docs/msw/changes.txt

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   2 wxWindows 2.0 for Windows Change Log
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   5 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
   6 -----------------------
   7
   8 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
   9 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
  10   wxMenuBar.
  11 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
  12   SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
  13   wxMenuItem accessors.
  14 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
  15   wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
  16 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
  17 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
  18 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
  19 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
  20 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
  21   then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
  22   the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
  23   to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
  24   being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
  25   first, then doing the assignment.
  26 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
  27 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
  28
  29 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
  30 ----------------------
  31
  32 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
  33   and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
  34   icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
  35 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
  36 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
  37   require application-supplied positioning code though.
  38 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
  39   for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
  40   change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
  41
  42 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
  43 ------------------------
  44
  45 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
  46   fields were used.
  47 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
  48   compilation and pragmas.
  49 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
  50   commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
  51
  52 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
  53 ------------------------
  54
  55 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
  56 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
  57   some reason :-(
  58 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
  59 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
  60 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
  61   of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
  62   startup/exit.
  63 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
  64   makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
  65 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
  66 VADIM'S CHANGES:
  67 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
  68   compatibility functions.
  69 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
  70 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
  71 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
  72 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
  73 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
  74 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
  75 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
  76
  77 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
  78 ------------------------
  79
  80 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
  81 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
  82   cleaned up properly before exit.
  83 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
  84   automatically.
  85 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
  86 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
  87   memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
  88   unresolved issues.
  89 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
  90   to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
  91   tray area.
  92 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
  93   application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
  94 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
  95 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
  96
  97 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
  98 ------------------------
  99
 100 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
 101 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
 102 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
 103   check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
 104   exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
 105   m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
 106   don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
 107 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
 108 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
 109   added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
 110   wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
 111   Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
 112   IUnknown.
 113   Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
 114 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
 115   Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
 116 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
 117 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
 118   Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
 119 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
 120   can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
 121   internal implementation.
 122 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
 123   in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
 124   binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
 125
 126 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
 127 ---------------------------
 128
 129 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
 130   DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
 131   the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
 132   changes.
 133 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
 134   resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
 135   advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
 136 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
 137   again.
 138 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
 139 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
 140   e.g. wxDC.
 141
 142 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
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 144
 145 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
 146   integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
 147 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
 148 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
 149   an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
 150   origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
 151 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
 152   function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
 153   OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
 154   When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
 155 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
 156   scrolling toolbars.
 157 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
 158   to help printing with multiple pages.
 159 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
 160   define the API used by different implementations. DDE
 161   implementation updated to use these base classes.
 162 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
 163   for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
 164   WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
 165   TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
 166   wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
 167 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
 168   internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
 169   New files from Vadim:
 170   include\wx\string.h
 171   include\wx\debug.h
 172   include\wx\file.h
 173   include\wx\log.h
 174   include\wx\intl.h
 175   src\common\string.cpp
 176   src\common\log.cpp
 177   src\common\intl.cpp
 178   src\common\file.cpp
 179   No longer use GNU wxString files.
 180 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
 181   src\common\filefn.cpp.
 182 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
 183   samples, using makefile.b32 files.
 184 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
 185   including changes to defs.h.
 186 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
 187   introduced.
 188 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
 189   hidden).
 190 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
 191   cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
 192   trick).
 193 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
 194
 195 Alpha 3, September 1997
 196 -----------------------
 197
 198 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
 199 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
 200 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
 201 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
 202 - Started documentation.
 203
 204 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
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 206
 207 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
 208   with MetroWerks compiler.
 209 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
 210 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
 211   to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
 212   Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
 213   for testing purposes.
 214 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
 215   handlers.
 216 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
 217 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
 218   fully).
 219 - Added back wxRadioBox.
 220 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
 221   a separate file.
 222
 223 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
 224 -----------------------
 225
 226 At this point, the following has been achieved:
 227
 228 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
 229   naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
 230   wxString instead of char *.
 231 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
 232   old system event system) and code size reduced.
 233 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
 234   as wxbWindow now removed.
 235 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
 236   Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
 237 - PrologIO revised.
 238 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
 239   MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
 240 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
 241   Windows settings.
 242 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
 243   settings mucho rationalised.
 244 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
 245   event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
 246   classes removed.
 247 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
 248   wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
 249 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
 250 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
 251   wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
 252   made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
 253   of event handlers.
 254 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
 255 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
 256   wxToolBarBase
 257   wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
 258   wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
 259   wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
 260 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
 261 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
 262   have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
 263   rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
 264 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
 265   an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
 266   will be replaced by something better and more efficient
 267   in the future.
 268 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
 269   with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
 270   variables instead.
 271 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
 272   determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
 273   introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
 274 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
 275   any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
 276 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
 277   Win95.
 278 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
 279   classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
 280   the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
 281 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
 282   in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
 283 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
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