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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
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8 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour
9 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
14 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
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17 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd()
18 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them
26 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag
27 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation
28 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
29 during a search and replace.
30 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
31 are both used in the same program.
32 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
33 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
34 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
35 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
36 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
37 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
38 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
39 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
40 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
41 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
42 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett)
43 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker)
44 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
45 - Overloaded Connect and SetLocal methods for binding to local address/port.
49 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
50 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric()
51 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers()
52 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
53 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
54 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
55 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
56 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
57 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
58 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
59 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
60 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
61 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
62 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
63 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
64 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
65 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap()
66 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
67 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
68 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler
69 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown()
70 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
71 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
73 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
74 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
75 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
76 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
77 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
79 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
80 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
81 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
82 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
83 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros
84 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl
85 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
86 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
87 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
88 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
89 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
90 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
91 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
92 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
96 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
97 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
98 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
99 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
100 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
101 - Removed __WIN95__ define
102 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
103 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
104 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
105 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
106 wxMSW faq for details).
107 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
108 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
110 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
111 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
112 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
113 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
114 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
116 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
117 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
118 initial construction.
119 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
120 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
121 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
123 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
124 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
125 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
126 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
127 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated
128 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl
129 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
130 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
131 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
132 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
133 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
134 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
135 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
136 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
137 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
138 changes the system font.
142 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated
143 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support
144 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK
145 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
147 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
148 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.\
149 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
150 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
151 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
153 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
154 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
155 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
156 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett)
160 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
161 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
162 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
163 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
164 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
165 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
166 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
167 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
168 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
169 - Corrected idle wake-up.
170 - Corrected wxExecute.
171 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
172 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
173 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
174 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
175 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
176 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
177 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
179 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
180 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
182 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
183 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
184 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
185 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
186 end of file with an error.
187 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
189 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
190 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
191 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
192 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
193 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
197 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
198 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
199 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
200 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
201 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
202 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
203 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
204 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
205 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
206 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
207 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
208 - Support for backspace key on smartphone.
209 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
210 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
215 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor)
219 - Invisible text problem fixed.
220 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
224 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
232 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
233 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
234 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
235 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
236 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
237 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
238 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
239 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
240 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
241 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
242 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
243 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
247 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
248 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
249 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
250 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
251 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
252 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
253 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
254 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
255 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
256 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
257 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
258 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
262 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
263 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
264 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
265 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
266 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
267 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
268 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
269 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
270 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
271 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
272 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
273 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
274 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
275 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
276 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
280 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
281 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
282 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
283 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
284 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
285 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
286 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
287 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
288 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
289 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
290 - Fixed domain socket handling.
294 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
295 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
296 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
297 - Various text control bug fixes.
298 - Automatic menu management improved.
299 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
300 due to dangling cycle pointers.
301 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
302 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
307 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
311 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
312 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
316 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
317 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
318 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
319 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
320 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
321 flag has been specified.
322 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
323 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
324 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
329 - Fixed crash on exit.
330 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
334 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
342 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
343 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
347 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
348 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
349 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
350 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
351 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
352 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
353 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
354 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
355 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
356 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
360 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
361 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
362 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
363 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
364 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
365 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
366 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
367 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
368 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
369 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
370 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
371 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
372 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
373 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
374 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
375 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
376 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
377 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
378 - Compiles again with WIN64.
379 - Winelib compilation now works.
380 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
381 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
382 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
383 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
384 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
385 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
386 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
387 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
388 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
389 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
390 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
391 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
392 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
396 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
400 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
401 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
402 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
403 - Added bitmap support in menus.
407 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
408 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
409 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
411 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
412 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
413 - Window menu now added automatically.
414 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
415 - Modified function key support fixed.
416 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
420 - Menu problems fixed.
421 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
422 - Fixed a font memory leak.
423 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
431 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
432 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
436 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
437 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
441 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
442 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
443 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
447 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
450 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
451 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
452 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
453 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
454 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
455 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
456 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
459 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
466 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
467 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
468 - Added wxDebugReport class.
469 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
470 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
471 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
472 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
473 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
474 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
478 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
479 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
480 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
481 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
482 the whole virtual area.
483 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
484 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
485 isn't used to set the window size.
486 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
487 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
488 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
489 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
493 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
497 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
498 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
499 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
500 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
501 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
502 handling (Jamie Gadd).
506 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
507 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
508 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
509 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
510 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
511 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
512 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
513 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
517 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
521 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
525 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
526 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
527 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
528 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
529 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
530 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
531 with correct titlebar style.
532 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
534 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
535 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
536 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
537 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
538 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
539 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
540 to the dialog's toolbar.
547 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
548 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
549 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
550 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
551 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
552 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
553 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
554 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
555 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
556 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
557 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
558 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
559 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
560 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
561 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
562 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
563 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
564 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
565 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
566 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
567 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
568 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
569 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
570 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
571 printing stuff in the GTK port.
572 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
573 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
574 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
575 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
576 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
577 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
578 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
579 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
580 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
581 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
582 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
583 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
584 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
585 due to a rounding error.
586 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
587 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
588 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
589 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
590 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
591 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
592 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
593 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
599 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
600 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
601 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
602 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
603 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
604 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
605 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
606 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
607 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
608 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
609 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
610 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
611 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
612 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
613 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
614 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
615 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
619 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
623 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
624 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
625 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
626 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
627 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
628 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
629 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
630 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
631 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
632 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
633 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
634 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
635 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
637 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
638 - Added wxRawBitmap support
639 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
640 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
641 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
645 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
646 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
647 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
648 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
652 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
653 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
654 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
655 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
656 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
659 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
660 but not mentioned anywhere.
661 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
665 - wxBU_... button align flags support
666 - vertical notebook orientation support
667 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
668 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
672 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
673 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
674 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
675 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
676 - enumeration of available volumes
677 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
678 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
679 - native wxColourDialog implementation
680 - native wxSystemSettings colours
681 - native wxButton implementation
682 - native wxCheckBox implementation
683 - native wxSlider implementation
684 - native wxToggleButton implementation
685 - native wxRadioButton implementation
686 - native wxStaticText implementation
687 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
695 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
696 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
697 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
698 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
699 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
700 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
701 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
702 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
703 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
704 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
705 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
706 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
707 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
708 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
709 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
710 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
714 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
715 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
716 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
718 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
719 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
720 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
721 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
722 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
723 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
724 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
725 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
726 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
727 - added samples/splash
728 - added support for stock buttons
729 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
730 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
731 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
732 - added wxChoicebook control
733 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
734 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
735 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
736 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
737 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
738 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
739 supported, instead of zero.
740 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
744 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
745 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
746 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
747 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
748 - wx-config has new --version-full option
752 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
753 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
754 - Tooltips now supported
755 - wxSound now supported
756 - wxDisplay now supported
757 - Some stock cursors now supported
761 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
762 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
763 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
764 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
768 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
769 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
770 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
771 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
772 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
773 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
774 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
775 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
776 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
777 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
778 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
779 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
780 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
781 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
782 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
783 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
784 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
785 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
786 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
790 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
794 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
795 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
796 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
797 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
798 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
799 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
800 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
801 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
802 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
803 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
804 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
805 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
806 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
807 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
811 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
815 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
816 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
817 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
818 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
822 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
823 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
831 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
832 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
833 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
834 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
836 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
837 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
838 to forward declare these classes.
842 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
843 resulting in much better display of scaled images
844 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
845 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
846 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
847 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
848 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
849 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
850 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
851 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
852 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
853 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
854 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
855 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
856 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
860 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
861 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
862 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
863 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
864 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
865 even try to do it by default -- now it does
866 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
867 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
868 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
869 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
870 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
871 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
875 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
879 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
880 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
881 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
882 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
886 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
890 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
891 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
895 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
896 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
900 - Full Unicode support is now available
901 - BLOB support is working
909 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
910 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
911 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
912 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
913 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
914 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
915 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
916 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
917 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
918 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
919 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
920 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
921 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
923 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
924 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
925 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
926 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
927 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
928 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
929 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
930 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
931 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
932 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
933 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
934 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
938 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
939 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
940 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
941 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
942 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
943 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
944 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
945 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
946 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
947 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
948 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
949 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
950 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
951 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
952 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
953 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
954 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
955 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
956 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
957 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
958 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
959 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
960 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
961 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
962 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
963 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
967 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
968 - fixed DDE memory leaks
969 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
970 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
971 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
972 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
973 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
974 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
975 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
976 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
977 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
978 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
979 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
980 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
981 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
982 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
983 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
984 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
985 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
986 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
987 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
988 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
989 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
990 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
991 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
992 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
993 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
994 than the specified default size
995 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
999 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1000 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1001 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1002 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1003 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1004 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1005 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1006 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1007 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1011 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1012 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1013 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1014 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1018 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1022 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1023 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1027 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1028 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1029 addition to existing OSS one
1030 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1038 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1039 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1040 separately compiled library
1041 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1042 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1043 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1044 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1045 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1046 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1047 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1048 by default in Unicode mode
1049 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1050 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1051 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1052 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1053 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1054 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1055 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1056 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1057 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1058 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1059 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1060 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1061 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1062 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1063 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1064 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1065 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1066 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1067 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1068 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1072 - added Watcom makefiles
1073 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1077 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1078 - added wxListbook control
1079 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1080 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1081 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1082 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1083 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1084 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1085 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1086 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1087 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1088 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1089 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1090 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1091 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1092 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1093 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1094 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1095 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1096 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1097 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1098 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1099 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1100 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1101 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1102 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1103 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1104 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1105 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1106 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1107 default extension for the template
1108 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1109 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1110 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1111 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1112 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1113 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1114 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1115 to allow better rich text support.
1116 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1117 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1118 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1119 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1120 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1121 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1122 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1123 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1124 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1125 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1126 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1127 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1128 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1129 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1130 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1131 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1132 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1133 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1134 - added wxMirrorDC class
1135 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1136 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1137 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1138 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1139 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1140 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1145 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1146 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1147 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1148 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1149 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1153 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1154 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1155 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1156 to contrib/src/deprecated
1160 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1161 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1162 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1163 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1164 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1165 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1166 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1167 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1168 be appended to filenames with no extension
1169 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1170 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1171 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1172 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1176 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1177 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1181 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1182 - added wxCrashReport
1183 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1184 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1185 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1186 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1187 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1188 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1189 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1190 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1191 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1192 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1193 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1194 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1195 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1196 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1197 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1198 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1199 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1200 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1201 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1202 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1203 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1204 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1205 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1206 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1207 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1211 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1212 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1213 documentation for a detailed explanation
1214 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1215 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1216 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1217 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1218 - implemented wxToggleButton
1219 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1220 instead of a sunken border
1221 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1222 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1226 - controls in toolbars now supported
1230 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1231 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1232 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1233 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1234 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1240 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1241 ================================
1243 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1244 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1245 with '!' in the first column.
1247 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1248 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1249 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1250 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1253 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1254 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1255 (see the documentation) useful.
1260 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1261 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1264 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1265 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1266 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1267 arrays containing non-pointers.
1269 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1270 simply don't make sense for all objects
1272 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1273 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1274 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1276 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1278 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1279 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1280 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1281 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1282 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1284 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1285 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1286 the default assert handling.
1290 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1291 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1292 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1294 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1295 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1298 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1299 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1300 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1302 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1303 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1304 you want to get OnChar() as well
1306 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1307 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1308 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1310 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1311 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1312 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1313 will *NOT* work any longer:
1315 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1316 ... do something ...
1317 if ( flags & wxYES )
1318 ... do something else ...
1320 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1321 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1324 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1326 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1327 if you derived any classes from it
1329 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1330 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1332 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1333 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1335 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1336 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1338 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1339 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1342 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1343 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1344 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1346 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1347 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1348 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1349 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1353 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1354 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1355 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1356 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1357 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1358 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1359 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1360 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1361 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1362 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1364 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1367 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1368 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1370 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1371 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1372 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1374 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1375 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1380 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1381 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1382 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1383 to compile pure C files.
1386 wxThread and related classes:
1388 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1389 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1390 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1391 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1393 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1394 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1395 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1396 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1398 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1399 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1400 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1402 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1403 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1414 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1421 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1422 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1423 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1427 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1428 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1429 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1432 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1433 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1436 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1440 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1441 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1445 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1452 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1453 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1454 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1455 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1456 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1457 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1458 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1459 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1460 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1461 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1462 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1463 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1464 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1465 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1466 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1467 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1471 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1472 programs and not only GNU make
1473 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1474 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1475 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1476 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1477 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1481 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1482 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1483 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1484 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1485 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1487 - significantly improved native font support
1488 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1490 - added IFF image handler
1491 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1492 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1493 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1494 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1495 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1496 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1497 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1498 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1499 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1500 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1501 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1502 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1503 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1504 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1505 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1506 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1507 - wxMessageOutput class added
1508 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1509 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1511 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1512 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1513 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1514 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1516 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1517 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1518 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1522 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1523 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1524 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1525 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1526 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1527 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1528 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1529 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1530 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1531 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1533 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1534 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1535 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1536 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1537 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1538 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1539 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1541 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1542 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1543 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1544 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1545 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1546 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1547 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1548 has the capture before release it.
1549 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1550 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1551 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1552 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1553 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1554 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1555 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1556 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1557 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1558 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1559 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1560 provided in wxFontData
1561 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1562 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1566 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1567 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1568 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1569 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1570 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1571 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1572 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1573 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1574 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1575 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1576 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1577 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1578 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1582 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1583 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1584 - improved toolbar control alignment
1585 - implemented wxSpinButton
1586 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1587 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1588 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1592 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1593 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1601 - First alpha-quality release
1605 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1606 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1607 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1608 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1609 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1614 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1618 - wxRegEx class added
1619 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1620 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1621 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1622 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1623 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1627 - support for virtual list control added
1628 - column images in report mode of the list control
1629 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1630 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1631 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1632 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1633 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1634 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1635 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1636 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1637 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1638 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1639 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1640 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1644 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1645 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1650 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1651 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1652 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1653 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1657 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1662 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1664 - added support for animated GIFs
1672 - Fixed new charset detection code
1673 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1674 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1675 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1676 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1677 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1678 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1682 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1683 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1684 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1685 push on a custom event handler for example)
1686 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1687 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1688 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1689 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1690 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1691 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1693 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1694 - Various wxXML enhancements
1695 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1696 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1697 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1699 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1700 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1704 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1705 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1706 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1707 alt or shift) now work
1708 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1709 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1710 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1711 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1712 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1713 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1714 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1715 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1716 - We now send iconize events
1717 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1718 - Added mousewheel processing
1719 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1720 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1722 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1723 child frame styles are honoured
1727 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1728 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1729 - We now send iconize events
1730 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1731 GetSelection() results
1738 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1739 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1740 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1741 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1742 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1743 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1744 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1745 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1746 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1747 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1751 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1752 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1753 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1754 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1755 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1756 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1757 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1758 wxImage methods and ctor)
1759 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1760 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1761 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1762 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1763 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1764 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1768 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1769 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1770 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1771 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1775 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1779 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1780 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1787 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1788 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1789 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1790 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1791 - Completed Czech translations
1792 - Some stream corrections
1793 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1794 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1795 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1796 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1800 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1801 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1802 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1803 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1804 - Paper names now translated
1806 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1807 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1808 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1809 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1811 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1812 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1814 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1815 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1816 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1817 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1821 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1822 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1823 backward compatibility, please set
1824 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1825 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1826 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1827 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1828 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1829 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1830 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1831 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1832 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1833 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1834 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1835 - wxFrame restores focus better
1836 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1837 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1838 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1839 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1840 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1841 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1842 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1843 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1844 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1845 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1849 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1853 - Small compilation fixes
1857 - wxCaret documented
1869 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1870 files. This works under VC++ only
1871 - Modal dialog handling improved
1872 - Printer dialog now modal
1887 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1891 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1892 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1897 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1898 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1899 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1900 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1901 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1902 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1903 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1904 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1905 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1907 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1908 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1909 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1910 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1911 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1912 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1914 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1918 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1919 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1920 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1921 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1922 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1923 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1924 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1925 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1927 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1928 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1929 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1930 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1931 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1932 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1933 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1934 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1935 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1936 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1937 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1938 - wxDragImage class added
1939 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1940 controllers, as well as native help
1941 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1945 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1946 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1947 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1948 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1949 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1950 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1951 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1952 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1953 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1954 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1956 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1957 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1958 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1962 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1963 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1964 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1968 - wxMenu::Enable works
1969 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1970 - OGL samples made to work again
1974 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1975 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1976 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1977 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1978 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1979 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1980 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1981 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1982 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1983 - improved HTML printing
1984 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1985 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1986 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1987 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1990 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1993 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1994 -----------------------
1998 - JPEG support added.
1999 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2003 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2005 - JPEG support added.
2006 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2007 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2008 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2015 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2018 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2019 -------------------------------
2024 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2028 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2029 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2030 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2031 - Some makefile fixes.
2039 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2040 - More topic overviews.
2041 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2042 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2043 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2046 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2047 --------------------------
2051 - wxExecute improved.
2055 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2057 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2058 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2059 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2060 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2061 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2062 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2066 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2067 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2071 - wxLocale documented.
2072 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2073 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2074 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2075 (though doesn't display help yet).
2077 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2078 --------------------------
2082 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2086 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2088 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2092 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2093 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2094 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2095 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2096 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2097 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2098 crashes for some reason).
2099 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2100 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2104 - Further doc improvements.
2105 - wxGenericValidator added.
2106 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2109 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2110 -------------------------
2114 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2115 - wxToolTip class added.
2116 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2120 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2121 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2122 - TWIN32 support added.
2123 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2124 factored out program/library settings.
2125 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2129 - A few more colour fixes.
2130 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2131 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2132 - wxChoice crash fix.
2133 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2137 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2138 - Added samples/dde.
2139 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2141 Beta 2, January 1999
2142 --------------------
2148 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2152 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2154 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2155 - Added thread support (Robert).
2156 - wxPoem sample now works.
2160 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2161 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2162 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2164 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2165 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2167 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2169 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2170 --------------------------
2176 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2179 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2180 ----------------------------
2184 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2185 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2186 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2187 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2188 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2190 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2191 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2196 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2197 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2198 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2199 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2200 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2202 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2203 when any button was pressed.
2204 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2205 have a white background.
2206 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2207 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2208 they have sensible colours by default.
2209 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2210 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2211 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2212 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2213 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2215 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2216 ----------------------------
2220 - More documentation updates, especially for
2221 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2222 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2224 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2225 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2226 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2228 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2232 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2233 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2235 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2236 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2237 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2238 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2239 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2240 the debugging implementation.
2241 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2242 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2243 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2244 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2245 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2246 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2247 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2249 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2251 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2252 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2253 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2254 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2255 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2256 - wxNotebook almost done.
2257 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2258 to vertical toolbars).
2262 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2264 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2265 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2266 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2268 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2269 ----------------------------
2273 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2275 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2276 - A few more makefiles added.
2277 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2278 - Further doc updates.
2279 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2283 - First start at Motif port.
2284 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2285 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2286 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2287 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2289 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2290 --------------------------
2294 - wxBitmap debugged.
2295 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2296 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2297 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2298 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2299 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2300 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2301 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2303 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2304 ------------------------
2308 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2309 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2310 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2311 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2312 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2313 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2314 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2315 changes, wxNotebook.
2316 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2318 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2319 -----------------------
2323 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2324 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2325 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2326 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2327 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2329 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2330 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2332 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2333 -----------------------
2337 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2338 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2340 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2341 -----------------------
2345 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2346 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2348 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2349 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2350 wxMenuItem accessors.
2351 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2352 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2353 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2354 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2355 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2356 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2357 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2358 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2359 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2360 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2361 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2362 first, then doing the assignment.
2363 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2364 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2368 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2369 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2371 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2372 ----------------------
2376 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2377 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2378 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2379 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2380 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2381 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2382 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2383 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2384 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2386 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2387 ------------------------
2391 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2393 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2394 compilation and pragmas.
2395 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2396 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2400 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2401 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2402 compilation and pragmas.
2403 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2405 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2406 ------------------------
2410 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2411 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2413 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2414 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2415 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2416 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2418 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2419 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2420 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2422 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2423 compatibility functions.
2424 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2425 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2426 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2427 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2428 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2429 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2430 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2434 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2435 - Added samples/png.
2436 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2437 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2439 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2441 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2442 ------------------------
2446 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2447 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2448 cleaned up properly before exit.
2449 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2451 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2452 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2453 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2455 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2456 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2458 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2459 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2460 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2461 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2465 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2466 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2467 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2468 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2469 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2470 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2471 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2472 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2473 allow better control of memory.
2474 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2476 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2477 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2479 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2480 ------------------------
2484 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2485 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2486 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2487 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2488 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2489 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2490 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2491 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2492 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2493 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2494 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2495 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2497 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2498 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2499 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2500 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2501 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2502 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2503 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2504 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2505 internal implementation.
2506 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2507 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2508 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2512 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2513 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2514 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2515 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2516 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2518 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2519 --------------------------
2523 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2524 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2525 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2527 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2528 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2529 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2530 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2532 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2533 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2538 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2539 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2540 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2542 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2543 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2545 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2546 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2547 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2548 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2549 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2550 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2551 - Added gcc pragmas.
2552 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2553 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2554 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2555 added a few references to wxTransString.
2556 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2557 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2558 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2559 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2560 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2561 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2562 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2563 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2564 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2567 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2568 --------------------------
2572 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2573 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2574 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2575 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2576 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2577 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2578 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2579 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2580 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2581 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2582 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2584 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2585 to help printing with multiple pages.
2586 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2587 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2588 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2589 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2590 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2591 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2592 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2593 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2594 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2595 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2596 New files from Vadim:
2602 src\common\string.cpp
2606 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2607 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2608 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2609 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2610 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2611 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2612 including changes to defs.h.
2613 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2615 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2617 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2618 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2620 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2622 Alpha 3, September 1997
2623 -----------------------
2627 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2628 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2629 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2630 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2631 - Started documentation.
2633 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2634 ------------------------
2638 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2639 with MetroWerks compiler.
2640 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2641 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2642 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2643 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2644 for testing purposes.
2645 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2647 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2648 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2650 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2651 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2654 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2655 -----------------------
2659 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2661 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2662 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2663 wxString instead of char *.
2664 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2665 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2666 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2667 as wxbWindow now removed.
2668 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2669 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2671 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2672 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2673 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2675 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2676 settings mucho rationalised.
2677 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2678 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2680 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2681 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2682 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2683 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2684 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2685 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2687 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2688 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2690 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2691 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2692 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2693 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2694 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2695 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2696 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2697 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2698 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2699 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2701 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2702 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2704 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2705 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2706 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2707 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2708 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2709 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2711 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2712 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2713 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2714 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2715 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2716 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).