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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
7
8 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
9 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
10 with '!' in the first column.
11
12 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
13 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
14 series.
15
16 ! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
17 wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE stll
18 exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
19
20
21 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
22 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
23 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
24 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
25 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
26 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
27 - wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
28 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
29 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
30 - wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more
31 - (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override
32 ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen
33 - wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments
34 - wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList&
35 (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0)
36
37
38 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
39 ==============================
40
41 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
42 versions, please update your code to not use them.
43
44 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
45 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
46 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
47 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
48 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
49 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
50 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
51 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
52 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
53 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
54 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWindows
55 methods taking wxArrayString
56 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
57 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
58 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
59 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
60 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
61 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
62 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
63 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
64 value
65 - wxWave class; use wxSound instead
66
67
68 OTHER CHANGES
69 =============
70
71 2.5.1/2.5.2
72 -----------
73
74 All:
75
76 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
77 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
78 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
79 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
80 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
81 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
82 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
83 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
84 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
85 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
86 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
87 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
88 (as in 2.5.0).
89 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
90 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
91 - Changed built-in regex library to a unicode-compatible one (Ryan Norton)
92 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
93 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
94 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
95 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
96 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
97 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
98 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
99 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
100
101 All (GUI):
102
103 - added wxListBook control
104 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
105 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
106 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
107 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
108 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
109 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
110 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
111 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
112 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
113 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
114 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
115 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
116 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
117 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
118 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
119 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
120 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
121 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
122 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
123 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
124 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
125
126 wxMSW:
127
128 - fixed DDE memory leaks
129 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
130 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
131 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
132 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
133 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
134 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
135 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
136 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
137 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
138 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
139 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
140 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
141 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
142 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
143 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file
144 dialogs
145
146 wxGTK:
147
148 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
149 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
150 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
151 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
152 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
153 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
154 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
155
156 wxMac:
157
158 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
159 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
160 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
161 - use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
162
163 wxHTML:
164
165 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
166 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
167
168 Unix:
169
170 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
171 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
172 addition to existing OSS one
173
174
175 2.5.0
176 -----
177
178 All:
179
180 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
181 huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
182 separately compiled library
183 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
184 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
185 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
186 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
187 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
188 - added wxArray::SetCount()
189 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
190 by default in Unicode mode
191 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
192 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
193 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
194 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
195 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
196 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
197 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
198 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
199 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
200 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
201 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
202 - added wxRecursionGuard class
203 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
204 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
205 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
206 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
207 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
208 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
209 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
210 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
211
212 wxBase:
213
214 - added Watcom makefiles
215 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
216
217 All GUI ports:
218
219 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
220 - added wxListbook
221 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
222 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
223 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
224 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
225 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
226 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
227 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
228 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
229 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
230 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
231 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
232 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
233 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
234 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
235 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
236 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
237 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
238 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
239 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
240 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
241 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
242 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
243 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
244 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
245 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
246 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
247 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
248 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
249 default extension for the template
250 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
251 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
252 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
253 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
254 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
255 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
256 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
257 to allow better rich text support.
258 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
259 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
260 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
261 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
262 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
263 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
264 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
265 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
266 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
267 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
268 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
269 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
270 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
271 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
272 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
273 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
274 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
275 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
276 - added wxMirrorDC class
277 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
278 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
279 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
280 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
281 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
282 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
283 improved
284
285 Unix:
286
287 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
288 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
289 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
290 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
291 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
292
293 Generic controls:
294
295 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
296 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
297 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
298 to contrib/src/deprecated
299
300 wxGTK:
301
302 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
303 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
304 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
305 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
306 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
307 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
308 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
309 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
310 be appended to filenames with no extension
311 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
312 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
313 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
314 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
315
316 wxMac:
317
318 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
319 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
320
321 wxMSW:
322
323 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
324 - added wxCrashReport
325 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
326 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
327 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
328 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
329 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
330 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
331 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
332 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
333 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
334 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
335 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
336 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
337 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
338 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
339 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
340 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
341 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
342 - improved border handling under Windows XP
343 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
344 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
345 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
346 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
347 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
348 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
349 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
350
351 wxMotif:
352
353 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
354 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
355 documentation for a detailed explanation
356 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
357 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
358 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
359 with Motif 1.x compatibility
360 - implemented wxToggleButton
361 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
362 instead of a sunken border
363 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
364 - finished wxClipboard implementation
365
366 wxUniv:
367
368 - controls in toolbars now supported
369
370 wxHTML:
371
372 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
373 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
374 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
375 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
376 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
377
378
379 OLD CHANGES
380 ===========
381
382 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
383 ================================
384
385 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
386 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
387 with '!' in the first column.
388
389 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
390 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
391 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
392 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
393 2.6 release.
394
395 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
396 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
397 (see the documentation) useful.
398
399
400 wxBase:
401
402 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
403 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
404 code.
405
406 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
407 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
408 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
409 arrays containing non-pointers.
410
411 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
412 simply don't make sense for all objects
413
414 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
415 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
416 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
417
418 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
419
420 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
421 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
422 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
423 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
424 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
425
426 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
427 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
428 the default assert handling.
429
430 All (GUI):
431
432 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
433 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
434 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
435
436 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
437 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
438 instead!
439
440 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
441 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
442 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
443
444 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
445 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
446 you want to get OnChar() as well
447
448 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
449 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
450 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
451
452 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
453 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
454 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
455 will *NOT* work any longer:
456
457 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
458 ... do something ...
459 if ( flags & wxYES )
460 ... do something else ...
461
462 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
463 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
464 the ctor
465
466 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
467
468 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
469 if you derived any classes from it
470
471 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
472 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
473
474 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
475 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
476
477 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
478 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
479
480 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
481 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
482 from happening
483
484 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
485 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
486 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
487
488 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
489 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
490 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
491 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
492
493 wxMSW:
494
495 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
496 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
497 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
498 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
499 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
500 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
501 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
502 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
503 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
504 is only present for the DLLs builds.
505
506 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
507 style to avoid it
508
509 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
510 previously selected one instead of replacing it
511
512 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
513 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
514 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
515
516 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
517 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
518
519
520 Unix ports:
521
522 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
523 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
524 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
525 to compile pure C files.
526
527
528 wxThread and related classes:
529
530 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
531 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
532 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
533 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
534
535 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
536 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
537 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
538 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
539
540 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
541 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
542 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
543
544 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
545 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
546
547
548 OTHER CHANGES
549 =============
550
551 2.4.0
552 -----
553
554 wxMSW:
555
556 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
557
558 2.3.4
559 -----
560
561 All:
562
563 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
564 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
565 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
566
567 Unix (Base/GUI):
568
569 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
570 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
571 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
572
573 wxGTK:
574 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
575 - Addition of native frame site grip.
576
577 wxX11:
578 - Unicode support through Pango library.
579
580 wxMSW:
581
582 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
583 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
584
585 wxHTML:
586
587 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
588
589 2.3.3
590 -----
591
592 wxBase:
593
594 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
595 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
596 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
597 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
598 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
599 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
600 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
601 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
602 after (non standard) STL hash_map
603 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
604 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
605 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
606 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
607 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
608 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
609 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
610
611 Unix (Base/GUI):
612
613 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
614 programs and not only GNU make
615 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
616 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
617 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
618 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
619 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
620
621 All (GUI):
622
623 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
624 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
625 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
626 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
627 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
628 wxWindows dialogs
629 - significantly improved native font support
630 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
631 wxHashTable
632 - added IFF image handler
633 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
634 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
635 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
636 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
637 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
638 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
639 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
640 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
641 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
642 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
643 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
644 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
645 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
646 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
647 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
648 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
649 - wxMessageOutput class added
650 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
651 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
652 table fills up
653 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
654 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
655 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
656 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
657 (Rene Rivera).
658 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
659 whether a label edit was cancelled.
660 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
661
662 wxMSW:
663
664 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
665 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
666 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
667 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
668 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
669 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
670 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
671 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
672 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
673 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
674 are changed
675 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
676 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
677 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
678 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
679 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
680 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
681 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
682 recursion any more
683 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
684 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
685 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
686 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
687 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
688 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
689 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
690 has the capture before release it.
691 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
692 - default button handling is now closer to expected
693 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
694 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
695 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
696 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
697 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
698 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
699 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
700 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
701 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
702 provided in wxFontData
703 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
704 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
705
706 wxGTK:
707
708 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
709 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
710 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
711 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
712 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
713 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
714 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
715 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
716 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
717 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
718 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
719 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
720 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
721
722 wxMotif:
723
724 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
725 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
726 - improved toolbar control alignment
727 - implemented wxSpinButton
728 - implemented wxCheckListBox
729 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
730 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
731
732 wxX11:
733
734 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
735 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
736
737 wxMac:
738
739 - Many improvements
740
741 wxOS2:
742
743 - First alpha-quality release
744
745 wxHTML:
746
747 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
748 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
749 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
750 - fixed alignment handling in tables
751 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
752
753 2.3.2
754 -----
755
756 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
757
758 wxBase:
759
760 - wxRegEx class added
761 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
762 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
763 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
764 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
765 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
766
767 All (GUI):
768
769 - support for virtual list control added
770 - column images in report mode of the list control
771 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
772 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
773 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
774 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
775 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
776 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
777 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
778 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
779 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
780 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
781 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
782 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
783
784 wxMSW:
785
786 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
787 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
788 project files
789
790 wxGTK:
791
792 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
793 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
794 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
795 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
796
797 wxMac:
798
799 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
800 Tools
801
802 wxHTML:
803
804 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
805 to tags parsing
806 - added support for animated GIFs
807
808 2.3.1
809 -----
810
811 wxBase:
812
813 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
814 - Fixed new charset detection code
815 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
816 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
817 - Added wxDir::Traverse
818 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
819 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
820 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
821
822 All (GUI):
823
824 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
825 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
826 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
827 push on a custom event handler for example)
828 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
829 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
830 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
831 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
832 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
833 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
834 first-time saved
835 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
836 - Various wxXML enhancements
837 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
838 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
839 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
840 instead of GetId()
841 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
842 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
843
844 wxMSW:
845
846 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
847 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
848 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
849 alt or shift) now work
850 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
851 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
852 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
853 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
854 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
855 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
856 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
857 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
858 - We now send iconize events
859 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
860 - Added mousewheel processing
861 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
862 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
863 in wxDC
864 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
865 child frame styles are honoured
866
867 wxGTK:
868
869 - Fixed slider rounding bug
870 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
871 - We now send iconize events
872 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
873 GetSelection() results
874
875 2.3.0
876 -----
877
878 wxBase:
879
880 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
881 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
882 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
883 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
884 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
885 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
886 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
887 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
888 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
889 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
890
891 All (GUI):
892
893 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
894 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
895 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
896 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
897 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
898 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
899 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
900 wxImage methods and ctor)
901 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
902 - ODBC documentation complete!!
903 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
904 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
905 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
906 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
907
908 wxMSW:
909
910 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
911 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
912 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
913 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
914
915 wxGTK:
916
917 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
918
919 wxHTML:
920
921 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
922 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
923
924 2.2.0
925 -----
926
927 wxBase:
928
929 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
930 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
931 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
932 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
933 - Completed Czech translations
934 - Some stream corrections
935 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
936 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
937 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
938 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
939
940 All (GUI):
941
942 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
943 flicker-free dragging is now possible
944 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
945 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
946 - Paper names now translated
947 - wxGrid fixes
948 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
949 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
950 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
951 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
952 File dialog.
953 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
954 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
955 writing code
956 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
957 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
958 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
959 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
960
961 wxMSW:
962
963 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
964 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
965 backward compatibility, please set
966 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
967 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
968 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
969 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
970 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
971 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
972 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
973 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
974 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
975 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
976 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
977 - wxFrame restores focus better
978 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
979 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
980 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
981 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
982 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
983 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
984 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
985 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
986 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
987 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
988
989 wxGTK:
990
991 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
992
993 wxMotif:
994
995 - Small compilation fixes
996
997 Documentation:
998
999 - wxCaret documented
1000
1001 2.1.16
1002 ------
1003
1004 wxBase:
1005
1006 All (GUI):
1007
1008 wxMSW:
1009
1010 - Various bug fixes
1011 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1012 files. This works under VC++ only
1013 - Modal dialog handling improved
1014 - Printer dialog now modal
1015
1016 wxGTK:
1017
1018 - Various bug fixes
1019
1020 wxMotif:
1021
1022 - Various bug fixes
1023
1024 2.1.15
1025 ------
1026
1027 Documentation:
1028
1029 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1030
1031 File hierarchy:
1032
1033 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1034 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1035
1036 wxBase:
1037
1038 - wxSocket support
1039 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1040 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1041 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1042 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1043 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1044 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1045 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1046 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1047 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1048 only so far)
1049 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1050 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1051 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1052 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1053 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1054 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1055 is available)
1056 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1057
1058 all (GUI):
1059
1060 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1061 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1062 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1063 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1064 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1065 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1066 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1067 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1068 John Norris)
1069 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1070 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1071 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1072 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1073 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1074 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1075 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1076 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1077 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1078 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1079 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1080 - wxDragImage class added
1081 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1082 controllers, as well as native help
1083 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1084
1085 wxMSW:
1086
1087 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1088 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1089 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1090 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1091 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1092 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1093 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1094 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1095 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1096 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1097 Unix ports
1098 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1099 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1100 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1101
1102 wxGTK:
1103
1104 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1105 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1106 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1107
1108 wxMotif:
1109
1110 - wxMenu::Enable works
1111 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1112 - OGL samples made to work again
1113
1114 wxHTML:
1115
1116 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1117 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1118 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1119 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1120 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1121 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1122 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1123 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1124 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1125 - improved HTML printing
1126 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
1127 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1128 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1129 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1130
1131
1132 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1133 change log.
1134
1135 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1136 -----------------------
1137
1138 wxGTK:
1139
1140 - JPEG support added.
1141 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1142
1143 wxMSW:
1144
1145 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1146 SetTabSize added.
1147 - JPEG support added.
1148 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1149 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1150 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1151
1152 wxMotif:
1153
1154
1155 General:
1156
1157 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1158
1159
1160 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1161 -------------------------------
1162
1163 wxGTK:
1164
1165 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
1166 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1167
1168 wxMSW:
1169
1170 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1171 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1172 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1173 - Some makefile fixes.
1174
1175 wxMotif:
1176
1177 - None.
1178
1179 General:
1180
1181 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1182 - More topic overviews.
1183 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1184 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1185 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1186
1187
1188 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1189 --------------------------
1190
1191 wxGTK:
1192
1193 - wxExecute improved.
1194
1195 wxMSW:
1196
1197 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1198 expected).
1199 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1200 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1201 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1202 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1203 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1204 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1205
1206 wxMotif:
1207
1208 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1209 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1210
1211 General:
1212
1213 - wxLocale documented.
1214 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1215 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1216 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1217 (though doesn't display help yet).
1218
1219 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1220 --------------------------
1221
1222 wxGTK:
1223
1224 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1225
1226 wxMSW:
1227
1228 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1229 rationalised.
1230 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1231
1232 wxMotif:
1233
1234 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1235 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1236 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1237 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1238 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1239 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1240 crashes for some reason).
1241 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1242 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1243
1244 General:
1245
1246 - Further doc improvements.
1247 - wxGenericValidator added.
1248 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1249 automatically.
1250
1251 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1252 -------------------------
1253
1254 wxGTK:
1255
1256 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1257 - wxToolTip class added.
1258 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1259
1260 wxMSW:
1261
1262 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1263 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1264 - TWIN32 support added.
1265 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1266 factored out program/library settings.
1267 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1268
1269 wxMotif:
1270
1271 - A few more colour fixes.
1272 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1273 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1274 - wxChoice crash fix.
1275 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1276
1277 General:
1278
1279 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1280 - Added samples/dde.
1281 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1282
1283 Beta 2, January 1999
1284 --------------------
1285
1286 wxGTK:
1287
1288 wxMSW:
1289
1290 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1291
1292 wxMotif:
1293
1294 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1295 the right place.
1296 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1297 - Added thread support (Robert).
1298 - wxPoem sample now works.
1299
1300 General:
1301
1302 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1303 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1304 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1305 or below).
1306 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1307 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1308 sample.
1309 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1310
1311 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1312 --------------------------
1313
1314 wxGTK:
1315
1316 - Various
1317
1318 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1319
1320
1321 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1322 ----------------------------
1323
1324 wxMSW:
1325
1326 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1327 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1328 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1329 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1330 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1331 on a tab.
1332 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1333 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1334 of Stefan Csomor.
1335
1336 wxMotif:
1337
1338 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1339 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1340 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1341 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1342 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1343 colours correctly.
1344 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1345 when any button was pressed.
1346 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1347 have a white background.
1348 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1349 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1350 they have sensible colours by default.
1351 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1352 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1353 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1354 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1355 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1356
1357 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1358 ----------------------------
1359
1360 wxMSW:
1361
1362 - More documentation updates, especially for
1363 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1364 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1365 of wxTrace.
1366 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1367 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1368 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1369 position.
1370 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1371
1372 wxMotif:
1373
1374 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1375 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1376 child frames).
1377 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1378 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1379 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1380 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1381 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1382 the debugging implementation.
1383 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1384 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1385 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1386 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1387 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1388 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1389 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1390
1391 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1392
1393 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1394 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1395 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1396 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1397 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1398 - wxNotebook almost done.
1399 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1400 to vertical toolbars).
1401
1402 More recently:
1403
1404 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1405 to scrollbars).
1406 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1407 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1408 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1409
1410 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1411 ----------------------------
1412
1413 wxMSW:
1414
1415 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1416 sample.
1417 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1418 - A few more makefiles added.
1419 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1420 - Further doc updates.
1421 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1422
1423 wxMotif:
1424
1425 - First start at Motif port.
1426 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1427 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1428 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1429 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1430
1431 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1432 --------------------------
1433
1434 wxMSW:
1435
1436 - wxBitmap debugged.
1437 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1438 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1439 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1440 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1441 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1442 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1443 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1444
1445 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1446 ------------------------
1447
1448 wxMSW:
1449
1450 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1451 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1452 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1453 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1454 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1455 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1456 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1457 changes, wxNotebook.
1458 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1459
1460 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1461 -----------------------
1462
1463 wxMSW:
1464
1465 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1466 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1467 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1468 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1469 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1470 don't support it.
1471 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1472 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1473
1474 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1475 -----------------------
1476
1477 wxMSW:
1478
1479 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1480 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1481
1482 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1483 -----------------------
1484
1485 wxMSW:
1486
1487 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1488 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1489 wxMenuBar.
1490 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1491 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1492 wxMenuItem accessors.
1493 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1494 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1495 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1496 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1497 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1498 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1499 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1500 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1501 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1502 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1503 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1504 first, then doing the assignment.
1505 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1506 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1507
1508 Generic:
1509
1510 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1511 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1512
1513 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1514 ----------------------
1515
1516 wxMSW:
1517
1518 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1519 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1520 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1521 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1522 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1523 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1524 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1525 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1526 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1527
1528 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1529 ------------------------
1530
1531 wxMSW:
1532
1533 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1534 fields were used.
1535 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1536 compilation and pragmas.
1537 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1538 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1539
1540 Generic:
1541
1542 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1543 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1544 compilation and pragmas.
1545 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1546
1547 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1548 ------------------------
1549
1550 wxMSW:
1551
1552 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1553 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1554 some reason :-(
1555 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1556 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1557 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1558 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1559 startup/exit.
1560 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1561 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1562 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1563 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1564 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1565 compatibility functions.
1566 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1567 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1568 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1569 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1570 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1571 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1572 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1573
1574 Generic:
1575
1576 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1577 - Added samples/png.
1578 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1579 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1580 header files.
1581 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1582
1583 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1584 ------------------------
1585
1586 wxMSW:
1587
1588 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1589 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1590 cleaned up properly before exit.
1591 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1592 automatically.
1593 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1594 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1595 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1596 unresolved issues.
1597 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1598 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1599 tray area.
1600 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1601 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1602 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1603 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1604
1605 Generic:
1606
1607 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1608 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1609 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1610 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1611 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1612 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1613 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1614 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1615 allow better control of memory.
1616 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1617 checking.
1618 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1619 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1620
1621 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1622 ------------------------
1623
1624 wxMSW:
1625
1626 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1627 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1628 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1629 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1630 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1631 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1632 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1633 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1634 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1635 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1636 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1637 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1638 IUnknown.
1639 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1640 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1641 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1642 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1643 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1644 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1645 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1646 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1647 internal implementation.
1648 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1649 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1650 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1651
1652 Generic:
1653
1654 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1655 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1656 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1657 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1658 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1659
1660 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1661 --------------------------
1662
1663 wxMSW:
1664
1665 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1666 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1667 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1668 changes.
1669 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1670 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1671 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1672 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1673 again.
1674 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1675 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1676 e.g. wxDC.
1677
1678 Generic:
1679
1680 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1681 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1682 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1683 changes.
1684 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1685 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1686 docs/gtk.
1687 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1688 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1689 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1690 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1691 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1692 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1693 - Added gcc pragmas.
1694 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1695 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1696 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1697 added a few references to wxTransString.
1698 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1699 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1700 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1701 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1702 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1703 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1704 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1705 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1706 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1707 MoreRequested.
1708
1709 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1710 --------------------------
1711
1712 All:
1713
1714 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1715 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1716 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1717 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1718 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1719 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1720 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1721 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1722 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1723 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1724 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1725 scrolling toolbars.
1726 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1727 to help printing with multiple pages.
1728 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1729 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1730 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1731 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1732 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1733 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1734 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1735 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1736 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1737 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1738 New files from Vadim:
1739 include\wx\string.h
1740 include\wx\debug.h
1741 include\wx\file.h
1742 include\wx\log.h
1743 include\wx\intl.h
1744 src\common\string.cpp
1745 src\common\log.cpp
1746 src\common\intl.cpp
1747 src\common\file.cpp
1748 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1749 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1750 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1751 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1752 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1753 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1754 including changes to defs.h.
1755 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1756 introduced.
1757 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1758 hidden).
1759 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1760 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1761 trick).
1762 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1763
1764 Alpha 3, September 1997
1765 -----------------------
1766
1767 All:
1768
1769 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1770 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1771 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1772 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1773 - Started documentation.
1774
1775 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1776 ------------------------
1777
1778 All:
1779
1780 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1781 with MetroWerks compiler.
1782 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1783 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1784 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1785 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1786 for testing purposes.
1787 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1788 handlers.
1789 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1790 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1791 fully).
1792 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1793 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1794 a separate file.
1795
1796 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1797 -----------------------
1798
1799 Generic:
1800
1801 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1802
1803 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1804 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1805 wxString instead of char *.
1806 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1807 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1808 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1809 as wxbWindow now removed.
1810 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1811 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1812 - PrologIO revised.
1813 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1814 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1815 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1816 Windows settings.
1817 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1818 settings mucho rationalised.
1819 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1820 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1821 classes removed.
1822 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1823 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1824 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1825 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1826 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1827 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1828 of event handlers.
1829 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1830 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1831 wxToolBarBase
1832 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1833 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1834 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1835 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1836 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1837 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1838 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1839 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1840 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1841 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1842 in the future.
1843 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1844 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1845 variables instead.
1846 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1847 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1848 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1849 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1850 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1851 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1852 Win95.
1853 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1854 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1855 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1856 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1857 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1858 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
1859
1860