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1 wxWindows 2 Change Log
2 ----------------------
3
4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
6
7 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
8 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
9 with '!' in the first column.
10
11 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
12 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
13 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
14 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
15 2.6 release.
16
17
18 wxBase:
19
20 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
21 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
22 code.
23
24 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
25 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
26 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
27 arrays containing non-pointers.
28
29 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
30 simply don't make sense for all objects
31
32 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
33 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
34 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
35
36 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
37
38 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
39 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
40 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
41 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
42 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
43
44 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
45 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
46 the default assert handling.
47
48
49 All (GUI):
50
51 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
52 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
53 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
54
55 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
56 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
57 instead!
58
59 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
60 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
61 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
62
63 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
64 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
65 you want to get OnChar() as well
66
67 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
68 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
69 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
70 will *NOT* work any longer:
71
72 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
73 ... do something ...
74 if ( flags & wxYES )
75 ... do something else ...
76
77 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
78
79 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
80 if you derived any classes from it
81
82 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
83 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
84
85 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
86 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
87
88 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
89 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
90
91 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
92 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
93 from happening
94
95 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
96 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
97 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
98
99
100 wxMSW:
101
102 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
103 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
104 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
105 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
106 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
107 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
108 make/project files.
109
110 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
111 style to avoid it
112
113 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
114 previously selected one instead of replacing it
115
116 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
117 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
118 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
119
120 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
121 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
122
123
124 Unix ports:
125
126 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
127 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
128 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
129 to compile pure C files.
130
131
132 wxThread and related classes:
133
134 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
135 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
136 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
137 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
138
139 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
140 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
141 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
142 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
143
144 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
145 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
146 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
147
148 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
149 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
150
151
152 OTHER CHANGES
153 =============
154
155 2.3.3
156 -----
157
158 wxBase:
159
160 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
161 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
162 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
163 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
164 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
165 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
166 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
167 after (non standard) STL hash_map
168 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
169 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
170 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
171 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
172 deprecated)
173 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
174
175 Unix (Base/GUI):
176
177 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
178 programs and not only GNU make
179 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
180
181 All (GUI):
182
183 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
184 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
185 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
186 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
187 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
188 wxWindows dialogs
189 - significantly improved native font support
190 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
191 wxHashTable
192 - added IFF image handler
193 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
194 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
195 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
196 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
197 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
198 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
199 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
200 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
201 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
202 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
203 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
204 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
205 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
206 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
207 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
208
209 wxMSW:
210
211 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
212 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
213 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
214 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
215 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
216 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
217 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
218 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
219 are changed
220 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
221 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
222 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
223 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
224 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
225 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
226 recursion any more
227 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
228 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
229 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
230 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
231 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
232 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
233 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
234 has the capture before release it.
235 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
236 - default button handling is now closer to expected
237 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
238
239 wxGTK:
240
241 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
242 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
243 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
244 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
245 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
246 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
247 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
248 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
249 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
250 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
251 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
252
253 wxHTML:
254
255 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
256 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
257 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
258 - fixed alignment handling in tables
259 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
260
261 2.3.2
262 -----
263
264 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
265
266 wxBase:
267
268 - wxRegEx class added
269 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
270 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
271 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
272 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
273 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
274
275 All (GUI):
276
277 - support for virtual list control added
278 - column images in report mode of the list control
279 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
280 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
281 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
282 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
283 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
284 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
285 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
286 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
287 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
288 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
289 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
290
291 wxMSW:
292
293 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
294 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
295 project files
296
297 wxGTK:
298
299 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
300
301 wxHTML:
302
303 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
304 to tags parsing
305 - added support for animated GIFs
306
307 2.3.1
308 -----
309
310 wxBase:
311
312 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
313 - Fixed new charset detection code
314 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
315 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
316 - Added wxDir::Traverse
317 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
318 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
319 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
320
321 All (GUI):
322
323 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
324 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
325 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
326 push on a custom event handler for example)
327 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
328 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
329 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
330 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
331 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
332 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
333 first-time saved
334 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
335 - Various wxXML enhancements
336 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
337 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
338 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
339 instead of GetId()
340 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
341 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
342
343 wxMSW:
344
345 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
346 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
347 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
348 alt or shift) now work
349 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
350 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
351 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
352 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
353 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
354 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
355 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
356 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
357 - We now send iconize events
358 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
359 - Added mousewheel processing
360 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
361 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
362 in wxDC
363 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
364 child frame styles are honoured
365
366 wxGTK:
367
368 - Fixed slider rounding bug
369 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
370 - We now send iconize events
371 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
372 GetSelection() results
373
374 2.3.0
375 -----
376
377 wxBase:
378
379 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
380 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
381 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
382 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
383 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
384 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
385 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
386 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
387 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
388 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
389
390 All (GUI):
391
392 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
393 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
394 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
395 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
396 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
397 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
398 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
399 wxImage methods and ctor)
400 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
401 - ODBC documentation complete!!
402 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
403 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
404 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
405 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
406
407 wxMSW:
408
409 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
410 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
411 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
412 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
413
414 wxGTK:
415
416 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
417
418 wxHTML:
419
420 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
421 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
422
423 2.2.0
424 -----
425
426 wxBase:
427
428 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
429 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
430 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
431 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
432 - Completed Czech translations
433 - Some stream corrections
434 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
435 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
436 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
437 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
438
439 All (GUI):
440
441 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
442 flicker-free dragging is now possible
443 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
444 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
445 - Paper names now translated
446 - wxGrid fixes
447 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
448 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
449 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
450 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
451 File dialog.
452 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
453 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
454 writing code
455 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
456 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
457 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
458 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
459
460 wxMSW:
461
462 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
463 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
464 backward compatibility, please set
465 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
466 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
467 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
468 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
469 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
470 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
471 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
472 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
473 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
474 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
475 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
476 - wxFrame restores focus better
477 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
478 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
479 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
480 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
481 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
482 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
483 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
484 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
485 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
486 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
487
488 wxGTK:
489
490 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
491
492 wxMotif:
493
494 - Small compilation fixes
495
496 Documentation:
497
498 - wxCaret documented
499
500 2.1.16
501 ------
502
503 wxBase:
504
505 All (GUI):
506
507 wxMSW:
508
509 - Various bug fixes
510 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
511 files. This works under VC++ only
512 - Modal dialog handling improved
513 - Printer dialog now modal
514
515 wxGTK:
516
517 - Various bug fixes
518
519 wxMotif:
520
521 - Various bug fixes
522
523 2.1.15
524 ------
525
526 Documentation:
527
528 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
529
530 File hierarchy:
531
532 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
533 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
534
535 wxBase:
536
537 - wxSocket support
538 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
539 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
540 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
541 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
542 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
543 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
544 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
545 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
546 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
547 only so far)
548 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
549 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
550 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
551 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
552 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
553 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
554 is available)
555 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
556
557 all (GUI):
558
559 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
560 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
561 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
562 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
563 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
564 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
565 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
566 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
567 John Norris)
568 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
569 MIME types if available (Unix only)
570 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
571 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
572 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
573 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
574 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
575 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
576 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
577 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
578 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
579 - wxDragImage class added
580 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
581 controllers, as well as native help
582 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
583
584 wxMSW:
585
586 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
587 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
588 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
589 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
590 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
591 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
592 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
593 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
594 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
595 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
596 Unix ports
597 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
598 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
599 - wxSetCursorEvent added
600
601 wxGTK:
602
603 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
604 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
605 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
606
607 wxMotif:
608
609 - wxMenu::Enable works
610 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
611 - OGL samples made to work again
612
613 wxHTML:
614
615 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
616 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
617 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
618 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
619 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
620 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
621 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
622 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
623 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
624 - improved HTML printing
625 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
626 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
627 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
628 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
629
630
631 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
632 change log.
633
634 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
635 -----------------------
636
637 wxGTK:
638
639 - JPEG support added.
640 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
641
642 wxMSW:
643
644 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
645 SetTabSize added.
646 - JPEG support added.
647 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
648 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
649 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
650
651 wxMotif:
652
653
654 General:
655
656 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
657
658
659 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
660 -------------------------------
661
662 wxGTK:
663
664 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
665 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
666
667 wxMSW:
668
669 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
670 - Fixed window cursor setting.
671 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
672 - Some makefile fixes.
673
674 wxMotif:
675
676 - None.
677
678 General:
679
680 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
681 - More topic overviews.
682 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
683 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
684 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
685
686
687 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
688 --------------------------
689
690 wxGTK:
691
692 - wxExecute improved.
693
694 wxMSW:
695
696 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
697 expected).
698 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
699 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
700 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
701 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
702 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
703 - Fixed focus-related crash.
704
705 wxMotif:
706
707 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
708 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
709
710 General:
711
712 - wxLocale documented.
713 - Added include filenames to class reference.
714 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
715 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
716 (though doesn't display help yet).
717
718 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
719 --------------------------
720
721 wxGTK:
722
723 - Miscellaneous fixes.
724
725 wxMSW:
726
727 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
728 rationalised.
729 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
730
731 wxMotif:
732
733 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
734 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
735 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
736 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
737 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
738 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
739 crashes for some reason).
740 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
741 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
742
743 General:
744
745 - Further doc improvements.
746 - wxGenericValidator added.
747 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
748 automatically.
749
750 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
751 -------------------------
752
753 wxGTK:
754
755 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
756 - wxToolTip class added.
757 - Miscellaneous fixes.
758
759 wxMSW:
760
761 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
762 - Makefiles for more compilers.
763 - TWIN32 support added.
764 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
765 factored out program/library settings.
766 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
767
768 wxMotif:
769
770 - A few more colour fixes.
771 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
772 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
773 - wxChoice crash fix.
774 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
775
776 General:
777
778 - wxBusyCursor class added.
779 - Added samples/dde.
780 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
781
782 Beta 2, January 1999
783 --------------------
784
785 wxGTK:
786
787 wxMSW:
788
789 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
790
791 wxMotif:
792
793 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
794 the right place.
795 - Cured some widget table clashes.
796 - Added thread support (Robert).
797 - wxPoem sample now works.
798
799 General:
800
801 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
802 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
803 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
804 or below).
805 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
806 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
807 sample.
808 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
809
810 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
811 --------------------------
812
813 wxGTK:
814
815 - Various
816
817 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
818
819
820 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
821 ----------------------------
822
823 wxMSW:
824
825 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
826 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
827 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
828 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
829 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
830 on a tab.
831 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
832 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
833 of Stefan Csomor.
834
835 wxMotif:
836
837 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
838 without (permanently) resizing the window.
839 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
840 that disabled scrollbar paging.
841 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
842 colours correctly.
843 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
844 when any button was pressed.
845 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
846 have a white background.
847 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
848 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
849 they have sensible colours by default.
850 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
851 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
852 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
853 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
854 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
855
856 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
857 ----------------------------
858
859 wxMSW:
860
861 - More documentation updates, especially for
862 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
863 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
864 of wxTrace.
865 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
866 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
867 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
868 position.
869 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
870
871 wxMotif:
872
873 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
874 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
875 child frames).
876 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
877 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
878 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
879 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
880 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
881 the debugging implementation.
882 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
883 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
884 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
885 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
886 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
887 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
888 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
889
890 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
891
892 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
893 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
894 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
895 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
896 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
897 - wxNotebook almost done.
898 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
899 to vertical toolbars).
900
901 More recently:
902
903 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
904 to scrollbars).
905 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
906 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
907 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
908
909 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
910 ----------------------------
911
912 wxMSW:
913
914 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
915 sample.
916 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
917 - A few more makefiles added.
918 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
919 - Further doc updates.
920 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
921
922 wxMotif:
923
924 - First start at Motif port.
925 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
926 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
927 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
928 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
929
930 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
931 --------------------------
932
933 wxMSW:
934
935 - wxBitmap debugged.
936 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
937 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
938 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
939 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
940 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
941 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
942 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
943
944 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
945 ------------------------
946
947 wxMSW:
948
949 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
950 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
951 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
952 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
953 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
954 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
955 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
956 changes, wxNotebook.
957 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
958
959 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
960 -----------------------
961
962 wxMSW:
963
964 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
965 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
966 Windows functions, for efficiency.
967 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
968 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
969 don't support it.
970 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
971 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
972
973 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
974 -----------------------
975
976 wxMSW:
977
978 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
979 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
980
981 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
982 -----------------------
983
984 wxMSW:
985
986 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
987 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
988 wxMenuBar.
989 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
990 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
991 wxMenuItem accessors.
992 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
993 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
994 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
995 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
996 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
997 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
998 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
999 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1000 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1001 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1002 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1003 first, then doing the assignment.
1004 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1005 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1006
1007 Generic:
1008
1009 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1010 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1011
1012 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1013 ----------------------
1014
1015 wxMSW:
1016
1017 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1018 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1019 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1020 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1021 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1022 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1023 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1024 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1025 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1026
1027 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1028 ------------------------
1029
1030 wxMSW:
1031
1032 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1033 fields were used.
1034 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1035 compilation and pragmas.
1036 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1037 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1038
1039 Generic:
1040
1041 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1042 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1043 compilation and pragmas.
1044 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1045
1046 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1047 ------------------------
1048
1049 wxMSW:
1050
1051 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1052 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1053 some reason :-(
1054 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1055 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1056 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1057 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1058 startup/exit.
1059 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1060 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1061 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1062 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1063 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1064 compatibility functions.
1065 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1066 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1067 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1068 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1069 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1070 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1071 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1072
1073 Generic:
1074
1075 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1076 - Added samples/png.
1077 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1078 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1079 header files.
1080 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1081
1082 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1083 ------------------------
1084
1085 wxMSW:
1086
1087 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1088 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1089 cleaned up properly before exit.
1090 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1091 automatically.
1092 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1093 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1094 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1095 unresolved issues.
1096 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1097 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1098 tray area.
1099 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1100 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1101 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1102 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1103
1104 Generic:
1105
1106 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1107 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1108 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1109 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1110 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1111 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1112 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1113 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1114 allow better control of memory.
1115 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1116 checking.
1117 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1118 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1119
1120 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1121 ------------------------
1122
1123 wxMSW:
1124
1125 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1126 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1127 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1128 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1129 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1130 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1131 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1132 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1133 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1134 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1135 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1136 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1137 IUnknown.
1138 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1139 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1140 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1141 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1142 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1143 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1144 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1145 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1146 internal implementation.
1147 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1148 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1149 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1150
1151 Generic:
1152
1153 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1154 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1155 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1156 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1157 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1158
1159 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1160 --------------------------
1161
1162 wxMSW:
1163
1164 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1165 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1166 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1167 changes.
1168 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1169 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1170 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1171 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1172 again.
1173 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1174 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1175 e.g. wxDC.
1176
1177 Generic:
1178
1179 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1180 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1181 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1182 changes.
1183 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1184 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1185 docs/gtk.
1186 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1187 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1188 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1189 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1190 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1191 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1192 - Added gcc pragmas.
1193 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1194 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1195 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1196 added a few references to wxTransString.
1197 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1198 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1199 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1200 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1201 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1202 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1203 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1204 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1205 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1206 MoreRequested.
1207
1208 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1209 --------------------------
1210
1211 All:
1212
1213 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1214 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1215 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1216 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1217 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1218 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1219 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1220 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1221 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1222 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1223 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1224 scrolling toolbars.
1225 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1226 to help printing with multiple pages.
1227 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1228 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1229 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1230 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1231 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1232 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1233 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1234 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1235 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1236 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1237 New files from Vadim:
1238 include\wx\string.h
1239 include\wx\debug.h
1240 include\wx\file.h
1241 include\wx\log.h
1242 include\wx\intl.h
1243 src\common\string.cpp
1244 src\common\log.cpp
1245 src\common\intl.cpp
1246 src\common\file.cpp
1247 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1248 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1249 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1250 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1251 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1252 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1253 including changes to defs.h.
1254 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1255 introduced.
1256 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1257 hidden).
1258 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1259 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1260 trick).
1261 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1262
1263 Alpha 3, September 1997
1264 -----------------------
1265
1266 All:
1267
1268 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1269 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1270 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1271 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1272 - Started documentation.
1273
1274 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1275 ------------------------
1276
1277 All:
1278
1279 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1280 with MetroWerks compiler.
1281 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1282 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1283 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1284 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1285 for testing purposes.
1286 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1287 handlers.
1288 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1289 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1290 fully).
1291 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1292 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1293 a separate file.
1294
1295 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1296 -----------------------
1297
1298 Generic:
1299
1300 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1301
1302 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1303 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1304 wxString instead of char *.
1305 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1306 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1307 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1308 as wxbWindow now removed.
1309 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1310 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1311 - PrologIO revised.
1312 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1313 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1314 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1315 Windows settings.
1316 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1317 settings mucho rationalised.
1318 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1319 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1320 classes removed.
1321 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1322 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1323 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1324 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1325 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1326 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1327 of event handlers.
1328 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1329 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1330 wxToolBarBase
1331 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1332 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1333 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1334 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1335 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1336 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1337 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1338 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1339 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1340 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1341 in the future.
1342 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1343 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1344 variables instead.
1345 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1346 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1347 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1348 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1349 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1350 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1351 Win95.
1352 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1353 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1354 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1355 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1356 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1357 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
1358
1359