9 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
10 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
11 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
12 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
13 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
14 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
15 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
16 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
17 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
19 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
20 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
21 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
22 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
23 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
24 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
26 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
30 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
31 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
32 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu menagament
33 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
34 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
35 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
36 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
37 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
39 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
40 MIME types if available (Unix only)
41 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
42 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
43 - PCX files can now be written (24 bit only so far)
44 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
45 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
46 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
47 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
48 for dealing with convertions between different encodings,
49 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
53 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
54 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
55 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
56 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
57 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
58 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
59 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
60 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
62 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
66 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
67 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
68 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
72 - wxMenu::Enable works
76 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
77 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
78 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
79 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
80 splitted into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
81 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
82 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
83 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
84 - added dynamic pushing/poping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
85 - improved HTML printing
86 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
87 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
88 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
89 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
92 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
95 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
96 -----------------------
100 - JPEG support added.
101 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
105 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
107 - JPEG support added.
108 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
109 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
110 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
117 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
120 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
121 -------------------------------
126 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
130 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
131 - Fixed window cursor setting.
132 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
133 - Some makefile fixes.
141 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
142 - More topic overviews.
143 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
144 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
145 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
148 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
149 --------------------------
153 - wxExecute improved.
157 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
159 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
160 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
161 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
162 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
163 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
164 - Fixed focus-related crash.
168 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
169 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
173 - wxLocale documented.
174 - Added include filenames to class reference.
175 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
176 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
177 (though doesn't display help yet).
179 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
180 --------------------------
184 - Miscellaneous fixes.
188 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
190 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
194 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
195 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
196 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
197 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
198 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
199 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
200 crashes for some reason).
201 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
202 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
206 - Further doc improvements.
207 - wxGenericValidator added.
208 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
211 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
212 -------------------------
216 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
217 - wxToolTip class added.
218 - Miscellaneous fixes.
222 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
223 - Makefiles for more compilers.
224 - TWIN32 support added.
225 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
226 factored out program/library settings.
227 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
231 - A few more colour fixes.
232 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
233 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
234 - wxChoice crash fix.
235 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
239 - wxBusyCursor class added.
241 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
250 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
254 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
256 - Cured some widget table clashes.
257 - Added thread support (Robert).
258 - wxPoem sample now works.
262 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
263 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
264 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
266 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
267 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
269 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
271 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
272 --------------------------
278 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
281 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
282 ----------------------------
286 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
287 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
288 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
289 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
290 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
292 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
293 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
298 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
299 without (permanently) resizing the window.
300 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
301 that disabled scrollbar paging.
302 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
304 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
305 when any button was pressed.
306 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
307 have a white background.
308 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
309 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
310 they have sensible colours by default.
311 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
312 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
313 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
314 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
315 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
317 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
318 ----------------------------
322 - More documentation updates, especially for
323 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
324 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
326 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
327 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
328 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
330 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
334 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
335 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
337 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
338 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
339 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
340 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
341 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
342 the debugging implementation.
343 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
344 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
345 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
346 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
347 - Added a parent-existance check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
348 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
349 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
351 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
353 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
354 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
355 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
356 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
357 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
358 - wxNotebook almost done.
359 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
360 to vertical toolbars).
364 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
366 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
367 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
368 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
370 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
371 ----------------------------
375 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
377 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
378 - A few more makefiles added.
379 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
380 - Further doc updates.
381 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
385 - First start at Motif port.
386 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
387 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
388 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
389 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
391 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
392 --------------------------
397 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
398 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
399 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
400 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
401 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
402 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
403 so event can travel up the window hierachy.
405 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
406 ------------------------
410 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
411 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
412 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
413 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
414 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
415 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
416 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
418 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
420 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
421 -----------------------
425 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
426 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
427 Windows functions, for efficiency.
428 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
429 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
431 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
432 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
434 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
435 -----------------------
439 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
440 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
442 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
443 -----------------------
447 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
448 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
450 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
451 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
452 wxMenuItem accessors.
453 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
454 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
455 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
456 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
457 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
458 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
459 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
460 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
461 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
462 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
463 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
464 first, then doing the assignment.
465 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
466 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
470 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
471 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
473 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
474 ----------------------
478 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
479 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
480 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
481 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
482 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
483 require application-supplied positioning code though.
484 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
485 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
486 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
488 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
489 ------------------------
493 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
495 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
496 compilation and pragmas.
497 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
498 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
502 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
503 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
504 compilation and pragmas.
505 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
507 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
508 ------------------------
512 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
513 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
515 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
516 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
517 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
518 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
520 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
521 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
522 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
524 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
525 compatibility functions.
526 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
527 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
528 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
529 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
530 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
531 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
532 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
536 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
538 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
539 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
541 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
543 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
544 ------------------------
548 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
549 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
550 cleaned up properly before exit.
551 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
553 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
554 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
555 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
557 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
558 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
560 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
561 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
562 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
563 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
567 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
568 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
569 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
570 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
571 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
572 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
573 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
574 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
575 allow better control of memory.
576 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
578 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
579 float to long in wxToolBar files.
581 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
582 ------------------------
586 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
587 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
588 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
589 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
590 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
591 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
592 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
593 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
594 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
595 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
596 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
597 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
599 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
600 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
601 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
602 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
603 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
604 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
605 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
606 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
607 internal implementation.
608 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
609 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
610 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
614 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
615 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
616 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
617 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
618 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
620 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
621 --------------------------
625 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
626 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
627 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
629 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
630 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
631 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
632 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
634 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
635 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
640 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
641 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
642 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
644 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
645 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
647 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
648 created dynamically, not as a global object.
649 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
650 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
651 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
652 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
654 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
655 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
656 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
657 added a few references to wxTransString.
658 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
659 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
660 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
661 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
662 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
663 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
664 - Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
665 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
666 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
669 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
670 --------------------------
674 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
675 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
676 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
677 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
678 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
679 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
680 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
681 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
682 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
683 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
684 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
686 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
687 to help printing with multiple pages.
688 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
689 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
690 implementation updated to use these base classes.
691 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
692 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
693 WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
694 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
695 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
696 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
697 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
698 New files from Vadim:
704 src\common\string.cpp
708 No longer use GNU wxString files.
709 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
710 src\common\filefn.cpp.
711 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
712 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
713 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
714 including changes to defs.h.
715 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
717 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
719 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
720 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
722 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
724 Alpha 3, September 1997
725 -----------------------
729 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
730 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
731 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
732 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
733 - Started documentation.
735 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
736 ------------------------
740 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
741 with MetroWerks compiler.
742 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
743 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
744 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
745 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
746 for testing purposes.
747 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
749 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
750 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
752 - Added back wxRadioBox.
753 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
756 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
757 -----------------------
761 At this point, the following has been achieved:
763 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
764 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
765 wxString instead of char *.
766 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
767 old system event system) and code size reduced.
768 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
769 as wxbWindow now removed.
770 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
771 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
773 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
774 MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
775 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
777 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
778 settings mucho rationalised.
779 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
780 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
782 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
783 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
784 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
785 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
786 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
787 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
789 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
790 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
792 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
793 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
794 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
795 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
796 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
797 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
798 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
799 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
800 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
801 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
803 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
804 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
806 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
807 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
808 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
809 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
810 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
811 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
813 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
814 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
815 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
816 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
817 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
818 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).