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1 wxWindows 2 Change Log
2 ----------------------
3
4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
6
7 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
8 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
9 with '!' in the first column.
10
11 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
12 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
13 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
14 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
15 2.6 release.
16
17
18 wxBase:
19
20 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
21 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
22 code.
23
24 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
25 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
26 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
27 arrays containing non-pointers.
28
29 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
30 simply don't make sense for all objects
31
32 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
33 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
34 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
35
36 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
37
38 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
39 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
40 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
41 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
42 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
43
44 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
45 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
46 the default assert handling.
47
48
49 All (GUI):
50
51 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
52 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
53 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
54
55 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
56 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
57 instead!
58
59 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
60 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
61 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
62
63 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
64 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
65 you want to get OnChar() as well
66
67 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
68 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
69 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
70 will *NOT* work any longer:
71
72 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
73 ... do something ...
74 if ( flags & wxYES )
75 ... do something else ...
76
77 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
78
79 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
80 if you derived any classes from it
81
82 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
83 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
84
85 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
86 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
87
88 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
89 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
90
91 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
92 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
93 from happening
94
95 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
96 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
97 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
98
99
100 wxMSW:
101
102 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
103 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
104 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
105 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
106 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
107 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
108 make/project files.
109
110 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
111 style to avoid it
112
113 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
114 previously selected one instead of replacing it
115
116 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
117 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
118 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
119
120 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
121 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
122
123
124 Unix ports:
125
126 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
127 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
128 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
129 to compile pure C files.
130
131
132 wxThread and related classes:
133
134 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
135 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
136 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
137 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
138
139 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
140 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
141 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
142 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
143
144 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
145 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
146 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
147
148 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
149 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
150
151
152 OTHER CHANGES
153 =============
154
155 2.3.3
156 -----
157
158 wxBase:
159
160 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
161 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
162 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
163 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
164 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
165 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
166 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
167 after (non standard) STL hash_map
168 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
169 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
170 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
171 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
172 deprecated)
173 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
174
175 Unix (Base/GUI):
176
177 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
178 programs and not only GNU make
179 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
180
181 All (GUI):
182
183 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
184 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
185 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
186 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
187 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
188 wxWindows dialogs
189 - significantly improved native font support
190 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
191 wxHashTable
192 - added IFF image handler
193 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
194 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
195 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
196 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
197 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
198 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
199 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
200 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
201 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
202 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
203 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
204 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
205 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
206 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
207 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
208
209 wxMSW:
210
211 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
212 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
213 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
214 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
215 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
216 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
217 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
218 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
219 are changed
220 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
221 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
222 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
223 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
224 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
225 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
226 recursion any more
227 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
228 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
229 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
230 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
231 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
232 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
233 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
234 has the capture before release it.
235 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
236 - default button handling is now closer to expected
237
238 wxGTK:
239
240 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
241 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
242 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
243 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
244 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
245 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
246 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
247 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
248 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
249 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
250 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
251
252 wxHTML:
253
254 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
255 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
256 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
257 - fixed alignment handling in tables
258 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
259
260 2.3.2
261 -----
262
263 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
264
265 wxBase:
266
267 - wxRegEx class added
268 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
269 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
270 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
271 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
272 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
273
274 All (GUI):
275
276 - support for virtual list control added
277 - column images in report mode of the list control
278 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
279 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
280 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
281 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
282 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
283 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
284 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
285 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
286 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
287 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
288 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
289
290 wxMSW:
291
292 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
293 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
294 project files
295
296 wxGTK:
297
298 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
299
300 wxHTML:
301
302 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
303 to tags parsing
304 - added support for animated GIFs
305
306 2.3.1
307 -----
308
309 wxBase:
310
311 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
312 - Fixed new charset detection code
313 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
314 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
315 - Added wxDir::Traverse
316 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
317 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
318 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
319
320 All (GUI):
321
322 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
323 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
324 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
325 push on a custom event handler for example)
326 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
327 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
328 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
329 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
330 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
331 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
332 first-time saved
333 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
334 - Various wxXML enhancements
335 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
336 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
337 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
338 instead of GetId()
339 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
340 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
341
342 wxMSW:
343
344 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
345 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
346 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
347 alt or shift) now work
348 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
349 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
350 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
351 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
352 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
353 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
354 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
355 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
356 - We now send iconize events
357 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
358 - Added mousewheel processing
359 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
360 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
361 in wxDC
362 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
363 child frame styles are honoured
364
365 wxGTK:
366
367 - Fixed slider rounding bug
368 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
369 - We now send iconize events
370 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
371 GetSelection() results
372
373 2.3.0
374 -----
375
376 wxBase:
377
378 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
379 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
380 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
381 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
382 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
383 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
384 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
385 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
386 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
387 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
388
389 All (GUI):
390
391 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
392 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
393 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
394 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
395 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
396 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
397 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
398 wxImage methods and ctor)
399 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
400 - ODBC documentation complete!!
401 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
402 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
403 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
404 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
405
406 wxMSW:
407
408 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
409 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
410 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
411 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
412
413 wxGTK:
414
415 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
416
417 wxHTML:
418
419 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
420 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
421
422 2.2.0
423 -----
424
425 wxBase:
426
427 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
428 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
429 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
430 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
431 - Completed Czech translations
432 - Some stream corrections
433 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
434 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
435 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
436 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
437
438 All (GUI):
439
440 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
441 flicker-free dragging is now possible
442 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
443 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
444 - Paper names now translated
445 - wxGrid fixes
446 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
447 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
448 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
449 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
450 File dialog.
451 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
452 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
453 writing code
454 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
455 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
456 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
457 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
458
459 wxMSW:
460
461 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
462 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
463 backward compatibility, please set
464 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
465 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
466 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
467 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
468 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
469 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
470 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
471 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
472 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
473 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
474 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
475 - wxFrame restores focus better
476 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
477 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
478 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
479 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
480 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
481 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
482 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
483 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
484 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
485 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
486
487 wxGTK:
488
489 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
490
491 wxMotif:
492
493 - Small compilation fixes
494
495 Documentation:
496
497 - wxCaret documented
498
499 2.1.16
500 ------
501
502 wxBase:
503
504 All (GUI):
505
506 wxMSW:
507
508 - Various bug fixes
509 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
510 files. This works under VC++ only
511 - Modal dialog handling improved
512 - Printer dialog now modal
513
514 wxGTK:
515
516 - Various bug fixes
517
518 wxMotif:
519
520 - Various bug fixes
521
522 2.1.15
523 ------
524
525 Documentation:
526
527 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
528
529 File hierarchy:
530
531 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
532 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
533
534 wxBase:
535
536 - wxSocket support
537 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
538 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
539 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
540 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
541 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
542 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
543 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
544 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
545 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
546 only so far)
547 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
548 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
549 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
550 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
551 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
552 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
553 is available)
554 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
555
556 all (GUI):
557
558 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
559 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
560 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
561 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
562 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
563 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
564 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
565 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
566 John Norris)
567 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
568 MIME types if available (Unix only)
569 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
570 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
571 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
572 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
573 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
574 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
575 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
576 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
577 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
578 - wxDragImage class added
579 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
580 controllers, as well as native help
581 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
582
583 wxMSW:
584
585 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
586 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
587 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
588 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
589 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
590 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
591 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
592 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
593 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
594 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
595 Unix ports
596 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
597 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
598 - wxSetCursorEvent added
599
600 wxGTK:
601
602 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
603 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
604 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
605
606 wxMotif:
607
608 - wxMenu::Enable works
609 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
610 - OGL samples made to work again
611
612 wxHTML:
613
614 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
615 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
616 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
617 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
618 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
619 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
620 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
621 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
622 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
623 - improved HTML printing
624 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
625 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
626 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
627 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
628
629
630 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
631 change log.
632
633 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
634 -----------------------
635
636 wxGTK:
637
638 - JPEG support added.
639 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
640
641 wxMSW:
642
643 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
644 SetTabSize added.
645 - JPEG support added.
646 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
647 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
648 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
649
650 wxMotif:
651
652
653 General:
654
655 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
656
657
658 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
659 -------------------------------
660
661 wxGTK:
662
663 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
664 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
665
666 wxMSW:
667
668 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
669 - Fixed window cursor setting.
670 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
671 - Some makefile fixes.
672
673 wxMotif:
674
675 - None.
676
677 General:
678
679 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
680 - More topic overviews.
681 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
682 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
683 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
684
685
686 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
687 --------------------------
688
689 wxGTK:
690
691 - wxExecute improved.
692
693 wxMSW:
694
695 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
696 expected).
697 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
698 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
699 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
700 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
701 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
702 - Fixed focus-related crash.
703
704 wxMotif:
705
706 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
707 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
708
709 General:
710
711 - wxLocale documented.
712 - Added include filenames to class reference.
713 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
714 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
715 (though doesn't display help yet).
716
717 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
718 --------------------------
719
720 wxGTK:
721
722 - Miscellaneous fixes.
723
724 wxMSW:
725
726 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
727 rationalised.
728 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
729
730 wxMotif:
731
732 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
733 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
734 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
735 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
736 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
737 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
738 crashes for some reason).
739 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
740 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
741
742 General:
743
744 - Further doc improvements.
745 - wxGenericValidator added.
746 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
747 automatically.
748
749 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
750 -------------------------
751
752 wxGTK:
753
754 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
755 - wxToolTip class added.
756 - Miscellaneous fixes.
757
758 wxMSW:
759
760 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
761 - Makefiles for more compilers.
762 - TWIN32 support added.
763 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
764 factored out program/library settings.
765 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
766
767 wxMotif:
768
769 - A few more colour fixes.
770 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
771 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
772 - wxChoice crash fix.
773 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
774
775 General:
776
777 - wxBusyCursor class added.
778 - Added samples/dde.
779 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
780
781 Beta 2, January 1999
782 --------------------
783
784 wxGTK:
785
786 wxMSW:
787
788 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
789
790 wxMotif:
791
792 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
793 the right place.
794 - Cured some widget table clashes.
795 - Added thread support (Robert).
796 - wxPoem sample now works.
797
798 General:
799
800 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
801 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
802 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
803 or below).
804 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
805 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
806 sample.
807 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
808
809 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
810 --------------------------
811
812 wxGTK:
813
814 - Various
815
816 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
817
818
819 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
820 ----------------------------
821
822 wxMSW:
823
824 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
825 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
826 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
827 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
828 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
829 on a tab.
830 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
831 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
832 of Stefan Csomor.
833
834 wxMotif:
835
836 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
837 without (permanently) resizing the window.
838 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
839 that disabled scrollbar paging.
840 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
841 colours correctly.
842 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
843 when any button was pressed.
844 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
845 have a white background.
846 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
847 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
848 they have sensible colours by default.
849 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
850 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
851 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
852 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
853 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
854
855 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
856 ----------------------------
857
858 wxMSW:
859
860 - More documentation updates, especially for
861 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
862 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
863 of wxTrace.
864 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
865 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
866 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
867 position.
868 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
869
870 wxMotif:
871
872 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
873 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
874 child frames).
875 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
876 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
877 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
878 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
879 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
880 the debugging implementation.
881 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
882 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
883 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
884 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
885 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
886 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
887 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
888
889 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
890
891 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
892 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
893 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
894 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
895 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
896 - wxNotebook almost done.
897 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
898 to vertical toolbars).
899
900 More recently:
901
902 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
903 to scrollbars).
904 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
905 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
906 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
907
908 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
909 ----------------------------
910
911 wxMSW:
912
913 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
914 sample.
915 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
916 - A few more makefiles added.
917 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
918 - Further doc updates.
919 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
920
921 wxMotif:
922
923 - First start at Motif port.
924 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
925 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
926 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
927 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
928
929 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
930 --------------------------
931
932 wxMSW:
933
934 - wxBitmap debugged.
935 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
936 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
937 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
938 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
939 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
940 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
941 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
942
943 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
944 ------------------------
945
946 wxMSW:
947
948 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
949 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
950 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
951 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
952 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
953 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
954 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
955 changes, wxNotebook.
956 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
957
958 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
959 -----------------------
960
961 wxMSW:
962
963 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
964 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
965 Windows functions, for efficiency.
966 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
967 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
968 don't support it.
969 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
970 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
971
972 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
973 -----------------------
974
975 wxMSW:
976
977 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
978 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
979
980 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
981 -----------------------
982
983 wxMSW:
984
985 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
986 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
987 wxMenuBar.
988 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
989 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
990 wxMenuItem accessors.
991 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
992 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
993 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
994 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
995 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
996 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
997 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
998 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
999 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1000 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1001 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1002 first, then doing the assignment.
1003 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1004 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1005
1006 Generic:
1007
1008 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1009 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1010
1011 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1012 ----------------------
1013
1014 wxMSW:
1015
1016 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1017 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1018 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1019 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1020 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1021 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1022 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1023 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1024 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1025
1026 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1027 ------------------------
1028
1029 wxMSW:
1030
1031 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1032 fields were used.
1033 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1034 compilation and pragmas.
1035 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1036 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1037
1038 Generic:
1039
1040 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1041 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1042 compilation and pragmas.
1043 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1044
1045 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1046 ------------------------
1047
1048 wxMSW:
1049
1050 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1051 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1052 some reason :-(
1053 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1054 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1055 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1056 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1057 startup/exit.
1058 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1059 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1060 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1061 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1062 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1063 compatibility functions.
1064 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1065 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1066 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1067 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1068 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1069 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1070 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1071
1072 Generic:
1073
1074 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1075 - Added samples/png.
1076 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1077 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1078 header files.
1079 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1080
1081 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1082 ------------------------
1083
1084 wxMSW:
1085
1086 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1087 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1088 cleaned up properly before exit.
1089 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1090 automatically.
1091 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1092 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1093 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1094 unresolved issues.
1095 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1096 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1097 tray area.
1098 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1099 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1100 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1101 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1102
1103 Generic:
1104
1105 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1106 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1107 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1108 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1109 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1110 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1111 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1112 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1113 allow better control of memory.
1114 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1115 checking.
1116 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1117 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1118
1119 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1120 ------------------------
1121
1122 wxMSW:
1123
1124 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1125 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1126 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1127 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1128 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1129 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1130 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1131 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1132 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1133 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1134 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1135 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1136 IUnknown.
1137 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1138 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1139 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1140 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1141 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1142 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1143 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1144 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1145 internal implementation.
1146 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1147 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1148 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1149
1150 Generic:
1151
1152 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1153 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1154 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1155 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1156 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1157
1158 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1159 --------------------------
1160
1161 wxMSW:
1162
1163 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1164 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1165 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1166 changes.
1167 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1168 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1169 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1170 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1171 again.
1172 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1173 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1174 e.g. wxDC.
1175
1176 Generic:
1177
1178 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1179 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1180 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1181 changes.
1182 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1183 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1184 docs/gtk.
1185 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1186 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1187 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1188 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1189 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1190 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1191 - Added gcc pragmas.
1192 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1193 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1194 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1195 added a few references to wxTransString.
1196 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1197 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1198 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1199 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1200 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1201 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1202 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1203 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1204 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1205 MoreRequested.
1206
1207 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1208 --------------------------
1209
1210 All:
1211
1212 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1213 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1214 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1215 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1216 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1217 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1218 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1219 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1220 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1221 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1222 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1223 scrolling toolbars.
1224 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1225 to help printing with multiple pages.
1226 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1227 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1228 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1229 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1230 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1231 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1232 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1233 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1234 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1235 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1236 New files from Vadim:
1237 include\wx\string.h
1238 include\wx\debug.h
1239 include\wx\file.h
1240 include\wx\log.h
1241 include\wx\intl.h
1242 src\common\string.cpp
1243 src\common\log.cpp
1244 src\common\intl.cpp
1245 src\common\file.cpp
1246 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1247 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1248 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1249 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1250 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1251 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1252 including changes to defs.h.
1253 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1254 introduced.
1255 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1256 hidden).
1257 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1258 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1259 trick).
1260 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1261
1262 Alpha 3, September 1997
1263 -----------------------
1264
1265 All:
1266
1267 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1268 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1269 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1270 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1271 - Started documentation.
1272
1273 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1274 ------------------------
1275
1276 All:
1277
1278 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1279 with MetroWerks compiler.
1280 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1281 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1282 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1283 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1284 for testing purposes.
1285 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1286 handlers.
1287 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1288 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1289 fully).
1290 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1291 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1292 a separate file.
1293
1294 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1295 -----------------------
1296
1297 Generic:
1298
1299 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1300
1301 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1302 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1303 wxString instead of char *.
1304 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1305 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1306 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1307 as wxbWindow now removed.
1308 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1309 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1310 - PrologIO revised.
1311 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1312 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1313 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1314 Windows settings.
1315 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1316 settings mucho rationalised.
1317 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1318 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1319 classes removed.
1320 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1321 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1322 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1323 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1324 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1325 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1326 of event handlers.
1327 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1328 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1329 wxToolBarBase
1330 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1331 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1332 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1333 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1334 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1335 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1336 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1337 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1338 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1339 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1340 in the future.
1341 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1342 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1343 variables instead.
1344 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1345 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1346 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1347 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1348 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1349 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1350 Win95.
1351 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1352 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1353 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1354 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1355 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1356 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
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1358