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