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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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10 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
17 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
18 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
22 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
23 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
24 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
25 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
26 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
27 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
28 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
29 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
30 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
31 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
35 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
36 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
37 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
38 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
39 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
40 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
41 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
42 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
43 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
44 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
45 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
46 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
47 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
48 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
49 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
50 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
51 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
52 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
53 - Compiles again with WIN64.
54 - Winelib compilation now works.
55 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
56 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
57 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
58 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
59 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
60 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
61 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
62 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
63 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
64 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
65 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
66 - Fixed some wxRegKey bugs.
67 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP
71 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
75 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
76 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
77 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
78 - Added bitmap support in menus.
82 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
83 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
84 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
86 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
87 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
88 - Window menu now added automatically.
89 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
90 - Modified function key support fixed.
91 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
95 - Menu problems fixed.
96 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
97 - Fixed a font memory leak.
98 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
106 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
107 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
111 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
112 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
116 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
117 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
118 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
122 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
125 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
126 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
127 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
128 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
129 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
130 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
131 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
134 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
141 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
142 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
143 - Added wxDebugReport class.
144 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
145 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
146 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
147 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
148 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
149 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
153 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
154 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
155 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
156 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
157 the whole virtual area.
158 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
159 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
160 isn't used to set the window size.
161 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
162 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
163 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
164 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
168 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
172 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
173 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
174 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
175 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
176 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
177 handling (Jamie Gadd).
181 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
182 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
183 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
184 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
185 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
186 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
187 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
188 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
192 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
196 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
200 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
201 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
202 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
203 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
204 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
205 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
206 with correct titlebar style.
207 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
209 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
210 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
211 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
212 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
213 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
214 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
215 to the dialog's toolbar.
222 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
223 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
224 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
225 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
226 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
227 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
228 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
229 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
230 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
231 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
232 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
233 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
234 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
235 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
236 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
237 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
238 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
239 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
240 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
241 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
242 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
243 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
244 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
245 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
246 printing stuff in the GTK port.
247 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
248 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
249 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
250 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
251 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
252 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
253 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
254 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
255 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
256 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
257 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
258 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
259 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
260 due to a rounding error.
261 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
262 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
263 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
264 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
265 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
266 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
267 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
268 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
274 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
275 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
276 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
277 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
278 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
279 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
280 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
281 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
282 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
283 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
284 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
285 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
286 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
287 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
288 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
289 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
290 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
294 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
298 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
299 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
300 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
301 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
302 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
303 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
304 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
305 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
306 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
307 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
308 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
309 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
310 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
312 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
313 - Added wxRawBitmap support
314 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
315 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
316 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
320 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
321 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
322 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
323 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
327 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
328 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
329 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
330 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
331 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
334 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
335 but not mentioned anywhere.
336 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
340 - wxBU_... button align flags support
341 - vertical notebook orientation support
342 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
343 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
347 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
348 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
349 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
350 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
351 - enumeration of available volumes
352 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
353 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
354 - native wxColourDialog implementation
355 - native wxSystemSettings colours
356 - native wxButton implementation
357 - native wxCheckBox implementation
358 - native wxSlider implementation
359 - native wxToggleButton implementation
360 - native wxRadioButton implementation
361 - native wxStaticText implementation
362 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
370 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
371 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
372 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
373 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
374 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
375 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
376 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
377 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
378 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
379 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
380 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
381 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
382 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
383 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
384 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
385 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
389 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
390 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
391 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
393 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
394 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
395 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
396 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
397 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
398 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
399 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
400 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
401 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
402 - added samples/splash
403 - added support for stock buttons
404 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
405 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
406 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
407 - added wxChoicebook control
408 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
409 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
410 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
411 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
412 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
413 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
414 supported, instead of zero.
415 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
419 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
420 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
421 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
422 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
423 - wx-config has new --version-full option
427 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
428 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
429 - Tooltips now supported
430 - wxSound now supported
431 - wxDisplay now supported
432 - Some stock cursors now supported
436 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
437 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
438 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
439 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
443 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
444 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
445 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
446 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
447 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
448 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
449 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
450 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
451 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
452 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
453 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
454 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
455 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
456 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
457 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
458 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
459 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
460 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
461 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
465 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
469 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
470 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
471 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
472 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
473 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
474 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
475 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
476 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
477 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
478 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
479 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
480 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
481 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
482 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
486 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
490 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
491 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
492 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
493 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
497 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
498 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
506 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
507 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
508 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
509 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
511 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
512 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
513 to forward declare these classes.
517 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
518 resulting in much better display of scaled images
519 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
520 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
521 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
522 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
523 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
524 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
525 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
526 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
527 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
528 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
529 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
530 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
531 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
535 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
536 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
537 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
538 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
539 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
540 even try to do it by default -- now it does
541 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
542 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
543 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
544 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
545 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
546 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
550 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
554 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
555 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
556 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
557 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
561 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
565 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
566 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
570 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
571 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
575 - Full Unicode support is now available
576 - BLOB support is working
584 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
585 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
586 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
587 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
588 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
589 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
590 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
591 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
592 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
593 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
594 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
595 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
596 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
598 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
599 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
600 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
601 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
602 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
603 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
604 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
605 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
606 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
607 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
608 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
609 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
613 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
614 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
615 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
616 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
617 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
618 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
619 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
620 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
621 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
622 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
623 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
624 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
625 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
626 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
627 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
628 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
629 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
630 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
631 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
632 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
633 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
634 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
635 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
636 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
637 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
638 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
642 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
643 - fixed DDE memory leaks
644 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
645 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
646 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
647 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
648 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
649 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
650 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
651 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
652 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
653 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
654 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
655 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
656 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
657 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
658 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
659 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
660 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
661 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
662 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
663 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
664 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
665 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
666 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
667 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
668 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
669 than the specified default size
670 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
674 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
675 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
676 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
677 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
678 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
679 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
680 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
681 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
682 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
686 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
687 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
688 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
689 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
693 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
697 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
698 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
702 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
703 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
704 addition to existing OSS one
705 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
713 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
714 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
715 separately compiled library
716 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
717 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
718 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
719 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
720 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
721 - added wxArray::SetCount()
722 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
723 by default in Unicode mode
724 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
725 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
726 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
727 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
728 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
729 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
730 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
731 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
732 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
733 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
734 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
735 - added wxRecursionGuard class
736 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
737 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
738 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
739 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
740 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
741 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
742 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
743 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
747 - added Watcom makefiles
748 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
752 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
753 - added wxListbook control
754 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
755 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
756 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
757 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
758 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
759 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
760 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
761 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
762 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
763 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
764 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
765 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
766 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
767 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
768 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
769 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
770 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
771 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
772 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
773 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
774 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
775 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
776 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
777 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
778 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
779 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
780 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
781 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
782 default extension for the template
783 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
784 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
785 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
786 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
787 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
788 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
789 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
790 to allow better rich text support.
791 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
792 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
793 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
794 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
795 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
796 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
797 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
798 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
799 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
800 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
801 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
802 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
803 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
804 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
805 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
806 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
807 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
808 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
809 - added wxMirrorDC class
810 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
811 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
812 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
813 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
814 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
815 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
820 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
821 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
822 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
823 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
824 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
828 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
829 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
830 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
831 to contrib/src/deprecated
835 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
836 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
837 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
838 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
839 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
840 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
841 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
842 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
843 be appended to filenames with no extension
844 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
845 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
846 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
847 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
851 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
852 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
856 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
857 - added wxCrashReport
858 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
859 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
860 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
861 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
862 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
863 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
864 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
865 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
866 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
867 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
868 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
869 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
870 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
871 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
872 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
873 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
874 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
875 - improved border handling under Windows XP
876 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
877 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
878 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
879 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
880 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
881 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
882 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
886 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
887 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
888 documentation for a detailed explanation
889 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
890 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
891 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
892 with Motif 1.x compatibility
893 - implemented wxToggleButton
894 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
895 instead of a sunken border
896 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
897 - finished wxClipboard implementation
901 - controls in toolbars now supported
905 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
906 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
907 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
908 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
909 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
915 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
916 ================================
918 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
919 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
920 with '!' in the first column.
922 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
923 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
924 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
925 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
928 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
929 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
930 (see the documentation) useful.
935 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
936 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
939 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
940 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
941 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
942 arrays containing non-pointers.
944 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
945 simply don't make sense for all objects
947 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
948 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
949 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
951 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
953 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
954 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
955 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
956 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
957 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
959 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
960 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
961 the default assert handling.
965 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
966 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
967 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
969 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
970 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
973 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
974 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
975 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
977 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
978 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
979 you want to get OnChar() as well
981 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
982 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
983 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
985 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
986 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
987 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
988 will *NOT* work any longer:
990 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
993 ... do something else ...
995 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
996 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
999 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1001 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1002 if you derived any classes from it
1004 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1005 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1007 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1008 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1010 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1011 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1013 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1014 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1017 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1018 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1019 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1021 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1022 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1023 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1024 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1028 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1029 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1030 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1031 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1032 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1033 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1034 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1035 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1036 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1037 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1039 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1042 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1043 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1045 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1046 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1047 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1049 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1050 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1055 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1056 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1057 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1058 to compile pure C files.
1061 wxThread and related classes:
1063 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1064 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1065 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1066 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1068 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1069 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1070 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1071 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1073 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1074 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1075 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1077 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1078 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1089 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1096 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1097 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1098 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1102 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1103 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1104 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1107 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1108 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1111 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1115 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1116 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1120 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1127 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1128 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1129 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1130 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1131 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1132 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1133 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1134 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1135 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1136 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1137 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1138 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1139 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1140 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1141 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1142 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1146 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1147 programs and not only GNU make
1148 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1149 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1150 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1151 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1152 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1156 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1157 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1158 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1159 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1160 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1162 - significantly improved native font support
1163 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1165 - added IFF image handler
1166 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1167 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1168 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1169 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1170 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1171 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1172 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1173 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1174 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1175 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1176 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1177 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1178 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1179 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1180 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1181 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1182 - wxMessageOutput class added
1183 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1184 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1186 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1187 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1188 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1189 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1191 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1192 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1193 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1197 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1198 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1199 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1200 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1201 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1202 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1203 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1204 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1205 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1206 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1208 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1209 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1210 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1211 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1212 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1213 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1214 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1216 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1217 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1218 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1219 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1220 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1221 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1222 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1223 has the capture before release it.
1224 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1225 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1226 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1227 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1228 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1229 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1230 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1231 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1232 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1233 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1234 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1235 provided in wxFontData
1236 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1237 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1241 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1242 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1243 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1244 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1245 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1246 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1247 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1248 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1249 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1250 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1251 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1252 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1253 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1257 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1258 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1259 - improved toolbar control alignment
1260 - implemented wxSpinButton
1261 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1262 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1263 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1267 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1268 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1276 - First alpha-quality release
1280 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1281 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1282 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1283 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1284 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1289 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1293 - wxRegEx class added
1294 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1295 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1296 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1297 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1298 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1302 - support for virtual list control added
1303 - column images in report mode of the list control
1304 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1305 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1306 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1307 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1308 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1309 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1310 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1311 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1312 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1313 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1314 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1315 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1319 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1320 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1325 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1326 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1327 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1328 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1332 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1337 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1339 - added support for animated GIFs
1347 - Fixed new charset detection code
1348 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1349 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1350 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1351 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1352 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1353 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1357 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1358 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1359 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1360 push on a custom event handler for example)
1361 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1362 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1363 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1364 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1365 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1366 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1368 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1369 - Various wxXML enhancements
1370 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1371 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1372 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1374 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1375 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1379 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1380 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1381 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1382 alt or shift) now work
1383 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1384 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1385 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1386 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1387 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1388 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1389 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1390 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1391 - We now send iconize events
1392 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1393 - Added mousewheel processing
1394 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1395 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1397 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1398 child frame styles are honoured
1402 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1403 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1404 - We now send iconize events
1405 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1406 GetSelection() results
1413 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1414 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1415 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1416 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1417 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1418 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1419 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1420 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1421 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1422 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1426 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1427 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1428 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1429 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1430 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1431 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1432 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1433 wxImage methods and ctor)
1434 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1435 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1436 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1437 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1438 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1439 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1443 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1444 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1445 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1446 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1450 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1454 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1455 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1462 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1463 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1464 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1465 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1466 - Completed Czech translations
1467 - Some stream corrections
1468 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1469 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1470 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1471 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1475 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1476 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1477 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1478 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1479 - Paper names now translated
1481 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1482 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1483 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1484 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1486 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1487 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1489 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1490 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1491 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1492 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1496 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1497 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1498 backward compatibility, please set
1499 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1500 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1501 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1502 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1503 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1504 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1505 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1506 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1507 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1508 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1509 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1510 - wxFrame restores focus better
1511 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1512 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1513 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1514 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1515 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1516 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1517 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1518 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1519 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1520 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1524 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1528 - Small compilation fixes
1532 - wxCaret documented
1544 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1545 files. This works under VC++ only
1546 - Modal dialog handling improved
1547 - Printer dialog now modal
1562 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1566 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1567 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1572 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1573 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1574 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1575 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1576 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1577 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1578 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1579 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1580 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1582 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1583 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1584 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1585 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1586 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1587 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1589 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1593 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1594 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1595 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1596 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1597 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1598 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1599 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1600 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1602 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1603 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1604 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1605 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1606 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1607 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1608 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1609 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1610 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1611 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1612 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1613 - wxDragImage class added
1614 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1615 controllers, as well as native help
1616 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1620 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1621 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1622 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1623 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1624 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1625 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1626 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1627 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1628 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1629 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1631 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1632 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1633 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1637 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1638 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1639 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1643 - wxMenu::Enable works
1644 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1645 - OGL samples made to work again
1649 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1650 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1651 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1652 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1653 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1654 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1655 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1656 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1657 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1658 - improved HTML printing
1659 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1660 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1661 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1662 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1665 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1668 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1669 -----------------------
1673 - JPEG support added.
1674 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1678 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1680 - JPEG support added.
1681 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1682 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1683 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1690 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1693 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1694 -------------------------------
1699 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1703 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1704 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1705 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1706 - Some makefile fixes.
1714 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1715 - More topic overviews.
1716 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1717 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1718 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1721 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1722 --------------------------
1726 - wxExecute improved.
1730 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1732 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1733 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1734 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1735 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1736 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1737 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1741 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1742 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1746 - wxLocale documented.
1747 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1748 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1749 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1750 (though doesn't display help yet).
1752 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1753 --------------------------
1757 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1761 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1763 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1767 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1768 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1769 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1770 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1771 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1772 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1773 crashes for some reason).
1774 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1775 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1779 - Further doc improvements.
1780 - wxGenericValidator added.
1781 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1784 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1785 -------------------------
1789 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1790 - wxToolTip class added.
1791 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1795 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1796 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1797 - TWIN32 support added.
1798 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1799 factored out program/library settings.
1800 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1804 - A few more colour fixes.
1805 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1806 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1807 - wxChoice crash fix.
1808 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1812 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1813 - Added samples/dde.
1814 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1816 Beta 2, January 1999
1817 --------------------
1823 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1827 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1829 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1830 - Added thread support (Robert).
1831 - wxPoem sample now works.
1835 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1836 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1837 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1839 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1840 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1842 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1844 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1845 --------------------------
1851 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1854 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1855 ----------------------------
1859 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1860 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1861 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1862 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1863 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1865 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1866 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1871 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1872 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1873 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1874 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1875 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1877 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1878 when any button was pressed.
1879 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1880 have a white background.
1881 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1882 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1883 they have sensible colours by default.
1884 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1885 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1886 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1887 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1888 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1890 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1891 ----------------------------
1895 - More documentation updates, especially for
1896 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1897 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1899 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1900 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1901 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1903 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1907 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1908 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1910 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1911 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1912 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1913 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1914 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1915 the debugging implementation.
1916 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1917 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1918 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1919 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1920 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1921 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1922 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1924 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1926 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1927 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1928 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1929 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1930 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1931 - wxNotebook almost done.
1932 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1933 to vertical toolbars).
1937 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1939 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1940 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1941 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1943 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1944 ----------------------------
1948 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1950 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1951 - A few more makefiles added.
1952 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1953 - Further doc updates.
1954 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1958 - First start at Motif port.
1959 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1960 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1961 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1962 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1964 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1965 --------------------------
1969 - wxBitmap debugged.
1970 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1971 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1972 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1973 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1974 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1975 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1976 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1978 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1979 ------------------------
1983 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1984 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1985 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1986 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1987 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1988 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1989 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1990 changes, wxNotebook.
1991 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1993 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1994 -----------------------
1998 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1999 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2000 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2001 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2002 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2004 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2005 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2007 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2008 -----------------------
2012 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2013 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2015 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2016 -----------------------
2020 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2021 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2023 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2024 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2025 wxMenuItem accessors.
2026 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2027 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2028 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2029 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2030 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2031 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2032 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2033 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2034 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2035 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2036 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2037 first, then doing the assignment.
2038 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2039 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2043 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2044 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2046 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2047 ----------------------
2051 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2052 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2053 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2054 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2055 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2056 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2057 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2058 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2059 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2061 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2062 ------------------------
2066 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2068 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2069 compilation and pragmas.
2070 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2071 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2075 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2076 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2077 compilation and pragmas.
2078 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2080 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2081 ------------------------
2085 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2086 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2088 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2089 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2090 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2091 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2093 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2094 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2095 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2097 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2098 compatibility functions.
2099 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2100 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2101 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2102 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2103 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2104 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2105 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2109 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2110 - Added samples/png.
2111 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2112 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2114 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2116 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2117 ------------------------
2121 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2122 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2123 cleaned up properly before exit.
2124 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2126 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2127 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2128 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2130 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2131 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2133 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2134 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2135 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2136 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2140 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2141 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2142 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2143 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2144 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2145 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2146 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2147 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2148 allow better control of memory.
2149 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2151 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2152 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2154 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2155 ------------------------
2159 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2160 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2161 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2162 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2163 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2164 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2165 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2166 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2167 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2168 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2169 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2170 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2172 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2173 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2174 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2175 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2176 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2177 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2178 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2179 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2180 internal implementation.
2181 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2182 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2183 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2187 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2188 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2189 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2190 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2191 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2193 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2194 --------------------------
2198 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2199 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2200 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2202 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2203 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2204 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2205 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2207 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2208 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2213 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2214 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2215 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2217 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2218 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2220 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2221 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2222 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2223 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2224 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2225 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2226 - Added gcc pragmas.
2227 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2228 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2229 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2230 added a few references to wxTransString.
2231 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2232 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2233 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2234 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2235 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2236 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2237 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2238 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2239 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2242 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2243 --------------------------
2247 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2248 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2249 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2250 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2251 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2252 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2253 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2254 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2255 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2256 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2257 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2259 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2260 to help printing with multiple pages.
2261 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2262 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2263 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2264 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2265 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2266 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2267 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2268 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2269 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2270 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2271 New files from Vadim:
2277 src\common\string.cpp
2281 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2282 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2283 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2284 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2285 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2286 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2287 including changes to defs.h.
2288 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2290 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2292 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2293 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2295 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2297 Alpha 3, September 1997
2298 -----------------------
2302 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2303 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2304 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2305 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2306 - Started documentation.
2308 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2309 ------------------------
2313 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2314 with MetroWerks compiler.
2315 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2316 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2317 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2318 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2319 for testing purposes.
2320 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2322 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2323 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2325 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2326 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2329 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2330 -----------------------
2334 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2336 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2337 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2338 wxString instead of char *.
2339 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2340 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2341 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2342 as wxbWindow now removed.
2343 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2344 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2346 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2347 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2348 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2350 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2351 settings mucho rationalised.
2352 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2353 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2355 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2356 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2357 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2358 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2359 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2360 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2362 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2363 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2365 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2366 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2367 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2368 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2369 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2370 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2371 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2372 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2373 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2374 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2376 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2377 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2379 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2380 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2381 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2382 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2383 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2384 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2386 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2387 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2388 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2389 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2390 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2391 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).