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2 wxWidgets 2.5 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 still
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 - 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 - wxTaskBarIcon objects must now be destroyed before the application can exit.
43 Previously, the application terminated if there were no top level windows;
44 now it terminates if there are no top level windows or taskbar icons left.
45 - wxZlibInputStream is not by default compatible with the output of the
46 2.4.x version of wxZlibOutputStream. However, there is a compatibilty mode,
47 switched on by passing wxZLIB_24COMPATIBLE to the constructor.
48 - when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0 wxHashTable uses a new implementation
49 not using wxList keyed interface (the same used when wxUSE_STL == 1),
50 the only incompatibility being that Next() returns a wxHashTable::Node*
52 - non-const wxDC methods GetBackground(), GetBrush(), GetFont() and GetPen()
53 as well as wxWindow methods GetFont() and GetCursor() don't exist any more,
54 please fix your code -- it never worked correctly anyhow if you modified the
55 objects returned by these methods so you should simply switch to using const
57 - EVT_XXX macros are now type-safe; code that uses wrong type for event
58 handler's argument will no longer compile.
59 - Identical functionality of wxFileDialog::ParseWildcard,
60 wxGenericDirCtrl::ParseFilter, Motif and MSW parsing native dialogs
61 is now accessible in ::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter
65 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
66 ==============================
68 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWidgets
69 versions, please update your code to not use them.
71 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
72 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
73 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
74 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
75 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
76 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
77 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
78 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
79 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
80 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
81 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWidgets
82 methods taking wxArrayString
83 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
84 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
85 - wxTreeCtrl::GetFirst/NextChild() 2nd argument now has type wxTreeItemIdValue
86 and not long, please change declarations of "cookie"s in your code
87 accordingly -- otherwise your code won't work on 64 bit platforms
88 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
89 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
90 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
91 - wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
92 - wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
93 wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
95 - wxWave class; use wxSound instead
96 - The wxHIDE_READONLY flag for wxFileDialog was not implemented
97 and has now been removed
98 - wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead
109 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
110 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
111 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
112 - it's now possible to use msgids in other languages than English with
113 wxLocale (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
117 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now recommended way
118 of showing popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
120 - Added ..._CMD_... variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
121 taking window identifiers
122 - Added wxWindowBase::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next
124 - On most platforms, wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if
125 wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set, or navigates to the next control if not.
129 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
130 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
134 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
135 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
136 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
140 - added 3 state checkbox
144 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
148 - added automatized but customizable handling of native SmartPhone menus
156 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
157 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
158 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
159 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
161 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
162 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
163 to forward declare these classes.
167 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
168 resulting in much better display of scaled images
169 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
170 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
171 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
172 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
173 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
174 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
175 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
176 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
177 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
178 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
179 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
180 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
181 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
185 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
186 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
187 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
188 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
189 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
190 even try to do it by default -- now it does
191 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
192 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
193 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
194 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
195 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
196 - subdindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
200 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
204 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
205 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
206 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
207 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
211 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
215 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
216 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
220 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
221 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
225 - Full Unicode support is now available
226 - BLOB support is working
234 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
235 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
236 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
237 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
238 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
239 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
240 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
241 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
242 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
243 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
244 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
245 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
246 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
248 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
249 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
250 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
251 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
252 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
253 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
254 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
255 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
256 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
257 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
258 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
259 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
263 - added wxListBook control
264 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
265 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
266 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
267 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
268 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
269 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
270 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
271 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
272 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
273 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
274 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
275 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
276 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
277 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
278 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
279 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
280 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
281 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
282 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
283 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
284 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
285 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
286 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
287 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
288 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
289 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
293 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
294 - fixed DDE memory leaks
295 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
296 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
297 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
298 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
299 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
300 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
301 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
302 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
303 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
304 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
305 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
306 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
307 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
308 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
309 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
310 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
311 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
312 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
313 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
314 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
315 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
316 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
317 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
318 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
319 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
320 than the specified default size
321 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
325 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
326 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
327 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
328 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
329 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
330 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
331 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
332 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
333 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
337 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
338 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
339 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
340 - use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
344 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
348 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
349 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
353 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
354 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
355 addition to existing OSS one
356 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
364 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
365 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
366 separately compiled library
367 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
368 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
369 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
370 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
371 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
372 - added wxArray::SetCount()
373 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
374 by default in Unicode mode
375 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
376 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
377 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
378 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
379 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
380 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
381 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
382 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
383 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
384 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
385 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
386 - added wxRecursionGuard class
387 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
388 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
389 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
390 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
391 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
392 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
393 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
394 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
398 - added Watcom makefiles
399 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
403 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
405 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
406 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
407 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
408 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
409 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
410 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
411 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
412 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
413 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
414 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
415 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
416 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
417 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
418 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
419 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
420 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
421 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
422 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
423 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
424 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
425 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
426 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
427 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
428 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
429 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
430 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
431 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
432 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
433 default extension for the template
434 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
435 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
436 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
437 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
438 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
439 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
440 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
441 to allow better rich text support.
442 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
443 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
444 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
445 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
446 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
447 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
448 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
449 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
450 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
451 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
452 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
453 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
454 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
455 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
456 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
457 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
458 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
459 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
460 - added wxMirrorDC class
461 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
462 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
463 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
464 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
465 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
466 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
471 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
472 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
473 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
474 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
475 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
479 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
480 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
481 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
482 to contrib/src/deprecated
486 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
487 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
488 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
489 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
490 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
491 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
492 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
493 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
494 be appended to filenames with no extension
495 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
496 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
497 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
498 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
502 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
503 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
507 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
508 - added wxCrashReport
509 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
510 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
511 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
512 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
513 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
514 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
515 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
516 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
517 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
518 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
519 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
520 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
521 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
522 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
523 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
524 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
525 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
526 - improved border handling under Windows XP
527 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
528 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
529 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
530 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
531 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
532 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
533 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
537 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
538 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
539 documentation for a detailed explanation
540 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
541 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
542 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
543 with Motif 1.x compatibility
544 - implemented wxToggleButton
545 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
546 instead of a sunken border
547 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
548 - finished wxClipboard implementation
552 - controls in toolbars now supported
556 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
557 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
558 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
559 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
560 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
566 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
567 ================================
569 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
570 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
571 with '!' in the first column.
573 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
574 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
575 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
576 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
579 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
580 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
581 (see the documentation) useful.
586 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
587 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
590 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
591 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
592 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
593 arrays containing non-pointers.
595 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
596 simply don't make sense for all objects
598 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
599 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
600 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
602 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
604 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
605 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
606 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
607 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
608 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
610 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
611 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
612 the default assert handling.
616 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
617 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
618 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
620 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
621 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
624 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
625 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
626 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
628 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
629 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
630 you want to get OnChar() as well
632 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
633 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
634 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
636 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
637 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
638 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
639 will *NOT* work any longer:
641 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
644 ... do something else ...
646 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
647 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
650 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
652 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
653 if you derived any classes from it
655 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
656 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
658 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
659 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
661 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
662 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
664 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
665 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
668 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
669 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
670 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
672 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
673 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
674 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
675 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
679 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
680 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
681 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
682 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
683 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
684 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
685 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
686 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
687 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
688 is only present for the DLLs builds.
690 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
693 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
694 previously selected one instead of replacing it
696 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
697 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
698 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
700 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
701 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
706 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
707 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
708 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
709 to compile pure C files.
712 wxThread and related classes:
714 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
715 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
716 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
717 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
719 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
720 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
721 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
722 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
724 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
725 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
726 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
728 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
729 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
740 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
747 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
748 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
749 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
753 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
754 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
755 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
758 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
759 - Addition of native frame site grip.
762 - Unicode support through Pango library.
766 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
767 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
771 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
778 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
779 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
780 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
781 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
782 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
783 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
784 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
785 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
786 after (non standard) STL hash_map
787 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
788 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
789 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
790 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
791 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
792 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
793 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
797 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
798 programs and not only GNU make
799 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
800 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
801 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
802 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
803 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
807 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
808 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
809 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
810 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
811 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
813 - significantly improved native font support
814 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
816 - added IFF image handler
817 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
818 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
819 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
820 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
821 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
822 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
823 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
824 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
825 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
826 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
827 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
828 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
829 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
830 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
831 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
832 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
833 - wxMessageOutput class added
834 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
835 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
837 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
838 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
839 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
840 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
842 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
843 whether a label edit was cancelled.
844 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
848 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
849 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
850 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
851 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
852 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
853 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
854 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
855 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
856 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
857 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
859 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
860 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
861 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
862 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
863 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
864 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
865 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
867 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
868 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
869 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
870 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
871 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
872 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
873 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
874 has the capture before release it.
875 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
876 - default button handling is now closer to expected
877 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
878 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
879 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
880 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
881 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
882 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
883 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
884 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
885 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
886 provided in wxFontData
887 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
888 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
892 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
893 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
894 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
895 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
896 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
897 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
898 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
899 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
900 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
901 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
902 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
903 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
904 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
908 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
909 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
910 - improved toolbar control alignment
911 - implemented wxSpinButton
912 - implemented wxCheckListBox
913 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
914 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
918 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
919 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
927 - First alpha-quality release
931 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
932 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
933 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
934 - fixed alignment handling in tables
935 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
940 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
944 - wxRegEx class added
945 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
946 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
947 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
948 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
949 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
953 - support for virtual list control added
954 - column images in report mode of the list control
955 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
956 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
957 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
958 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
959 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
960 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
961 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
962 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
963 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
964 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
965 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
966 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
970 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
971 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
976 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
977 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
978 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
979 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
983 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
988 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
990 - added support for animated GIFs
998 - Fixed new charset detection code
999 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1000 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1001 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1002 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1003 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1004 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1008 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1009 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1010 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1011 push on a custom event handler for example)
1012 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1013 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1014 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1015 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1016 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1017 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1019 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1020 - Various wxXML enhancements
1021 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1022 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1023 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1025 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1026 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1030 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1031 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1032 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1033 alt or shift) now work
1034 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1035 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1036 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1037 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1038 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1039 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1040 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1041 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1042 - We now send iconize events
1043 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1044 - Added mousewheel processing
1045 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1046 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1048 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1049 child frame styles are honoured
1053 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1054 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1055 - We now send iconize events
1056 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1057 GetSelection() results
1064 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1065 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1066 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1067 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1068 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1069 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1070 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1071 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1072 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1073 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1077 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1078 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1079 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1080 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1081 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1082 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1083 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1084 wxImage methods and ctor)
1085 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1086 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1087 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1088 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1089 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1090 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1094 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1095 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1096 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1097 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1101 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1105 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1106 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1113 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1114 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1115 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1116 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1117 - Completed Czech translations
1118 - Some stream corrections
1119 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1120 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1121 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1122 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1126 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1127 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1128 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1129 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1130 - Paper names now translated
1132 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1133 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1134 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1135 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1137 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1138 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1140 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1141 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1142 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1143 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1147 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1148 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1149 backward compatibility, please set
1150 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1151 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1152 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1153 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1154 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1155 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1156 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1157 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1158 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1159 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1160 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1161 - wxFrame restores focus better
1162 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1163 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1164 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1165 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1166 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1167 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1168 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1169 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1170 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1171 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1175 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1179 - Small compilation fixes
1183 - wxCaret documented
1195 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1196 files. This works under VC++ only
1197 - Modal dialog handling improved
1198 - Printer dialog now modal
1213 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1217 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1218 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1223 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1224 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1225 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1226 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1227 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1228 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1229 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1230 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1231 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1233 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1234 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1235 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1236 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1237 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1238 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1240 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1244 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1245 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1246 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1247 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1248 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1249 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1250 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1251 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1253 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1254 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1255 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1256 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1257 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1258 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1259 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1260 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1261 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1262 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1263 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1264 - wxDragImage class added
1265 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1266 controllers, as well as native help
1267 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1271 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1272 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1273 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1274 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1275 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1276 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1277 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1278 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1279 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1280 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1282 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1283 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1284 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1288 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1289 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1290 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1294 - wxMenu::Enable works
1295 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1296 - OGL samples made to work again
1300 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1301 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1302 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1303 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1304 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1305 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1306 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1307 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1308 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1309 - improved HTML printing
1310 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
1311 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1312 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1313 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1316 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1319 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1320 -----------------------
1324 - JPEG support added.
1325 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1329 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1331 - JPEG support added.
1332 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1333 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1334 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1341 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1344 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1345 -------------------------------
1350 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1354 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1355 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1356 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1357 - Some makefile fixes.
1365 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1366 - More topic overviews.
1367 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1368 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1369 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1372 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1373 --------------------------
1377 - wxExecute improved.
1381 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1383 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1384 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1385 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1386 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1387 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1388 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1392 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1393 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1397 - wxLocale documented.
1398 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1399 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1400 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1401 (though doesn't display help yet).
1403 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1404 --------------------------
1408 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1412 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1414 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1418 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1419 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1420 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1421 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1422 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1423 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1424 crashes for some reason).
1425 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1426 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1430 - Further doc improvements.
1431 - wxGenericValidator added.
1432 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1435 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1436 -------------------------
1440 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1441 - wxToolTip class added.
1442 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1446 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1447 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1448 - TWIN32 support added.
1449 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1450 factored out program/library settings.
1451 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1455 - A few more colour fixes.
1456 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1457 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1458 - wxChoice crash fix.
1459 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1463 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1464 - Added samples/dde.
1465 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1467 Beta 2, January 1999
1468 --------------------
1474 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1478 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1480 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1481 - Added thread support (Robert).
1482 - wxPoem sample now works.
1486 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1487 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1488 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1490 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1491 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1493 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1495 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1496 --------------------------
1502 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1505 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1506 ----------------------------
1510 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1511 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1512 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1513 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1514 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1516 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1517 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1522 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1523 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1524 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1525 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1526 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1528 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1529 when any button was pressed.
1530 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1531 have a white background.
1532 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1533 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1534 they have sensible colours by default.
1535 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1536 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1537 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1538 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1539 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1541 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1542 ----------------------------
1546 - More documentation updates, especially for
1547 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1548 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1550 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1551 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1552 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1554 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1558 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1559 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1561 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1562 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1563 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1564 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1565 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1566 the debugging implementation.
1567 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1568 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1569 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1570 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1571 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1572 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1573 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1575 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1577 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1578 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1579 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1580 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1581 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1582 - wxNotebook almost done.
1583 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1584 to vertical toolbars).
1588 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1590 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1591 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1592 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1594 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1595 ----------------------------
1599 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1601 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1602 - A few more makefiles added.
1603 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1604 - Further doc updates.
1605 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1609 - First start at Motif port.
1610 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1611 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1612 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1613 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1615 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1616 --------------------------
1620 - wxBitmap debugged.
1621 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1622 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1623 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1624 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1625 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1626 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1627 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1629 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1630 ------------------------
1634 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1635 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1636 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1637 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1638 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1639 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1640 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1641 changes, wxNotebook.
1642 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1644 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1645 -----------------------
1649 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1650 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1651 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1652 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1653 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1655 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1656 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1658 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1659 -----------------------
1663 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1664 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1666 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1667 -----------------------
1671 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1672 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1674 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1675 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1676 wxMenuItem accessors.
1677 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1678 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1679 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1680 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1681 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1682 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1683 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1684 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1685 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1686 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1687 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1688 first, then doing the assignment.
1689 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1690 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1694 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1695 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1697 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1698 ----------------------
1702 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1703 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1704 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1705 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1706 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1707 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1708 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1709 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1710 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1712 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1713 ------------------------
1717 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1719 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1720 compilation and pragmas.
1721 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1722 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1726 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1727 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1728 compilation and pragmas.
1729 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1731 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1732 ------------------------
1736 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1737 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1739 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1740 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1741 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1742 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1744 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1745 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1746 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1748 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1749 compatibility functions.
1750 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1751 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1752 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1753 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1754 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1755 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1756 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1760 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1761 - Added samples/png.
1762 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1763 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1765 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1767 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1768 ------------------------
1772 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1773 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1774 cleaned up properly before exit.
1775 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1777 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1778 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1779 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1781 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1782 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1784 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1785 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1786 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1787 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1791 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1792 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1793 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1794 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1795 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1796 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1797 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1798 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1799 allow better control of memory.
1800 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1802 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1803 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1805 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1806 ------------------------
1810 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1811 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1812 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1813 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1814 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1815 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1816 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1817 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1818 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1819 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1820 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1821 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1823 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1824 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1825 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1826 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1827 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1828 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1829 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1830 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1831 internal implementation.
1832 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1833 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1834 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1838 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1839 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1840 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1841 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1842 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1844 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1845 --------------------------
1849 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1850 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1851 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1853 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1854 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1855 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1856 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1858 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1859 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1864 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1865 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1866 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1868 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1869 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1871 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1872 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1873 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1874 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1875 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1876 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1877 - Added gcc pragmas.
1878 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1879 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1880 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1881 added a few references to wxTransString.
1882 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1883 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1884 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1885 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1886 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1887 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1888 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1889 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1890 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1893 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1894 --------------------------
1898 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1899 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1900 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1901 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1902 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1903 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1904 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1905 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1906 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1907 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1908 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1910 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1911 to help printing with multiple pages.
1912 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1913 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1914 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1915 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1916 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1917 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1918 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1919 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1920 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1921 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1922 New files from Vadim:
1928 src\common\string.cpp
1932 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1933 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1934 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1935 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1936 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1937 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1938 including changes to defs.h.
1939 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1941 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1943 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1944 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1946 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1948 Alpha 3, September 1997
1949 -----------------------
1953 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1954 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1955 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1956 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1957 - Started documentation.
1959 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1960 ------------------------
1964 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1965 with MetroWerks compiler.
1966 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1967 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1968 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1969 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1970 for testing purposes.
1971 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1973 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1974 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1976 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1977 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1980 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1981 -----------------------
1985 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1987 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1988 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1989 wxString instead of char *.
1990 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1991 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1992 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1993 as wxbWindow now removed.
1994 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1995 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1997 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1998 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1999 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2001 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2002 settings mucho rationalised.
2003 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2004 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2006 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2007 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2008 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2009 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2010 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2011 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2013 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2014 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2016 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2017 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
2018 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2019 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2020 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2021 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2022 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2023 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2024 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2025 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2027 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2028 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2030 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2031 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2032 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2033 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2034 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2035 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2037 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2038 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2039 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2040 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2041 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2042 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).