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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
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16 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
17 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
18 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
19 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
20 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
21 - added wxArray::SetCount()
22 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
23 by default in Unicode mode
24 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
28 - added Watcom makefiles
32 - added wxSplitterWindow handler to XRC
33 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
34 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
35 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
36 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
37 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
38 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
39 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
40 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
41 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
42 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
43 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
45 - changed to type-safe wxSizerItemList for wxSizer child items
47 wxSizer::Remove( wxWindow* )
48 - it does not function as Remove would usually be expected to
49 and destroy the window, use Detach instead
52 - wxSizer 'option' parameter was renamed 'proportion' to better
53 reflect its action, use Get/SetProportion instead
55 - use GetKeyCode instead
56 wxList:: Number, First, Last, Nth
57 - use typesafe GetCount, GetFirst, GetLast, Item instead
58 wxNode:: Next, Previous, Data
59 - use typesafe Get* instead
60 wxListBase::operator wxList&()
61 - use typesafe lists instead
65 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
66 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
70 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
71 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
72 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
73 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
74 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
75 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
76 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
77 be appended to filenames with no extension
81 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
82 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
83 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
84 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
85 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
86 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
87 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
88 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
89 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
93 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
94 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
95 documentation for a detailed explanation
96 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
97 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
98 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
99 with Motif 1.x compatibility
100 - implemented wxToggleButton
101 - made wxButton a bit smaller by default
102 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
106 - Controls in toolbars now supported.
112 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
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115 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
116 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
117 with '!' in the first column.
119 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
120 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
121 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
122 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
125 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
126 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
127 (see the documentation) useful.
132 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
133 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
136 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
137 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
138 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
139 arrays containing non-pointers.
141 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
142 simply don't make sense for all objects
144 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
145 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
146 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
148 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
150 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
151 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
152 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
153 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
154 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
156 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
157 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
158 the default assert handling.
162 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
163 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
164 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
166 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
167 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
170 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
171 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
172 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
174 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
175 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
176 you want to get OnChar() as well
178 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
179 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
180 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
182 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
183 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
184 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
185 will *NOT* work any longer:
187 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
190 ... do something else ...
192 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
193 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
196 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
198 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
199 if you derived any classes from it
201 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
202 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
204 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
205 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
207 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
208 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
210 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
211 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
214 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
215 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
216 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
218 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
219 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
220 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
221 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
225 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
226 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
227 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
228 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
229 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
230 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
231 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
232 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
233 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
234 is only present for the DLLs builds.
236 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
239 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
240 previously selected one instead of replacing it
242 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
243 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
244 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
246 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
247 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
252 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
253 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
254 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
255 to compile pure C files.
258 wxThread and related classes:
260 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
261 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
262 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
263 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
265 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
266 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
267 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
268 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
270 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
271 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
272 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
274 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
275 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
286 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
293 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
294 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
295 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
299 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
300 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
301 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
304 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
305 - Addition of native frame site grip.
308 - Unicode support through Pango library.
312 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
313 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
317 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
324 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
325 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
326 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
327 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
328 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
329 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
330 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
331 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
332 after (non standard) STL hash_map
333 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
334 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
335 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
336 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
337 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
338 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
339 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
343 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
344 programs and not only GNU make
345 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
346 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
347 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
348 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
349 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
353 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
354 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
355 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
356 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
357 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
359 - significantly improved native font support
360 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
362 - added IFF image handler
363 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
364 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
365 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
366 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
367 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
368 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
369 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
370 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
371 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
372 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
373 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
374 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
375 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
376 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
377 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
378 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
379 - wxMessageOutput class added
380 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
381 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
383 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
384 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
385 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
386 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
388 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
389 whether a label edit was cancelled.
390 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
395 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
396 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
397 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
398 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
399 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
400 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
401 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
402 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
403 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
404 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
406 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
407 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
408 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
409 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
410 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
411 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
412 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
414 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
415 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
416 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
417 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
418 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
419 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
420 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
421 has the capture before release it.
422 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
423 - default button handling is now closer to expected
424 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
425 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
426 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
427 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
428 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
429 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
430 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
431 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
432 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
433 provided in wxFontData
434 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
435 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
439 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
440 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
441 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
442 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
443 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
444 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
445 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
446 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
447 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
448 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
449 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
450 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
451 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
455 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
456 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
457 - improved toolbar control alignment
458 - implemented wxSpinButton
459 - implemented wxCheckListBox
460 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
461 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
465 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
466 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
474 - First alpha-quality release
478 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
479 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
480 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
481 - fixed alignment handling in tables
482 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
487 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
491 - wxRegEx class added
492 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
493 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
494 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
495 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
496 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
500 - support for virtual list control added
501 - column images in report mode of the list control
502 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
503 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
504 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
505 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
506 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
507 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
508 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
509 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
510 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
511 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
512 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
513 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
517 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
518 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
523 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
524 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
525 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
526 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
530 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
535 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
537 - added support for animated GIFs
545 - Fixed new charset detection code
546 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
547 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
548 - Added wxDir::Traverse
549 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
550 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
551 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
555 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
556 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
557 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
558 push on a custom event handler for example)
559 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
560 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
561 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
562 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
563 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
564 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
566 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
567 - Various wxXML enhancements
568 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
569 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
570 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
572 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
573 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
577 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
578 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
579 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
580 alt or shift) now work
581 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
582 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
583 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
584 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
585 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
586 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
587 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
588 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
589 - We now send iconize events
590 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
591 - Added mousewheel processing
592 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
593 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
595 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
596 child frame styles are honoured
600 - Fixed slider rounding bug
601 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
602 - We now send iconize events
603 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
604 GetSelection() results
611 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
612 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
613 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
614 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
615 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
616 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
617 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
618 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
619 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
620 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
624 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
625 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
626 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
627 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
628 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
629 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
630 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
631 wxImage methods and ctor)
632 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
633 - ODBC documentation complete!!
634 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
635 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
636 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
637 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
641 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
642 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
643 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
644 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
648 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
652 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
653 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
660 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
661 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
662 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
663 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
664 - Completed Czech translations
665 - Some stream corrections
666 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
667 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
668 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
669 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
673 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
674 flicker-free dragging is now possible
675 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
676 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
677 - Paper names now translated
679 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
680 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
681 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
682 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
684 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
685 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
687 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
688 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
689 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
690 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
694 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
695 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
696 backward compatibility, please set
697 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
698 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
699 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
700 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
701 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
702 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
703 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
704 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
705 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
706 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
707 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
708 - wxFrame restores focus better
709 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
710 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
711 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
712 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
713 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
714 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
715 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
716 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
717 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
718 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
722 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
726 - Small compilation fixes
742 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
743 files. This works under VC++ only
744 - Modal dialog handling improved
745 - Printer dialog now modal
760 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
764 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
765 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
770 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
771 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
772 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
773 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
774 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
775 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
776 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
777 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
778 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
780 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
781 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
782 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
783 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
784 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
785 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
787 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
791 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
792 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
793 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
794 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
795 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
796 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
797 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
798 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
800 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
801 MIME types if available (Unix only)
802 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
803 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
804 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
805 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
806 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
807 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
808 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
809 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
810 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
811 - wxDragImage class added
812 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
813 controllers, as well as native help
814 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
818 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
819 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
820 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
821 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
822 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
823 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
824 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
825 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
826 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
827 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
829 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
830 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
831 - wxSetCursorEvent added
835 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
836 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
837 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
841 - wxMenu::Enable works
842 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
843 - OGL samples made to work again
847 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
848 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
849 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
850 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
851 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
852 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
853 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
854 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
855 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
856 - improved HTML printing
857 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
858 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
859 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
860 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
863 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
866 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
867 -----------------------
871 - JPEG support added.
872 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
876 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
878 - JPEG support added.
879 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
880 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
881 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
888 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
891 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
892 -------------------------------
897 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
901 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
902 - Fixed window cursor setting.
903 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
904 - Some makefile fixes.
912 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
913 - More topic overviews.
914 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
915 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
916 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
919 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
920 --------------------------
924 - wxExecute improved.
928 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
930 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
931 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
932 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
933 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
934 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
935 - Fixed focus-related crash.
939 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
940 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
944 - wxLocale documented.
945 - Added include filenames to class reference.
946 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
947 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
948 (though doesn't display help yet).
950 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
951 --------------------------
955 - Miscellaneous fixes.
959 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
961 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
965 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
966 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
967 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
968 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
969 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
970 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
971 crashes for some reason).
972 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
973 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
977 - Further doc improvements.
978 - wxGenericValidator added.
979 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
982 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
983 -------------------------
987 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
988 - wxToolTip class added.
989 - Miscellaneous fixes.
993 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
994 - Makefiles for more compilers.
995 - TWIN32 support added.
996 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
997 factored out program/library settings.
998 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1002 - A few more colour fixes.
1003 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1004 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1005 - wxChoice crash fix.
1006 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1010 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1011 - Added samples/dde.
1012 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1014 Beta 2, January 1999
1015 --------------------
1021 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1025 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1027 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1028 - Added thread support (Robert).
1029 - wxPoem sample now works.
1033 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1034 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1035 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1037 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1038 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1040 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1042 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1043 --------------------------
1049 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1052 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1053 ----------------------------
1057 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1058 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1059 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1060 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1061 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1063 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1064 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1069 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1070 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1071 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1072 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1073 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1075 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1076 when any button was pressed.
1077 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1078 have a white background.
1079 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1080 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1081 they have sensible colours by default.
1082 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1083 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1084 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1085 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1086 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1088 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1089 ----------------------------
1093 - More documentation updates, especially for
1094 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1095 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1097 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1098 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1099 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1101 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1105 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1106 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1108 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1109 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1110 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1111 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1112 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1113 the debugging implementation.
1114 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1115 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1116 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1117 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1118 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1119 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1120 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1122 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1124 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1125 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1126 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1127 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1128 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1129 - wxNotebook almost done.
1130 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1131 to vertical toolbars).
1135 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1137 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1138 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1139 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1141 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1142 ----------------------------
1146 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1148 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1149 - A few more makefiles added.
1150 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1151 - Further doc updates.
1152 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1156 - First start at Motif port.
1157 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1158 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1159 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1160 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1162 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1163 --------------------------
1167 - wxBitmap debugged.
1168 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1169 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1170 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1171 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1172 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1173 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1174 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1176 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1177 ------------------------
1181 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1182 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1183 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1184 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1185 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1186 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1187 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1188 changes, wxNotebook.
1189 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1191 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1192 -----------------------
1196 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1197 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1198 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1199 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1200 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1202 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1203 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1205 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1206 -----------------------
1210 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1211 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1213 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1214 -----------------------
1218 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1219 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1221 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1222 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1223 wxMenuItem accessors.
1224 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1225 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1226 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1227 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1228 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1229 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1230 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1231 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1232 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1233 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1234 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1235 first, then doing the assignment.
1236 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1237 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1241 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1242 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1244 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1245 ----------------------
1249 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1250 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1251 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1252 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1253 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1254 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1255 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1256 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1257 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1259 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1260 ------------------------
1264 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1266 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1267 compilation and pragmas.
1268 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1269 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1273 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1274 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1275 compilation and pragmas.
1276 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1278 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1279 ------------------------
1283 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1284 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1286 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1287 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1288 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1289 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1291 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1292 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1293 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1295 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1296 compatibility functions.
1297 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1298 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1299 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1300 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1301 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1302 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1303 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1307 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1308 - Added samples/png.
1309 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1310 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1312 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1314 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1315 ------------------------
1319 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1320 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1321 cleaned up properly before exit.
1322 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1324 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1325 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1326 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1328 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1329 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1331 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1332 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1333 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1334 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1338 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1339 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1340 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1341 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1342 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1343 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1344 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1345 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1346 allow better control of memory.
1347 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1349 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1350 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1352 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1353 ------------------------
1357 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1358 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1359 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1360 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1361 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1362 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1363 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1364 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1365 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1366 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1367 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1368 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1370 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1371 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1372 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1373 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1374 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1375 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1376 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1377 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1378 internal implementation.
1379 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1380 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1381 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1385 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1386 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1387 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1388 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1389 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1391 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1392 --------------------------
1396 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1397 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1398 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1400 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1401 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1402 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1403 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1405 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1406 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1411 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1412 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1413 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1415 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1416 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1418 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1419 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1420 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1421 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1422 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1423 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1424 - Added gcc pragmas.
1425 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1426 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1427 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1428 added a few references to wxTransString.
1429 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1430 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1431 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1432 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1433 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1434 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1435 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1436 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1437 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1440 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1441 --------------------------
1445 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1446 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1447 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1448 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1449 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1450 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1451 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1452 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1453 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1454 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1455 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1457 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1458 to help printing with multiple pages.
1459 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1460 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1461 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1462 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1463 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1464 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1465 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1466 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1467 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1468 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1469 New files from Vadim:
1475 src\common\string.cpp
1479 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1480 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1481 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1482 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1483 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1484 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1485 including changes to defs.h.
1486 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1488 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1490 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1491 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1493 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1495 Alpha 3, September 1997
1496 -----------------------
1500 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1501 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1502 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1503 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1504 - Started documentation.
1506 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1507 ------------------------
1511 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1512 with MetroWerks compiler.
1513 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1514 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1515 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1516 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1517 for testing purposes.
1518 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1520 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1521 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1523 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1524 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1527 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1528 -----------------------
1532 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1534 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1535 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1536 wxString instead of char *.
1537 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1538 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1539 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1540 as wxbWindow now removed.
1541 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1542 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1544 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1545 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1546 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1548 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1549 settings mucho rationalised.
1550 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1551 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1553 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1554 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1555 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1556 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1557 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1558 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1560 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1561 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1563 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1564 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1565 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1566 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1567 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1568 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1569 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1570 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1571 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1572 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1574 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1575 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1577 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1578 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1579 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1580 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1581 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1582 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1584 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1585 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1586 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1587 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1588 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1589 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).