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1 wxWindows 2 Change Log
2 ----------------------
3
4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
6
7 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
8 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
9 with '!' in the first column.
10
11 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
12 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
13 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
14 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
15 2.6 release.
16
17
18 wxBase:
19
20 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
21 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
22 code.
23
24 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
25 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
26 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
27 arrays containing non-pointers.
28
29 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
30 simply don't make sense for all objects
31
32 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
33 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
34 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
35
36 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
37
38 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
39 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
40 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
41 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
42 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
43
44 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
45 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
46 the default assert handling.
47
48
49 All (GUI):
50
51 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
52 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
53 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
54
55 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
56 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
57 instead!
58
59 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
60 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
61 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
62
63 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
64 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
65 you want to get OnChar() as well
66
67 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
68 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
69 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
70 will *NOT* work any longer:
71
72 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
73 ... do something ...
74 if ( flags & wxYES )
75 ... do something else ...
76
77 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
78
79 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
80 if you derived any classes from it
81
82 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
83 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
84
85 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
86 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
87
88 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
89 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
90
91 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
92 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
93 from happening
94
95 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
96 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
97 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
98
99 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
100 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
101 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
102 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
103
104 wxMSW:
105
106 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
107 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
108 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
109 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
110 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
111 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
112 make/project files.
113
114 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
115 style to avoid it
116
117 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
118 previously selected one instead of replacing it
119
120 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
121 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
122 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
123
124 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
125 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
126
127
128 Unix ports:
129
130 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
131 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
132 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
133 to compile pure C files.
134
135
136 wxThread and related classes:
137
138 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
139 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
140 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
141 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
142
143 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
144 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
145 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
146 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
147
148 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
149 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
150 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
151
152 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
153 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
154
155
156 OTHER CHANGES
157 =============
158
159 2.3.3
160 -----
161
162 wxBase:
163
164 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
165 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
166 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
167 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
168 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
169 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
170 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
171 after (non standard) STL hash_map
172 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
173 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
174 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
175 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
176 deprecated)
177 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
178 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
179
180 Unix (Base/GUI):
181
182 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
183 programs and not only GNU make
184 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
185 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
186 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
187 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
188 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
189
190 All (GUI):
191
192 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
193 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
194 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
195 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
196 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
197 wxWindows dialogs
198 - significantly improved native font support
199 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
200 wxHashTable
201 - added IFF image handler
202 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
203 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
204 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
205 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
206 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
207 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
208 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
209 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
210 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
211 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
212 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
213 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
214 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
215 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
216 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
217 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
218 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
219 table fills up
220 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
221 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do
222 cleanup.
223 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
224 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
225 (Rene Rivera).
226
227 wxMSW:
228
229 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
230 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
231 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
232 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
233 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
234 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
235 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
236 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
237 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
238 are changed
239 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
240 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
241 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
242 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
243 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
244 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
245 recursion any more
246 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
247 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
248 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
249 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
250 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
251 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
252 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
253 has the capture before release it.
254 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
255 - default button handling is now closer to expected
256 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
257 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
258 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
259 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
260 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
261 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
262 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
263
264 wxGTK:
265
266 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
267 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
268 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
269 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
270 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
271 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
272 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
273 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
274 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
275 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
276 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
277 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
278
279 wxMotif:
280
281 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
282 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
283 - improved toolbar control alignment
284 - implemented wxSpinButton
285 - implemented wxCheckListBox
286 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
287 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
288
289 wxHTML:
290
291 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
292 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
293 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
294 - fixed alignment handling in tables
295 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
296
297 2.3.2
298 -----
299
300 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
301
302 wxBase:
303
304 - wxRegEx class added
305 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
306 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
307 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
308 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
309 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
310
311 All (GUI):
312
313 - support for virtual list control added
314 - column images in report mode of the list control
315 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
316 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
317 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
318 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
319 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
320 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
321 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
322 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
323 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
324 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
325 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
326 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
327
328 wxMSW:
329
330 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
331 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
332 project files
333
334 wxGTK:
335
336 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
337 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
338 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
339 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
340
341 wxMac:
342
343 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
344 Tools
345
346 wxHTML:
347
348 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
349 to tags parsing
350 - added support for animated GIFs
351
352 2.3.1
353 -----
354
355 wxBase:
356
357 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
358 - Fixed new charset detection code
359 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
360 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
361 - Added wxDir::Traverse
362 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
363 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
364 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
365
366 All (GUI):
367
368 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
369 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
370 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
371 push on a custom event handler for example)
372 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
373 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
374 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
375 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
376 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
377 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
378 first-time saved
379 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
380 - Various wxXML enhancements
381 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
382 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
383 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
384 instead of GetId()
385 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
386 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
387
388 wxMSW:
389
390 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
391 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
392 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
393 alt or shift) now work
394 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
395 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
396 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
397 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
398 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
399 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
400 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
401 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
402 - We now send iconize events
403 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
404 - Added mousewheel processing
405 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
406 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
407 in wxDC
408 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
409 child frame styles are honoured
410
411 wxGTK:
412
413 - Fixed slider rounding bug
414 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
415 - We now send iconize events
416 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
417 GetSelection() results
418
419 2.3.0
420 -----
421
422 wxBase:
423
424 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
425 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
426 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
427 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
428 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
429 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
430 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
431 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
432 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
433 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
434
435 All (GUI):
436
437 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
438 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
439 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
440 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
441 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
442 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
443 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
444 wxImage methods and ctor)
445 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
446 - ODBC documentation complete!!
447 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
448 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
449 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
450 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
451
452 wxMSW:
453
454 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
455 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
456 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
457 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
458
459 wxGTK:
460
461 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
462
463 wxHTML:
464
465 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
466 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
467
468 2.2.0
469 -----
470
471 wxBase:
472
473 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
474 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
475 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
476 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
477 - Completed Czech translations
478 - Some stream corrections
479 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
480 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
481 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
482 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
483
484 All (GUI):
485
486 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
487 flicker-free dragging is now possible
488 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
489 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
490 - Paper names now translated
491 - wxGrid fixes
492 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
493 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
494 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
495 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
496 File dialog.
497 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
498 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
499 writing code
500 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
501 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
502 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
503 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
504
505 wxMSW:
506
507 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
508 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
509 backward compatibility, please set
510 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
511 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
512 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
513 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
514 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
515 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
516 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
517 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
518 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
519 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
520 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
521 - wxFrame restores focus better
522 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
523 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
524 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
525 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
526 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
527 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
528 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
529 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
530 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
531 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
532
533 wxGTK:
534
535 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
536
537 wxMotif:
538
539 - Small compilation fixes
540
541 Documentation:
542
543 - wxCaret documented
544
545 2.1.16
546 ------
547
548 wxBase:
549
550 All (GUI):
551
552 wxMSW:
553
554 - Various bug fixes
555 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
556 files. This works under VC++ only
557 - Modal dialog handling improved
558 - Printer dialog now modal
559
560 wxGTK:
561
562 - Various bug fixes
563
564 wxMotif:
565
566 - Various bug fixes
567
568 2.1.15
569 ------
570
571 Documentation:
572
573 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
574
575 File hierarchy:
576
577 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
578 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
579
580 wxBase:
581
582 - wxSocket support
583 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
584 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
585 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
586 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
587 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
588 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
589 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
590 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
591 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
592 only so far)
593 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
594 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
595 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
596 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
597 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
598 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
599 is available)
600 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
601
602 all (GUI):
603
604 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
605 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
606 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
607 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
608 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
609 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
610 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
611 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
612 John Norris)
613 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
614 MIME types if available (Unix only)
615 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
616 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
617 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
618 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
619 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
620 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
621 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
622 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
623 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
624 - wxDragImage class added
625 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
626 controllers, as well as native help
627 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
628
629 wxMSW:
630
631 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
632 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
633 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
634 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
635 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
636 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
637 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
638 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
639 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
640 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
641 Unix ports
642 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
643 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
644 - wxSetCursorEvent added
645
646 wxGTK:
647
648 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
649 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
650 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
651
652 wxMotif:
653
654 - wxMenu::Enable works
655 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
656 - OGL samples made to work again
657
658 wxHTML:
659
660 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
661 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
662 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
663 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
664 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
665 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
666 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
667 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
668 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
669 - improved HTML printing
670 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
671 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
672 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
673 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
674
675
676 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
677 change log.
678
679 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
680 -----------------------
681
682 wxGTK:
683
684 - JPEG support added.
685 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
686
687 wxMSW:
688
689 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
690 SetTabSize added.
691 - JPEG support added.
692 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
693 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
694 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
695
696 wxMotif:
697
698
699 General:
700
701 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
702
703
704 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
705 -------------------------------
706
707 wxGTK:
708
709 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
710 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
711
712 wxMSW:
713
714 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
715 - Fixed window cursor setting.
716 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
717 - Some makefile fixes.
718
719 wxMotif:
720
721 - None.
722
723 General:
724
725 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
726 - More topic overviews.
727 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
728 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
729 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
730
731
732 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
733 --------------------------
734
735 wxGTK:
736
737 - wxExecute improved.
738
739 wxMSW:
740
741 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
742 expected).
743 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
744 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
745 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
746 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
747 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
748 - Fixed focus-related crash.
749
750 wxMotif:
751
752 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
753 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
754
755 General:
756
757 - wxLocale documented.
758 - Added include filenames to class reference.
759 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
760 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
761 (though doesn't display help yet).
762
763 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
764 --------------------------
765
766 wxGTK:
767
768 - Miscellaneous fixes.
769
770 wxMSW:
771
772 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
773 rationalised.
774 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
775
776 wxMotif:
777
778 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
779 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
780 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
781 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
782 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
783 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
784 crashes for some reason).
785 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
786 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
787
788 General:
789
790 - Further doc improvements.
791 - wxGenericValidator added.
792 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
793 automatically.
794
795 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
796 -------------------------
797
798 wxGTK:
799
800 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
801 - wxToolTip class added.
802 - Miscellaneous fixes.
803
804 wxMSW:
805
806 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
807 - Makefiles for more compilers.
808 - TWIN32 support added.
809 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
810 factored out program/library settings.
811 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
812
813 wxMotif:
814
815 - A few more colour fixes.
816 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
817 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
818 - wxChoice crash fix.
819 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
820
821 General:
822
823 - wxBusyCursor class added.
824 - Added samples/dde.
825 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
826
827 Beta 2, January 1999
828 --------------------
829
830 wxGTK:
831
832 wxMSW:
833
834 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
835
836 wxMotif:
837
838 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
839 the right place.
840 - Cured some widget table clashes.
841 - Added thread support (Robert).
842 - wxPoem sample now works.
843
844 General:
845
846 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
847 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
848 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
849 or below).
850 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
851 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
852 sample.
853 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
854
855 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
856 --------------------------
857
858 wxGTK:
859
860 - Various
861
862 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
863
864
865 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
866 ----------------------------
867
868 wxMSW:
869
870 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
871 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
872 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
873 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
874 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
875 on a tab.
876 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
877 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
878 of Stefan Csomor.
879
880 wxMotif:
881
882 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
883 without (permanently) resizing the window.
884 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
885 that disabled scrollbar paging.
886 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
887 colours correctly.
888 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
889 when any button was pressed.
890 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
891 have a white background.
892 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
893 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
894 they have sensible colours by default.
895 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
896 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
897 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
898 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
899 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
900
901 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
902 ----------------------------
903
904 wxMSW:
905
906 - More documentation updates, especially for
907 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
908 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
909 of wxTrace.
910 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
911 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
912 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
913 position.
914 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
915
916 wxMotif:
917
918 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
919 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
920 child frames).
921 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
922 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
923 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
924 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
925 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
926 the debugging implementation.
927 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
928 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
929 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
930 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
931 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
932 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
933 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
934
935 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
936
937 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
938 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
939 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
940 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
941 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
942 - wxNotebook almost done.
943 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
944 to vertical toolbars).
945
946 More recently:
947
948 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
949 to scrollbars).
950 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
951 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
952 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
953
954 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
955 ----------------------------
956
957 wxMSW:
958
959 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
960 sample.
961 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
962 - A few more makefiles added.
963 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
964 - Further doc updates.
965 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
966
967 wxMotif:
968
969 - First start at Motif port.
970 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
971 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
972 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
973 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
974
975 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
976 --------------------------
977
978 wxMSW:
979
980 - wxBitmap debugged.
981 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
982 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
983 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
984 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
985 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
986 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
987 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
988
989 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
990 ------------------------
991
992 wxMSW:
993
994 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
995 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
996 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
997 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
998 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
999 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1000 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1001 changes, wxNotebook.
1002 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1003
1004 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1005 -----------------------
1006
1007 wxMSW:
1008
1009 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1010 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1011 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1012 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1013 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1014 don't support it.
1015 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1016 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1017
1018 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1019 -----------------------
1020
1021 wxMSW:
1022
1023 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1024 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1025
1026 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1027 -----------------------
1028
1029 wxMSW:
1030
1031 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1032 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1033 wxMenuBar.
1034 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1035 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1036 wxMenuItem accessors.
1037 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1038 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1039 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1040 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1041 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1042 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1043 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1044 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1045 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1046 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1047 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1048 first, then doing the assignment.
1049 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1050 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1051
1052 Generic:
1053
1054 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1055 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1056
1057 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1058 ----------------------
1059
1060 wxMSW:
1061
1062 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1063 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1064 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1065 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1066 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1067 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1068 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1069 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1070 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1071
1072 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1073 ------------------------
1074
1075 wxMSW:
1076
1077 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1078 fields were used.
1079 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1080 compilation and pragmas.
1081 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1082 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1083
1084 Generic:
1085
1086 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1087 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1088 compilation and pragmas.
1089 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1090
1091 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1092 ------------------------
1093
1094 wxMSW:
1095
1096 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1097 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1098 some reason :-(
1099 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1100 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1101 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1102 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1103 startup/exit.
1104 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1105 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1106 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1107 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1108 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1109 compatibility functions.
1110 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1111 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1112 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1113 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1114 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1115 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1116 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1117
1118 Generic:
1119
1120 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1121 - Added samples/png.
1122 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1123 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1124 header files.
1125 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1126
1127 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1128 ------------------------
1129
1130 wxMSW:
1131
1132 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1133 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1134 cleaned up properly before exit.
1135 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1136 automatically.
1137 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1138 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1139 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1140 unresolved issues.
1141 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1142 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1143 tray area.
1144 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1145 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1146 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1147 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1148
1149 Generic:
1150
1151 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1152 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1153 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1154 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1155 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1156 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1157 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1158 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1159 allow better control of memory.
1160 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1161 checking.
1162 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1163 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1164
1165 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1166 ------------------------
1167
1168 wxMSW:
1169
1170 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1171 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1172 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1173 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1174 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1175 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1176 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1177 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1178 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1179 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1180 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1181 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1182 IUnknown.
1183 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1184 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1185 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1186 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1187 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1188 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1189 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1190 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1191 internal implementation.
1192 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1193 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1194 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1195
1196 Generic:
1197
1198 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1199 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1200 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1201 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1202 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1203
1204 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1205 --------------------------
1206
1207 wxMSW:
1208
1209 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1210 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1211 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1212 changes.
1213 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1214 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1215 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1216 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1217 again.
1218 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1219 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1220 e.g. wxDC.
1221
1222 Generic:
1223
1224 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1225 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1226 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1227 changes.
1228 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1229 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1230 docs/gtk.
1231 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1232 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1233 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1234 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1235 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1236 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1237 - Added gcc pragmas.
1238 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1239 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1240 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1241 added a few references to wxTransString.
1242 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1243 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1244 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1245 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1246 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1247 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1248 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1249 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1250 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1251 MoreRequested.
1252
1253 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1254 --------------------------
1255
1256 All:
1257
1258 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1259 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1260 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1261 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1262 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1263 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1264 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1265 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1266 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1267 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1268 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1269 scrolling toolbars.
1270 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1271 to help printing with multiple pages.
1272 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1273 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1274 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1275 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1276 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1277 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1278 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1279 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1280 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1281 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1282 New files from Vadim:
1283 include\wx\string.h
1284 include\wx\debug.h
1285 include\wx\file.h
1286 include\wx\log.h
1287 include\wx\intl.h
1288 src\common\string.cpp
1289 src\common\log.cpp
1290 src\common\intl.cpp
1291 src\common\file.cpp
1292 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1293 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1294 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1295 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1296 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1297 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1298 including changes to defs.h.
1299 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1300 introduced.
1301 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1302 hidden).
1303 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1304 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1305 trick).
1306 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1307
1308 Alpha 3, September 1997
1309 -----------------------
1310
1311 All:
1312
1313 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1314 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1315 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1316 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1317 - Started documentation.
1318
1319 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1320 ------------------------
1321
1322 All:
1323
1324 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1325 with MetroWerks compiler.
1326 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1327 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1328 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1329 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1330 for testing purposes.
1331 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1332 handlers.
1333 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1334 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1335 fully).
1336 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1337 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1338 a separate file.
1339
1340 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1341 -----------------------
1342
1343 Generic:
1344
1345 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1346
1347 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1348 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1349 wxString instead of char *.
1350 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1351 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1352 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1353 as wxbWindow now removed.
1354 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1355 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1356 - PrologIO revised.
1357 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1358 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1359 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1360 Windows settings.
1361 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1362 settings mucho rationalised.
1363 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1364 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1365 classes removed.
1366 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1367 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1368 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1369 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1370 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1371 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1372 of event handlers.
1373 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1374 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1375 wxToolBarBase
1376 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1377 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1378 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1379 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1380 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1381 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1382 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1383 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1384 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1385 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1386 in the future.
1387 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1388 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1389 variables instead.
1390 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1391 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1392 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1393 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1394 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1395 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1396 Win95.
1397 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1398 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1399 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1400 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1401 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1402 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
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