4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
9 - wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
10 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
13 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
14 simply don't make sense for all objects
16 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
17 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
18 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
22 - the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
23 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
24 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
26 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
27 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your codei
30 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
31 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
32 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
33 will *NOT* work any longer:
35 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
38 ... do something else ...
40 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
42 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
43 if you derived any classes from it
47 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
48 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
49 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
50 the include path in your make/project files appropriately.
52 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
53 style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
58 - You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
59 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
60 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
61 to compile pure C files.
68 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
69 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
70 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
71 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
75 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
76 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF and ICO formats)
77 - support for CUR files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
78 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
82 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create() (=> much faster toolbar creation)
83 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
84 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
85 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
86 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
87 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
91 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
96 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
100 - wxRegEx class added
101 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
102 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
103 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
104 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
105 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
109 - support for virtual list control added
110 - column images in report mode of the list control
111 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
112 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
113 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
114 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
115 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
116 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
117 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
118 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
119 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
120 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
121 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
125 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
126 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
131 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
135 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
137 - added support for animated GIFs
145 - Fixed new charset detection code
146 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
147 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
148 - Added wxDir::Traverse
149 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
150 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
151 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
155 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
156 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
157 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
158 push on a custom event handler for example)
159 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
160 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
161 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
162 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
163 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
164 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
166 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
167 - Various wxXML enhancements
168 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
169 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
170 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
172 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
173 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
177 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
178 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
179 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
180 alt or shift) now work
181 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
182 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
183 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
184 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
185 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
186 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
187 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
188 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
189 - We now send iconize events
190 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
191 - Added mousewheel processing
192 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
193 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
195 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
196 child frame styles are honoured
200 - Fixed slider rounding bug
201 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
202 - We now send iconize events
203 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
204 GetSelection() results
211 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
212 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
213 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
214 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
215 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
216 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
217 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
218 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
219 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
220 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
224 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
225 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
226 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
227 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
228 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
229 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
230 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
231 wxImage methods and ctor)
232 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
233 - ODBC documentation complete!!
234 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
235 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
236 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
237 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
241 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
242 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
243 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
244 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
248 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
252 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
253 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
260 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
261 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
262 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
263 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
264 - Completed Czech translations
265 - Some stream corrections
266 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
267 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
268 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
269 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
273 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
274 flicker-free dragging is now possible
275 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
276 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
277 - Paper names now translated
279 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
280 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
281 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
282 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
284 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
285 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
287 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
288 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
289 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
290 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
294 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
295 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
296 backward compatibility, please set
297 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
298 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
299 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
300 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
301 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
302 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
303 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
304 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
305 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
306 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
307 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
308 - wxFrame restores focus better
309 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
310 frames anddialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
311 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
312 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
313 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
314 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
315 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
316 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
317 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
318 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
322 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
326 - Small compilation fixes
342 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
343 files. This works under VC++ only
344 - Modal dialog handling improved
345 - Printer dialog now modal
360 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
364 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
365 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
370 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
371 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
372 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
373 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
374 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
375 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
376 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
377 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
378 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
380 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
381 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
382 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
383 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
384 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
385 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
387 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
391 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
392 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
393 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu menagament
394 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
395 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
396 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
397 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
398 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
400 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
401 MIME types if available (Unix only)
402 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
403 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
404 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
405 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
406 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
407 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
408 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
409 for dealing with convertions between different encodings,
410 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
411 - wxDragImage class added
412 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
413 controllers, as well as native help
414 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
418 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
419 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
420 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
421 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
422 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
423 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
424 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
425 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
426 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
427 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
429 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
430 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
431 - wxSetCursorEvent added
435 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
436 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
437 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
441 - wxMenu::Enable works
442 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
443 - OGL samples made to work again
447 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
448 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
449 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
450 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
451 splitted into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
452 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
453 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
454 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
455 - added dynamic pushing/poping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
456 - improved HTML printing
457 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
458 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
459 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
460 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
463 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
466 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
467 -----------------------
471 - JPEG support added.
472 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
476 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
478 - JPEG support added.
479 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
480 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
481 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
488 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
491 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
492 -------------------------------
497 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
501 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
502 - Fixed window cursor setting.
503 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
504 - Some makefile fixes.
512 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
513 - More topic overviews.
514 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
515 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
516 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
519 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
520 --------------------------
524 - wxExecute improved.
528 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
530 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
531 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
532 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
533 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
534 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
535 - Fixed focus-related crash.
539 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
540 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
544 - wxLocale documented.
545 - Added include filenames to class reference.
546 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
547 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
548 (though doesn't display help yet).
550 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
551 --------------------------
555 - Miscellaneous fixes.
559 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
561 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
565 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
566 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
567 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
568 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
569 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
570 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
571 crashes for some reason).
572 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
573 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
577 - Further doc improvements.
578 - wxGenericValidator added.
579 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
582 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
583 -------------------------
587 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
588 - wxToolTip class added.
589 - Miscellaneous fixes.
593 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
594 - Makefiles for more compilers.
595 - TWIN32 support added.
596 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
597 factored out program/library settings.
598 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
602 - A few more colour fixes.
603 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
604 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
605 - wxChoice crash fix.
606 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
610 - wxBusyCursor class added.
612 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
621 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
625 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
627 - Cured some widget table clashes.
628 - Added thread support (Robert).
629 - wxPoem sample now works.
633 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
634 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
635 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
637 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
638 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
640 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
642 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
643 --------------------------
649 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
652 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
653 ----------------------------
657 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
658 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
659 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
660 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
661 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
663 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
664 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
669 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
670 without (permanently) resizing the window.
671 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
672 that disabled scrollbar paging.
673 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
675 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
676 when any button was pressed.
677 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
678 have a white background.
679 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
680 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
681 they have sensible colours by default.
682 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
683 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
684 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
685 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
686 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
688 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
689 ----------------------------
693 - More documentation updates, especially for
694 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
695 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
697 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
698 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
699 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
701 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
705 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
706 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
708 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
709 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
710 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
711 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
712 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
713 the debugging implementation.
714 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
715 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
716 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
717 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
718 - Added a parent-existance check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
719 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
720 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
722 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
724 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
725 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
726 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
727 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
728 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
729 - wxNotebook almost done.
730 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
731 to vertical toolbars).
735 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
737 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
738 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
739 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
741 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
742 ----------------------------
746 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
748 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
749 - A few more makefiles added.
750 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
751 - Further doc updates.
752 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
756 - First start at Motif port.
757 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
758 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
759 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
760 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
762 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
763 --------------------------
768 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
769 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
770 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
771 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
772 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
773 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
774 so event can travel up the window hierachy.
776 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
777 ------------------------
781 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
782 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
783 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
784 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
785 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
786 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
787 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
789 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
791 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
792 -----------------------
796 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
797 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
798 Windows functions, for efficiency.
799 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
800 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
802 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
803 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
805 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
806 -----------------------
810 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
811 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
813 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
814 -----------------------
818 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
819 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
821 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
822 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
823 wxMenuItem accessors.
824 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
825 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
826 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
827 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
828 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
829 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
830 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
831 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
832 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
833 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
834 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
835 first, then doing the assignment.
836 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
837 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
841 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
842 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
844 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
845 ----------------------
849 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
850 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
851 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
852 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
853 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
854 require application-supplied positioning code though.
855 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
856 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
857 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
859 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
860 ------------------------
864 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
866 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
867 compilation and pragmas.
868 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
869 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
873 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
874 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
875 compilation and pragmas.
876 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
878 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
879 ------------------------
883 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
884 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
886 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
887 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
888 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
889 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
891 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
892 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
893 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
895 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
896 compatibility functions.
897 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
898 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
899 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
900 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
901 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
902 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
903 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
907 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
909 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
910 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
912 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
914 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
915 ------------------------
919 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
920 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
921 cleaned up properly before exit.
922 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
924 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
925 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
926 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
928 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
929 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
931 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
932 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
933 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
934 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
938 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
939 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
940 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
941 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
942 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
943 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
944 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
945 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
946 allow better control of memory.
947 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
949 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
950 float to long in wxToolBar files.
952 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
953 ------------------------
957 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
958 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
959 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
960 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
961 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
962 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
963 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
964 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
965 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
966 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
967 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
968 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
970 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
971 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
972 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
973 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
974 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
975 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
976 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
977 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
978 internal implementation.
979 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
980 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
981 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
985 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
986 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
987 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
988 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
989 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
991 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
992 --------------------------
996 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
997 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
998 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1000 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1001 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1002 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1003 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1005 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1006 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1011 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1012 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1013 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1015 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1016 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1018 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1019 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1020 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1021 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1022 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1023 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1024 - Added gcc pragmas.
1025 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1026 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1027 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1028 added a few references to wxTransString.
1029 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1030 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1031 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1032 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1033 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1034 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1035 - Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1036 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1037 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1040 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1041 --------------------------
1045 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1046 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1047 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1048 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1049 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1050 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1051 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1052 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1053 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1054 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1055 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1057 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1058 to help printing with multiple pages.
1059 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1060 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1061 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1062 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1063 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1064 WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1065 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1066 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1067 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1068 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1069 New files from Vadim:
1075 src\common\string.cpp
1079 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1080 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1081 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1082 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1083 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1084 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1085 including changes to defs.h.
1086 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1088 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1090 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1091 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1093 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1095 Alpha 3, September 1997
1096 -----------------------
1100 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1101 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1102 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1103 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1104 - Started documentation.
1106 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1107 ------------------------
1111 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1112 with MetroWerks compiler.
1113 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1114 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1115 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1116 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1117 for testing purposes.
1118 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1120 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1121 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1123 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1124 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1127 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1128 -----------------------
1132 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1134 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1135 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1136 wxString instead of char *.
1137 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1138 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1139 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1140 as wxbWindow now removed.
1141 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1142 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1144 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1145 MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
1146 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1148 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1149 settings mucho rationalised.
1150 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1151 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1153 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1154 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1155 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1156 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1157 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1158 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1160 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1161 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1163 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1164 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1165 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1166 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1167 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1168 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1169 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1170 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1171 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1172 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1174 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1175 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1177 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1178 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1179 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1180 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1181 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1182 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1184 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1185 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1186 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1187 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1188 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1189 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).