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