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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 - Implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
17 - Improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
18 - Fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
19 - Implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
20 - Support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
21 - Added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
25 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
29 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
30 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
34 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
35 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
36 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
37 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
38 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
39 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
44 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
45 ================================
47 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
48 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
49 with '!' in the first column.
51 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
52 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
53 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
54 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
57 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
58 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
59 (see the documentation) useful.
64 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
65 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
68 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
69 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
70 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
71 arrays containing non-pointers.
73 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
74 simply don't make sense for all objects
76 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
77 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
78 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
80 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
82 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
83 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
84 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
85 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
86 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
88 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
89 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
90 the default assert handling.
94 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
95 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
96 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
98 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
99 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
102 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
103 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
104 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
106 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
107 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
108 you want to get OnChar() as well
110 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
111 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
112 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
114 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
115 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
116 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
117 will *NOT* work any longer:
119 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
122 ... do something else ...
124 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
125 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
128 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
130 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
131 if you derived any classes from it
133 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
134 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
136 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
137 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
139 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
140 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
142 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
143 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
146 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
147 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
148 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
150 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
151 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
152 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
153 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
157 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
158 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
159 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
160 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
161 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
162 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
163 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
164 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
165 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
166 is only present for the DLLs builds.
168 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
171 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
172 previously selected one instead of replacing it
174 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
175 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
176 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
178 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
179 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
184 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
185 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
186 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
187 to compile pure C files.
190 wxThread and related classes:
192 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
193 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
194 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
195 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
197 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
198 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
199 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
200 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
202 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
203 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
204 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
206 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
207 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
218 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
225 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
226 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
227 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
231 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
232 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
233 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
236 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
237 - Addition of native frame site grip.
240 - Unicode support through Pango library.
244 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
245 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
249 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
256 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
257 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
258 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
259 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
260 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
261 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
262 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
263 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
264 after (non standard) STL hash_map
265 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
266 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
267 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
268 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
269 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
270 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
271 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
275 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
276 programs and not only GNU make
277 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
278 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
279 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
280 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
281 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
285 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
286 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
287 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
288 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
289 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
291 - significantly improved native font support
292 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
294 - added IFF image handler
295 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
296 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
297 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
298 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
299 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
300 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
301 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
302 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
303 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
304 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
305 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
306 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
307 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
308 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
309 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
310 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
311 - wxMessageOutput class added
312 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
313 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
315 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
316 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
317 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
318 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
320 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
321 whether a label edit was cancelled.
322 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
327 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
328 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
329 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
330 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
331 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
332 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
333 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
334 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
335 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
336 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
338 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
339 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
340 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
341 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
342 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
343 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
344 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
346 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
347 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
348 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
349 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
350 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
351 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
352 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
353 has the capture before release it.
354 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
355 - default button handling is now closer to expected
356 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
357 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
358 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
359 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
360 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
361 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
362 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
363 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
364 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
365 provided in wxFontData
366 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
367 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
371 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
372 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
373 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
374 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
375 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
376 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
377 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
378 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
379 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
380 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
381 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
382 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
383 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
387 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
388 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
389 - improved toolbar control alignment
390 - implemented wxSpinButton
391 - implemented wxCheckListBox
392 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
393 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
397 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
398 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
406 - First alpha-quality release
410 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
411 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
412 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
413 - fixed alignment handling in tables
414 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
419 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
423 - wxRegEx class added
424 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
425 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
426 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
427 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
428 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
432 - support for virtual list control added
433 - column images in report mode of the list control
434 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
435 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
436 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
437 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
438 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
439 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
440 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
441 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
442 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
443 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
444 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
445 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
449 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
450 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
455 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
456 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
457 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
458 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
462 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
467 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
469 - added support for animated GIFs
477 - Fixed new charset detection code
478 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
479 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
480 - Added wxDir::Traverse
481 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
482 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
483 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
487 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
488 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
489 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
490 push on a custom event handler for example)
491 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
492 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
493 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
494 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
495 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
496 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
498 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
499 - Various wxXML enhancements
500 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
501 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
502 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
504 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
505 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
509 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
510 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
511 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
512 alt or shift) now work
513 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
514 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
515 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
516 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
517 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
518 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
519 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
520 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
521 - We now send iconize events
522 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
523 - Added mousewheel processing
524 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
525 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
527 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
528 child frame styles are honoured
532 - Fixed slider rounding bug
533 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
534 - We now send iconize events
535 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
536 GetSelection() results
543 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
544 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
545 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
546 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
547 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
548 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
549 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
550 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
551 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
552 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
556 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
557 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
558 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
559 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
560 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
561 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
562 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
563 wxImage methods and ctor)
564 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
565 - ODBC documentation complete!!
566 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
567 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
568 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
569 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
573 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
574 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
575 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
576 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
580 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
584 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
585 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
592 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
593 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
594 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
595 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
596 - Completed Czech translations
597 - Some stream corrections
598 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
599 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
600 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
601 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
605 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
606 flicker-free dragging is now possible
607 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
608 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
609 - Paper names now translated
611 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
612 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
613 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
614 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
616 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
617 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
619 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
620 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
621 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
622 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
626 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
627 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
628 backward compatibility, please set
629 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
630 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
631 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
632 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
633 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
634 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
635 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
636 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
637 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
638 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
639 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
640 - wxFrame restores focus better
641 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
642 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
643 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
644 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
645 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
646 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
647 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
648 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
649 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
650 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
654 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
658 - Small compilation fixes
674 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
675 files. This works under VC++ only
676 - Modal dialog handling improved
677 - Printer dialog now modal
692 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
696 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
697 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
702 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
703 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
704 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
705 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
706 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
707 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
708 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
709 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
710 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
712 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
713 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
714 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
715 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
716 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
717 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
719 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
723 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
724 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
725 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
726 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
727 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
728 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
729 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
730 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
732 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
733 MIME types if available (Unix only)
734 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
735 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
736 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
737 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
738 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
739 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
740 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
741 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
742 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
743 - wxDragImage class added
744 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
745 controllers, as well as native help
746 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
750 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
751 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
752 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
753 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
754 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
755 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
756 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
757 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
758 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
759 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
761 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
762 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
763 - wxSetCursorEvent added
767 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
768 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
769 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
773 - wxMenu::Enable works
774 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
775 - OGL samples made to work again
779 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
780 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
781 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
782 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
783 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
784 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
785 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
786 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
787 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
788 - improved HTML printing
789 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
790 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
791 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
792 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
795 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
798 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
799 -----------------------
803 - JPEG support added.
804 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
808 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
810 - JPEG support added.
811 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
812 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
813 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
820 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
823 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
824 -------------------------------
829 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
833 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
834 - Fixed window cursor setting.
835 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
836 - Some makefile fixes.
844 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
845 - More topic overviews.
846 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
847 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
848 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
851 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
852 --------------------------
856 - wxExecute improved.
860 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
862 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
863 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
864 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
865 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
866 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
867 - Fixed focus-related crash.
871 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
872 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
876 - wxLocale documented.
877 - Added include filenames to class reference.
878 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
879 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
880 (though doesn't display help yet).
882 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
883 --------------------------
887 - Miscellaneous fixes.
891 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
893 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
897 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
898 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
899 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
900 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
901 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
902 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
903 crashes for some reason).
904 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
905 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
909 - Further doc improvements.
910 - wxGenericValidator added.
911 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
914 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
915 -------------------------
919 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
920 - wxToolTip class added.
921 - Miscellaneous fixes.
925 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
926 - Makefiles for more compilers.
927 - TWIN32 support added.
928 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
929 factored out program/library settings.
930 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
934 - A few more colour fixes.
935 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
936 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
937 - wxChoice crash fix.
938 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
942 - wxBusyCursor class added.
944 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
953 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
957 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
959 - Cured some widget table clashes.
960 - Added thread support (Robert).
961 - wxPoem sample now works.
965 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
966 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
967 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
969 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
970 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
972 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
974 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
975 --------------------------
981 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
984 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
985 ----------------------------
989 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
990 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
991 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
992 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
993 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
995 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
996 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1001 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1002 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1003 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1004 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1005 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1007 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1008 when any button was pressed.
1009 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1010 have a white background.
1011 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1012 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1013 they have sensible colours by default.
1014 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1015 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1016 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1017 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1018 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1020 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1021 ----------------------------
1025 - More documentation updates, especially for
1026 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1027 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1029 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1030 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1031 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1033 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1037 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1038 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1040 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1041 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1042 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1043 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1044 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1045 the debugging implementation.
1046 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1047 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1048 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1049 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1050 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1051 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1052 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1054 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1056 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1057 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1058 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1059 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1060 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1061 - wxNotebook almost done.
1062 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1063 to vertical toolbars).
1067 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1069 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1070 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1071 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1073 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1074 ----------------------------
1078 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1080 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1081 - A few more makefiles added.
1082 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1083 - Further doc updates.
1084 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1088 - First start at Motif port.
1089 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1090 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1091 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1092 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1094 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1095 --------------------------
1099 - wxBitmap debugged.
1100 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1101 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1102 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1103 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1104 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1105 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1106 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1108 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1109 ------------------------
1113 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1114 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1115 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1116 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1117 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1118 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1119 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1120 changes, wxNotebook.
1121 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1123 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1124 -----------------------
1128 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1129 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1130 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1131 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1132 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1134 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1135 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1137 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1138 -----------------------
1142 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1143 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1145 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1146 -----------------------
1150 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1151 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1153 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1154 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1155 wxMenuItem accessors.
1156 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1157 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1158 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1159 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1160 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1161 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1162 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1163 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1164 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1165 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1166 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1167 first, then doing the assignment.
1168 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1169 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1173 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1174 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1176 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1177 ----------------------
1181 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1182 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1183 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1184 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1185 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1186 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1187 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1188 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1189 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1191 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1192 ------------------------
1196 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1198 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1199 compilation and pragmas.
1200 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1201 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1205 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1206 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1207 compilation and pragmas.
1208 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1210 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1211 ------------------------
1215 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1216 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1218 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1219 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1220 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1221 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1223 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1224 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1225 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1227 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1228 compatibility functions.
1229 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1230 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1231 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1232 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1233 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1234 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1235 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1239 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1240 - Added samples/png.
1241 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1242 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1244 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1246 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1247 ------------------------
1251 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1252 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1253 cleaned up properly before exit.
1254 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1256 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1257 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1258 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1260 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1261 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1263 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1264 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1265 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1266 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1270 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1271 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1272 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1273 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1274 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1275 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1276 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1277 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1278 allow better control of memory.
1279 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1281 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1282 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1284 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1285 ------------------------
1289 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1290 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1291 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1292 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1293 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1294 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1295 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1296 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1297 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1298 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1299 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1300 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1302 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1303 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1304 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1305 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1306 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1307 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1308 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1309 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1310 internal implementation.
1311 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1312 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1313 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1317 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1318 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1319 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1320 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1321 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1323 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1324 --------------------------
1328 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1329 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1330 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1332 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1333 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1334 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1335 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1337 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1338 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1343 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1344 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1345 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1347 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1348 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1350 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1351 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1352 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1353 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1354 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1355 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1356 - Added gcc pragmas.
1357 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1358 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1359 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1360 added a few references to wxTransString.
1361 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1362 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1363 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1364 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1365 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1366 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1367 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1368 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1369 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1372 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1373 --------------------------
1377 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1378 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1379 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1380 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1381 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1382 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1383 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1384 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1385 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1386 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1387 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1389 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1390 to help printing with multiple pages.
1391 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1392 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1393 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1394 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1395 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1396 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1397 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1398 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1399 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1400 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1401 New files from Vadim:
1407 src\common\string.cpp
1411 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1412 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1413 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1414 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1415 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1416 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1417 including changes to defs.h.
1418 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1420 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1422 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1423 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1425 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1427 Alpha 3, September 1997
1428 -----------------------
1432 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1433 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1434 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1435 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1436 - Started documentation.
1438 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1439 ------------------------
1443 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1444 with MetroWerks compiler.
1445 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1446 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1447 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1448 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1449 for testing purposes.
1450 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1452 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1453 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1455 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1456 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1459 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1460 -----------------------
1464 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1466 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1467 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1468 wxString instead of char *.
1469 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1470 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1471 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1472 as wxbWindow now removed.
1473 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1474 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1476 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1477 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1478 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1480 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1481 settings mucho rationalised.
1482 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1483 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1485 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1486 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1487 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1488 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1489 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1490 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1492 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1493 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1495 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1496 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1497 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1498 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1499 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1500 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1501 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1502 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1503 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1504 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1506 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1507 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1509 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1510 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1511 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1512 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1513 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1514 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1516 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1517 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1518 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1519 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1520 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1521 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).