
1133 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1134 when any button was pressed.
1135 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1136 have a white background.
1137 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1138 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1139 they have sensible colours by default.
1140 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1141 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1142 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1143 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1144 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1145
1146 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1147 ----------------------------
1148
1149 wxMSW:
1150
1151 - More documentation updates, especially for
1152 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1153 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1154 of wxTrace.
1155 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1156 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1157 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1158 position.
1159 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1160
1161 wxMotif:
1162
1163 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1164 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1165 child frames).
1166 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1167 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1168 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1169 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1170 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1171 the debugging implementation.
1172 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1173 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1174 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1175 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1176 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1177 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1178 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1179
1180 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1181
1182 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1183 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1184 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1185 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1186 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1187 - wxNotebook almost done.
1188 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1189 to vertical toolbars).
1190
1191 More recently:
1192
1193 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1194 to scrollbars).
1195 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1196 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1197 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1198
1199 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1200 ----------------------------
1201
1202 wxMSW:
1203
1204 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1205 sample.
1206 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1207 - A few more makefiles added.
1208 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1209 - Further doc updates.
1210 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1211
1212 wxMotif:
1213
1214 - First start at Motif port.
1215 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1216 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1217 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1218 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1219
1220 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1221 --------------------------
1222
1223 wxMSW:
1224
1225 - wxBitmap debugged.
1226 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1227 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1228 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1229 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1230 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1231 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1232 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1233
1234 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1235 ------------------------
1236
1237 wxMSW:
1238
1239 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1240 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1241 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1242 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1243 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1244 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1245 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1246 changes, wxNotebook.
1247 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1248
1249 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1250 -----------------------
1251
1252 wxMSW:
1253
1254 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1255 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1256 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1257 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1258 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1259 don't support it.
1260 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1261 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1262
1263 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1264 -----------------------
1265
1266 wxMSW:
1267
1268 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1269 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1270
1271 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1272 -----------------------
1273
1274 wxMSW:
1275
1276 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1277 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1278 wxMenuBar.
1279 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1280 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1281 wxMenuItem accessors.
1282 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1283 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1284 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1285 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1286 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1287 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1288 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1289 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1290 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1291 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1292 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1293 first, then doing the assignment.
1294 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1295 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1296
1297 Generic:
1298
1299 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1300 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1301
1302 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1303 ----------------------
1304
1305 wxMSW:
1306
1307 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1308 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1309 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1310 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1311 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1312 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1313 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1314 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1315 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1316
1317 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1318 ------------------------
1319
1320 wxMSW:
1321
1322 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1323 fields were used.
1324 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1325 compilation and pragmas.
1326 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1327 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1328
1329 Generic:
1330
1331 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1332 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1333 compilation and pragmas.
1334 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1335
1336 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1337 ------------------------
1338
1339 wxMSW:
1340
1341 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1342 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1343 some reason :-(
1344 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1345 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1346 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1347 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1348 startup/exit.
1349 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1350 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1351 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1352 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1353 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1354 compatibility functions.
1355 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1356 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1357 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1358 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1359 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1360 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1361 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1362
1363 Generic:
1364
1365 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1366 - Added samples/png.
1367 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1368 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1369 header files.
1370 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1371
1372 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1373 ------------------------
1374
1375 wxMSW:
1376
1377 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1378 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1379 cleaned up properly before exit.
1380 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1381 automatically.
1382 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1383 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1384 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1385 unresolved issues.
1386 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1387 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1388 tray area.
1389 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1390 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1391 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1392 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1393
1394 Generic:
1395
1396 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1397 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1398 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1399 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1400 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1401 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1402 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1403 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1404 allow better control of memory.
1405 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1406 checking.
1407 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1408 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1409
1410 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1411 ------------------------
1412
1413 wxMSW:
1414
1415 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1416 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1417 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1418 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1419 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1420 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1421 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1422 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1423 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1424 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1425 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1426 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1427 IUnknown.
1428 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1429 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1430 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1431 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1432 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1433 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1434 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1435 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1436 internal implementation.
1437 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1438 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1439 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1440
1441 Generic:
1442
1443 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1444 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1445 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1446 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1447 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1448
1449 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1450 --------------------------
1451
1452 wxMSW:
1453
1454 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1455 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1456 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1457 changes.
1458 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1459 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1460 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1461 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1462 again.
1463 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1464 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1465 e.g. wxDC.
1466
1467 Generic:
1468
1469 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1470 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1471 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1472 changes.
1473 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1474 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1475 docs/gtk.
1476 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1477 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1478 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1479 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1480 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1481 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1482 - Added gcc pragmas.
1483 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1484 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1485 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1486 added a few references to wxTransString.
1487 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1488 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1489 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1490 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1491 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1492 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1493 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1494 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1495 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1496 MoreRequested.
1497
1498 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1499 --------------------------
1500
1501 All:
1502
1503 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1504 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1505 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1506 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1507 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1508 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1509 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1510 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1511 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1512 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1513 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1514 scrolling toolbars.
1515 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1516 to help printing with multiple pages.
1517 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1518 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1519 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1520 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1521 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1522 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1523 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1524 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1525 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1526 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1527 New files from Vadim:
1528 include\wx\string.h
1529 include\wx\debug.h
1530 include\wx\file.h
1531 include\wx\log.h
1532 include\wx\intl.h
1533 src\common\string.cpp
1534 src\common\log.cpp
1535 src\common\intl.cpp
1536 src\common\file.cpp
1537 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1538 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1539 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1540 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1541 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1542 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1543 including changes to defs.h.
1544 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1545 introduced.
1546 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1547 hidden).
1548 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1549 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1550 trick).
1551 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1552
1553 Alpha 3, September 1997
1554 -----------------------
1555
1556 All:
1557
1558 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1559 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1560 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1561 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1562 - Started documentation.
1563
1564 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1565 ------------------------
1566
1567 All:
1568
1569 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1570 with MetroWerks compiler.
1571 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1572 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1573 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1574 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1575 for testing purposes.
1576 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1577 handlers.
1578 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1579 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1580 fully).
1581 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1582 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1583 a separate file.
1584
1585 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1586 -----------------------
1587
1588 Generic:
1589
1590 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1591
1592 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1593 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1594 wxString instead of char *.
1595 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1596 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1597 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1598 as wxbWindow now removed.
1599 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1600 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1601 - PrologIO revised.
1602 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1603 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1604 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1605 Windows settings.
1606 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1607 settings mucho rationalised.
1608 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1609 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1610 classes removed.
1611 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1612 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1613 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1614 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1615 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1616 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1617 of event handlers.
1618 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1619 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1620 wxToolBarBase
1621 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1622 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1623 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1624 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1625 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1626 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1627 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1628 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1629 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1630 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1631 in the future.
1632 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1633 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1634 variables instead.
1635 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1636 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1637 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1638 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1639 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1640 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1641 Win95.
1642 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1643 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1644 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1645 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1646 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1647 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
1648
1649