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1 wxWindows 2 Change Log
2 ----------------------
3
4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
6
7 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
8 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
9 with '!' in the first column.
10
11 wxBase:
12
13 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
14 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
15 code.
16
17 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
18 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
19 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
20 arrays containing non-pointers.
21
22 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
23 simply don't make sense for all objects
24
25 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
26 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
27 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
28
29 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
30
31 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
32 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
33 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
34 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
35 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
36
37 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
38 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
39 the default assert handling.
40
41 All (GUI):
42
43 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
44 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
45 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
46
47 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
48 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
49 instead!
50
51 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
52 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
53 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
54
55 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
56 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
57 you want to get OnChar() as well
58
59 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
60 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
61 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
62 will *NOT* work any longer:
63
64 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
65 ... do something ...
66 if ( flags & wxYES )
67 ... do something else ...
68
69 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
70
71 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
72 if you derived any classes from it
73
74 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
75 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
76
77 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
78 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
79
80 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
81 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
82
83 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
84 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
85 from happening
86
87
88 wxMSW:
89
90 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
91 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
92 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
93 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
94 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
95 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
96 make/project files.
97
98 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
99 style to avoid it
100
101 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
102 previously selected one instead of replacing it
103
104 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
105 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
106 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
107
108 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
109 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
110
111
112 Unix ports:
113
114 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
115 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
116 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
117 to compile pure C files.
118
119
120 wxThread and related classes:
121
122 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
123 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
124 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
125 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
126
127 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
128 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
129 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
130 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
131
132 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
133 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
134 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
135
136 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
137 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
138
139
140 OTHER CHANGES
141 =============
142
143 2.3.3
144 -----
145
146 wxBase:
147
148 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
149 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
150 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
151 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
152 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
153 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
154 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
155 after (non standard) STL hash_map
156 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
157 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
158 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
159 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
160 deprecated)
161 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
162
163 Unix (Base/GUI):
164
165 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
166 programs and not only GNU make
167 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
168
169 All (GUI):
170
171 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
172 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
173 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
174 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
175 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
176 wxWindows dialogs
177 - significantly improved native font support
178 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
179 wxHashTable
180 - added IFF image handler
181 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
182 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
183 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
184 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
185 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
186 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
187 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
188 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
189 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
190 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
191 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
192 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
193 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
194 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
195 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
196
197 wxMSW:
198
199 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
200 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
201 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
202 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
203 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
204 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
205 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
206 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
207 are changed
208 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
209 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
210 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
211 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
212 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
213 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
214 recursion any more
215 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
216 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
217 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
218 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
219 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
220 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
221 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
222 has the capture before release it.
223 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
224 - default button handling is now closer to expected
225
226 wxGTK:
227
228 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
229 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
230 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
231 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
232 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
233 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
234 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
235 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
236 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
237 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
238 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
239
240 wxHTML:
241
242 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
243 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
244 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
245 - fixed alignment handling in tables
246 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
247
248 2.3.2
249 -----
250
251 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
252
253 wxBase:
254
255 - wxRegEx class added
256 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
257 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
258 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
259 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
260 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
261
262 All (GUI):
263
264 - support for virtual list control added
265 - column images in report mode of the list control
266 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
267 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
268 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
269 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
270 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
271 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
272 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
273 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
274 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
275 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
276 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
277
278 wxMSW:
279
280 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
281 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
282 project files
283
284 wxGTK:
285
286 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
287
288 wxHTML:
289
290 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
291 to tags parsing
292 - added support for animated GIFs
293
294 2.3.1
295 -----
296
297 wxBase:
298
299 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
300 - Fixed new charset detection code
301 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
302 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
303 - Added wxDir::Traverse
304 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
305 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
306 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
307
308 All (GUI):
309
310 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
311 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
312 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
313 push on a custom event handler for example)
314 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
315 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
316 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
317 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
318 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
319 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
320 first-time saved
321 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
322 - Various wxXML enhancements
323 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
324 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
325 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
326 instead of GetId()
327 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
328 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
329
330 wxMSW:
331
332 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
333 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
334 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
335 alt or shift) now work
336 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
337 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
338 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
339 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
340 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
341 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
342 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
343 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
344 - We now send iconize events
345 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
346 - Added mousewheel processing
347 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
348 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
349 in wxDC
350 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
351 child frame styles are honoured
352
353 wxGTK:
354
355 - Fixed slider rounding bug
356 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
357 - We now send iconize events
358 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
359 GetSelection() results
360
361 2.3.0
362 -----
363
364 wxBase:
365
366 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
367 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
368 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
369 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
370 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
371 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
372 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
373 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
374 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
375 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
376
377 All (GUI):
378
379 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
380 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
381 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
382 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
383 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
384 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
385 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
386 wxImage methods and ctor)
387 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
388 - ODBC documentation complete!!
389 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
390 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
391 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
392 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
393
394 wxMSW:
395
396 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
397 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
398 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
399 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
400
401 wxGTK:
402
403 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
404
405 wxHTML:
406
407 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
408 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
409
410 2.2.0
411 -----
412
413 wxBase:
414
415 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
416 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
417 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
418 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
419 - Completed Czech translations
420 - Some stream corrections
421 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
422 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
423 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
424 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
425
426 All (GUI):
427
428 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
429 flicker-free dragging is now possible
430 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
431 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
432 - Paper names now translated
433 - wxGrid fixes
434 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
435 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
436 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
437 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
438 File dialog.
439 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
440 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
441 writing code
442 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
443 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
444 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
445 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
446
447 wxMSW:
448
449 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
450 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
451 backward compatibility, please set
452 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
453 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
454 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
455 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
456 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
457 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
458 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
459 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
460 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
461 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
462 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
463 - wxFrame restores focus better
464 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
465 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
466 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
467 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
468 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
469 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
470 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
471 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
472 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
473 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
474
475 wxGTK:
476
477 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
478
479 wxMotif:
480
481 - Small compilation fixes
482
483 Documentation:
484
485 - wxCaret documented
486
487 2.1.16
488 ------
489
490 wxBase:
491
492 All (GUI):
493
494 wxMSW:
495
496 - Various bug fixes
497 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
498 files. This works under VC++ only
499 - Modal dialog handling improved
500 - Printer dialog now modal
501
502 wxGTK:
503
504 - Various bug fixes
505
506 wxMotif:
507
508 - Various bug fixes
509
510 2.1.15
511 ------
512
513 Documentation:
514
515 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
516
517 File hierarchy:
518
519 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
520 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
521
522 wxBase:
523
524 - wxSocket support
525 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
526 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
527 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
528 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
529 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
530 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
531 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
532 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
533 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
534 only so far)
535 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
536 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
537 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
538 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
539 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
540 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
541 is available)
542 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
543
544 all (GUI):
545
546 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
547 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
548 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
549 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
550 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
551 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
552 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
553 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
554 John Norris)
555 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
556 MIME types if available (Unix only)
557 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
558 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
559 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
560 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
561 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
562 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
563 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
564 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
565 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
566 - wxDragImage class added
567 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
568 controllers, as well as native help
569 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
570
571 wxMSW:
572
573 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
574 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
575 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
576 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
577 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
578 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
579 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
580 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
581 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
582 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
583 Unix ports
584 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
585 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
586 - wxSetCursorEvent added
587
588 wxGTK:
589
590 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
591 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
592 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
593
594 wxMotif:
595
596 - wxMenu::Enable works
597 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
598 - OGL samples made to work again
599
600 wxHTML:
601
602 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
603 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
604 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
605 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
606 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
607 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
608 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
609 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
610 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
611 - improved HTML printing
612 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
613 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
614 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
615 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
616
617
618 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
619 change log.
620
621 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
622 -----------------------
623
624 wxGTK:
625
626 - JPEG support added.
627 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
628
629 wxMSW:
630
631 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
632 SetTabSize added.
633 - JPEG support added.
634 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
635 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
636 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
637
638 wxMotif:
639
640
641 General:
642
643 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
644
645
646 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
647 -------------------------------
648
649 wxGTK:
650
651 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
652 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
653
654 wxMSW:
655
656 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
657 - Fixed window cursor setting.
658 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
659 - Some makefile fixes.
660
661 wxMotif:
662
663 - None.
664
665 General:
666
667 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
668 - More topic overviews.
669 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
670 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
671 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
672
673
674 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
675 --------------------------
676
677 wxGTK:
678
679 - wxExecute improved.
680
681 wxMSW:
682
683 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
684 expected).
685 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
686 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
687 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
688 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
689 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
690 - Fixed focus-related crash.
691
692 wxMotif:
693
694 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
695 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
696
697 General:
698
699 - wxLocale documented.
700 - Added include filenames to class reference.
701 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
702 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
703 (though doesn't display help yet).
704
705 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
706 --------------------------
707
708 wxGTK:
709
710 - Miscellaneous fixes.
711
712 wxMSW:
713
714 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
715 rationalised.
716 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
717
718 wxMotif:
719
720 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
721 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
722 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
723 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
724 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
725 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
726 crashes for some reason).
727 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
728 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
729
730 General:
731
732 - Further doc improvements.
733 - wxGenericValidator added.
734 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
735 automatically.
736
737 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
738 -------------------------
739
740 wxGTK:
741
742 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
743 - wxToolTip class added.
744 - Miscellaneous fixes.
745
746 wxMSW:
747
748 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
749 - Makefiles for more compilers.
750 - TWIN32 support added.
751 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
752 factored out program/library settings.
753 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
754
755 wxMotif:
756
757 - A few more colour fixes.
758 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
759 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
760 - wxChoice crash fix.
761 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
762
763 General:
764
765 - wxBusyCursor class added.
766 - Added samples/dde.
767 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
768
769 Beta 2, January 1999
770 --------------------
771
772 wxGTK:
773
774 wxMSW:
775
776 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
777
778 wxMotif:
779
780 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
781 the right place.
782 - Cured some widget table clashes.
783 - Added thread support (Robert).
784 - wxPoem sample now works.
785
786 General:
787
788 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
789 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
790 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
791 or below).
792 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
793 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
794 sample.
795 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
796
797 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
798 --------------------------
799
800 wxGTK:
801
802 - Various
803
804 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
805
806
807 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
808 ----------------------------
809
810 wxMSW:
811
812 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
813 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
814 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
815 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
816 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
817 on a tab.
818 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
819 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
820 of Stefan Csomor.
821
822 wxMotif:
823
824 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
825 without (permanently) resizing the window.
826 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
827 that disabled scrollbar paging.
828 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
829 colours correctly.
830 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
831 when any button was pressed.
832 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
833 have a white background.
834 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
835 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
836 they have sensible colours by default.
837 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
838 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
839 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
840 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
841 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
842
843 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
844 ----------------------------
845
846 wxMSW:
847
848 - More documentation updates, especially for
849 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
850 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
851 of wxTrace.
852 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
853 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
854 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
855 position.
856 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
857
858 wxMotif:
859
860 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
861 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
862 child frames).
863 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
864 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
865 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
866 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
867 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
868 the debugging implementation.
869 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
870 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
871 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
872 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
873 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
874 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
875 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
876
877 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
878
879 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
880 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
881 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
882 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
883 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
884 - wxNotebook almost done.
885 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
886 to vertical toolbars).
887
888 More recently:
889
890 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
891 to scrollbars).
892 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
893 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
894 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
895
896 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
897 ----------------------------
898
899 wxMSW:
900
901 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
902 sample.
903 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
904 - A few more makefiles added.
905 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
906 - Further doc updates.
907 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
908
909 wxMotif:
910
911 - First start at Motif port.
912 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
913 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
914 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
915 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
916
917 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
918 --------------------------
919
920 wxMSW:
921
922 - wxBitmap debugged.
923 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
924 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
925 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
926 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
927 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
928 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
929 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
930
931 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
932 ------------------------
933
934 wxMSW:
935
936 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
937 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
938 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
939 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
940 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
941 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
942 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
943 changes, wxNotebook.
944 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
945
946 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
947 -----------------------
948
949 wxMSW:
950
951 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
952 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
953 Windows functions, for efficiency.
954 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
955 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
956 don't support it.
957 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
958 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
959
960 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
961 -----------------------
962
963 wxMSW:
964
965 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
966 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
967
968 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
969 -----------------------
970
971 wxMSW:
972
973 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
974 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
975 wxMenuBar.
976 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
977 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
978 wxMenuItem accessors.
979 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
980 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
981 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
982 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
983 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
984 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
985 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
986 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
987 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
988 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
989 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
990 first, then doing the assignment.
991 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
992 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
993
994 Generic:
995
996 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
997 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
998
999 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1000 ----------------------
1001
1002 wxMSW:
1003
1004 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1005 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1006 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1007 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1008 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1009 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1010 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1011 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1012 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1013
1014 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1015 ------------------------
1016
1017 wxMSW:
1018
1019 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1020 fields were used.
1021 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1022 compilation and pragmas.
1023 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1024 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1025
1026 Generic:
1027
1028 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1029 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1030 compilation and pragmas.
1031 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1032
1033 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1034 ------------------------
1035
1036 wxMSW:
1037
1038 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1039 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1040 some reason :-(
1041 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1042 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1043 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1044 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1045 startup/exit.
1046 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1047 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1048 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1049 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1050 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1051 compatibility functions.
1052 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1053 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1054 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1055 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1056 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1057 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1058 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1059
1060 Generic:
1061
1062 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1063 - Added samples/png.
1064 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1065 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1066 header files.
1067 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1068
1069 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1070 ------------------------
1071
1072 wxMSW:
1073
1074 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1075 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1076 cleaned up properly before exit.
1077 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1078 automatically.
1079 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1080 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1081 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1082 unresolved issues.
1083 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1084 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1085 tray area.
1086 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1087 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1088 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1089 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1090
1091 Generic:
1092
1093 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1094 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1095 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1096 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1097 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1098 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1099 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1100 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1101 allow better control of memory.
1102 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1103 checking.
1104 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1105 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1106
1107 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1108 ------------------------
1109
1110 wxMSW:
1111
1112 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1113 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1114 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1115 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1116 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1117 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1118 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1119 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1120 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1121 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1122 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1123 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1124 IUnknown.
1125 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1126 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1127 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1128 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1129 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1130 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1131 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1132 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1133 internal implementation.
1134 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1135 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1136 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1137
1138 Generic:
1139
1140 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1141 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1142 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1143 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1144 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1145
1146 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1147 --------------------------
1148
1149 wxMSW:
1150
1151 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1152 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1153 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1154 changes.
1155 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1156 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1157 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1158 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1159 again.
1160 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1161 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1162 e.g. wxDC.
1163
1164 Generic:
1165
1166 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1167 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1168 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1169 changes.
1170 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1171 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1172 docs/gtk.
1173 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1174 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1175 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1176 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1177 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1178 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1179 - Added gcc pragmas.
1180 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1181 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1182 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1183 added a few references to wxTransString.
1184 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1185 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1186 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1187 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1188 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1189 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1190 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1191 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1192 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1193 MoreRequested.
1194
1195 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1196 --------------------------
1197
1198 All:
1199
1200 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1201 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1202 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1203 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1204 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1205 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1206 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1207 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1208 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1209 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1210 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1211 scrolling toolbars.
1212 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1213 to help printing with multiple pages.
1214 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1215 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1216 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1217 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1218 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1219 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1220 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1221 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1222 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1223 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1224 New files from Vadim:
1225 include\wx\string.h
1226 include\wx\debug.h
1227 include\wx\file.h
1228 include\wx\log.h
1229 include\wx\intl.h
1230 src\common\string.cpp
1231 src\common\log.cpp
1232 src\common\intl.cpp
1233 src\common\file.cpp
1234 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1235 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1236 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1237 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1238 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1239 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1240 including changes to defs.h.
1241 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1242 introduced.
1243 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1244 hidden).
1245 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1246 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1247 trick).
1248 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1249
1250 Alpha 3, September 1997
1251 -----------------------
1252
1253 All:
1254
1255 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1256 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1257 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1258 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1259 - Started documentation.
1260
1261 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1262 ------------------------
1263
1264 All:
1265
1266 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1267 with MetroWerks compiler.
1268 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1269 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1270 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1271 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1272 for testing purposes.
1273 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1274 handlers.
1275 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1276 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1277 fully).
1278 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1279 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1280 a separate file.
1281
1282 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1283 -----------------------
1284
1285 Generic:
1286
1287 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1288
1289 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1290 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1291 wxString instead of char *.
1292 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1293 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1294 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1295 as wxbWindow now removed.
1296 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1297 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1298 - PrologIO revised.
1299 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1300 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1301 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1302 Windows settings.
1303 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1304 settings mucho rationalised.
1305 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1306 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1307 classes removed.
1308 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1309 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1310 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1311 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1312 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1313 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1314 of event handlers.
1315 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1316 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1317 wxToolBarBase
1318 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1319 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1320 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1321 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1322 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1323 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1324 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1325 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1326 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1327 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1328 in the future.
1329 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1330 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1331 variables instead.
1332 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1333 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1334 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1335 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1336 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1337 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1338 Win95.
1339 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1340 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1341 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1342 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1343 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1344 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
1345
1346