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