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2 wxWidgets Change Log
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4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
6 ================================
7
8 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10
11 - For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
12 to read _past_ the end of file.
13 - wxFileName::DirExists() checks if the path of the file is a directory, not
14 if the whole name is a directory.
15 - wxDialog::CreateButtonSizer() may return NULL now, please see the manual.
16 - wxStaticBoxSizer now deletes the associated wxStaticBox when it is deleted.
17 - wxArray::Alloc() now works as reserve() and does not clear the array any more
18 - Windows calling CaptureMouse() are now required to handle the
19 wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event and not call ReleaseMouse() in this case.
20 - wxInputStream::GetC() now returns an int in the range 0 - 255 on success
21 instead of a char the range -128 - 127.
22
23
24 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
25 -----------------------------------------------------------
26
27 - Some classes (notably wxBitmap and wxImage) don't define operator==() as it
28 used to work in somewhat unexpected way as it compared only internal pointers
29 and not the object data. The code using it will have to be updated:
30 * If the object was compared with wxNullXXX, use IsOk() method instead
31 * If valid object need to be compared, use IsSameAs() to reproduce the old
32 behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c.
33 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
34 - wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
35 even compile).
36 - wxCHECK family of macros now must be followed by a semicolon.
37 - wxMBConv::cMB2WC() and cWC2MB() take size of the input buffer and return
38 length of the converted string in all cases now.
39 - wxHtmlWindow::OnCellClicked() now returns bool.
40 - wxHtmlCell::OnMouseClick() was deprecated and replaced with
41 wxHtmlCell::ProcessMouseClick(); old code overriding OnMouseClick() will
42 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
43 use ProcessMouseClick().
44 - wxHtmlCell::GetCursor() was deprecated and replaced with
45 wxHtmlCell::GetMouseCursor(); old code overriding GetCursor() will
46 continue to work with WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_6, but should be rewritten to
47 use GetMouseCursor().
48 - wxHtmlCell::AdjustPagebreak() signature has changed, update your code if you
49 override it.
50 - wxFontEnumerator::GetFacenames() and GetEncodings() now return arrays and
51 not pointers to arrays.
52 - SetDefaultItem() method was moved from wxPanel to wxTopLevelWindow
53 - wxDialog::OnOK/OnCancel() don't exist any more, use SetAffirmative/EscapeId()
54 - wxPathList doesn't derive from (deprecated) wxStringList any more
55 - wxGLContext class has no 1:1 coupling to a wxGLCanvas class any more.
56 As a consequence, the class interface changed largely. Code updates, if
57 any are required at all, are easy to accomplish though.
58
59
60 Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
61 -----------------------------------------------------
62
63 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
64 - wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, don't use them.
65 - wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize.
66 - wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize.
67 - Seeking on a zip stream returned from wxFileSystem without using the new
68 wxFS_SEEKABLE flags is deprecated. You can still seek, but use the flag.
69 - Constructor wxZipInputStream(const wxString& archive, const wxString& file)
70 deprecated in favour of wxFileSystem (other zip ctors are not deprecated).
71
72
73
74 Major new features in 2.8 release
75 ---------------------------------
76
77 - New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more.
78 - New rich text control library implementing a generic wxRichTextCtrl,
79 using only the wxWidgets API. Also includes formatting dialogs, conversion
80 to HTML, and printing classes.
81 - New wxComboCtrl class giving the ability to create custom, graphical
82 comboboxes. Associated classes include wxOwnerDrawnComboBox, wxComboPopup
83 and wxBitmapComboBox.
84 - Further functionality including wxAnimationCtrl (moved from contrib/src/anim
85 and enhanced), wxSimpleHtmlListBox, wxHyperlinkCtrl, wxColourPickerCtrl,
86 wxDirPickerCtrl, wxFilePickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl, wxCollapsiblePane,
87 wxAboutBox, wxTreebook, tar streams.
88
89
90 2.8.0
91 -----
92
93 All:
94
95 - wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents
96 - Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
97 - New option wxFS_READ | wxFS_SEEKABLE for wxFileSystem::OpenFile() to return
98 a stream that is seekable.
99 - Fixed bug in wxCalendarCtrl::HitTest() when clicking on month change arrows
100 - Added wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize() and corrected wxTreeCtrl::GetBestSize()
101 for a control with borders (Tim Kosse)
102
103 wxMSW:
104
105 - Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
106 - Use system default paper size for printing instead of A4.
107 - Fix (harmless) assert in virtual list control under Vista
108 - Fix colours when converting wxBitmap with alpha to wxImage (nusi).
109
110 wxGTK:
111
112 - Allow dynamically changing most of text control styles
113
114
115 2.7.2
116 -----
117
118 All:
119
120 - Added wxFFile overload to wxFileName::CreateTemporaryFileName().
121 - Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
122 - Added wxTar streams.
123 - Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
124 - Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
125
126 All (GUI):
127
128 - wxMemoryDC constructor now optionally accepts a wxBitmap parameter,
129 calling SelectObject itself if a valid bitmap is passed.
130 - Reverted wxBuffered[Paint]DC to pre 2.7.1 state, added
131 wxAutoBufferedPaintDC and wxAutoBufferedPaintDCFactory.
132 - Renamed wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() to just Pulse().
133 - Added wxCollapsiblePane (Francesco Montorsi).
134 - Added wxSimpleHtmlListBox (Francesco Montorsi).
135 - Printing framework fixes by Robert J. Lang. Bugs fixed,
136 wxPrinterDC::GetPaperRect() and other functions added to allow
137 easier printing implementation, and the documentation updated.
138 - Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
139 formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
140 formatting.
141 - Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
142 - Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
143 - wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
144 - wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
145
146 Unix Ports:
147
148 - Added autopackage for wxGTK and an example of using autopackage for a wx
149 program (Francesco Montorsi).
150
151 wxGTK:
152
153 - More RTL work.
154 - Support wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB.
155 - Speed up MIME types loading. Only the GNOME database should be loaded under
156 GNOME etc. For this, the code queries the X11 session protocol.
157 - wxCaret redraw problem during scrolling fixed.
158
159
160 2.7.1
161 -----
162
163 All:
164
165 - Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
166 - Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
167 - Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
168 - Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
169 - Added reference counting for wxVariant.
170 - For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
171 of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
172 - Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).
173 - Added wxFileName::GetSize() and GetHumanReadableSize() (Francesco Montorsi).
174 - Added wxSizer::Replace (Francesco Montorsi).
175 - wxXmlDocument can now optionally preserve whitespace (Francesco Montorsi).
176 - Added wxBookCtrl::ChangeSelection() and wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() to provide
177 event-free alternatives to SetSelection() and SetValue() functions; see the
178 "Events generated by the user vs programmatically generated events" paragraph
179 in the "Event handling overview" topic for more info.
180
181 All (GUI):
182
183 - Support for right-to-left text layout (started by Diaa Sami during Google Summer of
184 Code, with a lot of help from Tim Kosse and others).
185 - wxAnimationCtrl added (Francesco Montorsi).
186 - Added wxAboutBox() function for displaying the standard about dialog.
187 - Added wxID_PAGE_SETUP standard id.
188 - Added wxSize::IncBy() and DecBy() methods.
189 - Added wxTextCtrl::IsEmpty().
190 - Added file type parameter to wxTextCtrl::LoadFile, wxTextCtrl::SaveFile for
191 consistency with wxRichTextCtrl.
192 - wxRichTextCtrl: fixed range out-by-one bug to be consistent with wxTextCtrl API,
193 fixed some attribute bugs and added wxRichTextStyleComboCtrl.
194 - Added wxWindow::IsDoubleBuffered().
195 - Added wxHL_ALIGN_* flags to wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
196 - Added wxGauge::Pulse() and wxProgressDialog::UpdatePulse() (Francesco Montorsi).
197
198 wxMSW:
199
200 - Implemented wxComboBox::SetEditable().
201 - wxSemaphore::Post() returns wxSEMA_OVERFLOW as documented (Christian Walther)
202 - Fixed a bug whereby static controls didn't use the correct text colour if the
203 parent's background colour had been set (most noticeable when switching to a
204 high-contrast theme).
205 - Respect wxBU_EXACTFIT style in wxToggleButton (Alexander Borovsky).
206
207 wxMac:
208
209 - Add parameter to the --enable-universal_binary configure option for the path
210 to the SDK.
211
212 wxGTK:
213
214 - Automatically use stock items for menu items with standard ids.
215 - Setting cursor now works for all controls.
216 - Implemented right-to-left support.
217 - Implemented left indentation and tab stops support in wxTextCtrl (Tim Kosse).
218 - Fixed wxHTML rendering of underlined text of multiple words (Mart Raudsepp).
219
220 wxUniv:
221
222 - Added wxTLW::UseNativeDecorations() and UseNativeDecorationsByDefault().
223
224
225 2.7.0
226 -----
227
228 All:
229
230 - Added positional parameters support to wxVsnprintf() (Francesco Montorsi).
231 - wx(F)File, wxTextFile and wxInputStreams recognize Unicode BOM now.
232 - Many fixes for UTF-16/32 handling in Unicode builds.
233 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag.
234 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetResourcesDir() and GetLocalizedResourcesDir()
235 - Added wxStandardPaths::GetDocumentsDir() (Ken Thomases).
236 - Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation.
237 - Fixed wxTextFile in Unicode build.
238 - Added possibility to specify dependencies for a wxModule.
239 - Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
240 during a search and replace.
241 - Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
242 are both used in the same program.
243 - Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
244 - wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
245 - Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
246 - Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
247 - Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
248 - Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
249 - wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
250 - Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
251 - Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
252 - Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
253 - Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett).
254 - Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker).
255 - wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
256 - Overloaded Connect() and SetLocal() methods for binding to local address/port.
257 - Albanian translation added (Besnik Bleta).
258 - Assert messages now show the function in which assert failed.
259 - wxApp::OnAssertFailure() should now be used instead the old wxApp::OnAssert().
260 - Fixed several bugs in wxDateTime::ParseDate().
261 - The WXK*PRIOR and WXK*NEXT constants are now aliases for WXK*PAGEUP
262 and WXK*PAGEDOWN. If you have switch statements that use both
263 constants from a set then you need to remove the PRIOR/NEXT
264 versions in order to eliminate compiler errors.
265 - Fixed bug where wxDateTime::Now() would sometimes return an incorrect value
266 the first time it was called.
267 - Added wxString::rbegin() and rend().
268 - Added wxString::EndsWith().
269 - wxSocket::_Read continues reading from socket after exhausting pushback buffer.
270 Previously, only the buffer would be returned, even if more data was requested.
271 - Added wxPowerEvent (currently MSW-only).
272 - Make wx-config compatible with Bourne shells.
273 - Fixed wxDb::Open(wxDbConnectInf) when using connection string (Hellwolf Misty).
274 - Fixed crash in wxDb::Open() in Unicode build (Massimiliano Marretta).
275 - Fixed wxTimeSpan::Format() for negative time spans.
276 - Optionally count repeating wxLog messages instead of logging all (Lauri Nurmi).
277
278 All (GUI):
279
280 - New AUI (Advanced User Interface) library for docking windows and much more.
281 - Added wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox (Jaakko Salli).
282 - Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
283 - Added wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls (Francesco Montorsi).
284 - Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric().
285 - Added wxHyperlinkCtrl (Francesco Montorsi).
286 - Added clipboard events (wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY/CUT/PASTE).
287 - Allow to reorder wxGrid columns by drag-and-drop (Santiago Palacios).
288 - Added wxRadioBox::SetItemToolTip().
289 - Added support for CMYK JPEG images loading (Robert Wruck).
290 - Added wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect() and subitem hit testing (Agron Selimaj).
291 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers().
292 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
293 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
294 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
295 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
296 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
297 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
298 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
299 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
300 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
301 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
302 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
303 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
304 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
305 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap().
306 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
307 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
308 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler.
309 - Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown().
310 - Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
311 - Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
312 by Sandro Sigala).
313 - Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
314 - Added wxGetMouseState function.
315 - Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
316 allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
317 - wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
318 best size.
319 - wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
320 - wxImage::Mirror() and GetSubBitmap() now support alpha (Mickey Rose).
321 - More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
322 - Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
323 - Added ability to use templates with static event tables
324 with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros.
325 - Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl.
326 - Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
327 - Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
328 - Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
329 behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
330 - Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself.
331 - Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays.
332 - Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW.
333 - UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss).
334 - More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
335 - Added wxListBox::HitTest().
336 - Added wxDisplay::GetClientArea().
337 - Indices and counts in wxControlWithItems derived API are unsigned.
338 - Added support for links to wxHtmlListBox; use code has to override
339 wxHtmlListBox::OnLinkClicked() to take advantage of it.
340 - Added an easier to use wxMenu::AppendSubMenu().
341 - wxString <-> wxColour conversions in wxColour class (Francesco Montorsi).
342 - Fixed bug with ignoring blank lines in multiline wxGrid cell labels.
343 - Added wxTextAttr::Merge() (Marcin Simonides).
344 - Added wxTB_NO_TOOLTIPS style (Igor Korot).
345 - Added wxGenericDirCtrl::CollapsePath() (Christian Buhtz).
346 - Added wxTreeCtrl::ExpandAllChildren() (Christian Buhtz)
347 - Fixed 64-bit issue in wxNotebook causing segfaults on Tru64 Unix.
348 - Made it possible to associate context help to a region of a window.
349 - Added support for tabs in wxRichTextCtrl (Ashish More).
350 - Fixed problem with zoom setting in print preview.
351 - Moved wxRichTextCtrl from the advanced library to its own.
352 - wxNB_HITTEST_* flags renamed to wxBK_HITTEST_* to serve all book controls.
353 - Added wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent and CanSetTransparent, with
354 implementations (so far) for wxMSW and wxMac.
355 - Allow customizing individual grid lines appearance (Søren Lassen).
356 - Fixed middle click events generation in generic wxTreeCtrl (Olly Betts).
357 - Added wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event that must be handled by all windows
358 that CaptureMouse() is called on.
359
360 wxMSW:
361
362 - Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller).
363 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
364 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
365 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
366 - Fixed MDI context menu problem.
367 - Removed __WIN95__ define.
368 - Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
369 resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
370 target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
371 - Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
372 wxMSW faq for details).
373 - New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
374 puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
375 to the link command.
376 - wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
377 - wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
378 - Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
379 columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
380 - Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
381 show.
382 - Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
383 - Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
384 initial construction.
385 - Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
386 - MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
387 - Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
388 events).
389 - Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
390 - Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
391 - wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
392 - Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
393 - Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated.
394 - Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl.
395 - Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
396 correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
397 - Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
398 - Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
399 - Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
400 - Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
401 - Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
402 - Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
403 - wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
404 changes the system font.
405 - wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts).
406 - Fixed wxChoice/wxComboBox slow appending and infinite recursion
407 if its size is set within a paint handler (for example when embedded in a
408 wxHtmlWindow). [Now reverted due to problems in W2K and below.]
409 - wxDC::GetTextExtent() width calculation is more precise for italics fonts now.
410 - Warning fixes for VC++ 5.0 (Igor Korot).
411
412 wxGTK:
413
414 - Fixed handling of font encoding in non-Unicode build
415 - wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated.
416 - Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support.
417 - wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK.
418 - Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
419 implementation.
420 - Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
421 --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.
422 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
423 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
424 - Fixed focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
425 is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
426 previously unable to be focused before.
427 - Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
428 wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox.
429 - Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
430 class was used.
431 - Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
432 - Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
433 - Fixed problems with CJK input method.
434 - Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett).
435 - Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl.
436 - Support all border styles; wxListBox honours the borders now.
437 - wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow now generate line, page and thumb-release scroll events.
438 - Added file preview support in file dialogs.
439 - Implemented SetLineSize and GetLineSize for wxSlider.
440
441 wxMac:
442
443 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
444 - Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
445 - Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
446 Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
447 - Improved support for help and application menu items.
448 - Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
449 - Added support for 10.4 context menu.
450 - Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
451 - Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
452 - Corrected idle wake-up.
453 - Corrected wxExecute.
454 - Now makes use of full printer resolution.
455 - Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
456 - Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
457 - Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
458 - Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
459 if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
460 - Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
461 were found.
462 - Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
463 - Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
464 under Mach-O.
465 - wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
466 specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
467 - Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
468 - Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
469 end of file with an error.
470 - Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
471 binaries.
472 - Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
473 - wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
474 - Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
475 - Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
476 - Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
477 - Fixed non-detection of process termination on Intel Macs by
478 polling for process termination in a separate thread.
479
480 wxCocoa:
481
482 - wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura).
483
484 wxWinCE:
485
486 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
487 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
488 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
489 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
490 - wxDisplay enumeration support.
491 - Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
492 - New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
493 guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
494 - Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
495 - Fixed date formatting and mktime.
496 - Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
497 - Support for backspace key on Smartphone.
498 - Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
499 is recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
500 directly, however.
501 - Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
502 and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
503 - Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
504 - Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
505 - Fixed wxDatePickerCtrl usage.
506
507 wxUniv:
508
509 - Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor).
510 - Implemented wxToggleButton (David Bjorkevik).
511 - Label in Toolbar tools implemented (Danny Raynor).
512
513 wxX11:
514
515 - Invisible text problem fixed.
516 - Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
517 - Fixed a crash bug in the generic timer.
518 - Implemented child process termination notifications (David Björkevik)
519
520 Unix:
521
522 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
523
524 wxMGL:
525
526 - Fixed NUM_LOCK having no effect.
527 - Fixed wxFileExists (affecting wxImage::LoadFile).
528
529
530 2.6.2
531 -----
532
533 All:
534
535 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
536 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
537 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
538 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
539 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
540 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
541 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
542 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
543 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
544 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
545 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
546 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
547
548 All (GUI):
549
550 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
551 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
552 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
553 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
554 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
555 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
556 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
557 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
558 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
559 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
560 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
561 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
562
563 wxMSW:
564
565 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
566 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
567 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
568 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
569 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
570 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
571 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
572 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
573 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
574 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
575 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
576 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
577 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
578 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
579 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
580
581 wxGTK:
582
583 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
584 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
585 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
586 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
587 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
588 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
589 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
590 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
591 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
592 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
593 - Fixed domain socket handling.
594
595 wxMac:
596
597 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
598 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
599 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
600 - Various text control bug fixes.
601 - Automatic menu management improved.
602 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
603 due to dangling cycle pointers.
604 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
605 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
606 showing modally).
607
608 wxOS2
609
610 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
611
612 wxUniv:
613
614 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
615 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
616
617 wxMotif:
618
619 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
620 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
621 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
622 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
623 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
624 flag has been specified.
625 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
626 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
627 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
628 showing modally).
629
630 wxMGL:
631
632 - Fixed crash on exit.
633 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
634
635 wxX11:
636
637 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
638
639
640 2.6.1
641 -----
642
643 All:
644
645 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
646 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
647
648 All (GUI):
649
650 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
651 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
652 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
653 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
654 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
655 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
656 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
657 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
658 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
659 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
660
661 wxMSW:
662
663 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
664 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
665 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
666 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
667 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
668 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
669 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
670 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
671 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
672 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
673 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
674 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
675 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
676 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
677 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
678 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
679 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
680 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
681 - Compiles again with WIN64.
682 - Winelib compilation now works.
683 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
684 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
685 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
686 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
687 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
688 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
689 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
690 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
691 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
692 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
693 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
694 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
695 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
696
697 wxWinCE:
698
699 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
700
701 wxGTK:
702
703 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
704 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
705 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
706 - Added bitmap support in menus.
707
708 wxMac:
709
710 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
711 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
712 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
713 incorrect state.
714 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
715 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
716 - Window menu now added automatically.
717 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
718 - Modified function key support fixed.
719 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
720
721 wxX11:
722
723 - Menu problems fixed.
724 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
725 - Fixed a font memory leak.
726 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
727
728
729 2.6.0
730 -----
731
732 All:
733
734 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
735 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
736
737 All (GUI):
738
739 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
740 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
741
742 wxMSW:
743
744 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
745 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
746 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
747
748 wxWinCE:
749
750 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
751
752 wxGTK:
753 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
754 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
755 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
756 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
757 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
758 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
759 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
760
761 wxMac:
762 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
763
764 2.5.5
765 -----
766
767 All:
768
769 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
770 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
771 - Added wxDebugReport class.
772 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
773 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
774 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
775 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
776 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
777 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
778
779 All (GUI):
780
781 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
782 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
783 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
784 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
785 the whole virtual area.
786 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
787 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
788 isn't used to set the window size.
789 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
790 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
791 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
792 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
793
794 Unix:
795
796 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
797
798 wxMSW:
799
800 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
801 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
802 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
803 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
804 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
805 handling (Jamie Gadd).
806
807 wxGTK:
808
809 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
810 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
811 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
812 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
813 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
814 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
815 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
816 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
817
818 wxMac:
819
820 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
821
822 wxPalmOS:
823
824 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
825
826 wxWinCE:
827
828 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
829 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
830 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
831 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
832 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
833 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
834 with correct titlebar style.
835 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
836 PocketPC guidelines
837 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
838 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
839 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
840 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
841 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
842 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
843 to the dialog's toolbar.
844
845 2.5.4
846 -----
847
848 All:
849
850 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
851 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
852 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
853 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
854 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
855 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
856 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
857 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
858 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
859 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
860 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
861 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
862 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
863 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
864 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
865 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
866 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
867 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
868 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
869 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
870 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
871 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
872 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
873 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
874 printing stuff in the GTK port.
875 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
876 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
877 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
878 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
879 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
880 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
881 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
882 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
883 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
884 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
885 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
886 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
887 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
888 due to a rounding error.
889 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
890 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
891 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
892 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
893 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
894 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
895 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
896 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
897
898
899 All (GUI):
900
901 - added wxMediaCtrl
902 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
903 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
904 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
905 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
906 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
907 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
908 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
909 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
910 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
911 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
912 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
913 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
914 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
915 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
916 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
917 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
918 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
919
920 Unix:
921
922 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
923
924 wxGTK:
925
926 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
927 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
928 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
929 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
930 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
931 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
932 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
933 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
934 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
935 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
936 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
937 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
938 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
939 errors otherwise.
940 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
941 - Added wxRawBitmap support
942 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
943 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
944 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
945
946 wxMac:
947
948 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
949 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
950 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
951 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
952
953 wxMSW:
954
955 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
956 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
957 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
958 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
959 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
960
961 wxWinCE:
962 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
963 but not mentioned anywhere.
964 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
965
966 wxUniv:
967
968 - wxBU_... button align flags support
969 - vertical notebook orientation support
970 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
971 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
972
973 wxPalmOS:
974
975 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
976 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
977 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
978 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
979 - enumeration of available volumes
980 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
981 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
982 - native wxColourDialog implementation
983 - native wxSystemSettings colours
984 - native wxButton implementation
985 - native wxCheckBox implementation
986 - native wxSlider implementation
987 - native wxToggleButton implementation
988 - native wxRadioButton implementation
989 - native wxStaticText implementation
990 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
991
992
993 2.5.3
994 -----
995
996 All:
997
998 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
999 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
1000 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1001 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
1002 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
1003 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
1004 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
1005 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
1006 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
1007 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
1008 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
1009 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
1010 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
1011 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
1012 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
1013 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
1014
1015 All (GUI):
1016
1017 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
1018 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
1019 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
1020 is discouraged
1021 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
1022 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
1023 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
1024 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
1025 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
1026 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
1027 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
1028 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
1029 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
1030 - added samples/splash
1031 - added support for stock buttons
1032 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
1033 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
1034 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
1035 - added wxChoicebook control
1036 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
1037 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
1038 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
1039 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
1040 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
1041 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
1042 supported, instead of zero.
1043 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
1044
1045 Unix:
1046
1047 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
1048 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
1049 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
1050 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
1051 - wx-config has new --version-full option
1052
1053 wxCocoa:
1054
1055 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1056 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
1057 - Tooltips now supported
1058 - wxSound now supported
1059 - wxDisplay now supported
1060 - Some stock cursors now supported
1061
1062 wxMac:
1063
1064 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
1065 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
1066 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
1067 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
1068
1069 wxGTK:
1070
1071 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
1072 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
1073 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
1074 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
1075 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
1076 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
1077 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
1078 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
1079 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
1080 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
1081 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
1082 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
1083 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
1084 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
1085 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
1086 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
1087 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
1088 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
1089 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
1090
1091 wxMotif:
1092
1093 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
1094
1095 wxMSW:
1096
1097 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
1098 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
1099 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
1100 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
1101 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
1102 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
1103 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
1104 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
1105 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
1106 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
1107 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
1108 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
1109 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
1110 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
1111
1112 wxUniv/X11:
1113
1114 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
1115
1116 wxWinCE:
1117
1118 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
1119 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
1120 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
1121 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
1122
1123 wxHTML:
1124
1125 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
1126 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
1127
1128
1129 2.5.2
1130 -----
1131
1132 All:
1133
1134 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
1135 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
1136 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
1137 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
1138 of run-time) now
1139 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
1140 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
1141 to forward declare these classes.
1142
1143 All (GUI):
1144
1145 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
1146 resulting in much better display of scaled images
1147 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
1148 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
1149 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
1150 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
1151 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
1152 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
1153 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
1154 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
1155 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
1156 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
1157 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
1158 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
1159 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
1160
1161 wxMSW:
1162
1163 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
1164 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
1165 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
1166 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
1167 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
1168 even try to do it by default -- now it does
1169 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
1170 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
1171 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
1172 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
1173 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
1174 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
1175
1176 wxGTK:
1177
1178 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
1179
1180 wxMotif:
1181
1182 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
1183 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
1184 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
1185 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
1186
1187 wxUniv/X11:
1188
1189 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
1190
1191 wxHTML:
1192
1193 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
1194 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
1195
1196 Unix:
1197
1198 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
1199 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
1200
1201 wxODBC:
1202
1203 - Full Unicode support is now available
1204 - BLOB support is working
1205
1206
1207 2.5.1
1208 -----
1209
1210 All:
1211
1212 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
1213 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
1214 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
1215 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
1216 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
1217 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
1218 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
1219 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
1220 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
1221 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
1222 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
1223 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
1224 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
1225 (as in 2.5.0).
1226 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
1227 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1228 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
1229 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
1230 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
1231 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1232 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
1233 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
1234 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
1235 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
1236 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
1237 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
1238
1239 All (GUI):
1240
1241 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1242 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
1243 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
1244 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
1245 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ã…gren)
1246 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
1247 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
1248 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
1249 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
1250 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
1251 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
1252 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
1253 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
1254 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
1255 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
1256 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
1257 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
1258 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
1259 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
1260 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
1261 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
1262 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
1263 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
1264 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
1265 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
1266 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
1267
1268 wxMSW:
1269
1270 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
1271 - fixed DDE memory leaks
1272 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
1273 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
1274 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
1275 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
1276 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
1277 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
1278 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1279 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
1280 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
1281 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
1282 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
1283 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
1284 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
1285 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
1286 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
1287 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
1288 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
1289 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
1290 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
1291 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
1292 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
1293 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
1294 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
1295 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
1296 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
1297 than the specified default size
1298 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
1299
1300 wxGTK:
1301
1302 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
1303 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
1304 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
1305 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
1306 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1307 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
1308 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
1309 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
1310 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
1311
1312 wxMac:
1313
1314 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
1315 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
1316 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
1317 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
1318
1319 wxMotif:
1320
1321 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
1322
1323 wxHTML:
1324
1325 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
1326 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
1327
1328 Unix:
1329
1330 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
1331 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
1332 addition to existing OSS one
1333 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
1334
1335
1336 2.5.0
1337 -----
1338
1339 All:
1340
1341 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
1342 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
1343 separately compiled library
1344 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
1345 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1346 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
1347 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
1348 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
1349 - added wxArray::SetCount()
1350 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
1351 by default in Unicode mode
1352 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
1353 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
1354 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
1355 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
1356 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
1357 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
1358 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
1359 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
1360 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
1361 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
1362 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
1363 - added wxRecursionGuard class
1364 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
1365 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
1366 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
1367 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
1368 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
1369 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
1370 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
1371 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
1372
1373 wxBase:
1374
1375 - added Watcom makefiles
1376 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
1377
1378 All GUI ports:
1379
1380 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
1381 - added wxListbook control
1382 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
1383 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
1384 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
1385 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
1386 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
1387 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
1388 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
1389 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
1390 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
1391 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
1392 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
1393 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
1394 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
1395 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
1396 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
1397 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
1398 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
1399 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1400 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
1401 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
1402 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
1403 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
1404 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
1405 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
1406 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
1407 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
1408 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
1409 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
1410 default extension for the template
1411 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
1412 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
1413 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
1414 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
1415 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
1416 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
1417 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
1418 to allow better rich text support.
1419 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
1420 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
1421 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
1422 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
1423 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
1424 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
1425 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
1426 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
1427 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
1428 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
1429 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
1430 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
1431 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
1432 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
1433 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
1434 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
1435 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
1436 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
1437 - added wxMirrorDC class
1438 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
1439 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
1440 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
1441 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
1442 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
1443 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
1444 improved
1445
1446 Unix:
1447
1448 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
1449 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
1450 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
1451 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
1452 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
1453
1454 Generic controls:
1455
1456 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
1457 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
1458 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
1459 to contrib/src/deprecated
1460
1461 wxGTK:
1462
1463 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1464 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1465 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1466 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1467 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1468 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1469 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1470 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1471 be appended to filenames with no extension
1472 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1473 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1474 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1475 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1476
1477 wxMac:
1478
1479 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1480 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1481
1482 wxMSW:
1483
1484 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1485 - added wxCrashReport
1486 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1487 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1488 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1489 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1490 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1491 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1492 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1493 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1494 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1495 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1496 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1497 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1498 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1499 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1500 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1501 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1502 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1503 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1504 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1505 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1506 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1507 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1508 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1509 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1510 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1511
1512 wxMotif:
1513
1514 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1515 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1516 documentation for a detailed explanation
1517 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1518 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1519 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1520 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1521 - implemented wxToggleButton
1522 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1523 instead of a sunken border
1524 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1525 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1526
1527 wxUniv:
1528
1529 - controls in toolbars now supported
1530
1531 wxHTML:
1532
1533 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1534 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1535 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1536 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1537 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1538
1539
1540 OLD CHANGES
1541 ===========
1542
1543 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1544 ================================
1545
1546 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1547 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1548 with '!' in the first column.
1549
1550 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1551 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1552 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1553 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1554 2.6 release.
1555
1556 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1557 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1558 (see the documentation) useful.
1559
1560
1561 wxBase:
1562
1563 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1564 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1565 code.
1566
1567 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1568 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1569 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1570 arrays containing non-pointers.
1571
1572 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1573 simply don't make sense for all objects
1574
1575 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1576 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1577 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1578
1579 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1580
1581 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1582 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1583 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1584 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1585 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1586
1587 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1588 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1589 the default assert handling.
1590
1591 All (GUI):
1592
1593 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1594 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1595 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1596
1597 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1598 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1599 instead!
1600
1601 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1602 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1603 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1604
1605 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1606 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1607 you want to get OnChar() as well
1608
1609 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1610 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1611 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1612
1613 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1614 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1615 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1616 will *NOT* work any longer:
1617
1618 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1619 ... do something ...
1620 if ( flags & wxYES )
1621 ... do something else ...
1622
1623 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1624 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1625 the ctor
1626
1627 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1628
1629 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1630 if you derived any classes from it
1631
1632 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1633 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1634
1635 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1636 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1637
1638 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1639 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1640
1641 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1642 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1643 from happening
1644
1645 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1646 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1647 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1648
1649 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1650 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1651 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1652 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1653
1654 wxMSW:
1655
1656 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1657 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1658 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1659 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1660 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1661 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1662 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1663 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1664 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1665 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1666
1667 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1668 style to avoid it
1669
1670 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1671 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1672
1673 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1674 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1675 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1676
1677 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1678 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1679
1680
1681 Unix ports:
1682
1683 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1684 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1685 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1686 to compile pure C files.
1687
1688
1689 wxThread and related classes:
1690
1691 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1692 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1693 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1694 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1695
1696 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1697 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1698 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1699 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1700
1701 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1702 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1703 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1704
1705 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1706 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1707
1708
1709 OTHER CHANGES
1710 =============
1711
1712 2.4.0
1713 -----
1714
1715 wxMSW:
1716
1717 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1718
1719 2.3.4
1720 -----
1721
1722 All:
1723
1724 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1725 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1726 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1727
1728 Unix (Base/GUI):
1729
1730 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1731 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1732 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1733
1734 wxGTK:
1735 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1736 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1737
1738 wxX11:
1739 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1740
1741 wxMSW:
1742
1743 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1744 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1745
1746 wxHTML:
1747
1748 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1749
1750 2.3.3
1751 -----
1752
1753 wxBase:
1754
1755 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1756 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1757 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1758 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1759 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1760 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1761 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1762 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1763 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1764 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1765 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1766 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1767 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1768 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1769 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1770 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1771
1772 Unix (Base/GUI):
1773
1774 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1775 programs and not only GNU make
1776 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1777 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1778 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1779 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1780 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1781
1782 All (GUI):
1783
1784 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1785 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1786 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1787 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1788 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1789 wxWidgets dialogs
1790 - significantly improved native font support
1791 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1792 wxHashTable
1793 - added IFF image handler
1794 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1795 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1796 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1797 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1798 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1799 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1800 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1801 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1802 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1803 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1804 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1805 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1806 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1807 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1808 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1809 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1810 - wxMessageOutput class added
1811 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1812 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1813 table fills up
1814 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1815 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1816 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1817 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1818 (Rene Rivera).
1819 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1820 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1821 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1822
1823 wxMSW:
1824
1825 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1826 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1827 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1828 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1829 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1830 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1831 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1832 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1833 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1834 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1835 are changed
1836 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1837 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1838 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1839 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1840 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1841 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1842 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1843 recursion any more
1844 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1845 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1846 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1847 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1848 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1849 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1850 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1851 has the capture before release it.
1852 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1853 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1854 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1855 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1856 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1857 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1858 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1859 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1860 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1861 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1862 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1863 provided in wxFontData
1864 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1865 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1866
1867 wxGTK:
1868
1869 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1870 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1871 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1872 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1873 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1874 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1875 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1876 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1877 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1878 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1879 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1880 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1881 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1882
1883 wxMotif:
1884
1885 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1886 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1887 - improved toolbar control alignment
1888 - implemented wxSpinButton
1889 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1890 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1891 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1892
1893 wxX11:
1894
1895 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1896 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1897
1898 wxMac:
1899
1900 - Many improvements
1901
1902 wxOS2:
1903
1904 - First alpha-quality release
1905
1906 wxHTML:
1907
1908 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1909 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1910 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1911 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1912 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1913
1914 2.3.2
1915 -----
1916
1917 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1918
1919 wxBase:
1920
1921 - wxRegEx class added
1922 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1923 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1924 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1925 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1926 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1927
1928 All (GUI):
1929
1930 - support for virtual list control added
1931 - column images in report mode of the list control
1932 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1933 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1934 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1935 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1936 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1937 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1938 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1939 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1940 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1941 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1942 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1943 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1944
1945 wxMSW:
1946
1947 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1948 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1949 project files
1950
1951 wxGTK:
1952
1953 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1954 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1955 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1956 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1957
1958 wxMac:
1959
1960 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1961 Tools
1962
1963 wxHTML:
1964
1965 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1966 to tags parsing
1967 - added support for animated GIFs
1968
1969 2.3.1
1970 -----
1971
1972 wxBase:
1973
1974 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
1975 - Fixed new charset detection code
1976 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1977 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1978 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1979 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1980 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1981 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1982
1983 All (GUI):
1984
1985 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1986 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1987 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1988 push on a custom event handler for example)
1989 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1990 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1991 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1992 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1993 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1994 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1995 first-time saved
1996 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1997 - Various wxXML enhancements
1998 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1999 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
2000 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
2001 instead of GetId()
2002 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
2003 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
2004
2005 wxMSW:
2006
2007 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
2008 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
2009 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
2010 alt or shift) now work
2011 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
2012 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
2013 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
2014 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
2015 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
2016 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
2017 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
2018 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
2019 - We now send iconize events
2020 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
2021 - Added mousewheel processing
2022 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
2023 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
2024 in wxDC
2025 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
2026 child frame styles are honoured
2027
2028 wxGTK:
2029
2030 - Fixed slider rounding bug
2031 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
2032 - We now send iconize events
2033 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
2034 GetSelection() results
2035
2036 2.3.0
2037 -----
2038
2039 wxBase:
2040
2041 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
2042 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
2043 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
2044 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
2045 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
2046 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
2047 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
2048 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
2049 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
2050 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
2051
2052 All (GUI):
2053
2054 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
2055 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
2056 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
2057 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
2058 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
2059 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
2060 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
2061 wxImage methods and ctor)
2062 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
2063 - ODBC documentation complete!!
2064 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
2065 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
2066 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
2067 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
2068
2069 wxMSW:
2070
2071 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
2072 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
2073 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
2074 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
2075
2076 wxGTK:
2077
2078 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
2079
2080 wxHTML:
2081
2082 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
2083 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
2084
2085 2.2.0
2086 -----
2087
2088 wxBase:
2089
2090 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
2091 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
2092 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
2093 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
2094 - Completed Czech translations
2095 - Some stream corrections
2096 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
2097 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
2098 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
2099 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
2100
2101 All (GUI):
2102
2103 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
2104 flicker-free dragging is now possible
2105 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
2106 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
2107 - Paper names now translated
2108 - wxGrid fixes
2109 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
2110 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
2111 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
2112 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
2113 File dialog.
2114 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
2115 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
2116 writing code
2117 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
2118 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
2119 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
2120 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
2121
2122 wxMSW:
2123
2124 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
2125 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
2126 backward compatibility, please set
2127 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
2128 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
2129 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
2130 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
2131 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
2132 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
2133 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
2134 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
2135 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
2136 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
2137 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
2138 - wxFrame restores focus better
2139 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
2140 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
2141 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
2142 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
2143 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
2144 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
2145 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
2146 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
2147 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
2148 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
2149
2150 wxGTK:
2151
2152 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
2153
2154 wxMotif:
2155
2156 - Small compilation fixes
2157
2158 Documentation:
2159
2160 - wxCaret documented
2161
2162 2.1.16
2163 ------
2164
2165 wxBase:
2166
2167 All (GUI):
2168
2169 wxMSW:
2170
2171 - Various bug fixes
2172 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
2173 files. This works under VC++ only
2174 - Modal dialog handling improved
2175 - Printer dialog now modal
2176
2177 wxGTK:
2178
2179 - Various bug fixes
2180
2181 wxMotif:
2182
2183 - Various bug fixes
2184
2185 2.1.15
2186 ------
2187
2188 Documentation:
2189
2190 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
2191
2192 File hierarchy:
2193
2194 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
2195 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
2196
2197 wxBase:
2198
2199 - wxSocket support
2200 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
2201 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
2202 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
2203 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
2204 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
2205 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
2206 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
2207 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
2208 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
2209 only so far)
2210 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
2211 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
2212 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
2213 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
2214 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
2215 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
2216 is available)
2217 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
2218
2219 all (GUI):
2220
2221 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
2222 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
2223 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
2224 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
2225 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
2226 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
2227 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
2228 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
2229 John Norris)
2230 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
2231 MIME types if available (Unix only)
2232 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
2233 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
2234 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
2235 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
2236 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
2237 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
2238 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
2239 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
2240 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
2241 - wxDragImage class added
2242 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
2243 controllers, as well as native help
2244 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
2245
2246 wxMSW:
2247
2248 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
2249 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
2250 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
2251 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
2252 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
2253 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
2254 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
2255 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
2256 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
2257 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
2258 Unix ports
2259 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
2260 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
2261 - wxSetCursorEvent added
2262
2263 wxGTK:
2264
2265 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
2266 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
2267 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
2268
2269 wxMotif:
2270
2271 - wxMenu::Enable works
2272 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
2273 - OGL samples made to work again
2274
2275 wxHTML:
2276
2277 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
2278 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
2279 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
2280 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
2281 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
2282 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
2283 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
2284 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
2285 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
2286 - improved HTML printing
2287 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
2288 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
2289 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
2290 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
2291
2292
2293 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
2294 change log.
2295
2296 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
2297 -----------------------
2298
2299 wxGTK:
2300
2301 - JPEG support added.
2302 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
2303
2304 wxMSW:
2305
2306 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
2307 SetTabSize added.
2308 - JPEG support added.
2309 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
2310 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
2311 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
2312
2313 wxMotif:
2314
2315
2316 General:
2317
2318 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
2319
2320
2321 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
2322 -------------------------------
2323
2324 wxGTK:
2325
2326 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
2327 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
2328
2329 wxMSW:
2330
2331 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
2332 - Fixed window cursor setting.
2333 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
2334 - Some makefile fixes.
2335
2336 wxMotif:
2337
2338 - None.
2339
2340 General:
2341
2342 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
2343 - More topic overviews.
2344 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
2345 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
2346 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
2347
2348
2349 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
2350 --------------------------
2351
2352 wxGTK:
2353
2354 - wxExecute improved.
2355
2356 wxMSW:
2357
2358 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
2359 expected).
2360 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
2361 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
2362 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
2363 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
2364 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
2365 - Fixed focus-related crash.
2366
2367 wxMotif:
2368
2369 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
2370 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
2371
2372 General:
2373
2374 - wxLocale documented.
2375 - Added include filenames to class reference.
2376 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
2377 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
2378 (though doesn't display help yet).
2379
2380 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
2381 --------------------------
2382
2383 wxGTK:
2384
2385 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2386
2387 wxMSW:
2388
2389 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
2390 rationalised.
2391 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
2392
2393 wxMotif:
2394
2395 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
2396 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
2397 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
2398 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
2399 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
2400 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
2401 crashes for some reason).
2402 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
2403 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
2404
2405 General:
2406
2407 - Further doc improvements.
2408 - wxGenericValidator added.
2409 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
2410 automatically.
2411
2412 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
2413 -------------------------
2414
2415 wxGTK:
2416
2417 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
2418 - wxToolTip class added.
2419 - Miscellaneous fixes.
2420
2421 wxMSW:
2422
2423 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
2424 - Makefiles for more compilers.
2425 - TWIN32 support added.
2426 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
2427 factored out program/library settings.
2428 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
2429
2430 wxMotif:
2431
2432 - A few more colour fixes.
2433 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
2434 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
2435 - wxChoice crash fix.
2436 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
2437
2438 General:
2439
2440 - wxBusyCursor class added.
2441 - Added samples/dde.
2442 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
2443
2444 Beta 2, January 1999
2445 --------------------
2446
2447 wxGTK:
2448
2449 wxMSW:
2450
2451 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
2452
2453 wxMotif:
2454
2455 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
2456 the right place.
2457 - Cured some widget table clashes.
2458 - Added thread support (Robert).
2459 - wxPoem sample now works.
2460
2461 General:
2462
2463 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2464 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2465 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2466 or below).
2467 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2468 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2469 sample.
2470 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2471
2472 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2473 --------------------------
2474
2475 wxGTK:
2476
2477 - Various
2478
2479 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2480
2481
2482 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2483 ----------------------------
2484
2485 wxMSW:
2486
2487 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2488 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2489 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2490 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2491 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2492 on a tab.
2493 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2494 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2495 of Stefan Csomor.
2496
2497 wxMotif:
2498
2499 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2500 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2501 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2502 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2503 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2504 colours correctly.
2505 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2506 when any button was pressed.
2507 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2508 have a white background.
2509 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2510 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2511 they have sensible colours by default.
2512 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2513 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2514 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2515 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2516 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2517
2518 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2519 ----------------------------
2520
2521 wxMSW:
2522
2523 - More documentation updates, especially for
2524 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2525 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2526 of wxTrace.
2527 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2528 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2529 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2530 position.
2531 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2532
2533 wxMotif:
2534
2535 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2536 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2537 child frames).
2538 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2539 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2540 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2541 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2542 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2543 the debugging implementation.
2544 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2545 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2546 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2547 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2548 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2549 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2550 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2551
2552 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2553
2554 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2555 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2556 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2557 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2558 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2559 - wxNotebook almost done.
2560 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2561 to vertical toolbars).
2562
2563 More recently:
2564
2565 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2566 to scrollbars).
2567 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2568 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2569 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2570
2571 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2572 ----------------------------
2573
2574 wxMSW:
2575
2576 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2577 sample.
2578 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2579 - A few more makefiles added.
2580 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2581 - Further doc updates.
2582 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2583
2584 wxMotif:
2585
2586 - First start at Motif port.
2587 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2588 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2589 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2590 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2591
2592 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2593 --------------------------
2594
2595 wxMSW:
2596
2597 - wxBitmap debugged.
2598 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2599 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2600 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2601 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2602 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2603 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2604 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2605
2606 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2607 ------------------------
2608
2609 wxMSW:
2610
2611 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2612 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2613 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2614 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2615 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2616 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2617 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2618 changes, wxNotebook.
2619 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2620
2621 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2622 -----------------------
2623
2624 wxMSW:
2625
2626 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2627 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2628 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2629 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2630 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2631 don't support it.
2632 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2633 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2634
2635 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2636 -----------------------
2637
2638 wxMSW:
2639
2640 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2641 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2642
2643 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2644 -----------------------
2645
2646 wxMSW:
2647
2648 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2649 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2650 wxMenuBar.
2651 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2652 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2653 wxMenuItem accessors.
2654 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2655 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2656 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2657 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2658 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2659 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2660 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2661 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2662 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2663 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2664 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2665 first, then doing the assignment.
2666 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2667 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2668
2669 Generic:
2670
2671 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2672 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2673
2674 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2675 ----------------------
2676
2677 wxMSW:
2678
2679 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2680 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2681 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2682 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2683 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2684 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2685 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2686 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2687 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2688
2689 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2690 ------------------------
2691
2692 wxMSW:
2693
2694 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2695 fields were used.
2696 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2697 compilation and pragmas.
2698 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2699 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2700
2701 Generic:
2702
2703 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2704 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2705 compilation and pragmas.
2706 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2707
2708 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2709 ------------------------
2710
2711 wxMSW:
2712
2713 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2714 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2715 some reason :-(
2716 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2717 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2718 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2719 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2720 startup/exit.
2721 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2722 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2723 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2724 VADIM'S CHANGES:
2725 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2726 compatibility functions.
2727 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2728 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2729 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2730 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2731 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2732 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2733 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2734
2735 Generic:
2736
2737 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2738 - Added samples/png.
2739 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2740 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2741 header files.
2742 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2743
2744 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2745 ------------------------
2746
2747 wxMSW:
2748
2749 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2750 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2751 cleaned up properly before exit.
2752 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2753 automatically.
2754 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2755 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2756 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2757 unresolved issues.
2758 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2759 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2760 tray area.
2761 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2762 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2763 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2764 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2765
2766 Generic:
2767
2768 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2769 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2770 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2771 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2772 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2773 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2774 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2775 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2776 allow better control of memory.
2777 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2778 checking.
2779 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2780 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2781
2782 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2783 ------------------------
2784
2785 wxMSW:
2786
2787 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2788 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2789 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2790 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2791 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2792 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2793 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2794 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2795 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2796 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2797 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2798 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2799 IUnknown.
2800 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2801 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2802 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2803 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2804 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2805 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2806 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2807 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2808 internal implementation.
2809 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2810 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2811 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2812
2813 Generic:
2814
2815 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2816 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2817 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2818 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2819 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2820
2821 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2822 --------------------------
2823
2824 wxMSW:
2825
2826 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2827 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2828 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2829 changes.
2830 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2831 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2832 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2833 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2834 again.
2835 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2836 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2837 e.g. wxDC.
2838
2839 Generic:
2840
2841 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2842 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2843 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2844 changes.
2845 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2846 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2847 docs/gtk.
2848 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2849 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2850 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2851 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2852 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2853 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2854 - Added gcc pragmas.
2855 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2856 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2857 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2858 added a few references to wxTransString.
2859 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2860 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2861 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2862 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2863 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2864 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2865 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2866 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2867 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2868 MoreRequested.
2869
2870 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2871 --------------------------
2872
2873 All:
2874
2875 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2876 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2877 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2878 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2879 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2880 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2881 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2882 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2883 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2884 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2885 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2886 scrolling toolbars.
2887 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2888 to help printing with multiple pages.
2889 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2890 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2891 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2892 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2893 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2894 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2895 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2896 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2897 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2898 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2899 New files from Vadim:
2900 include\wx\string.h
2901 include\wx\debug.h
2902 include\wx\file.h
2903 include\wx\log.h
2904 include\wx\intl.h
2905 src\common\string.cpp
2906 src\common\log.cpp
2907 src\common\intl.cpp
2908 src\common\file.cpp
2909 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2910 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2911 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2912 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2913 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2914 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2915 including changes to defs.h.
2916 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2917 introduced.
2918 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2919 hidden).
2920 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2921 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2922 trick).
2923 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2924
2925 Alpha 3, September 1997
2926 -----------------------
2927
2928 All:
2929
2930 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2931 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2932 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2933 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2934 - Started documentation.
2935
2936 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2937 ------------------------
2938
2939 All:
2940
2941 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2942 with MetroWerks compiler.
2943 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2944 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2945 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2946 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2947 for testing purposes.
2948 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2949 handlers.
2950 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2951 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2952 fully).
2953 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2954 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2955 a separate file.
2956
2957 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2958 -----------------------
2959
2960 Generic:
2961
2962 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2963
2964 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2965 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2966 wxString instead of char *.
2967 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2968 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2969 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2970 as wxbWindow now removed.
2971 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2972 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2973 - PrologIO revised.
2974 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2975 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2976 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2977 Windows settings.
2978 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2979 settings mucho rationalised.
2980 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2981 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2982 classes removed.
2983 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2984 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2985 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2986 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2987 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2988 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2989 of event handlers.
2990 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2991 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2992 wxToolBarBase
2993 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2994 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2995 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2996 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2997 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2998 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2999 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
3000 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
3001 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
3002 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
3003 in the future.
3004 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
3005 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
3006 variables instead.
3007 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
3008 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
3009 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
3010 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
3011 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
3012 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
3013 Win95.
3014 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
3015 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
3016 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
3017 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
3018 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
3019 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).