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2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
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8 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
9 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
10 with '!' in the first column.
12 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
13 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
16 ! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
17 wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE still
18 exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
21 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
22 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
23 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
24 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
25 - finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one
26 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
27 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
28 - wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
29 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
30 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
31 - wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more
32 - (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override
33 ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen
34 - wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments
35 - wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList&
36 (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0)
37 - wxID_SEPARATOR (id used for the menu separators) value changed from -1 to -2
38 - wxGetNumberFromUser() is now in separate wx/numdlg.h, not wx/textdlg.h
39 - wxChoice and wxCombobox now handle their size in the same way as in all the
40 other ports under MSW, new code is actually correct but different from weird
41 stuff they were doing before so the behaviour of your programs might change
42 - wxTaskBarIcon objects must now be destroyed before the application can exit.
43 Previously, the application terminated if there were no top level windows;
44 now it terminates if there are no top level windows or taskbar icons left.
45 - wxZlibInputStream is not by default compatible with the output of the
46 2.4.x version of wxZlibOutputStream. However, there is a compatibilty mode,
47 switched on by passing wxZLIB_24COMPATIBLE to the constructor.
48 - when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0 wxHashTable uses a new implementation
49 not using wxList keyed interface (the same used when wxUSE_STL == 1),
50 the only incompatibility being that Next() returns a wxHashTable::Node*
52 - non-const wxDC methods GetBackground(), GetBrush(), GetFont() and GetPen()
53 don't exist any more, please fix your code -- it never worked correctly
54 anyhow if you modified the objects returned by these methods so you should
55 simply switch to using const methods.
57 wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
58 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
61 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
62 ==============================
64 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWidgets
65 versions, please update your code to not use them.
67 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
68 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
69 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
70 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
71 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
72 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
73 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
74 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
75 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
76 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
77 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWidgets
78 methods taking wxArrayString
79 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
80 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
81 - wxTreeCtrl::GetFirst/NextChild() 2nd argument now has type wxTreeItemIdValue
82 and not long, please change declarations of "cookie"s in your code
83 accordingly -- otherwise your code won't work on 64 bit platforms
84 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
85 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
86 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
87 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
88 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
89 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
91 - wxWave class; use wxSound instead
92 - The wxHIDE_READONLY flag for wxFileDialog was not implemented
93 and has now been removed
104 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
105 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
109 - fixed wrong colour of tooltips under some themes
118 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
119 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
120 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
121 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
123 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
124 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
125 to forward declare these classes.
129 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
130 resulting in much better display of scaled images
131 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
132 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
133 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
134 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
135 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
136 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
137 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
138 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
139 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
140 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
141 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
142 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
143 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
147 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
148 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
149 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
150 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
151 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
152 even try to do it by default -- now it does
153 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
154 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
155 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
156 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
157 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
158 - subdindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
162 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
166 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
167 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
168 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
169 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
173 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
177 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
178 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
182 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
183 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
187 - Full Unicode support is now available
188 - BLOB support is working
196 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
197 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
198 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
199 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
200 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
201 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
202 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
203 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
204 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
205 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
206 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
207 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
208 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
210 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
211 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
212 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
213 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
214 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
215 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
216 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
217 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
218 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
219 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
220 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
221 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
225 - added wxListBook control
226 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
227 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
228 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
229 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
230 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
231 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
232 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
233 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
234 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
235 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
236 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
237 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
238 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
239 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
240 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
241 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
242 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
243 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
244 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
245 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
246 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
247 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
248 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
249 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
250 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
251 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
255 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
256 - fixed DDE memory leaks
257 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
258 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
259 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
260 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
261 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
262 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
263 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
264 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
265 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
266 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
267 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
268 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
269 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
270 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
271 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
272 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
273 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
274 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
275 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
276 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
277 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
278 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
279 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
280 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
281 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
282 than the specified default size
283 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
287 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
288 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
289 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
290 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
291 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
292 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
293 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
294 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
295 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
299 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
300 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
301 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
302 - use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
306 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
310 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
311 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
315 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
316 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
317 addition to existing OSS one
318 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
326 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
327 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
328 separately compiled library
329 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
330 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
331 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
332 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
333 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
334 - added wxArray::SetCount()
335 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
336 by default in Unicode mode
337 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
338 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
339 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
340 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
341 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
342 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
343 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
344 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
345 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
346 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
347 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
348 - added wxRecursionGuard class
349 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
350 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
351 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
352 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
353 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
354 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
355 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
356 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
360 - added Watcom makefiles
361 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
365 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
367 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
368 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
369 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
370 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
371 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
372 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
373 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
374 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
375 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
376 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
377 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
378 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
379 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
380 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
381 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
382 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
383 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
384 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
385 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
386 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
387 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
388 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
389 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
390 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
391 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
392 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
393 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
394 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
395 default extension for the template
396 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
397 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
398 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
399 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
400 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
401 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
402 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
403 to allow better rich text support.
404 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
405 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
406 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
407 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
408 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
409 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
410 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
411 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
412 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
413 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
414 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
415 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
416 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
417 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
418 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
419 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
420 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
421 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
422 - added wxMirrorDC class
423 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
424 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
425 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
426 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
427 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
428 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
433 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
434 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
435 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
436 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
437 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
441 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
442 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
443 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
444 to contrib/src/deprecated
448 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
449 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
450 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
451 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
452 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
453 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
454 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
455 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
456 be appended to filenames with no extension
457 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
458 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
459 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
460 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
464 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
465 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
469 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
470 - added wxCrashReport
471 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
472 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
473 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
474 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
475 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
476 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
477 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
478 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
479 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
480 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
481 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
482 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
483 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
484 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
485 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
486 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
487 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
488 - improved border handling under Windows XP
489 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
490 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
491 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
492 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
493 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
494 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
495 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
499 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
500 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
501 documentation for a detailed explanation
502 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
503 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
504 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
505 with Motif 1.x compatibility
506 - implemented wxToggleButton
507 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
508 instead of a sunken border
509 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
510 - finished wxClipboard implementation
514 - controls in toolbars now supported
518 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
519 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
520 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
521 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
522 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
528 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
529 ================================
531 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
532 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
533 with '!' in the first column.
535 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
536 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
537 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
538 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
541 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
542 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
543 (see the documentation) useful.
548 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
549 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
552 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
553 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
554 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
555 arrays containing non-pointers.
557 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
558 simply don't make sense for all objects
560 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
561 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
562 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
564 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
566 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
567 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
568 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
569 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
570 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
572 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
573 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
574 the default assert handling.
578 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
579 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
580 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
582 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
583 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
586 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
587 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
588 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
590 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
591 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
592 you want to get OnChar() as well
594 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
595 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
596 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
598 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
599 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
600 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
601 will *NOT* work any longer:
603 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
606 ... do something else ...
608 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
609 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
612 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
614 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
615 if you derived any classes from it
617 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
618 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
620 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
621 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
623 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
624 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
626 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
627 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
630 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
631 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
632 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
634 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
635 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
636 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
637 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
641 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
642 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
643 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
644 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
645 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
646 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
647 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
648 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
649 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
650 is only present for the DLLs builds.
652 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
655 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
656 previously selected one instead of replacing it
658 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
659 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
660 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
662 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
663 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
668 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
669 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
670 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
671 to compile pure C files.
674 wxThread and related classes:
676 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
677 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
678 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
679 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
681 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
682 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
683 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
684 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
686 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
687 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
688 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
690 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
691 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
702 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
709 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
710 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
711 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
715 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
716 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
717 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
720 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
721 - Addition of native frame site grip.
724 - Unicode support through Pango library.
728 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
729 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
733 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
740 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
741 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
742 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
743 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
744 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
745 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
746 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
747 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
748 after (non standard) STL hash_map
749 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
750 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
751 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
752 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
753 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
754 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
755 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
759 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
760 programs and not only GNU make
761 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
762 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
763 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
764 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
765 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
769 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
770 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
771 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
772 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
773 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
775 - significantly improved native font support
776 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
778 - added IFF image handler
779 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
780 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
781 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
782 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
783 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
784 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
785 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
786 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
787 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
788 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
789 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
790 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
791 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
792 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
793 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
794 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
795 - wxMessageOutput class added
796 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
797 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
799 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
800 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
801 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
802 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
804 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
805 whether a label edit was cancelled.
806 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
810 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
811 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
812 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
813 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
814 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
815 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
816 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
817 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
818 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
819 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
821 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
822 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
823 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
824 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
825 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
826 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
827 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
829 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
830 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
831 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
832 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
833 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
834 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
835 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
836 has the capture before release it.
837 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
838 - default button handling is now closer to expected
839 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
840 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
841 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
842 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
843 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
844 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
845 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
846 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
847 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
848 provided in wxFontData
849 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
850 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
854 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
855 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
856 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
857 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
858 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
859 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
860 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
861 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
862 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
863 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
864 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
865 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
866 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
870 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
871 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
872 - improved toolbar control alignment
873 - implemented wxSpinButton
874 - implemented wxCheckListBox
875 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
876 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
880 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
881 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
889 - First alpha-quality release
893 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
894 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
895 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
896 - fixed alignment handling in tables
897 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
902 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
906 - wxRegEx class added
907 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
908 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
909 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
910 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
911 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
915 - support for virtual list control added
916 - column images in report mode of the list control
917 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
918 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
919 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
920 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
921 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
922 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
923 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
924 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
925 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
926 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
927 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
928 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
932 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
933 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
938 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
939 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
940 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
941 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
945 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
950 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
952 - added support for animated GIFs
960 - Fixed new charset detection code
961 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
962 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
963 - Added wxDir::Traverse
964 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
965 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
966 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
970 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
971 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
972 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
973 push on a custom event handler for example)
974 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
975 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
976 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
977 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
978 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
979 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
981 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
982 - Various wxXML enhancements
983 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
984 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
985 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
987 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
988 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
992 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
993 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
994 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
995 alt or shift) now work
996 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
997 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
998 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
999 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1000 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1001 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1002 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1003 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1004 - We now send iconize events
1005 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1006 - Added mousewheel processing
1007 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1008 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1010 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1011 child frame styles are honoured
1015 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1016 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1017 - We now send iconize events
1018 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1019 GetSelection() results
1026 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1027 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1028 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1029 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1030 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1031 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1032 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1033 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1034 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1035 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1039 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1040 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1041 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1042 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1043 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1044 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1045 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1046 wxImage methods and ctor)
1047 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1048 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1049 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1050 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1051 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1052 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1056 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1057 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1058 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1059 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1063 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1067 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1068 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1075 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1076 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1077 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1078 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1079 - Completed Czech translations
1080 - Some stream corrections
1081 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1082 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1083 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1084 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1088 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1089 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1090 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1091 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1092 - Paper names now translated
1094 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1095 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1096 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1097 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1099 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1100 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1102 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1103 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1104 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1105 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1109 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1110 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1111 backward compatibility, please set
1112 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1113 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1114 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1115 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1116 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1117 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1118 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1119 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1120 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1121 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1122 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1123 - wxFrame restores focus better
1124 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1125 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1126 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1127 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1128 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1129 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1130 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1131 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1132 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1133 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1137 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1141 - Small compilation fixes
1145 - wxCaret documented
1157 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1158 files. This works under VC++ only
1159 - Modal dialog handling improved
1160 - Printer dialog now modal
1175 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1179 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1180 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1185 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1186 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1187 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1188 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1189 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1190 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1191 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1192 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1193 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1195 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1196 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1197 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1198 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1199 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1200 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1202 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1206 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1207 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1208 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1209 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1210 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1211 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1212 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1213 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1215 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1216 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1217 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1218 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1219 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1220 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1221 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1222 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1223 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1224 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1225 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1226 - wxDragImage class added
1227 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1228 controllers, as well as native help
1229 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1233 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1234 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1235 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1236 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1237 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1238 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1239 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1240 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1241 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1242 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1244 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1245 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1246 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1250 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1251 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1252 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1256 - wxMenu::Enable works
1257 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1258 - OGL samples made to work again
1262 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1263 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1264 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1265 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1266 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1267 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1268 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1269 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1270 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1271 - improved HTML printing
1272 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1273 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1274 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1275 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1278 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1281 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1282 -----------------------
1286 - JPEG support added.
1287 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1291 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1293 - JPEG support added.
1294 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1295 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1296 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1303 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1306 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1307 -------------------------------
1312 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1316 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1317 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1318 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1319 - Some makefile fixes.
1327 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1328 - More topic overviews.
1329 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1330 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1331 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1334 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1335 --------------------------
1339 - wxExecute improved.
1343 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1345 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1346 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1347 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1348 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1349 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1350 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1354 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1355 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1359 - wxLocale documented.
1360 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1361 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1362 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1363 (though doesn't display help yet).
1365 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1366 --------------------------
1370 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1374 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1376 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1380 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1381 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1382 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1383 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1384 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1385 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1386 crashes for some reason).
1387 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1388 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1392 - Further doc improvements.
1393 - wxGenericValidator added.
1394 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1397 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1398 -------------------------
1402 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1403 - wxToolTip class added.
1404 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1408 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1409 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1410 - TWIN32 support added.
1411 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1412 factored out program/library settings.
1413 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1417 - A few more colour fixes.
1418 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1419 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1420 - wxChoice crash fix.
1421 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1425 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1426 - Added samples/dde.
1427 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1429 Beta 2, January 1999
1430 --------------------
1436 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1440 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1442 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1443 - Added thread support (Robert).
1444 - wxPoem sample now works.
1448 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1449 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1450 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1452 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1453 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1455 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1457 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1458 --------------------------
1464 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1467 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1468 ----------------------------
1472 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1473 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1474 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1475 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1476 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1478 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1479 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1484 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1485 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1486 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1487 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1488 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1490 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1491 when any button was pressed.
1492 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1493 have a white background.
1494 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1495 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1496 they have sensible colours by default.
1497 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1498 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1499 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1500 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1501 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1503 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1504 ----------------------------
1508 - More documentation updates, especially for
1509 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1510 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1512 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1513 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1514 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1516 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1520 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1521 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1523 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1524 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1525 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1526 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1527 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1528 the debugging implementation.
1529 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1530 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1531 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1532 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1533 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1534 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1535 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1537 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1539 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1540 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1541 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1542 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1543 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1544 - wxNotebook almost done.
1545 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1546 to vertical toolbars).
1550 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1552 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1553 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1554 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1556 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1557 ----------------------------
1561 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1563 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1564 - A few more makefiles added.
1565 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1566 - Further doc updates.
1567 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1571 - First start at Motif port.
1572 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1573 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1574 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1575 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1577 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1578 --------------------------
1582 - wxBitmap debugged.
1583 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1584 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1585 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1586 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1587 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1588 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1589 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1591 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1592 ------------------------
1596 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1597 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1598 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1599 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1600 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1601 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1602 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1603 changes, wxNotebook.
1604 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1606 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1607 -----------------------
1611 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1612 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1613 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1614 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1615 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1617 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1618 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1620 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1621 -----------------------
1625 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1626 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1628 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1629 -----------------------
1633 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1634 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1636 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1637 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1638 wxMenuItem accessors.
1639 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1640 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1641 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1642 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1643 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1644 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1645 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1646 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1647 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1648 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1649 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1650 first, then doing the assignment.
1651 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1652 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1656 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1657 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1659 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1660 ----------------------
1664 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1665 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1666 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1667 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1668 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1669 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1670 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1671 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1672 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1674 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1675 ------------------------
1679 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1681 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1682 compilation and pragmas.
1683 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1684 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1688 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1689 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1690 compilation and pragmas.
1691 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1693 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1694 ------------------------
1698 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1699 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1701 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1702 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1703 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1704 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1706 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1707 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1708 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1710 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1711 compatibility functions.
1712 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1713 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1714 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1715 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1716 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1717 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1718 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1722 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1723 - Added samples/png.
1724 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1725 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1727 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1729 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1730 ------------------------
1734 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1735 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1736 cleaned up properly before exit.
1737 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1739 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1740 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1741 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1743 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1744 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1746 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1747 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1748 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1749 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1753 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1754 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1755 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1756 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1757 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1758 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1759 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1760 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1761 allow better control of memory.
1762 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1764 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1765 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1767 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1768 ------------------------
1772 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1773 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1774 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1775 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1776 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1777 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1778 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1779 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1780 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1781 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1782 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1783 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1785 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1786 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1787 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1788 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1789 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1790 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1791 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1792 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1793 internal implementation.
1794 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1795 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1796 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1800 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1801 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1802 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1803 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1804 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1806 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1807 --------------------------
1811 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1812 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1813 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1815 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1816 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1817 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1818 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1820 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1821 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1826 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1827 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1828 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1830 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1831 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1833 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1834 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1835 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1836 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1837 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1838 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1839 - Added gcc pragmas.
1840 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1841 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1842 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1843 added a few references to wxTransString.
1844 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1845 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1846 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1847 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1848 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1849 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1850 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1851 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1852 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1855 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1856 --------------------------
1860 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1861 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1862 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1863 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1864 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1865 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1866 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1867 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1868 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1869 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1870 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1872 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1873 to help printing with multiple pages.
1874 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1875 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1876 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1877 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1878 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1879 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1880 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1881 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1882 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1883 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1884 New files from Vadim:
1890 src\common\string.cpp
1894 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1895 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1896 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1897 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1898 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1899 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1900 including changes to defs.h.
1901 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1903 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1905 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1906 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1908 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1910 Alpha 3, September 1997
1911 -----------------------
1915 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1916 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1917 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1918 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1919 - Started documentation.
1921 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1922 ------------------------
1926 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1927 with MetroWerks compiler.
1928 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1929 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1930 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1931 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1932 for testing purposes.
1933 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1935 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1936 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1938 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1939 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1942 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1943 -----------------------
1947 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1949 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1950 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1951 wxString instead of char *.
1952 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1953 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1954 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1955 as wxbWindow now removed.
1956 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1957 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1959 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1960 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1961 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1963 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1964 settings mucho rationalised.
1965 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1966 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1968 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1969 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1970 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1971 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1972 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1973 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1975 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1976 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1978 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1979 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1980 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1981 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1982 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1983 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1984 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1985 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1986 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1987 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1989 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1990 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1992 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1993 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1994 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1995 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1996 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1997 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1999 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2000 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2001 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2002 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2003 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2004 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).