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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
6 ================================
7
8 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10
11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
13 - wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not
14 if the whole name is a directory.
15 - wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual.
16 - wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
17 - wxArray::Alloc() now works as reserve() and does not clear the array any more
18 - Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the
19 wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case.
20 - wxInputStream::GetC() now returns an int in the range 0 - 255 on success
21 instead of a char the range -128 - 127.
22
23
24 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
25 -----------------------------------------------------------
26
27 - Some classes (notably wxBitmap and wxImage) don't define operator==() as it
28 used to work in somewhat unexpected way as it compared only internal pointers
29 and not the object data. The code using it will have to be updated:
30 * If the object was compared with wxNullXXX, use IsOk() method instead
31 * If valid object need to be compared, use IsSameAs() to reproduce the old
32 behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c.
33 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
34 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
35 even compile).
36 - wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
37 - wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
38 length of the converted string in all cases now.
39 - wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
40 - wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
41 wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
42 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
43 use ProcessMouseClick().
44 - wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
45 wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
46 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
47 use GetMouseCursor().
48 - wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
49 override it.
50 - wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
51 not pointers to arrays.
52 - SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
53 - wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
54 - wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
55 - wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
56 As a consequence, the class interface changed largely. Code updates, if
57 any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
58
59
60 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
61 -----------------------------------------------------
62
63 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
64 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, don't use them.
65 - wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize.
66 - wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize.
67 - Seeking on a zip stream returned from wxFileSystem without using the new
68 wxFS_SEEKABLE flags is deprecated. You can still seek, but use the flag.
69 - Constructor wxZipInputStream(const wxString& archive, const wxString& file)
70 deprecated in favour of wxFileSystem (other zip ctors are not deprecated).
71
72
73
74 Major new features in 2.8 release
75 ---------------------------------
76
77 - New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more.
78 - New rich text control library implementing a generic wxRichTextCtrl,
79 using only the wxWidgets API. Also includes formatting dialogs, conversion
80 to HTML, and printing classes.
81 - New wxComboCtrl class giving the ability to create custom, graphical
82 comboboxes. Associated classes include wxOwnerDrawnComboBox, wxComboPopup
83 and wxBitmapComboBox.
84 - Further functionality including wxAnimationCtrl (moved from contrib/src/anim
85 and enhanced), wxSimpleHtmlListBox, wxHyperlinkCtrl, wxColourPickerCtrl,
86 wxDirPickerCtrl, wxFilePickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl, wxCollapsiblePane,
87 wxAboutBox, wxTreebook, tar streams.
88
89
90 2.8.0
91 -----
92
93 All:
94
95 - wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents
96 - Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
97 - New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
98 a stream that is seekable.
99
100 wxMSW:
101
102 - Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
103 - Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4
104 - Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi)
105
106 2.7.2
107 -----
108
109 All:
110
111 - Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
112 - Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
113 - Added wxTar streams.
114 - Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
115 - Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
116
117 All (GUI):
118
119 - wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
120 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
121 - Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
122 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
123 - Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
124 - Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
125 - Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
126 - Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
127 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
128 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
129 - Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
130 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
131 formatting.
132 - Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
133 - Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
134 - wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
135 - wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
136
137 Unix Ports:
138
139 - Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
140 program (Francesco Montorsi).
141
142 wxGTK:
143
144 - More RTL work.
145 - Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
146 - Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
147 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
148 - wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
149
150
151 2.7.1
152 -----
153
154 All:
155
156 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
157 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
158 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
159 - Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
160 - Added reference counting for wxVariant.
161 - For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
162 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
163 - Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
164 - Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
165 - Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
166 - wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
167 - Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
168 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
169 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
170 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
171
172 All (GUI):
173
174 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
175 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
176 - wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
177 - Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
178 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
179 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
180 - Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
181 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
182 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
183 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
184 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
185 - Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
186 - Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
187 - Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
188
189 wxMSW:
190
191 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
192 - wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
193 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
194 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
195 high-contrast theme).
196 - Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
197
198 wxMac:
199
200 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
201 to the SDK.
202
203 wxGTK:
204
205 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
206 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
207 - Implemented right-to-left support.
208 - Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
209 - Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
210
211 wxUniv:
212
213 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
214
215
216 2.7.0
217 -----
218
219 All:
220
221 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
222 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
223 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
224 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
225 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
226 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
227 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
228 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
229 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
230 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
231 during a search and replace.
232 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
233 are both used in the same program.
234 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
235 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
236 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
237 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
238 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
239 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
240 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
241 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
242 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
243 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
244 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
245 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
246 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
247 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
248 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
249 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
250 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
251 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
252 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
253 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
254 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
255 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
256 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
257 the first time it was called.
258 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
259 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
260 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
261 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
262 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
263 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
264 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
265 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
266 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
267 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
268
269 All (GUI):
270
271 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
272 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
273 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
274 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
275 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
276 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
277 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
278 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
279 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
280 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
281 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
282 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
283 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
284 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
285 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
286 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
287 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
288 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
289 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
290 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
291 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
292 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
293 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
294 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
295 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
296 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
297 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
298 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
299 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
300 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
301 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
302 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
303 by Sandro Sigala).
304 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
305 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
306 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
307 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
308 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
309 best size.
310 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
311 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
312 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
313 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
314 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
315 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
316 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
317 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
318 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
319 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
320 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
321 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
322 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
323 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
324 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
325 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
326 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
327 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
328 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
329 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
330 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
331 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
332 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
333 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
334 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
335 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
336 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
337 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
338 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
339 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
340 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
341 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
342 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
343 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
344 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
345 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
346 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
347 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
348 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
349 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
350
351 wxMSW:
352
353 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
354 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
355 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
356 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
357 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
358 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
359 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
360 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
361 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
362 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
363 wxMSW faq for details).
364 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
365 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
366 to the link command.
367 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
368 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
369 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
370 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
371 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
372 show.
373 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
374 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
375 initial construction.
376 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
377 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
378 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
379 events).
380 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
381 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
382 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
383 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
384 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
385 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
386 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
387 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
388 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
389 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
390 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
391 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
392 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
393 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
394 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
395 changes the system font.
396 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
397 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
398 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
399 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
400 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
401 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
402
403 wxGTK:
404
405 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
406 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
407 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
408 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
409 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
410 implementation.
411 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
412 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
413 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
414 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
415 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
416 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
417 previously unable to be focused before.
418 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
419 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
420 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
421 class was used.
422 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
423 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
424 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
425 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
426 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
427 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
428 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
429 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
430 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
431
432 wxMac:
433
434 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
435 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
436 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
437 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
438 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
439 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
440 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
441 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
442 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
443 - Corrected idle wake-up.
444 - Corrected wxExecute.
445 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
446 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
447 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
448 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
449 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
450 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
451 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
452 were found.
453 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
454 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
455 under Mach-O.
456 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
457 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
458 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
459 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
460 end of file with an error.
461 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
462 binaries.
463 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
464 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
465 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
466 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
467 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
468 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
469 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
470
471 wxCocoa:
472
473 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
474
475 wxWinCE:
476
477 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
478 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
479 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
480 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
481 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
482 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
483 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
484 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
485 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
486 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
487 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
488 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
489 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
490 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
491 directly, however.
492 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
493 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
494 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
495 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
496 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
497
498 wxUniv:
499
500 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
501 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
502 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
503
504 wxX11:
505
506 - Invisible text problem fixed.
507 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
508 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
509 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
510
511 Unix:
512
513 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
514
515 wxMGL:
516
517 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
518 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
519
520
521 2.6.2
522 -----
523
524 All:
525
526 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
527 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
528 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
529 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
530 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
531 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
532 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
533 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
534 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
535 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
536 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
537 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
538
539 All (GUI):
540
541 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
542 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
543 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
544 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
545 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
546 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
547 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
548 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
549 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
550 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
551 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
552 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
553
554 wxMSW:
555
556 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
557 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
558 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
559 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
560 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
561 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
562 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
563 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
564 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
565 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
566 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
567 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
568 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
569 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
570 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
571
572 wxGTK:
573
574 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
575 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
576 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
577 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
578 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
579 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
580 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
581 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
582 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
583 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
584 - Fixed domain socket handling.
585
586 wxMac:
587
588 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
589 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
590 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
591 - Various text control bug fixes.
592 - Automatic menu management improved.
593 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
594 due to dangling cycle pointers.
595 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
596 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
597 showing modally).
598
599 wxOS2
600
601 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
602
603 wxUniv:
604
605 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
606 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
607
608 wxMotif:
609
610 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
611 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
612 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
613 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
614 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
615 flag has been specified.
616 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
617 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
618 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
619 showing modally).
620
621 wxMGL:
622
623 - Fixed crash on exit.
624 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
625
626 wxX11:
627
628 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
629
630
631 2.6.1
632 -----
633
634 All:
635
636 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
637 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
638
639 All (GUI):
640
641 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
642 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
643 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
644 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
645 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
646 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
647 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
648 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
649 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
650 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
651
652 wxMSW:
653
654 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
655 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
656 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
657 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
658 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
659 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
660 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
661 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
662 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
663 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
664 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
665 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
666 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
667 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
668 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
669 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
670 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
671 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
672 - Compiles again with WIN64.
673 - Winelib compilation now works.
674 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
675 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
676 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
677 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
678 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
679 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
680 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
681 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
682 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
683 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
684 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
685 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
686 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
687
688 wxWinCE:
689
690 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
691
692 wxGTK:
693
694 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
695 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
696 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
697 - Added bitmap support in menus.
698
699 wxMac:
700
701 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
702 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
703 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
704 incorrect state.
705 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
706 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
707 - Window menu now added automatically.
708 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
709 - Modified function key support fixed.
710 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
711
712 wxX11:
713
714 - Menu problems fixed.
715 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
716 - Fixed a font memory leak.
717 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
718
719
720 2.6.0
721 -----
722
723 All:
724
725 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
726 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
727
728 All (GUI):
729
730 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
731 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
732
733 wxMSW:
734
735 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
736 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
737 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
738
739 wxWinCE:
740
741 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
742
743 wxGTK:
744 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
745 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
746 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
747 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
748 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
749 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
750 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
751
752 wxMac:
753 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
754
755 2.5.5
756 -----
757
758 All:
759
760 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
761 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
762 - Added wxDebugReport class.
763 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
764 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
765 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
766 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
767 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
768 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
769
770 All (GUI):
771
772 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
773 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
774 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
775 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
776 the whole virtual area.
777 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
778 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
779 isn't used to set the window size.
780 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
781 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
782 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
783 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
784
785 Unix:
786
787 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
788
789 wxMSW:
790
791 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
792 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
793 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
794 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
795 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
796 handling (Jamie Gadd).
797
798 wxGTK:
799
800 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
801 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
802 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
803 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
804 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
805 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
806 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
807 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
808
809 wxMac:
810
811 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
812
813 wxPalmOS:
814
815 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
816
817 wxWinCE:
818
819 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
820 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
821 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
822 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
823 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
824 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
825 with correct titlebar style.
826 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
827 PocketPC guidelines
828 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
829 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
830 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
831 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
832 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
833 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
834 to the dialog's toolbar.
835
836 2.5.4
837 -----
838
839 All:
840
841 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
842 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
843 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
844 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
845 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
846 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
847 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
848 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
849 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
850 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
851 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
852 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
853 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
854 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
855 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
856 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
857 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
858 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
859 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
860 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
861 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
862 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
863 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
864 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
865 printing stuff in the GTK port.
866 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
867 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
868 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
869 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
870 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
871 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
872 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
873 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
874 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
875 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
876 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
877 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
878 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
879 due to a rounding error.
880 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
881 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
882 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
883 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
884 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
885 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
886 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
887 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
888
889
890 All (GUI):
891
892 - added wxMediaCtrl
893 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
894 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
895 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
896 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
897 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
898 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
899 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
900 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
901 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
902 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
903 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
904 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
905 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
906 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
907 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
908 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
909 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
910
911 Unix:
912
913 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
914
915 wxGTK:
916
917 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
918 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
919 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
920 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
921 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
922 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
923 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
924 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
925 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
926 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
927 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
928 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
929 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
930 errors otherwise.
931 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
932 - Added wxRawBitmap support
933 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
934 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
935 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
936
937 wxMac:
938
939 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
940 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
941 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
942 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
943
944 wxMSW:
945
946 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
947 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
948 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
949 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
950 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
951
952 wxWinCE:
953 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
954 but not mentioned anywhere.
955 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
956
957 wxUniv:
958
959 - wxBU_... button align flags support
960 - vertical notebook orientation support
961 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
962 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
963
964 wxPalmOS:
965
966 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
967 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
968 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
969 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
970 - enumeration of available volumes
971 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
972 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
973 - native wxColourDialog implementation
974 - native wxSystemSettings colours
975 - native wxButton implementation
976 - native wxCheckBox implementation
977 - native wxSlider implementation
978 - native wxToggleButton implementation
979 - native wxRadioButton implementation
980 - native wxStaticText implementation
981 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
982
983
984 2.5.3
985 -----
986
987 All:
988
989 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
990 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
991 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
992 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
993 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
994 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
995 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
996 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
997 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
998 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
999 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
1000 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
1001 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
1002 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
1003 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
1004 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
1005
1006 All (GUI):
1007
1008 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
1009 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
1010 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
1011 is discouraged
1012 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
1013 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
1014 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
1015 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
1016 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
1017 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
1018 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
1019 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
1020 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
1021 - added samples/splash
1022 - added support for stock buttons
1023 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
1024 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
1025 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
1026 - added wxChoicebook control
1027 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
1028 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
1029 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
1030 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
1031 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
1032 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
1033 supported, instead of zero.
1034 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
1035
1036 Unix:
1037
1038 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
1039 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
1040 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
1041 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
1042 - wx-config has new --version-full option
1043
1044 wxCocoa:
1045
1046 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1047 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
1048 - Tooltips now supported
1049 - wxSound now supported
1050 - wxDisplay now supported
1051 - Some stock cursors now supported
1052
1053 wxMac:
1054
1055 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
1056 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
1057 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1058 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
1059
1060 wxGTK:
1061
1062 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
1063 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
1064 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
1065 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
1066 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
1067 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
1068 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
1069 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
1070 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
1071 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
1072 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
1073 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
1074 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
1075 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
1076 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
1077 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
1078 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
1079 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
1080 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
1081
1082 wxMotif:
1083
1084 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
1085
1086 wxMSW:
1087
1088 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
1089 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
1090 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
1091 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
1092 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
1093 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
1094 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
1095 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
1096 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
1097 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
1098 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
1099 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1100 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
1101 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
1102
1103 wxUniv/X11:
1104
1105 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
1106
1107 wxWinCE:
1108
1109 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
1110 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
1111 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
1112 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
1113
1114 wxHTML:
1115
1116 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
1117 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
1118
1119
1120 2.5.2
1121 -----
1122
1123 All:
1124
1125 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1126 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1127 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1128 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1129 of run-time) now
1130 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1131 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1132 to forward declare these classes.
1133
1134 All (GUI):
1135
1136 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1137 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1138 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1139 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1140 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1141 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1142 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1143 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1144 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1145 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1146 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1147 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1148 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1149 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1150 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1151
1152 wxMSW:
1153
1154 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1155 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1156 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1157 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1158 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1159 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1160 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1161 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1162 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1163 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1164 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1165 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1166
1167 wxGTK:
1168
1169 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1170
1171 wxMotif:
1172
1173 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1174 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1175 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1176 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1177
1178 wxUniv/X11:
1179
1180 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1181
1182 wxHTML:
1183
1184 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1185 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1186
1187 Unix:
1188
1189 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1190 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1191
1192 wxODBC:
1193
1194 - Full Unicode support is now available
1195 - BLOB support is working
1196
1197
1198 2.5.1
1199 -----
1200
1201 All:
1202
1203 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1204 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1205 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1206 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1207 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1208 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1209 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1210 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1211 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1212 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1213 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1214 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1215 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1216 (as in 2.5.0).
1217 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1218 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1219 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1220 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1221 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1222 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1223 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1224 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1225 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1226 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1227 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1228 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1229
1230 All (GUI):
1231
1232 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1233 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1234 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1235 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1236 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1237 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1238 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1239 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1240 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1241 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1242 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1243 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1244 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1245 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1246 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1247 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1248 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1249 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1250 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1251 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1252 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1253 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1254 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1255 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1256 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1257 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1258
1259 wxMSW:
1260
1261 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1262 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1263 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1264 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1265 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1266 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1267 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1268 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1269 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1270 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1271 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1272 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1273 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1274 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1275 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1276 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1277 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1278 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1279 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1280 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1281 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1282 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1283 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1284 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1285 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1286 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1287 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1288 than the specified default size
1289 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1290
1291 wxGTK:
1292
1293 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1294 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1295 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1296 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1297 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1298 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1299 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1300 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1301 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1302
1303 wxMac:
1304
1305 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1306 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1307 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1308 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1309
1310 wxMotif:
1311
1312 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1313
1314 wxHTML:
1315
1316 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1317 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1318
1319 Unix:
1320
1321 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1322 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1323 addition to existing OSS one
1324 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1325
1326
1327 2.5.0
1328 -----
1329
1330 All:
1331
1332 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1333 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1334 separately compiled library
1335 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1336 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1337 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1338 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1339 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1340 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1341 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1342 by default in Unicode mode
1343 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1344 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1345 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1346 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1347 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1348 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1349 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1350 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1351 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1352 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1353 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1354 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1355 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1356 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1357 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1358 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1359 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1360 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1361 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1362 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1363
1364 wxBase:
1365
1366 - added Watcom makefiles
1367 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1368
1369 All GUI ports:
1370
1371 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1372 - added wxListbook control
1373 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1374 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1375 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1376 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1377 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1378 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1379 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1380 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1381 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1382 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1383 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1384 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1385 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1386 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1387 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1388 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1389 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1390 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1391 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1392 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1393 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1394 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1395 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1396 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1397 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1398 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1399 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1400 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1401 default extension for the template
1402 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1403 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1404 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1405 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1406 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1407 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1408 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1409 to allow better rich text support.
1410 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1411 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1412 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1413 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1414 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1415 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1416 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1417 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1418 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1419 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1420 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1421 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1422 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1423 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1424 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1425 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1426 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1427 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1428 - added wxMirrorDC class
1429 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1430 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1431 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1432 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1433 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1434 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1435 improved
1436
1437 Unix:
1438
1439 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1440 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1441 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1442 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1443 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1444
1445 Generic controls:
1446
1447 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1448 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1449 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1450 to contrib/src/deprecated
1451
1452 wxGTK:
1453
1454 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1455 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1456 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1457 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1458 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1459 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1460 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1461 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1462 be appended to filenames with no extension
1463 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1464 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1465 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1466 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1467
1468 wxMac:
1469
1470 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1471 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1472
1473 wxMSW:
1474
1475 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1476 - added wxCrashReport
1477 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1478 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1479 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1480 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1481 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1482 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1483 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1484 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1485 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1486 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1487 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1488 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1489 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1490 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1491 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1492 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1493 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1494 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1495 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1496 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1497 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1498 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1499 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1500 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1501 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1502
1503 wxMotif:
1504
1505 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1506 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1507 documentation for a detailed explanation
1508 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1509 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1510 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1511 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1512 - implemented wxToggleButton
1513 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1514 instead of a sunken border
1515 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1516 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1517
1518 wxUniv:
1519
1520 - controls in toolbars now supported
1521
1522 wxHTML:
1523
1524 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1525 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1526 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1527 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1528 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1529
1530
1531 OLD CHANGES
1532 ===========
1533
1534 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1535 ================================
1536
1537 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1538 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1539 with '!' in the first column.
1540
1541 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1542 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1543 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1544 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1545 2.6 release.
1546
1547 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1548 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1549 (see the documentation) useful.
1550
1551
1552 wxBase:
1553
1554 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1555 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1556 code.
1557
1558 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1559 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1560 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1561 arrays containing non-pointers.
1562
1563 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1564 simply don't make sense for all objects
1565
1566 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1567 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1568 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1569
1570 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1571
1572 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1573 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1574 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1575 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1576 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1577
1578 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1579 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1580 the default assert handling.
1581
1582 All (GUI):
1583
1584 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1585 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1586 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1587
1588 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1589 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1590 instead!
1591
1592 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1593 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1594 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1595
1596 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1597 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1598 you want to get OnChar() as well
1599
1600 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1601 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1602 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1603
1604 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1605 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1606 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1607 will *NOT* work any longer:
1608
1609 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1610 ... do something ...
1611 if ( flags & wxYES )
1612 ... do something else ...
1613
1614 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1615 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1616 the ctor
1617
1618 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1619
1620 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1621 if you derived any classes from it
1622
1623 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1624 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1625
1626 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1627 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1628
1629 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1630 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1631
1632 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1633 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1634 from happening
1635
1636 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1637 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1638 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1639
1640 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1641 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1642 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1643 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1644
1645 wxMSW:
1646
1647 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1648 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1649 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1650 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1651 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1652 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1653 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1654 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1655 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1656 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1657
1658 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1659 style to avoid it
1660
1661 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1662 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1663
1664 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1665 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1666 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1667
1668 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1669 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1670
1671
1672 Unix ports:
1673
1674 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1675 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1676 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1677 to compile pure C files.
1678
1679
1680 wxThread and related classes:
1681
1682 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1683 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1684 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1685 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1686
1687 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1688 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1689 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1690 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1691
1692 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1693 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1694 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1695
1696 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1697 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1698
1699
1700 OTHER CHANGES
1701 =============
1702
1703 2.4.0
1704 -----
1705
1706 wxMSW:
1707
1708 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1709
1710 2.3.4
1711 -----
1712
1713 All:
1714
1715 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1716 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1717 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1718
1719 Unix (Base/GUI):
1720
1721 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1722 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1723 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1724
1725 wxGTK:
1726 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1727 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1728
1729 wxX11:
1730 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1731
1732 wxMSW:
1733
1734 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1735 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1736
1737 wxHTML:
1738
1739 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1740
1741 2.3.3
1742 -----
1743
1744 wxBase:
1745
1746 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1747 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1748 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1749 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1750 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1751 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1752 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1753 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1754 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1755 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1756 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1757 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1758 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1759 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1760 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1761 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1762
1763 Unix (Base/GUI):
1764
1765 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1766 programs and not only GNU make
1767 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1768 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1769 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1770 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1771 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1772
1773 All (GUI):
1774
1775 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1776 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1777 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1778 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1779 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1780 wxWidgets dialogs
1781 - significantly improved native font support
1782 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1783 wxHashTable
1784 - added IFF image handler
1785 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1786 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1787 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1788 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1789 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1790 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1791 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1792 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1793 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1794 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1795 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1796 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1797 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1798 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1799 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1800 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1801 - wxMessageOutput class added
1802 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1803 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1804 table fills up
1805 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1806 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1807 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1808 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1809 (Rene Rivera).
1810 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1811 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1812 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1813
1814 wxMSW:
1815
1816 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1817 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1818 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1819 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1820 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1821 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1822 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1823 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1824 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1825 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1826 are changed
1827 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1828 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1829 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1830 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1831 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1832 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1833 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1834 recursion any more
1835 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1836 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1837 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1838 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1839 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1840 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1841 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1842 has the capture before release it.
1843 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1844 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1845 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1846 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1847 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1848 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1849 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1850 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1851 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1852 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1853 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1854 provided in wxFontData
1855 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1856 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1857
1858 wxGTK:
1859
1860 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1861 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1862 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1863 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1864 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1865 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1866 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1867 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1868 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1869 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1870 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1871 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1872 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1873
1874 wxMotif:
1875
1876 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1877 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1878 - improved toolbar control alignment
1879 - implemented wxSpinButton
1880 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1881 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1882 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1883
1884 wxX11:
1885
1886 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1887 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1888
1889 wxMac:
1890
1891 - Many improvements
1892
1893 wxOS2:
1894
1895 - First alpha-quality release
1896
1897 wxHTML:
1898
1899 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1900 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1901 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1902 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1903 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1904
1905 2.3.2
1906 -----
1907
1908 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1909
1910 wxBase:
1911
1912 - wxRegEx class added
1913 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1914 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1915 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1916 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1917 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1918
1919 All (GUI):
1920
1921 - support for virtual list control added
1922 - column images in report mode of the list control
1923 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1924 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1925 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1926 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1927 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1928 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1929 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1930 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1931 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1932 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1933 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1934 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1935
1936 wxMSW:
1937
1938 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1939 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1940 project files
1941
1942 wxGTK:
1943
1944 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1945 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1946 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1947 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1948
1949 wxMac:
1950
1951 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1952 Tools
1953
1954 wxHTML:
1955
1956 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1957 to tags parsing
1958 - added support for animated GIFs
1959
1960 2.3.1
1961 -----
1962
1963 wxBase:
1964
1965 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
1966 - Fixed new charset detection code
1967 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1968 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1969 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1970 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1971 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1972 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1973
1974 All (GUI):
1975
1976 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1977 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1978 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1979 push on a custom event handler for example)
1980 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1981 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1982 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1983 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1984 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1985 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1986 first-time saved
1987 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1988 - Various wxXML enhancements
1989 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1990 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1991 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1992 instead of GetId()
1993 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1994 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1995
1996 wxMSW:
1997
1998 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1999 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
2000 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
2001 alt or shift) now work
2002 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
2003 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
2004 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
2005 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
2006 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
2007 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
2008 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
2009 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
2010 - We now send iconize events
2011 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
2012 - Added mousewheel processing
2013 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
2014 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
2015 in wxDC
2016 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
2017 child frame styles are honoured
2018
2019 wxGTK:
2020
2021 - Fixed slider rounding bug
2022 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
2023 - We now send iconize events
2024 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
2025 GetSelection() results
2026
2027 2.3.0
2028 -----
2029
2030 wxBase:
2031
2032 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
2033 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
2034 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
2035 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
2036 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2037 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
2038 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
2039 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
2040 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
2041 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
2042
2043 All (GUI):
2044
2045 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
2046 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
2047 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
2048 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
2049 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
2050 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
2051 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
2052 wxImage methods and ctor)
2053 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
2054 - ODBC documentation complete!!
2055 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
2056 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
2057 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
2058 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
2059
2060 wxMSW:
2061
2062 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
2063 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
2064 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
2065 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
2066
2067 wxGTK:
2068
2069 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
2070
2071 wxHTML:
2072
2073 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
2074 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
2075
2076 2.2.0
2077 -----
2078
2079 wxBase:
2080
2081 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
2082 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
2083 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
2084 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
2085 - Completed Czech translations
2086 - Some stream corrections
2087 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
2088 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
2089 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
2090 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
2091
2092 All (GUI):
2093
2094 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
2095 flicker-free dragging is now possible
2096 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
2097 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
2098 - Paper names now translated
2099 - wxGrid fixes
2100 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
2101 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
2102 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
2103 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
2104 File dialog.
2105 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
2106 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
2107 writing code
2108 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
2109 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
2110 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
2111 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
2112
2113 wxMSW:
2114
2115 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
2116 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
2117 backward compatibility, please set
2118 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
2119 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2120 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2121 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2122 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2123 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2124 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2125 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2126 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2127 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2128 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2129 - wxFrame restores focus better
2130 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2131 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2132 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2133 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2134 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2135 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2136 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2137 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2138 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2139 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2140
2141 wxGTK:
2142
2143 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2144
2145 wxMotif:
2146
2147 - Small compilation fixes
2148
2149 Documentation:
2150
2151 - wxCaret documented
2152
2153 2.1.16
2154 ------
2155
2156 wxBase:
2157
2158 All (GUI):
2159
2160 wxMSW:
2161
2162 - Various bug fixes
2163 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2164 files. This works under VC++ only
2165 - Modal dialog handling improved
2166 - Printer dialog now modal
2167
2168 wxGTK:
2169
2170 - Various bug fixes
2171
2172 wxMotif:
2173
2174 - Various bug fixes
2175
2176 2.1.15
2177 ------
2178
2179 Documentation:
2180
2181 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2182
2183 File hierarchy:
2184
2185 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2186 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2187
2188 wxBase:
2189
2190 - wxSocket support
2191 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2192 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2193 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2194 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2195 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2196 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2197 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2198 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2199 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2200 only so far)
2201 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2202 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2203 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2204 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2205 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2206 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2207 is available)
2208 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2209
2210 all (GUI):
2211
2212 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2213 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2214 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2215 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2216 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2217 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2218 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2219 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2220 John Norris)
2221 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2222 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2223 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2224 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2225 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2226 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2227 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2228 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2229 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2230 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2231 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2232 - wxDragImage class added
2233 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2234 controllers, as well as native help
2235 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2236
2237 wxMSW:
2238
2239 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2240 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2241 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2242 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2243 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2244 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2245 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2246 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2247 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2248 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2249 Unix ports
2250 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2251 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2252 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2253
2254 wxGTK:
2255
2256 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2257 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2258 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2259
2260 wxMotif:
2261
2262 - wxMenu::Enable works
2263 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2264 - OGL samples made to work again
2265
2266 wxHTML:
2267
2268 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2269 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2270 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2271 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2272 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2273 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2274 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2275 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2276 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2277 - improved HTML printing
2278 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
2279 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2280 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2281 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2282
2283
2284 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2285 change log.
2286
2287 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2288 -----------------------
2289
2290 wxGTK:
2291
2292 - JPEG support added.
2293 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2294
2295 wxMSW:
2296
2297 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2298 SetTabSize added.
2299 - JPEG support added.
2300 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2301 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2302 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2303
2304 wxMotif:
2305
2306
2307 General:
2308
2309 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2310
2311
2312 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2313 -------------------------------
2314
2315 wxGTK:
2316
2317 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
2318 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2319
2320 wxMSW:
2321
2322 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2323 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2324 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2325 - Some makefile fixes.
2326
2327 wxMotif:
2328
2329 - None.
2330
2331 General:
2332
2333 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2334 - More topic overviews.
2335 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2336 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2337 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2338
2339
2340 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2341 --------------------------
2342
2343 wxGTK:
2344
2345 - wxExecute improved.
2346
2347 wxMSW:
2348
2349 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2350 expected).
2351 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2352 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2353 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2354 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2355 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2356 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2357
2358 wxMotif:
2359
2360 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2361 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2362
2363 General:
2364
2365 - wxLocale documented.
2366 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2367 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2368 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2369 (though doesn't display help yet).
2370
2371 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2372 --------------------------
2373
2374 wxGTK:
2375
2376 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2377
2378 wxMSW:
2379
2380 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2381 rationalised.
2382 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2383
2384 wxMotif:
2385
2386 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2387 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2388 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2389 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2390 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2391 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2392 crashes for some reason).
2393 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2394 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2395
2396 General:
2397
2398 - Further doc improvements.
2399 - wxGenericValidator added.
2400 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2401 automatically.
2402
2403 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2404 -------------------------
2405
2406 wxGTK:
2407
2408 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2409 - wxToolTip class added.
2410 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2411
2412 wxMSW:
2413
2414 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2415 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2416 - TWIN32 support added.
2417 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2418 factored out program/library settings.
2419 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2420
2421 wxMotif:
2422
2423 - A few more colour fixes.
2424 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2425 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2426 - wxChoice crash fix.
2427 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2428
2429 General:
2430
2431 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2432 - Added samples/dde.
2433 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2434
2435 Beta 2, January 1999
2436 --------------------
2437
2438 wxGTK:
2439
2440 wxMSW:
2441
2442 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2443
2444 wxMotif:
2445
2446 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2447 the right place.
2448 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2449 - Added thread support (Robert).
2450 - wxPoem sample now works.
2451
2452 General:
2453
2454 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2455 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2456 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2457 or below).
2458 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2459 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2460 sample.
2461 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2462
2463 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2464 --------------------------
2465
2466 wxGTK:
2467
2468 - Various
2469
2470 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2471
2472
2473 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2474 ----------------------------
2475
2476 wxMSW:
2477
2478 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2479 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2480 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2481 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2482 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2483 on a tab.
2484 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2485 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2486 of Stefan Csomor.
2487
2488 wxMotif:
2489
2490 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2491 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2492 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2493 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2494 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2495 colours correctly.
2496 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2497 when any button was pressed.
2498 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2499 have a white background.
2500 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2501 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2502 they have sensible colours by default.
2503 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2504 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2505 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2506 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2507 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2508
2509 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2510 ----------------------------
2511
2512 wxMSW:
2513
2514 - More documentation updates, especially for
2515 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2516 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2517 of wxTrace.
2518 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2519 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2520 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2521 position.
2522 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2523
2524 wxMotif:
2525
2526 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2527 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2528 child frames).
2529 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2530 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2531 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2532 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2533 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2534 the debugging implementation.
2535 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2536 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2537 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2538 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2539 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2540 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2541 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2542
2543 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2544
2545 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2546 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2547 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2548 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2549 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2550 - wxNotebook almost done.
2551 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2552 to vertical toolbars).
2553
2554 More recently:
2555
2556 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2557 to scrollbars).
2558 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2559 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2560 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2561
2562 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2563 ----------------------------
2564
2565 wxMSW:
2566
2567 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2568 sample.
2569 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2570 - A few more makefiles added.
2571 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2572 - Further doc updates.
2573 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2574
2575 wxMotif:
2576
2577 - First start at Motif port.
2578 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2579 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2580 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2581 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2582
2583 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2584 --------------------------
2585
2586 wxMSW:
2587
2588 - wxBitmap debugged.
2589 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2590 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2591 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2592 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2593 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2594 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2595 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2596
2597 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2598 ------------------------
2599
2600 wxMSW:
2601
2602 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2603 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2604 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2605 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2606 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2607 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2608 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2609 changes, wxNotebook.
2610 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2611
2612 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2613 -----------------------
2614
2615 wxMSW:
2616
2617 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2618 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2619 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2620 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2621 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2622 don't support it.
2623 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2624 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2625
2626 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2627 -----------------------
2628
2629 wxMSW:
2630
2631 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2632 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2633
2634 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2635 -----------------------
2636
2637 wxMSW:
2638
2639 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2640 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2641 wxMenuBar.
2642 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2643 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2644 wxMenuItem accessors.
2645 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2646 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2647 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2648 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2649 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2650 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2651 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2652 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2653 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2654 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2655 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2656 first, then doing the assignment.
2657 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2658 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2659
2660 Generic:
2661
2662 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2663 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2664
2665 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2666 ----------------------
2667
2668 wxMSW:
2669
2670 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2671 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2672 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2673 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2674 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2675 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2676 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2677 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2678 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2679
2680 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2681 ------------------------
2682
2683 wxMSW:
2684
2685 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2686 fields were used.
2687 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2688 compilation and pragmas.
2689 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2690 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2691
2692 Generic:
2693
2694 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2695 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2696 compilation and pragmas.
2697 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2698
2699 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2700 ------------------------
2701
2702 wxMSW:
2703
2704 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2705 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2706 some reason :-(
2707 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2708 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2709 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2710 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2711 startup/exit.
2712 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2713 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2714 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2715 VADIM'S CHANGES:
2716 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2717 compatibility functions.
2718 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2719 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2720 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2721 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2722 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2723 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2724 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2725
2726 Generic:
2727
2728 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2729 - Added samples/png.
2730 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2731 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2732 header files.
2733 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2734
2735 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2736 ------------------------
2737
2738 wxMSW:
2739
2740 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2741 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2742 cleaned up properly before exit.
2743 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2744 automatically.
2745 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2746 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2747 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2748 unresolved issues.
2749 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2750 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2751 tray area.
2752 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2753 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2754 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2755 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2756
2757 Generic:
2758
2759 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2760 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2761 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2762 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2763 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2764 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2765 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2766 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2767 allow better control of memory.
2768 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2769 checking.
2770 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2771 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2772
2773 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2774 ------------------------
2775
2776 wxMSW:
2777
2778 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2779 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2780 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2781 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2782 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2783 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2784 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2785 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2786 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2787 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2788 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2789 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2790 IUnknown.
2791 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2792 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2793 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2794 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2795 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2796 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2797 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2798 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2799 internal implementation.
2800 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2801 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2802 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2803
2804 Generic:
2805
2806 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2807 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2808 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2809 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2810 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2811
2812 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2813 --------------------------
2814
2815 wxMSW:
2816
2817 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2818 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2819 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2820 changes.
2821 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2822 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2823 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2824 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2825 again.
2826 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2827 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2828 e.g. wxDC.
2829
2830 Generic:
2831
2832 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2833 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2834 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2835 changes.
2836 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2837 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2838 docs/gtk.
2839 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2840 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2841 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2842 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2843 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2844 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2845 - Added gcc pragmas.
2846 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2847 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2848 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2849 added a few references to wxTransString.
2850 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2851 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2852 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2853 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2854 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2855 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2856 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2857 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2858 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2859 MoreRequested.
2860
2861 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2862 --------------------------
2863
2864 All:
2865
2866 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2867 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2868 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2869 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2870 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2871 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2872 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2873 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2874 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2875 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2876 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2877 scrolling toolbars.
2878 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2879 to help printing with multiple pages.
2880 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2881 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2882 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2883 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2884 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2885 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2886 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2887 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2888 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2889 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2890 New files from Vadim:
2891 include\wx\string.h
2892 include\wx\debug.h
2893 include\wx\file.h
2894 include\wx\log.h
2895 include\wx\intl.h
2896 src\common\string.cpp
2897 src\common\log.cpp
2898 src\common\intl.cpp
2899 src\common\file.cpp
2900 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2901 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2902 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2903 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2904 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2905 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2906 including changes to defs.h.
2907 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2908 introduced.
2909 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2910 hidden).
2911 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2912 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2913 trick).
2914 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2915
2916 Alpha 3, September 1997
2917 -----------------------
2918
2919 All:
2920
2921 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2922 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2923 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2924 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2925 - Started documentation.
2926
2927 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2928 ------------------------
2929
2930 All:
2931
2932 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2933 with MetroWerks compiler.
2934 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2935 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2936 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2937 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2938 for testing purposes.
2939 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2940 handlers.
2941 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2942 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2943 fully).
2944 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2945 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2946 a separate file.
2947
2948 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2949 -----------------------
2950
2951 Generic:
2952
2953 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2954
2955 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2956 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2957 wxString instead of char *.
2958 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2959 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2960 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2961 as wxbWindow now removed.
2962 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2963 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2964 - PrologIO revised.
2965 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2966 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2967 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2968 Windows settings.
2969 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2970 settings mucho rationalised.
2971 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2972 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2973 classes removed.
2974 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2975 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2976 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2977 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2978 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2979 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2980 of event handlers.
2981 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2982 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2983 wxToolBarBase
2984 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2985 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2986 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2987 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2988 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2989 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2990 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2991 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2992 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2993 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2994 in the future.
2995 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2996 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2997 variables instead.
2998 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2999 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
3000 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
3001 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
3002 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
3003 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
3004 Win95.
3005 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
3006 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
3007 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
3008 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
3009 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
3010 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).