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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
3 ----------------------------
4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
7
8 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
9 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
10 with '!' in the first column.
11
12 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
13 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
14 series.
15
16 ! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
17 wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE stll
18 exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
19
20
21 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
22 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
23 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
24 - also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
25 - finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one
26 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
27 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
28 - wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
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 any more
32 - (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override
33 ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen
34 - wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments
35 - wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList&
36 (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0)
37 - wxID_SEPARATOR (id used for the menu separators) value changed from -1 to -2
38 - wxGetNumberFromUser() is now in separate wx/numdlg.h, not wx/textdlg.h
39 - wxChoice and wxCombobox now handle their size in the same way as in all the
40 other ports under MSW, new code is actually correct but different from weird
41 stuff they were doing before so the behaviour of your programs might change
42
43
44 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
45 ==============================
46
47 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
48 versions, please update your code to not use them.
49
50 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
51 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
52 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
53 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
54 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
55 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
56 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
57 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
58 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
59 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
60 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWindows
61 methods taking wxArrayString
62 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
63 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
64 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
65 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
66 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
67 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
68 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
69 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
70 value
71 - wxWave class; use wxSound instead
72
73
74 OTHER CHANGES
75 =============
76
77 2.5.2
78 -----
79
80 All:
81
82 All (GUI):
83
84 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
85 resulting in much better display of scaled images
86
87 wxMSW:
88
89 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
90 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
91 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
92 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
93 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
94 even try to do it by default -- now it does
95
96 wxMotif:
97
98 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
99
100 wxHTML:
101
102 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
103 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
104
105
106 2.5.1
107 -----
108
109 All:
110
111 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
112 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
113 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
114 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
115 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
116 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
117 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
118 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
119 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
120 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
121 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
122 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
123 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
124 (as in 2.5.0).
125 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
126 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
127 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
128 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
129 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
130 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
131 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
132 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
133 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
134 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
135 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
136 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
137
138 All (GUI):
139
140 - added wxListBook control
141 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
142 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
143 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
144 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
145 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
146 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
147 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
148 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
149 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
150 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
151 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
152 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
153 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
154 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
155 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
156 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
157 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
158 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
159 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
160 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
161 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
162 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
163 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
164 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
165 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
166 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
167
168 wxMSW:
169
170 - wxWindows now builds under Win64
171 - fixed DDE memory leaks
172 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
173 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
174 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
175 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
176 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
177 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
178 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
179 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
180 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
181 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
182 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
183 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
184 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
185 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
186 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
187 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
188 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
189 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
190 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
191 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
192 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
193 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
194 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
195 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
196 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
197 than the specified default size
198 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
199
200 wxGTK:
201
202 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
203 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
204 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
205 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
206 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
207 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
208 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
209 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
210 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
211
212 wxMac:
213
214 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
215 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
216 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
217 - use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
218
219 wxMotif:
220
221 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
222
223 wxHTML:
224
225 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
226 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
227
228 Unix:
229
230 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
231 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
232 addition to existing OSS one
233 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
234
235
236 2.5.0
237 -----
238
239 All:
240
241 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
242 huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
243 separately compiled library
244 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
245 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
246 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
247 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
248 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
249 - added wxArray::SetCount()
250 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
251 by default in Unicode mode
252 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
253 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
254 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
255 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
256 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
257 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
258 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
259 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
260 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
261 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
262 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
263 - added wxRecursionGuard class
264 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
265 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
266 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
267 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
268 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
269 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
270 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
271 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
272
273 wxBase:
274
275 - added Watcom makefiles
276 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
277
278 All GUI ports:
279
280 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
281 - added wxListbook
282 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
283 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
284 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
285 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
286 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
287 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
288 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
289 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
290 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
291 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
292 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
293 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
294 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
295 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
296 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
297 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
298 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
299 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
300 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
301 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
302 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
303 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
304 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
305 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
306 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
307 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
308 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
309 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
310 default extension for the template
311 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
312 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
313 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
314 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
315 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
316 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
317 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
318 to allow better rich text support.
319 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
320 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
321 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
322 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
323 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
324 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
325 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
326 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
327 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
328 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
329 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
330 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
331 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
332 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
333 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
334 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
335 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
336 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
337 - added wxMirrorDC class
338 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
339 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
340 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
341 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
342 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
343 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
344 improved
345
346 Unix:
347
348 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
349 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
350 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
351 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
352 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
353
354 Generic controls:
355
356 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
357 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
358 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
359 to contrib/src/deprecated
360
361 wxGTK:
362
363 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
364 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
365 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
366 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
367 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
368 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
369 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
370 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
371 be appended to filenames with no extension
372 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
373 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
374 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
375 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
376
377 wxMac:
378
379 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
380 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
381
382 wxMSW:
383
384 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
385 - added wxCrashReport
386 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
387 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
388 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
389 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
390 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
391 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
392 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
393 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
394 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
395 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
396 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
397 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
398 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
399 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
400 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
401 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
402 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
403 - improved border handling under Windows XP
404 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
405 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
406 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
407 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
408 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
409 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
410 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
411
412 wxMotif:
413
414 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
415 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
416 documentation for a detailed explanation
417 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
418 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
419 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
420 with Motif 1.x compatibility
421 - implemented wxToggleButton
422 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
423 instead of a sunken border
424 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
425 - finished wxClipboard implementation
426
427 wxUniv:
428
429 - controls in toolbars now supported
430
431 wxHTML:
432
433 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
434 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
435 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
436 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
437 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
438
439
440 OLD CHANGES
441 ===========
442
443 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
444 ================================
445
446 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
447 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
448 with '!' in the first column.
449
450 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
451 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
452 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
453 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
454 2.6 release.
455
456 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
457 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
458 (see the documentation) useful.
459
460
461 wxBase:
462
463 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
464 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
465 code.
466
467 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
468 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
469 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
470 arrays containing non-pointers.
471
472 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
473 simply don't make sense for all objects
474
475 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
476 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
477 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
478
479 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
480
481 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
482 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
483 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
484 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
485 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
486
487 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
488 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
489 the default assert handling.
490
491 All (GUI):
492
493 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
494 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
495 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
496
497 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
498 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
499 instead!
500
501 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
502 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
503 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
504
505 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
506 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
507 you want to get OnChar() as well
508
509 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
510 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
511 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
512
513 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
514 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
515 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
516 will *NOT* work any longer:
517
518 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
519 ... do something ...
520 if ( flags & wxYES )
521 ... do something else ...
522
523 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
524 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
525 the ctor
526
527 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
528
529 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
530 if you derived any classes from it
531
532 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
533 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
534
535 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
536 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
537
538 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
539 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
540
541 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
542 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
543 from happening
544
545 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
546 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
547 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
548
549 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
550 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
551 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
552 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
553
554 wxMSW:
555
556 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
557 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
558 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
559 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
560 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
561 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
562 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
563 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
564 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
565 is only present for the DLLs builds.
566
567 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
568 style to avoid it
569
570 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
571 previously selected one instead of replacing it
572
573 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
574 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
575 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
576
577 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
578 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
579
580
581 Unix ports:
582
583 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
584 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
585 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
586 to compile pure C files.
587
588
589 wxThread and related classes:
590
591 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
592 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
593 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
594 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
595
596 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
597 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
598 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
599 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
600
601 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
602 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
603 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
604
605 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
606 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
607
608
609 OTHER CHANGES
610 =============
611
612 2.4.0
613 -----
614
615 wxMSW:
616
617 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
618
619 2.3.4
620 -----
621
622 All:
623
624 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
625 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
626 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
627
628 Unix (Base/GUI):
629
630 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
631 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
632 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
633
634 wxGTK:
635 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
636 - Addition of native frame site grip.
637
638 wxX11:
639 - Unicode support through Pango library.
640
641 wxMSW:
642
643 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
644 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
645
646 wxHTML:
647
648 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
649
650 2.3.3
651 -----
652
653 wxBase:
654
655 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
656 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
657 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
658 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
659 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
660 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
661 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
662 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
663 after (non standard) STL hash_map
664 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
665 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
666 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
667 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
668 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
669 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
670 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
671
672 Unix (Base/GUI):
673
674 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
675 programs and not only GNU make
676 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
677 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
678 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
679 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
680 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
681
682 All (GUI):
683
684 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
685 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
686 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
687 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
688 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
689 wxWindows dialogs
690 - significantly improved native font support
691 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
692 wxHashTable
693 - added IFF image handler
694 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
695 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
696 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
697 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
698 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
699 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
700 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
701 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
702 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
703 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
704 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
705 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
706 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
707 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
708 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
709 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
710 - wxMessageOutput class added
711 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
712 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
713 table fills up
714 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
715 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
716 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
717 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
718 (Rene Rivera).
719 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
720 whether a label edit was cancelled.
721 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
722
723 wxMSW:
724
725 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
726 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
727 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
728 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
729 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
730 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
731 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
732 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
733 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
734 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
735 are changed
736 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
737 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
738 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
739 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
740 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
741 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
742 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
743 recursion any more
744 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
745 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
746 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
747 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
748 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
749 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
750 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
751 has the capture before release it.
752 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
753 - default button handling is now closer to expected
754 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
755 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
756 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
757 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
758 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
759 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
760 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
761 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
762 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
763 provided in wxFontData
764 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
765 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
766
767 wxGTK:
768
769 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
770 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
771 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
772 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
773 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
774 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
775 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
776 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
777 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
778 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
779 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
780 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
781 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
782
783 wxMotif:
784
785 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
786 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
787 - improved toolbar control alignment
788 - implemented wxSpinButton
789 - implemented wxCheckListBox
790 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
791 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
792
793 wxX11:
794
795 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
796 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
797
798 wxMac:
799
800 - Many improvements
801
802 wxOS2:
803
804 - First alpha-quality release
805
806 wxHTML:
807
808 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
809 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
810 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
811 - fixed alignment handling in tables
812 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
813
814 2.3.2
815 -----
816
817 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
818
819 wxBase:
820
821 - wxRegEx class added
822 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
823 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
824 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
825 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
826 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
827
828 All (GUI):
829
830 - support for virtual list control added
831 - column images in report mode of the list control
832 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
833 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
834 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
835 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
836 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
837 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
838 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
839 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
840 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
841 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
842 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
843 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
844
845 wxMSW:
846
847 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
848 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
849 project files
850
851 wxGTK:
852
853 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
854 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
855 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
856 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
857
858 wxMac:
859
860 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
861 Tools
862
863 wxHTML:
864
865 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
866 to tags parsing
867 - added support for animated GIFs
868
869 2.3.1
870 -----
871
872 wxBase:
873
874 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
875 - Fixed new charset detection code
876 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
877 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
878 - Added wxDir::Traverse
879 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
880 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
881 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
882
883 All (GUI):
884
885 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
886 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
887 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
888 push on a custom event handler for example)
889 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
890 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
891 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
892 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
893 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
894 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
895 first-time saved
896 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
897 - Various wxXML enhancements
898 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
899 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
900 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
901 instead of GetId()
902 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
903 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
904
905 wxMSW:
906
907 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
908 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
909 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
910 alt or shift) now work
911 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
912 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
913 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
914 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
915 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
916 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
917 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
918 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
919 - We now send iconize events
920 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
921 - Added mousewheel processing
922 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
923 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
924 in wxDC
925 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
926 child frame styles are honoured
927
928 wxGTK:
929
930 - Fixed slider rounding bug
931 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
932 - We now send iconize events
933 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
934 GetSelection() results
935
936 2.3.0
937 -----
938
939 wxBase:
940
941 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
942 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
943 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
944 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
945 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
946 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
947 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
948 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
949 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
950 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
951
952 All (GUI):
953
954 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
955 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
956 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
957 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
958 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
959 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
960 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
961 wxImage methods and ctor)
962 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
963 - ODBC documentation complete!!
964 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
965 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
966 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
967 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
968
969 wxMSW:
970
971 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
972 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
973 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
974 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
975
976 wxGTK:
977
978 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
979
980 wxHTML:
981
982 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
983 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
984
985 2.2.0
986 -----
987
988 wxBase:
989
990 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
991 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
992 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
993 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
994 - Completed Czech translations
995 - Some stream corrections
996 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
997 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
998 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
999 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1000
1001 All (GUI):
1002
1003 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1004 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1005 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1006 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1007 - Paper names now translated
1008 - wxGrid fixes
1009 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1010 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1011 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1012 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1013 File dialog.
1014 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1015 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1016 writing code
1017 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1018 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1019 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1020 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1021
1022 wxMSW:
1023
1024 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1025 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1026 backward compatibility, please set
1027 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1028 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1029 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1030 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1031 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1032 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1033 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1034 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1035 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1036 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1037 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1038 - wxFrame restores focus better
1039 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1040 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1041 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1042 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1043 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1044 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1045 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1046 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1047 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1048 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1049
1050 wxGTK:
1051
1052 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1053
1054 wxMotif:
1055
1056 - Small compilation fixes
1057
1058 Documentation:
1059
1060 - wxCaret documented
1061
1062 2.1.16
1063 ------
1064
1065 wxBase:
1066
1067 All (GUI):
1068
1069 wxMSW:
1070
1071 - Various bug fixes
1072 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1073 files. This works under VC++ only
1074 - Modal dialog handling improved
1075 - Printer dialog now modal
1076
1077 wxGTK:
1078
1079 - Various bug fixes
1080
1081 wxMotif:
1082
1083 - Various bug fixes
1084
1085 2.1.15
1086 ------
1087
1088 Documentation:
1089
1090 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1091
1092 File hierarchy:
1093
1094 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1095 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1096
1097 wxBase:
1098
1099 - wxSocket support
1100 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1101 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1102 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1103 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1104 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1105 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1106 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1107 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1108 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1109 only so far)
1110 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1111 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1112 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1113 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1114 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1115 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1116 is available)
1117 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1118
1119 all (GUI):
1120
1121 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1122 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1123 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1124 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1125 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1126 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1127 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1128 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1129 John Norris)
1130 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1131 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1132 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1133 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1134 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1135 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1136 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1137 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1138 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1139 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1140 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1141 - wxDragImage class added
1142 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1143 controllers, as well as native help
1144 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1145
1146 wxMSW:
1147
1148 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1149 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1150 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1151 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1152 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1153 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1154 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1155 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1156 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1157 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1158 Unix ports
1159 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1160 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1161 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1162
1163 wxGTK:
1164
1165 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1166 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1167 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1168
1169 wxMotif:
1170
1171 - wxMenu::Enable works
1172 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1173 - OGL samples made to work again
1174
1175 wxHTML:
1176
1177 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1178 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1179 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1180 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1181 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1182 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1183 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1184 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1185 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1186 - improved HTML printing
1187 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
1188 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1189 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1190 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1191
1192
1193 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1194 change log.
1195
1196 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1197 -----------------------
1198
1199 wxGTK:
1200
1201 - JPEG support added.
1202 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1203
1204 wxMSW:
1205
1206 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1207 SetTabSize added.
1208 - JPEG support added.
1209 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1210 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1211 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1212
1213 wxMotif:
1214
1215
1216 General:
1217
1218 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1219
1220
1221 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1222 -------------------------------
1223
1224 wxGTK:
1225
1226 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
1227 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1228
1229 wxMSW:
1230
1231 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1232 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1233 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1234 - Some makefile fixes.
1235
1236 wxMotif:
1237
1238 - None.
1239
1240 General:
1241
1242 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1243 - More topic overviews.
1244 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1245 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1246 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1247
1248
1249 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1250 --------------------------
1251
1252 wxGTK:
1253
1254 - wxExecute improved.
1255
1256 wxMSW:
1257
1258 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1259 expected).
1260 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1261 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1262 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1263 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1264 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1265 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1266
1267 wxMotif:
1268
1269 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1270 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1271
1272 General:
1273
1274 - wxLocale documented.
1275 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1276 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1277 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1278 (though doesn't display help yet).
1279
1280 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1281 --------------------------
1282
1283 wxGTK:
1284
1285 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1286
1287 wxMSW:
1288
1289 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1290 rationalised.
1291 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1292
1293 wxMotif:
1294
1295 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1296 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1297 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1298 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1299 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1300 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1301 crashes for some reason).
1302 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1303 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1304
1305 General:
1306
1307 - Further doc improvements.
1308 - wxGenericValidator added.
1309 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1310 automatically.
1311
1312 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1313 -------------------------
1314
1315 wxGTK:
1316
1317 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1318 - wxToolTip class added.
1319 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1320
1321 wxMSW:
1322
1323 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1324 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1325 - TWIN32 support added.
1326 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1327 factored out program/library settings.
1328 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1329
1330 wxMotif:
1331
1332 - A few more colour fixes.
1333 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1334 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1335 - wxChoice crash fix.
1336 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1337
1338 General:
1339
1340 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1341 - Added samples/dde.
1342 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1343
1344 Beta 2, January 1999
1345 --------------------
1346
1347 wxGTK:
1348
1349 wxMSW:
1350
1351 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1352
1353 wxMotif:
1354
1355 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1356 the right place.
1357 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1358 - Added thread support (Robert).
1359 - wxPoem sample now works.
1360
1361 General:
1362
1363 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1364 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1365 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1366 or below).
1367 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1368 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1369 sample.
1370 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1371
1372 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1373 --------------------------
1374
1375 wxGTK:
1376
1377 - Various
1378
1379 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1380
1381
1382 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1383 ----------------------------
1384
1385 wxMSW:
1386
1387 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1388 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1389 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1390 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1391 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1392 on a tab.
1393 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1394 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1395 of Stefan Csomor.
1396
1397 wxMotif:
1398
1399 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1400 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1401 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1402 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1403 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1404 colours correctly.
1405 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1406 when any button was pressed.
1407 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1408 have a white background.
1409 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1410 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1411 they have sensible colours by default.
1412 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1413 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1414 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1415 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1416 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1417
1418 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1419 ----------------------------
1420
1421 wxMSW:
1422
1423 - More documentation updates, especially for
1424 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1425 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1426 of wxTrace.
1427 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1428 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1429 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1430 position.
1431 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1432
1433 wxMotif:
1434
1435 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1436 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1437 child frames).
1438 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1439 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1440 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1441 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1442 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1443 the debugging implementation.
1444 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1445 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1446 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1447 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1448 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1449 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1450 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1451
1452 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1453
1454 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1455 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1456 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1457 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1458 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1459 - wxNotebook almost done.
1460 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1461 to vertical toolbars).
1462
1463 More recently:
1464
1465 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1466 to scrollbars).
1467 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1468 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1469 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1470
1471 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1472 ----------------------------
1473
1474 wxMSW:
1475
1476 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1477 sample.
1478 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1479 - A few more makefiles added.
1480 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1481 - Further doc updates.
1482 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1483
1484 wxMotif:
1485
1486 - First start at Motif port.
1487 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1488 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1489 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1490 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1491
1492 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1493 --------------------------
1494
1495 wxMSW:
1496
1497 - wxBitmap debugged.
1498 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1499 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1500 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1501 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1502 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1503 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1504 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1505
1506 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1507 ------------------------
1508
1509 wxMSW:
1510
1511 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1512 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1513 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1514 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1515 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1516 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1517 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1518 changes, wxNotebook.
1519 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1520
1521 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1522 -----------------------
1523
1524 wxMSW:
1525
1526 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1527 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1528 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1529 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1530 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1531 don't support it.
1532 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1533 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1534
1535 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1536 -----------------------
1537
1538 wxMSW:
1539
1540 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1541 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1542
1543 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1544 -----------------------
1545
1546 wxMSW:
1547
1548 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1549 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1550 wxMenuBar.
1551 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1552 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1553 wxMenuItem accessors.
1554 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1555 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1556 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1557 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1558 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1559 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1560 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1561 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1562 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1563 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1564 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1565 first, then doing the assignment.
1566 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1567 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1568
1569 Generic:
1570
1571 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1572 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1573
1574 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1575 ----------------------
1576
1577 wxMSW:
1578
1579 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1580 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1581 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1582 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1583 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1584 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1585 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1586 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1587 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1588
1589 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1590 ------------------------
1591
1592 wxMSW:
1593
1594 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1595 fields were used.
1596 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1597 compilation and pragmas.
1598 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1599 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1600
1601 Generic:
1602
1603 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1604 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1605 compilation and pragmas.
1606 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1607
1608 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1609 ------------------------
1610
1611 wxMSW:
1612
1613 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1614 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1615 some reason :-(
1616 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1617 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1618 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1619 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1620 startup/exit.
1621 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1622 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1623 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1624 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1625 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1626 compatibility functions.
1627 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1628 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1629 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1630 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1631 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1632 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1633 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1634
1635 Generic:
1636
1637 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1638 - Added samples/png.
1639 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1640 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1641 header files.
1642 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1643
1644 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1645 ------------------------
1646
1647 wxMSW:
1648
1649 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1650 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1651 cleaned up properly before exit.
1652 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1653 automatically.
1654 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1655 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1656 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1657 unresolved issues.
1658 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1659 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1660 tray area.
1661 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1662 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1663 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1664 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1665
1666 Generic:
1667
1668 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1669 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1670 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1671 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1672 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1673 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1674 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1675 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1676 allow better control of memory.
1677 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1678 checking.
1679 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1680 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1681
1682 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1683 ------------------------
1684
1685 wxMSW:
1686
1687 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1688 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1689 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1690 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1691 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1692 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1693 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1694 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1695 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1696 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1697 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1698 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1699 IUnknown.
1700 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1701 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1702 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1703 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1704 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1705 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1706 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1707 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1708 internal implementation.
1709 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1710 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1711 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1712
1713 Generic:
1714
1715 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1716 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1717 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1718 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1719 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1720
1721 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1722 --------------------------
1723
1724 wxMSW:
1725
1726 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1727 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1728 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1729 changes.
1730 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1731 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1732 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1733 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1734 again.
1735 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1736 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1737 e.g. wxDC.
1738
1739 Generic:
1740
1741 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1742 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1743 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1744 changes.
1745 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1746 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1747 docs/gtk.
1748 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1749 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1750 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1751 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1752 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1753 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1754 - Added gcc pragmas.
1755 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1756 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1757 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1758 added a few references to wxTransString.
1759 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1760 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1761 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1762 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1763 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1764 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1765 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1766 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1767 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1768 MoreRequested.
1769
1770 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1771 --------------------------
1772
1773 All:
1774
1775 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1776 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1777 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1778 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1779 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1780 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1781 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1782 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1783 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1784 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1785 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1786 scrolling toolbars.
1787 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1788 to help printing with multiple pages.
1789 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1790 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1791 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1792 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1793 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1794 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1795 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1796 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1797 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1798 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1799 New files from Vadim:
1800 include\wx\string.h
1801 include\wx\debug.h
1802 include\wx\file.h
1803 include\wx\log.h
1804 include\wx\intl.h
1805 src\common\string.cpp
1806 src\common\log.cpp
1807 src\common\intl.cpp
1808 src\common\file.cpp
1809 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1810 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1811 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1812 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1813 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1814 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1815 including changes to defs.h.
1816 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1817 introduced.
1818 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1819 hidden).
1820 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1821 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1822 trick).
1823 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1824
1825 Alpha 3, September 1997
1826 -----------------------
1827
1828 All:
1829
1830 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1831 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1832 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1833 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1834 - Started documentation.
1835
1836 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1837 ------------------------
1838
1839 All:
1840
1841 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1842 with MetroWerks compiler.
1843 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1844 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1845 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1846 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1847 for testing purposes.
1848 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1849 handlers.
1850 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1851 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1852 fully).
1853 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1854 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1855 a separate file.
1856
1857 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1858 -----------------------
1859
1860 Generic:
1861
1862 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1863
1864 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1865 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1866 wxString instead of char *.
1867 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1868 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1869 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1870 as wxbWindow now removed.
1871 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1872 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1873 - PrologIO revised.
1874 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1875 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1876 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1877 Windows settings.
1878 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1879 settings mucho rationalised.
1880 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1881 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1882 classes removed.
1883 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1884 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1885 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1886 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1887 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1888 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1889 of event handlers.
1890 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1891 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1892 wxToolBarBase
1893 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1894 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1895 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1896 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1897 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1898 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1899 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1900 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1901 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1902 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1903 in the future.
1904 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1905 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1906 variables instead.
1907 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1908 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1909 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1910 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1911 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1912 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1913 Win95.
1914 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1915 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1916 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1917 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1918 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1919 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
1920
1921