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2 wxWidgets Change Log
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4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.8.x
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7
8 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
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10
11 - Default location of wxFileConfig files has changed under Windows, you will
12 need to update your code if you access these files directly.
13
14 - wxWindow::IsEnabled() now returns false if a window parent (and not
15 necessarily the window itself) is disabled, new function IsThisEnabled()
16 with the same behaviour as old IsEnabled() was added.
17
18 - Generating wxNavigationKeyEvent events doesn't work any more under wxGTK (and
19 other platforms in the future), use wxWindow::Navigate() or NavigateIn()
20 instead.
21
22 - Sizers distribute only the extra space between the stretchable items
23 according to their proportions and not all available space. We believe the
24 new behaviour corresponds better to user expectations but if you did rely
25 on the old behaviour you will have to update your code to set the minimal
26 sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
27 proportions to return to the old behaviour.
28
29 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
30 -----------------------------------------------------------
31
32 - WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
33 you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
34
35 - Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
36 longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
37 in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
38 code that depends on the result being wxChar.
39
40 - The value returned by wxString::c_str() cannot be casted to non-const char*
41 or wchar_t* anymore. The solution is to use newly added wxString methods
42 char_str() (which returns a buffer convertible to char*) or wchar_str()
43 (which returns a buffer convertible to wchar_t*). These methods are
44 available in wxWidgets 2.8 series beginning with 2.8.4 as well.
45
46 - The value returned by wxString::operator[] or wxString::iterator cannot be
47 used in switch statements anymore, because it's a class instance. Code like
48 this won't compile:
49 switch (str[i]) { ... }
50 and has to be replaced with this:
51 switch (str[i].GetValue()) { ... }
52
53 - Return type of wxString::c_str() is now wxCStrData struct and not
54 const wxChar*. wxCStrData is implicitly convertible to const char* and
55 const wchar_t*, so this only presents a problem if the compiler cannot
56 convert the type. In particular, Borland C++ and DigitalMars compilers
57 don't correctly convert operator?: operands to the same type and fail with
58 compilation error instead. This can be worked around by explicitly casting
59 to const wxChar*:
60 wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
61
62 - wxCtime() and wxAsctime() return char*; this is incompatible with Unicode
63 build in wxWidgets 2.8 that returned wchar_t*.
64
65 - DigitalMars compiler has a bug that prevents it from using
66 wxUniChar::operator bool in conditions and it erroneously reports type
67 conversion ambiguity in expressions such as this:
68 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); *p; ++p )
69 This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
70 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
71
72 - virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
73
74 - Funtions that took wxChar* arguments that could by NULL in wxWidgets 2.8.
75 are deprecated and passing NULL to them won't compile anymore, wxEmptyString
76 must be used instead.
77
78 Deprecated methods and their replacements
79 -----------------------------------------
80
81 - wxCreateGreyedImage() deprecated, use wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale() instead.
82 - wxString::GetWriteBuf() and UngetWriteBuf() deprecated, using wxStringBuffer
83 or wxStringBufferLength instead.
84 - wxDIRCTRL_SHOW_FILTERS style is deprecated, filters are alwsys shown if
85 specified so this style should simply be removed
86 - wxDocManager::MakeDefaultName() replaced by MakeNewDocumentName() and
87 wxDocument::GetPrintableName() with GetUserReadableName() which are simpler
88 to use
89
90
91 Major new features in this release
92 ----------------------------------
93
94
95 2.9.0
96 -----
97
98 All:
99
100 - Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi)
101 - Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov)
102 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev)
103 - Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead()
104 - Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz)
105 - Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev)
106 - Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev)
107 - Allow using wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski)
108 - Added functions for Base64 en/decoding (Charles Reimers)
109 - Added functions for atomically inc/decrementing integers (Armel Asselin)
110 - wxLogInterposer has been added to replace wxLogPassThrough and new
111 wxLogInterposerTemp was added
112 - Added support for broadcasting to UDP sockets (Andrew Vincent)
113
114 All (GUI):
115
116 - Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty)
117 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
118 - Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse)
119 - Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)
120 - Added wxMessageDialog::SetMessage() and SetExtendedMessage()
121 - Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
122 - Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
123 - Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
124 - Slovak translation added.
125 - Fixed tab-related drawing and hit-testing bugs in wxRichTextCtrl.
126 - Implemented background colour in wxRichTextCtrl.
127 - Fixed crashes in helpview when opening a file.
128 - Set locale to the default in all ports, not just wxGTK
129 - Added wxJoystick::GetButtonState/Position() (Frank C Szczerba)
130 - Added wxGridUpdateLocker helper class (Evgeniy Tarassov)
131 - Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov)
132 - Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate()
133 - Add support for <data> tags to wxrc
134 - Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr)
135 - Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi)
136 - Added wxRect::operator+ (union) and * (intersection) (bdonner)
137
138 wxGTK:
139
140 - Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi)
141 - Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi)
142 - Native keyboard navigation implementation
143 - Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa
144 - Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText.
145 - wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints size increments now work.
146 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
147 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
148 - Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
149 - Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff)
150 - Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option
151
152 wxMac:
153
154 - Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls)
155 - Added support for changing button labels in wxMessageDialog (Gareth Simpson)
156 - Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs)
157 - Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox)
158 - Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz)
159
160 wxMSW:
161
162 - Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
163 - Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
164 - wxCheckListBox now looks more natively, especially under XP (Marcin Malich)
165
166 wxX11:
167
168 - Added mouse wheel support (David Hart)
169 - Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart)
170
171
172 2.8.5
173 -----
174
175 All (GUI):
176
177 - Added colour normalization to PNM image handler (Ray Johnston)
178 - Fixed selecting part of word from right to left in wxHTML (Michael Hieke)
179 - Selecting text in wxHTML with character precision was made easier, it's
180 enough to select half of a character (Michael Hieke)
181 - Significantly improved startup times of XRC-based applications using
182 embedded resources on Unix (requires resources recompilation)
183 - Fixed freeing of "static" alpha data in wxImage (Axel Gembe)
184 - Don't invalidate the font in SetNativeFontInfo[Desc]() if the string is
185 invalid, to conform to the documented behaviour (Langhammer)
186 - Fixed wxXPMHandler::SaveFile for images with more than 92 colors.
187
188 wxMSW:
189
190 - Correct problem with page setup dialog when using landscape mode
191 - Added msw.font.no-proof-quality system option, see manual for description
192 - Fix appearance of notebook with non-top tabs under Windows Vista
193 - Fixed bug with symbol resolving in wxStackWalker (Axel Gembe)
194
195 wxGTK:
196
197 - Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
198 - More work on setting defaults in GNOME print dialogs.
199 - Also made landscape printing work as per wxMSW.
200 - Add support for clipping in GNOME print backend.
201 - Speed up wxBitmap::Rescale()
202 - Add right button event for wxToolbar's tools (Tim Kosse)
203 - Don't unconditionally add wxCAPTION style to wxMiniFrame
204
205
206 2.8.4
207 -----
208
209 All:
210
211 - Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
212 - Fix wxStringOutputStream::Write() in Unicode build when the argument
213 overlaps UTF-8 characters boundary
214 - Account for lines without newline at the end in wxExecute()
215
216 All (Unix):
217
218 - Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
219
220 All (GUI):
221
222 - Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
223 - Fix memory leak in wxWizard when not using sizers for the page layout
224 - Added wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData()
225 - wxHTML: Apply table background colour between the cells too (Michael Hieke)
226
227 wxMSW:
228
229 - Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:
230 it didn't respect font size nor background colour then (Juan Antonio Ortega)
231 - Don't lose combobox text when it's opened and closed (Kolya Kosenko)
232 - Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
233 - Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
234 - Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3
235 - Support right-aligned/centered owner drawn items in wxListCtrl (troelsk)
236 - Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0
237 - Fix wxComboCtrl colours under Windows Vista (Kolya Kosenko)
238
239 wxGTK:
240
241 - Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
242 - Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)
243 - Fix wxTextCtrl::GetLineText() for empty lines (Marcin Wojdyr)
244
245 wxMac:
246
247 - Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND) (Adrian Secord)
248
249 wxUniv:
250
251 - Fix wxTextCtrl::SetSelection(-1, -1) to behave as documented (Anders Larsen)
252 - Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND)
253 - Fix setting background colour for controls with transparent background
254
255
256 2.8.3
257 -----
258
259 All:
260
261 - Shut down the sockets gracefully (Sergio Aguayo)
262 - Fix extra indentation in wxHTML_ALIGN_JUSTIFY display (Chacal)
263
264 wxMac:
265
266 - Corrected top border size for wxStaticBox with empty label (nusi)
267
268 wxMSW:
269
270 - Fixed wxFileName::GetSize() for large files
271
272 wxGTK:
273
274 - Fixed handling of accelerators using PageUp/Down keys
275
276
277 2.8.2
278 -----
279
280 All:
281
282 - Added wxSizerFlags::Shaped() and FixedMinSize() methods.
283 - Added wxCSConv::IsOk() (Manuel Martin).
284 - Added wxDateTime::GetDateOnly().
285 - Made wxTextFile work with unseekable files again (David Hart).
286 - Added wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR flag to wxFileConfig (Giuseppe Bilotta).
287 - Added wxSearchCtrl::[Get|Set]DescriptiveText.
288 - Fixed detection of number of processors under Linux 2.6
289 - Fixed Base64 computation in wxHTTP (p_michalczyk)
290 - Fix handling of wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR in wxDatagramSocket (troelsk)
291
292 Unix Ports:
293
294 - Fixed crash in wxGetUserName() in Unicode build
295
296 wxMSW
297
298 - Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus.
299 - Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items.
300
301 wxGTK
302
303 - Fix hang on startup when using GTK+ options in Unicode build
304
305 wxMac
306
307 - Fix position of the centered windows (didn't take menu bar size into account)
308 - Added support for the wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style.
309
310 wxX11:
311
312 - Don't crash in wxWindow dtor if the window hadn't been really Create()d.
313
314 wxUniv:
315
316 - Fixed wxComboBox always sorted.
317
318
319 2.8.1
320 -----
321
322 All:
323
324 - Fix compilation with wxUSE_STL=1.
325 - wxGrid::GetBestSize() returns same size the grid would have after AutoSize().
326 - Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() (Francesco Montorsi).
327 - Several RTL-related positioning fixes (Diaa Sami).
328 - Fix wxConfig::DeleteGroup() for arguments with trailing slash (David Hart).
329 - Fix memory leak in wxGrid::ShowCellEditControl() (Christian Sturmlechner).
330
331 wxMSW:
332
333 - Fixed compilation with Borland C++ in Unicode mode but without MSLU.
334 - Show taskbar icon menu on right button release, not press.
335
336 wxGTK:
337
338 - Don't crash if command line is not valid UTF-8 (Unicode build only).
339
340 wxUniv:
341
342 - It is now possible to set background colour of wxStaticText.
343
344
345 2.8.0
346 -----
347
348 All:
349
350 - Added wxSearchCtrl (Vince Harron).
351 - wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32.
352 - wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents.
353 - Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
354 - New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
355 a stream that is seekable.
356 - Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows.
357 - Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize().
358 for a control with borders (Tim Kosse).
359
360 wxMSW:
361
362 - Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
363 - Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
364 - Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista.
365 - Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
366
367 wxGTK:
368
369 - Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles.
370 - Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure.
371
372
373 2.7.2
374 -----
375
376 All:
377
378 - Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
379 - Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
380 - Added wxTar streams.
381 - Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
382 - Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
383
384 All (GUI):
385
386 - wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
387 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
388 - Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
389 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
390 - Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
391 - Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
392 - Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
393 - Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
394 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
395 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
396 - Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
397 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
398 formatting.
399 - Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
400 - Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
401 - wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
402 - wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
403
404 Unix Ports:
405
406 - Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
407 program (Francesco Montorsi).
408
409 wxGTK:
410
411 - More RTL work.
412 - Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
413 - Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
414 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
415 - wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
416
417
418 2.7.1
419 -----
420
421 All:
422
423 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
424 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
425 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
426 - Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
427 - Added reference counting for wxVariant.
428 - For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
429 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
430 - Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
431 - Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
432 - Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
433 - wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
434 - Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
435 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
436 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
437 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
438
439 All (GUI):
440
441 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
442 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
443 - wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
444 - Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
445 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
446 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
447 - Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
448 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
449 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
450 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
451 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
452 - Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
453 - Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
454 - Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
455
456 wxMSW:
457
458 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
459 - wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
460 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
461 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
462 high-contrast theme).
463 - Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
464
465 wxMac:
466
467 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
468 to the SDK.
469
470 wxGTK:
471
472 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
473 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
474 - Implemented right-to-left support.
475 - Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
476 - Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
477
478 wxUniv:
479
480 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
481
482
483 2.7.0
484 -----
485
486 All:
487
488 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
489 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
490 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
491 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
492 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
493 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
494 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
495 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
496 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
497 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
498 during a search and replace.
499 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
500 are both used in the same program.
501 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
502 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
503 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
504 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
505 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
506 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
507 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
508 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
509 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
510 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
511 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
512 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
513 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
514 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
515 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
516 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
517 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
518 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
519 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
520 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
521 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
522 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
523 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
524 the first time it was called.
525 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
526 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
527 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
528 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
529 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
530 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
531 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
532 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
533 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
534 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
535
536 All (GUI):
537
538 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
539 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
540 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
541 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
542 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
543 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
544 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
545 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
546 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
547 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
548 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
549 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
550 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
551 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
552 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
553 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
554 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
555 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
556 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
557 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
558 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
559 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
560 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
561 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
562 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
563 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
564 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
565 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
566 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
567 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
568 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
569 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
570 by Sandro Sigala).
571 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
572 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
573 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
574 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
575 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
576 best size.
577 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
578 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
579 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
580 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
581 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
582 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
583 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
584 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
585 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
586 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
587 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
588 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
589 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
590 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
591 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
592 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
593 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
594 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
595 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
596 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
597 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
598 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
599 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
600 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
601 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
602 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
603 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
604 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
605 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
606 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
607 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
608 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
609 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
610 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
611 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
612 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
613 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
614 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
615 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
616 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
617
618 wxMSW:
619
620 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
621 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
622 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
623 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
624 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
625 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
626 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
627 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
628 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
629 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
630 wxMSW faq for details).
631 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
632 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
633 to the link command.
634 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
635 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
636 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
637 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
638 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
639 show.
640 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
641 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
642 initial construction.
643 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
644 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
645 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
646 events).
647 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
648 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
649 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
650 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
651 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
652 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
653 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
654 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
655 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
656 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
657 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
658 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
659 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
660 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
661 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
662 changes the system font.
663 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
664 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
665 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
666 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
667 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
668 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
669
670 wxGTK:
671
672 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
673 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
674 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
675 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
676 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
677 implementation.
678 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
679 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
680 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
681 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
682 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
683 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
684 previously unable to be focused before.
685 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
686 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
687 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
688 class was used.
689 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
690 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
691 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
692 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
693 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
694 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
695 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
696 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
697 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
698
699 wxMac:
700
701 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
702 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
703 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
704 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
705 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
706 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
707 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
708 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
709 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
710 - Corrected idle wake-up.
711 - Corrected wxExecute.
712 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
713 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
714 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
715 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
716 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
717 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
718 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
719 were found.
720 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
721 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
722 under Mach-O.
723 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
724 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
725 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
726 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
727 end of file with an error.
728 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
729 binaries.
730 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
731 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
732 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
733 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
734 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
735 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
736 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
737
738 wxCocoa:
739
740 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
741
742 wxWinCE:
743
744 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
745 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
746 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
747 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
748 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
749 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
750 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
751 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
752 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
753 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
754 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
755 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
756 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
757 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
758 directly, however.
759 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
760 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
761 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
762 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
763 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
764
765 wxUniv:
766
767 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
768 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
769 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
770
771 wxX11:
772
773 - Invisible text problem fixed.
774 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
775 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
776 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
777
778 Unix:
779
780 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
781
782 wxMGL:
783
784 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
785 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
786
787
788 2.6.2
789 -----
790
791 All:
792
793 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
794 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
795 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
796 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
797 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
798 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
799 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
800 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
801 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
802 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
803 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
804 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
805
806 All (GUI):
807
808 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
809 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
810 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
811 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
812 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
813 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
814 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
815 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
816 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
817 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
818 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
819 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
820
821 wxMSW:
822
823 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
824 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
825 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
826 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
827 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
828 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
829 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
830 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
831 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
832 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
833 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
834 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
835 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
836 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
837 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
838
839 wxGTK:
840
841 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
842 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
843 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
844 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
845 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
846 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
847 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
848 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
849 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
850 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
851 - Fixed domain socket handling.
852
853 wxMac:
854
855 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
856 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
857 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
858 - Various text control bug fixes.
859 - Automatic menu management improved.
860 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
861 due to dangling cycle pointers.
862 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
863 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
864 showing modally).
865
866 wxOS2
867
868 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
869
870 wxUniv:
871
872 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
873 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
874
875 wxMotif:
876
877 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
878 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
879 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
880 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
881 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
882 flag has been specified.
883 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
884 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
885 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
886 showing modally).
887
888 wxMGL:
889
890 - Fixed crash on exit.
891 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
892
893 wxX11:
894
895 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
896
897
898 2.6.1
899 -----
900
901 All:
902
903 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
904 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
905
906 All (GUI):
907
908 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
909 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
910 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
911 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
912 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
913 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
914 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
915 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
916 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
917 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
918
919 wxMSW:
920
921 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
922 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
923 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
924 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
925 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
926 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
927 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
928 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
929 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
930 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
931 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
932 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
933 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
934 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
935 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
936 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
937 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
938 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
939 - Compiles again with WIN64.
940 - Winelib compilation now works.
941 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
942 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
943 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
944 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
945 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
946 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
947 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
948 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
949 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
950 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
951 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
952 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
953 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
954
955 wxWinCE:
956
957 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
958
959 wxGTK:
960
961 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
962 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
963 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
964 - Added bitmap support in menus.
965
966 wxMac:
967
968 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
969 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
970 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
971 incorrect state.
972 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
973 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
974 - Window menu now added automatically.
975 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
976 - Modified function key support fixed.
977 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
978
979 wxX11:
980
981 - Menu problems fixed.
982 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
983 - Fixed a font memory leak.
984 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
985
986
987 2.6.0
988 -----
989
990 All:
991
992 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
993 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
994
995 All (GUI):
996
997 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
998 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
999
1000 wxMSW:
1001
1002 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
1003 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
1004 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
1005
1006 wxWinCE:
1007
1008 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
1009
1010 wxGTK:
1011 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
1012 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
1013 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
1014 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
1015 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
1016 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
1017 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
1018
1019 wxMac:
1020 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
1021
1022 2.5.5
1023 -----
1024
1025 All:
1026
1027 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
1028 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
1029 - Added wxDebugReport class.
1030 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
1031 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
1032 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
1033 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
1034 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
1035 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
1036
1037 All (GUI):
1038
1039 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
1040 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
1041 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
1042 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
1043 the whole virtual area.
1044 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
1045 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
1046 isn't used to set the window size.
1047 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
1048 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
1049 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
1050 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
1051
1052 Unix:
1053
1054 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
1055
1056 wxMSW:
1057
1058 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
1059 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
1060 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
1061 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
1062 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
1063 handling (Jamie Gadd).
1064
1065 wxGTK:
1066
1067 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
1068 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
1069 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
1070 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
1071 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
1072 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
1073 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
1074 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
1075
1076 wxMac:
1077
1078 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
1079
1080 wxPalmOS:
1081
1082 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
1083
1084 wxWinCE:
1085
1086 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
1087 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
1088 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
1089 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
1090 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
1091 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
1092 with correct titlebar style.
1093 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
1094 PocketPC guidelines
1095 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
1096 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
1097 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
1098 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
1099 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
1100 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
1101 to the dialog's toolbar.
1102
1103 2.5.4
1104 -----
1105
1106 All:
1107
1108 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
1109 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
1110 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
1111 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
1112 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
1113 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
1114 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
1115 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
1116 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
1117 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
1118 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
1119 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
1120 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
1121 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
1122 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
1123 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
1124 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
1125 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
1126 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
1127 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
1128 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
1129 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
1130 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
1131 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
1132 printing stuff in the GTK port.
1133 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
1134 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
1135 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
1136 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
1137 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
1138 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
1139 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
1140 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
1141 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
1142 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
1143 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
1144 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
1145 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
1146 due to a rounding error.
1147 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
1148 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
1149 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
1150 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
1151 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
1152 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
1153 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
1154 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
1155
1156
1157 All (GUI):
1158
1159 - added wxMediaCtrl
1160 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
1161 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
1162 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
1163 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
1164 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
1165 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
1166 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
1167 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
1168 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
1169 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
1170 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
1171 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
1172 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
1173 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
1174 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
1175 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
1176 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
1177
1178 Unix:
1179
1180 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
1181
1182 wxGTK:
1183
1184 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
1185 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
1186 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
1187 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
1188 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
1189 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
1190 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
1191 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
1192 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
1193 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
1194 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
1195 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
1196 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
1197 errors otherwise.
1198 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
1199 - Added wxRawBitmap support
1200 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
1201 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
1202 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
1203
1204 wxMac:
1205
1206 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
1207 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
1208 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
1209 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
1210
1211 wxMSW:
1212
1213 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
1214 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
1215 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
1216 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
1217 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
1218
1219 wxWinCE:
1220 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
1221 but not mentioned anywhere.
1222 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
1223
1224 wxUniv:
1225
1226 - wxBU_... button align flags support
1227 - vertical notebook orientation support
1228 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
1229 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
1230
1231 wxPalmOS:
1232
1233 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
1234 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
1235 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
1236 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
1237 - enumeration of available volumes
1238 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
1239 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
1240 - native wxColourDialog implementation
1241 - native wxSystemSettings colours
1242 - native wxButton implementation
1243 - native wxCheckBox implementation
1244 - native wxSlider implementation
1245 - native wxToggleButton implementation
1246 - native wxRadioButton implementation
1247 - native wxStaticText implementation
1248 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
1249
1250
1251 2.5.3
1252 -----
1253
1254 All:
1255
1256 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
1257 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
1258 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1259 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
1260 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
1261 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
1262 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
1263 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
1264 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
1265 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
1266 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
1267 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
1268 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
1269 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
1270 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
1271 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
1272
1273 All (GUI):
1274
1275 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
1276 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
1277 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
1278 is discouraged
1279 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
1280 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
1281 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
1282 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
1283 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
1284 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
1285 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
1286 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
1287 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
1288 - added samples/splash
1289 - added support for stock buttons
1290 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
1291 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
1292 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
1293 - added wxChoicebook control
1294 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
1295 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
1296 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
1297 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
1298 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
1299 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
1300 supported, instead of zero.
1301 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
1302
1303 Unix:
1304
1305 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
1306 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
1307 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
1308 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
1309 - wx-config has new --version-full option
1310
1311 wxCocoa:
1312
1313 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1314 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
1315 - Tooltips now supported
1316 - wxSound now supported
1317 - wxDisplay now supported
1318 - Some stock cursors now supported
1319
1320 wxMac:
1321
1322 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
1323 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
1324 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1325 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
1326
1327 wxGTK:
1328
1329 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
1330 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
1331 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
1332 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
1333 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
1334 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
1335 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
1336 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
1337 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
1338 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
1339 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
1340 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
1341 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
1342 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
1343 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
1344 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
1345 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
1346 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
1347 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
1348
1349 wxMotif:
1350
1351 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
1352
1353 wxMSW:
1354
1355 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
1356 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
1357 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
1358 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
1359 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
1360 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
1361 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
1362 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
1363 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
1364 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
1365 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
1366 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1367 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
1368 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
1369
1370 wxUniv/X11:
1371
1372 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
1373
1374 wxWinCE:
1375
1376 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
1377 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
1378 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
1379 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
1380
1381 wxHTML:
1382
1383 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
1384 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
1385
1386
1387 2.5.2
1388 -----
1389
1390 All:
1391
1392 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1393 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1394 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1395 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1396 of run-time) now
1397 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1398 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1399 to forward declare these classes.
1400
1401 All (GUI):
1402
1403 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1404 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1405 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1406 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1407 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1408 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1409 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1410 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1411 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1412 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1413 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1414 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1415 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1416 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1417 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1418
1419 wxMSW:
1420
1421 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1422 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1423 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1424 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1425 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1426 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1427 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1428 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1429 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1430 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1431 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1432 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1433
1434 wxGTK:
1435
1436 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1437
1438 wxMotif:
1439
1440 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1441 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1442 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1443 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1444
1445 wxUniv/X11:
1446
1447 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1448
1449 wxHTML:
1450
1451 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1452 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1453
1454 Unix:
1455
1456 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1457 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1458
1459 wxODBC:
1460
1461 - Full Unicode support is now available
1462 - BLOB support is working
1463
1464
1465 2.5.1
1466 -----
1467
1468 All:
1469
1470 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1471 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1472 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1473 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1474 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1475 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1476 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1477 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1478 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1479 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1480 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1481 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1482 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1483 (as in 2.5.0).
1484 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1485 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1486 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1487 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1488 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1489 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1490 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1491 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1492 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1493 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1494 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1495 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1496
1497 All (GUI):
1498
1499 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1500 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1501 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1502 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1503 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1504 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1505 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1506 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1507 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1508 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1509 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1510 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1511 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1512 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1513 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1514 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1515 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1516 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1517 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1518 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1519 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1520 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1521 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1522 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1523 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1524 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1525
1526 wxMSW:
1527
1528 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1529 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1530 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1531 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1532 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1533 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1534 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1535 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1536 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1537 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1538 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1539 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1540 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1541 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1542 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1543 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1544 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1545 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1546 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1547 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1548 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1549 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1550 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1551 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1552 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1553 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1554 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1555 than the specified default size
1556 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1557
1558 wxGTK:
1559
1560 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1561 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1562 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1563 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1564 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1565 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1566 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1567 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1568 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1569
1570 wxMac:
1571
1572 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1573 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1574 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1575 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1576
1577 wxMotif:
1578
1579 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1580
1581 wxHTML:
1582
1583 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1584 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1585
1586 Unix:
1587
1588 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1589 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1590 addition to existing OSS one
1591 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1592
1593
1594 2.5.0
1595 -----
1596
1597 All:
1598
1599 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1600 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1601 separately compiled library
1602 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1603 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1604 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1605 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1606 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1607 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1608 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1609 by default in Unicode mode
1610 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1611 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1612 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1613 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1614 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1615 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1616 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1617 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1618 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1619 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1620 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1621 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1622 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1623 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1624 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1625 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1626 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1627 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1628 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1629 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1630
1631 wxBase:
1632
1633 - added Watcom makefiles
1634 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1635
1636 All GUI ports:
1637
1638 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1639 - added wxListbook control
1640 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1641 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1642 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1643 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1644 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1645 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1646 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1647 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1648 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1649 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1650 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1651 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1652 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1653 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1654 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1655 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1656 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1657 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1658 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1659 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1660 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1661 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1662 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1663 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1664 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1665 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1666 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1667 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1668 default extension for the template
1669 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1670 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1671 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1672 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1673 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1674 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1675 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1676 to allow better rich text support.
1677 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1678 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1679 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1680 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1681 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1682 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1683 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1684 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1685 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1686 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1687 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1688 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1689 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1690 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1691 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1692 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1693 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1694 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1695 - added wxMirrorDC class
1696 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1697 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1698 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1699 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1700 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1701 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1702 improved
1703
1704 Unix:
1705
1706 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1707 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1708 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1709 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1710 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1711
1712 Generic controls:
1713
1714 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1715 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1716 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1717 to contrib/src/deprecated
1718
1719 wxGTK:
1720
1721 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1722 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1723 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1724 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1725 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1726 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1727 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1728 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1729 be appended to filenames with no extension
1730 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1731 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1732 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1733 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1734
1735 wxMac:
1736
1737 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1738 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1739
1740 wxMSW:
1741
1742 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1743 - added wxCrashReport
1744 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1745 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1746 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1747 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1748 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1749 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1750 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1751 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1752 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1753 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1754 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1755 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1756 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1757 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1758 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1759 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1760 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1761 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1762 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1763 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1764 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1765 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1766 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1767 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1768 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1769
1770 wxMotif:
1771
1772 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1773 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1774 documentation for a detailed explanation
1775 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1776 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1777 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1778 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1779 - implemented wxToggleButton
1780 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1781 instead of a sunken border
1782 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1783 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1784
1785 wxUniv:
1786
1787 - controls in toolbars now supported
1788
1789 wxHTML:
1790
1791 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1792 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1793 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1794 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1795 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1796
1797
1798 OLD CHANGES
1799 ===========
1800
1801 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1802 ================================
1803
1804 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1805 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1806 with '!' in the first column.
1807
1808 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1809 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1810 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1811 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1812 2.6 release.
1813
1814 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1815 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1816 (see the documentation) useful.
1817
1818
1819 wxBase:
1820
1821 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1822 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1823 code.
1824
1825 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1826 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1827 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1828 arrays containing non-pointers.
1829
1830 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1831 simply don't make sense for all objects
1832
1833 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1834 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1835 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1836
1837 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1838
1839 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1840 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1841 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1842 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1843 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1844
1845 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1846 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1847 the default assert handling.
1848
1849 All (GUI):
1850
1851 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1852 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1853 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1854
1855 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1856 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1857 instead!
1858
1859 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1860 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1861 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1862
1863 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1864 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1865 you want to get OnChar() as well
1866
1867 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1868 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1869 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1870
1871 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1872 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1873 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1874 will *NOT* work any longer:
1875
1876 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1877 ... do something ...
1878 if ( flags & wxYES )
1879 ... do something else ...
1880
1881 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1882 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1883 the ctor
1884
1885 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1886
1887 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1888 if you derived any classes from it
1889
1890 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1891 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1892
1893 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1894 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1895
1896 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1897 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1898
1899 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1900 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1901 from happening
1902
1903 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1904 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1905 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1906
1907 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1908 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1909 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1910 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1911
1912 wxMSW:
1913
1914 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1915 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1916 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1917 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1918 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1919 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1920 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1921 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1922 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1923 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1924
1925 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1926 style to avoid it
1927
1928 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1929 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1930
1931 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1932 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1933 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1934
1935 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1936 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1937
1938
1939 Unix ports:
1940
1941 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1942 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1943 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1944 to compile pure C files.
1945
1946
1947 wxThread and related classes:
1948
1949 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1950 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1951 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1952 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1953
1954 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1955 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1956 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1957 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1958
1959 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1960 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1961 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1962
1963 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1964 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1965
1966
1967 OTHER CHANGES
1968 =============
1969
1970 2.4.0
1971 -----
1972
1973 wxMSW:
1974
1975 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1976
1977 2.3.4
1978 -----
1979
1980 All:
1981
1982 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1983 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1984 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1985
1986 Unix (Base/GUI):
1987
1988 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1989 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1990 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1991
1992 wxGTK:
1993 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1994 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1995
1996 wxX11:
1997 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1998
1999 wxMSW:
2000
2001 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
2002 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
2003
2004 wxHTML:
2005
2006 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
2007
2008 2.3.3
2009 -----
2010
2011 wxBase:
2012
2013 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
2014 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
2015 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
2016 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
2017 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
2018 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
2019 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
2020 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
2021 after (non standard) STL hash_map
2022 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
2023 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
2024 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
2025 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
2026 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
2027 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
2028 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
2029
2030 Unix (Base/GUI):
2031
2032 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
2033 programs and not only GNU make
2034 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
2035 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
2036 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
2037 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
2038 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
2039
2040 All (GUI):
2041
2042 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
2043 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
2044 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
2045 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
2046 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
2047 wxWidgets dialogs
2048 - significantly improved native font support
2049 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
2050 wxHashTable
2051 - added IFF image handler
2052 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
2053 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
2054 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
2055 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
2056 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
2057 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
2058 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
2059 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
2060 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
2061 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
2062 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
2063 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
2064 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
2065 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2066 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
2067 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
2068 - wxMessageOutput class added
2069 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
2070 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
2071 table fills up
2072 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
2073 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
2074 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
2075 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
2076 (Rene Rivera).
2077 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
2078 whether a label edit was cancelled.
2079 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
2080
2081 wxMSW:
2082
2083 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
2084 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
2085 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
2086 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
2087 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
2088 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
2089 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
2090 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
2091 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
2092 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
2093 are changed
2094 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
2095 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
2096 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
2097 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
2098 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
2099 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
2100 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
2101 recursion any more
2102 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
2103 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
2104 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
2105 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
2106 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
2107 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
2108 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
2109 has the capture before release it.
2110 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
2111 - default button handling is now closer to expected
2112 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
2113 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
2114 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
2115 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
2116 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
2117 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
2118 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
2119 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
2120 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
2121 provided in wxFontData
2122 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
2123 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
2124
2125 wxGTK:
2126
2127 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
2128 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
2129 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
2130 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
2131 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
2132 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
2133 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
2134 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
2135 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
2136 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
2137 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
2138 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
2139 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
2140
2141 wxMotif:
2142
2143 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
2144 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
2145 - improved toolbar control alignment
2146 - implemented wxSpinButton
2147 - implemented wxCheckListBox
2148 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
2149 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
2150
2151 wxX11:
2152
2153 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
2154 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
2155
2156 wxMac:
2157
2158 - Many improvements
2159
2160 wxOS2:
2161
2162 - First alpha-quality release
2163
2164 wxHTML:
2165
2166 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
2167 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
2168 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
2169 - fixed alignment handling in tables
2170 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
2171
2172 2.3.2
2173 -----
2174
2175 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
2176
2177 wxBase:
2178
2179 - wxRegEx class added
2180 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
2181 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
2182 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
2183 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
2184 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
2185
2186 All (GUI):
2187
2188 - support for virtual list control added
2189 - column images in report mode of the list control
2190 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
2191 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
2192 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
2193 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
2194 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
2195 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2196 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
2197 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
2198 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
2199 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
2200 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
2201 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
2202
2203 wxMSW:
2204
2205 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
2206 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
2207 project files
2208
2209 wxGTK:
2210
2211 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
2212 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
2213 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
2214 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
2215
2216 wxMac:
2217
2218 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
2219 Tools
2220
2221 wxHTML:
2222
2223 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
2224 to tags parsing
2225 - added support for animated GIFs
2226
2227 2.3.1
2228 -----
2229
2230 wxBase:
2231
2232 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
2233 - Fixed new charset detection code
2234 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
2235 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
2236 - Added wxDir::Traverse
2237 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
2238 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
2239 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
2240
2241 All (GUI):
2242
2243 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
2244 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
2245 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
2246 push on a custom event handler for example)
2247 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
2248 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
2249 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
2250 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
2251 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
2252 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
2253 first-time saved
2254 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
2255 - Various wxXML enhancements
2256 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
2257 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
2258 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
2259 instead of GetId()
2260 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
2261 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
2262
2263 wxMSW:
2264
2265 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
2266 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
2267 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
2268 alt or shift) now work
2269 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
2270 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
2271 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
2272 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
2273 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
2274 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
2275 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
2276 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
2277 - We now send iconize events
2278 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
2279 - Added mousewheel processing
2280 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
2281 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
2282 in wxDC
2283 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
2284 child frame styles are honoured
2285
2286 wxGTK:
2287
2288 - Fixed slider rounding bug
2289 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
2290 - We now send iconize events
2291 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
2292 GetSelection() results
2293
2294 2.3.0
2295 -----
2296
2297 wxBase:
2298
2299 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
2300 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
2301 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
2302 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
2303 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2304 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
2305 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
2306 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
2307 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
2308 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
2309
2310 All (GUI):
2311
2312 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
2313 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
2314 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
2315 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
2316 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
2317 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
2318 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
2319 wxImage methods and ctor)
2320 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
2321 - ODBC documentation complete!!
2322 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
2323 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
2324 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
2325 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
2326
2327 wxMSW:
2328
2329 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
2330 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
2331 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
2332 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
2333
2334 wxGTK:
2335
2336 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
2337
2338 wxHTML:
2339
2340 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
2341 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
2342
2343 2.2.0
2344 -----
2345
2346 wxBase:
2347
2348 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
2349 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
2350 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
2351 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
2352 - Completed Czech translations
2353 - Some stream corrections
2354 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
2355 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
2356 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
2357 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
2358
2359 All (GUI):
2360
2361 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
2362 flicker-free dragging is now possible
2363 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
2364 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
2365 - Paper names now translated
2366 - wxGrid fixes
2367 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
2368 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
2369 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
2370 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
2371 File dialog.
2372 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
2373 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
2374 writing code
2375 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
2376 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
2377 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
2378 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
2379
2380 wxMSW:
2381
2382 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
2383 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
2384 backward compatibility, please set
2385 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
2386 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2387 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2388 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2389 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2390 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2391 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2392 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2393 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2394 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2395 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2396 - wxFrame restores focus better
2397 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2398 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2399 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2400 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2401 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2402 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2403 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2404 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2405 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2406 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2407
2408 wxGTK:
2409
2410 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2411
2412 wxMotif:
2413
2414 - Small compilation fixes
2415
2416 Documentation:
2417
2418 - wxCaret documented
2419
2420 2.1.16
2421 ------
2422
2423 wxBase:
2424
2425 All (GUI):
2426
2427 wxMSW:
2428
2429 - Various bug fixes
2430 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2431 files. This works under VC++ only
2432 - Modal dialog handling improved
2433 - Printer dialog now modal
2434
2435 wxGTK:
2436
2437 - Various bug fixes
2438
2439 wxMotif:
2440
2441 - Various bug fixes
2442
2443 2.1.15
2444 ------
2445
2446 Documentation:
2447
2448 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2449
2450 File hierarchy:
2451
2452 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2453 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2454
2455 wxBase:
2456
2457 - wxSocket support
2458 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2459 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2460 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2461 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2462 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2463 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2464 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2465 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2466 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2467 only so far)
2468 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2469 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2470 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2471 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2472 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2473 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2474 is available)
2475 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2476
2477 all (GUI):
2478
2479 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2480 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2481 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2482 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2483 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2484 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2485 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2486 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2487 John Norris)
2488 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2489 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2490 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2491 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2492 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2493 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2494 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2495 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2496 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2497 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2498 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2499 - wxDragImage class added
2500 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2501 controllers, as well as native help
2502 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2503
2504 wxMSW:
2505
2506 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2507 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2508 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2509 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2510 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2511 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2512 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2513 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2514 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2515 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2516 Unix ports
2517 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2518 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2519 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2520
2521 wxGTK:
2522
2523 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2524 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2525 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2526
2527 wxMotif:
2528
2529 - wxMenu::Enable works
2530 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2531 - OGL samples made to work again
2532
2533 wxHTML:
2534
2535 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2536 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2537 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2538 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2539 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2540 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2541 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2542 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2543 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2544 - improved HTML printing
2545 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
2546 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2547 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2548 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2549
2550
2551 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2552 change log.
2553
2554 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2555 -----------------------
2556
2557 wxGTK:
2558
2559 - JPEG support added.
2560 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2561
2562 wxMSW:
2563
2564 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2565 SetTabSize added.
2566 - JPEG support added.
2567 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2568 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2569 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2570
2571 wxMotif:
2572
2573
2574 General:
2575
2576 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2577
2578
2579 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2580 -------------------------------
2581
2582 wxGTK:
2583
2584 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
2585 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2586
2587 wxMSW:
2588
2589 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2590 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2591 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2592 - Some makefile fixes.
2593
2594 wxMotif:
2595
2596 - None.
2597
2598 General:
2599
2600 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2601 - More topic overviews.
2602 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2603 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2604 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2605
2606
2607 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2608 --------------------------
2609
2610 wxGTK:
2611
2612 - wxExecute improved.
2613
2614 wxMSW:
2615
2616 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2617 expected).
2618 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2619 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2620 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2621 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2622 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2623 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2624
2625 wxMotif:
2626
2627 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2628 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2629
2630 General:
2631
2632 - wxLocale documented.
2633 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2634 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2635 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2636 (though doesn't display help yet).
2637
2638 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2639 --------------------------
2640
2641 wxGTK:
2642
2643 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2644
2645 wxMSW:
2646
2647 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2648 rationalised.
2649 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2650
2651 wxMotif:
2652
2653 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2654 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2655 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2656 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2657 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2658 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2659 crashes for some reason).
2660 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2661 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2662
2663 General:
2664
2665 - Further doc improvements.
2666 - wxGenericValidator added.
2667 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2668 automatically.
2669
2670 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2671 -------------------------
2672
2673 wxGTK:
2674
2675 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2676 - wxToolTip class added.
2677 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2678
2679 wxMSW:
2680
2681 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2682 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2683 - TWIN32 support added.
2684 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2685 factored out program/library settings.
2686 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2687
2688 wxMotif:
2689
2690 - A few more colour fixes.
2691 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2692 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2693 - wxChoice crash fix.
2694 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2695
2696 General:
2697
2698 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2699 - Added samples/dde.
2700 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2701
2702 Beta 2, January 1999
2703 --------------------
2704
2705 wxGTK:
2706
2707 wxMSW:
2708
2709 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2710
2711 wxMotif:
2712
2713 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2714 the right place.
2715 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2716 - Added thread support (Robert).
2717 - wxPoem sample now works.
2718
2719 General:
2720
2721 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2722 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2723 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2724 or below).
2725 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2726 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2727 sample.
2728 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2729
2730 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2731 --------------------------
2732
2733 wxGTK:
2734
2735 - Various
2736
2737 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2738
2739
2740 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2741 ----------------------------
2742
2743 wxMSW:
2744
2745 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2746 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2747 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2748 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2749 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2750 on a tab.
2751 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2752 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2753 of Stefan Csomor.
2754
2755 wxMotif:
2756
2757 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2758 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2759 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2760 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2761 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2762 colours correctly.
2763 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2764 when any button was pressed.
2765 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2766 have a white background.
2767 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2768 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2769 they have sensible colours by default.
2770 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2771 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2772 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2773 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2774 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2775
2776 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2777 ----------------------------
2778
2779 wxMSW:
2780
2781 - More documentation updates, especially for
2782 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2783 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2784 of wxTrace.
2785 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2786 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2787 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2788 position.
2789 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2790
2791 wxMotif:
2792
2793 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2794 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2795 child frames).
2796 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2797 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2798 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2799 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2800 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2801 the debugging implementation.
2802 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2803 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2804 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2805 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2806 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2807 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2808 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2809
2810 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2811
2812 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2813 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2814 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2815 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2816 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2817 - wxNotebook almost done.
2818 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2819 to vertical toolbars).
2820
2821 More recently:
2822
2823 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2824 to scrollbars).
2825 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2826 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2827 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2828
2829 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2830 ----------------------------
2831
2832 wxMSW:
2833
2834 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2835 sample.
2836 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2837 - A few more makefiles added.
2838 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2839 - Further doc updates.
2840 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2841
2842 wxMotif:
2843
2844 - First start at Motif port.
2845 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2846 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2847 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2848 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2849
2850 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2851 --------------------------
2852
2853 wxMSW:
2854
2855 - wxBitmap debugged.
2856 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2857 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2858 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2859 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2860 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2861 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2862 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2863
2864 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2865 ------------------------
2866
2867 wxMSW:
2868
2869 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2870 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2871 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2872 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2873 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2874 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2875 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2876 changes, wxNotebook.
2877 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2878
2879 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2880 -----------------------
2881
2882 wxMSW:
2883
2884 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2885 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2886 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2887 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2888 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2889 don't support it.
2890 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2891 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2892
2893 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2894 -----------------------
2895
2896 wxMSW:
2897
2898 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2899 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2900
2901 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2902 -----------------------
2903
2904 wxMSW:
2905
2906 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2907 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2908 wxMenuBar.
2909 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2910 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2911 wxMenuItem accessors.
2912 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2913 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2914 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2915 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2916 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2917 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2918 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2919 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2920 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2921 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2922 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2923 first, then doing the assignment.
2924 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2925 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2926
2927 Generic:
2928
2929 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2930 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2931
2932 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2933 ----------------------
2934
2935 wxMSW:
2936
2937 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2938 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2939 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2940 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2941 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2942 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2943 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2944 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2945 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2946
2947 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2948 ------------------------
2949
2950 wxMSW:
2951
2952 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2953 fields were used.
2954 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2955 compilation and pragmas.
2956 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2957 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2958
2959 Generic:
2960
2961 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2962 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2963 compilation and pragmas.
2964 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2965
2966 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2967 ------------------------
2968
2969 wxMSW:
2970
2971 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2972 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2973 some reason :-(
2974 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2975 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2976 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2977 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2978 startup/exit.
2979 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2980 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2981 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2982 VADIM'S CHANGES:
2983 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2984 compatibility functions.
2985 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2986 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2987 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2988 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2989 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2990 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2991 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2992
2993 Generic:
2994
2995 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2996 - Added samples/png.
2997 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2998 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2999 header files.
3000 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
3001
3002 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
3003 ------------------------
3004
3005 wxMSW:
3006
3007 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
3008 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
3009 cleaned up properly before exit.
3010 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
3011 automatically.
3012 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
3013 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
3014 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
3015 unresolved issues.
3016 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
3017 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
3018 tray area.
3019 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
3020 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
3021 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
3022 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
3023
3024 Generic:
3025
3026 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
3027 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
3028 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
3029 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
3030 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
3031 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
3032 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
3033 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
3034 allow better control of memory.
3035 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
3036 checking.
3037 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
3038 float to long in wxToolBar files.
3039
3040 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
3041 ------------------------
3042
3043 wxMSW:
3044
3045 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
3046 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
3047 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
3048 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
3049 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
3050 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
3051 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
3052 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
3053 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
3054 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
3055 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
3056 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
3057 IUnknown.
3058 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
3059 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
3060 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
3061 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
3062 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
3063 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
3064 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
3065 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
3066 internal implementation.
3067 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
3068 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
3069 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
3070
3071 Generic:
3072
3073 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
3074 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
3075 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
3076 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
3077 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
3078
3079 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
3080 --------------------------
3081
3082 wxMSW:
3083
3084 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
3085 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
3086 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
3087 changes.
3088 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
3089 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
3090 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
3091 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
3092 again.
3093 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
3094 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
3095 e.g. wxDC.
3096
3097 Generic:
3098
3099 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
3100 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
3101 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
3102 changes.
3103 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
3104 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
3105 docs/gtk.
3106 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
3107 created dynamically, not as a global object.
3108 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
3109 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
3110 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
3111 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
3112 - Added gcc pragmas.
3113 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
3114 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
3115 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
3116 added a few references to wxTransString.
3117 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
3118 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
3119 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
3120 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
3121 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
3122 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
3123 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
3124 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
3125 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
3126 MoreRequested.
3127
3128 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
3129 --------------------------
3130
3131 All:
3132
3133 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
3134 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
3135 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
3136 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
3137 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
3138 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
3139 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
3140 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
3141 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
3142 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
3143 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
3144 scrolling toolbars.
3145 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
3146 to help printing with multiple pages.
3147 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
3148 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
3149 implementation updated to use these base classes.
3150 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
3151 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
3152 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
3153 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
3154 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
3155 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
3156 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
3157 New files from Vadim:
3158 include\wx\string.h
3159 include\wx\debug.h
3160 include\wx\file.h
3161 include\wx\log.h
3162 include\wx\intl.h
3163 src\common\string.cpp
3164 src\common\log.cpp
3165 src\common\intl.cpp
3166 src\common\file.cpp
3167 No longer use GNU wxString files.
3168 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
3169 src\common\filefn.cpp.
3170 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
3171 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
3172 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
3173 including changes to defs.h.
3174 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
3175 introduced.
3176 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
3177 hidden).
3178 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
3179 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
3180 trick).
3181 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
3182
3183 Alpha 3, September 1997
3184 -----------------------
3185
3186 All:
3187
3188 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
3189 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
3190 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
3191 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
3192 - Started documentation.
3193
3194 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
3195 ------------------------
3196
3197 All:
3198
3199 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
3200 with MetroWerks compiler.
3201 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
3202 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
3203 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
3204 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
3205 for testing purposes.
3206 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
3207 handlers.
3208 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
3209 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
3210 fully).
3211 - Added back wxRadioBox.
3212 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
3213 a separate file.
3214
3215 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
3216 -----------------------
3217
3218 Generic:
3219
3220 At this point, the following has been achieved:
3221
3222 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
3223 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
3224 wxString instead of char *.
3225 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
3226 old system event system) and code size reduced.
3227 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
3228 as wxbWindow now removed.
3229 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
3230 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
3231 - PrologIO revised.
3232 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
3233 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
3234 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
3235 Windows settings.
3236 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
3237 settings mucho rationalised.
3238 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
3239 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
3240 classes removed.
3241 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
3242 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
3243 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
3244 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
3245 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
3246 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
3247 of event handlers.
3248 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
3249 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
3250 wxToolBarBase
3251 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
3252 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
3253 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
3254 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
3255 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
3256 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
3257 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
3258 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
3259 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
3260 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
3261 in the future.
3262 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
3263 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
3264 variables instead.
3265 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
3266 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
3267 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
3268 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
3269 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
3270 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
3271 Win95.
3272 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
3273 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
3274 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
3275 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
3276 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
3277 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).