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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 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
9 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
10 with '!' in the first column.
12 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
13 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
16 ! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
17 wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE stll
18 exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
21 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
22 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
23 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
24 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
25 - finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one
26 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
27 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
28 - wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
29 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
30 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
31 - wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more
32 - (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override
33 ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen
34 - wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments
35 - wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList&
36 (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0)
37 - wxID_SEPARATOR (id used for the menu separators) value changed from -1 to -2
38 - wxGetNumberFromUser() is now in separate wx/numdlg.h, not wx/textdlg.h
39 - wxChoice and wxCombobox now handle their size in the same way as in all the
40 other ports under MSW, new code is actually correct but different from weird
41 stuff they were doing before so the behaviour of your programs might change
44 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
45 ==============================
47 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
48 versions, please update your code to not use them.
50 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
51 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
52 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
53 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
54 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
55 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
56 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
57 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
58 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
59 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
60 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWindows
61 methods taking wxArrayString
62 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
63 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
64 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
65 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
66 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
67 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
68 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
69 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
71 - wxWave class; use wxSound instead
84 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
85 resulting in much better display of scaled images
89 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
90 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
91 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
92 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
93 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
94 even try to do it by default -- now it does
102 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
103 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
104 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
105 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
106 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
107 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
108 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
109 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
110 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
111 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
112 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
113 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
114 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
116 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
117 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
118 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
119 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
120 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
121 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
122 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
123 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
124 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
125 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
126 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
127 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
131 - added wxListBook control
132 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
133 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
134 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
135 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
136 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
137 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
138 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
139 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
140 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
141 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
142 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
143 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
144 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
145 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
146 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
147 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
148 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
149 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
150 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
151 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
152 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
153 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
154 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
155 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
156 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
157 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
161 - wxWindows now builds under Win64
162 - fixed DDE memory leaks
163 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
164 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
165 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
166 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
167 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
168 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
169 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
170 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
171 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
172 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
173 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
174 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
175 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
176 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
177 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
178 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
179 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
180 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
181 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
182 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
183 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
184 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
185 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
186 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
187 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
188 than the specified default size
189 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
193 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
194 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
195 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
196 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
197 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
198 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
199 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
200 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
201 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
205 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
206 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
207 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
208 - use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
212 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
216 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
217 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
221 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
222 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
223 addition to existing OSS one
224 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
232 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
233 huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
234 separately compiled library
235 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
236 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
237 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
238 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
239 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
240 - added wxArray::SetCount()
241 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
242 by default in Unicode mode
243 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
244 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
245 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
246 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
247 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
248 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
249 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
250 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
251 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
252 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
253 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
254 - added wxRecursionGuard class
255 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
256 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
257 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
258 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
259 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
260 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
261 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
262 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
266 - added Watcom makefiles
267 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
271 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
273 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
274 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
275 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
276 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
277 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
278 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
279 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
280 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
281 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
282 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
283 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
284 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
285 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
286 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
287 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
288 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
289 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
290 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
291 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
292 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
293 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
294 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
295 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
296 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
297 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
298 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
299 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
300 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
301 default extension for the template
302 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
303 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
304 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
305 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
306 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
307 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
308 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
309 to allow better rich text support.
310 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
311 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
312 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
313 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
314 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
315 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
316 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
317 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
318 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
319 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
320 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
321 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
322 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
323 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
324 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
325 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
326 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
327 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
328 - added wxMirrorDC class
329 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
330 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
331 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
332 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
333 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
334 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
339 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
340 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
341 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
342 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
343 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
347 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
348 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
349 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
350 to contrib/src/deprecated
354 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
355 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
356 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
357 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
358 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
359 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
360 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
361 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
362 be appended to filenames with no extension
363 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
364 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
365 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
366 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
370 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
371 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
375 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
376 - added wxCrashReport
377 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
378 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
379 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
380 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
381 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
382 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
383 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
384 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
385 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
386 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
387 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
388 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
389 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
390 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
391 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
392 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
393 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
394 - improved border handling under Windows XP
395 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
396 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
397 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
398 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
399 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
400 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
401 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
405 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
406 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
407 documentation for a detailed explanation
408 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
409 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
410 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
411 with Motif 1.x compatibility
412 - implemented wxToggleButton
413 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
414 instead of a sunken border
415 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
416 - finished wxClipboard implementation
420 - controls in toolbars now supported
424 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
425 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
426 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
427 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
428 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
434 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
435 ================================
437 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
438 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
439 with '!' in the first column.
441 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
442 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
443 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
444 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
447 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
448 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
449 (see the documentation) useful.
454 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
455 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
458 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
459 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
460 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
461 arrays containing non-pointers.
463 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
464 simply don't make sense for all objects
466 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
467 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
468 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
470 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
472 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
473 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
474 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
475 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
476 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
478 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
479 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
480 the default assert handling.
484 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
485 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
486 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
488 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
489 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
492 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
493 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
494 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
496 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
497 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
498 you want to get OnChar() as well
500 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
501 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
502 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
504 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
505 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
506 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
507 will *NOT* work any longer:
509 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
512 ... do something else ...
514 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
515 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
518 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
520 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
521 if you derived any classes from it
523 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
524 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
526 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
527 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
529 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
530 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
532 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
533 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
536 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
537 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
538 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
540 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
541 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
542 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
543 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
547 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
548 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
549 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
550 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
551 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
552 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
553 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
554 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
555 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
556 is only present for the DLLs builds.
558 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
561 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
562 previously selected one instead of replacing it
564 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
565 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
566 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
568 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
569 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
574 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
575 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
576 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
577 to compile pure C files.
580 wxThread and related classes:
582 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
583 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
584 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
585 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
587 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
588 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
589 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
590 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
592 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
593 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
594 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
596 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
597 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
608 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
615 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
616 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
617 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
621 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
622 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
623 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
626 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
627 - Addition of native frame site grip.
630 - Unicode support through Pango library.
634 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
635 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
639 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
646 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
647 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
648 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
649 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
650 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
651 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
652 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
653 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
654 after (non standard) STL hash_map
655 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
656 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
657 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
658 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
659 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
660 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
661 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
665 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
666 programs and not only GNU make
667 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
668 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
669 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
670 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
671 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
675 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
676 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
677 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
678 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
679 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
681 - significantly improved native font support
682 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
684 - added IFF image handler
685 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
686 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
687 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
688 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
689 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
690 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
691 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
692 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
693 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
694 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
695 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
696 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
697 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
698 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
699 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
700 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
701 - wxMessageOutput class added
702 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
703 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
705 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
706 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
707 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
708 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
710 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
711 whether a label edit was cancelled.
712 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
716 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
717 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
718 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
719 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
720 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
721 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
722 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
723 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
724 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
725 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
727 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
728 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
729 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
730 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
731 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
732 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
733 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
735 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
736 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
737 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
738 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
739 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
740 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
741 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
742 has the capture before release it.
743 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
744 - default button handling is now closer to expected
745 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
746 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
747 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
748 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
749 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
750 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
751 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
752 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
753 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
754 provided in wxFontData
755 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
756 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
760 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
761 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
762 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
763 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
764 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
765 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
766 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
767 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
768 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
769 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
770 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
771 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
772 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
776 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
777 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
778 - improved toolbar control alignment
779 - implemented wxSpinButton
780 - implemented wxCheckListBox
781 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
782 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
786 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
787 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
795 - First alpha-quality release
799 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
800 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
801 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
802 - fixed alignment handling in tables
803 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
808 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
812 - wxRegEx class added
813 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
814 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
815 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
816 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
817 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
821 - support for virtual list control added
822 - column images in report mode of the list control
823 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
824 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
825 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
826 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
827 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
828 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
829 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
830 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
831 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
832 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
833 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
834 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
838 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
839 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
844 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
845 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
846 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
847 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
851 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
856 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
858 - added support for animated GIFs
866 - Fixed new charset detection code
867 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
868 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
869 - Added wxDir::Traverse
870 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
871 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
872 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
876 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
877 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
878 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
879 push on a custom event handler for example)
880 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
881 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
882 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
883 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
884 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
885 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
887 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
888 - Various wxXML enhancements
889 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
890 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
891 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
893 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
894 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
898 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
899 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
900 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
901 alt or shift) now work
902 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
903 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
904 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
905 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
906 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
907 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
908 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
909 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
910 - We now send iconize events
911 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
912 - Added mousewheel processing
913 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
914 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
916 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
917 child frame styles are honoured
921 - Fixed slider rounding bug
922 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
923 - We now send iconize events
924 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
925 GetSelection() results
932 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
933 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
934 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
935 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
936 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
937 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
938 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
939 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
940 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
941 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
945 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
946 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
947 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
948 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
949 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
950 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
951 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
952 wxImage methods and ctor)
953 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
954 - ODBC documentation complete!!
955 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
956 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
957 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
958 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
962 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
963 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
964 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
965 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
969 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
973 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
974 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
981 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
982 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
983 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
984 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
985 - Completed Czech translations
986 - Some stream corrections
987 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
988 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
989 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
990 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
994 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
995 flicker-free dragging is now possible
996 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
997 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
998 - Paper names now translated
1000 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1001 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1002 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1003 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1005 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1006 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1008 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1009 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1010 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1011 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1015 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1016 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1017 backward compatibility, please set
1018 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1019 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1020 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1021 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1022 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1023 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1024 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1025 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1026 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1027 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1028 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1029 - wxFrame restores focus better
1030 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1031 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1032 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1033 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1034 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1035 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1036 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1037 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1038 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1039 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1043 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1047 - Small compilation fixes
1051 - wxCaret documented
1063 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1064 files. This works under VC++ only
1065 - Modal dialog handling improved
1066 - Printer dialog now modal
1081 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1085 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1086 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1091 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1092 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1093 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1094 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1095 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1096 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1097 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1098 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1099 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1101 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1102 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1103 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1104 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1105 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1106 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1108 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1112 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1113 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1114 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1115 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1116 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1117 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1118 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1119 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1121 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1122 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1123 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1124 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1125 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1126 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1127 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1128 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1129 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1130 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1131 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1132 - wxDragImage class added
1133 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1134 controllers, as well as native help
1135 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1139 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1140 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1141 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1142 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1143 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1144 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1145 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1146 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1147 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1148 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1150 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1151 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1152 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1156 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1157 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1158 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1162 - wxMenu::Enable works
1163 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1164 - OGL samples made to work again
1168 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1169 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1170 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1171 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1172 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1173 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1174 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1175 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1176 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1177 - improved HTML printing
1178 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1179 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1180 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1181 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1184 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1187 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1188 -----------------------
1192 - JPEG support added.
1193 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1197 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1199 - JPEG support added.
1200 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1201 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1202 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1209 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1212 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1213 -------------------------------
1218 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1222 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1223 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1224 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1225 - Some makefile fixes.
1233 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1234 - More topic overviews.
1235 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1236 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1237 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1240 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1241 --------------------------
1245 - wxExecute improved.
1249 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1251 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1252 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1253 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1254 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1255 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1256 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1260 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1261 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1265 - wxLocale documented.
1266 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1267 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1268 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1269 (though doesn't display help yet).
1271 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1272 --------------------------
1276 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1280 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1282 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1286 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1287 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1288 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1289 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1290 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1291 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1292 crashes for some reason).
1293 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1294 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1298 - Further doc improvements.
1299 - wxGenericValidator added.
1300 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1303 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1304 -------------------------
1308 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1309 - wxToolTip class added.
1310 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1314 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1315 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1316 - TWIN32 support added.
1317 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1318 factored out program/library settings.
1319 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1323 - A few more colour fixes.
1324 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1325 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1326 - wxChoice crash fix.
1327 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1331 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1332 - Added samples/dde.
1333 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1335 Beta 2, January 1999
1336 --------------------
1342 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1346 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1348 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1349 - Added thread support (Robert).
1350 - wxPoem sample now works.
1354 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1355 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1356 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1358 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1359 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1361 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1363 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1364 --------------------------
1370 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1373 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1374 ----------------------------
1378 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1379 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1380 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1381 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1382 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1384 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1385 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1390 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1391 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1392 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1393 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1394 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1396 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1397 when any button was pressed.
1398 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1399 have a white background.
1400 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1401 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1402 they have sensible colours by default.
1403 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1404 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1405 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1406 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1407 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1409 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1410 ----------------------------
1414 - More documentation updates, especially for
1415 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1416 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1418 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1419 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1420 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1422 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1426 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1427 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1429 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1430 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1431 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1432 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1433 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1434 the debugging implementation.
1435 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1436 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1437 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1438 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1439 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1440 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1441 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1443 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1445 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1446 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1447 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1448 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1449 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1450 - wxNotebook almost done.
1451 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1452 to vertical toolbars).
1456 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1458 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1459 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1460 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1462 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1463 ----------------------------
1467 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1469 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1470 - A few more makefiles added.
1471 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1472 - Further doc updates.
1473 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1477 - First start at Motif port.
1478 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1479 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1480 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1481 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1483 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1484 --------------------------
1488 - wxBitmap debugged.
1489 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1490 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1491 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1492 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1493 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1494 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1495 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1497 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1498 ------------------------
1502 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1503 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1504 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1505 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1506 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1507 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1508 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1509 changes, wxNotebook.
1510 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1512 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1513 -----------------------
1517 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1518 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1519 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1520 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1521 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1523 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1524 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1526 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1527 -----------------------
1531 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1532 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1534 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1535 -----------------------
1539 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1540 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1542 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1543 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1544 wxMenuItem accessors.
1545 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1546 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1547 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1548 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1549 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1550 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1551 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1552 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1553 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1554 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1555 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1556 first, then doing the assignment.
1557 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1558 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1562 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1563 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1565 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1566 ----------------------
1570 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1571 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1572 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1573 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1574 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1575 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1576 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1577 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1578 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1580 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1581 ------------------------
1585 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1587 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1588 compilation and pragmas.
1589 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1590 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1594 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1595 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1596 compilation and pragmas.
1597 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1599 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1600 ------------------------
1604 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1605 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1607 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1608 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1609 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1610 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1612 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1613 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1614 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1616 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1617 compatibility functions.
1618 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1619 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1620 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1621 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1622 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1623 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1624 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1628 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1629 - Added samples/png.
1630 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1631 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1633 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1635 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1636 ------------------------
1640 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1641 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1642 cleaned up properly before exit.
1643 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1645 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1646 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1647 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1649 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1650 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1652 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1653 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1654 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1655 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1659 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1660 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1661 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1662 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1663 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1664 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1665 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1666 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1667 allow better control of memory.
1668 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1670 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1671 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1673 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1674 ------------------------
1678 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1679 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1680 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1681 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1682 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1683 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1684 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1685 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1686 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1687 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1688 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1689 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1691 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1692 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1693 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1694 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1695 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1696 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1697 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1698 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1699 internal implementation.
1700 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1701 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1702 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1706 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1707 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1708 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1709 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1710 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1712 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1713 --------------------------
1717 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1718 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1719 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1721 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1722 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1723 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1724 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1726 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1727 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1732 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1733 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1734 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1736 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1737 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1739 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1740 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1741 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1742 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1743 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1744 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1745 - Added gcc pragmas.
1746 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1747 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1748 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1749 added a few references to wxTransString.
1750 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1751 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1752 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1753 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1754 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1755 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1756 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1757 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1758 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1761 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1762 --------------------------
1766 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1767 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1768 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1769 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1770 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1771 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1772 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1773 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1774 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1775 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1776 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1778 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1779 to help printing with multiple pages.
1780 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1781 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1782 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1783 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1784 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1785 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1786 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1787 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1788 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1789 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1790 New files from Vadim:
1796 src\common\string.cpp
1800 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1801 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1802 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1803 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1804 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1805 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1806 including changes to defs.h.
1807 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1809 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1811 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1812 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1814 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1816 Alpha 3, September 1997
1817 -----------------------
1821 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1822 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1823 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1824 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1825 - Started documentation.
1827 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1828 ------------------------
1832 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1833 with MetroWerks compiler.
1834 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1835 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1836 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1837 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1838 for testing purposes.
1839 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1841 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1842 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1844 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1845 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1848 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1849 -----------------------
1853 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1855 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1856 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1857 wxString instead of char *.
1858 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1859 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1860 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1861 as wxbWindow now removed.
1862 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1863 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1865 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1866 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1867 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1869 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1870 settings mucho rationalised.
1871 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1872 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1874 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1875 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1876 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1877 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1878 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1879 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1881 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1882 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1884 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1885 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1886 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1887 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1888 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1889 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1890 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1891 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1892 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1893 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1895 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1896 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1898 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1899 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1900 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1901 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1902 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1903 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1905 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1906 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1907 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1908 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1909 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1910 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).