4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
9 - wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
10 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
13 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
14 simply don't make sense for all objects
16 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
17 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
18 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
22 - the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
23 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
24 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
26 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
27 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your codei
30 - wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
31 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
32 the occurences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
34 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
35 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
36 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
37 will *NOT* work any longer:
39 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
42 ... do something else ...
44 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
46 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
47 if you derived any classes from it
51 - build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
52 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
53 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
54 the include path in your make/project files appropriately.
56 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
57 style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
62 - You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
63 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
64 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
65 to compile pure C files.
72 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
73 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
74 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
75 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
79 - significantly improved native font support
80 - added IFF image handler
81 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
82 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF and ICO formats)
83 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
84 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
85 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
89 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create() (=> much faster toolbar creation)
90 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
91 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
92 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
94 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
95 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
96 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
97 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
99 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
103 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
104 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
105 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
110 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
114 - wxRegEx class added
115 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
116 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
117 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
118 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
119 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
123 - support for virtual list control added
124 - column images in report mode of the list control
125 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
126 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
127 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
128 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
129 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
130 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
131 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
132 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
133 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
134 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
135 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
139 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
140 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
145 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
149 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
151 - added support for animated GIFs
159 - Fixed new charset detection code
160 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
161 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
162 - Added wxDir::Traverse
163 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
164 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
165 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
169 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
170 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
171 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
172 push on a custom event handler for example)
173 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
174 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
175 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
176 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
177 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
178 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
180 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
181 - Various wxXML enhancements
182 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
183 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
184 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
186 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
187 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
191 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
192 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
193 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
194 alt or shift) now work
195 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
196 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
197 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
198 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
199 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
200 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
201 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
202 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
203 - We now send iconize events
204 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
205 - Added mousewheel processing
206 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
207 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
209 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
210 child frame styles are honoured
214 - Fixed slider rounding bug
215 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
216 - We now send iconize events
217 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
218 GetSelection() results
225 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
226 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
227 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
228 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
229 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
230 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
231 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
232 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
233 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
234 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
238 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
239 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
240 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
241 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
242 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
243 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
244 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
245 wxImage methods and ctor)
246 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
247 - ODBC documentation complete!!
248 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
249 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
250 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
251 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
255 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
256 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
257 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
258 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
262 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
266 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
267 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
274 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
275 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
276 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
277 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
278 - Completed Czech translations
279 - Some stream corrections
280 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
281 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
282 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
283 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
287 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
288 flicker-free dragging is now possible
289 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
290 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
291 - Paper names now translated
293 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
294 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
295 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
296 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
298 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
299 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
301 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
302 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
303 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
304 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
308 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
309 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
310 backward compatibility, please set
311 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
312 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
313 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
314 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
315 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
316 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
317 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
318 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
319 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
320 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
321 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
322 - wxFrame restores focus better
323 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
324 frames anddialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
325 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
326 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
327 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
328 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
329 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
330 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
331 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
332 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
336 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
340 - Small compilation fixes
356 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
357 files. This works under VC++ only
358 - Modal dialog handling improved
359 - Printer dialog now modal
374 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
378 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
379 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
384 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
385 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
386 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
387 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
388 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
389 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
390 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
391 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
392 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
394 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
395 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
396 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
397 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
398 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
399 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
401 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
405 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
406 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
407 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu menagament
408 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
409 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
410 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
411 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
412 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
414 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
415 MIME types if available (Unix only)
416 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
417 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
418 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
419 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
420 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
421 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
422 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
423 for dealing with convertions between different encodings,
424 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
425 - wxDragImage class added
426 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
427 controllers, as well as native help
428 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
432 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
433 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
434 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
435 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
436 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
437 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
438 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
439 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
440 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
441 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
443 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
444 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
445 - wxSetCursorEvent added
449 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
450 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
451 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
455 - wxMenu::Enable works
456 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
457 - OGL samples made to work again
461 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
462 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
463 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
464 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
465 splitted into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
466 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
467 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
468 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
469 - added dynamic pushing/poping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
470 - improved HTML printing
471 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
472 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
473 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
474 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
477 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
480 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
481 -----------------------
485 - JPEG support added.
486 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
490 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
492 - JPEG support added.
493 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
494 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
495 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
502 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
505 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
506 -------------------------------
511 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
515 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
516 - Fixed window cursor setting.
517 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
518 - Some makefile fixes.
526 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
527 - More topic overviews.
528 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
529 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
530 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
533 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
534 --------------------------
538 - wxExecute improved.
542 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
544 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
545 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
546 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
547 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
548 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
549 - Fixed focus-related crash.
553 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
554 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
558 - wxLocale documented.
559 - Added include filenames to class reference.
560 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
561 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
562 (though doesn't display help yet).
564 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
565 --------------------------
569 - Miscellaneous fixes.
573 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
575 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
579 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
580 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
581 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
582 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
583 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
584 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
585 crashes for some reason).
586 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
587 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
591 - Further doc improvements.
592 - wxGenericValidator added.
593 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
596 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
597 -------------------------
601 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
602 - wxToolTip class added.
603 - Miscellaneous fixes.
607 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
608 - Makefiles for more compilers.
609 - TWIN32 support added.
610 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
611 factored out program/library settings.
612 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
616 - A few more colour fixes.
617 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
618 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
619 - wxChoice crash fix.
620 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
624 - wxBusyCursor class added.
626 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
635 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
639 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
641 - Cured some widget table clashes.
642 - Added thread support (Robert).
643 - wxPoem sample now works.
647 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
648 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
649 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
651 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
652 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
654 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
656 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
657 --------------------------
663 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
666 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
667 ----------------------------
671 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
672 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
673 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
674 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
675 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
677 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
678 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
683 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
684 without (permanently) resizing the window.
685 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
686 that disabled scrollbar paging.
687 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
689 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
690 when any button was pressed.
691 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
692 have a white background.
693 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
694 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
695 they have sensible colours by default.
696 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
697 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
698 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
699 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
700 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
702 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
703 ----------------------------
707 - More documentation updates, especially for
708 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
709 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
711 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
712 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
713 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
715 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
719 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
720 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
722 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
723 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
724 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
725 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
726 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
727 the debugging implementation.
728 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
729 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
730 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
731 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
732 - Added a parent-existance check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
733 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
734 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
736 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
738 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
739 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
740 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
741 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
742 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
743 - wxNotebook almost done.
744 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
745 to vertical toolbars).
749 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
751 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
752 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
753 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
755 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
756 ----------------------------
760 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
762 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
763 - A few more makefiles added.
764 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
765 - Further doc updates.
766 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
770 - First start at Motif port.
771 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
772 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
773 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
774 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
776 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
777 --------------------------
782 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
783 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
784 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
785 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
786 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
787 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
788 so event can travel up the window hierachy.
790 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
791 ------------------------
795 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
796 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
797 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
798 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
799 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
800 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
801 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
803 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
805 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
806 -----------------------
810 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
811 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
812 Windows functions, for efficiency.
813 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
814 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
816 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
817 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
819 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
820 -----------------------
824 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
825 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
827 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
828 -----------------------
832 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
833 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
835 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
836 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
837 wxMenuItem accessors.
838 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
839 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
840 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
841 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
842 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
843 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
844 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
845 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
846 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
847 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
848 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
849 first, then doing the assignment.
850 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
851 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
855 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
856 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
858 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
859 ----------------------
863 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
864 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
865 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
866 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
867 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
868 require application-supplied positioning code though.
869 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
870 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
871 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
873 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
874 ------------------------
878 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
880 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
881 compilation and pragmas.
882 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
883 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
887 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
888 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
889 compilation and pragmas.
890 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
892 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
893 ------------------------
897 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
898 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
900 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
901 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
902 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
903 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
905 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
906 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
907 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
909 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
910 compatibility functions.
911 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
912 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
913 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
914 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
915 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
916 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
917 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
921 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
923 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
924 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
926 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
928 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
929 ------------------------
933 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
934 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
935 cleaned up properly before exit.
936 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
938 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
939 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
940 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
942 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
943 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
945 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
946 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
947 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
948 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
952 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
953 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
954 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
955 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
956 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
957 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
958 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
959 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
960 allow better control of memory.
961 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
963 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
964 float to long in wxToolBar files.
966 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
967 ------------------------
971 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
972 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
973 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
974 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
975 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
976 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
977 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
978 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
979 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
980 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
981 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
982 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
984 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
985 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
986 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
987 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
988 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
989 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
990 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
991 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
992 internal implementation.
993 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
994 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
995 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
999 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1000 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1001 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1002 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1003 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1005 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1006 --------------------------
1010 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1011 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1012 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1014 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1015 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1016 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1017 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1019 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1020 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1025 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1026 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1027 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1029 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1030 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1032 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1033 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1034 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1035 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1036 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1037 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1038 - Added gcc pragmas.
1039 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1040 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1041 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1042 added a few references to wxTransString.
1043 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1044 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1045 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1046 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1047 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1048 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1049 - Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1050 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1051 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1054 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1055 --------------------------
1059 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1060 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1061 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1062 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1063 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1064 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1065 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1066 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1067 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1068 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1069 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1071 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1072 to help printing with multiple pages.
1073 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1074 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1075 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1076 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1077 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1078 WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1079 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1080 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1081 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1082 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1083 New files from Vadim:
1089 src\common\string.cpp
1093 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1094 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1095 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1096 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1097 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1098 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1099 including changes to defs.h.
1100 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1102 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1104 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1105 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1107 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1109 Alpha 3, September 1997
1110 -----------------------
1114 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1115 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1116 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1117 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1118 - Started documentation.
1120 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1121 ------------------------
1125 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1126 with MetroWerks compiler.
1127 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1128 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1129 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1130 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1131 for testing purposes.
1132 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1134 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1135 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1137 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1138 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1141 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1142 -----------------------
1146 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1148 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1149 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1150 wxString instead of char *.
1151 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1152 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1153 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1154 as wxbWindow now removed.
1155 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1156 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1158 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1159 MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
1160 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1162 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1163 settings mucho rationalised.
1164 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1165 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1167 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1168 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1169 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1170 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1171 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1172 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1174 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1175 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1177 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1178 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1179 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1180 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1181 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1182 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1183 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1184 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1185 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1186 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1188 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1189 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1191 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1192 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1193 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1194 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1195 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1196 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1198 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1199 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1200 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1201 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1202 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1203 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).