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2 wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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4
5 2.5.4
6 -----
7
8 All:
9
10 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
11 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
12 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
13 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
14 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
15 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
16 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
17 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
18 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
19 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars
20 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
21 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
22 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
23 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
24 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell)
25 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
26 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
27 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
28 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
29 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
30 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
31 printing stuff in the GTK port.
32
33 All (GUI):
34
35 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
36 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
37 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
38 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
39 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
40 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
41 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
42 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
43 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
44
45 Unix:
46
47 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
48
49 wxGTK:
50
51 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
52 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
53 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
54 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
55 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
56 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
57 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
58 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
59 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
60 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
61 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
62 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
63 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
64 errors otherwise.
65
66 wxMac:
67
68 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
69 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
70
71 wxMSW:
72
73 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
74 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
75 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
76
77 wxWinCE:
78 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
79 but not mentioned anywhere.
80
81 wxUniv:
82
83 - wxBU_... button align flags support
84 - vertical notebook orientation support
85 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
86 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
87
88
89 2.5.3
90 -----
91
92 All:
93
94 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
95 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
96 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
97 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
98 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
99 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
100 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
101 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
102 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
103 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
104 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
105 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
106 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
107 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
108 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
109 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
110
111 All (GUI):
112
113 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
114 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
115 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
116 is discouraged
117 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
118 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
119 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
120 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
121 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
122 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
123 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
124 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
125 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
126 - added samples/splash
127 - added support for stock buttons
128 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
129 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
130 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
131 - added wxChoicebook control
132 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
133 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
134 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
135 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
136 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
137 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
138 supported, instead of zero.
139
140 Unix:
141
142 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
143 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
144 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
145 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
146 - wx-config has new --version-full option
147
148 wxCocoa:
149
150 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
151 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
152 - Tooltips now supported
153 - wxSound now supported
154 - wxDisplay now supported
155 - Some stock cursors now supported
156
157 wxMac:
158
159 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
160 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
161 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
162 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
163
164 wxGTK:
165
166 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
167 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
168 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
169 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
170 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
171 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
172 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
173 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
174 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
175 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
176 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
177 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
178 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
179 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
180 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
181 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
182 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
183 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
184 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
185
186 wxMotif:
187
188 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
189
190 wxMSW:
191
192 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
193 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
194 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
195 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
196 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
197 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
198 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
199 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
200 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
201 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
202 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
203 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
204 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
205 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
206
207 wxUniv/X11:
208
209 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
210
211 wxWinCE:
212
213 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
214 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
215 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
216 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
217
218 wxHTML:
219
220 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
221 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
222
223
224 2.5.2
225 -----
226
227 All:
228
229 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
230 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
231 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
232 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
233 of run-time) now
234 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
235 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
236 to forward declare these classes.
237
238 All (GUI):
239
240 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
241 resulting in much better display of scaled images
242 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
243 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
244 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
245 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
246 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
247 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
248 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
249 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
250 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
251 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
252 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
253 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
254 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
255
256 wxMSW:
257
258 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
259 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
260 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
261 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
262 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
263 even try to do it by default -- now it does
264 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
265 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
266 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
267 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
268 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
269 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
270
271 wxGTK:
272
273 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
274
275 wxMotif:
276
277 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
278 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
279 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
280 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
281
282 wxUniv/X11:
283
284 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
285
286 wxHTML:
287
288 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
289 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
290
291 Unix:
292
293 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
294 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
295
296 wxODBC:
297
298 - Full Unicode support is now available
299 - BLOB support is working
300
301
302 2.5.1
303 -----
304
305 All:
306
307 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
308 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
309 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
310 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
311 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
312 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
313 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
314 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
315 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
316 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
317 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
318 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
319 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
320 (as in 2.5.0).
321 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
322 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
323 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
324 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
325 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
326 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
327 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
328 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
329 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
330 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
331 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
332 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
333
334 All (GUI):
335
336 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
337 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
338 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
339 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
340 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
341 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
342 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
343 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
344 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
345 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
346 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
347 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
348 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
349 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
350 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
351 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
352 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
353 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
354 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
355 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
356 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
357 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
358 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
359 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
360 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
361 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
362
363 wxMSW:
364
365 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
366 - fixed DDE memory leaks
367 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
368 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
369 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
370 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
371 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
372 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
373 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
374 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
375 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
376 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
377 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
378 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
379 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
380 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
381 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
382 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
383 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
384 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
385 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
386 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
387 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
388 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
389 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
390 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
391 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
392 than the specified default size
393 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
394
395 wxGTK:
396
397 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
398 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
399 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
400 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
401 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
402 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
403 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
404 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
405 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
406
407 wxMac:
408
409 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
410 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
411 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
412 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
413
414 wxMotif:
415
416 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
417
418 wxHTML:
419
420 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
421 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
422
423 Unix:
424
425 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
426 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
427 addition to existing OSS one
428 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
429
430
431 2.5.0
432 -----
433
434 All:
435
436 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
437 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
438 separately compiled library
439 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
440 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
441 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
442 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
443 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
444 - added wxArray::SetCount()
445 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
446 by default in Unicode mode
447 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
448 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
449 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
450 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
451 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
452 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
453 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
454 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
455 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
456 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
457 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
458 - added wxRecursionGuard class
459 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
460 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
461 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
462 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
463 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
464 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
465 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
466 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
467
468 wxBase:
469
470 - added Watcom makefiles
471 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
472
473 All GUI ports:
474
475 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
476 - added wxListbook control
477 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
478 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
479 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
480 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
481 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
482 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
483 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
484 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
485 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
486 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
487 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
488 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
489 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
490 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
491 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
492 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
493 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
494 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
495 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
496 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
497 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
498 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
499 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
500 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
501 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
502 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
503 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
504 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
505 default extension for the template
506 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
507 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
508 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
509 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
510 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
511 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
512 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
513 to allow better rich text support.
514 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
515 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
516 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
517 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
518 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
519 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
520 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
521 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
522 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
523 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
524 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
525 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
526 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
527 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
528 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
529 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
530 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
531 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
532 - added wxMirrorDC class
533 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
534 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
535 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
536 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
537 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
538 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
539 improved
540
541 Unix:
542
543 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
544 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
545 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
546 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
547 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
548
549 Generic controls:
550
551 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
552 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
553 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
554 to contrib/src/deprecated
555
556 wxGTK:
557
558 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
559 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
560 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
561 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
562 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
563 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
564 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
565 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
566 be appended to filenames with no extension
567 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
568 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
569 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
570 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
571
572 wxMac:
573
574 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
575 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
576
577 wxMSW:
578
579 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
580 - added wxCrashReport
581 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
582 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
583 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
584 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
585 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
586 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
587 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
588 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
589 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
590 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
591 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
592 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
593 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
594 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
595 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
596 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
597 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
598 - improved border handling under Windows XP
599 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
600 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
601 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
602 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
603 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
604 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
605 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
606
607 wxMotif:
608
609 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
610 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
611 documentation for a detailed explanation
612 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
613 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
614 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
615 with Motif 1.x compatibility
616 - implemented wxToggleButton
617 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
618 instead of a sunken border
619 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
620 - finished wxClipboard implementation
621
622 wxUniv:
623
624 - controls in toolbars now supported
625
626 wxHTML:
627
628 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
629 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
630 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
631 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
632 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
633
634
635 OLD CHANGES
636 ===========
637
638 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
639 ================================
640
641 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
642 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
643 with '!' in the first column.
644
645 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
646 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
647 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
648 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
649 2.6 release.
650
651 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
652 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
653 (see the documentation) useful.
654
655
656 wxBase:
657
658 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
659 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
660 code.
661
662 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
663 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
664 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
665 arrays containing non-pointers.
666
667 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
668 simply don't make sense for all objects
669
670 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
671 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
672 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
673
674 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
675
676 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
677 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
678 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
679 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
680 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
681
682 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
683 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
684 the default assert handling.
685
686 All (GUI):
687
688 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
689 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
690 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
691
692 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
693 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
694 instead!
695
696 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
697 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
698 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
699
700 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
701 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
702 you want to get OnChar() as well
703
704 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
705 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
706 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
707
708 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
709 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
710 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
711 will *NOT* work any longer:
712
713 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
714 ... do something ...
715 if ( flags & wxYES )
716 ... do something else ...
717
718 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
719 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
720 the ctor
721
722 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
723
724 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
725 if you derived any classes from it
726
727 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
728 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
729
730 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
731 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
732
733 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
734 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
735
736 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
737 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
738 from happening
739
740 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
741 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
742 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
743
744 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
745 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
746 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
747 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
748
749 wxMSW:
750
751 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
752 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
753 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
754 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
755 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
756 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
757 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
758 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
759 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
760 is only present for the DLLs builds.
761
762 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
763 style to avoid it
764
765 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
766 previously selected one instead of replacing it
767
768 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
769 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
770 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
771
772 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
773 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
774
775
776 Unix ports:
777
778 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
779 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
780 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
781 to compile pure C files.
782
783
784 wxThread and related classes:
785
786 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
787 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
788 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
789 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
790
791 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
792 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
793 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
794 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
795
796 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
797 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
798 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
799
800 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
801 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
802
803
804 OTHER CHANGES
805 =============
806
807 2.4.0
808 -----
809
810 wxMSW:
811
812 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
813
814 2.3.4
815 -----
816
817 All:
818
819 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
820 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
821 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
822
823 Unix (Base/GUI):
824
825 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
826 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
827 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
828
829 wxGTK:
830 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
831 - Addition of native frame site grip.
832
833 wxX11:
834 - Unicode support through Pango library.
835
836 wxMSW:
837
838 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
839 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
840
841 wxHTML:
842
843 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
844
845 2.3.3
846 -----
847
848 wxBase:
849
850 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
851 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
852 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
853 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
854 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
855 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
856 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
857 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
858 after (non standard) STL hash_map
859 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
860 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
861 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
862 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
863 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
864 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
865 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
866
867 Unix (Base/GUI):
868
869 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
870 programs and not only GNU make
871 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
872 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
873 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
874 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
875 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
876
877 All (GUI):
878
879 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
880 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
881 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
882 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
883 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
884 wxWidgets dialogs
885 - significantly improved native font support
886 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
887 wxHashTable
888 - added IFF image handler
889 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
890 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
891 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
892 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
893 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
894 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
895 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
896 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
897 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
898 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
899 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
900 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
901 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
902 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
903 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
904 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
905 - wxMessageOutput class added
906 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
907 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
908 table fills up
909 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
910 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
911 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
912 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
913 (Rene Rivera).
914 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
915 whether a label edit was cancelled.
916 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
917
918 wxMSW:
919
920 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
921 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
922 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
923 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
924 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
925 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
926 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
927 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
928 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
929 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
930 are changed
931 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
932 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
933 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
934 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
935 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
936 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
937 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
938 recursion any more
939 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
940 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
941 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
942 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
943 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
944 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
945 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
946 has the capture before release it.
947 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
948 - default button handling is now closer to expected
949 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
950 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
951 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
952 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
953 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
954 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
955 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
956 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
957 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
958 provided in wxFontData
959 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
960 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
961
962 wxGTK:
963
964 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
965 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
966 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
967 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
968 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
969 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
970 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
971 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
972 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
973 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
974 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
975 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
976 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
977
978 wxMotif:
979
980 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
981 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
982 - improved toolbar control alignment
983 - implemented wxSpinButton
984 - implemented wxCheckListBox
985 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
986 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
987
988 wxX11:
989
990 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
991 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
992
993 wxMac:
994
995 - Many improvements
996
997 wxOS2:
998
999 - First alpha-quality release
1000
1001 wxHTML:
1002
1003 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1004 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1005 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1006 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1007 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1008
1009 2.3.2
1010 -----
1011
1012 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1013
1014 wxBase:
1015
1016 - wxRegEx class added
1017 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1018 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1019 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1020 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1021 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1022
1023 All (GUI):
1024
1025 - support for virtual list control added
1026 - column images in report mode of the list control
1027 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1028 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1029 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1030 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1031 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1032 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1033 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1034 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1035 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1036 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1037 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1038 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1039
1040 wxMSW:
1041
1042 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1043 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1044 project files
1045
1046 wxGTK:
1047
1048 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1049 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1050 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1051 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1052
1053 wxMac:
1054
1055 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1056 Tools
1057
1058 wxHTML:
1059
1060 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1061 to tags parsing
1062 - added support for animated GIFs
1063
1064 2.3.1
1065 -----
1066
1067 wxBase:
1068
1069 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
1070 - Fixed new charset detection code
1071 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1072 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1073 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1074 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1075 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1076 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1077
1078 All (GUI):
1079
1080 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1081 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1082 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1083 push on a custom event handler for example)
1084 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1085 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1086 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1087 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1088 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1089 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1090 first-time saved
1091 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1092 - Various wxXML enhancements
1093 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1094 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1095 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1096 instead of GetId()
1097 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1098 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1099
1100 wxMSW:
1101
1102 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1103 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1104 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1105 alt or shift) now work
1106 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1107 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1108 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1109 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1110 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1111 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1112 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1113 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1114 - We now send iconize events
1115 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1116 - Added mousewheel processing
1117 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1118 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1119 in wxDC
1120 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1121 child frame styles are honoured
1122
1123 wxGTK:
1124
1125 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1126 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1127 - We now send iconize events
1128 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1129 GetSelection() results
1130
1131 2.3.0
1132 -----
1133
1134 wxBase:
1135
1136 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1137 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1138 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1139 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1140 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1141 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1142 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1143 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1144 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1145 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1146
1147 All (GUI):
1148
1149 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1150 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1151 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1152 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1153 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1154 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1155 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1156 wxImage methods and ctor)
1157 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1158 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1159 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1160 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1161 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1162 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1163
1164 wxMSW:
1165
1166 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1167 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1168 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1169 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1170
1171 wxGTK:
1172
1173 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1174
1175 wxHTML:
1176
1177 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1178 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1179
1180 2.2.0
1181 -----
1182
1183 wxBase:
1184
1185 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1186 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1187 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1188 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1189 - Completed Czech translations
1190 - Some stream corrections
1191 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1192 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1193 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1194 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1195
1196 All (GUI):
1197
1198 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1199 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1200 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1201 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1202 - Paper names now translated
1203 - wxGrid fixes
1204 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1205 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1206 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1207 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1208 File dialog.
1209 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1210 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1211 writing code
1212 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1213 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1214 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1215 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1216
1217 wxMSW:
1218
1219 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1220 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1221 backward compatibility, please set
1222 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1223 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1224 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1225 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1226 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1227 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1228 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1229 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1230 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1231 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1232 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1233 - wxFrame restores focus better
1234 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1235 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1236 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1237 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1238 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1239 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1240 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1241 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1242 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1243 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1244
1245 wxGTK:
1246
1247 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1248
1249 wxMotif:
1250
1251 - Small compilation fixes
1252
1253 Documentation:
1254
1255 - wxCaret documented
1256
1257 2.1.16
1258 ------
1259
1260 wxBase:
1261
1262 All (GUI):
1263
1264 wxMSW:
1265
1266 - Various bug fixes
1267 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1268 files. This works under VC++ only
1269 - Modal dialog handling improved
1270 - Printer dialog now modal
1271
1272 wxGTK:
1273
1274 - Various bug fixes
1275
1276 wxMotif:
1277
1278 - Various bug fixes
1279
1280 2.1.15
1281 ------
1282
1283 Documentation:
1284
1285 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1286
1287 File hierarchy:
1288
1289 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1290 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1291
1292 wxBase:
1293
1294 - wxSocket support
1295 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1296 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1297 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1298 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1299 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1300 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1301 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1302 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1303 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1304 only so far)
1305 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1306 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1307 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1308 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1309 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1310 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1311 is available)
1312 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1313
1314 all (GUI):
1315
1316 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1317 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1318 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1319 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1320 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1321 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1322 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1323 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1324 John Norris)
1325 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1326 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1327 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1328 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1329 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1330 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1331 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1332 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1333 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1334 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1335 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1336 - wxDragImage class added
1337 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1338 controllers, as well as native help
1339 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1340
1341 wxMSW:
1342
1343 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1344 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1345 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1346 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1347 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1348 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1349 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1350 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1351 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1352 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1353 Unix ports
1354 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1355 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1356 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1357
1358 wxGTK:
1359
1360 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1361 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1362 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1363
1364 wxMotif:
1365
1366 - wxMenu::Enable works
1367 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1368 - OGL samples made to work again
1369
1370 wxHTML:
1371
1372 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1373 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1374 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1375 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1376 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1377 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1378 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1379 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1380 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1381 - improved HTML printing
1382 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
1383 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1384 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1385 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1386
1387
1388 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1389 change log.
1390
1391 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1392 -----------------------
1393
1394 wxGTK:
1395
1396 - JPEG support added.
1397 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1398
1399 wxMSW:
1400
1401 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1402 SetTabSize added.
1403 - JPEG support added.
1404 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1405 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1406 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1407
1408 wxMotif:
1409
1410
1411 General:
1412
1413 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1414
1415
1416 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1417 -------------------------------
1418
1419 wxGTK:
1420
1421 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
1422 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1423
1424 wxMSW:
1425
1426 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1427 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1428 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1429 - Some makefile fixes.
1430
1431 wxMotif:
1432
1433 - None.
1434
1435 General:
1436
1437 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1438 - More topic overviews.
1439 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1440 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1441 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1442
1443
1444 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1445 --------------------------
1446
1447 wxGTK:
1448
1449 - wxExecute improved.
1450
1451 wxMSW:
1452
1453 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1454 expected).
1455 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1456 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1457 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1458 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1459 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1460 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1461
1462 wxMotif:
1463
1464 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1465 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1466
1467 General:
1468
1469 - wxLocale documented.
1470 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1471 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1472 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1473 (though doesn't display help yet).
1474
1475 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1476 --------------------------
1477
1478 wxGTK:
1479
1480 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1481
1482 wxMSW:
1483
1484 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1485 rationalised.
1486 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1487
1488 wxMotif:
1489
1490 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1491 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1492 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1493 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1494 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1495 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1496 crashes for some reason).
1497 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1498 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1499
1500 General:
1501
1502 - Further doc improvements.
1503 - wxGenericValidator added.
1504 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1505 automatically.
1506
1507 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1508 -------------------------
1509
1510 wxGTK:
1511
1512 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1513 - wxToolTip class added.
1514 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1515
1516 wxMSW:
1517
1518 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1519 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1520 - TWIN32 support added.
1521 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1522 factored out program/library settings.
1523 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1524
1525 wxMotif:
1526
1527 - A few more colour fixes.
1528 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1529 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1530 - wxChoice crash fix.
1531 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1532
1533 General:
1534
1535 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1536 - Added samples/dde.
1537 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1538
1539 Beta 2, January 1999
1540 --------------------
1541
1542 wxGTK:
1543
1544 wxMSW:
1545
1546 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1547
1548 wxMotif:
1549
1550 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1551 the right place.
1552 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1553 - Added thread support (Robert).
1554 - wxPoem sample now works.
1555
1556 General:
1557
1558 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1559 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1560 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1561 or below).
1562 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1563 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1564 sample.
1565 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1566
1567 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1568 --------------------------
1569
1570 wxGTK:
1571
1572 - Various
1573
1574 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1575
1576
1577 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1578 ----------------------------
1579
1580 wxMSW:
1581
1582 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1583 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1584 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1585 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1586 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1587 on a tab.
1588 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1589 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1590 of Stefan Csomor.
1591
1592 wxMotif:
1593
1594 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1595 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1596 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1597 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1598 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1599 colours correctly.
1600 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1601 when any button was pressed.
1602 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1603 have a white background.
1604 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1605 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1606 they have sensible colours by default.
1607 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1608 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1609 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1610 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1611 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1612
1613 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1614 ----------------------------
1615
1616 wxMSW:
1617
1618 - More documentation updates, especially for
1619 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1620 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1621 of wxTrace.
1622 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1623 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1624 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1625 position.
1626 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1627
1628 wxMotif:
1629
1630 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1631 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1632 child frames).
1633 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1634 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1635 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1636 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1637 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1638 the debugging implementation.
1639 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1640 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1641 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1642 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1643 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1644 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1645 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1646
1647 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1648
1649 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1650 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1651 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1652 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1653 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1654 - wxNotebook almost done.
1655 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1656 to vertical toolbars).
1657
1658 More recently:
1659
1660 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1661 to scrollbars).
1662 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1663 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1664 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1665
1666 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1667 ----------------------------
1668
1669 wxMSW:
1670
1671 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1672 sample.
1673 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1674 - A few more makefiles added.
1675 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1676 - Further doc updates.
1677 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1678
1679 wxMotif:
1680
1681 - First start at Motif port.
1682 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1683 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1684 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1685 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1686
1687 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1688 --------------------------
1689
1690 wxMSW:
1691
1692 - wxBitmap debugged.
1693 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1694 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1695 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1696 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1697 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1698 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1699 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1700
1701 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1702 ------------------------
1703
1704 wxMSW:
1705
1706 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1707 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1708 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1709 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1710 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1711 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1712 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1713 changes, wxNotebook.
1714 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1715
1716 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1717 -----------------------
1718
1719 wxMSW:
1720
1721 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1722 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1723 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1724 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1725 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1726 don't support it.
1727 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1728 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1729
1730 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1731 -----------------------
1732
1733 wxMSW:
1734
1735 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1736 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1737
1738 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1739 -----------------------
1740
1741 wxMSW:
1742
1743 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1744 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1745 wxMenuBar.
1746 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1747 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1748 wxMenuItem accessors.
1749 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1750 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1751 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1752 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1753 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1754 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1755 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1756 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1757 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1758 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1759 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1760 first, then doing the assignment.
1761 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1762 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1763
1764 Generic:
1765
1766 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1767 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1768
1769 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1770 ----------------------
1771
1772 wxMSW:
1773
1774 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1775 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1776 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1777 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1778 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1779 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1780 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1781 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1782 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1783
1784 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1785 ------------------------
1786
1787 wxMSW:
1788
1789 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1790 fields were used.
1791 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1792 compilation and pragmas.
1793 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1794 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1795
1796 Generic:
1797
1798 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1799 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1800 compilation and pragmas.
1801 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1802
1803 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1804 ------------------------
1805
1806 wxMSW:
1807
1808 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1809 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1810 some reason :-(
1811 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1812 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1813 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1814 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
1815 startup/exit.
1816 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1817 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1818 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1819 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1820 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1821 compatibility functions.
1822 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1823 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1824 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1825 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1826 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1827 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1828 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1829
1830 Generic:
1831
1832 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1833 - Added samples/png.
1834 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1835 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1836 header files.
1837 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1838
1839 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1840 ------------------------
1841
1842 wxMSW:
1843
1844 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1845 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1846 cleaned up properly before exit.
1847 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1848 automatically.
1849 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1850 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1851 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1852 unresolved issues.
1853 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1854 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1855 tray area.
1856 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
1857 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1858 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1859 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1860
1861 Generic:
1862
1863 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1864 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1865 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1866 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1867 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1868 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1869 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1870 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1871 allow better control of memory.
1872 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1873 checking.
1874 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1875 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1876
1877 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1878 ------------------------
1879
1880 wxMSW:
1881
1882 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1883 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1884 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1885 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1886 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1887 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1888 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1889 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1890 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1891 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1892 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1893 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1894 IUnknown.
1895 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1896 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1897 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1898 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1899 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1900 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1901 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1902 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1903 internal implementation.
1904 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1905 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1906 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1907
1908 Generic:
1909
1910 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1911 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1912 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1913 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1914 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1915
1916 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1917 --------------------------
1918
1919 wxMSW:
1920
1921 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1922 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1923 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1924 changes.
1925 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1926 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1927 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1928 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1929 again.
1930 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1931 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1932 e.g. wxDC.
1933
1934 Generic:
1935
1936 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1937 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1938 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1939 changes.
1940 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1941 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1942 docs/gtk.
1943 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1944 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1945 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1946 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1947 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1948 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1949 - Added gcc pragmas.
1950 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1951 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1952 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1953 added a few references to wxTransString.
1954 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1955 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1956 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1957 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1958 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1959 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1960 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1961 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1962 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1963 MoreRequested.
1964
1965 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1966 --------------------------
1967
1968 All:
1969
1970 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1971 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1972 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1973 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1974 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1975 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1976 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1977 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1978 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1979 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1980 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1981 scrolling toolbars.
1982 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1983 to help printing with multiple pages.
1984 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1985 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1986 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1987 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1988 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1989 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1990 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1991 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1992 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1993 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1994 New files from Vadim:
1995 include\wx\string.h
1996 include\wx\debug.h
1997 include\wx\file.h
1998 include\wx\log.h
1999 include\wx\intl.h
2000 src\common\string.cpp
2001 src\common\log.cpp
2002 src\common\intl.cpp
2003 src\common\file.cpp
2004 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2005 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2006 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2007 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2008 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2009 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2010 including changes to defs.h.
2011 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2012 introduced.
2013 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2014 hidden).
2015 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2016 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2017 trick).
2018 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2019
2020 Alpha 3, September 1997
2021 -----------------------
2022
2023 All:
2024
2025 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2026 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2027 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2028 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2029 - Started documentation.
2030
2031 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2032 ------------------------
2033
2034 All:
2035
2036 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2037 with MetroWerks compiler.
2038 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2039 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2040 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2041 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2042 for testing purposes.
2043 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2044 handlers.
2045 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2046 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2047 fully).
2048 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2049 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2050 a separate file.
2051
2052 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2053 -----------------------
2054
2055 Generic:
2056
2057 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2058
2059 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2060 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2061 wxString instead of char *.
2062 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2063 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2064 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2065 as wxbWindow now removed.
2066 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2067 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2068 - PrologIO revised.
2069 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2070 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2071 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2072 Windows settings.
2073 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2074 settings mucho rationalised.
2075 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2076 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2077 classes removed.
2078 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2079 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2080 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2081 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2082 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2083 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2084 of event handlers.
2085 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2086 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2087 wxToolBarBase
2088 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2089 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2090 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2091 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2092 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2093 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2094 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2095 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2096 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2097 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2098 in the future.
2099 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2100 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2101 variables instead.
2102 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2103 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2104 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2105 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2106 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2107 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2108 Win95.
2109 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2110 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2111 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2112 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2113 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2114 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
2115
2116