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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
8 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
9 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
10 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
11 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
12 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
13 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
14 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
17 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
18 ==============================
20 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
21 versions, please update your code to not use them.
23 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
24 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
25 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
26 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
27 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
28 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
29 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
30 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
31 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
32 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
33 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
34 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
35 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
36 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
37 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
48 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
49 huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
50 separately compiled library
51 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
52 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
53 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
54 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
55 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
56 - added wxArray::SetCount()
57 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
58 by default in Unicode mode
59 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
60 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
61 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
62 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
63 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
64 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
65 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
66 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
67 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
68 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
69 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
70 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
74 - added Watcom makefiles
75 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
79 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
80 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
81 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
82 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
83 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
84 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
85 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
86 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
87 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
88 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
89 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
90 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
91 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
92 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
93 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
94 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
95 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
96 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
97 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
98 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
99 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
100 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
101 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
102 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
103 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
104 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
105 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
106 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
107 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
108 default extension for the template
109 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
110 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
111 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
112 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
113 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
114 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
115 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
116 to allow better rich text support.
117 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
118 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
119 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
120 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
121 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
122 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
123 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
124 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
125 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
126 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
127 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
128 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
129 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
130 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
131 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
132 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
133 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
134 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
135 - added wxMirrorDC class
136 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
137 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
138 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
139 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
140 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
141 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
146 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
147 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
148 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
149 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
150 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
154 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
155 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
159 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
160 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
161 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
162 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
163 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
164 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
165 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
166 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
167 be appended to filenames with no extension
168 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
169 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
170 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
171 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
175 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
176 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
180 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
181 - added wxCrashReport
182 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
183 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
184 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
185 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
186 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
187 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
188 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
189 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
190 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
191 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
192 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
193 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
194 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
195 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
196 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
197 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
198 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
199 - improved border handling under Windows XP
200 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
201 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
202 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
203 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
204 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
205 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
206 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
210 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
211 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
212 documentation for a detailed explanation
213 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
214 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
215 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
216 with Motif 1.x compatibility
217 - implemented wxToggleButton
218 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
219 instead of a sunken border
220 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
221 - finished wxClipboard implementation
225 - controls in toolbars now supported
229 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
230 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
231 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
232 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
233 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
239 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
240 ================================
242 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
243 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
244 with '!' in the first column.
246 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
247 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
248 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
249 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
252 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
253 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
254 (see the documentation) useful.
259 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
260 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
263 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
264 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
265 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
266 arrays containing non-pointers.
268 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
269 simply don't make sense for all objects
271 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
272 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
273 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
275 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
277 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
278 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
279 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
280 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
281 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
283 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
284 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
285 the default assert handling.
289 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
290 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
291 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
293 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
294 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
297 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
298 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
299 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
301 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
302 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
303 you want to get OnChar() as well
305 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
306 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
307 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
309 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
310 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
311 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
312 will *NOT* work any longer:
314 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
317 ... do something else ...
319 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
320 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
323 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
325 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
326 if you derived any classes from it
328 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
329 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
331 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
332 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
334 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
335 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
337 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
338 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
341 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
342 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
343 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
345 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
346 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
347 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
348 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
352 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
353 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
354 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
355 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
356 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
357 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
358 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
359 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
360 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
361 is only present for the DLLs builds.
363 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
366 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
367 previously selected one instead of replacing it
369 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
370 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
371 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
373 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
374 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
379 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
380 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
381 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
382 to compile pure C files.
385 wxThread and related classes:
387 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
388 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
389 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
390 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
392 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
393 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
394 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
395 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
397 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
398 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
399 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
401 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
402 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
413 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
420 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
421 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
422 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
426 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
427 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
428 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
431 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
432 - Addition of native frame site grip.
435 - Unicode support through Pango library.
439 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
440 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
444 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
451 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
452 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
453 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
454 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
455 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
456 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
457 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
458 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
459 after (non standard) STL hash_map
460 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
461 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
462 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
463 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
464 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
465 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
466 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
470 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
471 programs and not only GNU make
472 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
473 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
474 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
475 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
476 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
480 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
481 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
482 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
483 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
484 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
486 - significantly improved native font support
487 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
489 - added IFF image handler
490 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
491 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
492 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
493 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
494 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
495 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
496 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
497 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
498 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
499 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
500 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
501 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
502 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
503 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
504 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
505 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
506 - wxMessageOutput class added
507 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
508 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
510 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
511 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
512 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
513 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
515 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
516 whether a label edit was cancelled.
517 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
521 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
522 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
523 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
524 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
525 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
526 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
527 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
528 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
529 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
530 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
532 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
533 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
534 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
535 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
536 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
537 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
538 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
540 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
541 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
542 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
543 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
544 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
545 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
546 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
547 has the capture before release it.
548 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
549 - default button handling is now closer to expected
550 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
551 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
552 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
553 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
554 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
555 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
556 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
557 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
558 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
559 provided in wxFontData
560 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
561 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
565 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
566 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
567 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
568 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
569 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
570 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
571 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
572 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
573 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
574 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
575 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
576 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
577 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
581 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
582 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
583 - improved toolbar control alignment
584 - implemented wxSpinButton
585 - implemented wxCheckListBox
586 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
587 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
591 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
592 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
600 - First alpha-quality release
604 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
605 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
606 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
607 - fixed alignment handling in tables
608 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
613 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
617 - wxRegEx class added
618 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
619 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
620 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
621 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
622 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
626 - support for virtual list control added
627 - column images in report mode of the list control
628 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
629 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
630 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
631 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
632 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
633 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
634 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
635 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
636 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
637 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
638 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
639 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
643 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
644 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
649 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
650 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
651 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
652 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
656 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
661 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
663 - added support for animated GIFs
671 - Fixed new charset detection code
672 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
673 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
674 - Added wxDir::Traverse
675 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
676 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
677 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
681 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
682 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
683 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
684 push on a custom event handler for example)
685 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
686 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
687 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
688 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
689 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
690 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
692 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
693 - Various wxXML enhancements
694 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
695 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
696 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
698 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
699 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
703 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
704 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
705 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
706 alt or shift) now work
707 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
708 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
709 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
710 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
711 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
712 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
713 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
714 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
715 - We now send iconize events
716 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
717 - Added mousewheel processing
718 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
719 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
721 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
722 child frame styles are honoured
726 - Fixed slider rounding bug
727 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
728 - We now send iconize events
729 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
730 GetSelection() results
737 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
738 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
739 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
740 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
741 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
742 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
743 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
744 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
745 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
746 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
750 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
751 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
752 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
753 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
754 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
755 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
756 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
757 wxImage methods and ctor)
758 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
759 - ODBC documentation complete!!
760 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
761 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
762 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
763 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
767 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
768 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
769 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
770 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
774 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
778 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
779 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
786 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
787 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
788 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
789 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
790 - Completed Czech translations
791 - Some stream corrections
792 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
793 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
794 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
795 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
799 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
800 flicker-free dragging is now possible
801 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
802 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
803 - Paper names now translated
805 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
806 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
807 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
808 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
810 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
811 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
813 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
814 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
815 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
816 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
820 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
821 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
822 backward compatibility, please set
823 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
824 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
825 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
826 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
827 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
828 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
829 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
830 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
831 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
832 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
833 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
834 - wxFrame restores focus better
835 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
836 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
837 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
838 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
839 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
840 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
841 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
842 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
843 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
844 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
848 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
852 - Small compilation fixes
868 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
869 files. This works under VC++ only
870 - Modal dialog handling improved
871 - Printer dialog now modal
886 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
890 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
891 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
896 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
897 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
898 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
899 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
900 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
901 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
902 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
903 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
904 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
906 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
907 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
908 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
909 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
910 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
911 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
913 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
917 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
918 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
919 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
920 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
921 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
922 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
923 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
924 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
926 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
927 MIME types if available (Unix only)
928 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
929 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
930 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
931 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
932 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
933 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
934 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
935 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
936 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
937 - wxDragImage class added
938 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
939 controllers, as well as native help
940 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
944 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
945 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
946 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
947 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
948 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
949 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
950 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
951 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
952 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
953 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
955 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
956 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
957 - wxSetCursorEvent added
961 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
962 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
963 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
967 - wxMenu::Enable works
968 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
969 - OGL samples made to work again
973 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
974 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
975 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
976 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
977 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
978 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
979 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
980 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
981 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
982 - improved HTML printing
983 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
984 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
985 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
986 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
989 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
992 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
993 -----------------------
997 - JPEG support added.
998 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1002 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1004 - JPEG support added.
1005 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1006 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1007 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1014 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1017 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1018 -------------------------------
1023 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1027 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1028 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1029 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1030 - Some makefile fixes.
1038 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1039 - More topic overviews.
1040 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1041 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1042 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1045 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1046 --------------------------
1050 - wxExecute improved.
1054 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1056 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1057 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1058 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1059 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1060 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1061 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1065 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1066 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1070 - wxLocale documented.
1071 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1072 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1073 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1074 (though doesn't display help yet).
1076 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1077 --------------------------
1081 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1085 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1087 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1091 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1092 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1093 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1094 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1095 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1096 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1097 crashes for some reason).
1098 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1099 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1103 - Further doc improvements.
1104 - wxGenericValidator added.
1105 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1108 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1109 -------------------------
1113 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1114 - wxToolTip class added.
1115 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1119 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1120 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1121 - TWIN32 support added.
1122 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1123 factored out program/library settings.
1124 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1128 - A few more colour fixes.
1129 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1130 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1131 - wxChoice crash fix.
1132 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1136 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1137 - Added samples/dde.
1138 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1140 Beta 2, January 1999
1141 --------------------
1147 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1151 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1153 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1154 - Added thread support (Robert).
1155 - wxPoem sample now works.
1159 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1160 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1161 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1163 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1164 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1166 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1168 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1169 --------------------------
1175 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1178 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1179 ----------------------------
1183 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1184 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1185 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1186 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1187 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1189 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1190 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1195 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1196 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1197 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1198 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1199 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1201 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1202 when any button was pressed.
1203 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1204 have a white background.
1205 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1206 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1207 they have sensible colours by default.
1208 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1209 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1210 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1211 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1212 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1214 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1215 ----------------------------
1219 - More documentation updates, especially for
1220 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1221 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1223 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1224 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1225 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1227 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1231 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1232 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1234 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1235 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1236 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1237 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1238 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1239 the debugging implementation.
1240 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1241 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1242 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1243 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1244 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1245 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1246 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1248 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1250 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1251 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1252 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1253 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1254 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1255 - wxNotebook almost done.
1256 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1257 to vertical toolbars).
1261 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1263 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1264 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1265 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1267 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1268 ----------------------------
1272 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1274 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1275 - A few more makefiles added.
1276 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1277 - Further doc updates.
1278 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1282 - First start at Motif port.
1283 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1284 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1285 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1286 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1288 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1289 --------------------------
1293 - wxBitmap debugged.
1294 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1295 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1296 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1297 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1298 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1299 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1300 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1302 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1303 ------------------------
1307 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1308 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1309 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1310 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1311 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1312 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1313 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1314 changes, wxNotebook.
1315 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1317 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1318 -----------------------
1322 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1323 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1324 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1325 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1326 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1328 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1329 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1331 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1332 -----------------------
1336 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1337 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1339 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1340 -----------------------
1344 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1345 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1347 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1348 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1349 wxMenuItem accessors.
1350 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1351 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1352 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1353 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1354 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1355 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1356 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1357 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1358 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1359 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1360 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1361 first, then doing the assignment.
1362 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1363 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1367 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1368 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1370 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1371 ----------------------
1375 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1376 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1377 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1378 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1379 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1380 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1381 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1382 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1383 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1385 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1386 ------------------------
1390 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1392 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1393 compilation and pragmas.
1394 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1395 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1399 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1400 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1401 compilation and pragmas.
1402 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1404 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1405 ------------------------
1409 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1410 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1412 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1413 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1414 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1415 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1417 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1418 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1419 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1421 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1422 compatibility functions.
1423 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1424 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1425 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1426 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1427 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1428 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1429 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1433 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1434 - Added samples/png.
1435 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1436 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1438 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1440 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1441 ------------------------
1445 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1446 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1447 cleaned up properly before exit.
1448 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1450 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1451 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1452 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1454 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1455 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1457 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1458 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1459 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1460 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1464 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1465 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1466 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1467 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1468 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1469 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1470 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1471 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1472 allow better control of memory.
1473 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1475 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1476 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1478 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1479 ------------------------
1483 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1484 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1485 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1486 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1487 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1488 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1489 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1490 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1491 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1492 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1493 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1494 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1496 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1497 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1498 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1499 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1500 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1501 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1502 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1503 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1504 internal implementation.
1505 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1506 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1507 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1511 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1512 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1513 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1514 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1515 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1517 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1518 --------------------------
1522 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1523 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1524 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1526 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1527 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1528 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1529 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1531 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1532 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1537 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1538 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1539 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1541 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1542 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1544 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1545 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1546 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1547 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1548 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1549 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1550 - Added gcc pragmas.
1551 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1552 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1553 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1554 added a few references to wxTransString.
1555 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1556 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1557 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1558 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1559 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1560 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1561 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1562 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1563 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1566 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1567 --------------------------
1571 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1572 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1573 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1574 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1575 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1576 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1577 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1578 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1579 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1580 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1581 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1583 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1584 to help printing with multiple pages.
1585 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1586 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1587 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1588 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1589 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1590 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1591 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1592 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1593 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1594 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1595 New files from Vadim:
1601 src\common\string.cpp
1605 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1606 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1607 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1608 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1609 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1610 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1611 including changes to defs.h.
1612 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1614 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1616 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1617 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1619 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1621 Alpha 3, September 1997
1622 -----------------------
1626 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1627 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1628 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1629 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1630 - Started documentation.
1632 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1633 ------------------------
1637 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1638 with MetroWerks compiler.
1639 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1640 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1641 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1642 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1643 for testing purposes.
1644 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1646 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1647 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1649 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1650 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1653 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1654 -----------------------
1658 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1660 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1661 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1662 wxString instead of char *.
1663 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1664 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1665 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1666 as wxbWindow now removed.
1667 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1668 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1670 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1671 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1672 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1674 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1675 settings mucho rationalised.
1676 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1677 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1679 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1680 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1681 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1682 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1683 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1684 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1686 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1687 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1689 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1690 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1691 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1692 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1693 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1694 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1695 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1696 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1697 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1698 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1700 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1701 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1703 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1704 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1705 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1706 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1707 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1708 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1710 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1711 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1712 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1713 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1714 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1715 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).