5 -------------------------
13 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
15 - Added DLL support to VC++ makefiles.
22 - Further doc improvements.
23 - wxGenericValidator added.
26 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
27 -------------------------
31 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
32 - wxToolTip class added.
33 - Miscellaneous fixes.
37 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
38 - Makefiles for more compilers.
39 - TWIN32 support added.
40 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
41 factored out program/library settings.
42 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
46 - A few more colour fixes.
47 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
48 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
50 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
54 - wxBusyCursor class added.
56 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
65 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
69 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
71 - Cured some widget table clashes.
72 - Added thread support (Robert).
73 - wxPoem sample now works.
77 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
78 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
79 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
81 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
82 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
84 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
86 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
87 --------------------------
93 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
96 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
97 ----------------------------
101 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
102 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
103 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
104 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
105 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
107 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
108 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
113 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
114 without (permanently) resizing the window.
115 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
116 that disabled scrollbar paging.
117 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
119 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
120 when any button was pressed.
121 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
122 have a white background.
123 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
124 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
125 they have sensible colours by default.
126 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
127 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
128 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
129 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
130 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
132 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
133 ----------------------------
137 - More documentation updates, especially for
138 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
139 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
141 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
142 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
143 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
145 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
149 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
150 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
152 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
153 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
154 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
155 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
156 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
157 the debugging implementation.
158 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
159 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
160 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
161 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
162 - Added a parent-existance check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
163 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
164 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
166 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
168 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
169 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
170 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
171 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
172 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
173 - wxNotebook almost done.
174 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
175 to vertical toolbars).
179 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
181 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
182 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
183 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
185 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
186 ----------------------------
190 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
192 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
193 - A few more makefiles added.
194 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
195 - Further doc updates.
196 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
200 - First start at Motif port.
201 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
202 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
203 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
204 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
206 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
207 --------------------------
212 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
213 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
214 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
215 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
216 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
217 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
218 so event can travel up the window hierachy.
220 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
221 ------------------------
225 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
226 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
227 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
228 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
229 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
230 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
231 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
233 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
235 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
236 -----------------------
240 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
241 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
242 Windows functions, for efficiency.
243 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
244 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
246 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
247 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
249 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
250 -----------------------
254 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
255 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
257 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
258 -----------------------
262 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
263 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
265 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
266 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
267 wxMenuItem accessors.
268 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
269 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
270 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
271 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
272 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
273 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
274 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
275 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
276 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
277 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
278 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
279 first, then doing the assignment.
280 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
281 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
285 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
286 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
288 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
289 ----------------------
293 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
294 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
295 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
296 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
297 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
298 require application-supplied positioning code though.
299 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
300 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
301 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
303 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
304 ------------------------
308 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
310 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
311 compilation and pragmas.
312 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
313 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
317 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
318 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
319 compilation and pragmas.
320 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
322 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
323 ------------------------
327 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
328 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
330 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
331 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
332 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
333 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
335 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
336 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
337 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
339 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
340 compatibility functions.
341 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
342 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
343 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
344 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
345 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
346 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
347 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
351 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
353 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
354 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
356 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
358 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
359 ------------------------
363 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
364 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
365 cleaned up properly before exit.
366 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
368 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
369 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
370 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
372 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
373 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
375 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
376 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
377 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
378 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
382 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
383 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
384 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
385 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
386 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
387 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
388 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
389 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
390 allow better control of memory.
391 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
393 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
394 float to long in wxToolBar files.
396 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
397 ------------------------
401 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
402 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
403 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
404 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
405 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
406 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
407 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
408 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
409 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
410 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
411 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
412 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
414 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
415 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
416 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
417 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
418 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
419 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
420 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
421 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
422 internal implementation.
423 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
424 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
425 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
429 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
430 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
431 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
432 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
433 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
435 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
436 --------------------------
440 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
441 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
442 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
444 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
445 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
446 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
447 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
449 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
450 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
455 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
456 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
457 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
459 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
460 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
462 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
463 created dynamically, not as a global object.
464 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
465 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
466 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
467 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
469 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
470 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
471 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
472 added a few references to wxTransString.
473 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
474 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
475 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
476 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
477 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
478 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
479 - Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
480 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
481 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
484 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
485 --------------------------
489 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
490 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
491 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
492 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
493 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
494 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
495 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
496 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
497 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
498 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
499 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
501 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
502 to help printing with multiple pages.
503 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
504 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
505 implementation updated to use these base classes.
506 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
507 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
508 WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
509 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
510 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
511 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
512 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
513 New files from Vadim:
519 src\common\string.cpp
523 No longer use GNU wxString files.
524 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
525 src\common\filefn.cpp.
526 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
527 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
528 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
529 including changes to defs.h.
530 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
532 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
534 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
535 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
537 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
539 Alpha 3, September 1997
540 -----------------------
544 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
545 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
546 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
547 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
548 - Started documentation.
550 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
551 ------------------------
555 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
556 with MetroWerks compiler.
557 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
558 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
559 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
560 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
561 for testing purposes.
562 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
564 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
565 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
567 - Added back wxRadioBox.
568 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
571 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
572 -----------------------
576 At this point, the following has been achieved:
578 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
579 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
580 wxString instead of char *.
581 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
582 old system event system) and code size reduced.
583 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
584 as wxbWindow now removed.
585 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
586 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
588 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
589 MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
590 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
592 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
593 settings mucho rationalised.
594 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
595 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
597 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
598 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
599 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
600 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
601 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
602 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
604 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
605 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
607 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
608 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
609 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
610 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
611 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
612 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
613 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
614 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
615 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
616 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
618 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
619 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
621 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
622 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
623 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
624 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
625 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
626 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
628 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
629 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
630 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
631 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
632 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
633 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).