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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.8.x
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8 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
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11 - Default location of wxFileConfig files has changed under Windows, you will
12 need to update your code if you access these files directly.
14 - wxWindow::IsEnabled() now returns false if a window parent (and not
15 necessarily the window itself) is disabled, new function IsThisEnabled()
16 with the same behaviour as old IsEnabled() was added.
18 - Generating wxNavigationKeyEvent events doesn't work any more under wxGTK (and
19 other platforms in the future), use wxWindow::Navigate() or NavigateIn()
22 - Sizers distribute only the extra space between the stretchable items
23 according to their proportions and not all available space. We believe the
24 new behaviour corresponds better to user expectations but if you did rely
25 on the old behaviour you will have to update your code to set the minimal
26 sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
27 proportions to return to the old behaviour.
29 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
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32 - WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
33 you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
35 - Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
36 longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
37 in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
38 code that depends on the result being wxChar.
40 - The value returned by wxString::c_str() cannot be casted to non-const char*
41 or wchar_t* anymore. The solution is to use newly added wxString methods
42 char_str() (which returns a buffer convertible to char*) or wchar_str()
43 (which returns a buffer convertible to wchar_t*). These methods are
44 available in wxWidgets 2.8 series beginning with 2.8.4 as well.
46 - The value returned by wxString::operator[] or wxString::iterator cannot be
47 used in switch statements anymore, because it's a class instance. Code like
49 switch (str[i]) { ... }
50 and has to be replaced with this:
51 switch (str[i].GetValue()) { ... }
53 - Return type of wxString::c_str() is now wxCStrData struct and not
54 const wxChar*. wxCStrData is implicitly convertible to const char* and
55 const wchar_t*, so this only presents a problem if the compiler cannot
56 convert the type. In particular, Borland C++ and DigitalMars compilers
57 don't correctly convert operator?: operands to the same type and fail with
58 compilation error instead. This can be worked around by explicitly casting
60 wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
62 - wxCtime() and wxAsctime() return char*; this is incompatible with Unicode
63 build in wxWidgets 2.8 that returned wchar_t*.
65 - DigitalMars compiler has a bug that prevents it from using
66 wxUniChar::operator bool in conditions and it erroneously reports type
67 conversion ambiguity in expressions such as this:
68 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); *p; ++p )
69 This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
70 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
72 - virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
74 - Functions that took wxChar* arguments that could by NULL in wxWidgets 2.8.
75 are deprecated and passing NULL to them won't compile anymore, wxEmptyString
76 must be used instead. In some cases new functions can be used too, e.g.:
77 * use wxLog::DisableTimestamp() instead of wxLog::SetTimestamp(NULL)
78 * wxUnsetEnv(var) instead of wxSetEnv(var, NULL)
81 Deprecated methods and their replacements
82 -----------------------------------------
84 - wxCreateGreyedImage() deprecated, use wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale() instead.
85 - wxString::GetWriteBuf() and UngetWriteBuf() deprecated, using wxStringBuffer
86 or wxStringBufferLength instead.
87 - wxDIRCTRL_SHOW_FILTERS style is deprecated, filters are alwsys shown if
88 specified so this style should simply be removed
89 - wxDocManager::MakeDefaultName() replaced by MakeNewDocumentName() and
90 wxDocument::GetPrintableName() with GetUserReadableName() which are simpler
94 Major new features in this release
95 ----------------------------------
103 - Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi)
104 - Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
105 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev)
106 - Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead()
107 - Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz)
108 - Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev)
109 - Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev)
110 - Allow using wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski)
111 - Added functions for Base64 en/decoding (Charles Reimers)
115 - Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty)
116 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
117 - Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse)
118 - Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)
119 - Added wxMessageDialog::SetMessage() and SetExtendedMessage()
120 - Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
121 - Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
122 - Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
123 - Slovak translation added.
124 - Fixed tab-related drawing and hit-testing bugs in wxRichTextCtrl.
125 - Implemented background colour in wxRichTextCtrl.
126 - Fixed crashes in helpview when opening a file.
127 - Set locale to the default in all ports, not just wxGTK
128 - Added wxJoystick::GetButtonState/Position() (Frank C Szczerba)
129 - Added wxGridUpdateLocker helper class (Evgeniy Tarassov)
130 - Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov)
131 - Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate()
132 - Add support for <data> tags to wxrc
133 - Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr)
134 - Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi)
135 - Added wxRect::operator+ (union) and * (intersection) (bdonner)
139 - Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi)
140 - Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
141 - Native keyboard navigation implementation
142 - Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa
143 - Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText.
144 - wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints size increments now work.
145 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
146 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
147 - Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
148 - Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff)
149 - Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option
153 - Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls)
154 - Added support for changing button labels in wxMessageDialog (Gareth Simpson)
155 - Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs)
156 - Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox)
157 - Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz)
161 - Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
162 - Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
163 - wxCheckListBox now looks more natively, especially under XP (Marcin Malich)
167 - Added mouse wheel support (David Hart)
168 - Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart)
176 - Added colour normalization to PNM image handler (Ray Johnston)
177 - Fixed selecting part of word from right to left in wxHTML (Michael Hieke)
178 - Selecting text in wxHTML with character precision was made easier, it's
179 enough to select half of a character (Michael Hieke)
180 - Significantly improved startup times of XRC-based applications using
181 embedded resources on Unix (requires resources recompilation)
182 - Fixed freeing of "static" alpha data in wxImage (Axel Gembe)
186 - Correct problem with page setup dialog when using landscape mode
187 - Added msw.font.no-proof-quality system option, see manual for description
188 - Fix appearance of notebook with non-top tabs under Windows Vista
189 - Fixed bug with symbol resolving in wxStackWalker (Axel Gembe)
193 - Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
194 - More work on setting defaults in GNOME print dialogs.
195 - Also made landscape printing work as per wxMSW.
196 - Add support for clipping in GNOME print backend.
197 - Speed up wxBitmap::Rescale()
198 - Add right button event for wxToolbar's tools (Tim Kosse)
199 - Don't unconditionally add wxCAPTION style to wxMiniFrame
207 - Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
208 - Fix wxStringOutputStream::Write() in Unicode build when the argument
209 overlaps UTF-8 characters boundary
210 - Account for lines without newline at the end in wxExecute()
214 - Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
218 - Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
219 - Fix memory leak in wxWizard when not using sizers for the page layout
220 - Added wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData()
221 - wxHTML: Apply table background colour between the cells too (Michael Hieke)
225 - Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:
226 it didn't respect font size nor background colour then (Juan Antonio Ortega)
227 - Don't lose combobox text when it's opened and closed (Kolya Kosenko)
228 - Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
229 - Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
230 - Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3
231 - Support right-aligned/centered owner drawn items in wxListCtrl (troelsk)
232 - Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0
233 - Fix wxComboCtrl colours under Windows Vista (Kolya Kosenko)
237 - Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
238 - Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)
239 - Fix wxTextCtrl::GetLineText() for empty lines (Marcin Wojdyr)
243 - Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND) (Adrian Secord)
247 - Fix wxTextCtrl::SetSelection(-1, -1) to behave as documented (Anders Larsen)
248 - Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND)
249 - Fix setting background colour for controls with transparent background
257 - Shut down the sockets gracefully (Sergio Aguayo)
258 - Fix extra indentation in wxHTML_ALIGN_JUSTIFY display (Chacal)
262 - Corrected top border size for wxStaticBox with empty label (nusi)
266 - Fixed wxFileName::GetSize() for large files
270 - Fixed handling of accelerators using PageUp/Down keys
278 - Added wxSizerFlags::Shaped() and FixedMinSize() methods.
279 - Added wxCSConv::IsOk() (Manuel Martin).
280 - Added wxDateTime::GetDateOnly().
281 - Made wxTextFile work with unseekable files again (David Hart).
282 - Added wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR flag to wxFileConfig (Giuseppe Bilotta).
283 - Added wxSearchCtrl::[Get|Set]DescriptiveText.
284 - Fixed detection of number of processors under Linux 2.6
285 - Fixed Base64 computation in wxHTTP (p_michalczyk)
286 - Fix handling of wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR in wxDatagramSocket (troelsk)
290 - Fixed crash in wxGetUserName() in Unicode build
294 - Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus.
295 - Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items.
299 - Fix hang on startup when using GTK+ options in Unicode build
303 - Fix position of the centered windows (didn't take menu bar size into account)
304 - Added support for the wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style.
308 - Don't crash in wxWindow dtor if the window hadn't been really Create()d.
312 - Fixed wxComboBox always sorted.
320 - Fix compilation with wxUSE_STL=1.
321 - wxGrid::GetBestSize() returns same size the grid would have after AutoSize().
322 - Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() (Francesco Montorsi).
323 - Several RTL-related positioning fixes (Diaa Sami).
324 - Fix wxConfig::DeleteGroup() for arguments with trailing slash (David Hart).
325 - Fix memory leak in wxGrid::ShowCellEditControl() (Christian Sturmlechner).
329 - Fixed compilation with Borland C++ in Unicode mode but without MSLU.
330 - Show taskbar icon menu on right button release, not press.
334 - Don't crash if command line is not valid UTF-8 (Unicode build only).
338 - It is now possible to set background colour of wxStaticText.
346 - Added wxSearchCtrl (Vince Harron).
347 - wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32.
348 - wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents.
349 - Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
350 - New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
351 a stream that is seekable.
352 - Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows.
353 - Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize().
354 for a control with borders (Tim Kosse).
358 - Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
359 - Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
360 - Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista.
361 - Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
365 - Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles.
366 - Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure.
374 - Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
375 - Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
376 - Added wxTar streams.
377 - Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
378 - Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
382 - wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
383 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
384 - Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
385 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
386 - Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
387 - Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
388 - Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
389 - Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
390 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
391 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
392 - Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
393 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
395 - Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
396 - Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
397 - wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
398 - wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
402 - Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
403 program (Francesco Montorsi).
408 - Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
409 - Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
410 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
411 - wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
419 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
420 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
421 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
422 - Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
423 - Added reference counting for wxVariant.
424 - For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
425 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
426 - Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
427 - Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
428 - Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
429 - wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
430 - Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
431 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
432 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
433 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
437 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
438 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
439 - wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
440 - Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
441 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
442 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
443 - Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
444 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
445 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
446 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
447 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
448 - Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
449 - Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
450 - Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
454 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
455 - wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
456 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
457 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
458 high-contrast theme).
459 - Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
463 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
468 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
469 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
470 - Implemented right-to-left support.
471 - Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
472 - Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
476 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
484 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
485 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
486 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
487 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
488 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
489 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
490 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
491 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
492 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
493 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
494 during a search and replace.
495 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
496 are both used in the same program.
497 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
498 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
499 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
500 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
501 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
502 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
503 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
504 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
505 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
506 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
507 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
508 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
509 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
510 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
511 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
512 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
513 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
514 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
515 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
516 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
517 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
518 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
519 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
520 the first time it was called.
521 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
522 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
523 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
524 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
525 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
526 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
527 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
528 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
529 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
530 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
534 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
535 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
536 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
537 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
538 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
539 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
540 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
541 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
542 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
543 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
544 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
545 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
546 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
547 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
548 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
549 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
550 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
551 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
552 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
553 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
554 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
555 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
556 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
557 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
558 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
559 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
560 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
561 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
562 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
563 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
564 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
565 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
567 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
568 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
569 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
570 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
571 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
573 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
574 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
575 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
576 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
577 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
578 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
579 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
580 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
581 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
582 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
583 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
584 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
585 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
586 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
587 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
588 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
589 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
590 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
591 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
592 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
593 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
594 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
595 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
596 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
597 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
598 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
599 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
600 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
601 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
602 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
603 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
604 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
605 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
606 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
607 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
608 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
609 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
610 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
611 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
612 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
616 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
617 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
618 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
619 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
620 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
621 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
622 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
623 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
624 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
625 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
626 wxMSW faq for details).
627 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
628 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
630 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
631 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
632 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
633 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
634 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
636 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
637 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
638 initial construction.
639 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
640 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
641 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
643 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
644 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
645 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
646 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
647 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
648 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
649 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
650 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
651 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
652 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
653 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
654 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
655 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
656 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
657 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
658 changes the system font.
659 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
660 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
661 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
662 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
663 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
664 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
668 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
669 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
670 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
671 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
672 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
674 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
675 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
676 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
677 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
678 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
679 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
680 previously unable to be focused before.
681 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
682 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
683 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
685 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
686 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
687 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
688 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
689 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
690 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
691 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
692 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
693 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
697 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
698 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
699 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
700 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
701 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
702 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
703 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
704 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
705 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
706 - Corrected idle wake-up.
707 - Corrected wxExecute.
708 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
709 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
710 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
711 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
712 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
713 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
714 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
716 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
717 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
719 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
720 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
721 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
722 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
723 end of file with an error.
724 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
726 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
727 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
728 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
729 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
730 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
731 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
732 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
736 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
740 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
741 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
742 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
743 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
744 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
745 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
746 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
747 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
748 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
749 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
750 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
751 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
752 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
753 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
755 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
756 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
757 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
758 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
759 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
763 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
764 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
765 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
769 - Invisible text problem fixed.
770 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
771 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
772 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
776 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
780 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
781 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
789 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
790 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
791 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
792 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
793 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
794 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
795 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
796 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
797 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
798 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
799 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
800 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
804 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
805 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
806 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
807 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
808 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
809 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
810 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
811 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
812 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
813 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
814 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
815 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
819 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
820 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
821 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
822 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
823 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
824 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
825 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
826 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
827 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
828 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
829 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
830 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
831 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
832 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
833 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
837 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
838 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
839 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
840 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
841 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
842 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
843 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
844 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
845 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
846 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
847 - Fixed domain socket handling.
851 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
852 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
853 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
854 - Various text control bug fixes.
855 - Automatic menu management improved.
856 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
857 due to dangling cycle pointers.
858 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
859 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
864 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
868 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
869 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
873 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
874 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
875 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
876 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
877 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
878 flag has been specified.
879 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
880 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
881 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
886 - Fixed crash on exit.
887 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
891 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
899 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
900 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
904 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
905 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
906 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
907 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
908 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
909 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
910 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
911 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
912 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
913 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
917 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
918 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
919 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
920 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
921 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
922 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
923 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
924 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
925 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
926 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
927 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
928 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
929 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
930 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
931 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
932 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
933 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
934 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
935 - Compiles again with WIN64.
936 - Winelib compilation now works.
937 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
938 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
939 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
940 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
941 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
942 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
943 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
944 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
945 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
946 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
947 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
948 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
949 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
953 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
957 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
958 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
959 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
960 - Added bitmap support in menus.
964 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
965 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
966 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
968 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
969 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
970 - Window menu now added automatically.
971 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
972 - Modified function key support fixed.
973 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
977 - Menu problems fixed.
978 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
979 - Fixed a font memory leak.
980 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
988 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
989 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
993 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
994 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
998 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
999 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
1000 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
1004 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
1007 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
1008 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
1009 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
1010 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
1011 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
1012 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
1013 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
1016 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
1023 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
1024 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
1025 - Added wxDebugReport class.
1026 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
1027 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
1028 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
1029 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
1030 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
1031 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
1035 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
1036 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
1037 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
1038 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
1039 the whole virtual area.
1040 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
1041 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
1042 isn't used to set the window size.
1043 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
1044 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
1045 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
1046 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
1050 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
1054 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
1055 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
1056 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
1057 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
1058 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
1059 handling (Jamie Gadd).
1063 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
1064 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
1065 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
1066 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
1067 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
1068 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
1069 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
1070 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
1074 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
1078 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
1082 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
1083 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
1084 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
1085 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
1086 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
1087 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
1088 with correct titlebar style.
1089 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
1091 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
1092 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
1093 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
1094 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
1095 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
1096 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
1097 to the dialog's toolbar.
1104 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
1105 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
1106 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
1107 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
1108 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
1109 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
1110 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
1111 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
1112 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
1113 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
1114 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
1115 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
1116 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
1117 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
1118 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
1119 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
1120 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
1121 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
1122 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
1123 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
1124 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
1125 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
1126 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
1127 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
1128 printing stuff in the GTK port.
1129 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
1130 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
1131 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
1132 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
1133 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
1134 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
1135 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
1136 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
1137 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
1138 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
1139 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
1140 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
1141 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
1142 due to a rounding error.
1143 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
1144 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
1145 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
1146 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
1147 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
1148 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
1149 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
1150 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
1156 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
1157 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
1158 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
1159 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
1160 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
1161 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
1162 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
1163 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
1164 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
1165 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
1166 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
1167 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
1168 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
1169 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
1170 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
1171 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
1172 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
1176 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
1180 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
1181 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
1182 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
1183 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
1184 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
1185 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
1186 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
1187 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
1188 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
1189 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
1190 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
1191 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
1192 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
1194 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
1195 - Added wxRawBitmap support
1196 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
1197 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
1198 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
1202 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
1203 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
1204 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
1205 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
1209 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
1210 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
1211 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
1212 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
1213 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
1216 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
1217 but not mentioned anywhere.
1218 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
1222 - wxBU_... button align flags support
1223 - vertical notebook orientation support
1224 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
1225 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
1229 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
1230 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
1231 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
1232 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
1233 - enumeration of available volumes
1234 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
1235 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
1236 - native wxColourDialog implementation
1237 - native wxSystemSettings colours
1238 - native wxButton implementation
1239 - native wxCheckBox implementation
1240 - native wxSlider implementation
1241 - native wxToggleButton implementation
1242 - native wxRadioButton implementation
1243 - native wxStaticText implementation
1244 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
1252 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
1253 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
1254 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1255 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
1256 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
1257 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
1258 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
1259 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
1260 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
1261 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
1262 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
1263 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
1264 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
1265 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
1266 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
1267 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
1271 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
1272 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
1273 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
1275 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
1276 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
1277 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
1278 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
1279 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
1280 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
1281 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
1282 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
1283 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
1284 - added samples/splash
1285 - added support for stock buttons
1286 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
1287 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
1288 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
1289 - added wxChoicebook control
1290 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
1291 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
1292 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
1293 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
1294 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
1295 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
1296 supported, instead of zero.
1297 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
1301 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
1302 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
1303 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
1304 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
1305 - wx-config has new --version-full option
1309 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1310 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
1311 - Tooltips now supported
1312 - wxSound now supported
1313 - wxDisplay now supported
1314 - Some stock cursors now supported
1318 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
1319 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
1320 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1321 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
1325 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
1326 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
1327 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
1328 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
1329 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
1330 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
1331 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
1332 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
1333 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
1334 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
1335 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
1336 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
1337 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
1338 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
1339 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
1340 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
1341 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
1342 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
1343 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
1347 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
1351 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
1352 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
1353 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
1354 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
1355 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
1356 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
1357 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
1358 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
1359 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
1360 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
1361 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
1362 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1363 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
1364 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
1368 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
1372 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
1373 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
1374 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
1375 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
1379 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
1380 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
1388 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1389 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1390 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1391 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1393 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1394 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1395 to forward declare these classes.
1399 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1400 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1401 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1402 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1403 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1404 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1405 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1406 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1407 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1408 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1409 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1410 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1411 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1412 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1413 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1417 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1418 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1419 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1420 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1421 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1422 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1423 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1424 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1425 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1426 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1427 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1428 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1432 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1436 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1437 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1438 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1439 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1443 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1447 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1448 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1452 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1453 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1457 - Full Unicode support is now available
1458 - BLOB support is working
1466 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1467 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1468 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1469 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1470 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1471 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1472 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1473 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1474 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1475 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1476 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1477 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1478 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1480 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1481 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1482 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1483 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1484 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1485 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1486 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1487 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1488 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1489 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1490 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1491 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1495 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1496 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1497 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1498 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1499 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1500 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1501 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1502 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1503 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1504 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1505 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1506 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1507 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1508 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1509 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1510 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1511 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1512 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1513 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1514 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1515 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1516 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1517 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1518 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1519 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1520 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1524 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1525 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1526 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1527 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1528 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1529 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1530 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1531 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1532 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1533 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1534 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1535 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1536 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1537 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1538 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1539 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1540 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1541 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1542 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1543 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1544 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1545 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1546 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1547 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1548 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1549 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1550 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1551 than the specified default size
1552 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1556 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1557 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1558 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1559 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1560 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1561 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1562 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1563 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1564 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1568 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1569 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1570 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1571 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1575 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1579 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1580 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1584 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1585 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1586 addition to existing OSS one
1587 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1595 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1596 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1597 separately compiled library
1598 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1599 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1600 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1601 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1602 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1603 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1604 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1605 by default in Unicode mode
1606 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1607 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1608 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1609 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1610 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1611 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1612 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1613 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1614 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1615 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1616 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1617 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1618 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1619 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1620 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1621 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1622 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1623 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1624 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1625 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1629 - added Watcom makefiles
1630 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1634 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1635 - added wxListbook control
1636 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1637 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1638 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1639 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1640 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1641 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1642 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1643 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1644 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1645 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1646 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1647 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1648 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1649 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1650 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1651 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1652 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1653 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1654 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1655 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1656 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1657 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1658 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1659 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1660 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1661 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1662 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1663 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1664 default extension for the template
1665 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1666 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1667 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1668 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1669 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1670 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1671 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1672 to allow better rich text support.
1673 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1674 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1675 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1676 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1677 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1678 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1679 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1680 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1681 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1682 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1683 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1684 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1685 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1686 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1687 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1688 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1689 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1690 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1691 - added wxMirrorDC class
1692 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1693 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1694 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1695 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1696 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1697 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1702 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1703 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1704 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1705 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1706 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1710 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1711 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1712 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1713 to contrib/src/deprecated
1717 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1718 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1719 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1720 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1721 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1722 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1723 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1724 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1725 be appended to filenames with no extension
1726 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1727 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1728 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1729 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1733 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1734 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1738 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1739 - added wxCrashReport
1740 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1741 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1742 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1743 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1744 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1745 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1746 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1747 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1748 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1749 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1750 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1751 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1752 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1753 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1754 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1755 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1756 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1757 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1758 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1759 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1760 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1761 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1762 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1763 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1764 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1768 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1769 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1770 documentation for a detailed explanation
1771 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1772 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1773 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1774 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1775 - implemented wxToggleButton
1776 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1777 instead of a sunken border
1778 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1779 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1783 - controls in toolbars now supported
1787 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1788 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1789 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1790 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1791 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1797 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1798 ================================
1800 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1801 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1802 with '!' in the first column.
1804 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1805 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1806 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1807 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1810 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1811 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1812 (see the documentation) useful.
1817 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1818 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1821 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1822 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1823 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1824 arrays containing non-pointers.
1826 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1827 simply don't make sense for all objects
1829 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1830 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1831 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1833 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1835 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1836 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1837 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1838 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1839 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1841 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1842 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1843 the default assert handling.
1847 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1848 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1849 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1851 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1852 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1855 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1856 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1857 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1859 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1860 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1861 you want to get OnChar() as well
1863 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1864 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1865 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1867 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1868 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1869 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1870 will *NOT* work any longer:
1872 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1873 ... do something ...
1874 if ( flags & wxYES )
1875 ... do something else ...
1877 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1878 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1881 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1883 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1884 if you derived any classes from it
1886 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1887 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1889 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1890 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1892 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1893 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1895 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1896 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1899 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1900 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1901 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1903 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1904 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1905 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1906 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1910 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1911 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1912 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1913 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1914 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1915 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1916 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1917 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1918 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1919 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1921 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1924 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1925 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1927 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1928 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1929 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1931 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1932 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1937 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1938 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1939 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1940 to compile pure C files.
1943 wxThread and related classes:
1945 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1946 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1947 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1948 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1950 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1951 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1952 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1953 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1955 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1956 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1957 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1959 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1960 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1971 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1978 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1979 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1980 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1984 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1985 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1986 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1989 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1990 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1993 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1997 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1998 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
2002 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
2009 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
2010 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
2011 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
2012 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
2013 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
2014 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
2015 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
2016 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
2017 after (non standard) STL hash_map
2018 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
2019 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
2020 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
2021 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
2022 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
2023 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
2024 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
2028 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
2029 programs and not only GNU make
2030 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
2031 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
2032 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
2033 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
2034 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
2038 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
2039 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
2040 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
2041 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
2042 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
2044 - significantly improved native font support
2045 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
2047 - added IFF image handler
2048 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
2049 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
2050 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
2051 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
2052 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
2053 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
2054 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
2055 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
2056 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
2057 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
2058 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
2059 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
2060 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
2061 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2062 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
2063 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
2064 - wxMessageOutput class added
2065 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
2066 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
2068 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
2069 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
2070 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
2071 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
2073 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
2074 whether a label edit was cancelled.
2075 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
2079 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
2080 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
2081 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
2082 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
2083 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
2084 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
2085 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
2086 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
2087 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
2088 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
2090 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
2091 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
2092 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
2093 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
2094 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
2095 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
2096 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
2098 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
2099 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
2100 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
2101 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
2102 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
2103 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
2104 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
2105 has the capture before release it.
2106 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
2107 - default button handling is now closer to expected
2108 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
2109 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
2110 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
2111 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
2112 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
2113 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
2114 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
2115 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
2116 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
2117 provided in wxFontData
2118 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
2119 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
2123 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
2124 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
2125 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
2126 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
2127 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
2128 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
2129 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
2130 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
2131 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
2132 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
2133 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
2134 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
2135 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
2139 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
2140 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
2141 - improved toolbar control alignment
2142 - implemented wxSpinButton
2143 - implemented wxCheckListBox
2144 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
2145 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
2149 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
2150 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
2158 - First alpha-quality release
2162 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
2163 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
2164 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
2165 - fixed alignment handling in tables
2166 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
2171 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
2175 - wxRegEx class added
2176 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
2177 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
2178 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
2179 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
2180 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
2184 - support for virtual list control added
2185 - column images in report mode of the list control
2186 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
2187 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
2188 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
2189 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
2190 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
2191 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2192 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
2193 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
2194 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
2195 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
2196 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
2197 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
2201 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
2202 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
2207 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
2208 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
2209 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
2210 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
2214 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
2219 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
2221 - added support for animated GIFs
2229 - Fixed new charset detection code
2230 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
2231 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
2232 - Added wxDir::Traverse
2233 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
2234 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
2235 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
2239 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
2240 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
2241 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
2242 push on a custom event handler for example)
2243 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
2244 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
2245 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
2246 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
2247 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
2248 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
2250 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
2251 - Various wxXML enhancements
2252 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
2253 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
2254 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
2256 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
2257 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
2261 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
2262 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
2263 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
2264 alt or shift) now work
2265 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
2266 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
2267 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
2268 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
2269 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
2270 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
2271 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
2272 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
2273 - We now send iconize events
2274 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
2275 - Added mousewheel processing
2276 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
2277 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
2279 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
2280 child frame styles are honoured
2284 - Fixed slider rounding bug
2285 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
2286 - We now send iconize events
2287 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
2288 GetSelection() results
2295 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
2296 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
2297 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
2298 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
2299 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2300 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
2301 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
2302 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
2303 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
2304 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
2308 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
2309 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
2310 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
2311 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
2312 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
2313 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
2314 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
2315 wxImage methods and ctor)
2316 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
2317 - ODBC documentation complete!!
2318 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
2319 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
2320 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
2321 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
2325 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
2326 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
2327 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
2328 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
2332 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
2336 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
2337 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
2344 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
2345 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
2346 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
2347 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
2348 - Completed Czech translations
2349 - Some stream corrections
2350 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
2351 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
2352 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
2353 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
2357 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
2358 flicker-free dragging is now possible
2359 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
2360 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
2361 - Paper names now translated
2363 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
2364 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
2365 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
2366 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
2368 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
2369 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
2371 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
2372 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
2373 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
2374 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
2378 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
2379 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
2380 backward compatibility, please set
2381 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
2382 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2383 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2384 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2385 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2386 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2387 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2388 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2389 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2390 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2391 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2392 - wxFrame restores focus better
2393 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2394 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2395 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2396 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2397 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2398 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2399 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2400 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2401 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2402 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2406 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2410 - Small compilation fixes
2414 - wxCaret documented
2426 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2427 files. This works under VC++ only
2428 - Modal dialog handling improved
2429 - Printer dialog now modal
2444 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2448 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2449 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2454 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2455 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2456 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2457 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2458 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2459 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2460 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2461 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2462 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2464 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2465 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2466 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2467 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2468 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2469 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2471 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2475 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2476 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2477 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2478 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2479 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2480 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2481 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2482 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2484 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2485 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2486 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2487 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2488 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2489 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2490 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2491 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2492 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2493 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2494 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2495 - wxDragImage class added
2496 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2497 controllers, as well as native help
2498 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2502 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2503 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2504 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2505 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2506 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2507 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2508 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2509 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2510 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2511 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2513 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2514 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2515 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2519 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2520 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2521 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2525 - wxMenu::Enable works
2526 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2527 - OGL samples made to work again
2531 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2532 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2533 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2534 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2535 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2536 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2537 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2538 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2539 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2540 - improved HTML printing
2541 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
2542 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2543 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2544 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2547 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2550 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2551 -----------------------
2555 - JPEG support added.
2556 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2560 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2562 - JPEG support added.
2563 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2564 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2565 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2572 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2575 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2576 -------------------------------
2581 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2585 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2586 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2587 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2588 - Some makefile fixes.
2596 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2597 - More topic overviews.
2598 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2599 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2600 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2603 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2604 --------------------------
2608 - wxExecute improved.
2612 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2614 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2615 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2616 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2617 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2618 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2619 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2623 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2624 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2628 - wxLocale documented.
2629 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2630 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2631 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2632 (though doesn't display help yet).
2634 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2635 --------------------------
2639 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2643 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2645 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2649 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2650 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2651 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2652 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2653 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2654 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2655 crashes for some reason).
2656 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2657 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2661 - Further doc improvements.
2662 - wxGenericValidator added.
2663 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2666 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2667 -------------------------
2671 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2672 - wxToolTip class added.
2673 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2677 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2678 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2679 - TWIN32 support added.
2680 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2681 factored out program/library settings.
2682 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2686 - A few more colour fixes.
2687 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2688 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2689 - wxChoice crash fix.
2690 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2694 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2695 - Added samples/dde.
2696 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2698 Beta 2, January 1999
2699 --------------------
2705 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2709 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2711 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2712 - Added thread support (Robert).
2713 - wxPoem sample now works.
2717 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2718 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2719 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2721 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2722 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2724 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2726 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2727 --------------------------
2733 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2736 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2737 ----------------------------
2741 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2742 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2743 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2744 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2745 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2747 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2748 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2753 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2754 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2755 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2756 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2757 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2759 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2760 when any button was pressed.
2761 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2762 have a white background.
2763 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2764 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2765 they have sensible colours by default.
2766 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2767 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2768 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2769 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2770 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2772 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2773 ----------------------------
2777 - More documentation updates, especially for
2778 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2779 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2781 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2782 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2783 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2785 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2789 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2790 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2792 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2793 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2794 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2795 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2796 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2797 the debugging implementation.
2798 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2799 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2800 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2801 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2802 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2803 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2804 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2806 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2808 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2809 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2810 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2811 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2812 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2813 - wxNotebook almost done.
2814 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2815 to vertical toolbars).
2819 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2821 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2822 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2823 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2825 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2826 ----------------------------
2830 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2832 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2833 - A few more makefiles added.
2834 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2835 - Further doc updates.
2836 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2840 - First start at Motif port.
2841 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2842 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2843 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2844 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2846 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2847 --------------------------
2851 - wxBitmap debugged.
2852 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2853 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2854 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2855 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2856 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2857 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2858 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2860 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2861 ------------------------
2865 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2866 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2867 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2868 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2869 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2870 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2871 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2872 changes, wxNotebook.
2873 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2875 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2876 -----------------------
2880 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2881 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2882 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2883 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2884 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2886 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2887 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2889 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2890 -----------------------
2894 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2895 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2897 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2898 -----------------------
2902 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2903 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2905 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2906 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2907 wxMenuItem accessors.
2908 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2909 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2910 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2911 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2912 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2913 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2914 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2915 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2916 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2917 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2918 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2919 first, then doing the assignment.
2920 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2921 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2925 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2926 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2928 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2929 ----------------------
2933 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2934 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2935 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2936 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2937 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2938 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2939 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2940 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2941 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2943 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2944 ------------------------
2948 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2950 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2951 compilation and pragmas.
2952 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2953 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2957 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2958 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2959 compilation and pragmas.
2960 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2962 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2963 ------------------------
2967 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2968 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2970 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2971 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2972 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2973 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2975 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2976 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2977 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2979 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2980 compatibility functions.
2981 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2982 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2983 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2984 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2985 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2986 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2987 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2991 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2992 - Added samples/png.
2993 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2994 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2996 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2998 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2999 ------------------------
3003 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
3004 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
3005 cleaned up properly before exit.
3006 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
3008 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
3009 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
3010 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
3012 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
3013 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
3015 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
3016 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
3017 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
3018 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
3022 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
3023 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
3024 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
3025 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
3026 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
3027 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
3028 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
3029 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
3030 allow better control of memory.
3031 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
3033 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
3034 float to long in wxToolBar files.
3036 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
3037 ------------------------
3041 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
3042 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
3043 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
3044 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
3045 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
3046 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
3047 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
3048 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
3049 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
3050 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
3051 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
3052 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
3054 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
3055 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
3056 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
3057 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
3058 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
3059 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
3060 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
3061 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
3062 internal implementation.
3063 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
3064 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
3065 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
3069 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
3070 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
3071 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
3072 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
3073 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
3075 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
3076 --------------------------
3080 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
3081 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
3082 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
3084 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
3085 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
3086 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
3087 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
3089 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
3090 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
3095 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
3096 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
3097 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
3099 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
3100 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
3102 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
3103 created dynamically, not as a global object.
3104 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
3105 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
3106 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
3107 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
3108 - Added gcc pragmas.
3109 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
3110 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
3111 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
3112 added a few references to wxTransString.
3113 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
3114 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
3115 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
3116 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
3117 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
3118 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
3119 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
3120 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
3121 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
3124 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
3125 --------------------------
3129 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
3130 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
3131 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
3132 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
3133 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
3134 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
3135 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
3136 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
3137 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
3138 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
3139 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
3141 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
3142 to help printing with multiple pages.
3143 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
3144 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
3145 implementation updated to use these base classes.
3146 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
3147 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
3148 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
3149 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
3150 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
3151 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
3152 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
3153 New files from Vadim:
3159 src\common\string.cpp
3163 No longer use GNU wxString files.
3164 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
3165 src\common\filefn.cpp.
3166 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
3167 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
3168 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
3169 including changes to defs.h.
3170 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
3172 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
3174 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
3175 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
3177 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
3179 Alpha 3, September 1997
3180 -----------------------
3184 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
3185 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
3186 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
3187 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
3188 - Started documentation.
3190 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
3191 ------------------------
3195 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
3196 with MetroWerks compiler.
3197 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
3198 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
3199 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
3200 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
3201 for testing purposes.
3202 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
3204 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
3205 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
3207 - Added back wxRadioBox.
3208 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
3211 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
3212 -----------------------
3216 At this point, the following has been achieved:
3218 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
3219 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
3220 wxString instead of char *.
3221 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
3222 old system event system) and code size reduced.
3223 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
3224 as wxbWindow now removed.
3225 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
3226 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
3228 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
3229 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
3230 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
3232 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
3233 settings mucho rationalised.
3234 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
3235 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
3237 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
3238 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
3239 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
3240 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
3241 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
3242 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
3244 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
3245 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
3247 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
3248 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
3249 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
3250 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
3251 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
3252 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
3253 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
3254 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
3255 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
3256 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
3258 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
3259 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
3261 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
3262 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
3263 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
3264 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
3265 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
3266 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
3268 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
3269 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
3270 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
3271 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
3272 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
3273 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).