docs/msw/changes.txt

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   2 wxWindows 2.0 for Windows Change Log
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   5 Alpha 11, June ??th 1998
   6 -----------------------
   7
   8 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
   9 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
  10   wxMenuBar.
  11 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
  12   SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
  13   wxMenuItem accessors.
  14 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
  15   wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
  16 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
  17 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
  18
  19 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
  20 ----------------------
  21
  22 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
  23   and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
  24   icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
  25 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
  26 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
  27   require application-supplied positioning code though.
  28 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
  29   for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
  30   change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
  31
  32 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
  33 ------------------------
  34
  35 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
  36   fields were used.
  37 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
  38   compilation and pragmas.
  39 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
  40   commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
  41
  42 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
  43 ------------------------
  44
  45 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
  46 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
  47   some reason :-(
  48 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
  49 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
  50 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
  51   of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
  52   startup/exit.
  53 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
  54   makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
  55 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
  56 VADIM'S CHANGES:
  57 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
  58   compatibility functions.
  59 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
  60 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
  61 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
  62 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
  63 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
  64 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
  65 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
  66
  67 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
  68 ------------------------
  69
  70 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
  71 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
  72   cleaned up properly before exit.
  73 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
  74   automatically.
  75 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
  76 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
  77   memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
  78   unresolved issues.
  79 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
  80   to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
  81   tray area.
  82 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
  83   application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
  84 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
  85 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
  86
  87 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
  88 ------------------------
  89
  90 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
  91 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
  92 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
  93   check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
  94   exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
  95   m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
  96   don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
  97 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
  98 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
  99   added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
 100   wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
 101   Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
 102   IUnknown.
 103   Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
 104 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
 105   Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
 106 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
 107 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
 108   Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
 109 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
 110   can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
 111   internal implementation.
 112 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
 113   in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
 114   binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
 115
 116 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
 117 ---------------------------
 118
 119 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
 120   DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
 121   the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
 122   changes.
 123 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
 124   resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
 125   advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
 126 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
 127   again.
 128 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
 129 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
 130   e.g. wxDC.
 131
 132 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
 133 --------------------------
 134
 135 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
 136   integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
 137 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
 138 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
 139   an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
 140   origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
 141 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
 142   function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
 143   OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
 144   When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
 145 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
 146   scrolling toolbars.
 147 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
 148   to help printing with multiple pages.
 149 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
 150   define the API used by different implementations. DDE
 151   implementation updated to use these base classes.
 152 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
 153   for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
 154   WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
 155   TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
 156   wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
 157 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
 158   internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
 159   New files from Vadim:
 160   include\wx\string.h
 161   include\wx\debug.h
 162   include\wx\file.h
 163   include\wx\log.h
 164   include\wx\intl.h
 165   src\common\string.cpp
 166   src\common\log.cpp
 167   src\common\intl.cpp
 168   src\common\file.cpp
 169   No longer use GNU wxString files.
 170 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
 171   src\common\filefn.cpp.
 172 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
 173   samples, using makefile.b32 files.
 174 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
 175   including changes to defs.h.
 176 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
 177   introduced.
 178 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
 179   hidden).
 180 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
 181   cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
 182   trick).
 183 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
 184
 185 Alpha 3, September 1997
 186 -----------------------
 187
 188 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
 189 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
 190 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
 191 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
 192 - Started documentation.
 193
 194 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
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 196
 197 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
 198   with MetroWerks compiler.
 199 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
 200 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
 201   to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
 202   Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
 203   for testing purposes.
 204 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
 205   handlers.
 206 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
 207 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
 208   fully).
 209 - Added back wxRadioBox.
 210 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
 211   a separate file.
 212
 213 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
 214 -----------------------
 215
 216 At this point, the following has been achieved:
 217
 218 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
 219   naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
 220   wxString instead of char *.
 221 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
 222   old system event system) and code size reduced.
 223 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
 224   as wxbWindow now removed.
 225 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
 226   Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
 227 - PrologIO revised.
 228 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
 229   MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
 230 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
 231   Windows settings.
 232 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
 233   settings mucho rationalised.
 234 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
 235   event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
 236   classes removed.
 237 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
 238   wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
 239 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
 240 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
 241   wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
 242   made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
 243   of event handlers.
 244 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
 245 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
 246   wxToolBarBase
 247   wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
 248   wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
 249   wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
 250 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
 251 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
 252   have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
 253   rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
 254 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
 255   an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
 256   will be replaced by something better and more efficient
 257   in the future.
 258 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
 259   with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
 260   variables instead.
 261 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
 262   determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
 263   introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
 264 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
 265   any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
 266 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
 267   Win95.
 268 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
 269   classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
 270   the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
 271 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
 272   in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
 273 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
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