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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 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
20 - Implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter
26 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
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29 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
30 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
31 with '!' in the first column.
33 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
34 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
35 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
36 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
39 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
40 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
41 (see the documentation) useful.
46 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
47 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
50 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
51 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
52 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
53 arrays containing non-pointers.
55 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
56 simply don't make sense for all objects
58 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
59 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
60 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
62 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
64 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
65 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
66 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
67 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
68 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
70 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
71 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
72 the default assert handling.
76 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
77 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
78 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
80 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
81 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
84 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
85 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
86 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
88 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
89 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
90 you want to get OnChar() as well
92 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
93 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
94 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
96 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
97 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
98 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
99 will *NOT* work any longer:
101 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
104 ... do something else ...
106 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
107 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
110 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
112 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
113 if you derived any classes from it
115 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
116 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
118 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
119 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
121 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
122 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
124 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
125 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
128 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
129 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
130 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
132 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
133 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
134 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
135 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
139 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
140 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
141 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
142 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
143 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
144 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
145 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
146 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[u][d][ver].(lib|dll)
147 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
148 is only present for the DLLs builds.
150 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
153 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
154 previously selected one instead of replacing it
156 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
157 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
158 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
160 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
161 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
166 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
167 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
168 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
169 to compile pure C files.
172 wxThread and related classes:
174 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
175 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
176 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
177 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
179 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
180 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
181 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
182 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
184 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
185 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
186 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
188 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
189 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
200 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
207 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
208 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
209 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
213 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
214 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
215 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
218 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
219 - Addition of native frame site grip.
222 - Unicode support through Pango library.
226 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
227 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
231 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
238 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
239 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
240 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
241 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
242 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
243 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
244 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
245 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
246 after (non standard) STL hash_map
247 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
248 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
249 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
250 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
251 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
252 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
253 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
257 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
258 programs and not only GNU make
259 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
260 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
261 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
262 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
263 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
267 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
268 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
269 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
270 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
271 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
273 - significantly improved native font support
274 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
276 - added IFF image handler
277 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
278 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
279 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
280 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
281 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
282 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
283 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
284 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
285 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
286 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
287 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
288 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
289 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
290 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
291 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
292 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
293 - wxMessageOutput class added
294 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
295 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
297 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
298 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
299 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
300 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
302 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
303 whether a label edit was cancelled.
304 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
309 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
310 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
311 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
312 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
313 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
314 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
315 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
316 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
317 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
318 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
320 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
321 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
322 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
323 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
324 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
325 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
326 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
328 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
329 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
330 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
331 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
332 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
333 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
334 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
335 has the capture before release it.
336 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
337 - default button handling is now closer to expected
338 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
339 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
340 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
341 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
342 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
343 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
344 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
345 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
346 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
347 provided in wxFontData
348 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
349 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
353 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
354 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
355 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
356 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
357 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
358 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
359 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
360 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
361 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
362 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
363 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
364 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
365 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
369 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
370 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
371 - improved toolbar control alignment
372 - implemented wxSpinButton
373 - implemented wxCheckListBox
374 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
375 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
379 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
380 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
388 - First alpha-quality release
392 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
393 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
394 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
395 - fixed alignment handling in tables
396 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
401 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
405 - wxRegEx class added
406 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
407 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
408 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
409 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
410 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
414 - support for virtual list control added
415 - column images in report mode of the list control
416 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
417 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
418 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
419 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
420 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
421 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
422 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
423 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
424 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
425 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
426 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
427 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
431 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
432 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
437 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
438 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
439 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
440 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
444 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
449 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
451 - added support for animated GIFs
459 - Fixed new charset detection code
460 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
461 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
462 - Added wxDir::Traverse
463 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
464 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
465 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
469 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
470 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
471 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
472 push on a custom event handler for example)
473 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
474 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
475 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
476 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
477 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
478 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
480 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
481 - Various wxXML enhancements
482 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
483 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
484 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
486 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
487 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
491 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
492 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
493 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
494 alt or shift) now work
495 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
496 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
497 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
498 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
499 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
500 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
501 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
502 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
503 - We now send iconize events
504 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
505 - Added mousewheel processing
506 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
507 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
509 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
510 child frame styles are honoured
514 - Fixed slider rounding bug
515 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
516 - We now send iconize events
517 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
518 GetSelection() results
525 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
526 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
527 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
528 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
529 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
530 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
531 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
532 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
533 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
534 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
538 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
539 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
540 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
541 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
542 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
543 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
544 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
545 wxImage methods and ctor)
546 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
547 - ODBC documentation complete!!
548 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
549 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
550 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
551 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
555 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
556 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
557 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
558 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
562 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
566 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
567 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
574 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
575 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
576 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
577 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
578 - Completed Czech translations
579 - Some stream corrections
580 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
581 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
582 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
583 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
587 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
588 flicker-free dragging is now possible
589 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
590 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
591 - Paper names now translated
593 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
594 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
595 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
596 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
598 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
599 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
601 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
602 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
603 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
604 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
608 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
609 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
610 backward compatibility, please set
611 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
612 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
613 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
614 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
615 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
616 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
617 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
618 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
619 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
620 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
621 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
622 - wxFrame restores focus better
623 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
624 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
625 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
626 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
627 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
628 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
629 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
630 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
631 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
632 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
636 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
640 - Small compilation fixes
656 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
657 files. This works under VC++ only
658 - Modal dialog handling improved
659 - Printer dialog now modal
674 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
678 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
679 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
684 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
685 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
686 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
687 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
688 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
689 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
690 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
691 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
692 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
694 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
695 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
696 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
697 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
698 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
699 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
701 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
705 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
706 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
707 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
708 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
709 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
710 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
711 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
712 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
714 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
715 MIME types if available (Unix only)
716 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
717 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
718 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
719 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
720 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
721 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
722 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
723 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
724 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
725 - wxDragImage class added
726 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
727 controllers, as well as native help
728 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
732 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
733 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
734 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
735 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
736 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
737 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
738 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
739 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
740 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
741 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
743 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
744 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
745 - wxSetCursorEvent added
749 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
750 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
751 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
755 - wxMenu::Enable works
756 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
757 - OGL samples made to work again
761 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
762 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
763 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
764 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
765 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
766 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
767 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
768 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
769 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
770 - improved HTML printing
771 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
772 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
773 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
774 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
777 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
780 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
781 -----------------------
785 - JPEG support added.
786 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
790 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
792 - JPEG support added.
793 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
794 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
795 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
802 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
805 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
806 -------------------------------
811 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
815 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
816 - Fixed window cursor setting.
817 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
818 - Some makefile fixes.
826 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
827 - More topic overviews.
828 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
829 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
830 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
833 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
834 --------------------------
838 - wxExecute improved.
842 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
844 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
845 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
846 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
847 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
848 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
849 - Fixed focus-related crash.
853 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
854 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
858 - wxLocale documented.
859 - Added include filenames to class reference.
860 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
861 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
862 (though doesn't display help yet).
864 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
865 --------------------------
869 - Miscellaneous fixes.
873 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
875 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
879 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
880 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
881 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
882 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
883 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
884 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
885 crashes for some reason).
886 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
887 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
891 - Further doc improvements.
892 - wxGenericValidator added.
893 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
896 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
897 -------------------------
901 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
902 - wxToolTip class added.
903 - Miscellaneous fixes.
907 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
908 - Makefiles for more compilers.
909 - TWIN32 support added.
910 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
911 factored out program/library settings.
912 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
916 - A few more colour fixes.
917 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
918 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
919 - wxChoice crash fix.
920 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
924 - wxBusyCursor class added.
926 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
935 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
939 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
941 - Cured some widget table clashes.
942 - Added thread support (Robert).
943 - wxPoem sample now works.
947 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
948 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
949 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
951 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
952 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
954 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
956 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
957 --------------------------
963 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
966 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
967 ----------------------------
971 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
972 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
973 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
974 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
975 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
977 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
978 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
983 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
984 without (permanently) resizing the window.
985 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
986 that disabled scrollbar paging.
987 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
989 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
990 when any button was pressed.
991 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
992 have a white background.
993 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
994 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
995 they have sensible colours by default.
996 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
997 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
998 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
999 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1000 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1002 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1003 ----------------------------
1007 - More documentation updates, especially for
1008 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1009 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1011 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1012 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1013 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1015 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1019 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1020 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1022 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1023 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1024 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1025 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1026 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1027 the debugging implementation.
1028 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1029 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1030 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1031 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1032 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1033 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1034 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1036 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1038 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1039 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1040 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1041 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1042 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1043 - wxNotebook almost done.
1044 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1045 to vertical toolbars).
1049 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1051 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1052 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1053 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1055 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1056 ----------------------------
1060 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1062 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1063 - A few more makefiles added.
1064 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1065 - Further doc updates.
1066 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1070 - First start at Motif port.
1071 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1072 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1073 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1074 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1076 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1077 --------------------------
1081 - wxBitmap debugged.
1082 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1083 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1084 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1085 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1086 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1087 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1088 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1090 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1091 ------------------------
1095 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1096 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1097 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1098 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1099 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1100 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1101 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1102 changes, wxNotebook.
1103 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1105 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1106 -----------------------
1110 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1111 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1112 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1113 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1114 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1116 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1117 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1119 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1120 -----------------------
1124 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1125 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1127 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1128 -----------------------
1132 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1133 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1135 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1136 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1137 wxMenuItem accessors.
1138 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1139 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1140 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1141 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1142 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1143 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1144 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1145 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1146 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1147 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1148 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1149 first, then doing the assignment.
1150 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1151 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1155 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1156 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1158 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1159 ----------------------
1163 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1164 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1165 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1166 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1167 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1168 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1169 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1170 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1171 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1173 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1174 ------------------------
1178 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1180 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1181 compilation and pragmas.
1182 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1183 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1187 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1188 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1189 compilation and pragmas.
1190 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1192 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1193 ------------------------
1197 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1198 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1200 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1201 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1202 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1203 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1205 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1206 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1207 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1209 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1210 compatibility functions.
1211 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1212 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1213 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1214 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1215 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1216 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1217 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1221 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1222 - Added samples/png.
1223 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1224 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1226 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1228 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1229 ------------------------
1233 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1234 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1235 cleaned up properly before exit.
1236 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1238 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1239 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1240 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1242 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1243 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1245 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1246 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1247 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1248 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1252 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1253 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1254 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1255 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1256 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1257 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1258 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1259 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1260 allow better control of memory.
1261 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1263 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1264 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1266 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1267 ------------------------
1271 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1272 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1273 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1274 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1275 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1276 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1277 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1278 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1279 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1280 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1281 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1282 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1284 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1285 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1286 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1287 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1288 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1289 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1290 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1291 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1292 internal implementation.
1293 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1294 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1295 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1299 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1300 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1301 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1302 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1303 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1305 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1306 --------------------------
1310 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1311 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1312 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1314 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1315 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1316 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1317 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1319 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1320 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1325 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1326 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1327 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1329 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1330 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1332 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1333 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1334 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1335 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1336 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1337 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1338 - Added gcc pragmas.
1339 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1340 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1341 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1342 added a few references to wxTransString.
1343 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1344 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1345 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1346 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1347 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1348 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1349 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1350 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1351 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1354 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1355 --------------------------
1359 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1360 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1361 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1362 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1363 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1364 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1365 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1366 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1367 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1368 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1369 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1371 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1372 to help printing with multiple pages.
1373 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1374 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1375 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1376 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1377 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1378 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1379 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1380 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1381 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1382 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1383 New files from Vadim:
1389 src\common\string.cpp
1393 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1394 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1395 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1396 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1397 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1398 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1399 including changes to defs.h.
1400 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1402 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1404 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1405 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1407 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1409 Alpha 3, September 1997
1410 -----------------------
1414 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1415 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1416 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1417 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1418 - Started documentation.
1420 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1421 ------------------------
1425 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1426 with MetroWerks compiler.
1427 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1428 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1429 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1430 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1431 for testing purposes.
1432 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1434 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1435 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1437 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1438 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1441 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1442 -----------------------
1446 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1448 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1449 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1450 wxString instead of char *.
1451 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1452 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1453 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1454 as wxbWindow now removed.
1455 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1456 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1458 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1459 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1460 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1462 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1463 settings mucho rationalised.
1464 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1465 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1467 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1468 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1469 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1470 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1471 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1472 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1474 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1475 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1477 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1478 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1479 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1480 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1481 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1482 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1483 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1484 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1485 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1486 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1488 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1489 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1491 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1492 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1493 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1494 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1495 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1496 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1498 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1499 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1500 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1501 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1502 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1503 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).