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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
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16 - added wxCLOSE style for dialogs and frames
17 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
18 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
19 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
20 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
21 - added wxArray::SetCount()
22 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
23 by default in Unicode mode
27 - added Watcom makefiles
31 - added wxSplitterWindow handler to XRC
32 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
33 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
34 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
35 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
36 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
37 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
38 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
39 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
41 - Changed to type-safe wxSizerItemList for wxSizer child items.
45 wxSizer::Remove( wxWindow* )
46 - it does not function as Remove would usually be expected to
47 and destroy the window, use Detach instead.
51 - wxSizer 'option' parameter was renamed 'proportion' to better
52 reflect its action, use Get/SetProportion instead.
55 - use GetKeyCode instead.
57 wxList:: Number, First, Last, Nth
58 - use typesafe GetCount, GetFirst, GetLast, Item instead.
60 wxNode:: Next, Previous, Data
61 - use typesafe Get* instead.
63 wxListBase::operator wxList&()
64 - use typesafe lists instead.
68 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
69 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
73 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
74 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
75 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
76 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
77 - Added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation.
78 - Fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
79 be appended to filenames with no extension.
83 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
84 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
85 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
86 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
87 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
88 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
89 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
90 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
91 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
95 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
96 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
97 documentation for a detailed explanation
98 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
99 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
100 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
101 with Motif 1.x compatibility
102 - implemented wxToggleButton
107 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
108 ================================
110 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
111 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
112 with '!' in the first column.
114 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
115 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
116 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
117 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
120 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
121 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
122 (see the documentation) useful.
127 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
128 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
131 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
132 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
133 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
134 arrays containing non-pointers.
136 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
137 simply don't make sense for all objects
139 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
140 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
141 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
143 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
145 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
146 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
147 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
148 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
149 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
151 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
152 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
153 the default assert handling.
157 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
158 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
159 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
161 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
162 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
165 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
166 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
167 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
169 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
170 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
171 you want to get OnChar() as well
173 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
174 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
175 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
177 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
178 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
179 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
180 will *NOT* work any longer:
182 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
185 ... do something else ...
187 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
188 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
191 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
193 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
194 if you derived any classes from it
196 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
197 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
199 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
200 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
202 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
203 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
205 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
206 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
209 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
210 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
211 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
213 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
214 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
215 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
216 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
220 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
221 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
222 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
223 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
224 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
225 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
226 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
227 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
228 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
229 is only present for the DLLs builds.
231 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
234 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
235 previously selected one instead of replacing it
237 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
238 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
239 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
241 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
242 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
247 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
248 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
249 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
250 to compile pure C files.
253 wxThread and related classes:
255 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
256 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
257 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
258 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
260 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
261 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
262 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
263 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
265 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
266 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
267 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
269 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
270 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
281 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
288 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
289 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
290 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
294 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
295 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
296 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
299 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
300 - Addition of native frame site grip.
303 - Unicode support through Pango library.
307 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
308 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
312 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
319 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
320 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
321 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
322 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
323 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
324 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
325 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
326 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
327 after (non standard) STL hash_map
328 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
329 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
330 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
331 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
332 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
333 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
334 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
338 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
339 programs and not only GNU make
340 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
341 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
342 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
343 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
344 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
348 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
349 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
350 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
351 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
352 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
354 - significantly improved native font support
355 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
357 - added IFF image handler
358 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
359 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
360 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
361 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
362 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
363 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
364 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
365 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
366 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
367 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
368 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
369 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
370 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
371 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
372 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
373 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
374 - wxMessageOutput class added
375 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
376 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
378 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
379 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
380 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
381 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
383 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
384 whether a label edit was cancelled.
385 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
390 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
391 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
392 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
393 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
394 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
395 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
396 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
397 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
398 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
399 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
401 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
402 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
403 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
404 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
405 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
406 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
407 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
409 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
410 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
411 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
412 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
413 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
414 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
415 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
416 has the capture before release it.
417 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
418 - default button handling is now closer to expected
419 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
420 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
421 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
422 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
423 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
424 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
425 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
426 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
427 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
428 provided in wxFontData
429 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
430 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
434 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
435 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
436 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
437 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
438 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
439 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
440 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
441 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
442 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
443 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
444 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
445 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
446 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
450 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
451 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
452 - improved toolbar control alignment
453 - implemented wxSpinButton
454 - implemented wxCheckListBox
455 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
456 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
460 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
461 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
469 - First alpha-quality release
473 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
474 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
475 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
476 - fixed alignment handling in tables
477 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
482 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
486 - wxRegEx class added
487 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
488 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
489 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
490 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
491 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
495 - support for virtual list control added
496 - column images in report mode of the list control
497 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
498 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
499 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
500 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
501 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
502 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
503 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
504 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
505 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
506 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
507 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
508 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
512 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
513 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
518 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
519 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
520 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
521 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
525 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
530 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
532 - added support for animated GIFs
540 - Fixed new charset detection code
541 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
542 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
543 - Added wxDir::Traverse
544 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
545 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
546 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
550 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
551 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
552 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
553 push on a custom event handler for example)
554 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
555 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
556 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
557 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
558 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
559 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
561 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
562 - Various wxXML enhancements
563 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
564 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
565 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
567 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
568 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
572 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
573 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
574 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
575 alt or shift) now work
576 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
577 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
578 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
579 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
580 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
581 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
582 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
583 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
584 - We now send iconize events
585 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
586 - Added mousewheel processing
587 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
588 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
590 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
591 child frame styles are honoured
595 - Fixed slider rounding bug
596 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
597 - We now send iconize events
598 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
599 GetSelection() results
606 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
607 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
608 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
609 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
610 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
611 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
612 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
613 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
614 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
615 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
619 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
620 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
621 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
622 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
623 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
624 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
625 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
626 wxImage methods and ctor)
627 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
628 - ODBC documentation complete!!
629 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
630 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
631 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
632 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
636 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
637 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
638 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
639 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
643 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
647 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
648 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
655 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
656 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
657 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
658 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
659 - Completed Czech translations
660 - Some stream corrections
661 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
662 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
663 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
664 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
668 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
669 flicker-free dragging is now possible
670 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
671 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
672 - Paper names now translated
674 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
675 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
676 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
677 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
679 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
680 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
682 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
683 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
684 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
685 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
689 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
690 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
691 backward compatibility, please set
692 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
693 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
694 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
695 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
696 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
697 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
698 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
699 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
700 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
701 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
702 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
703 - wxFrame restores focus better
704 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
705 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
706 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
707 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
708 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
709 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
710 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
711 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
712 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
713 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
717 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
721 - Small compilation fixes
737 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
738 files. This works under VC++ only
739 - Modal dialog handling improved
740 - Printer dialog now modal
755 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
759 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
760 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
765 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
766 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
767 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
768 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
769 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
770 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
771 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
772 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
773 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
775 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
776 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
777 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
778 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
779 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
780 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
782 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
786 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
787 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
788 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
789 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
790 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
791 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
792 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
793 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
795 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
796 MIME types if available (Unix only)
797 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
798 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
799 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
800 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
801 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
802 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
803 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
804 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
805 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
806 - wxDragImage class added
807 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
808 controllers, as well as native help
809 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
813 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
814 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
815 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
816 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
817 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
818 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
819 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
820 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
821 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
822 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
824 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
825 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
826 - wxSetCursorEvent added
830 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
831 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
832 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
836 - wxMenu::Enable works
837 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
838 - OGL samples made to work again
842 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
843 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
844 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
845 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
846 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
847 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
848 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
849 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
850 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
851 - improved HTML printing
852 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
853 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
854 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
855 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
858 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
861 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
862 -----------------------
866 - JPEG support added.
867 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
871 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
873 - JPEG support added.
874 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
875 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
876 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
883 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
886 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
887 -------------------------------
892 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
896 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
897 - Fixed window cursor setting.
898 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
899 - Some makefile fixes.
907 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
908 - More topic overviews.
909 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
910 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
911 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
914 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
915 --------------------------
919 - wxExecute improved.
923 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
925 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
926 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
927 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
928 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
929 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
930 - Fixed focus-related crash.
934 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
935 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
939 - wxLocale documented.
940 - Added include filenames to class reference.
941 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
942 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
943 (though doesn't display help yet).
945 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
946 --------------------------
950 - Miscellaneous fixes.
954 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
956 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
960 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
961 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
962 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
963 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
964 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
965 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
966 crashes for some reason).
967 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
968 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
972 - Further doc improvements.
973 - wxGenericValidator added.
974 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
977 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
978 -------------------------
982 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
983 - wxToolTip class added.
984 - Miscellaneous fixes.
988 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
989 - Makefiles for more compilers.
990 - TWIN32 support added.
991 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
992 factored out program/library settings.
993 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
997 - A few more colour fixes.
998 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
999 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1000 - wxChoice crash fix.
1001 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1005 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1006 - Added samples/dde.
1007 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1009 Beta 2, January 1999
1010 --------------------
1016 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1020 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1022 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1023 - Added thread support (Robert).
1024 - wxPoem sample now works.
1028 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1029 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1030 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1032 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1033 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1035 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1037 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1038 --------------------------
1044 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1047 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1048 ----------------------------
1052 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1053 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1054 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1055 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1056 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1058 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1059 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1064 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1065 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1066 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1067 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1068 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1070 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1071 when any button was pressed.
1072 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1073 have a white background.
1074 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1075 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1076 they have sensible colours by default.
1077 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1078 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1079 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1080 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1081 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1083 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1084 ----------------------------
1088 - More documentation updates, especially for
1089 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1090 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1092 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1093 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1094 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1096 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1100 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1101 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1103 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1104 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1105 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1106 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1107 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1108 the debugging implementation.
1109 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1110 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1111 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1112 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1113 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1114 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1115 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1117 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1119 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1120 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1121 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1122 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1123 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1124 - wxNotebook almost done.
1125 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1126 to vertical toolbars).
1130 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1132 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1133 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1134 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1136 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1137 ----------------------------
1141 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1143 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1144 - A few more makefiles added.
1145 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1146 - Further doc updates.
1147 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1151 - First start at Motif port.
1152 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1153 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1154 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1155 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1157 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1158 --------------------------
1162 - wxBitmap debugged.
1163 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1164 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1165 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1166 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1167 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1168 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1169 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1171 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1172 ------------------------
1176 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1177 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1178 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1179 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1180 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1181 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1182 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1183 changes, wxNotebook.
1184 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1186 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1187 -----------------------
1191 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1192 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1193 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1194 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1195 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1197 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1198 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1200 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1201 -----------------------
1205 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1206 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1208 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1209 -----------------------
1213 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1214 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1216 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1217 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1218 wxMenuItem accessors.
1219 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1220 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1221 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1222 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1223 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1224 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1225 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1226 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1227 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1228 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1229 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1230 first, then doing the assignment.
1231 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1232 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1236 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1237 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1239 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1240 ----------------------
1244 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1245 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1246 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1247 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1248 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1249 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1250 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1251 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1252 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1254 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1255 ------------------------
1259 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1261 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1262 compilation and pragmas.
1263 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1264 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1268 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1269 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1270 compilation and pragmas.
1271 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1273 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1274 ------------------------
1278 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1279 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1281 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1282 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1283 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1284 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1286 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1287 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1288 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1290 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1291 compatibility functions.
1292 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1293 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1294 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1295 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1296 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1297 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1298 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1302 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1303 - Added samples/png.
1304 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1305 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1307 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1309 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1310 ------------------------
1314 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1315 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1316 cleaned up properly before exit.
1317 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1319 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1320 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1321 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1323 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1324 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1326 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1327 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1328 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1329 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1333 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1334 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1335 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1336 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1337 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1338 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1339 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1340 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1341 allow better control of memory.
1342 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1344 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1345 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1347 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1348 ------------------------
1352 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1353 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1354 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1355 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1356 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1357 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1358 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1359 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1360 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1361 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1362 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1363 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1365 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1366 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1367 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1368 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1369 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1370 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1371 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1372 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1373 internal implementation.
1374 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1375 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1376 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1380 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1381 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1382 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1383 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1384 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1386 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1387 --------------------------
1391 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1392 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1393 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1395 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1396 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1397 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1398 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1400 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1401 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1406 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1407 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1408 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1410 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1411 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1413 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1414 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1415 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1416 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1417 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1418 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1419 - Added gcc pragmas.
1420 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1421 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1422 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1423 added a few references to wxTransString.
1424 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1425 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1426 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1427 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1428 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1429 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1430 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1431 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1432 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1435 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1436 --------------------------
1440 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1441 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1442 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1443 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1444 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1445 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1446 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1447 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1448 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1449 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1450 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1452 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1453 to help printing with multiple pages.
1454 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1455 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1456 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1457 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1458 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1459 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1460 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1461 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1462 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1463 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1464 New files from Vadim:
1470 src\common\string.cpp
1474 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1475 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1476 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1477 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1478 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1479 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1480 including changes to defs.h.
1481 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1483 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1485 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1486 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1488 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1490 Alpha 3, September 1997
1491 -----------------------
1495 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1496 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1497 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1498 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1499 - Started documentation.
1501 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1502 ------------------------
1506 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1507 with MetroWerks compiler.
1508 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1509 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1510 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1511 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1512 for testing purposes.
1513 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1515 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1516 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1518 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1519 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1522 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1523 -----------------------
1527 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1529 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1530 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1531 wxString instead of char *.
1532 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1533 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1534 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1535 as wxbWindow now removed.
1536 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1537 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1539 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1540 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1541 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1543 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1544 settings mucho rationalised.
1545 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1546 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1548 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1549 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1550 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1551 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1552 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1553 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1555 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1556 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1558 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1559 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1560 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1561 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1562 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1563 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1564 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1565 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1566 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1567 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1569 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1570 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1572 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1573 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1574 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1575 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1576 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1577 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1579 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1580 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1581 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1582 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1583 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1584 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).