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2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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10 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
11 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
12 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
13 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
14 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
15 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
16 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
17 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
18 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
19 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
20 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars
21 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
22 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
23 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
24 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
25 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell)
26 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
27 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
28 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
29 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
30 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
31 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
32 printing stuff in the GTK port.
33 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
34 - The samples\db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
35 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
39 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
40 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
41 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
42 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
43 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
44 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
45 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
46 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
47 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
48 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
49 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
50 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
54 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
58 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
59 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
60 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
61 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
62 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
63 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
64 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
65 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
66 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
67 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
68 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
69 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
70 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
75 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
76 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
80 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
81 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
82 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
83 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
86 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
87 but not mentioned anywhere.
91 - wxBU_... button align flags support
92 - vertical notebook orientation support
93 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
94 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
98 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
99 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
100 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
101 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
102 - enumeration of available volumes
103 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
104 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
112 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
113 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
114 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
115 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
116 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
117 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
118 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
119 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
120 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
121 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
122 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
123 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
124 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
125 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
126 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
127 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
131 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
132 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
133 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
135 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
136 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
137 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
138 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
139 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
140 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
141 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
142 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
143 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
144 - added samples/splash
145 - added support for stock buttons
146 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
147 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
148 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
149 - added wxChoicebook control
150 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
151 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
152 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
153 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
154 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
155 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
156 supported, instead of zero.
157 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
161 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
162 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
163 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
164 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
165 - wx-config has new --version-full option
169 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
170 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
171 - Tooltips now supported
172 - wxSound now supported
173 - wxDisplay now supported
174 - Some stock cursors now supported
178 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
179 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
180 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
181 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
185 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
186 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
187 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
188 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
189 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
190 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
191 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
192 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
193 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
194 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
195 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
196 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
197 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
198 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
199 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
200 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
201 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
202 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
203 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
207 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
211 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
212 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
213 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
214 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
215 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
216 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
217 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
218 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
219 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
220 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
221 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
222 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
223 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
224 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
228 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
232 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
233 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
234 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
235 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
239 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
240 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
248 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
249 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
250 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
251 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
253 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
254 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
255 to forward declare these classes.
259 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
260 resulting in much better display of scaled images
261 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
262 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
263 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
264 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
265 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
266 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
267 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
268 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
269 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
270 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
271 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
272 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
273 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
277 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
278 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
279 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
280 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
281 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
282 even try to do it by default -- now it does
283 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
284 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
285 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
286 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
287 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
288 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
292 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
296 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
297 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
298 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
299 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
303 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
307 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
308 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
312 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
313 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
317 - Full Unicode support is now available
318 - BLOB support is working
326 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
327 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
328 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
329 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
330 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
331 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
332 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
333 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
334 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
335 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
336 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
337 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
338 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
340 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
341 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
342 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
343 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
344 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
345 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
346 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
347 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
348 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
349 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
350 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
351 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
355 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
356 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
357 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
358 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
359 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
360 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
361 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
362 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
363 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
364 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
365 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
366 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
367 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
368 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
369 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
370 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
371 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
372 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
373 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
374 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
375 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
376 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
377 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
378 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
379 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
380 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
384 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
385 - fixed DDE memory leaks
386 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
387 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
388 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
389 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
390 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
391 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
392 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
393 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
394 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
395 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
396 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
397 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
398 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
399 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
400 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
401 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
402 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
403 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
404 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
405 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
406 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
407 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
408 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
409 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
410 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
411 than the specified default size
412 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
416 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
417 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
418 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
419 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
420 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
421 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
422 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
423 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
424 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
428 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
429 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
430 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
431 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
435 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
439 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
440 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
444 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
445 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
446 addition to existing OSS one
447 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
455 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
456 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
457 separately compiled library
458 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
459 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
460 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
461 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
462 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
463 - added wxArray::SetCount()
464 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
465 by default in Unicode mode
466 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
467 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
468 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
469 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
470 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
471 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
472 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
473 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
474 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
475 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
476 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
477 - added wxRecursionGuard class
478 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
479 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
480 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
481 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
482 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
483 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
484 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
485 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
489 - added Watcom makefiles
490 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
494 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
495 - added wxListbook control
496 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
497 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
498 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
499 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
500 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
501 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
502 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
503 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
504 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
505 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
506 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
507 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
508 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
509 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
510 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
511 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
512 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
513 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
514 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
515 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
516 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
517 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
518 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
519 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
520 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
521 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
522 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
523 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
524 default extension for the template
525 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
526 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
527 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
528 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
529 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
530 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
531 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
532 to allow better rich text support.
533 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
534 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
535 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
536 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
537 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
538 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
539 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
540 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
541 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
542 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
543 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
544 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
545 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
546 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
547 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
548 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
549 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
550 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
551 - added wxMirrorDC class
552 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
553 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
554 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
555 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
556 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
557 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
562 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
563 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
564 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
565 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
566 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
570 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
571 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
572 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
573 to contrib/src/deprecated
577 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
578 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
579 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
580 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
581 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
582 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
583 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
584 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
585 be appended to filenames with no extension
586 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
587 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
588 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
589 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
593 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
594 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
598 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
599 - added wxCrashReport
600 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
601 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
602 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
603 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
604 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
605 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
606 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
607 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
608 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
609 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
610 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
611 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
612 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
613 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
614 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
615 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
616 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
617 - improved border handling under Windows XP
618 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
619 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
620 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
621 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
622 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
623 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
624 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
628 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
629 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
630 documentation for a detailed explanation
631 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
632 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
633 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
634 with Motif 1.x compatibility
635 - implemented wxToggleButton
636 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
637 instead of a sunken border
638 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
639 - finished wxClipboard implementation
643 - controls in toolbars now supported
647 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
648 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
649 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
650 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
651 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
657 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
658 ================================
660 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
661 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
662 with '!' in the first column.
664 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
665 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
666 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
667 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
670 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
671 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
672 (see the documentation) useful.
677 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
678 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
681 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
682 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
683 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
684 arrays containing non-pointers.
686 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
687 simply don't make sense for all objects
689 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
690 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
691 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
693 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
695 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
696 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
697 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
698 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
699 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
701 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
702 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
703 the default assert handling.
707 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
708 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
709 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
711 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
712 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
715 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
716 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
717 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
719 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
720 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
721 you want to get OnChar() as well
723 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
724 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
725 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
727 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
728 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
729 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
730 will *NOT* work any longer:
732 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
735 ... do something else ...
737 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
738 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
741 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
743 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
744 if you derived any classes from it
746 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
747 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
749 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
750 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
752 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
753 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
755 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
756 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
759 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
760 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
761 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
763 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
764 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
765 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
766 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
770 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
771 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
772 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
773 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
774 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
775 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
776 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
777 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
778 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
779 is only present for the DLLs builds.
781 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
784 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
785 previously selected one instead of replacing it
787 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
788 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
789 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
791 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
792 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
797 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
798 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
799 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
800 to compile pure C files.
803 wxThread and related classes:
805 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
806 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
807 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
808 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
810 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
811 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
812 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
813 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
815 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
816 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
817 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
819 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
820 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
831 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
838 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
839 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
840 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
844 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
845 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
846 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
849 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
850 - Addition of native frame site grip.
853 - Unicode support through Pango library.
857 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
858 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
862 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
869 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
870 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
871 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
872 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
873 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
874 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
875 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
876 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
877 after (non standard) STL hash_map
878 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
879 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
880 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
881 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
882 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
883 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
884 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
888 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
889 programs and not only GNU make
890 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
891 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
892 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
893 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
894 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
898 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
899 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
900 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
901 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
902 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
904 - significantly improved native font support
905 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
907 - added IFF image handler
908 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
909 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
910 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
911 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
912 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
913 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
914 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
915 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
916 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
917 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
918 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
919 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
920 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
921 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
922 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
923 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
924 - wxMessageOutput class added
925 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
926 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
928 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
929 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
930 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
931 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
933 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
934 whether a label edit was cancelled.
935 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
939 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
940 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
941 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
942 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
943 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
944 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
945 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
946 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
947 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
948 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
950 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
951 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
952 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
953 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
954 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
955 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
956 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
958 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
959 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
960 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
961 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
962 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
963 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
964 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
965 has the capture before release it.
966 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
967 - default button handling is now closer to expected
968 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
969 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
970 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
971 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
972 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
973 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
974 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
975 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
976 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
977 provided in wxFontData
978 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
979 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
983 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
984 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
985 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
986 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
987 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
988 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
989 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
990 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
991 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
992 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
993 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
994 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
995 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
999 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1000 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1001 - improved toolbar control alignment
1002 - implemented wxSpinButton
1003 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1004 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1005 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1009 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1010 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1018 - First alpha-quality release
1022 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1023 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1024 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1025 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1026 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1031 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1035 - wxRegEx class added
1036 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1037 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1038 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1039 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1040 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1044 - support for virtual list control added
1045 - column images in report mode of the list control
1046 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1047 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1048 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1049 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1050 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1051 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1052 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1053 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1054 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1055 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1056 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1057 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1061 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1062 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1067 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1068 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1069 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1070 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1074 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1079 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1081 - added support for animated GIFs
1089 - Fixed new charset detection code
1090 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1091 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1092 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1093 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1094 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1095 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1099 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1100 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1101 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1102 push on a custom event handler for example)
1103 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1104 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1105 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1106 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1107 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1108 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1110 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1111 - Various wxXML enhancements
1112 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1113 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1114 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1116 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1117 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1121 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1122 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1123 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1124 alt or shift) now work
1125 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1126 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1127 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1128 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1129 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1130 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1131 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1132 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1133 - We now send iconize events
1134 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1135 - Added mousewheel processing
1136 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1137 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1139 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1140 child frame styles are honoured
1144 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1145 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1146 - We now send iconize events
1147 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1148 GetSelection() results
1155 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1156 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1157 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1158 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1159 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1160 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1161 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1162 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1163 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1164 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1168 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1169 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1170 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1171 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1172 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1173 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1174 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1175 wxImage methods and ctor)
1176 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1177 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1178 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1179 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1180 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1181 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1185 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1186 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1187 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1188 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1192 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1196 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1197 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1204 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1205 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1206 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1207 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1208 - Completed Czech translations
1209 - Some stream corrections
1210 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1211 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1212 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1213 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1217 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1218 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1219 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1220 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1221 - Paper names now translated
1223 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1224 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1225 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1226 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1228 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1229 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1231 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1232 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1233 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1234 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1238 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1239 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1240 backward compatibility, please set
1241 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1242 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1243 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1244 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1245 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1246 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1247 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1248 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1249 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1250 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1251 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1252 - wxFrame restores focus better
1253 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1254 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1255 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1256 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1257 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1258 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1259 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1260 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1261 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1262 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1266 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1270 - Small compilation fixes
1274 - wxCaret documented
1286 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1287 files. This works under VC++ only
1288 - Modal dialog handling improved
1289 - Printer dialog now modal
1304 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1308 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1309 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1314 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1315 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1316 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1317 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1318 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1319 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1320 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1321 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1322 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1324 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1325 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1326 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1327 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1328 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1329 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1331 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1335 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1336 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1337 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1338 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1339 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1340 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1341 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1342 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1344 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1345 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1346 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1347 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1348 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1349 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1350 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1351 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1352 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1353 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1354 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1355 - wxDragImage class added
1356 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1357 controllers, as well as native help
1358 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1362 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1363 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1364 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1365 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1366 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1367 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1368 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1369 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1370 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1371 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1373 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1374 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1375 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1379 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1380 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1381 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1385 - wxMenu::Enable works
1386 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1387 - OGL samples made to work again
1391 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1392 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1393 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1394 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1395 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1396 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1397 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1398 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1399 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1400 - improved HTML printing
1401 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1402 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1403 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1404 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1407 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1410 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1411 -----------------------
1415 - JPEG support added.
1416 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1420 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1422 - JPEG support added.
1423 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1424 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1425 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1432 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1435 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1436 -------------------------------
1441 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1445 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1446 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1447 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1448 - Some makefile fixes.
1456 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1457 - More topic overviews.
1458 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1459 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1460 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1463 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1464 --------------------------
1468 - wxExecute improved.
1472 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1474 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1475 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1476 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1477 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1478 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1479 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1483 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1484 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1488 - wxLocale documented.
1489 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1490 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1491 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1492 (though doesn't display help yet).
1494 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1495 --------------------------
1499 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1503 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1505 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1509 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1510 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1511 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1512 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1513 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1514 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1515 crashes for some reason).
1516 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1517 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1521 - Further doc improvements.
1522 - wxGenericValidator added.
1523 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1526 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1527 -------------------------
1531 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1532 - wxToolTip class added.
1533 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1537 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1538 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1539 - TWIN32 support added.
1540 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1541 factored out program/library settings.
1542 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1546 - A few more colour fixes.
1547 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1548 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1549 - wxChoice crash fix.
1550 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1554 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1555 - Added samples/dde.
1556 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1558 Beta 2, January 1999
1559 --------------------
1565 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1569 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1571 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1572 - Added thread support (Robert).
1573 - wxPoem sample now works.
1577 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1578 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1579 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1581 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1582 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1584 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1586 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1587 --------------------------
1593 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1596 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1597 ----------------------------
1601 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1602 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1603 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1604 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1605 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1607 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1608 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1613 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1614 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1615 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1616 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1617 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1619 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1620 when any button was pressed.
1621 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1622 have a white background.
1623 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1624 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1625 they have sensible colours by default.
1626 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1627 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1628 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1629 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1630 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1632 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1633 ----------------------------
1637 - More documentation updates, especially for
1638 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1639 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1641 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1642 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1643 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1645 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1649 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1650 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1652 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1653 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1654 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1655 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1656 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1657 the debugging implementation.
1658 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1659 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1660 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1661 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1662 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1663 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1664 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1666 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1668 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1669 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1670 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1671 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1672 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1673 - wxNotebook almost done.
1674 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1675 to vertical toolbars).
1679 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1681 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1682 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1683 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1685 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1686 ----------------------------
1690 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1692 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1693 - A few more makefiles added.
1694 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1695 - Further doc updates.
1696 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1700 - First start at Motif port.
1701 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1702 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1703 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1704 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1706 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1707 --------------------------
1711 - wxBitmap debugged.
1712 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1713 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1714 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1715 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1716 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1717 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1718 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1720 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1721 ------------------------
1725 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1726 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1727 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1728 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1729 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1730 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1731 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1732 changes, wxNotebook.
1733 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1735 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1736 -----------------------
1740 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1741 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1742 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1743 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1744 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1746 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1747 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1749 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1750 -----------------------
1754 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1755 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1757 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1758 -----------------------
1762 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1763 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1765 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1766 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1767 wxMenuItem accessors.
1768 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1769 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1770 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1771 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1772 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1773 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1774 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1775 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1776 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1777 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1778 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1779 first, then doing the assignment.
1780 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1781 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1785 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1786 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1788 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1789 ----------------------
1793 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1794 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1795 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1796 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1797 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1798 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1799 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1800 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1801 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1803 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1804 ------------------------
1808 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1810 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1811 compilation and pragmas.
1812 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1813 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1817 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1818 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1819 compilation and pragmas.
1820 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1822 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1823 ------------------------
1827 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1828 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1830 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1831 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1832 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1833 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1835 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1836 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1837 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1839 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1840 compatibility functions.
1841 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1842 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1843 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1844 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1845 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1846 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1847 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1851 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1852 - Added samples/png.
1853 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1854 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1856 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1858 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1859 ------------------------
1863 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1864 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1865 cleaned up properly before exit.
1866 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1868 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1869 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1870 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1872 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1873 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1875 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1876 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1877 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1878 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1882 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1883 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1884 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1885 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1886 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1887 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1888 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1889 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1890 allow better control of memory.
1891 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1893 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1894 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1896 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1897 ------------------------
1901 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1902 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1903 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1904 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1905 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1906 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1907 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1908 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1909 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1910 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1911 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1912 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1914 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1915 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1916 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1917 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1918 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1919 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1920 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1921 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1922 internal implementation.
1923 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1924 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1925 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1929 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1930 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1931 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1932 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1933 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1935 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1936 --------------------------
1940 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1941 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1942 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1944 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1945 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1946 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1947 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1949 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1950 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1955 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1956 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1957 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1959 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1960 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1962 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1963 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1964 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1965 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1966 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1967 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1968 - Added gcc pragmas.
1969 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1970 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1971 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1972 added a few references to wxTransString.
1973 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1974 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1975 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1976 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1977 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1978 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1979 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1980 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1981 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1984 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1985 --------------------------
1989 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1990 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1991 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1992 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1993 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1994 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1995 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1996 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1997 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1998 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1999 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2001 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2002 to help printing with multiple pages.
2003 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2004 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2005 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2006 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2007 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2008 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2009 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2010 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2011 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2012 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2013 New files from Vadim:
2019 src\common\string.cpp
2023 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2024 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2025 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2026 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2027 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2028 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2029 including changes to defs.h.
2030 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2032 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2034 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2035 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2037 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2039 Alpha 3, September 1997
2040 -----------------------
2044 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2045 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2046 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2047 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2048 - Started documentation.
2050 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2051 ------------------------
2055 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2056 with MetroWerks compiler.
2057 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2058 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2059 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2060 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2061 for testing purposes.
2062 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2064 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2065 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2067 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2068 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2071 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2072 -----------------------
2076 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2078 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2079 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2080 wxString instead of char *.
2081 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2082 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2083 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2084 as wxbWindow now removed.
2085 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2086 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2088 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2089 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2090 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2092 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2093 settings mucho rationalised.
2094 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2095 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2097 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2098 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2099 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2100 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2101 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2102 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2104 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2105 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2107 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2108 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2109 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2110 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2111 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2112 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2113 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2114 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2115 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2116 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2118 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2119 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2121 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2122 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2123 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2124 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2125 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2126 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2128 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2129 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2130 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2131 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2132 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2133 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).