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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
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8 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
9 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
13 - wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
14 - wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
15 length of the converted string in all cases now.
16 - wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
17 - wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
18 wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
19 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
20 use ProcessMouseClick().
21 - wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
22 wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
23 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
25 - wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
27 - wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
28 not pointers to arrays.
29 - wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
32 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
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35 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
36 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them.
44 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
45 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
46 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
47 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
48 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
49 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
50 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
51 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
52 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
53 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
54 during a search and replace.
55 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
56 are both used in the same program.
57 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
58 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
59 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
60 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
61 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
62 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
63 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
64 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
65 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
66 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
67 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
68 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
69 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
70 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
71 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
72 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
73 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
74 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
75 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
76 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
77 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
78 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
79 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
80 the first time it was called.
81 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
82 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
83 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
84 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
85 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
86 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
90 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
91 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
92 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
93 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
94 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
95 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
96 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
97 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
98 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
99 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
100 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
101 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
102 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
103 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
104 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
105 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
106 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
107 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
108 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
109 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
110 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
111 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
112 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
113 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
114 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
115 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
116 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
117 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
118 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
119 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
120 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
122 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
123 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
124 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
125 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
126 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
128 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
129 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
130 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
131 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
132 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
133 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
134 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
135 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
136 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
137 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
138 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
139 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
140 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
141 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
142 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
143 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
144 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
145 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
146 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
147 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
148 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
149 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
150 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
151 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
152 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
153 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
154 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
155 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
156 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
157 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
158 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
159 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
163 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
164 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
165 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
166 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
167 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
168 - Removed __WIN95__ define
169 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
170 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
171 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
172 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
173 wxMSW faq for details).
174 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
175 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
177 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
178 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
179 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
180 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
181 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
183 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
184 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
185 initial construction.
186 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
187 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
188 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
190 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
191 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
192 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
193 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
194 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
195 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
196 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
197 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
198 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
199 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
200 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
201 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
202 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
203 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
204 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
205 changes the system font.
206 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
207 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
208 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
209 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
210 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
211 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
215 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
216 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
217 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
218 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
219 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
221 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
222 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
223 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
224 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
225 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
226 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
227 previously unable to be focused before.
228 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
229 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
230 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
232 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
233 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
234 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
235 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
236 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
237 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
238 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
242 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
243 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
244 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
245 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
246 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
247 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
248 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
249 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
250 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
251 - Corrected idle wake-up.
252 - Corrected wxExecute.
253 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
254 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
255 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
256 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
257 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
258 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
259 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
261 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
262 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
264 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
265 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
266 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
267 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
268 end of file with an error.
269 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
271 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
272 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
273 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
274 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
275 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
276 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
277 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
281 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
285 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
286 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
287 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
288 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
289 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
290 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
291 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
292 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
293 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
294 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
295 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
296 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
297 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
298 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
300 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
301 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
302 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
303 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
304 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
308 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
309 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
310 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
314 - Invisible text problem fixed.
315 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
316 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
317 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
321 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
325 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
326 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
334 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
335 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
336 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
337 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
338 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
339 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
340 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
341 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
342 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
343 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
344 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
345 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
349 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
350 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
351 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
352 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
353 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
354 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
355 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
356 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
357 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
358 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
359 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
360 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
364 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
365 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
366 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
367 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
368 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
369 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
370 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
371 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
372 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
373 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
374 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
375 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
376 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
377 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
378 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
382 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
383 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
384 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
385 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
386 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
387 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
388 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
389 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
390 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
391 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
392 - Fixed domain socket handling.
396 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
397 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
398 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
399 - Various text control bug fixes.
400 - Automatic menu management improved.
401 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
402 due to dangling cycle pointers.
403 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
404 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
409 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
413 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
414 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
418 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
419 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
420 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
421 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
422 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
423 flag has been specified.
424 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
425 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
426 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
431 - Fixed crash on exit.
432 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
436 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
444 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
445 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
449 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
450 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
451 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
452 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
453 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
454 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
455 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
456 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
457 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
458 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
462 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
463 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
464 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
465 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
466 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
467 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
468 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
469 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
470 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
471 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
472 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
473 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
474 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
475 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
476 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
477 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
478 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
479 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
480 - Compiles again with WIN64.
481 - Winelib compilation now works.
482 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
483 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
484 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
485 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
486 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
487 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
488 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
489 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
490 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
491 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
492 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
493 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
494 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
498 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
502 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
503 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
504 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
505 - Added bitmap support in menus.
509 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
510 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
511 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
513 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
514 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
515 - Window menu now added automatically.
516 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
517 - Modified function key support fixed.
518 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
522 - Menu problems fixed.
523 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
524 - Fixed a font memory leak.
525 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
533 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
534 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
538 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
539 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
543 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
544 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
545 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
549 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
552 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
553 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
554 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
555 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
556 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
557 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
558 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
561 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
568 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
569 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
570 - Added wxDebugReport class.
571 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
572 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
573 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
574 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
575 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
576 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
580 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
581 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
582 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
583 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
584 the whole virtual area.
585 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
586 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
587 isn't used to set the window size.
588 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
589 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
590 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
591 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
595 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
599 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
600 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
601 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
602 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
603 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
604 handling (Jamie Gadd).
608 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
609 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
610 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
611 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
612 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
613 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
614 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
615 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
619 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
623 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
627 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
628 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
629 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
630 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
631 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
632 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
633 with correct titlebar style.
634 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
636 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
637 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
638 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
639 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
640 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
641 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
642 to the dialog's toolbar.
649 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
650 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
651 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
652 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
653 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
654 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
655 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
656 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
657 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
658 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
659 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
660 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
661 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
662 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
663 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
664 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
665 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
666 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
667 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
668 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
669 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
670 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
671 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
672 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
673 printing stuff in the GTK port.
674 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
675 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
676 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
677 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
678 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
679 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
680 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
681 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
682 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
683 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
684 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
685 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
686 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
687 due to a rounding error.
688 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
689 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
690 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
691 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
692 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
693 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
694 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
695 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
701 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
702 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
703 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
704 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
705 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
706 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
707 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
708 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
709 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
710 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
711 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
712 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
713 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
714 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
715 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
716 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
717 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
721 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
725 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
726 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
727 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
728 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
729 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
730 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
731 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
732 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
733 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
734 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
735 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
736 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
737 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
739 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
740 - Added wxRawBitmap support
741 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
742 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
743 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
747 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
748 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
749 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
750 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
754 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
755 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
756 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
757 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
758 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
761 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
762 but not mentioned anywhere.
763 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
767 - wxBU_... button align flags support
768 - vertical notebook orientation support
769 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
770 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
774 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
775 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
776 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
777 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
778 - enumeration of available volumes
779 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
780 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
781 - native wxColourDialog implementation
782 - native wxSystemSettings colours
783 - native wxButton implementation
784 - native wxCheckBox implementation
785 - native wxSlider implementation
786 - native wxToggleButton implementation
787 - native wxRadioButton implementation
788 - native wxStaticText implementation
789 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
797 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
798 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
799 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
800 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
801 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
802 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
803 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
804 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
805 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
806 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
807 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
808 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
809 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
810 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
811 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
812 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
816 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
817 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
818 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
820 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
821 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
822 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
823 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
824 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
825 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
826 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
827 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
828 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
829 - added samples/splash
830 - added support for stock buttons
831 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
832 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
833 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
834 - added wxChoicebook control
835 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
836 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
837 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
838 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
839 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
840 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
841 supported, instead of zero.
842 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
846 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
847 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
848 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
849 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
850 - wx-config has new --version-full option
854 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
855 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
856 - Tooltips now supported
857 - wxSound now supported
858 - wxDisplay now supported
859 - Some stock cursors now supported
863 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
864 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
865 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
866 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
870 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
871 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
872 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
873 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
874 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
875 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
876 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
877 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
878 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
879 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
880 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
881 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
882 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
883 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
884 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
885 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
886 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
887 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
888 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
892 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
896 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
897 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
898 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
899 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
900 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
901 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
902 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
903 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
904 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
905 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
906 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
907 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
908 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
909 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
913 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
917 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
918 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
919 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
920 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
924 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
925 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
933 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
934 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
935 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
936 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
938 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
939 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
940 to forward declare these classes.
944 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
945 resulting in much better display of scaled images
946 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
947 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
948 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
949 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
950 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
951 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
952 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
953 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
954 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
955 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
956 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
957 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
958 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
962 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
963 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
964 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
965 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
966 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
967 even try to do it by default -- now it does
968 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
969 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
970 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
971 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
972 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
973 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
977 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
981 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
982 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
983 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
984 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
988 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
992 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
993 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
997 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
998 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1002 - Full Unicode support is now available
1003 - BLOB support is working
1011 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1012 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1013 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1014 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1015 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1016 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1017 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1018 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1019 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1020 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1021 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1022 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1023 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1025 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1026 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1027 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1028 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1029 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1030 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1031 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1032 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1033 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1034 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1035 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1036 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1040 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1041 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1042 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1043 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1044 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1045 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1046 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1047 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1048 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1049 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1050 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1051 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1052 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1053 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1054 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1055 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1056 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1057 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1058 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1059 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1060 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1061 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1062 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1063 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1064 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1065 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1069 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1070 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1071 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1072 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1073 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1074 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1075 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1076 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1077 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1078 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1079 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1080 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1081 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1082 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1083 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1084 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1085 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1086 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1087 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1088 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1089 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1090 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1091 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1092 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1093 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1094 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1095 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1096 than the specified default size
1097 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1101 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1102 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1103 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1104 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1105 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1106 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1107 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1108 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1109 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1113 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1114 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1115 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1116 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1120 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1124 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1125 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1129 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1130 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1131 addition to existing OSS one
1132 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1140 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1141 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1142 separately compiled library
1143 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1144 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1145 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1146 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1147 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1148 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1149 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1150 by default in Unicode mode
1151 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1152 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1153 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1154 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1155 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1156 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1157 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1158 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1159 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1160 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1161 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1162 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1163 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1164 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1165 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1166 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1167 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1168 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1169 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1170 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1174 - added Watcom makefiles
1175 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1179 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1180 - added wxListbook control
1181 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1182 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1183 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1184 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1185 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1186 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1187 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1188 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1189 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1190 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1191 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1192 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1193 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1194 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1195 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1196 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1197 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1198 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1199 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1200 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1201 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1202 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1203 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1204 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1205 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1206 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1207 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1208 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1209 default extension for the template
1210 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1211 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1212 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1213 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1214 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1215 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1216 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1217 to allow better rich text support.
1218 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1219 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1220 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1221 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1222 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1223 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1224 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1225 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1226 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1227 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1228 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1229 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1230 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1231 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1232 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1233 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1234 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1235 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1236 - added wxMirrorDC class
1237 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1238 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1239 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1240 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1241 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1242 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1247 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1248 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1249 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1250 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1251 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1255 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1256 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1257 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1258 to contrib/src/deprecated
1262 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1263 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1264 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1265 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1266 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1267 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1268 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1269 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1270 be appended to filenames with no extension
1271 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1272 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1273 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1274 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1278 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1279 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1283 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1284 - added wxCrashReport
1285 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1286 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1287 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1288 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1289 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1290 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1291 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1292 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1293 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1294 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1295 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1296 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1297 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1298 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1299 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1300 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1301 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1302 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1303 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1304 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1305 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1306 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1307 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1308 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1309 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1313 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1314 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1315 documentation for a detailed explanation
1316 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1317 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1318 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1319 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1320 - implemented wxToggleButton
1321 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1322 instead of a sunken border
1323 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1324 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1328 - controls in toolbars now supported
1332 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1333 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1334 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1335 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1336 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1342 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1343 ================================
1345 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1346 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1347 with '!' in the first column.
1349 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1350 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1351 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1352 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1355 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1356 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1357 (see the documentation) useful.
1362 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1363 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1366 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1367 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1368 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1369 arrays containing non-pointers.
1371 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1372 simply don't make sense for all objects
1374 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1375 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1376 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1378 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1380 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1381 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1382 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1383 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1384 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1386 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1387 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1388 the default assert handling.
1392 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1393 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1394 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1396 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1397 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1400 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1401 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1402 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1404 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1405 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1406 you want to get OnChar() as well
1408 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1409 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1410 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1412 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1413 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1414 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1415 will *NOT* work any longer:
1417 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1418 ... do something ...
1419 if ( flags & wxYES )
1420 ... do something else ...
1422 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1423 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1426 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1428 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1429 if you derived any classes from it
1431 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1432 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1434 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1435 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1437 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1438 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1440 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1441 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1444 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1445 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1446 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1448 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1449 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1450 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1451 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1455 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1456 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1457 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1458 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1459 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1460 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1461 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1462 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1463 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1464 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1466 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1469 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1470 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1472 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1473 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1474 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1476 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1477 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1482 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1483 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1484 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1485 to compile pure C files.
1488 wxThread and related classes:
1490 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1491 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1492 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1493 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1495 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1496 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1497 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1498 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1500 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1501 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1502 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1504 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1505 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1516 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1523 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1524 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1525 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1529 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1530 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1531 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1534 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1535 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1538 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1542 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1543 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1547 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1554 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1555 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1556 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1557 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1558 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1559 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1560 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1561 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1562 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1563 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1564 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1565 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1566 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1567 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1568 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1569 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1573 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1574 programs and not only GNU make
1575 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1576 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1577 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1578 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1579 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1583 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1584 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1585 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1586 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1587 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1589 - significantly improved native font support
1590 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1592 - added IFF image handler
1593 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1594 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1595 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1596 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1597 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1598 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1599 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1600 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1601 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1602 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1603 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1604 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1605 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1606 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1607 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1608 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1609 - wxMessageOutput class added
1610 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1611 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1613 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1614 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1615 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1616 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1618 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1619 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1620 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1624 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1625 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1626 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1627 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1628 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1629 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1630 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1631 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1632 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1633 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1635 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1636 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1637 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1638 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1639 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1640 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1641 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1643 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1644 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1645 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1646 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1647 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1648 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1649 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1650 has the capture before release it.
1651 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1652 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1653 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1654 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1655 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1656 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1657 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1658 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1659 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1660 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1661 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1662 provided in wxFontData
1663 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1664 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1668 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1669 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1670 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1671 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1672 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1673 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1674 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1675 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1676 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1677 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1678 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1679 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1680 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1684 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1685 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1686 - improved toolbar control alignment
1687 - implemented wxSpinButton
1688 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1689 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1690 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1694 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1695 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1703 - First alpha-quality release
1707 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1708 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1709 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1710 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1711 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1716 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1720 - wxRegEx class added
1721 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1722 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1723 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1724 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1725 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1729 - support for virtual list control added
1730 - column images in report mode of the list control
1731 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1732 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1733 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1734 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1735 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1736 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1737 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1738 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1739 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1740 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1741 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1742 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1746 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1747 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1752 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1753 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1754 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1755 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1759 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1764 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1766 - added support for animated GIFs
1774 - Fixed new charset detection code
1775 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1776 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1777 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1778 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1779 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1780 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1784 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1785 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1786 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1787 push on a custom event handler for example)
1788 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1789 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1790 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1791 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1792 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1793 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1795 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1796 - Various wxXML enhancements
1797 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1798 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1799 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1801 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1802 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1806 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1807 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1808 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1809 alt or shift) now work
1810 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1811 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1812 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1813 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1814 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1815 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1816 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1817 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1818 - We now send iconize events
1819 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1820 - Added mousewheel processing
1821 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1822 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1824 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1825 child frame styles are honoured
1829 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1830 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1831 - We now send iconize events
1832 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1833 GetSelection() results
1840 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1841 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1842 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1843 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1844 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1845 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1846 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1847 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1848 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1849 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1853 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1854 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1855 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1856 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1857 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1858 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1859 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1860 wxImage methods and ctor)
1861 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1862 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1863 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1864 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1865 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1866 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1870 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1871 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1872 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1873 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1877 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1881 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1882 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1889 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1890 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1891 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1892 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1893 - Completed Czech translations
1894 - Some stream corrections
1895 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1896 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1897 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1898 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1902 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1903 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1904 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1905 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1906 - Paper names now translated
1908 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1909 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1910 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1911 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1913 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1914 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1916 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1917 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1918 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1919 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1923 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1924 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1925 backward compatibility, please set
1926 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1927 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1928 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1929 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1930 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1931 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1932 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1933 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1934 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1935 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1936 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1937 - wxFrame restores focus better
1938 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1939 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1940 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1941 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1942 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1943 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1944 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1945 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1946 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1947 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1951 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1955 - Small compilation fixes
1959 - wxCaret documented
1971 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1972 files. This works under VC++ only
1973 - Modal dialog handling improved
1974 - Printer dialog now modal
1989 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1993 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1994 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1999 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2000 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2001 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2002 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2003 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2004 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2005 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2006 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2007 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2009 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2010 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2011 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2012 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2013 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2014 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2016 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2020 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2021 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2022 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2023 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2024 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2025 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2026 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2027 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2029 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2030 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2031 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2032 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2033 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2034 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2035 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2036 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2037 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2038 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2039 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2040 - wxDragImage class added
2041 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2042 controllers, as well as native help
2043 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2047 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2048 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2049 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2050 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2051 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2052 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2053 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2054 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2055 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2056 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2058 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2059 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2060 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2064 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2065 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2066 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2070 - wxMenu::Enable works
2071 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2072 - OGL samples made to work again
2076 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2077 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2078 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2079 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2080 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2081 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2082 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2083 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2084 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2085 - improved HTML printing
2086 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
2087 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2088 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2089 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2092 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2095 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2096 -----------------------
2100 - JPEG support added.
2101 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2105 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2107 - JPEG support added.
2108 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2109 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2110 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2117 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2120 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2121 -------------------------------
2126 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2130 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2131 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2132 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2133 - Some makefile fixes.
2141 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2142 - More topic overviews.
2143 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2144 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2145 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2148 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2149 --------------------------
2153 - wxExecute improved.
2157 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2159 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2160 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2161 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2162 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2163 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2164 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2168 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2169 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2173 - wxLocale documented.
2174 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2175 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2176 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2177 (though doesn't display help yet).
2179 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2180 --------------------------
2184 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2188 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2190 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2194 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2195 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2196 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2197 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2198 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2199 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2200 crashes for some reason).
2201 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2202 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2206 - Further doc improvements.
2207 - wxGenericValidator added.
2208 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2211 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2212 -------------------------
2216 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2217 - wxToolTip class added.
2218 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2222 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2223 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2224 - TWIN32 support added.
2225 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2226 factored out program/library settings.
2227 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2231 - A few more colour fixes.
2232 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2233 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2234 - wxChoice crash fix.
2235 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2239 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2240 - Added samples/dde.
2241 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2243 Beta 2, January 1999
2244 --------------------
2250 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2254 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2256 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2257 - Added thread support (Robert).
2258 - wxPoem sample now works.
2262 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2263 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2264 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2266 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2267 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2269 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2271 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2272 --------------------------
2278 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2281 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2282 ----------------------------
2286 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2287 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2288 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2289 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2290 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2292 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2293 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2298 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2299 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2300 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2301 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2302 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2304 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2305 when any button was pressed.
2306 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2307 have a white background.
2308 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2309 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2310 they have sensible colours by default.
2311 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2312 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2313 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2314 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2315 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2317 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2318 ----------------------------
2322 - More documentation updates, especially for
2323 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2324 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2326 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2327 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2328 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2330 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2334 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2335 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2337 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2338 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2339 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2340 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2341 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2342 the debugging implementation.
2343 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2344 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2345 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2346 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2347 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2348 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2349 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2351 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2353 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2354 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2355 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2356 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2357 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2358 - wxNotebook almost done.
2359 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2360 to vertical toolbars).
2364 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2366 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2367 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2368 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2370 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2371 ----------------------------
2375 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2377 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2378 - A few more makefiles added.
2379 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2380 - Further doc updates.
2381 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2385 - First start at Motif port.
2386 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2387 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2388 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2389 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2391 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2392 --------------------------
2396 - wxBitmap debugged.
2397 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2398 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2399 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2400 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2401 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2402 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2403 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2405 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2406 ------------------------
2410 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2411 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2412 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2413 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2414 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2415 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2416 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2417 changes, wxNotebook.
2418 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2420 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2421 -----------------------
2425 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2426 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2427 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2428 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2429 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2431 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2432 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2434 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2435 -----------------------
2439 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2440 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2442 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2443 -----------------------
2447 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2448 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2450 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2451 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2452 wxMenuItem accessors.
2453 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2454 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2455 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2456 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2457 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2458 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2459 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2460 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2461 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2462 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2463 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2464 first, then doing the assignment.
2465 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2466 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2470 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2471 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2473 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2474 ----------------------
2478 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2479 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2480 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2481 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2482 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2483 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2484 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2485 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2486 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2488 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2489 ------------------------
2493 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2495 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2496 compilation and pragmas.
2497 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2498 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2502 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2503 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2504 compilation and pragmas.
2505 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2507 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2508 ------------------------
2512 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2513 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2515 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2516 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2517 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2518 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2520 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2521 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2522 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2524 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2525 compatibility functions.
2526 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2527 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2528 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2529 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2530 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2531 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2532 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2536 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2537 - Added samples/png.
2538 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2539 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2541 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2543 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2544 ------------------------
2548 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2549 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2550 cleaned up properly before exit.
2551 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2553 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2554 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2555 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2557 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2558 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2560 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2561 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2562 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2563 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2567 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2568 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2569 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2570 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2571 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2572 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2573 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2574 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2575 allow better control of memory.
2576 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2578 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2579 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2581 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2582 ------------------------
2586 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2587 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2588 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2589 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2590 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2591 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2592 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2593 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2594 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2595 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2596 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2597 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2599 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2600 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2601 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2602 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2603 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2604 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2605 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2606 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2607 internal implementation.
2608 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2609 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2610 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2614 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2615 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2616 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2617 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2618 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2620 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2621 --------------------------
2625 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2626 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2627 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2629 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2630 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2631 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2632 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2634 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2635 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2640 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2641 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2642 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2644 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2645 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2647 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2648 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2649 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2650 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2651 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2652 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2653 - Added gcc pragmas.
2654 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2655 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2656 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2657 added a few references to wxTransString.
2658 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2659 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2660 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2661 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2662 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2663 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2664 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2665 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2666 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2669 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2670 --------------------------
2674 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2675 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2676 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2677 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2678 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2679 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2680 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2681 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2682 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2683 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2684 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2686 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2687 to help printing with multiple pages.
2688 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2689 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2690 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2691 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2692 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2693 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2694 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2695 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2696 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2697 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2698 New files from Vadim:
2704 src\common\string.cpp
2708 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2709 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2710 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2711 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2712 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2713 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2714 including changes to defs.h.
2715 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2717 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2719 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2720 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2722 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2724 Alpha 3, September 1997
2725 -----------------------
2729 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2730 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2731 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2732 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2733 - Started documentation.
2735 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2736 ------------------------
2740 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2741 with MetroWerks compiler.
2742 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2743 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2744 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2745 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2746 for testing purposes.
2747 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2749 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2750 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2752 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2753 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2756 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2757 -----------------------
2761 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2763 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2764 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2765 wxString instead of char *.
2766 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2767 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2768 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2769 as wxbWindow now removed.
2770 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2771 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2773 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2774 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2775 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2777 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2778 settings mucho rationalised.
2779 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2780 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2782 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2783 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2784 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2785 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2786 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2787 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2789 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2790 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2792 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2793 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2794 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2795 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2796 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2797 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2798 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2799 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2800 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2801 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2803 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2804 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2806 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2807 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2808 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2809 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2810 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2811 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2813 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2814 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2815 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2816 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2817 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2818 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).