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