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