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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 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 stll
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.
49 wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
50 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
53 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
54 ==============================
56 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
57 versions, please update your code to not use them.
59 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
60 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
61 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
62 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
63 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
64 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
65 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
66 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
67 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
68 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
69 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWindows
70 methods taking wxArrayString
71 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
72 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
73 - wxTreeCtrl::GetFirst/NextChild() 2nd argument now has type wxTreeItemIdValue
74 and not long, please change declarations of "cookie"s in your code
75 accordingly -- otherwise your code won't work on 64 bit platforms
76 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
77 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
78 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
79 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
80 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
81 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
83 - wxWave class; use wxSound instead
96 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
97 resulting in much better display of scaled images
98 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
99 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
100 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
104 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
105 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
106 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
107 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
108 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
109 even try to do it by default -- now it does
110 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
111 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
115 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
119 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
120 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
128 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
129 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
130 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
131 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
132 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
133 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
134 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
135 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
136 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
137 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
138 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
139 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
140 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
142 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
143 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
144 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
145 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
146 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
147 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
148 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
149 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
150 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
151 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
152 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
153 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
157 - added wxListBook control
158 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
159 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
160 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
161 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
162 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
163 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
164 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
165 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
166 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
167 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
168 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
169 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
170 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
171 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
172 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
173 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
174 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
175 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
176 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
177 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
178 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
179 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
180 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
181 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
182 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
183 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
187 - wxWindows now builds under Win64
188 - fixed DDE memory leaks
189 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
190 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
191 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
192 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
193 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
194 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
195 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
196 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
197 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
198 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
199 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
200 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
201 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
202 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
203 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
204 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
205 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
206 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
207 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
208 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
209 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
210 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
211 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
212 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
213 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
214 than the specified default size
215 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
219 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
220 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
221 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
222 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
223 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
224 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
225 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
226 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
227 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
231 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
232 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
233 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
234 - use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
238 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
242 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
243 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
247 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
248 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
249 addition to existing OSS one
250 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
258 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
259 huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
260 separately compiled library
261 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
262 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
263 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
264 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
265 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
266 - added wxArray::SetCount()
267 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
268 by default in Unicode mode
269 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
270 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
271 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
272 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
273 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
274 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
275 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
276 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
277 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
278 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
279 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
280 - added wxRecursionGuard class
281 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
282 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
283 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
284 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
285 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
286 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
287 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
288 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
292 - added Watcom makefiles
293 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
297 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
299 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
300 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
301 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
302 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
303 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
304 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
305 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
306 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
307 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
308 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
309 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
310 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
311 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
312 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
313 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
314 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
315 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
316 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
317 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
318 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
319 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
320 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
321 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
322 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
323 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
324 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
325 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
326 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
327 default extension for the template
328 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
329 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
330 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
331 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
332 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
333 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
334 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
335 to allow better rich text support.
336 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
337 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
338 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
339 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
340 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
341 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
342 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
343 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
344 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
345 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
346 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
347 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
348 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
349 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
350 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
351 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
352 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
353 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
354 - added wxMirrorDC class
355 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
356 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
357 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
358 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
359 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
360 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
365 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
366 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
367 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
368 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
369 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
373 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
374 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
375 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
376 to contrib/src/deprecated
380 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
381 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
382 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
383 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
384 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
385 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
386 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
387 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
388 be appended to filenames with no extension
389 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
390 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
391 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
392 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
396 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
397 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
401 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
402 - added wxCrashReport
403 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
404 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
405 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
406 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
407 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
408 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
409 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
410 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
411 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
412 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
413 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
414 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
415 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
416 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
417 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
418 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
419 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
420 - improved border handling under Windows XP
421 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
422 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
423 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
424 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
425 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
426 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
427 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
431 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
432 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
433 documentation for a detailed explanation
434 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
435 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
436 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
437 with Motif 1.x compatibility
438 - implemented wxToggleButton
439 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
440 instead of a sunken border
441 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
442 - finished wxClipboard implementation
446 - controls in toolbars now supported
450 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
451 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
452 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
453 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
454 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
460 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
461 ================================
463 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
464 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
465 with '!' in the first column.
467 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
468 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
469 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
470 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
473 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
474 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
475 (see the documentation) useful.
480 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
481 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
484 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
485 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
486 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
487 arrays containing non-pointers.
489 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
490 simply don't make sense for all objects
492 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
493 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
494 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
496 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
498 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
499 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
500 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
501 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
502 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
504 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
505 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
506 the default assert handling.
510 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
511 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
512 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
514 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
515 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
518 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
519 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
520 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
522 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
523 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
524 you want to get OnChar() as well
526 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
527 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
528 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
530 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
531 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
532 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
533 will *NOT* work any longer:
535 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
538 ... do something else ...
540 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
541 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
544 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
546 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
547 if you derived any classes from it
549 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
550 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
552 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
553 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
555 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
556 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
558 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
559 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
562 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
563 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
564 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
566 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
567 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
568 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
569 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
573 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
574 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
575 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
576 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
577 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
578 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
579 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
580 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
581 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
582 is only present for the DLLs builds.
584 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
587 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
588 previously selected one instead of replacing it
590 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
591 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
592 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
594 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
595 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
600 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
601 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
602 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
603 to compile pure C files.
606 wxThread and related classes:
608 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
609 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
610 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
611 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
613 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
614 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
615 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
616 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
618 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
619 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
620 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
622 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
623 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
634 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
641 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
642 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
643 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
647 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
648 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
649 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
652 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
653 - Addition of native frame site grip.
656 - Unicode support through Pango library.
660 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
661 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
665 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
672 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
673 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
674 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
675 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
676 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
677 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
678 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
679 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
680 after (non standard) STL hash_map
681 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
682 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
683 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
684 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
685 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
686 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
687 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
691 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
692 programs and not only GNU make
693 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
694 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
695 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
696 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
697 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
701 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
702 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
703 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
704 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
705 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
707 - significantly improved native font support
708 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
710 - added IFF image handler
711 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
712 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
713 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
714 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
715 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
716 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
717 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
718 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
719 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
720 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
721 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
722 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
723 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
724 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
725 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
726 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
727 - wxMessageOutput class added
728 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
729 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
731 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
732 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
733 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
734 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
736 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
737 whether a label edit was cancelled.
738 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
742 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
743 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
744 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
745 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
746 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
747 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
748 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
749 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
750 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
751 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
753 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
754 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
755 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
756 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
757 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
758 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
759 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
761 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
762 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
763 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
764 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
765 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
766 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
767 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
768 has the capture before release it.
769 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
770 - default button handling is now closer to expected
771 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
772 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
773 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
774 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
775 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
776 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
777 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
778 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
779 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
780 provided in wxFontData
781 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
782 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
786 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
787 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
788 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
789 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
790 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
791 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
792 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
793 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
794 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
795 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
796 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
797 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
798 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
802 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
803 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
804 - improved toolbar control alignment
805 - implemented wxSpinButton
806 - implemented wxCheckListBox
807 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
808 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
812 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
813 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
821 - First alpha-quality release
825 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
826 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
827 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
828 - fixed alignment handling in tables
829 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
834 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
838 - wxRegEx class added
839 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
840 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
841 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
842 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
843 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
847 - support for virtual list control added
848 - column images in report mode of the list control
849 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
850 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
851 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
852 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
853 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
854 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
855 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
856 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
857 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
858 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
859 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
860 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
864 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
865 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
870 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
871 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
872 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
873 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
877 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
882 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
884 - added support for animated GIFs
892 - Fixed new charset detection code
893 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
894 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
895 - Added wxDir::Traverse
896 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
897 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
898 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
902 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
903 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
904 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
905 push on a custom event handler for example)
906 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
907 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
908 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
909 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
910 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
911 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
913 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
914 - Various wxXML enhancements
915 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
916 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
917 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
919 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
920 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
924 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
925 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
926 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
927 alt or shift) now work
928 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
929 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
930 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
931 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
932 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
933 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
934 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
935 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
936 - We now send iconize events
937 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
938 - Added mousewheel processing
939 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
940 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
942 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
943 child frame styles are honoured
947 - Fixed slider rounding bug
948 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
949 - We now send iconize events
950 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
951 GetSelection() results
958 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
959 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
960 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
961 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
962 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
963 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
964 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
965 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
966 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
967 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
971 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
972 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
973 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
974 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
975 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
976 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
977 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
978 wxImage methods and ctor)
979 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
980 - ODBC documentation complete!!
981 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
982 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
983 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
984 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
988 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
989 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
990 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
991 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
995 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
999 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1000 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1007 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1008 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1009 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1010 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1011 - Completed Czech translations
1012 - Some stream corrections
1013 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1014 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1015 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1016 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1020 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1021 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1022 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1023 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1024 - Paper names now translated
1026 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1027 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1028 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1029 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1031 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1032 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1034 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1035 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1036 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1037 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1041 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1042 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1043 backward compatibility, please set
1044 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1045 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1046 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1047 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1048 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1049 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1050 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1051 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1052 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1053 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1054 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1055 - wxFrame restores focus better
1056 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1057 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1058 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1059 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1060 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1061 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1062 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1063 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1064 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1065 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1069 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1073 - Small compilation fixes
1077 - wxCaret documented
1089 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1090 files. This works under VC++ only
1091 - Modal dialog handling improved
1092 - Printer dialog now modal
1107 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1111 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1112 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1117 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1118 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1119 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1120 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1121 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1122 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1123 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1124 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1125 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1127 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1128 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1129 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1130 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1131 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1132 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1134 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1138 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1139 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1140 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1141 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1142 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1143 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1144 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1145 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1147 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1148 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1149 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1150 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1151 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1152 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1153 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1154 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1155 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1156 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1157 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1158 - wxDragImage class added
1159 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1160 controllers, as well as native help
1161 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1165 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1166 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1167 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1168 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1169 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1170 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1171 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1172 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1173 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1174 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1176 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1177 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1178 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1182 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1183 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1184 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1188 - wxMenu::Enable works
1189 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1190 - OGL samples made to work again
1194 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1195 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1196 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1197 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1198 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1199 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1200 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1201 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1202 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1203 - improved HTML printing
1204 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1205 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1206 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1207 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1210 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1213 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1214 -----------------------
1218 - JPEG support added.
1219 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1223 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1225 - JPEG support added.
1226 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1227 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1228 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1235 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1238 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1239 -------------------------------
1244 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1248 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1249 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1250 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1251 - Some makefile fixes.
1259 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1260 - More topic overviews.
1261 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1262 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1263 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1266 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1267 --------------------------
1271 - wxExecute improved.
1275 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1277 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1278 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1279 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1280 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1281 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1282 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1286 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1287 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1291 - wxLocale documented.
1292 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1293 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1294 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1295 (though doesn't display help yet).
1297 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1298 --------------------------
1302 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1306 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1308 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1312 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1313 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1314 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1315 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1316 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1317 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1318 crashes for some reason).
1319 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1320 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1324 - Further doc improvements.
1325 - wxGenericValidator added.
1326 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1329 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1330 -------------------------
1334 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1335 - wxToolTip class added.
1336 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1340 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1341 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1342 - TWIN32 support added.
1343 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1344 factored out program/library settings.
1345 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1349 - A few more colour fixes.
1350 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1351 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1352 - wxChoice crash fix.
1353 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1357 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1358 - Added samples/dde.
1359 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1361 Beta 2, January 1999
1362 --------------------
1368 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1372 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1374 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1375 - Added thread support (Robert).
1376 - wxPoem sample now works.
1380 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1381 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1382 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1384 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1385 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1387 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1389 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1390 --------------------------
1396 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1399 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1400 ----------------------------
1404 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1405 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1406 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1407 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1408 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1410 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1411 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1416 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1417 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1418 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1419 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1420 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1422 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1423 when any button was pressed.
1424 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1425 have a white background.
1426 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1427 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1428 they have sensible colours by default.
1429 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1430 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1431 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1432 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1433 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1435 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1436 ----------------------------
1440 - More documentation updates, especially for
1441 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1442 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1444 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1445 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1446 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1448 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1452 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1453 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1455 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1456 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1457 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1458 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1459 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1460 the debugging implementation.
1461 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1462 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1463 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1464 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1465 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1466 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1467 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1469 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1471 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1472 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1473 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1474 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1475 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1476 - wxNotebook almost done.
1477 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1478 to vertical toolbars).
1482 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1484 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1485 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1486 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1488 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1489 ----------------------------
1493 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1495 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1496 - A few more makefiles added.
1497 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1498 - Further doc updates.
1499 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1503 - First start at Motif port.
1504 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1505 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1506 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1507 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1509 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1510 --------------------------
1514 - wxBitmap debugged.
1515 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1516 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1517 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1518 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1519 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1520 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1521 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1523 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1524 ------------------------
1528 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1529 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1530 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1531 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1532 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1533 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1534 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1535 changes, wxNotebook.
1536 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1538 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1539 -----------------------
1543 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1544 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1545 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1546 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1547 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1549 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1550 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1552 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1553 -----------------------
1557 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1558 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1560 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1561 -----------------------
1565 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1566 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1568 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1569 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1570 wxMenuItem accessors.
1571 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1572 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1573 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1574 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1575 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1576 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1577 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1578 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1579 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1580 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1581 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1582 first, then doing the assignment.
1583 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1584 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1588 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1589 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1591 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1592 ----------------------
1596 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1597 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1598 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1599 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1600 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1601 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1602 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1603 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1604 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1606 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1607 ------------------------
1611 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1613 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1614 compilation and pragmas.
1615 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1616 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1620 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1621 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1622 compilation and pragmas.
1623 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1625 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1626 ------------------------
1630 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1631 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1633 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1634 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1635 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1636 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1638 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1639 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1640 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1642 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1643 compatibility functions.
1644 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1645 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1646 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1647 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1648 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1649 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1650 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1654 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1655 - Added samples/png.
1656 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1657 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1659 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1661 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1662 ------------------------
1666 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1667 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1668 cleaned up properly before exit.
1669 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1671 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1672 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1673 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1675 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1676 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1678 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1679 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1680 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1681 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1685 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1686 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1687 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1688 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1689 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1690 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1691 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1692 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1693 allow better control of memory.
1694 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1696 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1697 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1699 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1700 ------------------------
1704 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1705 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1706 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1707 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1708 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1709 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1710 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1711 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1712 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1713 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1714 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1715 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1717 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1718 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1719 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1720 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1721 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1722 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1723 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1724 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1725 internal implementation.
1726 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1727 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1728 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1732 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1733 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1734 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1735 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1736 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1738 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1739 --------------------------
1743 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1744 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1745 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1747 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1748 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1749 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1750 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1752 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1753 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1758 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1759 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1760 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1762 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1763 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1765 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1766 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1767 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1768 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1769 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1770 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1771 - Added gcc pragmas.
1772 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1773 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1774 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1775 added a few references to wxTransString.
1776 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1777 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1778 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1779 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1780 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1781 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1782 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1783 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1784 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1787 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1788 --------------------------
1792 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1793 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1794 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1795 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1796 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1797 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1798 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1799 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1800 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1801 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1802 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1804 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1805 to help printing with multiple pages.
1806 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1807 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1808 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1809 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1810 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1811 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1812 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1813 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1814 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1815 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1816 New files from Vadim:
1822 src\common\string.cpp
1826 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1827 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1828 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1829 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1830 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1831 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1832 including changes to defs.h.
1833 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1835 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1837 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1838 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1840 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1842 Alpha 3, September 1997
1843 -----------------------
1847 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1848 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1849 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1850 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1851 - Started documentation.
1853 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1854 ------------------------
1858 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1859 with MetroWerks compiler.
1860 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1861 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1862 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1863 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1864 for testing purposes.
1865 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1867 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1868 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1870 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1871 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1874 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1875 -----------------------
1879 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1881 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1882 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1883 wxString instead of char *.
1884 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1885 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1886 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1887 as wxbWindow now removed.
1888 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1889 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1891 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1892 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1893 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1895 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1896 settings mucho rationalised.
1897 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1898 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1900 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1901 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1902 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1903 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1904 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1905 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1907 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1908 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1910 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1911 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1912 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1913 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1914 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1915 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1916 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1917 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1918 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1919 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1921 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1922 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1924 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1925 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1926 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1927 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1928 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1929 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1931 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1932 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1933 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1934 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1935 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1936 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).