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2 wxWidgets Change Log
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4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.8.x
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7
8
9 Notice that these changes are described in more details in
10 the "Changes Since wxWidgets 2.8" section of the manual,
11 please read it if the explanation here is too cryptic.
12
13
14 Unicode-related changes
15 -----------------------
16
17 The biggest changes in wxWidgets 3.0 are the changes due to the merge of the
18 old ANSI and Unicode build modes in a single build. See the Unicode overview
19 in the manual for more details but here are the most important incompatible
20 changes:
21
22 - Many wxWidgets functions taking "const wxChar *" have been changed to take
23 either "const wxString&" (so that they accept both Unicode and ANSI strings;
24 the argument can't be NULL anymore in this case) or "const char *" (if the
25 strings are always ANSI; may still be NULL). This change is normally
26 backwards compatible except:
27
28 a) Virtual functions: derived classes versions must be modified to take
29 "const wxString&" as well to make sure that they continue to override the
30 base class version.
31
32 b) Passing NULL as argument: as NULL can't be unambiguously converted to
33 wxString, in many cases code using it won't compile any more and NULL
34 should be replaced with an empty string.
35
36
37 - Some structure fields which used to be of type "const wxChar *" (such as
38 wxCmdLineEntryDesc::shortName, longName and description fields) are now of
39 type "const char *", you need to remove wxT() or _T() around the values used
40 to initialize them (which should normally always be ASCII).
41
42 - wxIPC classes didn't work correctly in Unicode build before, this was fixed
43 but at a price of breaking backwards compatibility: many methods which used
44 to work with "wxChar *" before use "void *" now (some int parameters were
45 also changed to size_t). While wxIPC_TEXT can still be used to transfer 7
46 bit text, the new wxIPC_UTF8TEXT format is used for transferring wxStrings.
47 Also notice that connection classes should change the parameter types of
48 their overridden OnExecute() or override a more convenient OnExec() instead.
49
50
51 wxODBC and contrib libraries removal
52 ------------------------------------
53
54 wxODBC library was unmaintained since several years and we couldn't continue
55 supporting it any longer so it was removed. Please use any of the other open
56 source ODBC libraries in the future projects.
57
58 Also the "applet", "deprecated", "fl", "mmedia" and "plot" contrib libraries
59 were removed as they were unmaintained and broken since several years.
60 The "gizmos", "ogl", "net" and "foldbar" contribs have been moved to
61 wxCode (see http://wxcode.sourceforge.net/complist.php); they are now
62 open for futher development by volunteers.
63
64 The "stc" and "svg" contribs instead have been moved respectively into a new
65 "official" library stc and in the core lib.
66
67
68 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
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70
71 - Default location of wxFileConfig files has changed under Windows, you will
72 need to update your code if you access these files directly.
73
74 - wxWindow::IsEnabled() now returns false if a window parent (and not
75 necessarily the window itself) is disabled, new function IsThisEnabled()
76 with the same behaviour as old IsEnabled() was added.
77
78 - Generating wxNavigationKeyEvent events doesn't work any more under wxGTK (and
79 other platforms in the future), use wxWindow::Navigate() or NavigateIn()
80 instead.
81
82 - Sizers distribute only the extra space between the stretchable items
83 according to their proportions and not all available space. We believe the
84 new behaviour corresponds better to user expectations but if you did rely
85 on the old behaviour you will have to update your code to set the minimal
86 sizes of the sizer items to be in the same proportion as the items
87 proportions to return to the old behaviour.
88
89 - wxWindow::Freeze/Thaw() are not virtual any more, if you overrode them in
90 your code you need to override DoFreeze/Thaw() instead now.
91
92 - wxCalendarCtrl has native implementation in wxGTK, but it has less features
93 than the generic one. The native implementation is used by default, but you
94 can still use wxGenericCalendarCtrl instead of wxCalendarCtrl in your code if
95 you need the extra features.
96
97 - wxDocument::FileHistoryLoad() and wxFileHistory::Load() now take const
98 reference to wxConfigBase argument and not just a reference, please update
99 your code if you overrode these functions and change the functions in the
100 derived classes to use const reference as well.
101
102 - Under MSW wxExecute() arguments are now always properly quoted, as under
103 Unix, and so shouldn't contain quotes unless they are part of the argument.
104
105 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
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107
108 - WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 doesn't exist any more, please update your code if
109 you still relied on features deprecated since version 2.4
110
111 - wxDC classes hierarchy has changed, if you derived any classes from wxDC you
112 need to review them as wxDC doesn't have any virtual methods any longer and
113 uses delegation instead of inheritance to present different behaviours.
114
115 - Return type of wxString::operator[] and wxString::iterator::operator* is no
116 longer wxChar (i.e. char or wchar_t), but wxUniChar. This is not a problem
117 in vast majority of cases because of conversion operators, but it can break
118 code that depends on the result being wxChar.
119
120 - The value returned by wxString::c_str() cannot be casted to non-const char*
121 or wchar_t* anymore. The solution is to use newly added wxString methods
122 char_str() (which returns a buffer convertible to char*) or wchar_str()
123 (which returns a buffer convertible to wchar_t*). These methods are
124 available in wxWidgets 2.8 series beginning with 2.8.4 as well.
125
126 - The value returned by wxString::operator[] or wxString::iterator cannot be
127 used in switch statements anymore, because it's a class instance. Code like
128 this won't compile:
129 switch (str[i]) { ... }
130 and has to be replaced with this:
131 switch (str[i].GetValue()) { ... }
132
133 - Return type of wxString::c_str() is now a helper wxCStrData struct and not
134 const wxChar*. wxCStrData is implicitly convertible to both "const char *"
135 and "const wchar_t *", so this only presents a problem if the compiler cannot
136 apply the conversion. This can happen in 2 cases:
137
138 + There is an ambiguity because the function being called is overloaded to
139 take both "const char *" and "const wchar_t *" as the compiler can't choose
140 between them. In this case you may use s.wx_str() to call the function
141 matching the current build (Unicode or not) or s.mb_str() or s.wc_str() to
142 explicitly select narrow or wide version of it.
143
144 Notice that such functions are normally not very common but unfortunately
145 Microsoft decided to extend their STL with standard-incompatible overloads
146 of some functions accepting "const wchar_t *" so you may need to replace
147 some occurrences of c_str() with wx_str() when using MSVC 8 or later.
148
149 + Some compilers, notably Borland C++ and DigitalMars, don't correctly
150 convert operator?: operands to the same type and fail with compilation
151 error instead. This can be worked around by explicitly casting to const
152 wxChar*: wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
153
154 - wxCtime() and wxAsctime() return char*; this is incompatible with Unicode
155 build in wxWidgets 2.8 that returned wchar_t*.
156
157 - DigitalMars compiler has a bug that prevents it from using
158 wxUniChar::operator bool in conditions and it erroneously reports type
159 conversion ambiguity in expressions such as this:
160 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); *p; ++p )
161 This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
162 for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
163
164 - Virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
165
166 - Functions that took wxChar* arguments that could by NULL in wxWidgets 2.8
167 are deprecated and passing NULL to them won't compile anymore, wxEmptyString
168 must be used instead.
169
170 - wxTmemxxx() functions take either wxChar* or char*, not void*: use memxxx()
171 with void pointers.
172
173 - Removed insecure wxGets() and wxTmpnam() functions.
174
175 - Removed global GetLine() function from wx/protocol/protocol.h, use
176 wxProtocol::ReadLine() instead.
177
178 - wxVariant no longer derives from wxObject. wxVariantData also no longer
179 derives from wxObject; instead of using wxDynamicCast with wxVariantData you
180 can use the macro wxDynamicCastVariantData with the same arguments.
181
182 - wxWindow::Next/PrevControlId() don't exist any more as they can't be
183 implemented correctly any longer because automatically generated ids are not
184 necessarily allocated consecutively any more. Use GetChildren() to find the
185 next/previous control sibling instead.
186
187 - Calling wxConfig::Write() with an enum value will fail to compile because
188 wxConfig now tries to convert all unknown types to wxString automatically.
189 The simplest solution is to cast the enum value to int.
190
191 - Several wxImage methods which previously had "long bitmaptype" parameters
192 have been changed to accept "wxBitmapType bitmaptype", please use enum
193 wxBitmapType in your code.
194
195 Deprecated methods and their replacements
196 -----------------------------------------
197
198 - wxCreateGreyedImage() deprecated, use wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale() instead.
199 - wxString::GetWriteBuf() and UngetWriteBuf() deprecated, using wxStringBuffer
200 or wxStringBufferLength instead.
201 - wxDIRCTRL_SHOW_FILTERS style is deprecated, filters are alwsys shown if
202 specified so this style should simply be removed
203 - wxDocManager::MakeDefaultName() replaced by MakeNewDocumentName() and
204 wxDocument::GetPrintableName() with GetUserReadableName() which are simpler
205 to use
206 - wxXmlProperty class was renamed to wxXmlAttribute in order to use standard
207 terminology. Corresponding wxXmlNode methods were renamed to use
208 "Attribute" instead of "Property" or "Prop" in their names.
209 - wxConnection::OnExecute() is not formally deprecated yet but new code should
210 use simpler OnExec() version which is called with wxString argument
211 - wxMenuItem::GetLabel has been deprecated in favour of wxMenuItem::GetItemLabelText
212 - wxMenuItem::GetText has been deprecated in favour of wxMenuItem::GetItemLabel
213 - wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText has been deprecated in favour of wxMenuItem::GetLabelText
214 - wxMenuItem::SetText has been deprecated in favour of wxMenuItem::SetItemLabel
215 - wxBrush's, wxPen's SetStyle() and GetStyle() as well as the wxBrush/wxPen ctor now take
216 respectively a wxBrushStyle and a wxPenStyle value instead of a plain "int style";
217 use the new wxBrush/wxPen style names (wxBRUSHSTYLE_XXX and wxPENSTYLE_XXX) instead
218 of the old deprecated wxXXX styles (which however are still available).
219 - EVT_CALENDAR_DAY event has been deprecated, use EVT_CALENDAR_SEL_CHANGED.
220 - EVT_CALENDAR_MONTH and EVT_CALENDAR_YEAR events are deprecated,
221 use EVT_CALENDAR_PAGE_CHANGED which replaces both of them.
222 - wxCalendarCtrl::EnableYearChange() and wxCAL_NO_YEAR_CHANGE are deprecated.
223 There is no replacement for this functionality, it is being dropped as it is
224 not available in native wxCalendarCtrl implementations.
225 - wxDC::SetClippingRegion(const wxRegion&) overload is deprecated as it used
226 different convention from the other SetClippingRegion() overloads: wxRegion
227 passed to it was interpreted in physical, not logical, coordinates. Replace
228 it with SetDeviceClippingRegion() if this was the correct thing to do in your
229 code.
230 - wxTE_AUTO_SCROLL style is deprecated as it's always on by default anyhow.
231
232
233 Major new features in this release
234 ----------------------------------
235
236 - wxWidgets is now always built with Unicode support but provides the same
237 simple (i.e. "char *"-tolerant) API as was available in ANSI build in the
238 past.
239
240 - wxWidgets may now use either wchar_t (UTF-16/32) or UTF-8 internally,
241 depending on what is optimal for the target platform.
242
243 - Events loops, timers and sockets can now be used in wxBase, without GUI.
244
245
246 2.9.0
247 -----
248
249 All:
250
251 - Added (experimental) IPv6 support to wxSocket (Arcen)
252 - Add support for wxExecute(wxEXEC_ASYNC) in wxBase (Lukasz Michalski)
253 - Added wxXLocale class and xlocale-like functions using it
254 - Allow loading message catalogs from wxFileSystem (Axel Gembe)
255 - Added wxMessageQueue class for inter-thread communications
256 - Use UTF-8 for Unicode data in wxIPC classes (Anders Larsen)
257 - Added support for user-defined types to wxConfig (Marcin Wojdyr).
258 - Added numeric options support to wxCmdLineParser (crjjrc)
259 - Added wxJoin() and wxSplit() functions (Francesco Montorsi).
260 - Added wxDateTime::FormatISOCombined() and ParseISODate/Time/Combined()
261 - Added wxMutex::LockTimeout() (Aleksandr Napylov).
262 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxInputStream&) ctor (Stas Sergeev).
263 - Implemented wxMemoryInputStream::CanRead().
264 - Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz).
265 - Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev).
266 - Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev).
267 - Allow using wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski).
268 - Added functions for Base64 en/decoding (Charles Reimers).
269 - Added support for binary data to wxConfig (Charles Reimers).
270 - Added functions for atomically inc/decrementing integers (Armel Asselin).
271 - wxLogInterposer has been added to replace wxLogPassThrough and new
272 wxLogInterposerTemp was added.
273 - Added support for broadcasting to UDP sockets (Andrew Vincent).
274 - Documentation now includes the wx library in which each class is defined.
275 - wxrc --gettext now generates references to source .xrc files (Heikki
276 Linnakangas).
277 - wxVariant::Unshare allows exclusive allocation of data that must be shared,
278 if the wxVariantData::Clone function is implemented.
279 - Added wxWeakRef<T>, wxScopedPtr<T>, wxSharedPtr<T> class templates
280 - Added wxVector<T> class templates
281 - Added wxON_BLOCK_EXIT_SET() and wxON_BLOCK_EXIT_NULL() to wx/scopeguard.h.
282 - Added wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent() replacing AddPendingEvent() and
283 wxQueueEvent() replacing wxPostEvent().
284 - wxString now uses std::[w]string internally by default, meaning that it is
285 now thread-safe if the standard library provided with your compiler is.
286 - Added wxCmdLineParser::AddUsageText() (Marcin 'Malcom' Malich).
287 - Fix reading/writing UTF-7-encoded text streams.
288 - Corrected bug in wxTimeSpan::IsShorterThan() for equal time spans.
289 - Use std::unordered_{map,set} for wxHashMap/Set if available (Jan van Dijk).
290
291 All (Unix):
292
293 - Added wx-config --optional-libs command line option (John Labenski).
294
295 All (GUI):
296
297 - Added wxDataViewCtrl class and helper classes
298 - Provide native implementation of wxCalendarCtrl under wxMSW and wxGTK
299 - Added {wxTextCtrl,wxComboBox}::AutoComplete() and AutoCompleteFileNames()
300 - Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty).
301 - Added wxNotificationMessage class for non-intrusive notifications
302 - Added wxWindow::Show/HideWithEffect()
303 - Added wxWrapSizer (Arne Steinarson)
304 - Added wxSpinCtrlDouble (John Labenski)
305 - Added multisample (anti-aliasing) support to wxGLCanvas (Olivier Playez).
306 - Initialize wx{Client,Paint,Window}DC with fonts/colours of its window.
307 - Added wxNativeContainerWindow to allow embedding wx into native windows
308 - Added custom controls support to wxFileDialog (Diaa Sami and Marcin Wojdyr)
309 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron).
310 - Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse).
311 - Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron).
312 - Added wxMessageDialog::SetMessage() and SetExtendedMessage().
313 - Added wxListCtrl::Set/GetColumnsOrder() (Yury Voronov)
314 - Made wxLogWindow thread-safe (Barbara Maren Winkler).
315 - Added wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars() (Julian Scheid)
316 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetClickCount() (Julian Scheid)
317 - Added wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT background style (Julian Scheid)
318 - Added XRCSIZERITEM() macro for obtaining sizers from XRC (Brian Vanderburg II)
319 - New and improved wxFileCtrl (Diaa Sami and Marcin Wojdyr)
320 - Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
321 - Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
322 - Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
323 - Slovak translation added.
324 - Fixed tab-related drawing and hit-testing bugs in wxRichTextCtrl.
325 - Implemented background colour in wxRichTextCtrl.
326 - Fixed crashes in helpview when opening a file.
327 - Set locale to the default in all ports, not just wxGTK.
328 - Added wxJoystick::GetButtonState/Position() (Frank C Szczerba).
329 - Added wxGridUpdateLocker helper class (Evgeniy Tarassov).
330 - Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov).
331 - Added wxWindow::NavigateIn() in addition to existing Navigate().
332 - Add support for <data> tags to wxrc.
333 - Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr).
334 - Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi).
335 - Added wxRect::operator+ (union) and * (intersection) (bdonner).
336 - Added support for two auxiliary mouse buttons to wxMouseEvent (Chris Weiland).
337 - Added wxToolTip::SetAutoPop() and SetReshow() (Jan Knepper).
338 - Added wxTaskBarIcon::Destroy().
339 - Added XRC handler for wxSearchCtrl (Sander Berents).
340 - Read image resolution from TIFF, JPEG and BMP images (Maycon Aparecido Gasoto).
341 - Add support for reading alpha data from TIFF images.
342 - Added wxSYS_DCLICK_TIME system metric constant (Arne Steinarson).
343 - Added wxApp::Get/SetAppDisplayName() (Brian A. Vanderburg II).
344 - Added wxWindow::GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser() (Arne Steinarson).
345 - Implemented wxTreeCtrl::GetPrevVisible() in the generic version and made the
346 behaviour of GetNextSibling() consistent between wxMSW and generic versions.
347 - Merged wxRichTextAttr and wxTextAttrEx into wxTextAttr, and added a font table
348 to wxRichTextBuffer to reduce wxFont consumption and increase performance.
349 - Optimize wxGenericTreeCtrl::Collapse/ExpandAllChildren()
350 (Szczepan Holyszewski).
351 - Added <scrollrate> parameter to wxScrolledWindow XRC handler.
352 - Added support for automatic dialog scrolling, via the new
353 wxDialogLayoutAdapter class and various new wxDialog functions. See the
354 topic "Automatic Scrolling Dialogs" in the manual for further details.
355 - Added support for resizing wxWizard bitmaps to the current page height,
356 via SetBitmapPlacement, SetBitmapBackgroundColour and SetMinimumBitmapWidth.
357 Also made it easier to derive from wxWizard and override behaviour.
358 - Made wxSizer::Fit() set the client size of the target window
359 - Add support for wxDatePickerCtrl in wxGenericValidator (Herry Ayen Yang)
360 - Added wxWindow::HasFocus().
361 - Added wxGLCanvas::IsDisplaySupported().
362 - Added wxApp::SetNativeTheme() (Stefan H.).
363 - Made wxSpinCtrl::Reparent() in MSW and generic versions (Angelo Mottola).
364 - Freeze() and Thaw() now recursively freeze/thaw the children too.
365 - Generalized wxScrolledWindow into wxScrolled<T> template that can derive
366 from any window class, not just wxPanel.
367 - Allow having menu separators with ids != wxID_SEPARATOR (Jeff Tupper)
368 - Fix appending items to sorted wxComboCtrl after creation (Jaakko Salli)
369 - Don't blit area larger than necessary in wxBufferedDC::UnMask (Liang Jian)
370 - Fixed wxPixelData<wxImage> compilation (Leonardo Fernandes).
371 - Added wxImage::GetType() (troelsk).
372 - Added wxGenericStaticBitmap suitable for display of large bitmaps.
373 - Support wxListCtrl::GetViewRect() in report view too.
374 - Implement wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() in generic version (David Barnard).
375 - Added wxVListBox::GetItemRect() (Javier Urien).
376 - Show busy cursor in wxLaunchDefaultBrowser and add wxBROWSER_NOBUSYCURSOR.
377 - Added wxFlexGridSizer::Is{Row,Col}Growable() (Marcin Wojdyr).
378
379 wxGTK:
380
381 - Support for markup and ellipsization in wxStaticText (Francesco Montorsi).
382 - Native implementation for wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
383 - Native keyboard navigation implementation.
384 - Added wxCB_SORT support to wxComboBox (Evgeniy Tarassov).
385 - Don't overwrite primary selection with clipboard and vice versa.
386 - Implemented support for underlined fonts in wxStaticText.
387 - wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints size increments now work.
388 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
389 - wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
390 - Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
391 - Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff).
392 - Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option.
393 - Added support for GTK+ print backend
394 - Fix changing font/colour of label in buttons with images (Marcin Wojdyr).
395
396 wxMac:
397
398 - Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls).
399 - Added support for changing button labels in wxMessageDialog (Gareth Simpson).
400 - Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs).
401 - Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox).
402 - Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz).
403 - Implement wxLocale::GetInfo() using CFLocale
404 - Added native wxCollapsiblePane
405
406 wxMSW:
407
408 - Fixed infinite loop in wxThread::Wait() in console applications.
409 - Return the restored window size from GetSize() when window is minimized.
410 - wxCheckListBox now looks more native, especially under XP (Marcin Malich).
411 - Allow tooltips longer than 64 (up to 128) characters in wxTaskBarIcon
412 - Fix centering wxFileDialog and allow positioning it
413 - Allow centering wxMessageDialog on its parent window (troelsk)
414 - Show resize gripper on resizeable dialogs (Kolya Kosenko)
415 - Implement support for display enumeration under WinCE (Vince Harron)
416 - Use different Win32 class names in different wx instances (Thomas Hauk)
417 - Support multiline labels for wxCheckBox.
418 - Print preview is now rendered in the resolution used by printer and
419 accurately represents what will be printed. This fixes wxHtmlEasyPrinting
420 preview inaccuracies on Windows; on other platforms, native preview
421 should be used.
422
423 wxX11:
424
425 - Added mouse wheel support (David Hart).
426 - Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart).
427
428
429 2.8.8
430 -----
431
432 All:
433
434 - Fixed bug with parsing some dates in wxDateTime (Bob Pesner).
435 - Fixed bug with parsing negative time zones in wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date().
436 - Initialize current line in wxTextBuffer ctor (Suzuki Masahiro).
437 - Improved performance of XML parsing (Francesco Montorsi).
438 - Fix wxDateTime::ParseRfc822Date() to handle missing seconds (Joe Nader).
439
440 All (GUI):
441
442 - Added wxWindow::GetNextSibling() and GetPrevSibling().
443 - Support wxGRID_AUTOSIZE in wxGrid::SetRow/ColLabelSize() (Evgeniy Tarassov).
444 - Ensure that wxGrid::AutoSizeColumn/Row() never sets column/row size
445 smaller than the minimal size.
446 - Added <scrollrate> parameter to wxScrolledWindow XRC handler.
447 - wxRichTextCtrl performance has been improved considerably.
448 - Several wxRichTextCtrl style, paste and undo bugs fixed.
449 - Added wxRichTextCtrl superscript and subscript support (Knut Petter Lehre).
450 - wxNotebook RTTI corrected, so now wxDynamicCast(notebook, wxBookCtrlBase)
451 works.
452 - When focus is set to wxScrolledWindow child, scroll it into view.
453 - Improve wximage::ResampleBox() (Mihai Ciocarlie).
454 - Implemented ScrollList() in generic wxListCtrl (Tim Kosse).
455 - SaveAs in docview takes into account path now.
456 - Fixed wxXmlResource::GetText() to convert data to current locale's
457 charset in ANSI build.
458 - wxGrid now indicates focus by using different colour for selection
459 and hiding cell cursor when it doesn't have focus.
460 - Added alpha support to wxImage::Paste() (Steven Van Ingelgem)
461 - Use current date when opening popup in generic wxDatePickerCtrl.
462 - Remove associated help text from wxHelpProvider when a window is destroyed.
463 - Added wxSizerFlags::ReserveSpaceEvenIfHidden() and
464 wxRESERVE_SPACE_EVEN_IF_HIDDEN sizer flag.
465 - Added wxWindow::ClientToWindowSize() and WindowToClientSize() helpers.
466 - Added wxSizer::ComputeFittingClientSize() and ComputeFittingWindowSize().
467 - Fixed wxSizer::SetSizeHints() to work when the best size decreases.
468 - Fixed crash in wxHtmlHelpController if the help window is still open.
469 - Fixed generic art provider to scale bitmaps down to client-specific
470 best size if needed.
471 - Made wxSpinCtrl::Reparent() in MSW and generic versions (Angelo Mottola).
472 - Fixed timing of malformed animated GIFs in wxHTML (Gennady Feller).
473 - Fixed incorrect layout width caching in wxHTML (Jeff Tupper).
474 - wxHTML: preserve TAB characters when copying <pre> content to clipboard.
475 - Set focus to wxCalendarCtrl when it is clicked.
476 - Don't clear the list control when wxLC_[HV]RULES style is toggled.
477 - Don't crash when Ctrl-Shift-T is pressed in empty wxStyledTextControl.
478
479 All (Unix):
480
481 - Fixed shared libraries to not depend on GStreamer when built with
482 --enable-media; only wxMedia library depends on it now.
483 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now uses xdg-open if available.
484 - Don't close UDP socket if an empty datagram is received (Mikkel S)
485 - Honour locale modifiers such a "@valencia" in system locale (Tim Kosse)
486
487 wxMSW:
488
489 - Fix rare bug with messages delivered to wrong wxSocket (Tim Kosse).
490 - Fix setting icons when they have non-default (16*16 and 32*32) sizes.
491 - Fixed wxLocale::GetInfo to use the C locale.
492 - Don't enable disabled windows when showing them (Harry McKame).
493 - Fix assert when using owner-drawn menu items with the newest (Vista) SDK.
494 - Fixed wxTextCtrl to not process clipboard events twice if there's
495 a custom wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_* event handler.
496 - Fix wxComboBox to not lose the current value if it was programmatically set
497 to a value not in a list of choices on popup close (Kolya Kosenko)
498 - Switching wxListCtrl to report mode from another one now uses full row
499 highlight, just as if the control were created in report mode initially.
500 - Use correct index of the right-clicked column in wxListCtrl in the
501 corresponding event even when the control is scrolled horizontally.
502 - Implement wxRadioBox::Reparent() correctly (Vince Harron).
503 - Make context sensitive help work for the text part of wxSpinCtrl.
504 - wxFileType::GetCommand() now looks at Explorer associations and CurVer
505 for increased reliability and conformance to user expectations.
506 - Fixed double Init() call in wxTopLevelWindow causing a memory leak on
507 SmartPhone.
508 - Fixed rendering of borders for wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH(2) style when
509 using Windows XP's Classic UI theme.
510 - Text controls with wxTE_RICH style now also generate wxClipboardTextEvents.
511 - Fixed wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER generation in wxSpinCtrl.
512 - Fixed wxSpinCtrl::GetClientSize() to return sensible value and not just
513 spin button's client size.
514 - Fixed IMPLEMENT_APP() to be compatible with the -WU flag of Borland C++
515 compiler (Matthias Bohm).
516 - Correct size calculation for toolbars containing controls under pre-XP
517 systems (Gerald Giese)
518
519 wxGTK:
520
521 - Return false from wxEventLoop::Dispatch() if gtk_main_quit() was called and
522 so the loop should exit (Rodolfo Schulz de Lima).
523 - Implement wxListBox::EnsureVisible() (Andreas Kling)
524 - Fixed wxCURSOR_HAND to map to GDK_HAND2 and not GDK_HAND1, for consistency
525 with other applications.
526 - Fix wxNotebook::GetPage{Text,Image}() when they were called from the page
527 change event handler for the first added page (Mikkel S).
528 - Fixed wxBitmapButton to use focus and hover bitmaps correctly.
529 - Fixed race condition which could cause idle processing to stop without
530 processing all pending events.
531 - wxAcceleratorTable now works with buttons too.
532
533 wxMac:
534
535 - Fixed cursor for wxBusyCursor and wxContextHelp.
536 - Fixed wxListCtrl to respect items' non-default fonts.
537 - wxListCtrl::SetColumnWidth() now supports wxLIST_AUTOSIZE.
538 - Fixed handling of transparent background in borderless wxBitmapButton.
539
540
541 2.8.7
542 -----
543
544 All:
545
546 - Fixed bug with default proxy destruction in wxURL (Axel Gembe).
547
548 wxMSW:
549
550 - Correct (harmless) warnings given for forward-declared DLL-exported classes
551 by mingw32 4.2 (Tim Stahlhut).
552
553 wxGTK:
554
555 - Added gtk.window.force-background-colour wxSystemOptions option to work around
556 a background colour bug in the gtk-qt theme under KDE.
557 - Implemented wxGetClientDisplayRect() correctly for wxGTK and X11-based ports.
558
559
560 2.8.6
561 -----
562
563 All:
564
565 - Fixed another bug in wxFileConfig when deleting entries (Axel Gembe)
566 - Added Portuguese translation (Antonio Cardoso Martins)
567
568
569 2.8.5
570 -----
571
572 All (GUI):
573
574 - Added colour normalization to PNM image handler (Ray Johnston)
575 - Fixed selecting part of word from right to left in wxHTML (Michael Hieke)
576 - Selecting text in wxHTML with character precision was made easier, it's
577 enough to select half of a character (Michael Hieke)
578 - Significantly improved startup times of XRC-based applications using
579 embedded resources on Unix (requires resources recompilation)
580 - Fixed freeing of "static" alpha data in wxImage (Axel Gembe)
581 - Don't invalidate the font in SetNativeFontInfo[Desc]() if the string is
582 invalid, to conform to the documented behaviour (Langhammer)
583 - Fixed wxXPMHandler::SaveFile for images with more than 92 colors.
584
585 wxMSW:
586
587 - Correct problem with page setup dialog when using landscape mode
588 - Added msw.font.no-proof-quality system option, see manual for description
589 - Fix appearance of notebook with non-top tabs under Windows Vista
590 - Fixed bug with symbol resolving in wxStackWalker (Axel Gembe)
591 - Fixed showing busy cursor for disabled windows and during wxExecute()
592 - Set the string of wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLED events (Luca Cappa)
593 - Fix problems with timers on SMP machines in wxAnimationCtrl (Gennady)
594
595 wxGTK:
596
597 - Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
598 - More work on setting defaults in GNOME print dialogs.
599 - Also made landscape printing work as per wxMSW.
600 - Add support for clipping in GNOME print backend.
601 - Speed up wxBitmap::Rescale()
602 - Add right button event for wxToolbar's tools (Tim Kosse)
603 - Don't unconditionally add wxCAPTION style to wxMiniFrame
604 - Generate wxEVT_COMMAND_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT event even if label didn't change
605 - Fix WX_GL_STEREO attribute handling (Tristan Mehamli)
606 - Fix wxThread::SetPriority() when the thread is running (Christos Gourdoupis)
607 - Fixed off by 1 bug in wxDC::GradientFillLinear() (Tim Kosse)
608
609
610 2.8.4
611 -----
612
613 All:
614
615 - Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
616 - Fix wxStringOutputStream::Write() in Unicode build when the argument
617 overlaps UTF-8 characters boundary
618 - Account for lines without newline at the end in wxExecute()
619
620 All (Unix):
621
622 - Handle socket shutdown by the peer correctly in wxSocket (Tim Kosse)
623
624 All (GUI):
625
626 - Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
627 - Fix memory leak in wxWizard when not using sizers for the page layout
628 - Added wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData()
629 - wxHTML: Apply table background colour between the cells too (Michael Hieke)
630
631 wxMSW:
632
633 - Corrected wxStaticBox label appearance when its foreground colour was set:
634 it didn't respect font size nor background colour then (Juan Antonio Ortega)
635 - Don't lose combobox text when it's opened and closed (Kolya Kosenko)
636 - Corrected GetChecked() for events from checkable menu items (smanders)
637 - Fixed popup menus under Windows NT 4
638 - Fixed bug in wxThread::Wait() in console applications introduced in 2.8.3
639 - Support right-aligned/centered owner drawn items in wxListCtrl (troelsk)
640 - Compilation fixed with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6==0
641 - Fix wxComboCtrl colours under Windows Vista (Kolya Kosenko)
642
643 wxGTK:
644
645 - Fix infinite loop when adding a wxStaticText control to a toolbar
646 - Fix wxNO_BORDER style for wxRadioBox (David Hart)
647 - Fix wxTextCtrl::GetLineText() for empty lines (Marcin Wojdyr)
648
649 wxMac:
650
651 - Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND) (Adrian Secord)
652
653 wxUniv:
654
655 - Fix wxTextCtrl::SetSelection(-1, -1) to behave as documented (Anders Larsen)
656 - Fix wxComboBox::SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND)
657 - Fix setting background colour for controls with transparent background
658
659
660 2.8.3
661 -----
662
663 All:
664
665 - Shut down the sockets gracefully (Sergio Aguayo)
666 - Fix extra indentation in wxHTML_ALIGN_JUSTIFY display (Chacal)
667
668 wxMac:
669
670 - Corrected top border size for wxStaticBox with empty label (nusi)
671
672 wxMSW:
673
674 - Fixed wxFileName::GetSize() for large files
675
676 wxGTK:
677
678 - Fixed handling of accelerators using PageUp/Down keys
679
680
681 2.8.2
682 -----
683
684 All:
685
686 - Added wxSizerFlags::Shaped() and FixedMinSize() methods.
687 - Added wxCSConv::IsOk() (Manuel Martin).
688 - Added wxDateTime::GetDateOnly().
689 - Made wxTextFile work with unseekable files again (David Hart).
690 - Added wxCONFIG_USE_SUBDIR flag to wxFileConfig (Giuseppe Bilotta).
691 - Added wxSearchCtrl::[Get|Set]DescriptiveText.
692 - Fixed detection of number of processors under Linux 2.6
693 - Fixed Base64 computation in wxHTTP (p_michalczyk)
694 - Fix handling of wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR in wxDatagramSocket (troelsk)
695
696 Unix Ports:
697
698 - Fixed crash in wxGetUserName() in Unicode build
699
700 wxMSW
701
702 - Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus.
703 - Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items.
704
705 wxGTK
706
707 - Fix hang on startup when using GTK+ options in Unicode build
708
709 wxMac
710
711 - Fix position of the centered windows (didn't take menu bar size into account)
712 - Added support for the wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style.
713
714 wxX11:
715
716 - Don't crash in wxWindow dtor if the window hadn't been really Create()d.
717
718 wxUniv:
719
720 - Fixed wxComboBox always sorted.
721
722
723 2.8.1
724 -----
725
726 All:
727
728 - Fix compilation with wxUSE_STL=1.
729 - wxGrid::GetBestSize() returns same size the grid would have after AutoSize().
730 - Added wxTreeCtrl::CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() (Francesco Montorsi).
731 - Several RTL-related positioning fixes (Diaa Sami).
732 - Fix wxConfig::DeleteGroup() for arguments with trailing slash (David Hart).
733 - Fix memory leak in wxGrid::ShowCellEditControl() (Christian Sturmlechner).
734
735 wxMSW:
736
737 - Fixed compilation with Borland C++ in Unicode mode but without MSLU.
738 - Show taskbar icon menu on right button release, not press.
739
740 wxGTK:
741
742 - Don't crash if command line is not valid UTF-8 (Unicode build only).
743
744 wxUniv:
745
746 - It is now possible to set background colour of wxStaticText.
747
748
749 2.8.0
750 -----
751
752 All:
753
754 - Added wxSearchCtrl (Vince Harron).
755 - wxCSConv("UTF-16/32") now behaves correctly, i.e. same as wxMBConvUTF16/32.
756 - wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents.
757 - Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
758 - New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
759 a stream that is seekable.
760 - Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows.
761 - Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize().
762 for a control with borders (Tim Kosse).
763
764 wxMSW:
765
766 - Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
767 - Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
768 - Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista.
769 - Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
770
771 wxGTK:
772
773 - Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles.
774 - Enable use of libgnomeprintui by default in configure.
775
776
777 2.7.2
778 -----
779
780 All:
781
782 - Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
783 - Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
784 - Added wxTar streams.
785 - Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
786 - Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
787
788 All (GUI):
789
790 - wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
791 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
792 - Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
793 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
794 - Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
795 - Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
796 - Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
797 - Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
798 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
799 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
800 - Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
801 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
802 formatting.
803 - Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
804 - Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
805 - wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
806 - wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
807
808 Unix Ports:
809
810 - Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
811 program (Francesco Montorsi).
812
813 wxGTK:
814
815 - More RTL work.
816 - Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
817 - Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
818 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
819 - wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
820
821
822 2.7.1
823 -----
824
825 All:
826
827 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
828 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
829 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
830 - Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
831 - Added reference counting for wxVariant.
832 - For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
833 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
834 - Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
835 - Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
836 - Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
837 - wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
838 - Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
839 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
840 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
841 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
842
843 All (GUI):
844
845 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
846 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
847 - wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
848 - Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
849 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
850 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
851 - Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
852 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
853 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
854 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
855 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
856 - Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
857 - Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
858 - Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
859
860 wxMSW:
861
862 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
863 - wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
864 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
865 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
866 high-contrast theme).
867 - Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
868
869 wxMac:
870
871 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
872 to the SDK.
873
874 wxGTK:
875
876 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
877 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
878 - Implemented right-to-left support.
879 - Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
880 - Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
881
882 wxUniv:
883
884 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
885
886
887 2.7.0
888 -----
889
890 All:
891
892 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
893 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
894 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
895 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
896 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
897 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
898 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
899 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
900 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
901 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
902 during a search and replace.
903 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
904 are both used in the same program.
905 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
906 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
907 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
908 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
909 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
910 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
911 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
912 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
913 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
914 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
915 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
916 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
917 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
918 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
919 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
920 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
921 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
922 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
923 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
924 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
925 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
926 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
927 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
928 the first time it was called.
929 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
930 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
931 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
932 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
933 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
934 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
935 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
936 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
937 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
938 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
939
940 All (GUI):
941
942 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
943 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
944 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
945 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
946 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
947 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
948 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
949 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
950 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
951 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
952 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
953 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
954 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
955 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
956 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
957 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
958 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
959 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
960 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
961 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
962 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
963 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
964 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
965 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
966 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
967 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
968 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
969 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
970 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
971 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
972 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
973 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
974 by Sandro Sigala).
975 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
976 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
977 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
978 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
979 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
980 best size.
981 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
982 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
983 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
984 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
985 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
986 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
987 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
988 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
989 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
990 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
991 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
992 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
993 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
994 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
995 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
996 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
997 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
998 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
999 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
1000 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
1001 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
1002 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
1003 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
1004 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
1005 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
1006 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
1007 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
1008 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
1009 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
1010 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
1011 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
1012 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
1013 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
1014 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
1015 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
1016 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
1017 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
1018 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
1019 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
1020 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
1021
1022 wxMSW:
1023
1024 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
1025 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
1026 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
1027 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
1028 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
1029 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
1030 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
1031 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
1032 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
1033 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
1034 wxMSW faq for details).
1035 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
1036 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
1037 to the link command.
1038 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
1039 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
1040 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
1041 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
1042 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
1043 show.
1044 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
1045 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
1046 initial construction.
1047 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
1048 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
1049 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
1050 events).
1051 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
1052 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
1053 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
1054 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
1055 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
1056 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
1057 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
1058 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
1059 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
1060 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
1061 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
1062 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
1063 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
1064 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
1065 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
1066 changes the system font.
1067 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
1068 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
1069 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
1070 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
1071 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
1072 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
1073
1074 wxGTK:
1075
1076 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
1077 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
1078 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
1079 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
1080 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
1081 implementation.
1082 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
1083 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
1084 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
1085 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
1086 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
1087 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
1088 previously unable to be focused before.
1089 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
1090 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
1091 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
1092 class was used.
1093 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
1094 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
1095 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
1096 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
1097 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
1098 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
1099 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
1100 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
1101 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
1102
1103 wxMac:
1104
1105 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
1106 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
1107 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
1108 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
1109 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
1110 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
1111 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
1112 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
1113 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
1114 - Corrected idle wake-up.
1115 - Corrected wxExecute.
1116 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
1117 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
1118 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
1119 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
1120 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
1121 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
1122 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
1123 were found.
1124 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
1125 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
1126 under Mach-O.
1127 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
1128 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
1129 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
1130 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
1131 end of file with an error.
1132 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
1133 binaries.
1134 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
1135 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
1136 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
1137 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
1138 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
1139 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
1140 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
1141
1142 wxCocoa:
1143
1144 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
1145
1146 wxWinCE:
1147
1148 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
1149 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
1150 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
1151 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
1152 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
1153 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
1154 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
1155 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
1156 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
1157 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
1158 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
1159 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
1160 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
1161 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
1162 directly, however.
1163 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
1164 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
1165 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
1166 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
1167 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
1168
1169 wxUniv:
1170
1171 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
1172 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
1173 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
1174
1175 wxX11:
1176
1177 - Invisible text problem fixed.
1178 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
1179 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
1180 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
1181
1182 Unix:
1183
1184 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
1185
1186 wxMGL:
1187
1188 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
1189 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
1190
1191
1192 2.6.2
1193 -----
1194
1195 All:
1196
1197 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
1198 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
1199 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
1200 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
1201 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
1202 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
1203 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
1204 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
1205 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
1206 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
1207 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
1208 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
1209
1210 All (GUI):
1211
1212 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
1213 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
1214 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
1215 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
1216 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
1217 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
1218 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
1219 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
1220 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
1221 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
1222 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
1223 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
1224
1225 wxMSW:
1226
1227 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
1228 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
1229 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
1230 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
1231 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
1232 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
1233 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
1234 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
1235 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
1236 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
1237 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
1238 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
1239 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
1240 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
1241 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
1242
1243 wxGTK:
1244
1245 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
1246 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
1247 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
1248 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
1249 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
1250 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
1251 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
1252 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
1253 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
1254 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
1255 - Fixed domain socket handling.
1256
1257 wxMac:
1258
1259 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
1260 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
1261 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
1262 - Various text control bug fixes.
1263 - Automatic menu management improved.
1264 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
1265 due to dangling cycle pointers.
1266 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
1267 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
1268 showing modally).
1269
1270 wxOS2
1271
1272 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
1273
1274 wxUniv:
1275
1276 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
1277 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
1278
1279 wxMotif:
1280
1281 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
1282 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
1283 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
1284 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
1285 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
1286 flag has been specified.
1287 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
1288 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
1289 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
1290 showing modally).
1291
1292 wxMGL:
1293
1294 - Fixed crash on exit.
1295 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
1296
1297 wxX11:
1298
1299 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
1300
1301
1302 2.6.1
1303 -----
1304
1305 All:
1306
1307 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
1308 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
1309
1310 All (GUI):
1311
1312 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
1313 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
1314 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
1315 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
1316 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
1317 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
1318 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
1319 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
1320 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
1321 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
1322
1323 wxMSW:
1324
1325 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
1326 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
1327 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
1328 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
1329 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
1330 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
1331 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
1332 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
1333 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
1334 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
1335 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
1336 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
1337 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
1338 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
1339 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
1340 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
1341 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
1342 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
1343 - Compiles again with WIN64.
1344 - Winelib compilation now works.
1345 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
1346 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
1347 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
1348 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
1349 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
1350 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
1351 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
1352 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
1353 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
1354 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
1355 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
1356 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
1357 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
1358
1359 wxWinCE:
1360
1361 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
1362
1363 wxGTK:
1364
1365 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
1366 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
1367 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
1368 - Added bitmap support in menus.
1369
1370 wxMac:
1371
1372 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
1373 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
1374 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
1375 incorrect state.
1376 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
1377 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
1378 - Window menu now added automatically.
1379 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
1380 - Modified function key support fixed.
1381 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
1382
1383 wxX11:
1384
1385 - Menu problems fixed.
1386 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
1387 - Fixed a font memory leak.
1388 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
1389
1390
1391 2.6.0
1392 -----
1393
1394 All:
1395
1396 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
1397 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
1398
1399 All (GUI):
1400
1401 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
1402 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
1403
1404 wxMSW:
1405
1406 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
1407 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
1408 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
1409
1410 wxWinCE:
1411
1412 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
1413
1414 wxGTK:
1415 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
1416 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
1417 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
1418 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
1419 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
1420 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
1421 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
1422
1423 wxMac:
1424 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
1425
1426 2.5.5
1427 -----
1428
1429 All:
1430
1431 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
1432 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
1433 - Added wxDebugReport class.
1434 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
1435 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
1436 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
1437 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
1438 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
1439 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
1440
1441 All (GUI):
1442
1443 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
1444 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
1445 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
1446 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
1447 the whole virtual area.
1448 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
1449 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
1450 isn't used to set the window size.
1451 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
1452 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
1453 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
1454 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
1455
1456 Unix:
1457
1458 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
1459
1460 wxMSW:
1461
1462 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
1463 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
1464 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
1465 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
1466 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
1467 handling (Jamie Gadd).
1468
1469 wxGTK:
1470
1471 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
1472 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
1473 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
1474 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
1475 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
1476 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
1477 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
1478 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
1479
1480 wxMac:
1481
1482 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
1483
1484 wxPalmOS:
1485
1486 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
1487
1488 wxWinCE:
1489
1490 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
1491 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
1492 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
1493 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
1494 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
1495 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
1496 with correct titlebar style.
1497 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
1498 PocketPC guidelines
1499 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
1500 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
1501 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
1502 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
1503 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
1504 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
1505 to the dialog's toolbar.
1506
1507 2.5.4
1508 -----
1509
1510 All:
1511
1512 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
1513 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
1514 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
1515 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
1516 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
1517 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
1518 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
1519 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
1520 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
1521 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
1522 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
1523 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
1524 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
1525 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
1526 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
1527 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
1528 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
1529 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
1530 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
1531 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
1532 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
1533 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
1534 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
1535 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
1536 printing stuff in the GTK port.
1537 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
1538 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
1539 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
1540 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
1541 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
1542 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
1543 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
1544 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
1545 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
1546 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
1547 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
1548 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
1549 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
1550 due to a rounding error.
1551 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
1552 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
1553 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
1554 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
1555 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
1556 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
1557 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
1558 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
1559
1560
1561 All (GUI):
1562
1563 - added wxMediaCtrl
1564 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
1565 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
1566 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
1567 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
1568 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
1569 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
1570 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
1571 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
1572 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
1573 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
1574 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
1575 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
1576 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
1577 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
1578 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
1579 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
1580 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
1581
1582 Unix:
1583
1584 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
1585
1586 wxGTK:
1587
1588 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
1589 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
1590 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
1591 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
1592 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
1593 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
1594 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
1595 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
1596 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
1597 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
1598 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
1599 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
1600 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
1601 errors otherwise.
1602 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
1603 - Added wxRawBitmap support
1604 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
1605 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
1606 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
1607
1608 wxMac:
1609
1610 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
1611 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
1612 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
1613 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
1614
1615 wxMSW:
1616
1617 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
1618 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
1619 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
1620 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
1621 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
1622
1623 wxWinCE:
1624 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
1625 but not mentioned anywhere.
1626 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
1627
1628 wxUniv:
1629
1630 - wxBU_... button align flags support
1631 - vertical notebook orientation support
1632 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
1633 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
1634
1635 wxPalmOS:
1636
1637 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
1638 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
1639 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
1640 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
1641 - enumeration of available volumes
1642 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
1643 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
1644 - native wxColourDialog implementation
1645 - native wxSystemSettings colours
1646 - native wxButton implementation
1647 - native wxCheckBox implementation
1648 - native wxSlider implementation
1649 - native wxToggleButton implementation
1650 - native wxRadioButton implementation
1651 - native wxStaticText implementation
1652 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
1653
1654
1655 2.5.3
1656 -----
1657
1658 All:
1659
1660 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
1661 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
1662 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1663 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
1664 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
1665 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
1666 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
1667 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
1668 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
1669 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
1670 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
1671 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
1672 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
1673 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
1674 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
1675 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
1676
1677 All (GUI):
1678
1679 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
1680 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
1681 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
1682 is discouraged
1683 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
1684 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
1685 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
1686 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
1687 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
1688 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
1689 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
1690 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
1691 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
1692 - added samples/splash
1693 - added support for stock buttons
1694 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
1695 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
1696 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
1697 - added wxChoicebook control
1698 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
1699 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
1700 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
1701 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
1702 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
1703 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
1704 supported, instead of zero.
1705 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
1706
1707 Unix:
1708
1709 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
1710 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
1711 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
1712 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
1713 - wx-config has new --version-full option
1714
1715 wxCocoa:
1716
1717 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1718 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
1719 - Tooltips now supported
1720 - wxSound now supported
1721 - wxDisplay now supported
1722 - Some stock cursors now supported
1723
1724 wxMac:
1725
1726 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
1727 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
1728 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1729 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
1730
1731 wxGTK:
1732
1733 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
1734 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
1735 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
1736 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
1737 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
1738 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
1739 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
1740 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
1741 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
1742 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
1743 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
1744 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
1745 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
1746 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
1747 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
1748 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
1749 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
1750 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
1751 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
1752
1753 wxMotif:
1754
1755 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
1756
1757 wxMSW:
1758
1759 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
1760 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
1761 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
1762 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
1763 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
1764 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
1765 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
1766 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
1767 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
1768 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
1769 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
1770 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1771 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
1772 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
1773
1774 wxUniv/X11:
1775
1776 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
1777
1778 wxWinCE:
1779
1780 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
1781 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
1782 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
1783 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
1784
1785 wxHTML:
1786
1787 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
1788 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
1789
1790
1791 2.5.2
1792 -----
1793
1794 All:
1795
1796 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1797 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1798 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1799 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1800 of run-time) now
1801 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1802 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1803 to forward declare these classes.
1804
1805 All (GUI):
1806
1807 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1808 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1809 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1810 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1811 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1812 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1813 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1814 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1815 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1816 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1817 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1818 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1819 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1820 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1821 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1822
1823 wxMSW:
1824
1825 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1826 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1827 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1828 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1829 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1830 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1831 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1832 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1833 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1834 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1835 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1836 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1837
1838 wxGTK:
1839
1840 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1841
1842 wxMotif:
1843
1844 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1845 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1846 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1847 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1848
1849 wxUniv/X11:
1850
1851 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1852
1853 wxHTML:
1854
1855 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1856 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1857
1858 Unix:
1859
1860 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1861 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1862
1863 wxODBC:
1864
1865 - Full Unicode support is now available
1866 - BLOB support is working
1867
1868
1869 2.5.1
1870 -----
1871
1872 All:
1873
1874 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1875 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1876 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1877 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1878 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1879 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1880 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1881 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1882 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1883 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1884 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1885 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1886 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1887 (as in 2.5.0).
1888 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1889 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1890 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1891 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1892 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1893 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1894 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1895 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1896 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1897 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1898 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1899 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1900
1901 All (GUI):
1902
1903 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1904 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1905 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1906 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1907 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1908 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1909 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1910 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1911 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1912 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1913 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1914 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1915 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1916 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1917 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1918 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1919 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1920 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1921 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1922 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1923 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1924 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1925 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1926 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1927 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1928 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1929
1930 wxMSW:
1931
1932 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1933 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1934 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1935 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1936 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1937 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1938 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1939 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1940 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1941 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1942 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1943 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1944 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1945 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1946 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1947 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1948 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1949 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1950 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1951 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1952 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1953 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1954 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1955 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1956 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1957 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1958 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1959 than the specified default size
1960 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1961
1962 wxGTK:
1963
1964 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1965 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1966 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1967 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1968 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1969 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1970 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1971 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1972 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1973
1974 wxMac:
1975
1976 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1977 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1978 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1979 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1980
1981 wxMotif:
1982
1983 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1984
1985 wxHTML:
1986
1987 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1988 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1989
1990 Unix:
1991
1992 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1993 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1994 addition to existing OSS one
1995 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1996
1997
1998 2.5.0
1999 -----
2000
2001 All:
2002
2003 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
2004 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
2005 separately compiled library
2006 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
2007 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
2008 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
2009 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
2010 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
2011 - added wxArray::SetCount()
2012 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
2013 by default in Unicode mode
2014 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
2015 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
2016 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
2017 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
2018 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
2019 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
2020 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
2021 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
2022 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
2023 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
2024 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
2025 - added wxRecursionGuard class
2026 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
2027 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
2028 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
2029 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
2030 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
2031 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
2032 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
2033 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
2034
2035 wxBase:
2036
2037 - added Watcom makefiles
2038 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
2039
2040 All GUI ports:
2041
2042 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
2043 - added wxListbook control
2044 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
2045 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
2046 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
2047 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
2048 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
2049 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
2050 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
2051 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
2052 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
2053 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
2054 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
2055 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
2056 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
2057 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
2058 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
2059 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
2060 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
2061 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
2062 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
2063 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
2064 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
2065 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
2066 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
2067 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
2068 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
2069 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
2070 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
2071 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
2072 default extension for the template
2073 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
2074 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
2075 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
2076 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
2077 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
2078 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
2079 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
2080 to allow better rich text support.
2081 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
2082 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
2083 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
2084 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
2085 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
2086 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
2087 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
2088 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
2089 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
2090 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
2091 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
2092 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
2093 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
2094 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
2095 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
2096 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
2097 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
2098 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
2099 - added wxMirrorDC class
2100 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
2101 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
2102 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
2103 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
2104 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
2105 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
2106 improved
2107
2108 Unix:
2109
2110 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
2111 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
2112 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
2113 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
2114 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
2115
2116 Generic controls:
2117
2118 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
2119 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
2120 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
2121 to contrib/src/deprecated
2122
2123 wxGTK:
2124
2125 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
2126 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
2127 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
2128 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
2129 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
2130 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
2131 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
2132 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
2133 be appended to filenames with no extension
2134 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
2135 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
2136 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
2137 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
2138
2139 wxMac:
2140
2141 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
2142 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
2143
2144 wxMSW:
2145
2146 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
2147 - added wxCrashReport
2148 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
2149 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
2150 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
2151 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
2152 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
2153 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
2154 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
2155 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
2156 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
2157 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
2158 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
2159 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
2160 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
2161 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
2162 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
2163 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
2164 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
2165 - improved border handling under Windows XP
2166 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
2167 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
2168 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
2169 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
2170 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
2171 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
2172 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
2173
2174 wxMotif:
2175
2176 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
2177 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
2178 documentation for a detailed explanation
2179 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
2180 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
2181 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
2182 with Motif 1.x compatibility
2183 - implemented wxToggleButton
2184 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
2185 instead of a sunken border
2186 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
2187 - finished wxClipboard implementation
2188
2189 wxUniv:
2190
2191 - controls in toolbars now supported
2192
2193 wxHTML:
2194
2195 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
2196 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
2197 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
2198 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
2199 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
2200
2201
2202 OLD CHANGES
2203 ===========
2204
2205 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
2206 ================================
2207
2208 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
2209 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
2210 with '!' in the first column.
2211
2212 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
2213 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
2214 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
2215 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
2216 2.6 release.
2217
2218 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
2219 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
2220 (see the documentation) useful.
2221
2222
2223 wxBase:
2224
2225 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
2226 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
2227 code.
2228
2229 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
2230 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
2231 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
2232 arrays containing non-pointers.
2233
2234 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
2235 simply don't make sense for all objects
2236
2237 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
2238 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
2239 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
2240
2241 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
2242
2243 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
2244 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
2245 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
2246 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
2247 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
2248
2249 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
2250 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
2251 the default assert handling.
2252
2253 All (GUI):
2254
2255 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
2256 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
2257 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
2258
2259 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
2260 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
2261 instead!
2262
2263 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
2264 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
2265 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
2266
2267 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
2268 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
2269 you want to get OnChar() as well
2270
2271 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
2272 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
2273 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
2274
2275 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
2276 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
2277 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
2278 will *NOT* work any longer:
2279
2280 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
2281 ... do something ...
2282 if ( flags & wxYES )
2283 ... do something else ...
2284
2285 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
2286 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
2287 the ctor
2288
2289 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
2290
2291 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
2292 if you derived any classes from it
2293
2294 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
2295 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
2296
2297 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
2298 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
2299
2300 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
2301 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
2302
2303 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
2304 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
2305 from happening
2306
2307 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
2308 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
2309 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
2310
2311 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
2312 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
2313 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
2314 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
2315
2316 wxMSW:
2317
2318 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
2319 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
2320 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
2321 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
2322 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
2323 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
2324 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
2325 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
2326 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
2327 is only present for the DLLs builds.
2328
2329 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
2330 style to avoid it
2331
2332 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
2333 previously selected one instead of replacing it
2334
2335 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
2336 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
2337 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
2338
2339 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
2340 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
2341
2342
2343 Unix ports:
2344
2345 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
2346 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
2347 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
2348 to compile pure C files.
2349
2350
2351 wxThread and related classes:
2352
2353 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
2354 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
2355 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
2356 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
2357
2358 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
2359 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
2360 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
2361 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
2362
2363 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
2364 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
2365 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
2366
2367 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
2368 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
2369
2370
2371 OTHER CHANGES
2372 =============
2373
2374 2.4.0
2375 -----
2376
2377 wxMSW:
2378
2379 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
2380
2381 2.3.4
2382 -----
2383
2384 All:
2385
2386 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
2387 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
2388 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
2389
2390 Unix (Base/GUI):
2391
2392 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
2393 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
2394 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
2395
2396 wxGTK:
2397 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
2398 - Addition of native frame site grip.
2399
2400 wxX11:
2401 - Unicode support through Pango library.
2402
2403 wxMSW:
2404
2405 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
2406 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
2407
2408 wxHTML:
2409
2410 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
2411
2412 2.3.3
2413 -----
2414
2415 wxBase:
2416
2417 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
2418 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
2419 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
2420 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
2421 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
2422 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
2423 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
2424 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
2425 after (non standard) STL hash_map
2426 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
2427 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
2428 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
2429 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
2430 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
2431 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
2432 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
2433
2434 Unix (Base/GUI):
2435
2436 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
2437 programs and not only GNU make
2438 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
2439 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
2440 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
2441 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
2442 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
2443
2444 All (GUI):
2445
2446 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
2447 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
2448 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
2449 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
2450 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
2451 wxWidgets dialogs
2452 - significantly improved native font support
2453 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
2454 wxHashTable
2455 - added IFF image handler
2456 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
2457 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
2458 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
2459 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
2460 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
2461 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
2462 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
2463 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
2464 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
2465 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
2466 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
2467 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
2468 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
2469 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2470 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
2471 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
2472 - wxMessageOutput class added
2473 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
2474 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
2475 table fills up
2476 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
2477 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
2478 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
2479 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
2480 (Rene Rivera).
2481 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
2482 whether a label edit was cancelled.
2483 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
2484
2485 wxMSW:
2486
2487 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
2488 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
2489 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
2490 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
2491 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
2492 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
2493 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
2494 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
2495 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
2496 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
2497 are changed
2498 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
2499 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
2500 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
2501 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
2502 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
2503 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
2504 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
2505 recursion any more
2506 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
2507 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
2508 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
2509 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
2510 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
2511 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
2512 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
2513 has the capture before release it.
2514 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
2515 - default button handling is now closer to expected
2516 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
2517 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
2518 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
2519 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
2520 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
2521 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
2522 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
2523 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
2524 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
2525 provided in wxFontData
2526 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
2527 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
2528
2529 wxGTK:
2530
2531 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
2532 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
2533 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
2534 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
2535 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
2536 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
2537 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
2538 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
2539 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
2540 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
2541 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
2542 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
2543 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
2544
2545 wxMotif:
2546
2547 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
2548 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
2549 - improved toolbar control alignment
2550 - implemented wxSpinButton
2551 - implemented wxCheckListBox
2552 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
2553 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
2554
2555 wxX11:
2556
2557 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
2558 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
2559
2560 wxMac:
2561
2562 - Many improvements
2563
2564 wxOS2:
2565
2566 - First alpha-quality release
2567
2568 wxHTML:
2569
2570 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
2571 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
2572 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
2573 - fixed alignment handling in tables
2574 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
2575
2576 2.3.2
2577 -----
2578
2579 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
2580
2581 wxBase:
2582
2583 - wxRegEx class added
2584 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
2585 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
2586 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
2587 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
2588 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
2589
2590 All (GUI):
2591
2592 - support for virtual list control added
2593 - column images in report mode of the list control
2594 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
2595 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
2596 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
2597 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
2598 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
2599 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2600 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
2601 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
2602 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
2603 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
2604 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
2605 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
2606
2607 wxMSW:
2608
2609 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
2610 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
2611 project files
2612
2613 wxGTK:
2614
2615 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
2616 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
2617 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
2618 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
2619
2620 wxMac:
2621
2622 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
2623 Tools
2624
2625 wxHTML:
2626
2627 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
2628 to tags parsing
2629 - added support for animated GIFs
2630
2631 2.3.1
2632 -----
2633
2634 wxBase:
2635
2636 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
2637 - Fixed new charset detection code
2638 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
2639 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
2640 - Added wxDir::Traverse
2641 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
2642 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
2643 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
2644
2645 All (GUI):
2646
2647 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
2648 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
2649 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
2650 push on a custom event handler for example)
2651 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
2652 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
2653 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
2654 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
2655 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
2656 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
2657 first-time saved
2658 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
2659 - Various wxXML enhancements
2660 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
2661 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
2662 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
2663 instead of GetId()
2664 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
2665 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
2666
2667 wxMSW:
2668
2669 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
2670 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
2671 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
2672 alt or shift) now work
2673 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
2674 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
2675 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
2676 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
2677 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
2678 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
2679 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
2680 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
2681 - We now send iconize events
2682 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
2683 - Added mousewheel processing
2684 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
2685 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
2686 in wxDC
2687 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
2688 child frame styles are honoured
2689
2690 wxGTK:
2691
2692 - Fixed slider rounding bug
2693 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
2694 - We now send iconize events
2695 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
2696 GetSelection() results
2697
2698 2.3.0
2699 -----
2700
2701 wxBase:
2702
2703 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
2704 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
2705 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
2706 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
2707 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2708 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
2709 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
2710 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
2711 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
2712 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
2713
2714 All (GUI):
2715
2716 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
2717 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
2718 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
2719 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
2720 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
2721 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
2722 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
2723 wxImage methods and ctor)
2724 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
2725 - ODBC documentation complete!!
2726 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
2727 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
2728 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
2729 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
2730
2731 wxMSW:
2732
2733 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
2734 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
2735 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
2736 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
2737
2738 wxGTK:
2739
2740 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
2741
2742 wxHTML:
2743
2744 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
2745 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
2746
2747 2.2.0
2748 -----
2749
2750 wxBase:
2751
2752 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
2753 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
2754 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
2755 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
2756 - Completed Czech translations
2757 - Some stream corrections
2758 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
2759 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
2760 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
2761 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
2762
2763 All (GUI):
2764
2765 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
2766 flicker-free dragging is now possible
2767 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
2768 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
2769 - Paper names now translated
2770 - wxGrid fixes
2771 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
2772 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
2773 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
2774 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
2775 File dialog.
2776 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
2777 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
2778 writing code
2779 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
2780 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
2781 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
2782 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
2783
2784 wxMSW:
2785
2786 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
2787 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
2788 backward compatibility, please set
2789 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
2790 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2791 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2792 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2793 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2794 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2795 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2796 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2797 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2798 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2799 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2800 - wxFrame restores focus better
2801 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2802 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2803 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2804 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2805 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2806 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2807 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2808 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2809 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2810 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2811
2812 wxGTK:
2813
2814 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2815
2816 wxMotif:
2817
2818 - Small compilation fixes
2819
2820 Documentation:
2821
2822 - wxCaret documented
2823
2824 2.1.16
2825 ------
2826
2827 wxBase:
2828
2829 All (GUI):
2830
2831 wxMSW:
2832
2833 - Various bug fixes
2834 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2835 files. This works under VC++ only
2836 - Modal dialog handling improved
2837 - Printer dialog now modal
2838
2839 wxGTK:
2840
2841 - Various bug fixes
2842
2843 wxMotif:
2844
2845 - Various bug fixes
2846
2847 2.1.15
2848 ------
2849
2850 Documentation:
2851
2852 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2853
2854 File hierarchy:
2855
2856 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2857 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2858
2859 wxBase:
2860
2861 - wxSocket support
2862 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2863 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2864 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2865 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2866 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2867 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2868 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2869 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2870 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2871 only so far)
2872 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2873 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2874 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2875 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2876 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2877 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2878 is available)
2879 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2880
2881 all (GUI):
2882
2883 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2884 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2885 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2886 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2887 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2888 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2889 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2890 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2891 John Norris)
2892 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2893 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2894 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2895 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2896 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2897 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2898 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2899 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2900 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2901 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2902 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2903 - wxDragImage class added
2904 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2905 controllers, as well as native help
2906 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2907
2908 wxMSW:
2909
2910 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2911 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2912 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2913 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2914 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2915 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2916 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2917 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2918 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2919 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2920 Unix ports
2921 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2922 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2923 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2924
2925 wxGTK:
2926
2927 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2928 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2929 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2930
2931 wxMotif:
2932
2933 - wxMenu::Enable works
2934 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2935 - OGL samples made to work again
2936
2937 wxHTML:
2938
2939 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2940 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2941 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2942 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2943 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2944 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2945 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2946 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2947 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2948 - improved HTML printing
2949 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
2950 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2951 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2952 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2953
2954
2955 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2956 change log.
2957
2958 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2959 -----------------------
2960
2961 wxGTK:
2962
2963 - JPEG support added.
2964 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2965
2966 wxMSW:
2967
2968 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2969 SetTabSize added.
2970 - JPEG support added.
2971 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2972 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2973 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2974
2975 wxMotif:
2976
2977
2978 General:
2979
2980 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2981
2982
2983 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2984 -------------------------------
2985
2986 wxGTK:
2987
2988 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
2989 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2990
2991 wxMSW:
2992
2993 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2994 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2995 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2996 - Some makefile fixes.
2997
2998 wxMotif:
2999
3000 - None.
3001
3002 General:
3003
3004 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
3005 - More topic overviews.
3006 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
3007 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
3008 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
3009
3010
3011 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
3012 --------------------------
3013
3014 wxGTK:
3015
3016 - wxExecute improved.
3017
3018 wxMSW:
3019
3020 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
3021 expected).
3022 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
3023 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
3024 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
3025 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
3026 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
3027 - Fixed focus-related crash.
3028
3029 wxMotif:
3030
3031 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
3032 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
3033
3034 General:
3035
3036 - wxLocale documented.
3037 - Added include filenames to class reference.
3038 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
3039 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
3040 (though doesn't display help yet).
3041
3042 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
3043 --------------------------
3044
3045 wxGTK:
3046
3047 - Miscellaneous fixes.
3048
3049 wxMSW:
3050
3051 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
3052 rationalised.
3053 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
3054
3055 wxMotif:
3056
3057 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
3058 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
3059 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
3060 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
3061 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
3062 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
3063 crashes for some reason).
3064 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
3065 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
3066
3067 General:
3068
3069 - Further doc improvements.
3070 - wxGenericValidator added.
3071 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
3072 automatically.
3073
3074 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
3075 -------------------------
3076
3077 wxGTK:
3078
3079 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
3080 - wxToolTip class added.
3081 - Miscellaneous fixes.
3082
3083 wxMSW:
3084
3085 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
3086 - Makefiles for more compilers.
3087 - TWIN32 support added.
3088 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
3089 factored out program/library settings.
3090 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
3091
3092 wxMotif:
3093
3094 - A few more colour fixes.
3095 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
3096 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
3097 - wxChoice crash fix.
3098 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
3099
3100 General:
3101
3102 - wxBusyCursor class added.
3103 - Added samples/dde.
3104 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
3105
3106 Beta 2, January 1999
3107 --------------------
3108
3109 wxGTK:
3110
3111 wxMSW:
3112
3113 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
3114
3115 wxMotif:
3116
3117 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
3118 the right place.
3119 - Cured some widget table clashes.
3120 - Added thread support (Robert).
3121 - wxPoem sample now works.
3122
3123 General:
3124
3125 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
3126 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
3127 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
3128 or below).
3129 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
3130 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
3131 sample.
3132 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
3133
3134 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
3135 --------------------------
3136
3137 wxGTK:
3138
3139 - Various
3140
3141 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
3142
3143
3144 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
3145 ----------------------------
3146
3147 wxMSW:
3148
3149 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
3150 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
3151 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
3152 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
3153 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
3154 on a tab.
3155 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
3156 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
3157 of Stefan Csomor.
3158
3159 wxMotif:
3160
3161 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
3162 without (permanently) resizing the window.
3163 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
3164 that disabled scrollbar paging.
3165 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
3166 colours correctly.
3167 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
3168 when any button was pressed.
3169 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
3170 have a white background.
3171 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
3172 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
3173 they have sensible colours by default.
3174 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
3175 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
3176 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
3177 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
3178 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
3179
3180 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
3181 ----------------------------
3182
3183 wxMSW:
3184
3185 - More documentation updates, especially for
3186 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
3187 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
3188 of wxTrace.
3189 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
3190 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
3191 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
3192 position.
3193 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
3194
3195 wxMotif:
3196
3197 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
3198 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
3199 child frames).
3200 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
3201 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
3202 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
3203 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
3204 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
3205 the debugging implementation.
3206 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
3207 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
3208 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
3209 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
3210 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
3211 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
3212 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
3213
3214 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
3215
3216 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
3217 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
3218 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
3219 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
3220 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
3221 - wxNotebook almost done.
3222 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
3223 to vertical toolbars).
3224
3225 More recently:
3226
3227 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
3228 to scrollbars).
3229 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
3230 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
3231 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
3232
3233 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
3234 ----------------------------
3235
3236 wxMSW:
3237
3238 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
3239 sample.
3240 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
3241 - A few more makefiles added.
3242 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
3243 - Further doc updates.
3244 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
3245
3246 wxMotif:
3247
3248 - First start at Motif port.
3249 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
3250 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
3251 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
3252 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
3253
3254 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
3255 --------------------------
3256
3257 wxMSW:
3258
3259 - wxBitmap debugged.
3260 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
3261 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
3262 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
3263 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
3264 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
3265 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
3266 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
3267
3268 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
3269 ------------------------
3270
3271 wxMSW:
3272
3273 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
3274 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
3275 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
3276 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
3277 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
3278 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
3279 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
3280 changes, wxNotebook.
3281 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
3282
3283 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
3284 -----------------------
3285
3286 wxMSW:
3287
3288 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
3289 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
3290 Windows functions, for efficiency.
3291 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
3292 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
3293 don't support it.
3294 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
3295 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
3296
3297 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
3298 -----------------------
3299
3300 wxMSW:
3301
3302 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
3303 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
3304
3305 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
3306 -----------------------
3307
3308 wxMSW:
3309
3310 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
3311 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
3312 wxMenuBar.
3313 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
3314 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
3315 wxMenuItem accessors.
3316 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
3317 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
3318 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
3319 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
3320 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
3321 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
3322 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
3323 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
3324 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
3325 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
3326 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
3327 first, then doing the assignment.
3328 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
3329 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
3330
3331 Generic:
3332
3333 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
3334 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
3335
3336 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
3337 ----------------------
3338
3339 wxMSW:
3340
3341 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
3342 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
3343 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
3344 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
3345 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
3346 require application-supplied positioning code though.
3347 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
3348 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
3349 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
3350
3351 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
3352 ------------------------
3353
3354 wxMSW:
3355
3356 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
3357 fields were used.
3358 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
3359 compilation and pragmas.
3360 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
3361 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
3362
3363 Generic:
3364
3365 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
3366 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
3367 compilation and pragmas.
3368 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
3369
3370 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
3371 ------------------------
3372
3373 wxMSW:
3374
3375 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
3376 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
3377 some reason :-(
3378 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
3379 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
3380 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
3381 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
3382 startup/exit.
3383 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
3384 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
3385 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
3386 VADIM'S CHANGES:
3387 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
3388 compatibility functions.
3389 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
3390 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
3391 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
3392 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
3393 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
3394 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
3395 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
3396
3397 Generic:
3398
3399 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
3400 - Added samples/png.
3401 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
3402 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
3403 header files.
3404 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
3405
3406 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
3407 ------------------------
3408
3409 wxMSW:
3410
3411 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
3412 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
3413 cleaned up properly before exit.
3414 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
3415 automatically.
3416 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
3417 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
3418 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
3419 unresolved issues.
3420 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
3421 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
3422 tray area.
3423 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
3424 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
3425 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
3426 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
3427
3428 Generic:
3429
3430 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
3431 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
3432 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
3433 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
3434 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
3435 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
3436 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
3437 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
3438 allow better control of memory.
3439 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
3440 checking.
3441 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
3442 float to long in wxToolBar files.
3443
3444 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
3445 ------------------------
3446
3447 wxMSW:
3448
3449 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
3450 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
3451 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
3452 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
3453 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
3454 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
3455 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
3456 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
3457 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
3458 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
3459 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
3460 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
3461 IUnknown.
3462 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
3463 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
3464 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
3465 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
3466 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
3467 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
3468 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
3469 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
3470 internal implementation.
3471 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
3472 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
3473 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
3474
3475 Generic:
3476
3477 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
3478 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
3479 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
3480 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
3481 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
3482
3483 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
3484 --------------------------
3485
3486 wxMSW:
3487
3488 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
3489 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
3490 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
3491 changes.
3492 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
3493 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
3494 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
3495 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
3496 again.
3497 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
3498 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
3499 e.g. wxDC.
3500
3501 Generic:
3502
3503 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
3504 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
3505 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
3506 changes.
3507 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
3508 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
3509 docs/gtk.
3510 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
3511 created dynamically, not as a global object.
3512 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
3513 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
3514 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
3515 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
3516 - Added gcc pragmas.
3517 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
3518 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
3519 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
3520 added a few references to wxTransString.
3521 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
3522 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
3523 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
3524 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
3525 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
3526 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
3527 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
3528 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
3529 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
3530 MoreRequested.
3531
3532 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
3533 --------------------------
3534
3535 All:
3536
3537 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
3538 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
3539 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
3540 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
3541 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
3542 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
3543 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
3544 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
3545 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
3546 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
3547 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
3548 scrolling toolbars.
3549 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
3550 to help printing with multiple pages.
3551 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
3552 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
3553 implementation updated to use these base classes.
3554 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
3555 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
3556 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
3557 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
3558 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
3559 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
3560 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
3561 New files from Vadim:
3562 include\wx\string.h
3563 include\wx\debug.h
3564 include\wx\file.h
3565 include\wx\log.h
3566 include\wx\intl.h
3567 src\common\string.cpp
3568 src\common\log.cpp
3569 src\common\intl.cpp
3570 src\common\file.cpp
3571 No longer use GNU wxString files.
3572 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
3573 src\common\filefn.cpp.
3574 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
3575 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
3576 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
3577 including changes to defs.h.
3578 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
3579 introduced.
3580 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
3581 hidden).
3582 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
3583 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
3584 trick).
3585 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
3586
3587 Alpha 3, September 1997
3588 -----------------------
3589
3590 All:
3591
3592 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
3593 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
3594 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
3595 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
3596 - Started documentation.
3597
3598 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
3599 ------------------------
3600
3601 All:
3602
3603 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
3604 with MetroWerks compiler.
3605 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
3606 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
3607 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
3608 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
3609 for testing purposes.
3610 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
3611 handlers.
3612 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
3613 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
3614 fully).
3615 - Added back wxRadioBox.
3616 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
3617 a separate file.
3618
3619 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
3620 -----------------------
3621
3622 Generic:
3623
3624 At this point, the following has been achieved:
3625
3626 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
3627 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
3628 wxString instead of char *.
3629 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
3630 old system event system) and code size reduced.
3631 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
3632 as wxbWindow now removed.
3633 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
3634 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
3635 - PrologIO revised.
3636 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
3637 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
3638 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
3639 Windows settings.
3640 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
3641 settings mucho rationalised.
3642 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
3643 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
3644 classes removed.
3645 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
3646 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
3647 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
3648 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
3649 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
3650 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
3651 of event handlers.
3652 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
3653 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
3654 wxToolBarBase
3655 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
3656 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
3657 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
3658 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
3659 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
3660 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
3661 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
3662 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
3663 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
3664 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
3665 in the future.
3666 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
3667 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
3668 variables instead.
3669 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
3670 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
3671 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
3672 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
3673 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
3674 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
3675 Win95.
3676 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
3677 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
3678 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
3679 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
3680 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
3681 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).