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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
9 DEPRECATED METHOD SINCE 2.4.x
10 =============================
12 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
13 versions, please update your code to not use them.
15 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
16 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
17 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
18 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
19 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
20 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
21 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
22 - wxTheFontMapper, use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
33 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
34 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
35 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
36 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
37 - added wxArray::SetCount()
38 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
39 by default in Unicode mode
40 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
41 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
42 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
43 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
44 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
48 - added Watcom makefiles
49 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
53 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
54 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
55 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
56 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
57 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
58 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
59 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
60 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
61 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
62 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
63 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
64 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
65 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
66 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
67 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
68 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
69 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
70 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
71 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
72 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
73 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
74 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
75 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
76 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
77 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
78 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
79 default extension for the template
80 - Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
81 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
82 - Wizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
83 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
84 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
88 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
89 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
90 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
94 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
95 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
96 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
97 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
98 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
99 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
100 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
101 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
102 be appended to filenames with no extension
103 - added SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
107 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
111 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
112 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
113 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
114 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
115 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
116 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
117 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
118 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
119 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
120 - all libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix
121 (for MinGW and Cygwin)
122 - When using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported - added
124 - A wxEvtHandler object was not removed from wxPendingEvents on deletion.
125 wxPendingEventsLocker was being deleted in App before all wxEvtHandler
126 objects have been destroyed resulting in stale handler/lock
128 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
129 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
130 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
131 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
132 - Improved border handling so it no longer shows a thin and
133 sunken border under XP
134 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
135 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
136 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
137 Proper XP theme support is planned for 2.6
138 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles
139 if the version of CommCtl doesn't support it (XP)
143 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
144 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
145 documentation for a detailed explanation
146 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
147 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
148 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
149 with Motif 1.x compatibility
150 - implemented wxToggleButton
151 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
152 instead of a sunken border
153 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
154 - finished wxClipboard implementation
158 - controls in toolbars now supported
162 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
163 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
164 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
165 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
166 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
172 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
173 ================================
175 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
176 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
177 with '!' in the first column.
179 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
180 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
181 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
182 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
185 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
186 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
187 (see the documentation) useful.
192 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
193 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
196 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
197 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
198 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
199 arrays containing non-pointers.
201 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
202 simply don't make sense for all objects
204 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
205 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
206 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
208 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
210 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
211 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
212 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
213 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
214 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
216 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
217 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
218 the default assert handling.
222 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
223 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
224 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
226 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
227 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
230 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
231 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
232 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
234 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
235 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
236 you want to get OnChar() as well
238 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
239 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
240 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
242 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
243 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
244 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
245 will *NOT* work any longer:
247 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
250 ... do something else ...
252 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
253 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
256 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
258 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
259 if you derived any classes from it
261 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
262 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
264 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
265 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
267 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
268 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
270 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
271 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
274 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
275 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
276 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
278 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
279 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
280 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
281 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
285 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
286 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
287 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
288 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
289 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
290 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
291 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
292 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
293 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
294 is only present for the DLLs builds.
296 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
299 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
300 previously selected one instead of replacing it
302 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
303 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
304 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
306 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
307 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
312 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
313 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
314 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
315 to compile pure C files.
318 wxThread and related classes:
320 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
321 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
322 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
323 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
325 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
326 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
327 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
328 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
330 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
331 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
332 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
334 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
335 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
346 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
353 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
354 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
355 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
359 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
360 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
361 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
364 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
365 - Addition of native frame site grip.
368 - Unicode support through Pango library.
372 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
373 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
377 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
384 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
385 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
386 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
387 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
388 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
389 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
390 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
391 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
392 after (non standard) STL hash_map
393 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
394 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
395 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
396 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
397 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
398 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
399 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
403 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
404 programs and not only GNU make
405 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
406 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
407 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
408 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
409 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
413 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
414 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
415 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
416 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
417 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
419 - significantly improved native font support
420 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
422 - added IFF image handler
423 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
424 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
425 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
426 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
427 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
428 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
429 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
430 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
431 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
432 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
433 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
434 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
435 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
436 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
437 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
438 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
439 - wxMessageOutput class added
440 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
441 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
443 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
444 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
445 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
446 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
448 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
449 whether a label edit was cancelled.
450 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
454 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
455 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
456 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
457 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
458 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
459 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
460 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
461 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
462 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
463 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
465 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
466 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
467 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
468 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
469 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
470 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
471 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
473 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
474 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
475 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
476 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
477 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
478 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
479 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
480 has the capture before release it.
481 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
482 - default button handling is now closer to expected
483 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
484 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
485 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
486 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
487 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
488 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
489 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
490 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
491 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
492 provided in wxFontData
493 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
494 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
498 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
499 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
500 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
501 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
502 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
503 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
504 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
505 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
506 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
507 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
508 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
509 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
510 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
514 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
515 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
516 - improved toolbar control alignment
517 - implemented wxSpinButton
518 - implemented wxCheckListBox
519 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
520 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
524 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
525 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
533 - First alpha-quality release
537 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
538 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
539 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
540 - fixed alignment handling in tables
541 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
546 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
550 - wxRegEx class added
551 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
552 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
553 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
554 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
555 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
559 - support for virtual list control added
560 - column images in report mode of the list control
561 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
562 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
563 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
564 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
565 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
566 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
567 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
568 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
569 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
570 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
571 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
572 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
576 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
577 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
582 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
583 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
584 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
585 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
589 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
594 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
596 - added support for animated GIFs
604 - Fixed new charset detection code
605 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
606 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
607 - Added wxDir::Traverse
608 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
609 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
610 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
614 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
615 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
616 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
617 push on a custom event handler for example)
618 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
619 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
620 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
621 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
622 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
623 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
625 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
626 - Various wxXML enhancements
627 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
628 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
629 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
631 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
632 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
636 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
637 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
638 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
639 alt or shift) now work
640 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
641 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
642 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
643 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
644 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
645 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
646 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
647 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
648 - We now send iconize events
649 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
650 - Added mousewheel processing
651 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
652 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
654 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
655 child frame styles are honoured
659 - Fixed slider rounding bug
660 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
661 - We now send iconize events
662 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
663 GetSelection() results
670 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
671 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
672 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
673 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
674 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
675 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
676 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
677 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
678 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
679 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
683 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
684 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
685 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
686 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
687 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
688 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
689 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
690 wxImage methods and ctor)
691 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
692 - ODBC documentation complete!!
693 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
694 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
695 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
696 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
700 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
701 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
702 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
703 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
707 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
711 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
712 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
719 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
720 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
721 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
722 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
723 - Completed Czech translations
724 - Some stream corrections
725 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
726 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
727 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
728 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
732 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
733 flicker-free dragging is now possible
734 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
735 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
736 - Paper names now translated
738 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
739 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
740 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
741 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
743 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
744 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
746 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
747 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
748 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
749 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
753 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
754 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
755 backward compatibility, please set
756 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
757 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
758 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
759 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
760 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
761 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
762 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
763 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
764 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
765 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
766 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
767 - wxFrame restores focus better
768 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
769 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
770 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
771 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
772 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
773 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
774 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
775 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
776 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
777 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
781 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
785 - Small compilation fixes
801 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
802 files. This works under VC++ only
803 - Modal dialog handling improved
804 - Printer dialog now modal
819 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
823 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
824 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
829 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
830 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
831 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
832 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
833 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
834 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
835 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
836 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
837 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
839 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
840 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
841 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
842 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
843 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
844 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
846 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
850 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
851 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
852 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
853 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
854 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
855 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
856 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
857 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
859 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
860 MIME types if available (Unix only)
861 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
862 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
863 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
864 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
865 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
866 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
867 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
868 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
869 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
870 - wxDragImage class added
871 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
872 controllers, as well as native help
873 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
877 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
878 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
879 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
880 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
881 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
882 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
883 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
884 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
885 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
886 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
888 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
889 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
890 - wxSetCursorEvent added
894 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
895 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
896 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
900 - wxMenu::Enable works
901 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
902 - OGL samples made to work again
906 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
907 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
908 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
909 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
910 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
911 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
912 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
913 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
914 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
915 - improved HTML printing
916 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
917 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
918 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
919 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
922 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
925 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
926 -----------------------
930 - JPEG support added.
931 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
935 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
937 - JPEG support added.
938 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
939 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
940 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
947 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
950 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
951 -------------------------------
956 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
960 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
961 - Fixed window cursor setting.
962 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
963 - Some makefile fixes.
971 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
972 - More topic overviews.
973 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
974 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
975 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
978 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
979 --------------------------
983 - wxExecute improved.
987 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
989 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
990 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
991 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
992 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
993 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
994 - Fixed focus-related crash.
998 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
999 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1003 - wxLocale documented.
1004 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1005 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1006 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1007 (though doesn't display help yet).
1009 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1010 --------------------------
1014 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1018 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1020 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1024 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1025 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1026 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1027 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1028 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1029 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1030 crashes for some reason).
1031 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1032 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1036 - Further doc improvements.
1037 - wxGenericValidator added.
1038 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1041 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1042 -------------------------
1046 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1047 - wxToolTip class added.
1048 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1052 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1053 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1054 - TWIN32 support added.
1055 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1056 factored out program/library settings.
1057 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1061 - A few more colour fixes.
1062 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1063 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1064 - wxChoice crash fix.
1065 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1069 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1070 - Added samples/dde.
1071 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1073 Beta 2, January 1999
1074 --------------------
1080 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1084 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1086 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1087 - Added thread support (Robert).
1088 - wxPoem sample now works.
1092 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1093 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1094 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1096 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1097 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1099 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1101 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1102 --------------------------
1108 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1111 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1112 ----------------------------
1116 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1117 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1118 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1119 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1120 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1122 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1123 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1128 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1129 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1130 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1131 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1132 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1134 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1135 when any button was pressed.
1136 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1137 have a white background.
1138 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1139 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1140 they have sensible colours by default.
1141 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1142 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1143 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1144 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1145 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1147 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1148 ----------------------------
1152 - More documentation updates, especially for
1153 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1154 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1156 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1157 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1158 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1160 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1164 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1165 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1167 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1168 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1169 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1170 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1171 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1172 the debugging implementation.
1173 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1174 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1175 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1176 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1177 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1178 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1179 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1181 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1183 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1184 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1185 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1186 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1187 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1188 - wxNotebook almost done.
1189 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1190 to vertical toolbars).
1194 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1196 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1197 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1198 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1200 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1201 ----------------------------
1205 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1207 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1208 - A few more makefiles added.
1209 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1210 - Further doc updates.
1211 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1215 - First start at Motif port.
1216 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1217 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1218 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1219 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1221 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1222 --------------------------
1226 - wxBitmap debugged.
1227 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1228 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1229 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1230 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1231 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1232 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1233 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1235 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1236 ------------------------
1240 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1241 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1242 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1243 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1244 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1245 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1246 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1247 changes, wxNotebook.
1248 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1250 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1251 -----------------------
1255 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1256 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1257 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1258 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1259 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1261 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1262 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1264 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1265 -----------------------
1269 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1270 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1272 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1273 -----------------------
1277 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1278 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1280 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1281 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1282 wxMenuItem accessors.
1283 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1284 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1285 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1286 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1287 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1288 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1289 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1290 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1291 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1292 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1293 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1294 first, then doing the assignment.
1295 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1296 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1300 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1301 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1303 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1304 ----------------------
1308 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1309 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1310 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1311 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1312 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1313 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1314 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1315 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1316 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1318 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1319 ------------------------
1323 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1325 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1326 compilation and pragmas.
1327 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1328 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1332 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1333 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1334 compilation and pragmas.
1335 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1337 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1338 ------------------------
1342 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1343 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1345 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1346 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1347 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1348 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1350 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1351 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1352 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1354 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1355 compatibility functions.
1356 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1357 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1358 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1359 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1360 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1361 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1362 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1366 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1367 - Added samples/png.
1368 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1369 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1371 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1373 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1374 ------------------------
1378 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1379 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1380 cleaned up properly before exit.
1381 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1383 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1384 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1385 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1387 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1388 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1390 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1391 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1392 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1393 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1397 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1398 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1399 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1400 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1401 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1402 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1403 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1404 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1405 allow better control of memory.
1406 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1408 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1409 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1411 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1412 ------------------------
1416 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1417 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1418 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1419 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1420 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1421 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1422 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1423 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1424 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1425 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1426 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1427 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1429 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1430 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1431 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1432 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1433 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1434 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1435 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1436 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1437 internal implementation.
1438 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1439 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1440 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1444 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1445 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1446 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1447 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1448 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1450 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1451 --------------------------
1455 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1456 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1457 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1459 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1460 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1461 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1462 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1464 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1465 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1470 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1471 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1472 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1474 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1475 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1477 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1478 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1479 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1480 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1481 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1482 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1483 - Added gcc pragmas.
1484 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1485 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1486 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1487 added a few references to wxTransString.
1488 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1489 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1490 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1491 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1492 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1493 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1494 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1495 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1496 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1499 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1500 --------------------------
1504 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1505 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1506 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1507 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1508 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1509 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1510 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1511 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1512 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1513 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1514 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1516 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1517 to help printing with multiple pages.
1518 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1519 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1520 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1521 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1522 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1523 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1524 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1525 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1526 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1527 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1528 New files from Vadim:
1534 src\common\string.cpp
1538 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1539 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1540 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1541 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1542 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1543 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1544 including changes to defs.h.
1545 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1547 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1549 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1550 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1552 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1554 Alpha 3, September 1997
1555 -----------------------
1559 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1560 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1561 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1562 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1563 - Started documentation.
1565 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1566 ------------------------
1570 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1571 with MetroWerks compiler.
1572 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1573 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1574 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1575 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1576 for testing purposes.
1577 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1579 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1580 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1582 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1583 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1586 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1587 -----------------------
1591 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1593 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1594 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1595 wxString instead of char *.
1596 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1597 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1598 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1599 as wxbWindow now removed.
1600 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1601 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1603 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1604 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1605 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1607 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1608 settings mucho rationalised.
1609 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1610 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1612 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1613 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1614 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1615 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1616 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1617 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1619 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1620 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1622 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1623 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1624 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1625 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1626 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1627 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1628 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1629 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1630 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1631 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1633 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1634 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1636 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1637 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1638 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1639 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1640 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1641 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1643 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1644 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1645 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1646 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1647 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1648 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).