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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
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8 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
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11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
13 - wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not
14 if the whole name is a directory.
15 - wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual.
16 - wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
17 - wxArray::Alloc() now works as reserve() and does not clear the array any more
18 - Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the
19 wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case.
20 - wxInputStream::GetC() now returns an int in the range 0 - 255 on success
21 instead of a char the range -128 - 127.
24 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
25 -----------------------------------------------------------
27 - Some classes (notably wxBitmap and wxImage) don't define operator==() as it
28 used to work in somewhat unexpected way as it compared only internal pointers
29 and not the object data. The code using it will have to be updated:
30 * If the object was compared with wxNullXXX, use IsOk() method instead
31 * If valid object need to be compared, use IsSameAs() to reproduce the old
32 behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c.
33 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
34 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
36 - wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
37 - wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
38 length of the converted string in all cases now.
39 - wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
40 - wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
41 wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
42 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
43 use ProcessMouseClick().
44 - wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
45 wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
46 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
48 - wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
50 - wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
51 not pointers to arrays.
52 - SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
53 - wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
54 - wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
55 - wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
56 As a consequence, the class interface changed largely. Code updates, if
57 any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
60 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
61 -----------------------------------------------------
63 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
64 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, don't use them.
65 - wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize.
66 - wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize.
67 - Seeking on a zip stream returned from wxFileSystem without using the new
68 wxFS_SEEKABLE flags is deprecated. You can still seek, but use the flag.
69 - Constructor wxZipInputStream(const wxString& archive, const wxString& file)
70 deprecated in favour of wxFileSystem (other zip ctors are not deprecated).
74 Major new features in 2.8 release
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77 - New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more.
78 - New rich text control library implementing a generic wxRichTextCtrl,
79 using only the wxWidgets API. Also includes formatting dialogs, conversion
80 to HTML, and printing classes.
81 - New wxComboCtrl class giving the ability to create custom, graphical
82 comboboxes. Associated classes include wxOwnerDrawnComboBox, wxComboPopup
84 - Further functionality including wxAnimationCtrl (moved from contrib/src/anim
85 and enhanced), wxSimpleHtmlListBox, wxHyperlinkCtrl, wxColourPickerCtrl,
86 wxDirPickerCtrl, wxFilePickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl, wxCollapsiblePane,
87 wxAboutBox, wxTreebook, tar streams.
95 - wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32
96 - wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents
97 - Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
98 - New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
99 a stream that is seekable.
100 - Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows
101 - Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize()
102 for a control with borders (Tim Kosse)
106 - Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
107 - Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
108 - Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista
109 - Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
113 - Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles
114 - Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure
122 - Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
123 - Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
124 - Added wxTar streams.
125 - Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
126 - Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
130 - wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
131 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
132 - Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
133 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
134 - Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
135 - Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
136 - Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
137 - Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
138 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
139 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
140 - Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
141 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
143 - Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
144 - Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
145 - wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
146 - wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
150 - Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
151 program (Francesco Montorsi).
156 - Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
157 - Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
158 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
159 - wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
167 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
168 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
169 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
170 - Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
171 - Added reference counting for wxVariant.
172 - For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
173 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
174 - Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
175 - Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
176 - Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
177 - wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
178 - Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
179 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
180 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
181 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
185 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
186 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
187 - wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
188 - Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
189 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
190 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
191 - Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
192 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
193 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
194 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
195 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
196 - Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
197 - Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
198 - Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
202 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
203 - wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
204 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
205 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
206 high-contrast theme).
207 - Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
211 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
216 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
217 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
218 - Implemented right-to-left support.
219 - Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
220 - Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
224 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
232 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
233 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
234 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
235 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
236 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
237 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
238 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
239 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
240 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
241 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
242 during a search and replace.
243 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
244 are both used in the same program.
245 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
246 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
247 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
248 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
249 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
250 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
251 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
252 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
253 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
254 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
255 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
256 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
257 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
258 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
259 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
260 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
261 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
262 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
263 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
264 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
265 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
266 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
267 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
268 the first time it was called.
269 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
270 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
271 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
272 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
273 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
274 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
275 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
276 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
277 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
278 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
282 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
283 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
284 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
285 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
286 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
287 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
288 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
289 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
290 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
291 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
292 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
293 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
294 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
295 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
296 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
297 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
298 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
299 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
300 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
301 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
302 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
303 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
304 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
305 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
306 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
307 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
308 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
309 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
310 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
311 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
312 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
313 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
315 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
316 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
317 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
318 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
319 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
321 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
322 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
323 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
324 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
325 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
326 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
327 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
328 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
329 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
330 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
331 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
332 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
333 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
334 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
335 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
336 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
337 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
338 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
339 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
340 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
341 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
342 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
343 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
344 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
345 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
346 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
347 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
348 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
349 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
350 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
351 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
352 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
353 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
354 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
355 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
356 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
357 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
358 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
359 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
360 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
364 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
365 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
366 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
367 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
368 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
369 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
370 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
371 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
372 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
373 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
374 wxMSW faq for details).
375 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
376 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
378 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
379 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
380 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
381 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
382 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
384 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
385 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
386 initial construction.
387 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
388 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
389 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
391 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
392 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
393 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
394 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
395 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
396 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
397 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
398 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
399 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
400 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
401 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
402 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
403 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
404 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
405 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
406 changes the system font.
407 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
408 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
409 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
410 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
411 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
412 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
416 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
417 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
418 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
419 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
420 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
422 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
423 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
424 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
425 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
426 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
427 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
428 previously unable to be focused before.
429 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
430 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
431 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
433 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
434 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
435 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
436 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
437 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
438 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
439 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
440 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
441 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
445 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
446 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
447 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
448 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
449 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
450 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
451 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
452 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
453 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
454 - Corrected idle wake-up.
455 - Corrected wxExecute.
456 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
457 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
458 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
459 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
460 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
461 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
462 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
464 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
465 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
467 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
468 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
469 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
470 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
471 end of file with an error.
472 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
474 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
475 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
476 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
477 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
478 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
479 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
480 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
484 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
488 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
489 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
490 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
491 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
492 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
493 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
494 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
495 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
496 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
497 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
498 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
499 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
500 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
501 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
503 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
504 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
505 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
506 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
507 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
511 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
512 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
513 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
517 - Invisible text problem fixed.
518 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
519 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
520 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
524 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
528 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
529 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
537 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
538 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
539 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
540 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
541 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
542 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
543 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
544 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
545 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
546 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
547 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
548 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
552 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
553 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
554 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
555 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
556 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
557 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
558 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
559 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
560 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
561 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
562 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
563 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
567 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
568 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
569 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
570 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
571 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
572 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
573 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
574 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
575 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
576 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
577 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
578 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
579 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
580 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
581 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
585 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
586 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
587 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
588 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
589 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
590 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
591 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
592 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
593 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
594 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
595 - Fixed domain socket handling.
599 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
600 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
601 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
602 - Various text control bug fixes.
603 - Automatic menu management improved.
604 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
605 due to dangling cycle pointers.
606 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
607 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
612 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
616 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
617 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
621 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
622 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
623 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
624 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
625 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
626 flag has been specified.
627 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
628 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
629 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
634 - Fixed crash on exit.
635 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
639 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
647 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
648 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
652 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
653 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
654 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
655 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
656 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
657 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
658 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
659 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
660 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
661 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
665 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
666 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
667 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
668 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
669 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
670 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
671 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
672 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
673 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
674 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
675 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
676 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
677 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
678 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
679 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
680 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
681 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
682 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
683 - Compiles again with WIN64.
684 - Winelib compilation now works.
685 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
686 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
687 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
688 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
689 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
690 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
691 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
692 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
693 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
694 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
695 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
696 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
697 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
701 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
705 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
706 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
707 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
708 - Added bitmap support in menus.
712 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
713 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
714 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
716 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
717 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
718 - Window menu now added automatically.
719 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
720 - Modified function key support fixed.
721 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
725 - Menu problems fixed.
726 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
727 - Fixed a font memory leak.
728 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
736 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
737 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
741 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
742 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
746 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
747 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
748 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
752 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
755 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
756 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
757 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
758 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
759 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
760 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
761 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
764 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
771 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
772 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
773 - Added wxDebugReport class.
774 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
775 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
776 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
777 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
778 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
779 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
783 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
784 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
785 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
786 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
787 the whole virtual area.
788 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
789 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
790 isn't used to set the window size.
791 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
792 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
793 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
794 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
798 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
802 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
803 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
804 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
805 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
806 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
807 handling (Jamie Gadd).
811 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
812 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
813 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
814 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
815 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
816 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
817 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
818 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
822 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
826 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
830 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
831 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
832 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
833 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
834 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
835 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
836 with correct titlebar style.
837 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
839 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
840 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
841 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
842 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
843 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
844 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
845 to the dialog's toolbar.
852 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
853 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
854 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
855 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
856 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
857 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
858 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
859 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
860 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
861 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
862 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
863 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
864 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
865 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
866 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
867 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
868 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
869 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
870 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
871 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
872 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
873 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
874 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
875 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
876 printing stuff in the GTK port.
877 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
878 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
879 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
880 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
881 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
882 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
883 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
884 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
885 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
886 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
887 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
888 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
889 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
890 due to a rounding error.
891 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
892 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
893 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
894 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
895 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
896 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
897 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
898 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
904 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
905 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
906 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
907 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
908 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
909 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
910 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
911 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
912 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
913 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
914 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
915 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
916 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
917 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
918 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
919 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
920 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
924 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
928 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
929 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
930 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
931 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
932 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
933 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
934 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
935 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
936 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
937 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
938 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
939 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
940 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
942 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
943 - Added wxRawBitmap support
944 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
945 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
946 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
950 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
951 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
952 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
953 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
957 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
958 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
959 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
960 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
961 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
964 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
965 but not mentioned anywhere.
966 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
970 - wxBU_... button align flags support
971 - vertical notebook orientation support
972 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
973 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
977 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
978 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
979 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
980 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
981 - enumeration of available volumes
982 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
983 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
984 - native wxColourDialog implementation
985 - native wxSystemSettings colours
986 - native wxButton implementation
987 - native wxCheckBox implementation
988 - native wxSlider implementation
989 - native wxToggleButton implementation
990 - native wxRadioButton implementation
991 - native wxStaticText implementation
992 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
1000 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
1001 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
1002 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1003 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
1004 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
1005 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
1006 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
1007 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
1008 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
1009 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
1010 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
1011 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
1012 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
1013 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
1014 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
1015 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
1019 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
1020 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
1021 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
1023 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
1024 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
1025 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
1026 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
1027 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
1028 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
1029 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
1030 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
1031 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
1032 - added samples/splash
1033 - added support for stock buttons
1034 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
1035 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
1036 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
1037 - added wxChoicebook control
1038 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
1039 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
1040 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
1041 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
1042 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
1043 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
1044 supported, instead of zero.
1045 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
1049 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
1050 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
1051 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
1052 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
1053 - wx-config has new --version-full option
1057 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1058 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
1059 - Tooltips now supported
1060 - wxSound now supported
1061 - wxDisplay now supported
1062 - Some stock cursors now supported
1066 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
1067 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
1068 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1069 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
1073 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
1074 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
1075 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
1076 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
1077 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
1078 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
1079 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
1080 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
1081 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
1082 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
1083 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
1084 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
1085 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
1086 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
1087 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
1088 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
1089 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
1090 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
1091 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
1095 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
1099 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
1100 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
1101 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
1102 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
1103 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
1104 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
1105 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
1106 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
1107 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
1108 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
1109 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
1110 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1111 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
1112 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
1116 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
1120 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
1121 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
1122 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
1123 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
1127 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
1128 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
1136 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1137 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1138 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1139 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1141 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1142 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1143 to forward declare these classes.
1147 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1148 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1149 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1150 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1151 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1152 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1153 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1154 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1155 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1156 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1157 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1158 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1159 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1160 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1161 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1165 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1166 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1167 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1168 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1169 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1170 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1171 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1172 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1173 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1174 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1175 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1176 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1180 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1184 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1185 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1186 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1187 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1191 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1195 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1196 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1200 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1201 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1205 - Full Unicode support is now available
1206 - BLOB support is working
1214 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1215 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1216 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1217 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1218 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1219 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1220 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1221 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1222 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1223 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1224 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1225 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1226 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1228 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1229 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1230 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1231 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1232 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1233 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1234 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1235 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1236 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1237 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1238 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1239 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1243 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1244 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1245 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1246 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1247 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1248 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1249 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1250 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1251 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1252 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1253 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1254 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1255 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1256 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1257 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1258 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1259 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1260 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1261 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1262 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1263 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1264 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1265 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1266 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1267 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1268 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1272 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1273 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1274 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1275 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1276 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1277 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1278 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1279 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1280 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1281 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1282 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1283 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1284 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1285 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1286 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1287 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1288 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1289 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1290 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1291 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1292 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1293 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1294 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1295 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1296 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1297 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1298 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1299 than the specified default size
1300 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1304 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1305 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1306 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1307 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1308 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1309 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1310 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1311 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1312 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1316 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1317 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1318 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1319 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1323 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1327 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1328 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1332 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1333 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1334 addition to existing OSS one
1335 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1343 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1344 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1345 separately compiled library
1346 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1347 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1348 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1349 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1350 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1351 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1352 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1353 by default in Unicode mode
1354 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1355 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1356 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1357 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1358 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1359 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1360 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1361 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1362 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1363 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1364 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1365 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1366 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1367 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1368 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1369 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1370 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1371 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1372 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1373 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1377 - added Watcom makefiles
1378 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1382 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1383 - added wxListbook control
1384 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1385 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1386 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1387 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1388 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1389 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1390 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1391 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1392 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1393 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1394 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1395 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1396 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1397 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1398 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1399 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1400 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1401 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1402 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1403 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1404 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1405 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1406 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1407 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1408 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1409 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1410 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1411 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1412 default extension for the template
1413 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1414 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1415 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1416 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1417 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1418 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1419 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1420 to allow better rich text support.
1421 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1422 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1423 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1424 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1425 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1426 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1427 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1428 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1429 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1430 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1431 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1432 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1433 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1434 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1435 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1436 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1437 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1438 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1439 - added wxMirrorDC class
1440 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1441 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1442 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1443 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1444 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1445 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1450 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1451 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1452 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1453 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1454 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1458 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1459 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1460 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1461 to contrib/src/deprecated
1465 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1466 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1467 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1468 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1469 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1470 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1471 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1472 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1473 be appended to filenames with no extension
1474 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1475 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1476 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1477 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1481 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1482 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1486 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1487 - added wxCrashReport
1488 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1489 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1490 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1491 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1492 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1493 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1494 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1495 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1496 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1497 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1498 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1499 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1500 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1501 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1502 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1503 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1504 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1505 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1506 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1507 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1508 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1509 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1510 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1511 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1512 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1516 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1517 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1518 documentation for a detailed explanation
1519 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1520 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1521 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1522 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1523 - implemented wxToggleButton
1524 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1525 instead of a sunken border
1526 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1527 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1531 - controls in toolbars now supported
1535 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1536 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1537 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1538 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1539 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1545 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1546 ================================
1548 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1549 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1550 with '!' in the first column.
1552 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1553 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1554 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1555 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1558 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1559 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1560 (see the documentation) useful.
1565 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1566 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1569 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1570 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1571 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1572 arrays containing non-pointers.
1574 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1575 simply don't make sense for all objects
1577 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1578 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1579 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1581 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1583 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1584 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1585 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1586 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1587 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1589 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1590 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1591 the default assert handling.
1595 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1596 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1597 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1599 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1600 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1603 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1604 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1605 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1607 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1608 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1609 you want to get OnChar() as well
1611 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1612 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1613 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1615 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1616 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1617 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1618 will *NOT* work any longer:
1620 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1621 ... do something ...
1622 if ( flags & wxYES )
1623 ... do something else ...
1625 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1626 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1629 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1631 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1632 if you derived any classes from it
1634 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1635 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1637 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1638 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1640 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1641 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1643 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1644 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1647 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1648 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1649 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1651 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1652 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1653 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1654 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1658 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1659 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1660 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1661 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1662 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1663 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1664 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1665 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1666 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1667 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1669 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1672 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1673 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1675 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1676 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1677 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1679 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1680 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1685 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1686 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1687 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1688 to compile pure C files.
1691 wxThread and related classes:
1693 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1694 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1695 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1696 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1698 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1699 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1700 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1701 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1703 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1704 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1705 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1707 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1708 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1719 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1726 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1727 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1728 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1732 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1733 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1734 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1737 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1738 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1741 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1745 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1746 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1750 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1757 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1758 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1759 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1760 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1761 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1762 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1763 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1764 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1765 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1766 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1767 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1768 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1769 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1770 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1771 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1772 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1776 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1777 programs and not only GNU make
1778 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1779 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1780 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1781 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1782 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1786 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1787 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1788 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1789 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1790 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1792 - significantly improved native font support
1793 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1795 - added IFF image handler
1796 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1797 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1798 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1799 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1800 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1801 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1802 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1803 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1804 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1805 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1806 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1807 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1808 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1809 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1810 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1811 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1812 - wxMessageOutput class added
1813 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1814 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1816 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1817 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1818 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1819 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1821 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1822 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1823 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1827 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1828 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1829 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1830 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1831 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1832 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1833 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1834 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1835 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1836 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1838 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1839 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1840 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1841 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1842 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1843 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1844 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1846 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1847 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1848 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1849 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1850 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1851 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1852 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1853 has the capture before release it.
1854 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1855 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1856 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1857 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1858 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1859 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1860 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1861 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1862 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1863 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1864 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1865 provided in wxFontData
1866 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1867 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1871 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1872 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1873 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1874 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1875 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1876 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1877 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1878 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1879 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1880 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1881 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1882 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1883 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1887 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1888 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1889 - improved toolbar control alignment
1890 - implemented wxSpinButton
1891 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1892 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1893 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1897 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1898 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1906 - First alpha-quality release
1910 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1911 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1912 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1913 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1914 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1919 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1923 - wxRegEx class added
1924 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1925 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1926 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1927 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1928 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1932 - support for virtual list control added
1933 - column images in report mode of the list control
1934 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1935 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1936 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1937 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1938 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1939 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1940 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1941 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1942 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1943 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1944 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1945 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1949 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1950 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1955 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1956 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1957 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1958 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1962 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1967 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1969 - added support for animated GIFs
1977 - Fixed new charset detection code
1978 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1979 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1980 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1981 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1982 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1983 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1987 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1988 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1989 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1990 push on a custom event handler for example)
1991 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1992 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1993 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1994 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1995 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1996 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1998 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1999 - Various wxXML enhancements
2000 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
2001 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
2002 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
2004 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
2005 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
2009 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
2010 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
2011 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
2012 alt or shift) now work
2013 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
2014 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
2015 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
2016 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
2017 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
2018 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
2019 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
2020 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
2021 - We now send iconize events
2022 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
2023 - Added mousewheel processing
2024 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
2025 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
2027 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
2028 child frame styles are honoured
2032 - Fixed slider rounding bug
2033 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
2034 - We now send iconize events
2035 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
2036 GetSelection() results
2043 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
2044 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
2045 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
2046 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
2047 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2048 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
2049 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
2050 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
2051 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
2052 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
2056 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
2057 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
2058 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
2059 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
2060 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
2061 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
2062 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
2063 wxImage methods and ctor)
2064 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
2065 - ODBC documentation complete!!
2066 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
2067 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
2068 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
2069 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
2073 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
2074 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
2075 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
2076 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
2080 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
2084 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
2085 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
2092 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
2093 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
2094 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
2095 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
2096 - Completed Czech translations
2097 - Some stream corrections
2098 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
2099 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
2100 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
2101 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
2105 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
2106 flicker-free dragging is now possible
2107 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
2108 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
2109 - Paper names now translated
2111 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
2112 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
2113 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
2114 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
2116 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
2117 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
2119 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
2120 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
2121 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
2122 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
2126 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
2127 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
2128 backward compatibility, please set
2129 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
2130 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2131 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2132 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2133 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2134 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2135 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2136 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2137 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2138 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2139 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2140 - wxFrame restores focus better
2141 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2142 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2143 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2144 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2145 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2146 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2147 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2148 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2149 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2150 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2154 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2158 - Small compilation fixes
2162 - wxCaret documented
2174 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2175 files. This works under VC++ only
2176 - Modal dialog handling improved
2177 - Printer dialog now modal
2192 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2196 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2197 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2202 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2203 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2204 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2205 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2206 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2207 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2208 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2209 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2210 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2212 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2213 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2214 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2215 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2216 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2217 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2219 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2223 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2224 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2225 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2226 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2227 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2228 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2229 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2230 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2232 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2233 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2234 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2235 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2236 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2237 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2238 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2239 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2240 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2241 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2242 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2243 - wxDragImage class added
2244 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2245 controllers, as well as native help
2246 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2250 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2251 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2252 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2253 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2254 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2255 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2256 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2257 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2258 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2259 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2261 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2262 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2263 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2267 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2268 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2269 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2273 - wxMenu::Enable works
2274 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2275 - OGL samples made to work again
2279 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2280 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2281 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2282 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2283 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2284 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2285 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2286 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2287 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2288 - improved HTML printing
2289 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
2290 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2291 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2292 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2295 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2298 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2299 -----------------------
2303 - JPEG support added.
2304 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2308 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2310 - JPEG support added.
2311 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2312 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2313 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2320 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2323 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2324 -------------------------------
2329 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2333 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2334 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2335 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2336 - Some makefile fixes.
2344 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2345 - More topic overviews.
2346 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2347 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2348 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2351 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2352 --------------------------
2356 - wxExecute improved.
2360 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2362 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2363 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2364 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2365 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2366 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2367 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2371 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2372 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2376 - wxLocale documented.
2377 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2378 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2379 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2380 (though doesn't display help yet).
2382 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2383 --------------------------
2387 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2391 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2393 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2397 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2398 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2399 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2400 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2401 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2402 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2403 crashes for some reason).
2404 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2405 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2409 - Further doc improvements.
2410 - wxGenericValidator added.
2411 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2414 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2415 -------------------------
2419 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2420 - wxToolTip class added.
2421 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2425 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2426 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2427 - TWIN32 support added.
2428 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2429 factored out program/library settings.
2430 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2434 - A few more colour fixes.
2435 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2436 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2437 - wxChoice crash fix.
2438 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2442 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2443 - Added samples/dde.
2444 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2446 Beta 2, January 1999
2447 --------------------
2453 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2457 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2459 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2460 - Added thread support (Robert).
2461 - wxPoem sample now works.
2465 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2466 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2467 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2469 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2470 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2472 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2474 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2475 --------------------------
2481 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2484 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2485 ----------------------------
2489 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2490 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2491 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2492 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2493 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2495 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2496 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2501 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2502 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2503 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2504 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2505 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2507 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2508 when any button was pressed.
2509 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2510 have a white background.
2511 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2512 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2513 they have sensible colours by default.
2514 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2515 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2516 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2517 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2518 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2520 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2521 ----------------------------
2525 - More documentation updates, especially for
2526 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2527 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2529 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2530 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2531 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2533 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2537 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2538 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2540 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2541 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2542 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2543 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2544 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2545 the debugging implementation.
2546 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2547 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2548 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2549 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2550 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2551 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2552 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2554 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2556 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2557 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2558 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2559 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2560 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2561 - wxNotebook almost done.
2562 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2563 to vertical toolbars).
2567 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2569 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2570 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2571 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2573 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2574 ----------------------------
2578 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2580 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2581 - A few more makefiles added.
2582 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2583 - Further doc updates.
2584 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2588 - First start at Motif port.
2589 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2590 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2591 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2592 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2594 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2595 --------------------------
2599 - wxBitmap debugged.
2600 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2601 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2602 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2603 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2604 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2605 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2606 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2608 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2609 ------------------------
2613 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2614 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2615 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2616 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2617 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2618 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2619 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2620 changes, wxNotebook.
2621 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2623 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2624 -----------------------
2628 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2629 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2630 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2631 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2632 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2634 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2635 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2637 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2638 -----------------------
2642 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2643 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2645 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2646 -----------------------
2650 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2651 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2653 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2654 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2655 wxMenuItem accessors.
2656 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2657 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2658 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2659 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2660 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2661 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2662 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2663 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2664 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2665 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2666 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2667 first, then doing the assignment.
2668 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2669 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2673 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2674 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2676 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2677 ----------------------
2681 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2682 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2683 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2684 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2685 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2686 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2687 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2688 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2689 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2691 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2692 ------------------------
2696 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2698 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2699 compilation and pragmas.
2700 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2701 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2705 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2706 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2707 compilation and pragmas.
2708 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2710 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2711 ------------------------
2715 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2716 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2718 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2719 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2720 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2721 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2723 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2724 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2725 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2727 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2728 compatibility functions.
2729 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2730 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2731 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2732 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2733 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2734 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2735 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2739 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2740 - Added samples/png.
2741 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2742 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2744 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2746 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2747 ------------------------
2751 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2752 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2753 cleaned up properly before exit.
2754 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2756 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2757 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2758 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2760 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2761 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2763 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2764 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2765 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2766 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2770 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2771 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2772 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2773 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2774 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2775 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2776 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2777 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2778 allow better control of memory.
2779 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2781 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2782 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2784 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2785 ------------------------
2789 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2790 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2791 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2792 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2793 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2794 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2795 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2796 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2797 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2798 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2799 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2800 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2802 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2803 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2804 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2805 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2806 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2807 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2808 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2809 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2810 internal implementation.
2811 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2812 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2813 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2817 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2818 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2819 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2820 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2821 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2823 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2824 --------------------------
2828 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2829 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2830 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2832 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2833 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2834 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2835 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2837 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2838 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2843 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2844 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2845 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2847 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2848 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2850 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2851 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2852 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2853 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2854 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2855 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2856 - Added gcc pragmas.
2857 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2858 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2859 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2860 added a few references to wxTransString.
2861 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2862 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2863 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2864 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2865 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2866 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2867 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2868 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2869 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2872 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2873 --------------------------
2877 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2878 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2879 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2880 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2881 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2882 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2883 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2884 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2885 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2886 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2887 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2889 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2890 to help printing with multiple pages.
2891 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2892 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2893 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2894 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2895 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2896 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2897 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2898 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2899 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2900 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2901 New files from Vadim:
2907 src\common\string.cpp
2911 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2912 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2913 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2914 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2915 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2916 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2917 including changes to defs.h.
2918 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2920 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2922 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2923 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2925 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2927 Alpha 3, September 1997
2928 -----------------------
2932 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2933 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2934 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2935 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2936 - Started documentation.
2938 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2939 ------------------------
2943 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2944 with MetroWerks compiler.
2945 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2946 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2947 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2948 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2949 for testing purposes.
2950 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2952 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2953 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2955 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2956 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2959 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2960 -----------------------
2964 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2966 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2967 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2968 wxString instead of char *.
2969 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2970 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2971 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2972 as wxbWindow now removed.
2973 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2974 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2976 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2977 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2978 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2980 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2981 settings mucho rationalised.
2982 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2983 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2985 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2986 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2987 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2988 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2989 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2990 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2992 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2993 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2995 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2996 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2997 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2998 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2999 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
3000 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
3001 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
3002 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
3003 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
3004 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
3006 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
3007 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
3009 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
3010 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
3011 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
3012 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
3013 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
3014 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
3016 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
3017 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
3018 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
3019 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
3020 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
3021 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).