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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
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8 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour
9 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
14 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
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17 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd()
18 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them
26 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag
27 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation
28 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
29 during a search and replace.
30 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
31 are both used in the same program.
32 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
33 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
34 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
35 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
36 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
37 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
38 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
39 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
40 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
41 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
42 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett)
46 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
47 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers()
48 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
49 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
50 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
51 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
52 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
53 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
54 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
55 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
56 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
57 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
58 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
59 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
60 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
61 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap()
62 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
63 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
64 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler
65 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown()
66 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
67 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
69 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
70 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
71 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
72 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
73 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
75 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
76 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
77 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
78 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
79 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros
80 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl
81 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
82 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
83 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
84 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
85 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself
86 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays
87 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW
91 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller)
92 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
93 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
94 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
95 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
96 - Removed __WIN95__ define
97 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
98 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
99 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
100 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
101 wxMSW faq for details).
102 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
103 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
105 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
106 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
107 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
108 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
109 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
111 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
112 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
113 initial construction.
114 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
115 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
116 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
118 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
119 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
120 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
121 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
122 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated
123 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl
124 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
125 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
126 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
127 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
128 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
129 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
130 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
134 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated
135 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support
136 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK
137 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
139 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
140 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.\
141 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
142 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
143 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
145 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
146 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
147 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
148 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett)
152 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
153 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
154 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
155 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
156 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
157 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
158 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
159 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
160 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
161 - Corrected idle wake-up.
162 - Corrected wxExecute.
163 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
164 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
165 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
166 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
167 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
168 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
169 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
171 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
172 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
174 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
175 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
176 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
177 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
178 end of file with an error.
179 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
181 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
182 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
183 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
184 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
185 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
189 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
190 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
191 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
192 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
193 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
194 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
195 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
196 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
197 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
198 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
199 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
200 - Support for backspace key on smartphone.
201 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
202 is reccommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
207 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor)
211 - Invisible text problem fixed.
212 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
216 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
224 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
225 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
226 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
227 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
228 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
229 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
230 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
231 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
232 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
233 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
234 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
235 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
239 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
240 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
241 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
242 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
243 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
244 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
245 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
246 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
247 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
248 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
249 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
250 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
254 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
255 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
256 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
257 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
258 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
259 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
260 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
261 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
262 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
263 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
264 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
265 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
266 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
267 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
268 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
272 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
273 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
274 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
275 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
276 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
277 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
278 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
279 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
280 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
281 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
282 - Fixed domain socket handling.
286 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
287 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
288 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
289 - Various text control bug fixes.
290 - Automatic menu management improved.
291 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
292 due to dangling cycle pointers.
293 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
294 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
299 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
303 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
304 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
308 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
309 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
310 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
311 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
312 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
313 flag has been specified.
314 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
315 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
316 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
321 - Fixed crash on exit.
322 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
326 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
334 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
335 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
339 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
340 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
341 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
342 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
343 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
344 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
345 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
346 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
347 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
348 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
352 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
353 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
354 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
355 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
356 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
357 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
358 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
359 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
360 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
361 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
362 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
363 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
364 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
365 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
366 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
367 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
368 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
369 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
370 - Compiles again with WIN64.
371 - Winelib compilation now works.
372 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
373 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
374 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
375 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
376 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
377 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
378 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
379 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
380 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
381 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
382 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
383 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
384 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
388 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
392 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
393 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
394 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
395 - Added bitmap support in menus.
399 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
400 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
401 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
403 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
404 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
405 - Window menu now added automatically.
406 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
407 - Modified function key support fixed.
408 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
412 - Menu problems fixed.
413 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
414 - Fixed a font memory leak.
415 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
423 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
424 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
428 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
429 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
433 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
434 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
435 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
439 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
442 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
443 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
444 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
445 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
446 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
447 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
448 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
451 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
458 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
459 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
460 - Added wxDebugReport class.
461 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
462 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
463 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
464 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
465 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
466 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
470 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
471 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
472 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
473 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
474 the whole virtual area.
475 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
476 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
477 isn't used to set the window size.
478 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
479 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
480 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
481 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
485 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
489 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
490 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
491 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
492 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
493 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
494 handling (Jamie Gadd).
498 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
499 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
500 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
501 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
502 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
503 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
504 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
505 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
509 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
513 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
517 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
518 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
519 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
520 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
521 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
522 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
523 with correct titlebar style.
524 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
526 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
527 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
528 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
529 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
530 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
531 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
532 to the dialog's toolbar.
539 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
540 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
541 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
542 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
543 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
544 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
545 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
546 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
547 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
548 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
549 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
550 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
551 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
552 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
553 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
554 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
555 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
556 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
557 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
558 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
559 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
560 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
561 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
562 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
563 printing stuff in the GTK port.
564 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
565 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
566 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
567 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
568 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
569 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
570 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
571 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
572 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
573 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
574 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
575 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
576 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
577 due to a rounding error.
578 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
579 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
580 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
581 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
582 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
583 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
584 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
585 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
591 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
592 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
593 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
594 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
595 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
596 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
597 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
598 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
599 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
600 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
601 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
602 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
603 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
604 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
605 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
606 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
607 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
611 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
615 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
616 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
617 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
618 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
619 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
620 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
621 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
622 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
623 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
624 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
625 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
626 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
627 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
629 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
630 - Added wxRawBitmap support
631 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
632 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
633 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
637 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
638 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
639 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
640 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
644 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
645 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
646 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
647 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
648 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
651 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
652 but not mentioned anywhere.
653 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
657 - wxBU_... button align flags support
658 - vertical notebook orientation support
659 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
660 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
664 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
665 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
666 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
667 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
668 - enumeration of available volumes
669 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
670 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
671 - native wxColourDialog implementation
672 - native wxSystemSettings colours
673 - native wxButton implementation
674 - native wxCheckBox implementation
675 - native wxSlider implementation
676 - native wxToggleButton implementation
677 - native wxRadioButton implementation
678 - native wxStaticText implementation
679 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
687 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
688 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
689 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
690 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
691 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
692 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
693 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
694 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
695 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
696 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
697 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
698 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
699 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
700 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
701 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
702 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
706 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
707 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
708 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
710 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
711 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
712 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
713 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
714 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
715 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
716 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
717 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
718 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
719 - added samples/splash
720 - added support for stock buttons
721 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
722 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
723 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
724 - added wxChoicebook control
725 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
726 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
727 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
728 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
729 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
730 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
731 supported, instead of zero.
732 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
736 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
737 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
738 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
739 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
740 - wx-config has new --version-full option
744 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
745 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
746 - Tooltips now supported
747 - wxSound now supported
748 - wxDisplay now supported
749 - Some stock cursors now supported
753 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
754 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
755 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
756 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
760 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
761 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
762 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
763 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
764 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
765 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
766 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
767 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
768 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
769 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
770 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
771 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
772 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
773 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
774 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
775 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
776 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
777 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
778 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
782 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
786 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
787 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
788 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
789 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
790 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
791 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
792 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
793 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
794 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
795 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
796 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
797 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
798 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
799 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
803 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
807 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
808 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
809 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
810 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
814 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
815 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
823 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
824 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
825 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
826 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
828 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
829 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
830 to forward declare these classes.
834 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
835 resulting in much better display of scaled images
836 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
837 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
838 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
839 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
840 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
841 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
842 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
843 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
844 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
845 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
846 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
847 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
848 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
852 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
853 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
854 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
855 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
856 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
857 even try to do it by default -- now it does
858 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
859 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
860 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
861 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
862 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
863 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
867 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
871 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
872 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
873 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
874 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
878 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
882 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
883 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
887 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
888 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
892 - Full Unicode support is now available
893 - BLOB support is working
901 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
902 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
903 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
904 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
905 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
906 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
907 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
908 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
909 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
910 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
911 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
912 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
913 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
915 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
916 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
917 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
918 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
919 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
920 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
921 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
922 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
923 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
924 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
925 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
926 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
930 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
931 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
932 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
933 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
934 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
935 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
936 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
937 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
938 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
939 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
940 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
941 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
942 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
943 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
944 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
945 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
946 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
947 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
948 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
949 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
950 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
951 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
952 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
953 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
954 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
955 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
959 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
960 - fixed DDE memory leaks
961 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
962 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
963 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
964 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
965 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
966 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
967 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
968 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
969 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
970 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
971 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
972 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
973 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
974 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
975 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
976 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
977 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
978 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
979 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
980 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
981 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
982 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
983 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
984 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
985 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
986 than the specified default size
987 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
991 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
992 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
993 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
994 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
995 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
996 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
997 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
998 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
999 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1003 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1004 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1005 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1006 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1010 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1014 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1015 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1019 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1020 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1021 addition to existing OSS one
1022 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1030 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1031 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1032 separately compiled library
1033 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1034 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1035 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1036 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1037 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1038 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1039 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1040 by default in Unicode mode
1041 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1042 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1043 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1044 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1045 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1046 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1047 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1048 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1049 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1050 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1051 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1052 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1053 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1054 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1055 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1056 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1057 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1058 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1059 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1060 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1064 - added Watcom makefiles
1065 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1069 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1070 - added wxListbook control
1071 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1072 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1073 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1074 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1075 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1076 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1077 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1078 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1079 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1080 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1081 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1082 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1083 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1084 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1085 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1086 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1087 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1088 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1089 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1090 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1091 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1092 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1093 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1094 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1095 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1096 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1097 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1098 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1099 default extension for the template
1100 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1101 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1102 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1103 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1104 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1105 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1106 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1107 to allow better rich text support.
1108 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1109 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1110 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1111 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1112 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1113 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1114 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1115 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1116 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1117 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1118 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1119 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1120 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1121 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1122 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1123 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1124 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1125 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1126 - added wxMirrorDC class
1127 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1128 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1129 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1130 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1131 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1132 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1137 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1138 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1139 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1140 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1141 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1145 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1146 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1147 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1148 to contrib/src/deprecated
1152 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1153 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1154 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1155 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1156 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1157 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1158 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1159 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1160 be appended to filenames with no extension
1161 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1162 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1163 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1164 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1168 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1169 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1173 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1174 - added wxCrashReport
1175 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1176 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1177 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1178 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1179 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1180 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1181 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1182 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1183 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1184 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1185 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1186 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1187 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1188 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1189 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1190 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1191 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1192 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1193 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1194 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1195 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1196 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1197 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1198 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1199 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1203 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1204 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1205 documentation for a detailed explanation
1206 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1207 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1208 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1209 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1210 - implemented wxToggleButton
1211 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1212 instead of a sunken border
1213 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1214 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1218 - controls in toolbars now supported
1222 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1223 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1224 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1225 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1226 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1232 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1233 ================================
1235 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1236 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1237 with '!' in the first column.
1239 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1240 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1241 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1242 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1245 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1246 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1247 (see the documentation) useful.
1252 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1253 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1256 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1257 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1258 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1259 arrays containing non-pointers.
1261 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1262 simply don't make sense for all objects
1264 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1265 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1266 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1268 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1270 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1271 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1272 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1273 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1274 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1276 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1277 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1278 the default assert handling.
1282 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1283 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1284 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1286 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1287 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1290 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1291 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1292 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1294 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1295 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1296 you want to get OnChar() as well
1298 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1299 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1300 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1302 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1303 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1304 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1305 will *NOT* work any longer:
1307 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1308 ... do something ...
1309 if ( flags & wxYES )
1310 ... do something else ...
1312 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1313 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1316 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1318 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1319 if you derived any classes from it
1321 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1322 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1324 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1325 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1327 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1328 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1330 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1331 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1334 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1335 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1336 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1338 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1339 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1340 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1341 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1345 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1346 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1347 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1348 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1349 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1350 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1351 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1352 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1353 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1354 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1356 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1359 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1360 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1362 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1363 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1364 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1366 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1367 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1372 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1373 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1374 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1375 to compile pure C files.
1378 wxThread and related classes:
1380 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1381 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1382 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1383 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1385 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1386 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1387 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1388 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1390 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1391 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1392 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1394 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1395 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1406 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1413 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1414 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1415 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1419 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1420 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1421 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1424 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1425 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1428 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1432 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1433 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1437 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1444 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1445 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1446 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1447 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1448 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1449 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1450 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1451 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1452 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1453 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1454 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1455 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1456 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1457 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1458 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1459 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1463 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1464 programs and not only GNU make
1465 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1466 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1467 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1468 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1469 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1473 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1474 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1475 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1476 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1477 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1479 - significantly improved native font support
1480 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1482 - added IFF image handler
1483 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1484 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1485 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1486 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1487 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1488 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1489 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1490 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1491 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1492 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1493 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1494 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1495 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1496 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1497 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1498 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1499 - wxMessageOutput class added
1500 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1501 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1503 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1504 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1505 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1506 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1508 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1509 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1510 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1514 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1515 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1516 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1517 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1518 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1519 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1520 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1521 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1522 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1523 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1525 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1526 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1527 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1528 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1529 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1530 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1531 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1533 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1534 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1535 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1536 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1537 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1538 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1539 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1540 has the capture before release it.
1541 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1542 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1543 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1544 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1545 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1546 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1547 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1548 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1549 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1550 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1551 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1552 provided in wxFontData
1553 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1554 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1558 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1559 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1560 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1561 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1562 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1563 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1564 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1565 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1566 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1567 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1568 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1569 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1570 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1574 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1575 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1576 - improved toolbar control alignment
1577 - implemented wxSpinButton
1578 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1579 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1580 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1584 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1585 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1593 - First alpha-quality release
1597 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1598 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1599 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1600 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1601 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1606 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1610 - wxRegEx class added
1611 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1612 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1613 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1614 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1615 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1619 - support for virtual list control added
1620 - column images in report mode of the list control
1621 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1622 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1623 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1624 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1625 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1626 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1627 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1628 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1629 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1630 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1631 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1632 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1636 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1637 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1642 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1643 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1644 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1645 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1649 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1654 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1656 - added support for animated GIFs
1664 - Fixed new charset detection code
1665 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1666 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1667 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1668 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1669 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1670 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1674 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1675 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1676 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1677 push on a custom event handler for example)
1678 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1679 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1680 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1681 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1682 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1683 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1685 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1686 - Various wxXML enhancements
1687 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1688 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1689 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1691 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1692 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1696 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1697 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1698 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1699 alt or shift) now work
1700 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1701 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1702 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1703 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1704 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1705 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1706 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1707 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1708 - We now send iconize events
1709 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1710 - Added mousewheel processing
1711 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1712 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1714 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1715 child frame styles are honoured
1719 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1720 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1721 - We now send iconize events
1722 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1723 GetSelection() results
1730 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1731 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1732 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1733 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1734 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1735 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1736 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1737 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1738 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1739 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1743 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1744 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1745 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1746 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1747 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1748 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1749 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1750 wxImage methods and ctor)
1751 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1752 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1753 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1754 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1755 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1756 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1760 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1761 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1762 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1763 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1767 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1771 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1772 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1779 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1780 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1781 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1782 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1783 - Completed Czech translations
1784 - Some stream corrections
1785 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1786 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1787 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1788 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1792 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1793 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1794 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1795 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1796 - Paper names now translated
1798 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1799 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1800 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1801 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1803 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1804 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1806 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1807 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1808 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1809 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1813 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1814 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1815 backward compatibility, please set
1816 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1817 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1818 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1819 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1820 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1821 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1822 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1823 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1824 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1825 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1826 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1827 - wxFrame restores focus better
1828 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1829 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1830 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1831 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1832 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1833 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1834 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1835 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1836 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1837 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1841 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1845 - Small compilation fixes
1849 - wxCaret documented
1861 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1862 files. This works under VC++ only
1863 - Modal dialog handling improved
1864 - Printer dialog now modal
1879 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1883 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1884 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1889 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1890 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1891 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1892 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1893 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1894 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1895 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1896 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1897 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1899 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1900 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1901 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1902 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1903 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1904 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1906 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1910 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1911 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1912 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1913 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1914 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1915 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1916 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1917 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1919 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1920 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1921 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1922 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1923 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1924 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1925 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1926 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1927 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1928 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1929 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1930 - wxDragImage class added
1931 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1932 controllers, as well as native help
1933 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1937 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1938 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1939 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1940 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1941 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1942 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1943 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1944 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1945 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1946 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1948 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1949 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1950 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1954 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1955 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1956 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1960 - wxMenu::Enable works
1961 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1962 - OGL samples made to work again
1966 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1967 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1968 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1969 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1970 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1971 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1972 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1973 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1974 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1975 - improved HTML printing
1976 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1977 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1978 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1979 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1982 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1985 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1986 -----------------------
1990 - JPEG support added.
1991 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1995 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1997 - JPEG support added.
1998 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1999 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2000 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2007 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2010 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2011 -------------------------------
2016 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2020 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2021 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2022 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2023 - Some makefile fixes.
2031 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2032 - More topic overviews.
2033 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2034 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2035 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2038 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2039 --------------------------
2043 - wxExecute improved.
2047 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2049 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2050 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2051 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2052 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2053 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2054 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2058 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2059 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2063 - wxLocale documented.
2064 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2065 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2066 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2067 (though doesn't display help yet).
2069 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2070 --------------------------
2074 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2078 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2080 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2084 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2085 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2086 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2087 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2088 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2089 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2090 crashes for some reason).
2091 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2092 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2096 - Further doc improvements.
2097 - wxGenericValidator added.
2098 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2101 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2102 -------------------------
2106 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2107 - wxToolTip class added.
2108 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2112 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2113 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2114 - TWIN32 support added.
2115 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2116 factored out program/library settings.
2117 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2121 - A few more colour fixes.
2122 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2123 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2124 - wxChoice crash fix.
2125 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2129 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2130 - Added samples/dde.
2131 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2133 Beta 2, January 1999
2134 --------------------
2140 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2144 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2146 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2147 - Added thread support (Robert).
2148 - wxPoem sample now works.
2152 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2153 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2154 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2156 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2157 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2159 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2161 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2162 --------------------------
2168 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2171 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2172 ----------------------------
2176 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2177 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2178 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2179 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2180 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2182 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2183 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2188 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2189 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2190 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2191 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2192 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2194 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2195 when any button was pressed.
2196 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2197 have a white background.
2198 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2199 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2200 they have sensible colours by default.
2201 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2202 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2203 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2204 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2205 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2207 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2208 ----------------------------
2212 - More documentation updates, especially for
2213 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2214 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2216 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2217 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2218 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2220 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2224 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2225 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2227 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2228 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2229 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2230 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2231 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2232 the debugging implementation.
2233 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2234 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2235 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2236 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2237 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2238 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2239 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2241 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2243 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2244 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2245 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2246 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2247 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2248 - wxNotebook almost done.
2249 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2250 to vertical toolbars).
2254 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2256 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2257 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2258 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2260 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2261 ----------------------------
2265 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2267 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2268 - A few more makefiles added.
2269 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2270 - Further doc updates.
2271 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2275 - First start at Motif port.
2276 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2277 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2278 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2279 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2281 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2282 --------------------------
2286 - wxBitmap debugged.
2287 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2288 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2289 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2290 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2291 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2292 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2293 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2295 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2296 ------------------------
2300 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2301 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2302 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2303 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2304 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2305 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2306 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2307 changes, wxNotebook.
2308 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2310 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2311 -----------------------
2315 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2316 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2317 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2318 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2319 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2321 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2322 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2324 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2325 -----------------------
2329 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2330 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2332 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2333 -----------------------
2337 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2338 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2340 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2341 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2342 wxMenuItem accessors.
2343 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2344 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2345 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2346 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2347 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2348 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2349 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2350 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2351 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2352 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2353 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2354 first, then doing the assignment.
2355 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2356 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2360 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2361 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2363 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2364 ----------------------
2368 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2369 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2370 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2371 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2372 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2373 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2374 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2375 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2376 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2378 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2379 ------------------------
2383 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2385 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2386 compilation and pragmas.
2387 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2388 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2392 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2393 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2394 compilation and pragmas.
2395 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2397 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2398 ------------------------
2402 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2403 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2405 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2406 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2407 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2408 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2410 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2411 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2412 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2414 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2415 compatibility functions.
2416 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2417 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2418 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2419 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2420 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2421 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2422 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2426 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2427 - Added samples/png.
2428 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2429 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2431 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2433 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2434 ------------------------
2438 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2439 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2440 cleaned up properly before exit.
2441 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2443 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2444 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2445 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2447 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2448 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2450 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2451 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2452 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2453 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2457 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2458 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2459 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2460 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2461 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2462 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2463 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2464 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2465 allow better control of memory.
2466 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2468 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2469 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2471 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2472 ------------------------
2476 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2477 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2478 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2479 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2480 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2481 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2482 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2483 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2484 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2485 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2486 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2487 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2489 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2490 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2491 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2492 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2493 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2494 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2495 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2496 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2497 internal implementation.
2498 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2499 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2500 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2504 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2505 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2506 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2507 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2508 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2510 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2511 --------------------------
2515 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2516 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2517 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2519 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2520 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2521 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2522 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2524 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2525 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2530 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2531 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2532 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2534 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2535 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2537 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2538 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2539 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2540 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2541 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2542 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2543 - Added gcc pragmas.
2544 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2545 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2546 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2547 added a few references to wxTransString.
2548 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2549 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2550 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2551 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2552 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2553 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2554 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2555 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2556 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2559 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2560 --------------------------
2564 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2565 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2566 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2567 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2568 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2569 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2570 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2571 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2572 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2573 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2574 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2576 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2577 to help printing with multiple pages.
2578 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2579 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2580 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2581 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2582 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2583 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2584 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2585 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2586 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2587 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2588 New files from Vadim:
2594 src\common\string.cpp
2598 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2599 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2600 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2601 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2602 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2603 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2604 including changes to defs.h.
2605 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2607 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2609 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2610 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2612 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2614 Alpha 3, September 1997
2615 -----------------------
2619 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2620 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2621 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2622 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2623 - Started documentation.
2625 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2626 ------------------------
2630 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2631 with MetroWerks compiler.
2632 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2633 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2634 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2635 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2636 for testing purposes.
2637 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2639 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2640 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2642 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2643 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2646 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2647 -----------------------
2651 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2653 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2654 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2655 wxString instead of char *.
2656 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2657 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2658 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2659 as wxbWindow now removed.
2660 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2661 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2663 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2664 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2665 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2667 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2668 settings mucho rationalised.
2669 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2670 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2672 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2673 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2674 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2675 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2676 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2677 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2679 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2680 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2682 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2683 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2684 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2685 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2686 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2687 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2688 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2689 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2690 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2691 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2693 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2694 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2696 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2697 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2698 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2699 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2700 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2701 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2703 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2704 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2705 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2706 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2707 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2708 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).