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2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
8 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
9 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
10 with '!' in the first column.
12 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
13 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
16 ! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
17 wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE still
18 exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
21 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
22 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
23 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
24 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
25 - finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one
26 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
27 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
28 - wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
29 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
30 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
31 - wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more
32 - (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override
33 ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen
34 - wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments
35 - wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList&
36 (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0)
37 - wxID_SEPARATOR (id used for the menu separators) value changed from -1 to -2
38 - wxGetNumberFromUser() is now in separate wx/numdlg.h, not wx/textdlg.h
39 - wxChoice and wxCombobox now handle their size in the same way as in all the
40 other ports under MSW, new code is actually correct but different from weird
41 stuff they were doing before so the behaviour of your programs might change
42 - wxTaskBarIcon objects must now be destroyed before the application can exit.
43 Previously, the application terminated if there were no top level windows;
44 now it terminates if there are no top level windows or taskbar icons left.
45 - wxZlibInputStream is not by default compatible with the output of the
46 2.4.x version of wxZlibOutputStream. However, there is a compatibilty mode,
47 switched on by passing wxZLIB_24COMPATIBLE to the constructor.
48 - when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0 wxHashTable uses a new implementation
49 not using wxList keyed interface (the same used when wxUSE_STL == 1),
50 the only incompatibility being that Next() returns a wxHashTable::Node*
52 - non-const wxDC methods GetBackground(), GetBrush(), GetFont() and GetPen()
53 don't exist any more, please fix your code -- it never worked correctly
54 anyhow if you modified the objects returned by these methods so you should
55 simply switch to using const methods.
56 - EVT_XXX macros are now type-safe; code that uses wrong type for event
57 handler's argument will no longer compile.
61 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
62 ==============================
64 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWidgets
65 versions, please update your code to not use them.
67 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
68 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
69 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
70 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
71 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
72 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
73 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
74 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
75 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
76 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
77 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWidgets
78 methods taking wxArrayString
79 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
80 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
81 - wxTreeCtrl::GetFirst/NextChild() 2nd argument now has type wxTreeItemIdValue
82 and not long, please change declarations of "cookie"s in your code
83 accordingly -- otherwise your code won't work on 64 bit platforms
84 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
85 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
86 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
87 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
88 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
89 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
91 - wxWave class; use wxSound instead
92 - The wxHIDE_READONLY flag for wxFileDialog was not implemented
93 and has now been removed
94 - wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead
105 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now recommended way
106 of showing popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
111 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
112 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
116 - fixed wrong colour of tooltips under some themes
117 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
125 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
126 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
127 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
128 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
130 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
131 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
132 to forward declare these classes.
136 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
137 resulting in much better display of scaled images
138 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
139 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
140 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
141 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
142 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
143 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
144 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
145 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
146 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
147 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
148 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
149 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
150 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
154 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
155 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
156 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
157 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
158 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
159 even try to do it by default -- now it does
160 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
161 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
162 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
163 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
164 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
165 - subdindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
169 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
173 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
174 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
175 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
176 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
180 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
184 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
185 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
189 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
190 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
194 - Full Unicode support is now available
195 - BLOB support is working
203 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
204 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
205 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
206 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
207 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
208 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
209 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
210 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
211 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
212 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
213 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
214 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
215 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
217 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
218 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
219 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
220 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
221 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
222 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
223 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
224 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
225 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
226 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
227 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
228 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
232 - added wxListBook control
233 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
234 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
235 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
236 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
237 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
238 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
239 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
240 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
241 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
242 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
243 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
244 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
245 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
246 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
247 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
248 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
249 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
250 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
251 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
252 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
253 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
254 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
255 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
256 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
257 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
258 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
262 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
263 - fixed DDE memory leaks
264 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
265 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
266 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
267 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
268 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
269 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
270 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
271 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
272 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
273 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
274 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
275 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
276 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
277 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
278 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
279 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
280 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
281 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
282 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
283 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
284 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
285 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
286 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
287 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
288 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
289 than the specified default size
290 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
294 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
295 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
296 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
297 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
298 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
299 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
300 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
301 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
302 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
306 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
307 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
308 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
309 - use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
313 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
317 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
318 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
322 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
323 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
324 addition to existing OSS one
325 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
333 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
334 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
335 separately compiled library
336 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
337 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
338 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
339 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
340 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
341 - added wxArray::SetCount()
342 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
343 by default in Unicode mode
344 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
345 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
346 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
347 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
348 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
349 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
350 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
351 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
352 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
353 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
354 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
355 - added wxRecursionGuard class
356 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
357 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
358 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
359 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
360 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
361 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
362 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
363 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
367 - added Watcom makefiles
368 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
372 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
374 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
375 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
376 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
377 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
378 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
379 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
380 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
381 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
382 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
383 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
384 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
385 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
386 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
387 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
388 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
389 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
390 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
391 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
392 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
393 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
394 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
395 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
396 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
397 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
398 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
399 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
400 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
401 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
402 default extension for the template
403 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
404 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
405 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
406 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
407 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
408 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
409 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
410 to allow better rich text support.
411 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
412 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
413 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
414 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
415 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
416 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
417 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
418 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
419 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
420 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
421 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
422 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
423 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
424 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
425 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
426 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
427 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
428 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
429 - added wxMirrorDC class
430 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
431 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
432 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
433 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
434 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
435 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
440 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
441 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
442 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
443 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
444 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
448 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
449 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
450 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
451 to contrib/src/deprecated
455 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
456 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
457 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
458 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
459 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
460 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
461 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
462 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
463 be appended to filenames with no extension
464 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
465 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
466 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
467 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
471 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
472 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
476 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
477 - added wxCrashReport
478 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
479 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
480 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
481 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
482 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
483 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
484 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
485 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
486 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
487 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
488 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
489 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
490 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
491 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
492 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
493 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
494 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
495 - improved border handling under Windows XP
496 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
497 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
498 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
499 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
500 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
501 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
502 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
506 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
507 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
508 documentation for a detailed explanation
509 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
510 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
511 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
512 with Motif 1.x compatibility
513 - implemented wxToggleButton
514 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
515 instead of a sunken border
516 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
517 - finished wxClipboard implementation
521 - controls in toolbars now supported
525 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
526 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
527 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
528 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
529 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
535 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
536 ================================
538 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
539 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
540 with '!' in the first column.
542 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
543 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
544 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
545 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
548 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
549 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
550 (see the documentation) useful.
555 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
556 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
559 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
560 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
561 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
562 arrays containing non-pointers.
564 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
565 simply don't make sense for all objects
567 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
568 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
569 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
571 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
573 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
574 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
575 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
576 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
577 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
579 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
580 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
581 the default assert handling.
585 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
586 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
587 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
589 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
590 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
593 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
594 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
595 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
597 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
598 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
599 you want to get OnChar() as well
601 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
602 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
603 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
605 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
606 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
607 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
608 will *NOT* work any longer:
610 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
613 ... do something else ...
615 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
616 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
619 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
621 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
622 if you derived any classes from it
624 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
625 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
627 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
628 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
630 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
631 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
633 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
634 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
637 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
638 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
639 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
641 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
642 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
643 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
644 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
648 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
649 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
650 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
651 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
652 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
653 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
654 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
655 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
656 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
657 is only present for the DLLs builds.
659 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
662 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
663 previously selected one instead of replacing it
665 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
666 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
667 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
669 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
670 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
675 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
676 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
677 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
678 to compile pure C files.
681 wxThread and related classes:
683 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
684 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
685 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
686 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
688 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
689 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
690 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
691 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
693 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
694 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
695 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
697 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
698 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
709 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
716 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
717 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
718 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
722 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
723 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
724 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
727 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
728 - Addition of native frame site grip.
731 - Unicode support through Pango library.
735 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
736 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
740 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
747 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
748 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
749 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
750 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
751 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
752 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
753 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
754 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
755 after (non standard) STL hash_map
756 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
757 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
758 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
759 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
760 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
761 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
762 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
766 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
767 programs and not only GNU make
768 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
769 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
770 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
771 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
772 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
776 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
777 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
778 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
779 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
780 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
782 - significantly improved native font support
783 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
785 - added IFF image handler
786 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
787 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
788 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
789 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
790 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
791 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
792 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
793 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
794 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
795 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
796 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
797 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
798 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
799 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
800 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
801 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
802 - wxMessageOutput class added
803 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
804 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
806 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
807 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
808 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
809 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
811 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
812 whether a label edit was cancelled.
813 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
817 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
818 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
819 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
820 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
821 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
822 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
823 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
824 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
825 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
826 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
828 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
829 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
830 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
831 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
832 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
833 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
834 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
836 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
837 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
838 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
839 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
840 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
841 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
842 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
843 has the capture before release it.
844 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
845 - default button handling is now closer to expected
846 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
847 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
848 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
849 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
850 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
851 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
852 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
853 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
854 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
855 provided in wxFontData
856 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
857 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
861 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
862 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
863 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
864 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
865 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
866 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
867 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
868 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
869 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
870 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
871 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
872 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
873 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
877 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
878 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
879 - improved toolbar control alignment
880 - implemented wxSpinButton
881 - implemented wxCheckListBox
882 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
883 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
887 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
888 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
896 - First alpha-quality release
900 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
901 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
902 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
903 - fixed alignment handling in tables
904 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
909 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
913 - wxRegEx class added
914 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
915 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
916 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
917 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
918 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
922 - support for virtual list control added
923 - column images in report mode of the list control
924 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
925 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
926 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
927 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
928 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
929 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
930 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
931 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
932 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
933 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
934 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
935 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
939 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
940 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
945 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
946 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
947 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
948 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
952 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
957 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
959 - added support for animated GIFs
967 - Fixed new charset detection code
968 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
969 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
970 - Added wxDir::Traverse
971 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
972 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
973 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
977 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
978 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
979 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
980 push on a custom event handler for example)
981 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
982 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
983 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
984 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
985 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
986 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
988 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
989 - Various wxXML enhancements
990 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
991 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
992 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
994 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
995 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
999 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1000 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1001 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1002 alt or shift) now work
1003 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1004 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1005 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1006 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1007 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1008 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1009 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1010 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1011 - We now send iconize events
1012 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1013 - Added mousewheel processing
1014 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1015 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1017 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1018 child frame styles are honoured
1022 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1023 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1024 - We now send iconize events
1025 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1026 GetSelection() results
1033 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1034 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1035 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1036 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1037 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1038 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1039 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1040 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1041 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1042 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1046 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1047 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1048 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1049 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1050 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1051 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1052 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1053 wxImage methods and ctor)
1054 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1055 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1056 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1057 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1058 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1059 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1063 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1064 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1065 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1066 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1070 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1074 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1075 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1082 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1083 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1084 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1085 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1086 - Completed Czech translations
1087 - Some stream corrections
1088 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1089 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1090 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1091 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1095 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1096 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1097 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1098 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1099 - Paper names now translated
1101 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1102 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1103 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1104 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1106 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1107 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1109 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1110 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1111 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1112 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1116 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1117 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1118 backward compatibility, please set
1119 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1120 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1121 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1122 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1123 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1124 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1125 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1126 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1127 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1128 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1129 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1130 - wxFrame restores focus better
1131 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1132 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1133 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1134 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1135 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1136 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1137 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1138 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1139 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1140 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1144 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1148 - Small compilation fixes
1152 - wxCaret documented
1164 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1165 files. This works under VC++ only
1166 - Modal dialog handling improved
1167 - Printer dialog now modal
1182 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1186 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1187 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1192 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1193 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1194 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1195 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1196 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1197 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1198 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1199 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1200 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1202 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1203 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1204 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1205 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1206 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1207 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1209 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1213 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1214 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1215 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1216 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1217 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1218 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1219 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1220 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1222 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1223 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1224 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1225 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1226 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1227 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1228 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1229 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1230 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1231 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1232 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1233 - wxDragImage class added
1234 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1235 controllers, as well as native help
1236 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1240 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1241 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1242 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1243 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1244 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1245 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1246 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1247 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1248 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1249 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1251 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1252 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1253 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1257 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1258 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1259 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1263 - wxMenu::Enable works
1264 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1265 - OGL samples made to work again
1269 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1270 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1271 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1272 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1273 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1274 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1275 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1276 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1277 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1278 - improved HTML printing
1279 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1280 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1281 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1282 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1285 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1288 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1289 -----------------------
1293 - JPEG support added.
1294 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1298 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1300 - JPEG support added.
1301 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1302 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1303 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1310 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1313 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1314 -------------------------------
1319 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1323 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1324 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1325 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1326 - Some makefile fixes.
1334 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1335 - More topic overviews.
1336 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1337 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1338 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1341 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1342 --------------------------
1346 - wxExecute improved.
1350 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1352 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1353 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1354 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1355 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1356 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1357 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1361 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1362 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1366 - wxLocale documented.
1367 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1368 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1369 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1370 (though doesn't display help yet).
1372 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1373 --------------------------
1377 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1381 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1383 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1387 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1388 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1389 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1390 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1391 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1392 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1393 crashes for some reason).
1394 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1395 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1399 - Further doc improvements.
1400 - wxGenericValidator added.
1401 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1404 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1405 -------------------------
1409 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1410 - wxToolTip class added.
1411 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1415 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1416 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1417 - TWIN32 support added.
1418 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1419 factored out program/library settings.
1420 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1424 - A few more colour fixes.
1425 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1426 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1427 - wxChoice crash fix.
1428 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1432 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1433 - Added samples/dde.
1434 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1436 Beta 2, January 1999
1437 --------------------
1443 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1447 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1449 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1450 - Added thread support (Robert).
1451 - wxPoem sample now works.
1455 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1456 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1457 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1459 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1460 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1462 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1464 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1465 --------------------------
1471 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1474 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1475 ----------------------------
1479 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1480 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1481 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1482 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1483 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1485 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1486 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1491 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1492 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1493 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1494 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1495 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1497 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1498 when any button was pressed.
1499 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1500 have a white background.
1501 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1502 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1503 they have sensible colours by default.
1504 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1505 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1506 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1507 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1508 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1510 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1511 ----------------------------
1515 - More documentation updates, especially for
1516 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1517 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1519 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1520 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1521 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1523 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1527 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1528 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1530 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1531 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1532 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1533 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1534 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1535 the debugging implementation.
1536 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1537 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1538 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1539 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1540 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1541 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1542 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1544 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1546 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1547 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1548 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1549 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1550 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1551 - wxNotebook almost done.
1552 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1553 to vertical toolbars).
1557 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1559 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1560 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1561 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1563 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1564 ----------------------------
1568 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1570 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1571 - A few more makefiles added.
1572 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1573 - Further doc updates.
1574 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1578 - First start at Motif port.
1579 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1580 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1581 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1582 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1584 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1585 --------------------------
1589 - wxBitmap debugged.
1590 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1591 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1592 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1593 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1594 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1595 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1596 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1598 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1599 ------------------------
1603 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1604 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1605 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1606 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1607 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1608 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1609 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1610 changes, wxNotebook.
1611 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1613 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1614 -----------------------
1618 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1619 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1620 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1621 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1622 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1624 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1625 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1627 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1628 -----------------------
1632 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1633 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1635 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1636 -----------------------
1640 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1641 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1643 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1644 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1645 wxMenuItem accessors.
1646 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1647 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1648 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1649 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1650 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1651 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1652 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1653 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1654 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1655 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1656 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1657 first, then doing the assignment.
1658 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1659 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1663 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1664 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1666 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1667 ----------------------
1671 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1672 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1673 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1674 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1675 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1676 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1677 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1678 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1679 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1681 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1682 ------------------------
1686 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1688 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1689 compilation and pragmas.
1690 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1691 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1695 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1696 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1697 compilation and pragmas.
1698 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1700 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1701 ------------------------
1705 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1706 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1708 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1709 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1710 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1711 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1713 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1714 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1715 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1717 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1718 compatibility functions.
1719 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1720 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1721 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1722 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1723 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1724 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1725 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1729 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1730 - Added samples/png.
1731 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1732 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1734 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1736 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1737 ------------------------
1741 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1742 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1743 cleaned up properly before exit.
1744 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1746 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1747 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1748 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1750 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1751 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1753 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1754 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1755 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1756 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1760 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1761 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1762 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1763 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1764 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1765 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1766 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1767 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1768 allow better control of memory.
1769 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1771 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1772 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1774 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1775 ------------------------
1779 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1780 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1781 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1782 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1783 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1784 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1785 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1786 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1787 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1788 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1789 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1790 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1792 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1793 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1794 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1795 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1796 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1797 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1798 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1799 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1800 internal implementation.
1801 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1802 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1803 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1807 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1808 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1809 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1810 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1811 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1813 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1814 --------------------------
1818 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1819 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1820 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1822 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1823 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1824 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1825 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1827 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1828 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1833 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1834 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1835 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1837 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1838 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1840 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1841 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1842 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1843 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1844 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1845 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1846 - Added gcc pragmas.
1847 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1848 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1849 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1850 added a few references to wxTransString.
1851 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1852 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1853 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1854 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1855 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1856 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1857 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1858 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1859 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1862 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1863 --------------------------
1867 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1868 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1869 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1870 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1871 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1872 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1873 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1874 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1875 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1876 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1877 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1879 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1880 to help printing with multiple pages.
1881 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1882 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1883 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1884 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1885 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1886 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1887 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1888 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1889 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1890 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1891 New files from Vadim:
1897 src\common\string.cpp
1901 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1902 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1903 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1904 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1905 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1906 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1907 including changes to defs.h.
1908 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1910 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1912 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1913 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1915 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1917 Alpha 3, September 1997
1918 -----------------------
1922 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1923 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1924 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1925 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1926 - Started documentation.
1928 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1929 ------------------------
1933 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1934 with MetroWerks compiler.
1935 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1936 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1937 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1938 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1939 for testing purposes.
1940 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1942 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1943 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1945 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1946 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1949 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1950 -----------------------
1954 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1956 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1957 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1958 wxString instead of char *.
1959 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1960 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1961 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1962 as wxbWindow now removed.
1963 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1964 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1966 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1967 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1968 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1970 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1971 settings mucho rationalised.
1972 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1973 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1975 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1976 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1977 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1978 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1979 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1980 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1982 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1983 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1985 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1986 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1987 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1988 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1989 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1990 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1991 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1992 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1993 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1994 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1996 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1997 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1999 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2000 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2001 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2002 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2003 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2004 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2006 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2007 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2008 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2009 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2010 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2011 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).