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2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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10 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
11 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
12 - Added wxDebugReport class.
13 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
14 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
15 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
19 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
20 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
21 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
22 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
23 the whole virtual area.
24 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
25 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
26 isn't used to set the window size.
30 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64
34 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11. (Mart Raudsepp)
35 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
36 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
37 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
38 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
42 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
46 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
50 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
51 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
52 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
53 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
54 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
55 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
56 with correct titlebar style.
57 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
59 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
60 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
61 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
62 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
63 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
70 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
71 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
72 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
73 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
74 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
75 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
76 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
77 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
78 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
79 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
80 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
81 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
82 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
83 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
84 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
85 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
86 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
87 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
88 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
89 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
90 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
91 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
92 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
93 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
94 printing stuff in the GTK port.
95 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
96 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
97 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
98 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
99 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
100 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
101 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
102 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
103 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
104 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
105 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
106 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
107 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
108 due to a rounding error.
109 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
110 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
111 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
112 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
113 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
114 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
115 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
116 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
122 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
123 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
124 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
125 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
126 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
127 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
128 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
129 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
130 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
131 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
132 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
133 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
134 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
135 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
136 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
137 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
138 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
142 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
146 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
147 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
148 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
149 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
150 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
151 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
152 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
153 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
154 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
155 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
156 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
157 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
158 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
160 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
161 - Added wxRawBitmap support
162 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
163 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
164 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
168 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
169 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
170 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
171 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
175 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
176 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
177 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
178 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
179 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
182 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
183 but not mentioned anywhere.
184 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
188 - wxBU_... button align flags support
189 - vertical notebook orientation support
190 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
191 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
195 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
196 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
197 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
198 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
199 - enumeration of available volumes
200 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
201 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
202 - native wxColourDialog implementation
203 - native wxSystemSettings colours
204 - native wxButton implementation
205 - native wxCheckBox implementation
206 - native wxSlider implementation
207 - native wxToggleButton implementation
208 - native wxRadioButton implementation
209 - native wxStaticText implementation
210 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
218 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
219 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
220 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
221 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
222 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
223 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
224 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
225 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
226 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
227 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
228 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
229 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
230 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
231 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
232 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
233 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
237 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
238 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
239 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
241 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
242 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
243 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
244 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
245 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
246 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
247 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
248 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
249 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
250 - added samples/splash
251 - added support for stock buttons
252 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
253 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
254 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
255 - added wxChoicebook control
256 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
257 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
258 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
259 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
260 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
261 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
262 supported, instead of zero.
263 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
267 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
268 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
269 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
270 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
271 - wx-config has new --version-full option
275 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
276 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
277 - Tooltips now supported
278 - wxSound now supported
279 - wxDisplay now supported
280 - Some stock cursors now supported
284 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
285 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
286 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
287 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
291 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
292 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
293 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
294 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
295 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
296 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
297 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
298 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
299 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
300 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
301 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
302 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
303 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
304 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
305 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
306 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
307 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
308 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
309 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
313 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
317 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
318 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
319 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
320 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
321 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
322 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
323 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
324 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
325 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
326 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
327 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
328 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
329 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
330 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
334 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
338 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
339 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
340 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
341 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
345 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
346 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
354 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
355 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
356 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
357 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
359 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
360 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
361 to forward declare these classes.
365 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
366 resulting in much better display of scaled images
367 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
368 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
369 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
370 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
371 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
372 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
373 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
374 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
375 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
376 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
377 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
378 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
379 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
383 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
384 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
385 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
386 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
387 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
388 even try to do it by default -- now it does
389 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
390 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
391 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
392 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
393 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
394 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
398 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
402 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
403 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
404 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
405 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
409 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
413 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
414 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
418 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
419 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
423 - Full Unicode support is now available
424 - BLOB support is working
432 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
433 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
434 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
435 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
436 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
437 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
438 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
439 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
440 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
441 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
442 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
443 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
444 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
446 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
447 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
448 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
449 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
450 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
451 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
452 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
453 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
454 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
455 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
456 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
457 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
461 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
462 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
463 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
464 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
465 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
466 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
467 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
468 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
469 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
470 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
471 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
472 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
473 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
474 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
475 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
476 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
477 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
478 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
479 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
480 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
481 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
482 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
483 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
484 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
485 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
486 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
490 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
491 - fixed DDE memory leaks
492 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
493 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
494 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
495 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
496 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
497 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
498 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
499 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
500 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
501 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
502 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
503 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
504 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
505 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
506 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
507 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
508 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
509 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
510 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
511 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
512 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
513 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
514 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
515 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
516 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
517 than the specified default size
518 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
522 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
523 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
524 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
525 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
526 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
527 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
528 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
529 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
530 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
534 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
535 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
536 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
537 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
541 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
545 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
546 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
550 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
551 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
552 addition to existing OSS one
553 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
561 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
562 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
563 separately compiled library
564 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
565 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
566 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
567 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
568 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
569 - added wxArray::SetCount()
570 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
571 by default in Unicode mode
572 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
573 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
574 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
575 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
576 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
577 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
578 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
579 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
580 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
581 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
582 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
583 - added wxRecursionGuard class
584 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
585 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
586 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
587 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
588 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
589 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
590 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
591 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
595 - added Watcom makefiles
596 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
600 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
601 - added wxListbook control
602 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
603 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
604 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
605 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
606 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
607 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
608 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
609 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
610 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
611 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
612 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
613 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
614 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
615 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
616 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
617 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
618 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
619 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
620 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
621 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
622 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
623 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
624 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
625 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
626 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
627 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
628 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
629 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
630 default extension for the template
631 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
632 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
633 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
634 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
635 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
636 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
637 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
638 to allow better rich text support.
639 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
640 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
641 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
642 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
643 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
644 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
645 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
646 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
647 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
648 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
649 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
650 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
651 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
652 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
653 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
654 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
655 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
656 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
657 - added wxMirrorDC class
658 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
659 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
660 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
661 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
662 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
663 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
668 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
669 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
670 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
671 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
672 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
676 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
677 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
678 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
679 to contrib/src/deprecated
683 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
684 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
685 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
686 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
687 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
688 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
689 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
690 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
691 be appended to filenames with no extension
692 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
693 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
694 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
695 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
699 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
700 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
704 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
705 - added wxCrashReport
706 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
707 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
708 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
709 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
710 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
711 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
712 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
713 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
714 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
715 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
716 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
717 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
718 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
719 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
720 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
721 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
722 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
723 - improved border handling under Windows XP
724 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
725 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
726 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
727 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
728 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
729 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
730 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
734 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
735 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
736 documentation for a detailed explanation
737 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
738 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
739 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
740 with Motif 1.x compatibility
741 - implemented wxToggleButton
742 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
743 instead of a sunken border
744 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
745 - finished wxClipboard implementation
749 - controls in toolbars now supported
753 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
754 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
755 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
756 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
757 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
763 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
764 ================================
766 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
767 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
768 with '!' in the first column.
770 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
771 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
772 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
773 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
776 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
777 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
778 (see the documentation) useful.
783 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
784 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
787 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
788 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
789 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
790 arrays containing non-pointers.
792 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
793 simply don't make sense for all objects
795 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
796 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
797 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
799 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
801 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
802 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
803 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
804 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
805 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
807 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
808 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
809 the default assert handling.
813 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
814 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
815 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
817 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
818 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
821 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
822 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
823 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
825 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
826 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
827 you want to get OnChar() as well
829 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
830 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
831 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
833 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
834 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
835 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
836 will *NOT* work any longer:
838 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
841 ... do something else ...
843 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
844 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
847 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
849 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
850 if you derived any classes from it
852 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
853 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
855 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
856 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
858 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
859 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
861 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
862 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
865 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
866 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
867 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
869 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
870 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
871 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
872 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
876 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
877 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
878 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
879 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
880 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
881 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
882 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
883 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
884 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
885 is only present for the DLLs builds.
887 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
890 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
891 previously selected one instead of replacing it
893 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
894 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
895 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
897 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
898 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
903 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
904 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
905 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
906 to compile pure C files.
909 wxThread and related classes:
911 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
912 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
913 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
914 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
916 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
917 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
918 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
919 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
921 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
922 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
923 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
925 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
926 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
937 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
944 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
945 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
946 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
950 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
951 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
952 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
955 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
956 - Addition of native frame site grip.
959 - Unicode support through Pango library.
963 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
964 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
968 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
975 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
976 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
977 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
978 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
979 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
980 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
981 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
982 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
983 after (non standard) STL hash_map
984 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
985 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
986 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
987 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
988 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
989 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
990 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
994 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
995 programs and not only GNU make
996 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
997 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
998 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
999 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1000 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1004 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1005 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1006 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1007 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1008 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1010 - significantly improved native font support
1011 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1013 - added IFF image handler
1014 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1015 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1016 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1017 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1018 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1019 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1020 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1021 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1022 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1023 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1024 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1025 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1026 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1027 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1028 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1029 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1030 - wxMessageOutput class added
1031 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1032 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1034 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1035 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1036 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1037 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1039 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1040 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1041 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1045 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1046 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1047 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1048 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1049 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1050 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1051 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1052 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1053 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1054 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1056 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1057 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1058 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1059 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1060 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1061 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1062 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1064 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1065 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1066 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1067 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1068 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1069 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1070 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1071 has the capture before release it.
1072 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1073 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1074 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1075 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1076 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1077 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1078 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1079 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1080 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1081 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1082 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1083 provided in wxFontData
1084 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1085 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1089 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1090 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1091 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1092 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1093 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1094 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1095 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1096 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1097 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1098 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1099 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1100 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1101 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1105 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1106 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1107 - improved toolbar control alignment
1108 - implemented wxSpinButton
1109 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1110 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1111 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1115 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1116 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1124 - First alpha-quality release
1128 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1129 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1130 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1131 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1132 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1137 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1141 - wxRegEx class added
1142 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1143 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1144 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1145 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1146 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1150 - support for virtual list control added
1151 - column images in report mode of the list control
1152 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1153 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1154 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1155 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1156 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1157 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1158 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1159 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1160 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1161 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1162 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1163 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1167 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1168 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1173 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1174 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1175 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1176 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1180 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1185 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1187 - added support for animated GIFs
1195 - Fixed new charset detection code
1196 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1197 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1198 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1199 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1200 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1201 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1205 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1206 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1207 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1208 push on a custom event handler for example)
1209 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1210 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1211 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1212 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1213 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1214 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1216 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1217 - Various wxXML enhancements
1218 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1219 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1220 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1222 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1223 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1227 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1228 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1229 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1230 alt or shift) now work
1231 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1232 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1233 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1234 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1235 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1236 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1237 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1238 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1239 - We now send iconize events
1240 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1241 - Added mousewheel processing
1242 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1243 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1245 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1246 child frame styles are honoured
1250 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1251 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1252 - We now send iconize events
1253 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1254 GetSelection() results
1261 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1262 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1263 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1264 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1265 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1266 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1267 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1268 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1269 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1270 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1274 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1275 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1276 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1277 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1278 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1279 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1280 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1281 wxImage methods and ctor)
1282 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1283 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1284 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1285 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1286 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1287 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1291 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1292 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1293 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1294 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1298 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1302 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1303 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1310 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1311 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1312 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1313 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1314 - Completed Czech translations
1315 - Some stream corrections
1316 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1317 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1318 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1319 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1323 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1324 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1325 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1326 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1327 - Paper names now translated
1329 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1330 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1331 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1332 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1334 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1335 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1337 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1338 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1339 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1340 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1344 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1345 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1346 backward compatibility, please set
1347 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1348 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1349 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1350 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1351 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1352 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1353 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1354 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1355 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1356 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1357 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1358 - wxFrame restores focus better
1359 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1360 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1361 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1362 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1363 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1364 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1365 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1366 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1367 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1368 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1372 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1376 - Small compilation fixes
1380 - wxCaret documented
1392 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1393 files. This works under VC++ only
1394 - Modal dialog handling improved
1395 - Printer dialog now modal
1410 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1414 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1415 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1420 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1421 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1422 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1423 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1424 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1425 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1426 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1427 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1428 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1430 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1431 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1432 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1433 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1434 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1435 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1437 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1441 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1442 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1443 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1444 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1445 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1446 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1447 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1448 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1450 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1451 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1452 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1453 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1454 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1455 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1456 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1457 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1458 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1459 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1460 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1461 - wxDragImage class added
1462 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1463 controllers, as well as native help
1464 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1468 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1469 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1470 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1471 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1472 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1473 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1474 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1475 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1476 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1477 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1479 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1480 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1481 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1485 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1486 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1487 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1491 - wxMenu::Enable works
1492 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1493 - OGL samples made to work again
1497 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1498 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1499 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1500 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1501 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1502 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1503 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1504 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1505 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1506 - improved HTML printing
1507 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1508 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1509 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1510 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1513 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1516 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1517 -----------------------
1521 - JPEG support added.
1522 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1526 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1528 - JPEG support added.
1529 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1530 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1531 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1538 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1541 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1542 -------------------------------
1547 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1551 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1552 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1553 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1554 - Some makefile fixes.
1562 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1563 - More topic overviews.
1564 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1565 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1566 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1569 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1570 --------------------------
1574 - wxExecute improved.
1578 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1580 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1581 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1582 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1583 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1584 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1585 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1589 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1590 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1594 - wxLocale documented.
1595 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1596 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1597 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1598 (though doesn't display help yet).
1600 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1601 --------------------------
1605 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1609 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1611 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1615 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1616 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1617 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1618 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1619 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1620 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1621 crashes for some reason).
1622 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1623 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1627 - Further doc improvements.
1628 - wxGenericValidator added.
1629 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1632 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1633 -------------------------
1637 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1638 - wxToolTip class added.
1639 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1643 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1644 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1645 - TWIN32 support added.
1646 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1647 factored out program/library settings.
1648 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1652 - A few more colour fixes.
1653 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1654 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1655 - wxChoice crash fix.
1656 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1660 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1661 - Added samples/dde.
1662 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1664 Beta 2, January 1999
1665 --------------------
1671 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1675 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1677 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1678 - Added thread support (Robert).
1679 - wxPoem sample now works.
1683 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1684 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1685 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1687 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1688 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1690 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1692 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1693 --------------------------
1699 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1702 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1703 ----------------------------
1707 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1708 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1709 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1710 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1711 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1713 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1714 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1719 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1720 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1721 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1722 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1723 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1725 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1726 when any button was pressed.
1727 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1728 have a white background.
1729 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1730 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1731 they have sensible colours by default.
1732 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1733 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1734 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1735 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1736 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1738 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1739 ----------------------------
1743 - More documentation updates, especially for
1744 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1745 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1747 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1748 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1749 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1751 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1755 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1756 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1758 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1759 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1760 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1761 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1762 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1763 the debugging implementation.
1764 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1765 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1766 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1767 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1768 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1769 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1770 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1772 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1774 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1775 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1776 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1777 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1778 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1779 - wxNotebook almost done.
1780 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1781 to vertical toolbars).
1785 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1787 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1788 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1789 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1791 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1792 ----------------------------
1796 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1798 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1799 - A few more makefiles added.
1800 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1801 - Further doc updates.
1802 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1806 - First start at Motif port.
1807 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1808 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1809 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1810 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1812 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1813 --------------------------
1817 - wxBitmap debugged.
1818 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1819 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1820 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1821 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1822 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1823 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1824 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1826 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1827 ------------------------
1831 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1832 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1833 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1834 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1835 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1836 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1837 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1838 changes, wxNotebook.
1839 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1841 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1842 -----------------------
1846 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1847 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1848 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1849 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1850 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1852 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1853 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1855 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1856 -----------------------
1860 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1861 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1863 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1864 -----------------------
1868 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1869 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1871 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1872 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1873 wxMenuItem accessors.
1874 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1875 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1876 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1877 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1878 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1879 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1880 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1881 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1882 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1883 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1884 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1885 first, then doing the assignment.
1886 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1887 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1891 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1892 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1894 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1895 ----------------------
1899 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1900 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1901 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1902 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1903 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1904 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1905 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1906 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1907 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1909 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1910 ------------------------
1914 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1916 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1917 compilation and pragmas.
1918 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1919 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1923 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1924 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1925 compilation and pragmas.
1926 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1928 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1929 ------------------------
1933 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1934 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1936 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1937 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1938 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1939 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1941 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1942 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1943 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1945 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1946 compatibility functions.
1947 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1948 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1949 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1950 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1951 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1952 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1953 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1957 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1958 - Added samples/png.
1959 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1960 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1962 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1964 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1965 ------------------------
1969 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1970 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1971 cleaned up properly before exit.
1972 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1974 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1975 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1976 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1978 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1979 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1981 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1982 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1983 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1984 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1988 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1989 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1990 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1991 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1992 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1993 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1994 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1995 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1996 allow better control of memory.
1997 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1999 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2000 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2002 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2003 ------------------------
2007 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2008 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2009 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2010 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2011 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2012 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2013 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2014 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2015 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2016 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2017 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2018 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2020 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2021 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2022 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2023 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2024 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2025 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2026 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2027 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2028 internal implementation.
2029 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2030 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2031 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2035 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2036 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2037 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2038 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2039 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2041 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2042 --------------------------
2046 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2047 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2048 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2050 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2051 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2052 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2053 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2055 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2056 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2061 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2062 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2063 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2065 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2066 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2068 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2069 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2070 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2071 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2072 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2073 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2074 - Added gcc pragmas.
2075 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2076 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2077 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2078 added a few references to wxTransString.
2079 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2080 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2081 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2082 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2083 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2084 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2085 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2086 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2087 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2090 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2091 --------------------------
2095 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2096 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2097 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2098 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2099 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2100 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2101 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2102 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2103 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2104 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2105 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2107 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2108 to help printing with multiple pages.
2109 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2110 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2111 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2112 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2113 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2114 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2115 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2116 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2117 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2118 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2119 New files from Vadim:
2125 src\common\string.cpp
2129 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2130 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2131 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2132 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2133 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2134 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2135 including changes to defs.h.
2136 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2138 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2140 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2141 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2143 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2145 Alpha 3, September 1997
2146 -----------------------
2150 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2151 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2152 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2153 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2154 - Started documentation.
2156 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2157 ------------------------
2161 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2162 with MetroWerks compiler.
2163 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2164 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2165 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2166 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2167 for testing purposes.
2168 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2170 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2171 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2173 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2174 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2177 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2178 -----------------------
2182 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2184 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2185 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2186 wxString instead of char *.
2187 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2188 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2189 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2190 as wxbWindow now removed.
2191 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2192 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2194 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2195 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2196 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2198 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2199 settings mucho rationalised.
2200 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2201 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2203 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2204 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2205 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2206 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2207 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2208 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2210 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2211 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2213 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2214 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2215 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2216 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2217 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2218 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2219 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2220 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2221 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2222 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2224 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2225 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2227 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2228 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2229 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2230 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2231 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2232 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2234 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2235 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2236 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2237 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2238 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2239 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).