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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
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16 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
17 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
18 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
19 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
20 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
21 - added wxArray::SetCount()
22 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
23 by default in Unicode mode
24 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
25 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
29 - added Watcom makefiles
33 - added wxSplitterWindow handler to XRC
34 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
35 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
36 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
37 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
38 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
39 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
40 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
41 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
42 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
43 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
44 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
46 - changed to type-safe wxSizerItemList for wxSizer child items
48 wxSizer::Remove( wxWindow* )
49 - it does not function as Remove would usually be expected to
50 and destroy the window, use Detach instead
53 - wxSizer 'option' parameter was renamed 'proportion' to better
54 reflect its action, use Get/SetProportion instead
56 - use GetKeyCode instead
57 wxList:: Number, First, Last, Nth
58 - use typesafe GetCount, GetFirst, GetLast, Item instead
59 wxNode:: Next, Previous, Data
60 - use typesafe Get* instead
61 wxListBase::operator wxList&()
62 - use typesafe lists instead
66 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
67 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
71 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
72 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
73 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
74 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
75 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
76 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
77 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
78 be appended to filenames with no extension
82 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
83 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
84 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
85 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
86 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
87 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
88 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
89 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
90 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
94 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
95 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
96 documentation for a detailed explanation
97 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
98 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
99 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
100 with Motif 1.x compatibility
101 - implemented wxToggleButton
102 - made wxButton a bit smaller by default
103 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
107 - Controls in toolbars now supported.
113 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
114 ================================
116 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
117 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
118 with '!' in the first column.
120 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
121 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
122 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
123 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
126 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
127 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
128 (see the documentation) useful.
133 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
134 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
137 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
138 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
139 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
140 arrays containing non-pointers.
142 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
143 simply don't make sense for all objects
145 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
146 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
147 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
149 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
151 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
152 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
153 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
154 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
155 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
157 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
158 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
159 the default assert handling.
163 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
164 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
165 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
167 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
168 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
171 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
172 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
173 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
175 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
176 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
177 you want to get OnChar() as well
179 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
180 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
181 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
183 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
184 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
185 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
186 will *NOT* work any longer:
188 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
191 ... do something else ...
193 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
194 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
197 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
199 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
200 if you derived any classes from it
202 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
203 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
205 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
206 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
208 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
209 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
211 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
212 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
215 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
216 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
217 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
219 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
220 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
221 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
222 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
226 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
227 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
228 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
229 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
230 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
231 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
232 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
233 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
234 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
235 is only present for the DLLs builds.
237 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
240 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
241 previously selected one instead of replacing it
243 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
244 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
245 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
247 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
248 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
253 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
254 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
255 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
256 to compile pure C files.
259 wxThread and related classes:
261 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
262 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
263 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
264 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
266 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
267 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
268 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
269 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
271 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
272 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
273 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
275 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
276 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
287 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
294 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
295 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
296 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
300 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
301 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
302 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
305 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
306 - Addition of native frame site grip.
309 - Unicode support through Pango library.
313 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
314 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
318 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
325 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
326 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
327 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
328 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
329 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
330 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
331 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
332 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
333 after (non standard) STL hash_map
334 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
335 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
336 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
337 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
338 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
339 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
340 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
344 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
345 programs and not only GNU make
346 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
347 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
348 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
349 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
350 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
354 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
355 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
356 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
357 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
358 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
360 - significantly improved native font support
361 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
363 - added IFF image handler
364 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
365 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
366 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
367 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
368 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
369 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
370 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
371 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
372 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
373 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
374 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
375 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
376 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
377 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
378 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
379 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
380 - wxMessageOutput class added
381 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
382 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
384 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
385 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
386 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
387 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
389 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
390 whether a label edit was cancelled.
391 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
396 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
397 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
398 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
399 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
400 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
401 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
402 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
403 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
404 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
405 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
407 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
408 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
409 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
410 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
411 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
412 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
413 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
415 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
416 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
417 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
418 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
419 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
420 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
421 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
422 has the capture before release it.
423 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
424 - default button handling is now closer to expected
425 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
426 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
427 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
428 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
429 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
430 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
431 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
432 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
433 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
434 provided in wxFontData
435 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
436 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
440 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
441 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
442 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
443 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
444 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
445 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
446 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
447 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
448 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
449 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
450 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
451 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
452 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
456 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
457 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
458 - improved toolbar control alignment
459 - implemented wxSpinButton
460 - implemented wxCheckListBox
461 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
462 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
466 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
467 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
475 - First alpha-quality release
479 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
480 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
481 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
482 - fixed alignment handling in tables
483 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
488 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
492 - wxRegEx class added
493 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
494 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
495 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
496 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
497 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
501 - support for virtual list control added
502 - column images in report mode of the list control
503 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
504 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
505 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
506 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
507 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
508 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
509 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
510 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
511 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
512 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
513 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
514 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
518 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
519 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
524 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
525 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
526 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
527 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
531 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
536 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
538 - added support for animated GIFs
546 - Fixed new charset detection code
547 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
548 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
549 - Added wxDir::Traverse
550 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
551 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
552 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
556 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
557 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
558 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
559 push on a custom event handler for example)
560 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
561 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
562 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
563 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
564 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
565 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
567 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
568 - Various wxXML enhancements
569 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
570 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
571 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
573 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
574 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
578 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
579 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
580 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
581 alt or shift) now work
582 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
583 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
584 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
585 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
586 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
587 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
588 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
589 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
590 - We now send iconize events
591 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
592 - Added mousewheel processing
593 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
594 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
596 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
597 child frame styles are honoured
601 - Fixed slider rounding bug
602 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
603 - We now send iconize events
604 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
605 GetSelection() results
612 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
613 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
614 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
615 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
616 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
617 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
618 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
619 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
620 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
621 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
625 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
626 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
627 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
628 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
629 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
630 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
631 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
632 wxImage methods and ctor)
633 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
634 - ODBC documentation complete!!
635 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
636 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
637 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
638 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
642 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
643 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
644 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
645 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
649 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
653 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
654 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
661 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
662 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
663 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
664 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
665 - Completed Czech translations
666 - Some stream corrections
667 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
668 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
669 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
670 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
674 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
675 flicker-free dragging is now possible
676 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
677 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
678 - Paper names now translated
680 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
681 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
682 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
683 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
685 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
686 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
688 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
689 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
690 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
691 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
695 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
696 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
697 backward compatibility, please set
698 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
699 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
700 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
701 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
702 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
703 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
704 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
705 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
706 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
707 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
708 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
709 - wxFrame restores focus better
710 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
711 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
712 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
713 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
714 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
715 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
716 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
717 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
718 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
719 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
723 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
727 - Small compilation fixes
743 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
744 files. This works under VC++ only
745 - Modal dialog handling improved
746 - Printer dialog now modal
761 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
765 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
766 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
771 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
772 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
773 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
774 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
775 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
776 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
777 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
778 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
779 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
781 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
782 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
783 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
784 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
785 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
786 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
788 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
792 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
793 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
794 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
795 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
796 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
797 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
798 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
799 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
801 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
802 MIME types if available (Unix only)
803 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
804 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
805 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
806 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
807 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
808 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
809 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
810 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
811 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
812 - wxDragImage class added
813 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
814 controllers, as well as native help
815 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
819 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
820 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
821 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
822 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
823 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
824 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
825 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
826 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
827 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
828 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
830 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
831 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
832 - wxSetCursorEvent added
836 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
837 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
838 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
842 - wxMenu::Enable works
843 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
844 - OGL samples made to work again
848 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
849 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
850 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
851 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
852 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
853 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
854 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
855 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
856 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
857 - improved HTML printing
858 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
859 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
860 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
861 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
864 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
867 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
868 -----------------------
872 - JPEG support added.
873 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
877 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
879 - JPEG support added.
880 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
881 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
882 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
889 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
892 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
893 -------------------------------
898 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
902 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
903 - Fixed window cursor setting.
904 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
905 - Some makefile fixes.
913 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
914 - More topic overviews.
915 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
916 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
917 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
920 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
921 --------------------------
925 - wxExecute improved.
929 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
931 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
932 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
933 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
934 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
935 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
936 - Fixed focus-related crash.
940 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
941 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
945 - wxLocale documented.
946 - Added include filenames to class reference.
947 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
948 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
949 (though doesn't display help yet).
951 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
952 --------------------------
956 - Miscellaneous fixes.
960 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
962 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
966 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
967 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
968 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
969 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
970 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
971 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
972 crashes for some reason).
973 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
974 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
978 - Further doc improvements.
979 - wxGenericValidator added.
980 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
983 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
984 -------------------------
988 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
989 - wxToolTip class added.
990 - Miscellaneous fixes.
994 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
995 - Makefiles for more compilers.
996 - TWIN32 support added.
997 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
998 factored out program/library settings.
999 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1003 - A few more colour fixes.
1004 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1005 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1006 - wxChoice crash fix.
1007 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1011 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1012 - Added samples/dde.
1013 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1015 Beta 2, January 1999
1016 --------------------
1022 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1026 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1028 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1029 - Added thread support (Robert).
1030 - wxPoem sample now works.
1034 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1035 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1036 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1038 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1039 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1041 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1043 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1044 --------------------------
1050 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1053 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1054 ----------------------------
1058 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1059 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1060 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1061 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1062 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1064 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1065 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1070 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1071 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1072 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1073 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1074 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1076 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1077 when any button was pressed.
1078 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1079 have a white background.
1080 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1081 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1082 they have sensible colours by default.
1083 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1084 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1085 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1086 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1087 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1089 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1090 ----------------------------
1094 - More documentation updates, especially for
1095 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1096 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1098 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1099 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1100 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1102 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1106 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1107 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1109 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1110 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1111 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1112 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1113 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1114 the debugging implementation.
1115 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1116 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1117 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1118 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1119 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1120 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1121 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1123 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1125 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1126 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1127 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1128 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1129 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1130 - wxNotebook almost done.
1131 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1132 to vertical toolbars).
1136 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1138 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1139 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1140 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1142 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1143 ----------------------------
1147 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1149 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1150 - A few more makefiles added.
1151 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1152 - Further doc updates.
1153 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1157 - First start at Motif port.
1158 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1159 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1160 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1161 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1163 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1164 --------------------------
1168 - wxBitmap debugged.
1169 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1170 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1171 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1172 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1173 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1174 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1175 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1177 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1178 ------------------------
1182 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1183 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1184 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1185 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1186 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1187 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1188 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1189 changes, wxNotebook.
1190 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1192 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1193 -----------------------
1197 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1198 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1199 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1200 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1201 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1203 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1204 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1206 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1207 -----------------------
1211 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1212 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1214 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1215 -----------------------
1219 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1220 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1222 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1223 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1224 wxMenuItem accessors.
1225 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1226 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1227 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1228 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1229 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1230 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1231 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1232 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1233 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1234 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1235 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1236 first, then doing the assignment.
1237 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1238 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1242 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1243 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1245 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1246 ----------------------
1250 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1251 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1252 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1253 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1254 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1255 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1256 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1257 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1258 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1260 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1261 ------------------------
1265 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1267 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1268 compilation and pragmas.
1269 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1270 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1274 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1275 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1276 compilation and pragmas.
1277 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1279 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1280 ------------------------
1284 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1285 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1287 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1288 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1289 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1290 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1292 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1293 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1294 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1296 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1297 compatibility functions.
1298 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1299 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1300 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1301 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1302 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1303 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1304 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1308 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1309 - Added samples/png.
1310 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1311 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1313 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1315 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1316 ------------------------
1320 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1321 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1322 cleaned up properly before exit.
1323 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1325 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1326 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1327 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1329 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1330 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1332 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1333 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1334 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1335 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1339 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1340 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1341 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1342 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1343 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1344 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1345 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1346 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1347 allow better control of memory.
1348 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1350 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1351 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1353 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1354 ------------------------
1358 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1359 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1360 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1361 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1362 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1363 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1364 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1365 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1366 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1367 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1368 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1369 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1371 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1372 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1373 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1374 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1375 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1376 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1377 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1378 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1379 internal implementation.
1380 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1381 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1382 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1386 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1387 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1388 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1389 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1390 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1392 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1393 --------------------------
1397 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1398 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1399 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1401 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1402 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1403 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1404 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1406 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1407 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1412 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1413 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1414 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1416 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1417 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1419 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1420 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1421 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1422 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1423 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1424 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1425 - Added gcc pragmas.
1426 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1427 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1428 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1429 added a few references to wxTransString.
1430 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1431 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1432 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1433 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1434 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1435 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1436 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1437 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1438 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1441 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1442 --------------------------
1446 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1447 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1448 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1449 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1450 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1451 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1452 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1453 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1454 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1455 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1456 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1458 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1459 to help printing with multiple pages.
1460 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1461 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1462 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1463 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1464 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1465 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1466 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1467 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1468 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1469 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1470 New files from Vadim:
1476 src\common\string.cpp
1480 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1481 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1482 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1483 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1484 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1485 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1486 including changes to defs.h.
1487 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1489 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1491 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1492 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1494 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1496 Alpha 3, September 1997
1497 -----------------------
1501 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1502 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1503 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1504 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1505 - Started documentation.
1507 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1508 ------------------------
1512 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1513 with MetroWerks compiler.
1514 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1515 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1516 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1517 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1518 for testing purposes.
1519 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1521 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1522 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1524 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1525 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1528 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1529 -----------------------
1533 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1535 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1536 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1537 wxString instead of char *.
1538 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1539 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1540 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1541 as wxbWindow now removed.
1542 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1543 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1545 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1546 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1547 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1549 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1550 settings mucho rationalised.
1551 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1552 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1554 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1555 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1556 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1557 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1558 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1559 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1561 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1562 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1564 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1565 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1566 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1567 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1568 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1569 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1570 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1571 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1572 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1573 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1575 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1576 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1578 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1579 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1580 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1581 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1582 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1583 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1585 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1586 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1587 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1588 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1589 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1590 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).