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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 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
26 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
27 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
28 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
31 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
32 ==============================
34 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
35 versions, please update your code to not use them.
37 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
38 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
39 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
40 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
41 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
42 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
43 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
44 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
45 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
46 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
47 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
48 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
49 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
50 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
51 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
62 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
63 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
64 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
65 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
69 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
70 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
71 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
72 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
76 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
77 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
78 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
79 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
80 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
81 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
85 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
86 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
94 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
95 huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
96 separately compiled library
97 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
98 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
99 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
100 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
101 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
102 - added wxArray::SetCount()
103 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
104 by default in Unicode mode
105 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
106 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
107 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
108 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
109 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
110 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
111 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
112 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
113 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
114 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
115 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
116 - added wxRecursionGuard class
117 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
121 - added Watcom makefiles
122 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
126 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
128 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
129 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
130 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
131 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
132 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
133 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
134 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
135 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
136 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
137 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
138 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
139 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
140 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
141 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
142 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
143 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
144 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
145 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
146 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
147 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
148 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
149 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
150 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
151 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
152 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
153 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
154 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
155 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
156 default extension for the template
157 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
158 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
159 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
160 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
161 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
162 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
163 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
164 to allow better rich text support.
165 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
166 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
167 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
168 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
169 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
170 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
171 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
172 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
173 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
174 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
175 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
176 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
177 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
178 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
179 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
180 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
181 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
182 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
183 - added wxMirrorDC class
184 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
185 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
186 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
187 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
188 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
189 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
194 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
195 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
196 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
197 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
198 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
202 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
203 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
204 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
205 to contrib/src/deprecated
209 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
210 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
211 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
212 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
213 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
214 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
215 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
216 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
217 be appended to filenames with no extension
218 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
219 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
220 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
221 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
225 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
226 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
230 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
231 - added wxCrashReport
232 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
233 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
234 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
235 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
236 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
237 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
238 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
239 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
240 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
241 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
242 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
243 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
244 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
245 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
246 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
247 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
248 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
249 - improved border handling under Windows XP
250 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
251 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
252 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
253 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
254 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
255 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
256 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
260 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
261 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
262 documentation for a detailed explanation
263 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
264 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
265 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
266 with Motif 1.x compatibility
267 - implemented wxToggleButton
268 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
269 instead of a sunken border
270 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
271 - finished wxClipboard implementation
275 - controls in toolbars now supported
279 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
280 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
281 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
282 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
283 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
289 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
290 ================================
292 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
293 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
294 with '!' in the first column.
296 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
297 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
298 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
299 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
302 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
303 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
304 (see the documentation) useful.
309 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
310 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
313 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
314 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
315 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
316 arrays containing non-pointers.
318 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
319 simply don't make sense for all objects
321 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
322 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
323 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
325 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
327 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
328 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
329 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
330 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
331 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
333 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
334 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
335 the default assert handling.
339 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
340 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
341 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
343 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
344 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
347 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
348 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
349 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
351 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
352 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
353 you want to get OnChar() as well
355 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
356 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
357 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
359 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
360 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
361 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
362 will *NOT* work any longer:
364 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
367 ... do something else ...
369 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
370 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
373 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
375 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
376 if you derived any classes from it
378 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
379 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
381 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
382 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
384 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
385 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
387 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
388 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
391 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
392 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
393 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
395 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
396 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
397 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
398 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
402 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
403 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
404 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
405 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
406 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
407 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
408 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
409 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
410 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
411 is only present for the DLLs builds.
413 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
416 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
417 previously selected one instead of replacing it
419 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
420 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
421 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
423 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
424 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
429 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
430 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
431 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
432 to compile pure C files.
435 wxThread and related classes:
437 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
438 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
439 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
440 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
442 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
443 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
444 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
445 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
447 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
448 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
449 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
451 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
452 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
463 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
470 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
471 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
472 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
476 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
477 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
478 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
481 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
482 - Addition of native frame site grip.
485 - Unicode support through Pango library.
489 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
490 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
494 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
501 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
502 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
503 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
504 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
505 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
506 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
507 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
508 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
509 after (non standard) STL hash_map
510 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
511 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
512 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
513 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
514 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
515 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
516 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
520 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
521 programs and not only GNU make
522 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
523 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
524 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
525 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
526 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
530 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
531 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
532 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
533 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
534 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
536 - significantly improved native font support
537 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
539 - added IFF image handler
540 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
541 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
542 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
543 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
544 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
545 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
546 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
547 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
548 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
549 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
550 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
551 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
552 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
553 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
554 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
555 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
556 - wxMessageOutput class added
557 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
558 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
560 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
561 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
562 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
563 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
565 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
566 whether a label edit was cancelled.
567 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
571 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
572 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
573 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
574 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
575 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
576 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
577 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
578 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
579 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
580 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
582 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
583 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
584 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
585 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
586 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
587 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
588 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
590 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
591 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
592 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
593 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
594 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
595 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
596 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
597 has the capture before release it.
598 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
599 - default button handling is now closer to expected
600 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
601 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
602 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
603 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
604 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
605 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
606 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
607 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
608 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
609 provided in wxFontData
610 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
611 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
615 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
616 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
617 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
618 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
619 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
620 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
621 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
622 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
623 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
624 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
625 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
626 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
627 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
631 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
632 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
633 - improved toolbar control alignment
634 - implemented wxSpinButton
635 - implemented wxCheckListBox
636 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
637 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
641 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
642 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
650 - First alpha-quality release
654 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
655 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
656 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
657 - fixed alignment handling in tables
658 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
663 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
667 - wxRegEx class added
668 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
669 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
670 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
671 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
672 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
676 - support for virtual list control added
677 - column images in report mode of the list control
678 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
679 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
680 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
681 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
682 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
683 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
684 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
685 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
686 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
687 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
688 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
689 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
693 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
694 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
699 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
700 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
701 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
702 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
706 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
711 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
713 - added support for animated GIFs
721 - Fixed new charset detection code
722 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
723 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
724 - Added wxDir::Traverse
725 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
726 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
727 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
731 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
732 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
733 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
734 push on a custom event handler for example)
735 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
736 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
737 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
738 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
739 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
740 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
742 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
743 - Various wxXML enhancements
744 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
745 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
746 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
748 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
749 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
753 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
754 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
755 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
756 alt or shift) now work
757 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
758 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
759 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
760 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
761 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
762 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
763 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
764 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
765 - We now send iconize events
766 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
767 - Added mousewheel processing
768 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
769 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
771 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
772 child frame styles are honoured
776 - Fixed slider rounding bug
777 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
778 - We now send iconize events
779 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
780 GetSelection() results
787 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
788 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
789 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
790 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
791 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
792 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
793 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
794 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
795 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
796 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
800 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
801 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
802 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
803 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
804 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
805 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
806 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
807 wxImage methods and ctor)
808 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
809 - ODBC documentation complete!!
810 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
811 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
812 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
813 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
817 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
818 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
819 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
820 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
824 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
828 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
829 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
836 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
837 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
838 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
839 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
840 - Completed Czech translations
841 - Some stream corrections
842 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
843 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
844 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
845 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
849 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
850 flicker-free dragging is now possible
851 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
852 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
853 - Paper names now translated
855 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
856 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
857 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
858 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
860 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
861 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
863 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
864 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
865 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
866 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
870 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
871 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
872 backward compatibility, please set
873 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
874 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
875 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
876 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
877 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
878 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
879 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
880 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
881 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
882 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
883 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
884 - wxFrame restores focus better
885 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
886 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
887 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
888 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
889 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
890 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
891 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
892 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
893 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
894 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
898 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
902 - Small compilation fixes
918 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
919 files. This works under VC++ only
920 - Modal dialog handling improved
921 - Printer dialog now modal
936 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
940 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
941 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
946 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
947 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
948 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
949 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
950 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
951 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
952 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
953 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
954 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
956 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
957 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
958 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
959 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
960 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
961 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
963 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
967 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
968 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
969 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
970 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
971 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
972 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
973 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
974 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
976 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
977 MIME types if available (Unix only)
978 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
979 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
980 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
981 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
982 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
983 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
984 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
985 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
986 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
987 - wxDragImage class added
988 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
989 controllers, as well as native help
990 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
994 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
995 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
996 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
997 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
998 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
999 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1000 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1001 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1002 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1003 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1005 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1006 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1007 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1011 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1012 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1013 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1017 - wxMenu::Enable works
1018 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1019 - OGL samples made to work again
1023 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1024 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1025 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1026 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1027 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1028 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1029 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1030 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1031 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1032 - improved HTML printing
1033 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1034 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1035 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1036 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1039 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1042 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1043 -----------------------
1047 - JPEG support added.
1048 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1052 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1054 - JPEG support added.
1055 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1056 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1057 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1064 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1067 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1068 -------------------------------
1073 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1077 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1078 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1079 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1080 - Some makefile fixes.
1088 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1089 - More topic overviews.
1090 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1091 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1092 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1095 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1096 --------------------------
1100 - wxExecute improved.
1104 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1106 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1107 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1108 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1109 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1110 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1111 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1115 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1116 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1120 - wxLocale documented.
1121 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1122 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1123 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1124 (though doesn't display help yet).
1126 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1127 --------------------------
1131 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1135 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1137 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1141 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1142 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1143 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1144 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1145 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1146 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1147 crashes for some reason).
1148 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1149 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1153 - Further doc improvements.
1154 - wxGenericValidator added.
1155 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1158 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1159 -------------------------
1163 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1164 - wxToolTip class added.
1165 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1169 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1170 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1171 - TWIN32 support added.
1172 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1173 factored out program/library settings.
1174 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1178 - A few more colour fixes.
1179 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1180 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1181 - wxChoice crash fix.
1182 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1186 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1187 - Added samples/dde.
1188 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1190 Beta 2, January 1999
1191 --------------------
1197 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1201 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1203 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1204 - Added thread support (Robert).
1205 - wxPoem sample now works.
1209 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1210 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1211 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1213 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1214 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1216 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1218 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1219 --------------------------
1225 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1228 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1229 ----------------------------
1233 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1234 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1235 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1236 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1237 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1239 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1240 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1245 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1246 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1247 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1248 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1249 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1251 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1252 when any button was pressed.
1253 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1254 have a white background.
1255 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1256 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1257 they have sensible colours by default.
1258 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1259 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1260 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1261 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1262 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1264 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1265 ----------------------------
1269 - More documentation updates, especially for
1270 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1271 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1273 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1274 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1275 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1277 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1281 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1282 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1284 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1285 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1286 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1287 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1288 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1289 the debugging implementation.
1290 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1291 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1292 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1293 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1294 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1295 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1296 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1298 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1300 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1301 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1302 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1303 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1304 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1305 - wxNotebook almost done.
1306 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1307 to vertical toolbars).
1311 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1313 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1314 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1315 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1317 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1318 ----------------------------
1322 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1324 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1325 - A few more makefiles added.
1326 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1327 - Further doc updates.
1328 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1332 - First start at Motif port.
1333 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1334 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1335 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1336 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1338 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1339 --------------------------
1343 - wxBitmap debugged.
1344 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1345 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1346 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1347 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1348 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1349 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1350 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1352 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1353 ------------------------
1357 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1358 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1359 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1360 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1361 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1362 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1363 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1364 changes, wxNotebook.
1365 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1367 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1368 -----------------------
1372 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1373 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1374 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1375 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1376 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1378 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1379 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1381 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1382 -----------------------
1386 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1387 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1389 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1390 -----------------------
1394 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1395 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1397 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1398 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1399 wxMenuItem accessors.
1400 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1401 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1402 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1403 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1404 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1405 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1406 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1407 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1408 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1409 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1410 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1411 first, then doing the assignment.
1412 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1413 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1417 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1418 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1420 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1421 ----------------------
1425 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1426 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1427 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1428 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1429 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1430 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1431 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1432 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1433 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1435 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1436 ------------------------
1440 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1442 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1443 compilation and pragmas.
1444 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1445 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1449 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1450 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1451 compilation and pragmas.
1452 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1454 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1455 ------------------------
1459 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1460 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1462 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1463 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1464 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1465 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1467 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1468 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1469 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1471 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1472 compatibility functions.
1473 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1474 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1475 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1476 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1477 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1478 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1479 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1483 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1484 - Added samples/png.
1485 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1486 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1488 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1490 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1491 ------------------------
1495 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1496 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1497 cleaned up properly before exit.
1498 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1500 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1501 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1502 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1504 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1505 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1507 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1508 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1509 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1510 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1514 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1515 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1516 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1517 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1518 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1519 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1520 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1521 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1522 allow better control of memory.
1523 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1525 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1526 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1528 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1529 ------------------------
1533 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1534 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1535 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1536 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1537 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1538 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1539 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1540 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1541 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1542 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1543 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1544 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1546 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1547 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1548 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1549 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1550 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1551 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1552 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1553 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1554 internal implementation.
1555 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1556 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1557 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1561 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1562 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1563 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1564 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1565 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1567 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1568 --------------------------
1572 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1573 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1574 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1576 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1577 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1578 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1579 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1581 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1582 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1587 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1588 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1589 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1591 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1592 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1594 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1595 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1596 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1597 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1598 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1599 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1600 - Added gcc pragmas.
1601 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1602 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1603 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1604 added a few references to wxTransString.
1605 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1606 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1607 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1608 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1609 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1610 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1611 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1612 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1613 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1616 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1617 --------------------------
1621 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1622 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1623 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1624 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1625 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1626 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1627 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1628 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1629 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1630 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1631 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1633 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1634 to help printing with multiple pages.
1635 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1636 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1637 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1638 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1639 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1640 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1641 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1642 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1643 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1644 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1645 New files from Vadim:
1651 src\common\string.cpp
1655 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1656 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1657 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1658 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1659 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1660 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1661 including changes to defs.h.
1662 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1664 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1666 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1667 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1669 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1671 Alpha 3, September 1997
1672 -----------------------
1676 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1677 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1678 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1679 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1680 - Started documentation.
1682 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1683 ------------------------
1687 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1688 with MetroWerks compiler.
1689 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1690 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1691 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1692 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1693 for testing purposes.
1694 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1696 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1697 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1699 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1700 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1703 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1704 -----------------------
1708 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1710 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1711 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1712 wxString instead of char *.
1713 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1714 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1715 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1716 as wxbWindow now removed.
1717 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1718 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1720 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1721 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1722 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1724 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1725 settings mucho rationalised.
1726 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1727 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1729 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1730 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1731 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1732 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1733 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1734 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1736 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1737 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1739 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1740 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1741 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1742 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1743 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1744 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1745 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1746 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1747 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1748 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1750 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1751 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1753 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1754 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1755 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1756 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1757 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1758 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1760 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1761 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1762 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1763 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1764 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1765 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).