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2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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10 - wxEvent and its derivatives have their variable members nonpublic now.
11 Use the Get/Set accessors (Mart Raudsepp)
12 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
13 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
14 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
15 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
16 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
17 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
18 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
19 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
20 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
21 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
22 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars
23 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
24 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
25 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
26 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
27 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell)
28 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
29 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
30 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
31 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
32 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
33 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
34 printing stuff in the GTK port.
35 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
36 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
37 - The samples\db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
38 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
39 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
40 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
41 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
42 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
43 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
44 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
45 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
46 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
47 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
48 due to a rounding error.
49 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
50 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return
52 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
53 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
59 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
60 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
61 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
62 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
63 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
64 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
65 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
66 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
67 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
68 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
69 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
70 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
71 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
75 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
79 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
80 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
81 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
82 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
83 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
84 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
85 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
86 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
87 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
88 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
89 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
90 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
91 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
93 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
94 - Added wxRawBitmap support
95 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
96 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
100 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
101 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
102 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
106 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
107 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
108 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
109 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
110 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
113 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
114 but not mentioned anywhere.
115 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
119 - wxBU_... button align flags support
120 - vertical notebook orientation support
121 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
122 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
126 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
127 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
128 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
129 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
130 - enumeration of available volumes
131 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
132 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
133 - native wxColourDialog implementation
134 - native wxSystemSettings colours
135 - native wxButton implementation
136 - native wxCheckBox implementation
137 - native wxSlider implementation
138 - native wxToggleButton implementation
139 - native wxRadioButton implementation
140 - native wxStaticText implementation
148 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
149 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
150 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
151 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
152 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
153 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
154 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
155 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
156 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
157 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
158 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
159 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
160 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
161 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
162 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
163 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
167 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
168 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
169 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
171 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
172 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
173 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
174 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
175 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
176 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
177 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
178 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
179 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
180 - added samples/splash
181 - added support for stock buttons
182 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
183 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
184 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
185 - added wxChoicebook control
186 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
187 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
188 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
189 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
190 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
191 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
192 supported, instead of zero.
193 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
197 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
198 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
199 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
200 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
201 - wx-config has new --version-full option
205 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
206 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
207 - Tooltips now supported
208 - wxSound now supported
209 - wxDisplay now supported
210 - Some stock cursors now supported
214 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
215 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
216 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
217 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
221 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
222 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
223 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
224 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
225 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
226 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
227 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
228 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
229 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
230 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
231 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
232 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
233 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
234 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
235 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
236 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
237 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
238 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
239 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
243 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
247 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
248 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
249 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
250 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
251 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
252 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
253 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
254 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
255 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
256 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
257 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
258 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
259 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
260 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
264 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
268 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
269 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
270 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
271 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
275 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
276 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
284 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
285 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
286 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
287 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
289 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
290 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
291 to forward declare these classes.
295 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
296 resulting in much better display of scaled images
297 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
298 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
299 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
300 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
301 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
302 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
303 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
304 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
305 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
306 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
307 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
308 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
309 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
313 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
314 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
315 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
316 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
317 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
318 even try to do it by default -- now it does
319 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
320 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
321 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
322 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
323 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
324 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
328 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
332 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
333 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
334 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
335 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
339 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
343 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
344 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
348 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
349 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
353 - Full Unicode support is now available
354 - BLOB support is working
362 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
363 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
364 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
365 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
366 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
367 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
368 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
369 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
370 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
371 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
372 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
373 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
374 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
376 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
377 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
378 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
379 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
380 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
381 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
382 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
383 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
384 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
385 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
386 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
387 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
391 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
392 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
393 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
394 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
395 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
396 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
397 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
398 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
399 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
400 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
401 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
402 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
403 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
404 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
405 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
406 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
407 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
408 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
409 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
410 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
411 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
412 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
413 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
414 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
415 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
416 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
420 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
421 - fixed DDE memory leaks
422 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
423 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
424 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
425 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
426 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
427 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
428 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
429 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
430 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
431 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
432 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
433 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
434 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
435 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
436 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
437 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
438 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
439 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
440 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
441 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
442 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
443 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
444 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
445 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
446 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
447 than the specified default size
448 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
452 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
453 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
454 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
455 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
456 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
457 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
458 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
459 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
460 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
464 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
465 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
466 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
467 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
471 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
475 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
476 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
480 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
481 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
482 addition to existing OSS one
483 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
491 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
492 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
493 separately compiled library
494 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
495 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
496 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
497 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
498 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
499 - added wxArray::SetCount()
500 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
501 by default in Unicode mode
502 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
503 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
504 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
505 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
506 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
507 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
508 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
509 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
510 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
511 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
512 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
513 - added wxRecursionGuard class
514 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
515 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
516 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
517 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
518 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
519 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
520 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
521 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
525 - added Watcom makefiles
526 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
530 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
531 - added wxListbook control
532 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
533 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
534 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
535 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
536 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
537 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
538 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
539 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
540 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
541 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
542 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
543 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
544 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
545 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
546 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
547 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
548 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
549 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
550 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
551 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
552 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
553 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
554 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
555 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
556 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
557 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
558 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
559 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
560 default extension for the template
561 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
562 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
563 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
564 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
565 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
566 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
567 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
568 to allow better rich text support.
569 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
570 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
571 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
572 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
573 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
574 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
575 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
576 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
577 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
578 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
579 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
580 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
581 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
582 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
583 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
584 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
585 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
586 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
587 - added wxMirrorDC class
588 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
589 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
590 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
591 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
592 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
593 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
598 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
599 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
600 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
601 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
602 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
606 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
607 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
608 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
609 to contrib/src/deprecated
613 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
614 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
615 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
616 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
617 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
618 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
619 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
620 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
621 be appended to filenames with no extension
622 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
623 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
624 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
625 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
629 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
630 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
634 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
635 - added wxCrashReport
636 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
637 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
638 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
639 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
640 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
641 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
642 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
643 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
644 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
645 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
646 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
647 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
648 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
649 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
650 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
651 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
652 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
653 - improved border handling under Windows XP
654 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
655 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
656 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
657 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
658 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
659 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
660 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
664 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
665 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
666 documentation for a detailed explanation
667 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
668 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
669 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
670 with Motif 1.x compatibility
671 - implemented wxToggleButton
672 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
673 instead of a sunken border
674 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
675 - finished wxClipboard implementation
679 - controls in toolbars now supported
683 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
684 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
685 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
686 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
687 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
693 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
694 ================================
696 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
697 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
698 with '!' in the first column.
700 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
701 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
702 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
703 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
706 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
707 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
708 (see the documentation) useful.
713 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
714 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
717 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
718 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
719 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
720 arrays containing non-pointers.
722 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
723 simply don't make sense for all objects
725 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
726 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
727 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
729 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
731 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
732 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
733 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
734 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
735 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
737 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
738 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
739 the default assert handling.
743 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
744 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
745 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
747 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
748 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
751 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
752 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
753 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
755 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
756 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
757 you want to get OnChar() as well
759 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
760 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
761 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
763 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
764 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
765 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
766 will *NOT* work any longer:
768 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
771 ... do something else ...
773 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
774 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
777 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
779 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
780 if you derived any classes from it
782 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
783 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
785 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
786 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
788 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
789 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
791 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
792 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
795 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
796 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
797 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
799 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
800 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
801 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
802 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
806 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
807 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
808 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
809 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
810 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
811 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
812 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
813 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
814 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
815 is only present for the DLLs builds.
817 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
820 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
821 previously selected one instead of replacing it
823 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
824 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
825 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
827 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
828 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
833 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
834 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
835 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
836 to compile pure C files.
839 wxThread and related classes:
841 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
842 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
843 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
844 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
846 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
847 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
848 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
849 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
851 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
852 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
853 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
855 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
856 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
867 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
874 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
875 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
876 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
880 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
881 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
882 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
885 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
886 - Addition of native frame site grip.
889 - Unicode support through Pango library.
893 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
894 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
898 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
905 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
906 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
907 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
908 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
909 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
910 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
911 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
912 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
913 after (non standard) STL hash_map
914 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
915 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
916 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
917 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
918 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
919 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
920 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
924 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
925 programs and not only GNU make
926 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
927 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
928 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
929 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
930 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
934 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
935 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
936 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
937 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
938 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
940 - significantly improved native font support
941 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
943 - added IFF image handler
944 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
945 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
946 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
947 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
948 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
949 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
950 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
951 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
952 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
953 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
954 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
955 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
956 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
957 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
958 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
959 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
960 - wxMessageOutput class added
961 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
962 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
964 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
965 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
966 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
967 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
969 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
970 whether a label edit was cancelled.
971 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
975 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
976 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
977 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
978 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
979 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
980 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
981 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
982 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
983 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
984 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
986 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
987 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
988 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
989 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
990 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
991 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
992 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
994 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
995 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
996 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
997 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
998 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
999 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1000 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1001 has the capture before release it.
1002 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1003 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1004 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1005 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1006 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1007 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1008 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1009 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1010 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1011 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1012 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1013 provided in wxFontData
1014 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1015 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1019 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1020 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1021 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1022 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1023 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1024 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1025 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1026 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1027 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1028 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1029 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1030 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1031 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1035 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1036 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1037 - improved toolbar control alignment
1038 - implemented wxSpinButton
1039 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1040 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1041 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1045 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1046 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1054 - First alpha-quality release
1058 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1059 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1060 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1061 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1062 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1067 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1071 - wxRegEx class added
1072 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1073 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1074 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1075 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1076 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1080 - support for virtual list control added
1081 - column images in report mode of the list control
1082 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1083 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1084 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1085 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1086 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1087 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1088 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1089 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1090 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1091 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1092 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1093 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1097 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1098 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1103 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1104 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1105 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1106 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1110 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1115 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1117 - added support for animated GIFs
1125 - Fixed new charset detection code
1126 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1127 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1128 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1129 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1130 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1131 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1135 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1136 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1137 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1138 push on a custom event handler for example)
1139 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1140 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1141 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1142 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1143 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1144 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1146 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1147 - Various wxXML enhancements
1148 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1149 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1150 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1152 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1153 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1157 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1158 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1159 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1160 alt or shift) now work
1161 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1162 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1163 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1164 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1165 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1166 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1167 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1168 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1169 - We now send iconize events
1170 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1171 - Added mousewheel processing
1172 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1173 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1175 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1176 child frame styles are honoured
1180 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1181 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1182 - We now send iconize events
1183 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1184 GetSelection() results
1191 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1192 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1193 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1194 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1195 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1196 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1197 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1198 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1199 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1200 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1204 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1205 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1206 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1207 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1208 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1209 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1210 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1211 wxImage methods and ctor)
1212 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1213 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1214 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1215 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1216 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1217 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1221 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1222 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1223 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1224 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1228 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1232 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1233 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1240 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1241 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1242 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1243 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1244 - Completed Czech translations
1245 - Some stream corrections
1246 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1247 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1248 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1249 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1253 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1254 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1255 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1256 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1257 - Paper names now translated
1259 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1260 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1261 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1262 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1264 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1265 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1267 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1268 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1269 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1270 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1274 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1275 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1276 backward compatibility, please set
1277 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1278 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1279 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1280 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1281 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1282 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1283 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1284 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1285 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1286 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1287 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1288 - wxFrame restores focus better
1289 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1290 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1291 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1292 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1293 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1294 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1295 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1296 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1297 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1298 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1302 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1306 - Small compilation fixes
1310 - wxCaret documented
1322 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1323 files. This works under VC++ only
1324 - Modal dialog handling improved
1325 - Printer dialog now modal
1340 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1344 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1345 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1350 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1351 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1352 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1353 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1354 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1355 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1356 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1357 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1358 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1360 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1361 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1362 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1363 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1364 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1365 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1367 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1371 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1372 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1373 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1374 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1375 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1376 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1377 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1378 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1380 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1381 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1382 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1383 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1384 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1385 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1386 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1387 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1388 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1389 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1390 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1391 - wxDragImage class added
1392 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1393 controllers, as well as native help
1394 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1398 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1399 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1400 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1401 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1402 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1403 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1404 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1405 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1406 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1407 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1409 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1410 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1411 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1415 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1416 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1417 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1421 - wxMenu::Enable works
1422 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1423 - OGL samples made to work again
1427 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1428 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1429 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1430 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1431 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1432 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1433 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1434 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1435 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1436 - improved HTML printing
1437 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1438 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1439 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1440 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1443 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1446 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1447 -----------------------
1451 - JPEG support added.
1452 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1456 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1458 - JPEG support added.
1459 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1460 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1461 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1468 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1471 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1472 -------------------------------
1477 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1481 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1482 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1483 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1484 - Some makefile fixes.
1492 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1493 - More topic overviews.
1494 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1495 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1496 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1499 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1500 --------------------------
1504 - wxExecute improved.
1508 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1510 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1511 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1512 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1513 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1514 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1515 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1519 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1520 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1524 - wxLocale documented.
1525 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1526 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1527 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1528 (though doesn't display help yet).
1530 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1531 --------------------------
1535 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1539 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1541 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1545 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1546 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1547 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1548 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1549 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1550 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1551 crashes for some reason).
1552 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1553 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1557 - Further doc improvements.
1558 - wxGenericValidator added.
1559 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1562 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1563 -------------------------
1567 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1568 - wxToolTip class added.
1569 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1573 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1574 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1575 - TWIN32 support added.
1576 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1577 factored out program/library settings.
1578 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1582 - A few more colour fixes.
1583 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1584 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1585 - wxChoice crash fix.
1586 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1590 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1591 - Added samples/dde.
1592 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1594 Beta 2, January 1999
1595 --------------------
1601 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1605 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1607 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1608 - Added thread support (Robert).
1609 - wxPoem sample now works.
1613 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1614 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1615 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1617 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1618 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1620 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1622 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1623 --------------------------
1629 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1632 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1633 ----------------------------
1637 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1638 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1639 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1640 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1641 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1643 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1644 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1649 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1650 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1651 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1652 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1653 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1655 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1656 when any button was pressed.
1657 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1658 have a white background.
1659 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1660 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1661 they have sensible colours by default.
1662 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1663 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1664 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1665 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1666 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1668 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1669 ----------------------------
1673 - More documentation updates, especially for
1674 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1675 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1677 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1678 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1679 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1681 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1685 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1686 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1688 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1689 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1690 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1691 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1692 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1693 the debugging implementation.
1694 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1695 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1696 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1697 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1698 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1699 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1700 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1702 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1704 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1705 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1706 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1707 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1708 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1709 - wxNotebook almost done.
1710 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1711 to vertical toolbars).
1715 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1717 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1718 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1719 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1721 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1722 ----------------------------
1726 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1728 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1729 - A few more makefiles added.
1730 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1731 - Further doc updates.
1732 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1736 - First start at Motif port.
1737 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1738 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1739 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1740 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1742 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1743 --------------------------
1747 - wxBitmap debugged.
1748 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1749 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1750 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1751 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1752 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1753 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1754 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1756 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1757 ------------------------
1761 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1762 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1763 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1764 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1765 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1766 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1767 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1768 changes, wxNotebook.
1769 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1771 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1772 -----------------------
1776 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1777 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1778 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1779 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1780 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1782 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1783 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1785 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1786 -----------------------
1790 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1791 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1793 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1794 -----------------------
1798 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1799 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1801 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1802 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1803 wxMenuItem accessors.
1804 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1805 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1806 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1807 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1808 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1809 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1810 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1811 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1812 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1813 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1814 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1815 first, then doing the assignment.
1816 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1817 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1821 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1822 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1824 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1825 ----------------------
1829 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1830 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1831 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1832 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1833 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1834 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1835 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1836 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1837 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1839 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1840 ------------------------
1844 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1846 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1847 compilation and pragmas.
1848 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1849 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1853 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1854 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1855 compilation and pragmas.
1856 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1858 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1859 ------------------------
1863 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1864 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1866 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1867 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1868 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1869 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1871 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1872 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1873 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1875 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1876 compatibility functions.
1877 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1878 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1879 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1880 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1881 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1882 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1883 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1887 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1888 - Added samples/png.
1889 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1890 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1892 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1894 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1895 ------------------------
1899 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1900 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1901 cleaned up properly before exit.
1902 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1904 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1905 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1906 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1908 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1909 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1911 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1912 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1913 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1914 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1918 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1919 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1920 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1921 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1922 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1923 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1924 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1925 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1926 allow better control of memory.
1927 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1929 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1930 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1932 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1933 ------------------------
1937 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1938 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1939 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1940 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1941 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1942 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1943 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1944 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1945 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1946 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1947 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1948 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1950 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1951 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1952 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1953 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1954 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1955 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1956 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1957 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1958 internal implementation.
1959 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1960 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1961 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1965 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1966 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1967 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1968 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1969 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1971 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1972 --------------------------
1976 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1977 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1978 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1980 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1981 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1982 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1983 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1985 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1986 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1991 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1992 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1993 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1995 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1996 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1998 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1999 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2000 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2001 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2002 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2003 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2004 - Added gcc pragmas.
2005 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2006 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2007 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2008 added a few references to wxTransString.
2009 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2010 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2011 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2012 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2013 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2014 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2015 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2016 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2017 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2020 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2021 --------------------------
2025 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2026 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2027 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2028 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2029 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2030 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2031 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2032 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2033 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2034 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2035 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2037 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2038 to help printing with multiple pages.
2039 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2040 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2041 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2042 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2043 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2044 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2045 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2046 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2047 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2048 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2049 New files from Vadim:
2055 src\common\string.cpp
2059 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2060 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2061 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2062 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2063 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2064 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2065 including changes to defs.h.
2066 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2068 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2070 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2071 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2073 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2075 Alpha 3, September 1997
2076 -----------------------
2080 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2081 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2082 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2083 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2084 - Started documentation.
2086 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2087 ------------------------
2091 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2092 with MetroWerks compiler.
2093 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2094 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2095 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2096 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2097 for testing purposes.
2098 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2100 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2101 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2103 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2104 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2107 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2108 -----------------------
2112 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2114 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2115 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2116 wxString instead of char *.
2117 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2118 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2119 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2120 as wxbWindow now removed.
2121 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2122 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2124 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2125 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2126 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2128 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2129 settings mucho rationalised.
2130 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2131 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2133 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2134 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2135 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2136 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2137 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2138 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2140 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2141 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2143 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2144 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2145 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2146 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2147 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2148 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2149 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2150 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2151 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2152 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2154 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2155 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2157 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2158 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2159 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2160 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2161 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2162 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2164 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2165 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2166 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2167 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2168 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2169 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).