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