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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
6 ================================
7
8 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10
11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
13 - wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not
14 if the whole name is a directory.
15 - wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual.
16 - wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
17 - wxArray::Alloc() now works as reserve() and does not clear the array any more
18 - Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the
19 wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case.
20 - wxInputStream::GetC() now returns an int in the range 0 - 255 on success
21 instead of a char the range -128 - 127.
22
23
24 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
25 -----------------------------------------------------------
26
27 - Some classes (notably wxBitmap and wxImage) don't define operator==() as it
28 used to work in somewhat unexpected way as it compared only internal pointers
29 and not the object data. The code using it will have to be updated:
30 * If the object was compared with wxNullXXX, use IsOk() method instead
31 * If valid object need to be compared, use IsSameAs() to reproduce the old
32 behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c.
33 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
34 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
35 even compile).
36 - wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
37 - wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
38 length of the converted string in all cases now.
39 - wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
40 - wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
41 wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
42 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
43 use ProcessMouseClick().
44 - wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
45 wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
46 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
47 use GetMouseCursor().
48 - wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
49 override it.
50 - wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
51 not pointers to arrays.
52 - SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
53 - wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
54 - wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
55 - wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
56 As a consequence, the class interface changed largely. Code updates, if
57 any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
58
59
60 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
61 -----------------------------------------------------
62
63 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
64 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, don't use them.
65 - wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize.
66 - wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize.
67
68
69 Major new features in 2.8 release
70 ---------------------------------
71
72 - New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more.
73 - New rich text control library implementing a generic wxRichTextCtrl,
74 using only the wxWidgets API. Also includes formatting dialogs, conversion
75 to HTML, and printing classes.
76 - New wxComboCtrl class giving the ability to create custom, graphical
77 comboboxes. Associated classes include wxOwnerDrawnComboBox, wxComboPopup
78 and wxBitmapComboBox.
79 - Further functionality including wxAnimationCtrl (moved from contrib/src/anim
80 and enhanced), wxSimpleHtmlListBox, wxHyperlinkCtrl, wxColourPickerCtrl,
81 wxDirPickerCtrl, wxFilePickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl, wxCollapsiblePane,
82 wxAboutBox, wxTreebook, tar streams.
83
84
85 2.8.0
86 -----
87
88 All:
89
90 - wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents
91 - Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
92 - New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
93 a stream that is seekable.
94
95 wxMSW:
96
97 - Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
98 - Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4
99 - Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi)
100
101 2.7.2
102 -----
103
104 All:
105
106 - Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
107 - Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
108 - Added wxTar streams.
109 - Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
110 - Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
111
112 All (GUI):
113
114 - wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
115 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
116 - Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
117 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
118 - Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
119 - Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
120 - Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
121 - Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
122 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
123 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
124 - Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
125 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
126 formatting.
127 - Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
128 - Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
129 - wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
130 - wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
131
132 Unix Ports:
133
134 - Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
135 program (Francesco Montorsi).
136
137 wxGTK:
138
139 - More RTL work.
140 - Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
141 - Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
142 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
143 - wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
144
145
146 2.7.1
147 -----
148
149 All:
150
151 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
152 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
153 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
154 - Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
155 - Added reference counting for wxVariant.
156 - For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
157 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
158 - Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
159 - Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
160 - Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
161 - wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
162 - Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
163 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
164 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
165 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
166
167 All (GUI):
168
169 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
170 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
171 - wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
172 - Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
173 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
174 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
175 - Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
176 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
177 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
178 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
179 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
180 - Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
181 - Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
182 - Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
183
184 wxMSW:
185
186 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
187 - wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
188 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
189 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
190 high-contrast theme).
191 - Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
192
193 wxMac:
194
195 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
196 to the SDK.
197
198 wxGTK:
199
200 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
201 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
202 - Implemented right-to-left support.
203 - Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
204 - Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
205
206 wxUniv:
207
208 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
209
210
211 2.7.0
212 -----
213
214 All:
215
216 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
217 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
218 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
219 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
220 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
221 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
222 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
223 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
224 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
225 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
226 during a search and replace.
227 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
228 are both used in the same program.
229 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
230 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
231 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
232 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
233 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
234 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
235 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
236 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
237 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
238 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
239 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
240 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
241 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
242 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
243 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
244 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
245 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
246 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
247 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
248 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
249 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
250 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
251 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
252 the first time it was called.
253 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
254 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
255 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
256 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
257 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
258 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
259 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
260 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
261 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
262 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
263
264 All (GUI):
265
266 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
267 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
268 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
269 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
270 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
271 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
272 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
273 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
274 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
275 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
276 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
277 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
278 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
279 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
280 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
281 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
282 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
283 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
284 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
285 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
286 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
287 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
288 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
289 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
290 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
291 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
292 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
293 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
294 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
295 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
296 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
297 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
298 by Sandro Sigala).
299 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
300 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
301 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
302 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
303 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
304 best size.
305 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
306 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
307 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
308 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
309 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
310 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
311 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
312 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
313 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
314 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
315 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
316 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
317 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
318 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
319 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
320 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
321 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
322 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
323 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
324 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
325 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
326 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
327 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
328 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
329 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
330 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
331 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
332 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
333 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
334 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
335 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
336 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
337 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
338 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
339 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
340 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
341 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
342 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
343 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
344 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
345
346 wxMSW:
347
348 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
349 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
350 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
351 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
352 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
353 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
354 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
355 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
356 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
357 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
358 wxMSW faq for details).
359 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
360 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
361 to the link command.
362 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
363 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
364 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
365 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
366 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
367 show.
368 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
369 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
370 initial construction.
371 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
372 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
373 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
374 events).
375 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
376 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
377 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
378 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
379 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
380 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
381 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
382 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
383 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
384 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
385 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
386 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
387 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
388 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
389 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
390 changes the system font.
391 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
392 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
393 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
394 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
395 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
396 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
397
398 wxGTK:
399
400 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
401 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
402 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
403 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
404 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
405 implementation.
406 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
407 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
408 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
409 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
410 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
411 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
412 previously unable to be focused before.
413 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
414 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
415 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
416 class was used.
417 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
418 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
419 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
420 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
421 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
422 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
423 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
424 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
425 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
426
427 wxMac:
428
429 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
430 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
431 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
432 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
433 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
434 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
435 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
436 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
437 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
438 - Corrected idle wake-up.
439 - Corrected wxExecute.
440 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
441 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
442 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
443 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
444 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
445 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
446 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
447 were found.
448 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
449 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
450 under Mach-O.
451 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
452 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
453 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
454 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
455 end of file with an error.
456 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
457 binaries.
458 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
459 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
460 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
461 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
462 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
463 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
464 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
465
466 wxCocoa:
467
468 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
469
470 wxWinCE:
471
472 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
473 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
474 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
475 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
476 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
477 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
478 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
479 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
480 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
481 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
482 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
483 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
484 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
485 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
486 directly, however.
487 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
488 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
489 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
490 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
491 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
492
493 wxUniv:
494
495 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
496 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
497 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
498
499 wxX11:
500
501 - Invisible text problem fixed.
502 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
503 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
504 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
505
506 Unix:
507
508 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
509
510 wxMGL:
511
512 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
513 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
514
515
516 2.6.2
517 -----
518
519 All:
520
521 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
522 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
523 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
524 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
525 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
526 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
527 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
528 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
529 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
530 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
531 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
532 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
533
534 All (GUI):
535
536 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
537 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
538 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
539 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
540 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
541 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
542 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
543 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
544 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
545 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
546 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
547 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
548
549 wxMSW:
550
551 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
552 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
553 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
554 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
555 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
556 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
557 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
558 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
559 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
560 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
561 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
562 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
563 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
564 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
565 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
566
567 wxGTK:
568
569 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
570 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
571 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
572 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
573 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
574 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
575 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
576 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
577 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
578 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
579 - Fixed domain socket handling.
580
581 wxMac:
582
583 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
584 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
585 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
586 - Various text control bug fixes.
587 - Automatic menu management improved.
588 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
589 due to dangling cycle pointers.
590 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
591 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
592 showing modally).
593
594 wxOS2
595
596 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
597
598 wxUniv:
599
600 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
601 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
602
603 wxMotif:
604
605 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
606 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
607 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
608 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
609 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
610 flag has been specified.
611 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
612 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
613 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
614 showing modally).
615
616 wxMGL:
617
618 - Fixed crash on exit.
619 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
620
621 wxX11:
622
623 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
624
625
626 2.6.1
627 -----
628
629 All:
630
631 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
632 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
633
634 All (GUI):
635
636 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
637 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
638 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
639 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
640 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
641 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
642 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
643 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
644 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
645 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
646
647 wxMSW:
648
649 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
650 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
651 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
652 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
653 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
654 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
655 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
656 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
657 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
658 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
659 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
660 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
661 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
662 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
663 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
664 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
665 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
666 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
667 - Compiles again with WIN64.
668 - Winelib compilation now works.
669 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
670 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
671 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
672 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
673 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
674 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
675 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
676 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
677 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
678 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
679 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
680 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
681 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
682
683 wxWinCE:
684
685 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
686
687 wxGTK:
688
689 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
690 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
691 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
692 - Added bitmap support in menus.
693
694 wxMac:
695
696 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
697 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
698 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
699 incorrect state.
700 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
701 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
702 - Window menu now added automatically.
703 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
704 - Modified function key support fixed.
705 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
706
707 wxX11:
708
709 - Menu problems fixed.
710 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
711 - Fixed a font memory leak.
712 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
713
714
715 2.6.0
716 -----
717
718 All:
719
720 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
721 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
722
723 All (GUI):
724
725 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
726 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
727
728 wxMSW:
729
730 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
731 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
732 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
733
734 wxWinCE:
735
736 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
737
738 wxGTK:
739 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
740 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
741 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
742 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
743 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
744 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
745 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
746
747 wxMac:
748 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
749
750 2.5.5
751 -----
752
753 All:
754
755 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
756 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
757 - Added wxDebugReport class.
758 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
759 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
760 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
761 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
762 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
763 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
764
765 All (GUI):
766
767 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
768 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
769 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
770 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
771 the whole virtual area.
772 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
773 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
774 isn't used to set the window size.
775 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
776 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
777 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
778 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
779
780 Unix:
781
782 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
783
784 wxMSW:
785
786 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
787 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
788 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
789 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
790 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
791 handling (Jamie Gadd).
792
793 wxGTK:
794
795 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
796 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
797 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
798 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
799 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
800 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
801 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
802 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
803
804 wxMac:
805
806 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
807
808 wxPalmOS:
809
810 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
811
812 wxWinCE:
813
814 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
815 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
816 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
817 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
818 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
819 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
820 with correct titlebar style.
821 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
822 PocketPC guidelines
823 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
824 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
825 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
826 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
827 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
828 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
829 to the dialog's toolbar.
830
831 2.5.4
832 -----
833
834 All:
835
836 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
837 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
838 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
839 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
840 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
841 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
842 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
843 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
844 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
845 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
846 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
847 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
848 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
849 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
850 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
851 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
852 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
853 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
854 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
855 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
856 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
857 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
858 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
859 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
860 printing stuff in the GTK port.
861 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
862 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
863 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
864 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
865 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
866 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
867 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
868 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
869 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
870 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
871 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
872 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
873 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
874 due to a rounding error.
875 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
876 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
877 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
878 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
879 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
880 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
881 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
882 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
883
884
885 All (GUI):
886
887 - added wxMediaCtrl
888 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
889 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
890 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
891 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
892 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
893 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
894 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
895 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
896 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
897 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
898 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
899 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
900 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
901 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
902 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
903 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
904 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
905
906 Unix:
907
908 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
909
910 wxGTK:
911
912 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
913 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
914 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
915 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
916 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
917 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
918 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
919 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
920 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
921 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
922 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
923 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
924 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
925 errors otherwise.
926 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
927 - Added wxRawBitmap support
928 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
929 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
930 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
931
932 wxMac:
933
934 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
935 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
936 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
937 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
938
939 wxMSW:
940
941 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
942 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
943 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
944 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
945 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
946
947 wxWinCE:
948 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
949 but not mentioned anywhere.
950 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
951
952 wxUniv:
953
954 - wxBU_... button align flags support
955 - vertical notebook orientation support
956 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
957 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
958
959 wxPalmOS:
960
961 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
962 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
963 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
964 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
965 - enumeration of available volumes
966 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
967 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
968 - native wxColourDialog implementation
969 - native wxSystemSettings colours
970 - native wxButton implementation
971 - native wxCheckBox implementation
972 - native wxSlider implementation
973 - native wxToggleButton implementation
974 - native wxRadioButton implementation
975 - native wxStaticText implementation
976 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
977
978
979 2.5.3
980 -----
981
982 All:
983
984 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
985 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
986 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
987 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
988 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
989 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
990 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
991 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
992 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
993 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
994 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
995 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
996 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
997 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
998 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
999 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
1000
1001 All (GUI):
1002
1003 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
1004 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
1005 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
1006 is discouraged
1007 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
1008 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
1009 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
1010 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
1011 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
1012 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
1013 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
1014 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
1015 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
1016 - added samples/splash
1017 - added support for stock buttons
1018 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
1019 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
1020 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
1021 - added wxChoicebook control
1022 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
1023 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
1024 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
1025 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
1026 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
1027 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
1028 supported, instead of zero.
1029 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
1030
1031 Unix:
1032
1033 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
1034 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
1035 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
1036 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
1037 - wx-config has new --version-full option
1038
1039 wxCocoa:
1040
1041 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1042 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
1043 - Tooltips now supported
1044 - wxSound now supported
1045 - wxDisplay now supported
1046 - Some stock cursors now supported
1047
1048 wxMac:
1049
1050 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
1051 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
1052 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1053 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
1054
1055 wxGTK:
1056
1057 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
1058 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
1059 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
1060 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
1061 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
1062 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
1063 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
1064 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
1065 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
1066 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
1067 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
1068 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
1069 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
1070 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
1071 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
1072 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
1073 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
1074 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
1075 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
1076
1077 wxMotif:
1078
1079 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
1080
1081 wxMSW:
1082
1083 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
1084 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
1085 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
1086 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
1087 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
1088 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
1089 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
1090 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
1091 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
1092 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
1093 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
1094 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1095 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
1096 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
1097
1098 wxUniv/X11:
1099
1100 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
1101
1102 wxWinCE:
1103
1104 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
1105 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
1106 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
1107 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
1108
1109 wxHTML:
1110
1111 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
1112 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
1113
1114
1115 2.5.2
1116 -----
1117
1118 All:
1119
1120 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1121 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1122 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1123 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1124 of run-time) now
1125 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1126 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1127 to forward declare these classes.
1128
1129 All (GUI):
1130
1131 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1132 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1133 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1134 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1135 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1136 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1137 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1138 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1139 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1140 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1141 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1142 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1143 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1144 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1145 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1146
1147 wxMSW:
1148
1149 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1150 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1151 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1152 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1153 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1154 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1155 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1156 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1157 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1158 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1159 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1160 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1161
1162 wxGTK:
1163
1164 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1165
1166 wxMotif:
1167
1168 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1169 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1170 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1171 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1172
1173 wxUniv/X11:
1174
1175 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1176
1177 wxHTML:
1178
1179 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1180 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1181
1182 Unix:
1183
1184 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1185 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1186
1187 wxODBC:
1188
1189 - Full Unicode support is now available
1190 - BLOB support is working
1191
1192
1193 2.5.1
1194 -----
1195
1196 All:
1197
1198 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1199 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1200 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1201 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1202 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1203 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1204 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1205 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1206 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1207 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1208 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1209 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1210 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1211 (as in 2.5.0).
1212 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1213 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1214 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1215 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1216 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1217 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1218 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1219 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1220 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1221 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1222 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1223 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1224
1225 All (GUI):
1226
1227 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1228 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1229 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1230 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1231 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1232 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1233 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1234 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1235 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1236 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1237 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1238 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1239 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1240 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1241 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1242 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1243 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1244 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1245 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1246 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1247 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1248 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1249 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1250 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1251 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1252 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1253
1254 wxMSW:
1255
1256 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1257 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1258 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1259 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1260 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1261 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1262 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1263 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1264 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1265 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1266 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1267 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1268 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1269 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1270 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1271 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1272 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1273 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1274 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1275 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1276 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1277 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1278 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1279 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1280 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1281 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1282 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1283 than the specified default size
1284 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1285
1286 wxGTK:
1287
1288 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1289 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1290 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1291 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1292 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1293 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1294 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1295 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1296 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1297
1298 wxMac:
1299
1300 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1301 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1302 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1303 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1304
1305 wxMotif:
1306
1307 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1308
1309 wxHTML:
1310
1311 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1312 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1313
1314 Unix:
1315
1316 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1317 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1318 addition to existing OSS one
1319 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1320
1321
1322 2.5.0
1323 -----
1324
1325 All:
1326
1327 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1328 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1329 separately compiled library
1330 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1331 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1332 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1333 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1334 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1335 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1336 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1337 by default in Unicode mode
1338 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1339 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1340 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1341 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1342 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1343 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1344 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1345 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1346 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1347 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1348 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1349 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1350 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1351 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1352 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1353 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1354 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1355 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1356 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1357 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1358
1359 wxBase:
1360
1361 - added Watcom makefiles
1362 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1363
1364 All GUI ports:
1365
1366 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1367 - added wxListbook control
1368 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1369 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1370 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1371 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1372 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1373 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1374 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1375 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1376 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1377 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1378 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1379 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1380 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1381 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1382 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1383 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1384 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1385 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1386 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1387 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1388 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1389 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1390 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1391 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1392 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1393 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1394 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1395 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1396 default extension for the template
1397 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1398 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1399 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1400 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1401 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1402 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1403 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1404 to allow better rich text support.
1405 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1406 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1407 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1408 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1409 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1410 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1411 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1412 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1413 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1414 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1415 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1416 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1417 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1418 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1419 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1420 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1421 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1422 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1423 - added wxMirrorDC class
1424 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1425 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1426 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1427 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1428 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1429 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1430 improved
1431
1432 Unix:
1433
1434 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1435 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1436 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1437 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1438 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1439
1440 Generic controls:
1441
1442 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1443 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1444 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1445 to contrib/src/deprecated
1446
1447 wxGTK:
1448
1449 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1450 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1451 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1452 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1453 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1454 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1455 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1456 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1457 be appended to filenames with no extension
1458 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1459 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1460 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1461 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1462
1463 wxMac:
1464
1465 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1466 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1467
1468 wxMSW:
1469
1470 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1471 - added wxCrashReport
1472 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1473 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1474 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1475 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1476 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1477 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1478 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1479 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1480 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1481 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1482 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1483 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1484 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1485 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1486 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1487 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1488 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1489 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1490 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1491 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1492 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1493 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1494 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1495 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1496 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1497
1498 wxMotif:
1499
1500 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1501 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1502 documentation for a detailed explanation
1503 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1504 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1505 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1506 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1507 - implemented wxToggleButton
1508 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1509 instead of a sunken border
1510 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1511 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1512
1513 wxUniv:
1514
1515 - controls in toolbars now supported
1516
1517 wxHTML:
1518
1519 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1520 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1521 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1522 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1523 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1524
1525
1526 OLD CHANGES
1527 ===========
1528
1529 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1530 ================================
1531
1532 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1533 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1534 with '!' in the first column.
1535
1536 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1537 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1538 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1539 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1540 2.6 release.
1541
1542 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1543 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1544 (see the documentation) useful.
1545
1546
1547 wxBase:
1548
1549 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1550 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1551 code.
1552
1553 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1554 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1555 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1556 arrays containing non-pointers.
1557
1558 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1559 simply don't make sense for all objects
1560
1561 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1562 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1563 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1564
1565 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1566
1567 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1568 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1569 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1570 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1571 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1572
1573 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1574 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1575 the default assert handling.
1576
1577 All (GUI):
1578
1579 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1580 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1581 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1582
1583 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1584 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1585 instead!
1586
1587 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1588 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1589 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1590
1591 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1592 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1593 you want to get OnChar() as well
1594
1595 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1596 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1597 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1598
1599 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1600 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1601 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1602 will *NOT* work any longer:
1603
1604 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1605 ... do something ...
1606 if ( flags & wxYES )
1607 ... do something else ...
1608
1609 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1610 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1611 the ctor
1612
1613 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1614
1615 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1616 if you derived any classes from it
1617
1618 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1619 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1620
1621 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1622 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1623
1624 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1625 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1626
1627 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1628 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1629 from happening
1630
1631 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1632 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1633 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1634
1635 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1636 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1637 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1638 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1639
1640 wxMSW:
1641
1642 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1643 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1644 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1645 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1646 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1647 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1648 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1649 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1650 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1651 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1652
1653 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1654 style to avoid it
1655
1656 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1657 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1658
1659 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1660 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1661 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1662
1663 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1664 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1665
1666
1667 Unix ports:
1668
1669 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1670 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1671 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1672 to compile pure C files.
1673
1674
1675 wxThread and related classes:
1676
1677 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1678 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1679 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1680 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1681
1682 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1683 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1684 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1685 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1686
1687 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1688 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1689 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1690
1691 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1692 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1693
1694
1695 OTHER CHANGES
1696 =============
1697
1698 2.4.0
1699 -----
1700
1701 wxMSW:
1702
1703 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1704
1705 2.3.4
1706 -----
1707
1708 All:
1709
1710 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1711 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1712 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1713
1714 Unix (Base/GUI):
1715
1716 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1717 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1718 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1719
1720 wxGTK:
1721 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1722 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1723
1724 wxX11:
1725 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1726
1727 wxMSW:
1728
1729 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1730 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1731
1732 wxHTML:
1733
1734 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1735
1736 2.3.3
1737 -----
1738
1739 wxBase:
1740
1741 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1742 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1743 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1744 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1745 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1746 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1747 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1748 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1749 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1750 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1751 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1752 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1753 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1754 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1755 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1756 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1757
1758 Unix (Base/GUI):
1759
1760 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1761 programs and not only GNU make
1762 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1763 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1764 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1765 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1766 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1767
1768 All (GUI):
1769
1770 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1771 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1772 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1773 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1774 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1775 wxWidgets dialogs
1776 - significantly improved native font support
1777 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1778 wxHashTable
1779 - added IFF image handler
1780 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1781 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1782 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1783 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1784 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1785 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1786 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1787 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1788 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1789 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1790 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1791 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1792 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1793 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1794 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1795 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1796 - wxMessageOutput class added
1797 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1798 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1799 table fills up
1800 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1801 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1802 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1803 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1804 (Rene Rivera).
1805 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1806 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1807 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1808
1809 wxMSW:
1810
1811 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1812 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1813 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1814 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1815 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1816 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1817 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1818 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1819 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1820 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1821 are changed
1822 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1823 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1824 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1825 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1826 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1827 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1828 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1829 recursion any more
1830 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1831 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1832 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1833 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1834 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1835 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1836 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1837 has the capture before release it.
1838 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1839 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1840 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1841 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1842 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1843 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1844 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1845 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1846 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1847 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1848 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1849 provided in wxFontData
1850 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1851 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1852
1853 wxGTK:
1854
1855 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1856 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1857 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1858 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1859 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1860 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1861 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1862 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1863 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1864 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1865 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1866 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1867 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1868
1869 wxMotif:
1870
1871 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1872 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1873 - improved toolbar control alignment
1874 - implemented wxSpinButton
1875 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1876 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1877 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1878
1879 wxX11:
1880
1881 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1882 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1883
1884 wxMac:
1885
1886 - Many improvements
1887
1888 wxOS2:
1889
1890 - First alpha-quality release
1891
1892 wxHTML:
1893
1894 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1895 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1896 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1897 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1898 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1899
1900 2.3.2
1901 -----
1902
1903 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1904
1905 wxBase:
1906
1907 - wxRegEx class added
1908 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1909 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1910 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1911 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1912 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1913
1914 All (GUI):
1915
1916 - support for virtual list control added
1917 - column images in report mode of the list control
1918 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1919 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1920 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1921 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1922 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1923 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1924 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1925 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1926 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1927 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1928 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1929 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1930
1931 wxMSW:
1932
1933 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1934 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1935 project files
1936
1937 wxGTK:
1938
1939 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1940 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1941 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1942 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1943
1944 wxMac:
1945
1946 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1947 Tools
1948
1949 wxHTML:
1950
1951 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1952 to tags parsing
1953 - added support for animated GIFs
1954
1955 2.3.1
1956 -----
1957
1958 wxBase:
1959
1960 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
1961 - Fixed new charset detection code
1962 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1963 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1964 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1965 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1966 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1967 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1968
1969 All (GUI):
1970
1971 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1972 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1973 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1974 push on a custom event handler for example)
1975 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1976 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1977 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1978 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1979 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1980 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1981 first-time saved
1982 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1983 - Various wxXML enhancements
1984 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1985 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1986 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1987 instead of GetId()
1988 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1989 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1990
1991 wxMSW:
1992
1993 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1994 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1995 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1996 alt or shift) now work
1997 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1998 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1999 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
2000 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
2001 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
2002 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
2003 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
2004 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
2005 - We now send iconize events
2006 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
2007 - Added mousewheel processing
2008 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
2009 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
2010 in wxDC
2011 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
2012 child frame styles are honoured
2013
2014 wxGTK:
2015
2016 - Fixed slider rounding bug
2017 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
2018 - We now send iconize events
2019 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
2020 GetSelection() results
2021
2022 2.3.0
2023 -----
2024
2025 wxBase:
2026
2027 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
2028 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
2029 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
2030 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
2031 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2032 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
2033 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
2034 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
2035 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
2036 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
2037
2038 All (GUI):
2039
2040 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
2041 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
2042 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
2043 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
2044 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
2045 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
2046 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
2047 wxImage methods and ctor)
2048 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
2049 - ODBC documentation complete!!
2050 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
2051 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
2052 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
2053 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
2054
2055 wxMSW:
2056
2057 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
2058 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
2059 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
2060 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
2061
2062 wxGTK:
2063
2064 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
2065
2066 wxHTML:
2067
2068 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
2069 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
2070
2071 2.2.0
2072 -----
2073
2074 wxBase:
2075
2076 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
2077 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
2078 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
2079 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
2080 - Completed Czech translations
2081 - Some stream corrections
2082 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
2083 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
2084 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
2085 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
2086
2087 All (GUI):
2088
2089 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
2090 flicker-free dragging is now possible
2091 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
2092 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
2093 - Paper names now translated
2094 - wxGrid fixes
2095 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
2096 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
2097 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
2098 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
2099 File dialog.
2100 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
2101 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
2102 writing code
2103 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
2104 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
2105 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
2106 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
2107
2108 wxMSW:
2109
2110 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
2111 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
2112 backward compatibility, please set
2113 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
2114 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2115 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2116 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2117 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2118 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2119 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2120 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2121 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2122 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2123 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2124 - wxFrame restores focus better
2125 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2126 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2127 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2128 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2129 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2130 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2131 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2132 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2133 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2134 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2135
2136 wxGTK:
2137
2138 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2139
2140 wxMotif:
2141
2142 - Small compilation fixes
2143
2144 Documentation:
2145
2146 - wxCaret documented
2147
2148 2.1.16
2149 ------
2150
2151 wxBase:
2152
2153 All (GUI):
2154
2155 wxMSW:
2156
2157 - Various bug fixes
2158 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2159 files. This works under VC++ only
2160 - Modal dialog handling improved
2161 - Printer dialog now modal
2162
2163 wxGTK:
2164
2165 - Various bug fixes
2166
2167 wxMotif:
2168
2169 - Various bug fixes
2170
2171 2.1.15
2172 ------
2173
2174 Documentation:
2175
2176 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2177
2178 File hierarchy:
2179
2180 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2181 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2182
2183 wxBase:
2184
2185 - wxSocket support
2186 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2187 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2188 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2189 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2190 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2191 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2192 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2193 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2194 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2195 only so far)
2196 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2197 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2198 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2199 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2200 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2201 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2202 is available)
2203 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2204
2205 all (GUI):
2206
2207 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2208 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2209 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2210 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2211 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2212 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2213 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2214 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2215 John Norris)
2216 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2217 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2218 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2219 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2220 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2221 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2222 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2223 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2224 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2225 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2226 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2227 - wxDragImage class added
2228 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2229 controllers, as well as native help
2230 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2231
2232 wxMSW:
2233
2234 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2235 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2236 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2237 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2238 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2239 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2240 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2241 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2242 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2243 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2244 Unix ports
2245 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2246 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2247 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2248
2249 wxGTK:
2250
2251 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2252 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2253 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2254
2255 wxMotif:
2256
2257 - wxMenu::Enable works
2258 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2259 - OGL samples made to work again
2260
2261 wxHTML:
2262
2263 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2264 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2265 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2266 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2267 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2268 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2269 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2270 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2271 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2272 - improved HTML printing
2273 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
2274 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2275 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2276 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2277
2278
2279 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2280 change log.
2281
2282 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2283 -----------------------
2284
2285 wxGTK:
2286
2287 - JPEG support added.
2288 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2289
2290 wxMSW:
2291
2292 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2293 SetTabSize added.
2294 - JPEG support added.
2295 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2296 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2297 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2298
2299 wxMotif:
2300
2301
2302 General:
2303
2304 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2305
2306
2307 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2308 -------------------------------
2309
2310 wxGTK:
2311
2312 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
2313 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2314
2315 wxMSW:
2316
2317 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2318 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2319 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2320 - Some makefile fixes.
2321
2322 wxMotif:
2323
2324 - None.
2325
2326 General:
2327
2328 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2329 - More topic overviews.
2330 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2331 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2332 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2333
2334
2335 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2336 --------------------------
2337
2338 wxGTK:
2339
2340 - wxExecute improved.
2341
2342 wxMSW:
2343
2344 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2345 expected).
2346 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2347 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2348 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2349 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2350 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2351 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2352
2353 wxMotif:
2354
2355 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2356 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2357
2358 General:
2359
2360 - wxLocale documented.
2361 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2362 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2363 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2364 (though doesn't display help yet).
2365
2366 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2367 --------------------------
2368
2369 wxGTK:
2370
2371 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2372
2373 wxMSW:
2374
2375 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2376 rationalised.
2377 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2378
2379 wxMotif:
2380
2381 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2382 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2383 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2384 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2385 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2386 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2387 crashes for some reason).
2388 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2389 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2390
2391 General:
2392
2393 - Further doc improvements.
2394 - wxGenericValidator added.
2395 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2396 automatically.
2397
2398 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2399 -------------------------
2400
2401 wxGTK:
2402
2403 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2404 - wxToolTip class added.
2405 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2406
2407 wxMSW:
2408
2409 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2410 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2411 - TWIN32 support added.
2412 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2413 factored out program/library settings.
2414 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2415
2416 wxMotif:
2417
2418 - A few more colour fixes.
2419 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2420 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2421 - wxChoice crash fix.
2422 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2423
2424 General:
2425
2426 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2427 - Added samples/dde.
2428 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2429
2430 Beta 2, January 1999
2431 --------------------
2432
2433 wxGTK:
2434
2435 wxMSW:
2436
2437 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2438
2439 wxMotif:
2440
2441 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2442 the right place.
2443 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2444 - Added thread support (Robert).
2445 - wxPoem sample now works.
2446
2447 General:
2448
2449 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2450 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2451 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2452 or below).
2453 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2454 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2455 sample.
2456 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2457
2458 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2459 --------------------------
2460
2461 wxGTK:
2462
2463 - Various
2464
2465 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2466
2467
2468 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2469 ----------------------------
2470
2471 wxMSW:
2472
2473 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2474 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2475 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2476 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2477 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2478 on a tab.
2479 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2480 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2481 of Stefan Csomor.
2482
2483 wxMotif:
2484
2485 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2486 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2487 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2488 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2489 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2490 colours correctly.
2491 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2492 when any button was pressed.
2493 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2494 have a white background.
2495 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2496 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2497 they have sensible colours by default.
2498 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2499 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2500 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2501 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2502 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2503
2504 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2505 ----------------------------
2506
2507 wxMSW:
2508
2509 - More documentation updates, especially for
2510 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2511 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2512 of wxTrace.
2513 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2514 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2515 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2516 position.
2517 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2518
2519 wxMotif:
2520
2521 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2522 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2523 child frames).
2524 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2525 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2526 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2527 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2528 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2529 the debugging implementation.
2530 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2531 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2532 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2533 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2534 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2535 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2536 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2537
2538 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2539
2540 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2541 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2542 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2543 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2544 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2545 - wxNotebook almost done.
2546 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2547 to vertical toolbars).
2548
2549 More recently:
2550
2551 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2552 to scrollbars).
2553 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2554 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2555 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2556
2557 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2558 ----------------------------
2559
2560 wxMSW:
2561
2562 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2563 sample.
2564 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2565 - A few more makefiles added.
2566 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2567 - Further doc updates.
2568 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2569
2570 wxMotif:
2571
2572 - First start at Motif port.
2573 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2574 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2575 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2576 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2577
2578 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2579 --------------------------
2580
2581 wxMSW:
2582
2583 - wxBitmap debugged.
2584 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2585 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2586 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2587 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2588 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2589 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2590 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2591
2592 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2593 ------------------------
2594
2595 wxMSW:
2596
2597 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2598 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2599 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2600 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2601 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2602 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2603 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2604 changes, wxNotebook.
2605 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2606
2607 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2608 -----------------------
2609
2610 wxMSW:
2611
2612 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2613 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2614 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2615 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2616 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2617 don't support it.
2618 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2619 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2620
2621 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2622 -----------------------
2623
2624 wxMSW:
2625
2626 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2627 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2628
2629 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2630 -----------------------
2631
2632 wxMSW:
2633
2634 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2635 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2636 wxMenuBar.
2637 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2638 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2639 wxMenuItem accessors.
2640 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2641 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2642 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2643 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2644 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2645 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2646 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2647 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2648 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2649 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2650 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2651 first, then doing the assignment.
2652 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2653 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2654
2655 Generic:
2656
2657 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2658 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2659
2660 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2661 ----------------------
2662
2663 wxMSW:
2664
2665 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2666 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2667 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2668 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2669 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2670 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2671 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2672 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2673 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2674
2675 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2676 ------------------------
2677
2678 wxMSW:
2679
2680 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2681 fields were used.
2682 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2683 compilation and pragmas.
2684 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2685 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2686
2687 Generic:
2688
2689 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2690 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2691 compilation and pragmas.
2692 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2693
2694 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2695 ------------------------
2696
2697 wxMSW:
2698
2699 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2700 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2701 some reason :-(
2702 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2703 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2704 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2705 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2706 startup/exit.
2707 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2708 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2709 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2710 VADIM'S CHANGES:
2711 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2712 compatibility functions.
2713 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2714 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2715 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2716 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2717 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2718 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2719 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2720
2721 Generic:
2722
2723 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2724 - Added samples/png.
2725 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2726 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2727 header files.
2728 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2729
2730 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2731 ------------------------
2732
2733 wxMSW:
2734
2735 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2736 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2737 cleaned up properly before exit.
2738 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2739 automatically.
2740 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2741 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2742 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2743 unresolved issues.
2744 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2745 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2746 tray area.
2747 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2748 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2749 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2750 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2751
2752 Generic:
2753
2754 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2755 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2756 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2757 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2758 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2759 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2760 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2761 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2762 allow better control of memory.
2763 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2764 checking.
2765 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2766 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2767
2768 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2769 ------------------------
2770
2771 wxMSW:
2772
2773 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2774 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2775 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2776 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2777 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2778 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2779 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2780 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2781 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2782 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2783 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2784 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2785 IUnknown.
2786 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2787 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2788 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2789 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2790 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2791 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2792 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2793 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2794 internal implementation.
2795 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2796 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2797 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2798
2799 Generic:
2800
2801 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2802 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2803 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2804 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2805 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2806
2807 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2808 --------------------------
2809
2810 wxMSW:
2811
2812 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2813 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2814 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2815 changes.
2816 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2817 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2818 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2819 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2820 again.
2821 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2822 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2823 e.g. wxDC.
2824
2825 Generic:
2826
2827 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2828 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2829 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2830 changes.
2831 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2832 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2833 docs/gtk.
2834 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2835 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2836 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2837 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2838 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2839 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2840 - Added gcc pragmas.
2841 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2842 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2843 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2844 added a few references to wxTransString.
2845 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2846 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2847 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2848 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2849 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2850 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2851 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2852 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2853 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2854 MoreRequested.
2855
2856 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2857 --------------------------
2858
2859 All:
2860
2861 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2862 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2863 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2864 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2865 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2866 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2867 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2868 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2869 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2870 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2871 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2872 scrolling toolbars.
2873 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2874 to help printing with multiple pages.
2875 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2876 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2877 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2878 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2879 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2880 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2881 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2882 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2883 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2884 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2885 New files from Vadim:
2886 include\wx\string.h
2887 include\wx\debug.h
2888 include\wx\file.h
2889 include\wx\log.h
2890 include\wx\intl.h
2891 src\common\string.cpp
2892 src\common\log.cpp
2893 src\common\intl.cpp
2894 src\common\file.cpp
2895 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2896 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2897 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2898 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2899 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2900 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2901 including changes to defs.h.
2902 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2903 introduced.
2904 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2905 hidden).
2906 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2907 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2908 trick).
2909 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2910
2911 Alpha 3, September 1997
2912 -----------------------
2913
2914 All:
2915
2916 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2917 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2918 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2919 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2920 - Started documentation.
2921
2922 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2923 ------------------------
2924
2925 All:
2926
2927 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2928 with MetroWerks compiler.
2929 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2930 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2931 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2932 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2933 for testing purposes.
2934 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2935 handlers.
2936 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2937 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2938 fully).
2939 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2940 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2941 a separate file.
2942
2943 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2944 -----------------------
2945
2946 Generic:
2947
2948 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2949
2950 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2951 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2952 wxString instead of char *.
2953 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2954 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2955 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2956 as wxbWindow now removed.
2957 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2958 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2959 - PrologIO revised.
2960 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2961 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2962 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2963 Windows settings.
2964 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2965 settings mucho rationalised.
2966 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2967 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2968 classes removed.
2969 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2970 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2971 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2972 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2973 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2974 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2975 of event handlers.
2976 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2977 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2978 wxToolBarBase
2979 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2980 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2981 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2982 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2983 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2984 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2985 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2986 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2987 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2988 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2989 in the future.
2990 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2991 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2992 variables instead.
2993 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2994 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2995 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2996 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2997 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2998 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2999 Win95.
3000 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
3001 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
3002 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
3003 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
3004 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
3005 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).