docs/msw/changes.txt

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   2 wxWindows 2.0 for Windows Change Log
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   5 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
   6 ----------------------------
   7
   8 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
   9 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
  10   wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
  11   a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
  12   Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
  13   on a tab.
  14 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
  15 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
  16   of Stefan Csomor.
  17
  18 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
  19 ----------------------------
  20
  21 - More documentation updates, especially for
  22   wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
  23 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
  24   of wxTrace.
  25 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
  26   However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
  27   VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
  28   position.
  29 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
  30
  31 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
  32 ----------------------------
  33
  34 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
  35   sample.
  36 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
  37 - A few more makefiles added.
  38 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
  39 - Further doc updates.
  40 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
  41
  42 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
  43 --------------------------
  44
  45 - wxBitmap debugged.
  46 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
  47 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
  48   converted to DC depth if they don't match.
  49 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
  50 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
  51 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
  52   so event can travel up the window hierachy.
  53
  54 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
  55 ------------------------
  56
  57 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
  58   wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
  59   area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
  60   wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
  61 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
  62 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
  63 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
  64   changes, wxNotebook.
  65 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
  66
  67 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
  68 -----------------------
  69
  70 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
  71   altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
  72   Windows functions, for efficiency.
  73 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
  74 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
  75   don't support it.
  76 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
  77 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
  78
  79 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
  80 -----------------------
  81
  82 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
  83   have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
  84
  85 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
  86 -----------------------
  87
  88 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
  89 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
  90   wxMenuBar.
  91 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
  92   SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
  93   wxMenuItem accessors.
  94 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
  95   wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
  96 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
  97 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
  98 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
  99 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
 100 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
 101   then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
 102   the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
 103   to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
 104   being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
 105   first, then doing the assignment.
 106 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
 107 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
 108
 109 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
 110 ----------------------
 111
 112 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
 113   and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
 114   icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
 115 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
 116 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
 117   require application-supplied positioning code though.
 118 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
 119   for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
 120   change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
 121
 122 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
 123 ------------------------
 124
 125 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
 126   fields were used.
 127 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
 128   compilation and pragmas.
 129 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
 130   commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
 131
 132 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
 133 ------------------------
 134
 135 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
 136 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
 137   some reason :-(
 138 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
 139 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
 140 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
 141   of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
 142   startup/exit.
 143 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
 144   makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
 145 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
 146 VADIM'S CHANGES:
 147 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
 148   compatibility functions.
 149 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
 150 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
 151 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
 152 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
 153 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
 154 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
 155 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
 156
 157 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
 158 ------------------------
 159
 160 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
 161 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
 162   cleaned up properly before exit.
 163 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
 164   automatically.
 165 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
 166 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
 167   memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
 168   unresolved issues.
 169 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
 170   to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
 171   tray area.
 172 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
 173   application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
 174 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
 175 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
 176
 177 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
 178 ------------------------
 179
 180 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
 181 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
 182 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
 183   check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
 184   exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
 185   m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
 186   don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
 187 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
 188 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
 189   added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
 190   wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
 191   Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
 192   IUnknown.
 193   Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
 194 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
 195   Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
 196 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
 197 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
 198   Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
 199 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
 200   can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
 201   internal implementation.
 202 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
 203   in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
 204   binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
 205
 206 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
 207 ---------------------------
 208
 209 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
 210   DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
 211   the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
 212   changes.
 213 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
 214   resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
 215   advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
 216 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
 217   again.
 218 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
 219 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
 220   e.g. wxDC.
 221
 222 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
 223 --------------------------
 224
 225 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
 226   integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
 227 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
 228 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
 229   an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
 230   origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
 231 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
 232   function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
 233   OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
 234   When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
 235 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
 236   scrolling toolbars.
 237 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
 238   to help printing with multiple pages.
 239 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
 240   define the API used by different implementations. DDE
 241   implementation updated to use these base classes.
 242 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
 243   for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
 244   WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
 245   TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
 246   wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
 247 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
 248   internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
 249   New files from Vadim:
 250   include\wx\string.h
 251   include\wx\debug.h
 252   include\wx\file.h
 253   include\wx\log.h
 254   include\wx\intl.h
 255   src\common\string.cpp
 256   src\common\log.cpp
 257   src\common\intl.cpp
 258   src\common\file.cpp
 259   No longer use GNU wxString files.
 260 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
 261   src\common\filefn.cpp.
 262 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
 263   samples, using makefile.b32 files.
 264 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
 265   including changes to defs.h.
 266 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
 267   introduced.
 268 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
 269   hidden).
 270 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
 271   cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
 272   trick).
 273 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
 274
 275 Alpha 3, September 1997
 276 -----------------------
 277
 278 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
 279 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
 280 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
 281 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
 282 - Started documentation.
 283
 284 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
 285 ------------------------
 286
 287 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
 288   with MetroWerks compiler.
 289 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
 290 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
 291   to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
 292   Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
 293   for testing purposes.
 294 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
 295   handlers.
 296 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
 297 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
 298   fully).
 299 - Added back wxRadioBox.
 300 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
 301   a separate file.
 302
 303 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
 304 -----------------------
 305
 306 At this point, the following has been achieved:
 307
 308 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
 309   naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
 310   wxString instead of char *.
 311 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
 312   old system event system) and code size reduced.
 313 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
 314   as wxbWindow now removed.
 315 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
 316   Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
 317 - PrologIO revised.
 318 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
 319   MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
 320 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
 321   Windows settings.
 322 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
 323   settings mucho rationalised.
 324 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
 325   event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
 326   classes removed.
 327 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
 328   wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
 329 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
 330 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
 331   wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
 332   made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
 333   of event handlers.
 334 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
 335 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
 336   wxToolBarBase
 337   wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
 338   wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
 339   wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
 340 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
 341 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
 342   have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
 343   rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
 344 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
 345   an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
 346   will be replaced by something better and more efficient
 347   in the future.
 348 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
 349   with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
 350   variables instead.
 351 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
 352   determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
 353   introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
 354 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
 355   any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
 356 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
 357   Win95.
 358 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
 359   classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
 360   the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
 361 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
 362   in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
 363 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
 364
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