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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
8 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
9 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
10 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
11 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
12 - the values of many colours have been updated to match their official
13 definitions which unfortunately means that "orange" colour in wxWindows
14 2.5 is not the same colour as in 2.4 series.
16 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
17 ==============================
19 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
20 versions, please update your code to not use them.
22 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
23 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
24 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
25 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
26 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
27 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
28 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
29 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
30 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
31 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
32 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
33 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
34 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
35 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
46 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
47 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
48 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
49 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
50 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
51 - added wxArray::SetCount()
52 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
53 by default in Unicode mode
54 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
55 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
56 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
57 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
58 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
59 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
60 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
61 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
62 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
63 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
64 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
65 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
69 - added Watcom makefiles
70 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
74 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
75 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
76 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
77 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
78 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
79 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
80 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
81 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
82 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
83 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
84 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
85 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
86 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
87 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
88 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
89 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
90 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
91 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
92 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
93 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
94 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
95 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
96 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
97 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
98 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
99 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
100 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
101 default extension for the template
102 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
103 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
104 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
105 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
106 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
107 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
108 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
109 to allow better rich text support.
110 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
111 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
112 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
113 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
114 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
115 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
116 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
117 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
118 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
119 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
120 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
121 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
122 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
123 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
124 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
125 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
126 - wxMSW and wxGTK now send menu update events only when a menu is
128 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
132 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
133 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
134 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
135 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
136 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
140 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
141 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
145 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
146 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
147 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
148 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
149 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
150 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
151 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
152 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
153 be appended to filenames with no extension
154 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
155 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
156 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
157 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
161 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
162 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
166 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
167 - added wxCrashReport
168 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
169 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
170 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
171 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
172 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
173 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
174 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
175 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
176 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
177 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
178 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
179 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
180 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
181 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
182 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
183 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
184 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
185 - improved border handling under Windows XP
186 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
187 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
188 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
189 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
190 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
191 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
192 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
196 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
197 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
198 documentation for a detailed explanation
199 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
200 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
201 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
202 with Motif 1.x compatibility
203 - implemented wxToggleButton
204 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
205 instead of a sunken border
206 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
207 - finished wxClipboard implementation
211 - controls in toolbars now supported
215 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
216 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
217 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
218 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
219 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
225 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
226 ================================
228 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
229 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
230 with '!' in the first column.
232 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
233 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
234 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
235 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
238 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
239 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
240 (see the documentation) useful.
245 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
246 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
249 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
250 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
251 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
252 arrays containing non-pointers.
254 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
255 simply don't make sense for all objects
257 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
258 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
259 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
261 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
263 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
264 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
265 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
266 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
267 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
269 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
270 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
271 the default assert handling.
275 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
276 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
277 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
279 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
280 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
283 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
284 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
285 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
287 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
288 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
289 you want to get OnChar() as well
291 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
292 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
293 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
295 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
296 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
297 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
298 will *NOT* work any longer:
300 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
303 ... do something else ...
305 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
306 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
309 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
311 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
312 if you derived any classes from it
314 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
315 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
317 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
318 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
320 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
321 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
323 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
324 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
327 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
328 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
329 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
331 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
332 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
333 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
334 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
338 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
339 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
340 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
341 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
342 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
343 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
344 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
345 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
346 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
347 is only present for the DLLs builds.
349 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
352 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
353 previously selected one instead of replacing it
355 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
356 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
357 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
359 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
360 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
365 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
366 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
367 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
368 to compile pure C files.
371 wxThread and related classes:
373 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
374 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
375 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
376 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
378 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
379 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
380 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
381 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
383 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
384 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
385 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
387 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
388 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
399 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
406 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
407 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
408 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
412 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
413 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
414 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
417 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
418 - Addition of native frame site grip.
421 - Unicode support through Pango library.
425 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
426 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
430 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
437 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
438 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
439 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
440 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
441 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
442 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
443 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
444 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
445 after (non standard) STL hash_map
446 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
447 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
448 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
449 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
450 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
451 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
452 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
456 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
457 programs and not only GNU make
458 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
459 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
460 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
461 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
462 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
466 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
467 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
468 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
469 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
470 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
472 - significantly improved native font support
473 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
475 - added IFF image handler
476 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
477 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
478 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
479 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
480 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
481 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
482 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
483 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
484 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
485 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
486 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
487 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
488 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
489 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
490 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
491 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
492 - wxMessageOutput class added
493 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
494 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
496 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
497 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
498 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
499 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
501 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
502 whether a label edit was cancelled.
503 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
507 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
508 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
509 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
510 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
511 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
512 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
513 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
514 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
515 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
516 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
518 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
519 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
520 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
521 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
522 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
523 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
524 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
526 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
527 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
528 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
529 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
530 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
531 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
532 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
533 has the capture before release it.
534 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
535 - default button handling is now closer to expected
536 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
537 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
538 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
539 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
540 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
541 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
542 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
543 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
544 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
545 provided in wxFontData
546 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
547 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
551 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
552 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
553 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
554 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
555 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
556 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
557 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
558 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
559 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
560 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
561 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
562 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
563 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
567 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
568 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
569 - improved toolbar control alignment
570 - implemented wxSpinButton
571 - implemented wxCheckListBox
572 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
573 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
577 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
578 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
586 - First alpha-quality release
590 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
591 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
592 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
593 - fixed alignment handling in tables
594 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
599 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
603 - wxRegEx class added
604 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
605 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
606 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
607 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
608 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
612 - support for virtual list control added
613 - column images in report mode of the list control
614 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
615 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
616 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
617 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
618 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
619 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
620 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
621 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
622 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
623 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
624 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
625 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
629 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
630 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
635 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
636 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
637 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
638 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
642 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
647 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
649 - added support for animated GIFs
657 - Fixed new charset detection code
658 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
659 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
660 - Added wxDir::Traverse
661 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
662 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
663 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
667 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
668 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
669 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
670 push on a custom event handler for example)
671 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
672 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
673 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
674 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
675 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
676 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
678 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
679 - Various wxXML enhancements
680 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
681 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
682 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
684 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
685 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
689 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
690 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
691 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
692 alt or shift) now work
693 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
694 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
695 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
696 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
697 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
698 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
699 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
700 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
701 - We now send iconize events
702 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
703 - Added mousewheel processing
704 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
705 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
707 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
708 child frame styles are honoured
712 - Fixed slider rounding bug
713 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
714 - We now send iconize events
715 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
716 GetSelection() results
723 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
724 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
725 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
726 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
727 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
728 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
729 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
730 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
731 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
732 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
736 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
737 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
738 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
739 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
740 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
741 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
742 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
743 wxImage methods and ctor)
744 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
745 - ODBC documentation complete!!
746 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
747 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
748 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
749 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
753 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
754 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
755 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
756 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
760 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
764 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
765 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
772 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
773 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
774 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
775 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
776 - Completed Czech translations
777 - Some stream corrections
778 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
779 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
780 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
781 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
785 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
786 flicker-free dragging is now possible
787 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
788 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
789 - Paper names now translated
791 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
792 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
793 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
794 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
796 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
797 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
799 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
800 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
801 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
802 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
806 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
807 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
808 backward compatibility, please set
809 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
810 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
811 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
812 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
813 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
814 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
815 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
816 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
817 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
818 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
819 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
820 - wxFrame restores focus better
821 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
822 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
823 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
824 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
825 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
826 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
827 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
828 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
829 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
830 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
834 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
838 - Small compilation fixes
854 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
855 files. This works under VC++ only
856 - Modal dialog handling improved
857 - Printer dialog now modal
872 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
876 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
877 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
882 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
883 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
884 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
885 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
886 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
887 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
888 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
889 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
890 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
892 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
893 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
894 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
895 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
896 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
897 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
899 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
903 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
904 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
905 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
906 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
907 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
908 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
909 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
910 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
912 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
913 MIME types if available (Unix only)
914 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
915 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
916 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
917 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
918 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
919 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
920 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
921 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
922 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
923 - wxDragImage class added
924 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
925 controllers, as well as native help
926 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
930 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
931 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
932 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
933 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
934 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
935 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
936 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
937 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
938 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
939 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
941 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
942 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
943 - wxSetCursorEvent added
947 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
948 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
949 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
953 - wxMenu::Enable works
954 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
955 - OGL samples made to work again
959 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
960 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
961 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
962 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
963 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
964 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
965 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
966 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
967 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
968 - improved HTML printing
969 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
970 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
971 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
972 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
975 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
978 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
979 -----------------------
983 - JPEG support added.
984 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
988 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
990 - JPEG support added.
991 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
992 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
993 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1000 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1003 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1004 -------------------------------
1009 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1013 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1014 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1015 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1016 - Some makefile fixes.
1024 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1025 - More topic overviews.
1026 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1027 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1028 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1031 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1032 --------------------------
1036 - wxExecute improved.
1040 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1042 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1043 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1044 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1045 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1046 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1047 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1051 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1052 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1056 - wxLocale documented.
1057 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1058 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1059 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1060 (though doesn't display help yet).
1062 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1063 --------------------------
1067 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1071 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1073 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1077 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1078 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1079 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1080 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1081 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1082 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1083 crashes for some reason).
1084 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1085 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1089 - Further doc improvements.
1090 - wxGenericValidator added.
1091 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1094 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1095 -------------------------
1099 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1100 - wxToolTip class added.
1101 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1105 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1106 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1107 - TWIN32 support added.
1108 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1109 factored out program/library settings.
1110 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1114 - A few more colour fixes.
1115 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1116 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1117 - wxChoice crash fix.
1118 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1122 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1123 - Added samples/dde.
1124 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1126 Beta 2, January 1999
1127 --------------------
1133 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1137 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1139 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1140 - Added thread support (Robert).
1141 - wxPoem sample now works.
1145 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1146 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1147 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1149 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1150 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1152 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1154 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1155 --------------------------
1161 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1164 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1165 ----------------------------
1169 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1170 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1171 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1172 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1173 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1175 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1176 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1181 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1182 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1183 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1184 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1185 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1187 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1188 when any button was pressed.
1189 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1190 have a white background.
1191 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1192 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1193 they have sensible colours by default.
1194 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1195 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1196 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1197 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1198 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1200 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1201 ----------------------------
1205 - More documentation updates, especially for
1206 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1207 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1209 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1210 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1211 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1213 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1217 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1218 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1220 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1221 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1222 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1223 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1224 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1225 the debugging implementation.
1226 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1227 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1228 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1229 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1230 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1231 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1232 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1234 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1236 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1237 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1238 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1239 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1240 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1241 - wxNotebook almost done.
1242 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1243 to vertical toolbars).
1247 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1249 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1250 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1251 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1253 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1254 ----------------------------
1258 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1260 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1261 - A few more makefiles added.
1262 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1263 - Further doc updates.
1264 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1268 - First start at Motif port.
1269 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1270 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1271 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1272 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1274 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1275 --------------------------
1279 - wxBitmap debugged.
1280 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1281 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1282 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1283 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1284 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1285 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1286 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1288 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1289 ------------------------
1293 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1294 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1295 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1296 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1297 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1298 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1299 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1300 changes, wxNotebook.
1301 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1303 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1304 -----------------------
1308 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1309 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1310 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1311 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1312 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1314 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1315 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1317 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1318 -----------------------
1322 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1323 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1325 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1326 -----------------------
1330 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1331 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1333 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1334 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1335 wxMenuItem accessors.
1336 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1337 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1338 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1339 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1340 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1341 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1342 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1343 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1344 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1345 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1346 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1347 first, then doing the assignment.
1348 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1349 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1353 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1354 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1356 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1357 ----------------------
1361 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1362 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1363 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1364 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1365 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1366 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1367 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1368 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1369 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1371 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1372 ------------------------
1376 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1378 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1379 compilation and pragmas.
1380 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1381 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1385 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1386 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1387 compilation and pragmas.
1388 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1390 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1391 ------------------------
1395 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1396 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1398 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1399 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1400 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1401 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1403 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1404 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1405 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1407 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1408 compatibility functions.
1409 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1410 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1411 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1412 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1413 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1414 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1415 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1419 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1420 - Added samples/png.
1421 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1422 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1424 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1426 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1427 ------------------------
1431 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1432 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1433 cleaned up properly before exit.
1434 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1436 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1437 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1438 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1440 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1441 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1443 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1444 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1445 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1446 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1450 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1451 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1452 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1453 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1454 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1455 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1456 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1457 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1458 allow better control of memory.
1459 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1461 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1462 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1464 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1465 ------------------------
1469 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1470 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1471 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1472 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1473 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1474 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1475 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1476 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1477 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1478 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1479 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1480 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1482 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1483 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1484 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1485 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1486 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1487 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1488 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1489 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1490 internal implementation.
1491 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1492 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1493 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1497 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1498 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1499 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1500 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1501 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1503 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1504 --------------------------
1508 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1509 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1510 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1512 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1513 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1514 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1515 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1517 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1518 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1523 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1524 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1525 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1527 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1528 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1530 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1531 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1532 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1533 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1534 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1535 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1536 - Added gcc pragmas.
1537 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1538 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1539 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1540 added a few references to wxTransString.
1541 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1542 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1543 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1544 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1545 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1546 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1547 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1548 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1549 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1552 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1553 --------------------------
1557 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1558 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1559 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1560 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1561 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1562 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1563 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1564 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1565 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1566 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1567 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1569 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1570 to help printing with multiple pages.
1571 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1572 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1573 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1574 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1575 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1576 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1577 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1578 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1579 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1580 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1581 New files from Vadim:
1587 src\common\string.cpp
1591 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1592 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1593 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1594 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1595 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1596 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1597 including changes to defs.h.
1598 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1600 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1602 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1603 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1605 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1607 Alpha 3, September 1997
1608 -----------------------
1612 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1613 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1614 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1615 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1616 - Started documentation.
1618 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1619 ------------------------
1623 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1624 with MetroWerks compiler.
1625 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1626 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1627 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1628 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1629 for testing purposes.
1630 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1632 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1633 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1635 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1636 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1639 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1640 -----------------------
1644 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1646 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1647 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1648 wxString instead of char *.
1649 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1650 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1651 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1652 as wxbWindow now removed.
1653 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1654 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1656 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1657 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1658 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1660 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1661 settings mucho rationalised.
1662 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1663 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1665 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1666 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1667 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1668 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1669 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1670 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1672 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1673 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1675 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1676 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1677 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1678 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1679 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1680 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1681 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1682 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1683 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1684 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1686 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1687 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1689 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1690 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1691 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1692 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1693 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1694 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1696 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1697 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1698 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1699 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1700 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1701 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).