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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
6 ================================
7
8 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
9 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
10 even compile).
11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
13 - wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
14 - wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
15 length of the converted string in all cases now.
16 - wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
17 - wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
18 wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
19 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
20 use ProcessMouseClick().
21 - wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
22 wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
23 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
24 use GetMouseCursor().
25 - wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
26 override it.
27 - wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
28 not pointers to arrays.
29 - wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
30 - Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle
31 the wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event.
32 - SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
33 - wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
34 - wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
35 - wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
36 As a consequence, the class interface changed largely.
37 Code updates, if any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
38
39
40
41 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
42 -----------------------------------------------------
43
44 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
45 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them.
46
47
48 Major changes in 2.7 release
49 ----------------------------
50
51 - New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more
52
53
54 2.7.1
55 -----
56
57 All:
58
59 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
60 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
61 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
62
63 All (GUI):
64
65 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
66 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
67 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
68 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
69 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
70 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
71 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
72 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
73
74 wxMSW:
75
76 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
77 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
78 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
79 high-contrast theme).
80
81 wxMac:
82
83 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
84 to the SDK.
85
86 wxGTK:
87
88 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
89 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
90
91 wxUniv:
92
93 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault()
94
95
96 2.7.0
97 -----
98
99 All:
100
101 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
102 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
103 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
104 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
105 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
106 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
107 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
108 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
109 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
110 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
111 during a search and replace.
112 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
113 are both used in the same program.
114 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
115 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
116 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
117 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
118 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
119 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
120 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
121 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
122 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
123 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
124 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
125 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
126 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
127 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
128 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
129 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
130 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
131 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
132 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
133 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
134 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
135 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
136 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
137 the first time it was called.
138 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
139 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
140 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
141 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
142 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
143 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
144 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
145 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
146 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
147 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
148
149 All (GUI):
150
151 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
152 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
153 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
154 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
155 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
156 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
157 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
158 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
159 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
160 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
161 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
162 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
163 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
164 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
165 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
166 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
167 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
168 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
169 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
170 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
171 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
172 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
173 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
174 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
175 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
176 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
177 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
178 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
179 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
180 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
181 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
182 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
183 by Sandro Sigala).
184 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
185 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
186 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
187 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
188 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
189 best size.
190 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
191 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
192 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
193 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
194 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
195 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
196 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
197 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
198 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
199 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
200 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
201 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
202 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
203 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
204 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
205 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
206 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
207 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
208 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
209 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
210 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
211 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
212 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
213 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
214 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
215 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
216 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
217 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
218 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
219 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
220 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
221 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
222 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
223 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
224 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
225 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
226 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
227 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
228 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
229 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
230
231 wxMSW:
232
233 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
234 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
235 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
236 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
237 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
238 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
239 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
240 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
241 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
242 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
243 wxMSW faq for details).
244 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
245 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
246 to the link command.
247 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
248 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
249 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
250 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
251 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
252 show.
253 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
254 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
255 initial construction.
256 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
257 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
258 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
259 events).
260 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
261 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
262 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
263 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
264 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
265 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
266 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
267 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
268 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
269 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
270 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
271 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
272 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
273 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
274 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
275 changes the system font.
276 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
277 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
278 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
279 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
280 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
281 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
282
283 wxGTK:
284
285 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
286 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
287 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
288 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
289 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
290 implementation.
291 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
292 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
293 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
294 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
295 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
296 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
297 previously unable to be focused before.
298 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
299 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
300 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
301 class was used.
302 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
303 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
304 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
305 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
306 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
307 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
308 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
309 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
310 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
311
312 wxMac:
313
314 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
315 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
316 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
317 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
318 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
319 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
320 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
321 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
322 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
323 - Corrected idle wake-up.
324 - Corrected wxExecute.
325 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
326 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
327 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
328 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
329 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
330 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
331 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
332 were found.
333 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
334 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
335 under Mach-O.
336 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
337 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
338 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
339 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
340 end of file with an error.
341 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
342 binaries.
343 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
344 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
345 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
346 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
347 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
348 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
349 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
350
351 wxCocoa:
352
353 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
354
355 wxWinCE:
356
357 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
358 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
359 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
360 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
361 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
362 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
363 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
364 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
365 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
366 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
367 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
368 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
369 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
370 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
371 directly, however.
372 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
373 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
374 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
375 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
376 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
377
378 wxUniv:
379
380 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
381 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
382 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
383
384 wxX11:
385
386 - Invisible text problem fixed.
387 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
388 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
389 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
390
391 Unix:
392
393 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
394
395 wxMGL:
396
397 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
398 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
399
400
401 2.6.2
402 -----
403
404 All:
405
406 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
407 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
408 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
409 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
410 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
411 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
412 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
413 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
414 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
415 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
416 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
417 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
418
419 All (GUI):
420
421 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
422 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
423 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
424 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
425 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
426 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
427 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
428 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
429 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
430 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
431 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
432 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
433
434 wxMSW:
435
436 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
437 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
438 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
439 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
440 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
441 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
442 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
443 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
444 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
445 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
446 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
447 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
448 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
449 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
450 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
451
452 wxGTK:
453
454 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
455 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
456 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
457 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
458 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
459 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
460 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
461 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
462 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
463 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
464 - Fixed domain socket handling.
465
466 wxMac:
467
468 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
469 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
470 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
471 - Various text control bug fixes.
472 - Automatic menu management improved.
473 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
474 due to dangling cycle pointers.
475 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
476 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
477 showing modally).
478
479 wxOS2
480
481 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
482
483 wxUniv:
484
485 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
486 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
487
488 wxMotif:
489
490 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
491 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
492 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
493 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
494 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
495 flag has been specified.
496 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
497 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
498 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
499 showing modally).
500
501 wxMGL:
502
503 - Fixed crash on exit.
504 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
505
506 wxX11:
507
508 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
509
510
511 2.6.1
512 -----
513
514 All:
515
516 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
517 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
518
519 All (GUI):
520
521 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
522 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
523 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
524 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
525 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
526 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
527 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
528 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
529 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
530 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
531
532 wxMSW:
533
534 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
535 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
536 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
537 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
538 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
539 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
540 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
541 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
542 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
543 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
544 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
545 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
546 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
547 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
548 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
549 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
550 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
551 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
552 - Compiles again with WIN64.
553 - Winelib compilation now works.
554 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
555 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
556 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
557 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
558 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
559 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
560 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
561 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
562 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
563 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
564 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
565 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
566 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
567
568 wxWinCE:
569
570 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
571
572 wxGTK:
573
574 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
575 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
576 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
577 - Added bitmap support in menus.
578
579 wxMac:
580
581 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
582 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
583 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
584 incorrect state.
585 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
586 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
587 - Window menu now added automatically.
588 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
589 - Modified function key support fixed.
590 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
591
592 wxX11:
593
594 - Menu problems fixed.
595 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
596 - Fixed a font memory leak.
597 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
598
599
600 2.6.0
601 -----
602
603 All:
604
605 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
606 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
607
608 All (GUI):
609
610 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
611 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
612
613 wxMSW:
614
615 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
616 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
617 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
618
619 wxWinCE:
620
621 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
622
623 wxGTK:
624 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
625 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
626 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
627 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
628 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
629 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
630 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
631
632 wxMac:
633 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
634
635 2.5.5
636 -----
637
638 All:
639
640 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
641 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
642 - Added wxDebugReport class.
643 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
644 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
645 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
646 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
647 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
648 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
649
650 All (GUI):
651
652 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
653 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
654 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
655 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
656 the whole virtual area.
657 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
658 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
659 isn't used to set the window size.
660 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
661 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
662 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
663 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
664
665 Unix:
666
667 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
668
669 wxMSW:
670
671 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
672 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
673 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
674 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
675 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
676 handling (Jamie Gadd).
677
678 wxGTK:
679
680 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
681 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
682 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
683 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
684 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
685 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
686 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
687 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
688
689 wxMac:
690
691 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
692
693 wxPalmOS:
694
695 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
696
697 wxWinCE:
698
699 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
700 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
701 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
702 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
703 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
704 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
705 with correct titlebar style.
706 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
707 PocketPC guidelines
708 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
709 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
710 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
711 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
712 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
713 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
714 to the dialog's toolbar.
715
716 2.5.4
717 -----
718
719 All:
720
721 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
722 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
723 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
724 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
725 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
726 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
727 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
728 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
729 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
730 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
731 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
732 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
733 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
734 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
735 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
736 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
737 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
738 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
739 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
740 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
741 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
742 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
743 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
744 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
745 printing stuff in the GTK port.
746 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
747 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
748 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
749 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
750 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
751 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
752 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
753 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
754 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
755 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
756 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
757 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
758 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
759 due to a rounding error.
760 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
761 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
762 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
763 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
764 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
765 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
766 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
767 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
768
769
770 All (GUI):
771
772 - added wxMediaCtrl
773 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
774 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
775 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
776 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
777 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
778 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
779 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
780 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
781 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
782 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
783 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
784 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
785 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
786 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
787 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
788 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
789 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
790
791 Unix:
792
793 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
794
795 wxGTK:
796
797 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
798 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
799 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
800 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
801 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
802 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
803 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
804 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
805 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
806 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
807 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
808 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
809 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
810 errors otherwise.
811 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
812 - Added wxRawBitmap support
813 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
814 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
815 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
816
817 wxMac:
818
819 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
820 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
821 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
822 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
823
824 wxMSW:
825
826 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
827 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
828 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
829 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
830 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
831
832 wxWinCE:
833 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
834 but not mentioned anywhere.
835 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
836
837 wxUniv:
838
839 - wxBU_... button align flags support
840 - vertical notebook orientation support
841 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
842 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
843
844 wxPalmOS:
845
846 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
847 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
848 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
849 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
850 - enumeration of available volumes
851 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
852 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
853 - native wxColourDialog implementation
854 - native wxSystemSettings colours
855 - native wxButton implementation
856 - native wxCheckBox implementation
857 - native wxSlider implementation
858 - native wxToggleButton implementation
859 - native wxRadioButton implementation
860 - native wxStaticText implementation
861 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
862
863
864 2.5.3
865 -----
866
867 All:
868
869 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
870 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
871 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
872 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
873 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
874 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
875 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
876 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
877 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
878 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
879 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
880 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
881 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
882 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
883 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
884 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
885
886 All (GUI):
887
888 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
889 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
890 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
891 is discouraged
892 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
893 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
894 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
895 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
896 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
897 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
898 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
899 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
900 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
901 - added samples/splash
902 - added support for stock buttons
903 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
904 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
905 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
906 - added wxChoicebook control
907 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
908 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
909 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
910 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
911 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
912 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
913 supported, instead of zero.
914 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
915
916 Unix:
917
918 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
919 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
920 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
921 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
922 - wx-config has new --version-full option
923
924 wxCocoa:
925
926 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
927 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
928 - Tooltips now supported
929 - wxSound now supported
930 - wxDisplay now supported
931 - Some stock cursors now supported
932
933 wxMac:
934
935 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
936 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
937 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
938 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
939
940 wxGTK:
941
942 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
943 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
944 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
945 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
946 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
947 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
948 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
949 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
950 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
951 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
952 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
953 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
954 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
955 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
956 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
957 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
958 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
959 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
960 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
961
962 wxMotif:
963
964 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
965
966 wxMSW:
967
968 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
969 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
970 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
971 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
972 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
973 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
974 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
975 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
976 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
977 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
978 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
979 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
980 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
981 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
982
983 wxUniv/X11:
984
985 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
986
987 wxWinCE:
988
989 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
990 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
991 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
992 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
993
994 wxHTML:
995
996 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
997 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
998
999
1000 2.5.2
1001 -----
1002
1003 All:
1004
1005 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1006 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1007 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1008 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1009 of run-time) now
1010 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1011 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1012 to forward declare these classes.
1013
1014 All (GUI):
1015
1016 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1017 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1018 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1019 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1020 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1021 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1022 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1023 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1024 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1025 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1026 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1027 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1028 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1029 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1030 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1031
1032 wxMSW:
1033
1034 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1035 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1036 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1037 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1038 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1039 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1040 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1041 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1042 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1043 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1044 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1045 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1046
1047 wxGTK:
1048
1049 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1050
1051 wxMotif:
1052
1053 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1054 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1055 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1056 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1057
1058 wxUniv/X11:
1059
1060 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1061
1062 wxHTML:
1063
1064 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1065 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1066
1067 Unix:
1068
1069 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1070 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1071
1072 wxODBC:
1073
1074 - Full Unicode support is now available
1075 - BLOB support is working
1076
1077
1078 2.5.1
1079 -----
1080
1081 All:
1082
1083 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1084 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1085 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1086 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1087 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1088 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1089 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1090 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1091 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1092 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1093 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1094 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1095 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1096 (as in 2.5.0).
1097 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1098 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1099 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1100 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1101 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1102 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1103 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1104 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1105 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1106 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1107 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1108 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1109
1110 All (GUI):
1111
1112 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1113 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1114 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1115 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1116 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1117 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1118 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1119 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1120 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1121 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1122 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1123 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1124 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1125 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1126 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1127 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1128 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1129 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1130 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1131 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1132 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1133 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1134 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1135 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1136 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1137 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1138
1139 wxMSW:
1140
1141 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1142 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1143 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1144 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1145 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1146 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1147 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1148 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1149 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1150 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1151 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1152 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1153 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1154 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1155 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1156 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1157 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1158 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1159 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1160 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1161 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1162 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1163 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1164 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1165 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1166 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1167 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1168 than the specified default size
1169 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1170
1171 wxGTK:
1172
1173 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1174 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1175 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1176 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1177 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1178 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1179 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1180 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1181 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1182
1183 wxMac:
1184
1185 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1186 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1187 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1188 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1189
1190 wxMotif:
1191
1192 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1193
1194 wxHTML:
1195
1196 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1197 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1198
1199 Unix:
1200
1201 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1202 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1203 addition to existing OSS one
1204 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1205
1206
1207 2.5.0
1208 -----
1209
1210 All:
1211
1212 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1213 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1214 separately compiled library
1215 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1216 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1217 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1218 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1219 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1220 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1221 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1222 by default in Unicode mode
1223 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1224 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1225 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1226 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1227 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1228 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1229 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1230 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1231 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1232 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1233 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1234 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1235 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1236 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1237 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1238 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1239 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1240 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1241 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1242 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1243
1244 wxBase:
1245
1246 - added Watcom makefiles
1247 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1248
1249 All GUI ports:
1250
1251 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1252 - added wxListbook control
1253 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1254 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1255 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1256 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1257 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1258 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1259 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1260 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1261 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1262 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1263 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1264 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1265 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1266 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1267 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1268 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1269 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1270 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1271 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1272 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1273 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1274 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1275 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1276 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1277 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1278 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1279 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1280 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1281 default extension for the template
1282 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1283 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1284 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1285 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1286 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1287 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1288 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1289 to allow better rich text support.
1290 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1291 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1292 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1293 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1294 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1295 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1296 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1297 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1298 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1299 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1300 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1301 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1302 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1303 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1304 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1305 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1306 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1307 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1308 - added wxMirrorDC class
1309 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1310 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1311 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1312 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1313 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1314 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1315 improved
1316
1317 Unix:
1318
1319 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1320 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1321 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1322 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1323 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1324
1325 Generic controls:
1326
1327 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1328 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1329 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1330 to contrib/src/deprecated
1331
1332 wxGTK:
1333
1334 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1335 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1336 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1337 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1338 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1339 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1340 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1341 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1342 be appended to filenames with no extension
1343 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1344 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1345 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1346 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1347
1348 wxMac:
1349
1350 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1351 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1352
1353 wxMSW:
1354
1355 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1356 - added wxCrashReport
1357 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1358 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1359 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1360 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1361 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1362 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1363 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1364 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1365 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1366 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1367 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1368 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1369 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1370 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1371 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1372 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1373 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1374 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1375 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1376 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1377 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1378 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1379 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1380 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1381 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1382
1383 wxMotif:
1384
1385 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1386 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1387 documentation for a detailed explanation
1388 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1389 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1390 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1391 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1392 - implemented wxToggleButton
1393 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1394 instead of a sunken border
1395 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1396 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1397
1398 wxUniv:
1399
1400 - controls in toolbars now supported
1401
1402 wxHTML:
1403
1404 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1405 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1406 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1407 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1408 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1409
1410
1411 OLD CHANGES
1412 ===========
1413
1414 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1415 ================================
1416
1417 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1418 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1419 with '!' in the first column.
1420
1421 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1422 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1423 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1424 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1425 2.6 release.
1426
1427 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1428 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1429 (see the documentation) useful.
1430
1431
1432 wxBase:
1433
1434 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1435 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1436 code.
1437
1438 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1439 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1440 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1441 arrays containing non-pointers.
1442
1443 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1444 simply don't make sense for all objects
1445
1446 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1447 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1448 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1449
1450 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1451
1452 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1453 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1454 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1455 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1456 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1457
1458 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1459 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1460 the default assert handling.
1461
1462 All (GUI):
1463
1464 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1465 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1466 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1467
1468 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1469 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1470 instead!
1471
1472 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1473 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1474 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1475
1476 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1477 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1478 you want to get OnChar() as well
1479
1480 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1481 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1482 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1483
1484 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1485 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1486 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1487 will *NOT* work any longer:
1488
1489 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1490 ... do something ...
1491 if ( flags & wxYES )
1492 ... do something else ...
1493
1494 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1495 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1496 the ctor
1497
1498 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1499
1500 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1501 if you derived any classes from it
1502
1503 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1504 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1505
1506 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1507 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1508
1509 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1510 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1511
1512 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1513 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1514 from happening
1515
1516 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1517 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1518 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1519
1520 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1521 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1522 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1523 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1524
1525 wxMSW:
1526
1527 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1528 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1529 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1530 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1531 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1532 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1533 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1534 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1535 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1536 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1537
1538 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1539 style to avoid it
1540
1541 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1542 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1543
1544 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1545 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1546 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1547
1548 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1549 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1550
1551
1552 Unix ports:
1553
1554 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1555 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1556 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1557 to compile pure C files.
1558
1559
1560 wxThread and related classes:
1561
1562 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1563 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1564 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1565 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1566
1567 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1568 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1569 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1570 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1571
1572 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1573 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1574 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1575
1576 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1577 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1578
1579
1580 OTHER CHANGES
1581 =============
1582
1583 2.4.0
1584 -----
1585
1586 wxMSW:
1587
1588 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1589
1590 2.3.4
1591 -----
1592
1593 All:
1594
1595 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1596 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1597 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1598
1599 Unix (Base/GUI):
1600
1601 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1602 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1603 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1604
1605 wxGTK:
1606 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1607 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1608
1609 wxX11:
1610 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1611
1612 wxMSW:
1613
1614 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1615 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1616
1617 wxHTML:
1618
1619 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1620
1621 2.3.3
1622 -----
1623
1624 wxBase:
1625
1626 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1627 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1628 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1629 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1630 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1631 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1632 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1633 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1634 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1635 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1636 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1637 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1638 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1639 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1640 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1641 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1642
1643 Unix (Base/GUI):
1644
1645 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1646 programs and not only GNU make
1647 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1648 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1649 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1650 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1651 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1652
1653 All (GUI):
1654
1655 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1656 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1657 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1658 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1659 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1660 wxWidgets dialogs
1661 - significantly improved native font support
1662 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1663 wxHashTable
1664 - added IFF image handler
1665 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1666 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1667 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1668 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1669 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1670 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1671 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1672 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1673 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1674 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1675 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1676 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1677 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1678 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1679 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1680 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1681 - wxMessageOutput class added
1682 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1683 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1684 table fills up
1685 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1686 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1687 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1688 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1689 (Rene Rivera).
1690 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1691 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1692 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1693
1694 wxMSW:
1695
1696 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1697 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1698 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1699 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1700 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1701 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1702 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1703 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1704 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1705 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1706 are changed
1707 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1708 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1709 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1710 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1711 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1712 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1713 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1714 recursion any more
1715 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1716 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1717 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1718 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1719 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1720 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1721 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1722 has the capture before release it.
1723 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1724 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1725 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1726 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1727 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1728 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1729 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1730 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1731 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1732 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1733 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1734 provided in wxFontData
1735 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1736 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1737
1738 wxGTK:
1739
1740 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1741 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1742 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1743 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1744 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1745 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1746 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1747 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1748 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1749 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1750 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1751 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1752 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1753
1754 wxMotif:
1755
1756 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1757 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1758 - improved toolbar control alignment
1759 - implemented wxSpinButton
1760 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1761 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1762 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1763
1764 wxX11:
1765
1766 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1767 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1768
1769 wxMac:
1770
1771 - Many improvements
1772
1773 wxOS2:
1774
1775 - First alpha-quality release
1776
1777 wxHTML:
1778
1779 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1780 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1781 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1782 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1783 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1784
1785 2.3.2
1786 -----
1787
1788 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1789
1790 wxBase:
1791
1792 - wxRegEx class added
1793 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1794 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1795 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1796 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1797 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1798
1799 All (GUI):
1800
1801 - support for virtual list control added
1802 - column images in report mode of the list control
1803 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1804 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1805 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1806 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1807 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1808 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1809 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1810 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1811 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1812 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1813 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1814 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1815
1816 wxMSW:
1817
1818 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1819 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1820 project files
1821
1822 wxGTK:
1823
1824 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1825 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1826 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1827 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1828
1829 wxMac:
1830
1831 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1832 Tools
1833
1834 wxHTML:
1835
1836 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1837 to tags parsing
1838 - added support for animated GIFs
1839
1840 2.3.1
1841 -----
1842
1843 wxBase:
1844
1845 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
1846 - Fixed new charset detection code
1847 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1848 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1849 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1850 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1851 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1852 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1853
1854 All (GUI):
1855
1856 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1857 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1858 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1859 push on a custom event handler for example)
1860 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1861 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1862 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1863 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1864 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1865 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1866 first-time saved
1867 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1868 - Various wxXML enhancements
1869 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1870 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1871 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1872 instead of GetId()
1873 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1874 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1875
1876 wxMSW:
1877
1878 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1879 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1880 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1881 alt or shift) now work
1882 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1883 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1884 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1885 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1886 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1887 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1888 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1889 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1890 - We now send iconize events
1891 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1892 - Added mousewheel processing
1893 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1894 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1895 in wxDC
1896 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1897 child frame styles are honoured
1898
1899 wxGTK:
1900
1901 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1902 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1903 - We now send iconize events
1904 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1905 GetSelection() results
1906
1907 2.3.0
1908 -----
1909
1910 wxBase:
1911
1912 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1913 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1914 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1915 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1916 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1917 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1918 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1919 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1920 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1921 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1922
1923 All (GUI):
1924
1925 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1926 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1927 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1928 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1929 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1930 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1931 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1932 wxImage methods and ctor)
1933 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1934 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1935 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1936 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1937 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1938 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1939
1940 wxMSW:
1941
1942 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1943 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1944 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1945 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1946
1947 wxGTK:
1948
1949 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1950
1951 wxHTML:
1952
1953 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1954 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1955
1956 2.2.0
1957 -----
1958
1959 wxBase:
1960
1961 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1962 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1963 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1964 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1965 - Completed Czech translations
1966 - Some stream corrections
1967 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1968 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1969 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1970 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1971
1972 All (GUI):
1973
1974 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1975 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1976 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1977 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1978 - Paper names now translated
1979 - wxGrid fixes
1980 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1981 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1982 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1983 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1984 File dialog.
1985 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1986 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1987 writing code
1988 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1989 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1990 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1991 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1992
1993 wxMSW:
1994
1995 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1996 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1997 backward compatibility, please set
1998 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1999 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2000 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2001 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2002 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2003 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2004 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2005 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2006 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2007 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2008 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2009 - wxFrame restores focus better
2010 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2011 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2012 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2013 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2014 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2015 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2016 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2017 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2018 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2019 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2020
2021 wxGTK:
2022
2023 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2024
2025 wxMotif:
2026
2027 - Small compilation fixes
2028
2029 Documentation:
2030
2031 - wxCaret documented
2032
2033 2.1.16
2034 ------
2035
2036 wxBase:
2037
2038 All (GUI):
2039
2040 wxMSW:
2041
2042 - Various bug fixes
2043 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2044 files. This works under VC++ only
2045 - Modal dialog handling improved
2046 - Printer dialog now modal
2047
2048 wxGTK:
2049
2050 - Various bug fixes
2051
2052 wxMotif:
2053
2054 - Various bug fixes
2055
2056 2.1.15
2057 ------
2058
2059 Documentation:
2060
2061 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2062
2063 File hierarchy:
2064
2065 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2066 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2067
2068 wxBase:
2069
2070 - wxSocket support
2071 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2072 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2073 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2074 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2075 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2076 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2077 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2078 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2079 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2080 only so far)
2081 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2082 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2083 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2084 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2085 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2086 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2087 is available)
2088 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2089
2090 all (GUI):
2091
2092 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2093 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2094 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2095 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2096 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2097 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2098 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2099 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2100 John Norris)
2101 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2102 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2103 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2104 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2105 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2106 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2107 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2108 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2109 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2110 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2111 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2112 - wxDragImage class added
2113 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2114 controllers, as well as native help
2115 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2116
2117 wxMSW:
2118
2119 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2120 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2121 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2122 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2123 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2124 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2125 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2126 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2127 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2128 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2129 Unix ports
2130 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2131 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2132 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2133
2134 wxGTK:
2135
2136 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2137 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2138 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2139
2140 wxMotif:
2141
2142 - wxMenu::Enable works
2143 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2144 - OGL samples made to work again
2145
2146 wxHTML:
2147
2148 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2149 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2150 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2151 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2152 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2153 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2154 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2155 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2156 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2157 - improved HTML printing
2158 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
2159 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2160 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2161 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2162
2163
2164 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2165 change log.
2166
2167 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2168 -----------------------
2169
2170 wxGTK:
2171
2172 - JPEG support added.
2173 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2174
2175 wxMSW:
2176
2177 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2178 SetTabSize added.
2179 - JPEG support added.
2180 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2181 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2182 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2183
2184 wxMotif:
2185
2186
2187 General:
2188
2189 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2190
2191
2192 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2193 -------------------------------
2194
2195 wxGTK:
2196
2197 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
2198 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2199
2200 wxMSW:
2201
2202 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2203 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2204 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2205 - Some makefile fixes.
2206
2207 wxMotif:
2208
2209 - None.
2210
2211 General:
2212
2213 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2214 - More topic overviews.
2215 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2216 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2217 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2218
2219
2220 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2221 --------------------------
2222
2223 wxGTK:
2224
2225 - wxExecute improved.
2226
2227 wxMSW:
2228
2229 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2230 expected).
2231 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2232 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2233 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2234 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2235 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2236 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2237
2238 wxMotif:
2239
2240 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2241 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2242
2243 General:
2244
2245 - wxLocale documented.
2246 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2247 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2248 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2249 (though doesn't display help yet).
2250
2251 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2252 --------------------------
2253
2254 wxGTK:
2255
2256 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2257
2258 wxMSW:
2259
2260 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2261 rationalised.
2262 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2263
2264 wxMotif:
2265
2266 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2267 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2268 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2269 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2270 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2271 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2272 crashes for some reason).
2273 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2274 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2275
2276 General:
2277
2278 - Further doc improvements.
2279 - wxGenericValidator added.
2280 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2281 automatically.
2282
2283 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2284 -------------------------
2285
2286 wxGTK:
2287
2288 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2289 - wxToolTip class added.
2290 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2291
2292 wxMSW:
2293
2294 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2295 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2296 - TWIN32 support added.
2297 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2298 factored out program/library settings.
2299 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2300
2301 wxMotif:
2302
2303 - A few more colour fixes.
2304 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2305 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2306 - wxChoice crash fix.
2307 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2308
2309 General:
2310
2311 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2312 - Added samples/dde.
2313 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2314
2315 Beta 2, January 1999
2316 --------------------
2317
2318 wxGTK:
2319
2320 wxMSW:
2321
2322 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2323
2324 wxMotif:
2325
2326 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2327 the right place.
2328 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2329 - Added thread support (Robert).
2330 - wxPoem sample now works.
2331
2332 General:
2333
2334 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2335 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2336 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2337 or below).
2338 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2339 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2340 sample.
2341 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2342
2343 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2344 --------------------------
2345
2346 wxGTK:
2347
2348 - Various
2349
2350 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2351
2352
2353 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2354 ----------------------------
2355
2356 wxMSW:
2357
2358 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2359 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2360 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2361 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2362 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2363 on a tab.
2364 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2365 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2366 of Stefan Csomor.
2367
2368 wxMotif:
2369
2370 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2371 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2372 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2373 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2374 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2375 colours correctly.
2376 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2377 when any button was pressed.
2378 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2379 have a white background.
2380 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2381 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2382 they have sensible colours by default.
2383 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2384 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2385 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2386 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2387 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2388
2389 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2390 ----------------------------
2391
2392 wxMSW:
2393
2394 - More documentation updates, especially for
2395 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2396 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2397 of wxTrace.
2398 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2399 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2400 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2401 position.
2402 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2403
2404 wxMotif:
2405
2406 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2407 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2408 child frames).
2409 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2410 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2411 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2412 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2413 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2414 the debugging implementation.
2415 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2416 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2417 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2418 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2419 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2420 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2421 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2422
2423 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2424
2425 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2426 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2427 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2428 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2429 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2430 - wxNotebook almost done.
2431 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2432 to vertical toolbars).
2433
2434 More recently:
2435
2436 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2437 to scrollbars).
2438 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2439 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2440 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2441
2442 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2443 ----------------------------
2444
2445 wxMSW:
2446
2447 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2448 sample.
2449 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2450 - A few more makefiles added.
2451 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2452 - Further doc updates.
2453 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2454
2455 wxMotif:
2456
2457 - First start at Motif port.
2458 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2459 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2460 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2461 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2462
2463 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2464 --------------------------
2465
2466 wxMSW:
2467
2468 - wxBitmap debugged.
2469 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2470 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2471 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2472 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2473 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2474 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2475 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2476
2477 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2478 ------------------------
2479
2480 wxMSW:
2481
2482 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2483 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2484 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2485 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2486 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2487 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2488 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2489 changes, wxNotebook.
2490 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2491
2492 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2493 -----------------------
2494
2495 wxMSW:
2496
2497 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2498 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2499 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2500 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2501 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2502 don't support it.
2503 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2504 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2505
2506 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2507 -----------------------
2508
2509 wxMSW:
2510
2511 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2512 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2513
2514 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2515 -----------------------
2516
2517 wxMSW:
2518
2519 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2520 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2521 wxMenuBar.
2522 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2523 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2524 wxMenuItem accessors.
2525 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2526 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2527 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2528 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2529 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2530 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2531 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2532 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2533 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2534 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2535 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2536 first, then doing the assignment.
2537 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2538 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2539
2540 Generic:
2541
2542 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2543 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2544
2545 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2546 ----------------------
2547
2548 wxMSW:
2549
2550 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2551 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2552 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2553 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2554 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2555 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2556 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2557 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2558 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2559
2560 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2561 ------------------------
2562
2563 wxMSW:
2564
2565 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2566 fields were used.
2567 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2568 compilation and pragmas.
2569 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2570 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2571
2572 Generic:
2573
2574 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2575 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2576 compilation and pragmas.
2577 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2578
2579 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2580 ------------------------
2581
2582 wxMSW:
2583
2584 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2585 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2586 some reason :-(
2587 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2588 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2589 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2590 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2591 startup/exit.
2592 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2593 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2594 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2595 VADIM'S CHANGES:
2596 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2597 compatibility functions.
2598 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2599 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2600 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2601 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2602 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2603 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2604 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2605
2606 Generic:
2607
2608 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2609 - Added samples/png.
2610 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2611 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2612 header files.
2613 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2614
2615 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2616 ------------------------
2617
2618 wxMSW:
2619
2620 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2621 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2622 cleaned up properly before exit.
2623 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2624 automatically.
2625 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2626 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2627 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2628 unresolved issues.
2629 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2630 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2631 tray area.
2632 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2633 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2634 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2635 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2636
2637 Generic:
2638
2639 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2640 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2641 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2642 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2643 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2644 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2645 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2646 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2647 allow better control of memory.
2648 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2649 checking.
2650 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2651 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2652
2653 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2654 ------------------------
2655
2656 wxMSW:
2657
2658 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2659 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2660 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2661 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2662 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2663 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2664 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2665 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2666 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2667 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2668 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2669 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2670 IUnknown.
2671 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2672 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2673 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2674 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2675 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2676 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2677 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2678 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2679 internal implementation.
2680 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2681 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2682 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2683
2684 Generic:
2685
2686 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2687 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2688 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2689 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2690 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2691
2692 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2693 --------------------------
2694
2695 wxMSW:
2696
2697 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2698 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2699 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2700 changes.
2701 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2702 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2703 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2704 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2705 again.
2706 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2707 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2708 e.g. wxDC.
2709
2710 Generic:
2711
2712 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2713 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2714 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2715 changes.
2716 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2717 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2718 docs/gtk.
2719 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2720 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2721 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2722 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2723 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2724 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2725 - Added gcc pragmas.
2726 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2727 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2728 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2729 added a few references to wxTransString.
2730 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2731 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2732 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2733 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2734 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2735 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2736 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2737 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2738 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2739 MoreRequested.
2740
2741 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2742 --------------------------
2743
2744 All:
2745
2746 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2747 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2748 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2749 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2750 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2751 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2752 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2753 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2754 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2755 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2756 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2757 scrolling toolbars.
2758 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2759 to help printing with multiple pages.
2760 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2761 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2762 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2763 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2764 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2765 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2766 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2767 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2768 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2769 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2770 New files from Vadim:
2771 include\wx\string.h
2772 include\wx\debug.h
2773 include\wx\file.h
2774 include\wx\log.h
2775 include\wx\intl.h
2776 src\common\string.cpp
2777 src\common\log.cpp
2778 src\common\intl.cpp
2779 src\common\file.cpp
2780 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2781 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2782 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2783 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2784 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2785 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2786 including changes to defs.h.
2787 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2788 introduced.
2789 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2790 hidden).
2791 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2792 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2793 trick).
2794 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2795
2796 Alpha 3, September 1997
2797 -----------------------
2798
2799 All:
2800
2801 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2802 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2803 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2804 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2805 - Started documentation.
2806
2807 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2808 ------------------------
2809
2810 All:
2811
2812 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2813 with MetroWerks compiler.
2814 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2815 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2816 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2817 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2818 for testing purposes.
2819 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2820 handlers.
2821 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2822 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2823 fully).
2824 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2825 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2826 a separate file.
2827
2828 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2829 -----------------------
2830
2831 Generic:
2832
2833 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2834
2835 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2836 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2837 wxString instead of char *.
2838 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2839 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2840 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2841 as wxbWindow now removed.
2842 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2843 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2844 - PrologIO revised.
2845 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2846 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2847 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2848 Windows settings.
2849 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2850 settings mucho rationalised.
2851 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2852 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2853 classes removed.
2854 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2855 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2856 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2857 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2858 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2859 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2860 of event handlers.
2861 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2862 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2863 wxToolBarBase
2864 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2865 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2866 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2867 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2868 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2869 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2870 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2871 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2872 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2873 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2874 in the future.
2875 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2876 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2877 variables instead.
2878 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2879 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2880 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2881 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2882 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2883 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2884 Win95.
2885 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2886 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2887 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2888 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2889 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2890 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).