4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
7 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
8 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
9 with '!' in the first column.
11 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
12 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
13 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
14 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
17 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
18 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
19 (see the documentation) useful.
24 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
25 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
28 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
29 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
30 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
31 arrays containing non-pointers.
33 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
34 simply don't make sense for all objects
36 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
37 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
38 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
40 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
42 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
43 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
44 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
45 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
46 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
48 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
49 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
50 the default assert handling.
55 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
56 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
57 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
59 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
60 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
63 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
64 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
65 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
67 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
68 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
69 you want to get OnChar() as well
71 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
72 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
73 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
75 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
76 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
77 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
78 will *NOT* work any longer:
80 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
83 ... do something else ...
85 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
86 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
89 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
91 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
92 if you derived any classes from it
94 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
95 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
97 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
98 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
100 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
101 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
103 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
104 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
107 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
108 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
109 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
111 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
112 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
113 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
114 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
118 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
119 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
120 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
121 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
122 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
123 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
126 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
129 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
130 previously selected one instead of replacing it
132 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
133 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
134 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
136 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
137 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
142 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
143 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
144 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
145 to compile pure C files.
148 wxThread and related classes:
150 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
151 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
152 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
153 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
155 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
156 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
157 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
158 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
160 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
161 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
162 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
164 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
165 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
176 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
177 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
178 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
179 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
180 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
181 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
182 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
183 after (non standard) STL hash_map
184 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
185 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
186 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
187 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
189 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
190 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
194 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
195 programs and not only GNU make
196 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
197 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
198 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
199 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
200 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
204 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
205 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
206 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
207 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
208 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
210 - significantly improved native font support
211 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
213 - added IFF image handler
214 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
215 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
216 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
217 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
218 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
219 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
220 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
221 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
222 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
223 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
224 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
225 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
226 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
227 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
228 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
229 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
230 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
232 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
233 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do
235 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
236 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
241 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
242 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
243 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
244 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
245 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
246 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
247 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
248 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
249 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
251 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
252 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
253 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
254 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
255 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
256 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
258 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
259 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
260 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
261 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
262 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
263 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
264 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
265 has the capture before release it.
266 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
267 - default button handling is now closer to expected
268 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
269 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
270 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
271 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
272 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
273 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
274 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
275 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
279 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
280 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
281 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
282 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
283 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
284 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
285 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
286 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
287 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
288 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
289 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
290 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
294 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
295 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
296 - improved toolbar control alignment
297 - implemented wxSpinButton
298 - implemented wxCheckListBox
299 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
300 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
304 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
305 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
306 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
307 - fixed alignment handling in tables
308 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
313 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
317 - wxRegEx class added
318 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
319 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
320 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
321 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
322 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
326 - support for virtual list control added
327 - column images in report mode of the list control
328 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
329 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
330 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
331 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
332 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
333 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
334 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
335 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
336 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
337 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
338 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
339 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
343 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
344 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
349 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
350 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
351 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
352 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
356 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
361 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
363 - added support for animated GIFs
371 - Fixed new charset detection code
372 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
373 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
374 - Added wxDir::Traverse
375 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
376 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
377 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
381 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
382 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
383 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
384 push on a custom event handler for example)
385 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
386 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
387 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
388 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
389 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
390 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
392 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
393 - Various wxXML enhancements
394 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
395 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
396 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
398 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
399 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
403 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
404 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
405 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
406 alt or shift) now work
407 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
408 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
409 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
410 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
411 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
412 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
413 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
414 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
415 - We now send iconize events
416 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
417 - Added mousewheel processing
418 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
419 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
421 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
422 child frame styles are honoured
426 - Fixed slider rounding bug
427 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
428 - We now send iconize events
429 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
430 GetSelection() results
437 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
438 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
439 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
440 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
441 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
442 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
443 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
444 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
445 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
446 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
450 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
451 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
452 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
453 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
454 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
455 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
456 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
457 wxImage methods and ctor)
458 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
459 - ODBC documentation complete!!
460 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
461 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
462 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
463 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
467 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
468 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
469 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
470 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
474 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
478 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
479 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
486 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
487 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
488 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
489 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
490 - Completed Czech translations
491 - Some stream corrections
492 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
493 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
494 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
495 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
499 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
500 flicker-free dragging is now possible
501 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
502 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
503 - Paper names now translated
505 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
506 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
507 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
508 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
510 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
511 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
513 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
514 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
515 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
516 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
520 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
521 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
522 backward compatibility, please set
523 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
524 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
525 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
526 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
527 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
528 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
529 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
530 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
531 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
532 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
533 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
534 - wxFrame restores focus better
535 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
536 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
537 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
538 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
539 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
540 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
541 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
542 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
543 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
544 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
548 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
552 - Small compilation fixes
568 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
569 files. This works under VC++ only
570 - Modal dialog handling improved
571 - Printer dialog now modal
586 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
590 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
591 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
596 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
597 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
598 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
599 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
600 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
601 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
602 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
603 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
604 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
606 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
607 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
608 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
609 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
610 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
611 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
613 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
617 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
618 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
619 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
620 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
621 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
622 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
623 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
624 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
626 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
627 MIME types if available (Unix only)
628 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
629 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
630 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
631 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
632 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
633 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
634 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
635 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
636 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
637 - wxDragImage class added
638 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
639 controllers, as well as native help
640 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
644 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
645 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
646 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
647 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
648 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
649 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
650 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
651 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
652 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
653 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
655 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
656 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
657 - wxSetCursorEvent added
661 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
662 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
663 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
667 - wxMenu::Enable works
668 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
669 - OGL samples made to work again
673 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
674 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
675 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
676 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
677 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
678 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
679 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
680 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
681 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
682 - improved HTML printing
683 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
684 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
685 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
686 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
689 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
692 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
693 -----------------------
697 - JPEG support added.
698 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
702 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
704 - JPEG support added.
705 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
706 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
707 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
714 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
717 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
718 -------------------------------
723 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
727 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
728 - Fixed window cursor setting.
729 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
730 - Some makefile fixes.
738 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
739 - More topic overviews.
740 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
741 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
742 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
745 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
746 --------------------------
750 - wxExecute improved.
754 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
756 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
757 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
758 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
759 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
760 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
761 - Fixed focus-related crash.
765 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
766 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
770 - wxLocale documented.
771 - Added include filenames to class reference.
772 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
773 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
774 (though doesn't display help yet).
776 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
777 --------------------------
781 - Miscellaneous fixes.
785 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
787 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
791 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
792 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
793 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
794 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
795 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
796 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
797 crashes for some reason).
798 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
799 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
803 - Further doc improvements.
804 - wxGenericValidator added.
805 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
808 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
809 -------------------------
813 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
814 - wxToolTip class added.
815 - Miscellaneous fixes.
819 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
820 - Makefiles for more compilers.
821 - TWIN32 support added.
822 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
823 factored out program/library settings.
824 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
828 - A few more colour fixes.
829 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
830 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
831 - wxChoice crash fix.
832 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
836 - wxBusyCursor class added.
838 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
847 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
851 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
853 - Cured some widget table clashes.
854 - Added thread support (Robert).
855 - wxPoem sample now works.
859 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
860 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
861 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
863 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
864 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
866 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
868 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
869 --------------------------
875 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
878 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
879 ----------------------------
883 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
884 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
885 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
886 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
887 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
889 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
890 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
895 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
896 without (permanently) resizing the window.
897 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
898 that disabled scrollbar paging.
899 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
901 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
902 when any button was pressed.
903 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
904 have a white background.
905 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
906 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
907 they have sensible colours by default.
908 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
909 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
910 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
911 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
912 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
914 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
915 ----------------------------
919 - More documentation updates, especially for
920 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
921 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
923 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
924 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
925 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
927 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
931 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
932 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
934 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
935 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
936 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
937 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
938 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
939 the debugging implementation.
940 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
941 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
942 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
943 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
944 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
945 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
946 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
948 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
950 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
951 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
952 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
953 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
954 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
955 - wxNotebook almost done.
956 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
957 to vertical toolbars).
961 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
963 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
964 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
965 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
967 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
968 ----------------------------
972 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
974 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
975 - A few more makefiles added.
976 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
977 - Further doc updates.
978 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
982 - First start at Motif port.
983 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
984 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
985 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
986 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
988 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
989 --------------------------
994 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
995 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
996 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
997 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
998 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
999 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1000 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1002 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1003 ------------------------
1007 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1008 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1009 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1010 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1011 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1012 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1013 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1014 changes, wxNotebook.
1015 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1017 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1018 -----------------------
1022 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1023 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1024 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1025 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1026 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1028 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1029 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1031 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1032 -----------------------
1036 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1037 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1039 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1040 -----------------------
1044 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1045 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1047 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1048 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1049 wxMenuItem accessors.
1050 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1051 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1052 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1053 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1054 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1055 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1056 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1057 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1058 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1059 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1060 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1061 first, then doing the assignment.
1062 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1063 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1067 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1068 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1070 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1071 ----------------------
1075 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1076 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1077 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1078 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1079 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1080 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1081 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1082 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1083 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1085 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1086 ------------------------
1090 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1092 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1093 compilation and pragmas.
1094 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1095 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1099 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1100 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1101 compilation and pragmas.
1102 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1104 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1105 ------------------------
1109 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1110 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1112 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1113 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1114 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1115 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1117 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1118 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1119 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1121 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1122 compatibility functions.
1123 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1124 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1125 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1126 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1127 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1128 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1129 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1133 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1134 - Added samples/png.
1135 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1136 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1138 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1140 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1141 ------------------------
1145 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1146 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1147 cleaned up properly before exit.
1148 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1150 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1151 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1152 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1154 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1155 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1157 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1158 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1159 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1160 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1164 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1165 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1166 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1167 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1168 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1169 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1170 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1171 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1172 allow better control of memory.
1173 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1175 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1176 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1178 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1179 ------------------------
1183 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1184 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1185 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1186 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1187 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1188 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1189 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1190 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1191 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1192 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1193 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1194 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1196 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1197 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1198 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1199 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1200 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1201 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1202 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1203 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1204 internal implementation.
1205 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1206 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1207 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1211 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1212 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1213 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1214 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1215 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1217 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1218 --------------------------
1222 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1223 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1224 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1226 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1227 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1228 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1229 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1231 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1232 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1237 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1238 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1239 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1241 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1242 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1244 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1245 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1246 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1247 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1248 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1249 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1250 - Added gcc pragmas.
1251 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1252 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1253 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1254 added a few references to wxTransString.
1255 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1256 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1257 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1258 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1259 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1260 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1261 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1262 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1263 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1266 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1267 --------------------------
1271 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1272 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1273 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1274 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1275 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1276 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1277 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1278 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1279 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1280 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1281 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1283 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1284 to help printing with multiple pages.
1285 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1286 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1287 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1288 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1289 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1290 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1291 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1292 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1293 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1294 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1295 New files from Vadim:
1301 src\common\string.cpp
1305 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1306 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1307 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1308 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1309 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1310 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1311 including changes to defs.h.
1312 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1314 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1316 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1317 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1319 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1321 Alpha 3, September 1997
1322 -----------------------
1326 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1327 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1328 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1329 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1330 - Started documentation.
1332 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1333 ------------------------
1337 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1338 with MetroWerks compiler.
1339 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1340 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1341 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1342 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1343 for testing purposes.
1344 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1346 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1347 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1349 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1350 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1353 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1354 -----------------------
1358 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1360 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1361 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1362 wxString instead of char *.
1363 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1364 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1365 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1366 as wxbWindow now removed.
1367 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1368 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1370 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1371 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1372 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1374 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1375 settings mucho rationalised.
1376 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1377 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1379 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1380 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1381 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1382 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1383 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1384 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1386 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1387 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1389 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1390 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1391 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1392 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1393 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1394 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1395 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1396 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1397 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1398 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1400 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1401 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1403 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1404 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1405 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1406 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1407 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1408 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1410 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1411 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1412 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1413 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1414 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1415 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).