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