4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
9 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
10 if you derived any classes from it
14 - the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
15 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
16 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
18 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
19 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your codei
22 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
23 style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
32 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
33 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
34 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
35 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
39 - support for virtual list control added
40 - column images in report mode of the list control
41 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
42 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
43 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
44 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
45 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
46 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
50 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
52 - added support for animated GIFs
60 - Fixed new charset detection code
61 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
62 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
63 - Added wxDir::Traverse
64 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
65 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
66 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
70 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
71 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
72 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
73 push on a custom event handler for example)
74 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
75 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
76 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
77 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
78 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
79 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
81 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
82 - Various wxXML enhancements
83 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
84 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
85 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
87 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
88 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
92 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
93 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
94 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
95 alt or shift) now work
96 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
97 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
98 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
99 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
100 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
101 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
102 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
103 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
104 - We now send iconize events
105 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
106 - Added mousewheel processing
107 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
108 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
110 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
111 child frame styles are honoured
115 - Fixed slider rounding bug
116 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
117 - We now send iconize events
118 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
119 GetSelection() results
126 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
127 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
128 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
129 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
130 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
131 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
132 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
133 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
134 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
135 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
139 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
140 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
141 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
142 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
143 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
144 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
145 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
146 wxImage methods and ctor)
147 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
148 - ODBC documentation complete!!
149 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
150 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
151 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
152 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
156 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
157 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
158 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
159 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
163 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
167 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
168 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
175 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
176 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
177 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
178 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
179 - Completed Czech translations
180 - Some stream corrections
181 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
182 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
183 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
184 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
188 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
189 flicker-free dragging is now possible
190 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
191 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
192 - Paper names now translated
194 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
195 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
196 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
197 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
199 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
200 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
202 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
203 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
204 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
205 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
209 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
210 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
211 backward compatibility, please set
212 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
213 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
214 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
215 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
216 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
217 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
218 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
219 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
220 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
221 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
222 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
223 - wxFrame restores focus better
224 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
225 frames anddialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
226 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
227 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
228 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
229 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
230 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
231 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
232 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
233 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
237 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
241 - Small compilation fixes
257 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
258 files. This works under VC++ only
259 - Modal dialog handling improved
260 - Printer dialog now modal
275 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
279 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
280 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
285 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
286 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
287 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
288 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
289 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
290 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
291 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
292 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
293 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
295 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
296 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
297 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
298 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
299 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
300 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
302 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
306 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
307 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
308 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu menagament
309 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
310 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
311 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
312 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
313 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
315 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
316 MIME types if available (Unix only)
317 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
318 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
319 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
320 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
321 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
322 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
323 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
324 for dealing with convertions between different encodings,
325 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
326 - wxDragImage class added
327 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
328 controllers, as well as native help
329 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
333 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
334 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
335 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
336 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
337 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
338 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
339 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
340 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
341 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
342 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
344 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
345 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
346 - wxSetCursorEvent added
350 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
351 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
352 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
356 - wxMenu::Enable works
357 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
358 - OGL samples made to work again
362 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
363 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
364 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
365 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
366 splitted into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
367 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
368 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
369 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
370 - added dynamic pushing/poping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
371 - improved HTML printing
372 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
373 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
374 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
375 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
378 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
381 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
382 -----------------------
386 - JPEG support added.
387 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
391 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
393 - JPEG support added.
394 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
395 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
396 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
403 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
406 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
407 -------------------------------
412 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
416 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
417 - Fixed window cursor setting.
418 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
419 - Some makefile fixes.
427 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
428 - More topic overviews.
429 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
430 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
431 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
434 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
435 --------------------------
439 - wxExecute improved.
443 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
445 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
446 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
447 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
448 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
449 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
450 - Fixed focus-related crash.
454 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
455 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
459 - wxLocale documented.
460 - Added include filenames to class reference.
461 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
462 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
463 (though doesn't display help yet).
465 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
466 --------------------------
470 - Miscellaneous fixes.
474 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
476 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
480 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
481 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
482 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
483 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
484 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
485 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
486 crashes for some reason).
487 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
488 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
492 - Further doc improvements.
493 - wxGenericValidator added.
494 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
497 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
498 -------------------------
502 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
503 - wxToolTip class added.
504 - Miscellaneous fixes.
508 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
509 - Makefiles for more compilers.
510 - TWIN32 support added.
511 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
512 factored out program/library settings.
513 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
517 - A few more colour fixes.
518 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
519 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
520 - wxChoice crash fix.
521 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
525 - wxBusyCursor class added.
527 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
536 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
540 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
542 - Cured some widget table clashes.
543 - Added thread support (Robert).
544 - wxPoem sample now works.
548 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
549 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
550 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
552 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
553 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
555 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
557 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
558 --------------------------
564 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
567 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
568 ----------------------------
572 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
573 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
574 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
575 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
576 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
578 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
579 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
584 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
585 without (permanently) resizing the window.
586 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
587 that disabled scrollbar paging.
588 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
590 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
591 when any button was pressed.
592 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
593 have a white background.
594 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
595 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
596 they have sensible colours by default.
597 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
598 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
599 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
600 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
601 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
603 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
604 ----------------------------
608 - More documentation updates, especially for
609 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
610 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
612 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
613 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
614 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
616 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
620 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
621 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
623 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
624 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
625 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
626 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
627 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
628 the debugging implementation.
629 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
630 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
631 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
632 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
633 - Added a parent-existance check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
634 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
635 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
637 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
639 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
640 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
641 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
642 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
643 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
644 - wxNotebook almost done.
645 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
646 to vertical toolbars).
650 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
652 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
653 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
654 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
656 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
657 ----------------------------
661 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
663 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
664 - A few more makefiles added.
665 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
666 - Further doc updates.
667 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
671 - First start at Motif port.
672 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
673 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
674 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
675 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
677 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
678 --------------------------
683 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
684 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
685 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
686 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
687 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
688 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
689 so event can travel up the window hierachy.
691 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
692 ------------------------
696 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
697 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
698 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
699 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
700 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
701 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
702 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
704 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
706 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
707 -----------------------
711 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
712 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
713 Windows functions, for efficiency.
714 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
715 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
717 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
718 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
720 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
721 -----------------------
725 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
726 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
728 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
729 -----------------------
733 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
734 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
736 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
737 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
738 wxMenuItem accessors.
739 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
740 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
741 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
742 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
743 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
744 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
745 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
746 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
747 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
748 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
749 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
750 first, then doing the assignment.
751 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
752 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
756 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
757 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
759 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
760 ----------------------
764 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
765 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
766 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
767 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
768 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
769 require application-supplied positioning code though.
770 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
771 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
772 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
774 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
775 ------------------------
779 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
781 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
782 compilation and pragmas.
783 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
784 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
788 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
789 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
790 compilation and pragmas.
791 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
793 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
794 ------------------------
798 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
799 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
801 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
802 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
803 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
804 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
806 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
807 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
808 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
810 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
811 compatibility functions.
812 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
813 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
814 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
815 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
816 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
817 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
818 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
822 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
824 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
825 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
827 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
829 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
830 ------------------------
834 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
835 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
836 cleaned up properly before exit.
837 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
839 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
840 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
841 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
843 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
844 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
846 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
847 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
848 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
849 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
853 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
854 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
855 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
856 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
857 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
858 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
859 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
860 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
861 allow better control of memory.
862 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
864 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
865 float to long in wxToolBar files.
867 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
868 ------------------------
872 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
873 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
874 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
875 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
876 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
877 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
878 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
879 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
880 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
881 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
882 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
883 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
885 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
886 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
887 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
888 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
889 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
890 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
891 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
892 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
893 internal implementation.
894 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
895 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
896 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
900 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
901 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
902 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
903 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
904 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
906 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
907 --------------------------
911 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
912 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
913 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
915 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
916 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
917 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
918 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
920 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
921 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
926 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
927 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
928 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
930 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
931 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
933 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
934 created dynamically, not as a global object.
935 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
936 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
937 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
938 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
940 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
941 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
942 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
943 added a few references to wxTransString.
944 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
945 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
946 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
947 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
948 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
949 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
950 - Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
951 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
952 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
955 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
956 --------------------------
960 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
961 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
962 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
963 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
964 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
965 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
966 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
967 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
968 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
969 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
970 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
972 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
973 to help printing with multiple pages.
974 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
975 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
976 implementation updated to use these base classes.
977 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
978 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
979 WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
980 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
981 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
982 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
983 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
984 New files from Vadim:
990 src\common\string.cpp
994 No longer use GNU wxString files.
995 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
996 src\common\filefn.cpp.
997 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
998 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
999 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1000 including changes to defs.h.
1001 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1003 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1005 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1006 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1008 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1010 Alpha 3, September 1997
1011 -----------------------
1015 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1016 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1017 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1018 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1019 - Started documentation.
1021 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1022 ------------------------
1026 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1027 with MetroWerks compiler.
1028 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1029 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1030 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1031 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1032 for testing purposes.
1033 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1035 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1036 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1038 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1039 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1042 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1043 -----------------------
1047 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1049 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1050 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1051 wxString instead of char *.
1052 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1053 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1054 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1055 as wxbWindow now removed.
1056 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1057 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1059 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1060 MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
1061 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1063 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1064 settings mucho rationalised.
1065 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1066 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1068 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1069 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1070 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1071 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1072 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1073 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1075 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1076 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1078 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1079 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1080 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1081 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1082 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1083 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1084 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1085 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1086 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1087 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1089 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1090 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1092 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1093 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1094 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1095 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1096 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1097 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1099 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1100 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1101 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1102 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1103 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1104 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).