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2 wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
3 ---------------------------------------------------------------
4
5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
6 ================================
7
8 - wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour
9
10
11 2.7.0
12 -----
13
14 All:
15
16 - wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag
17 - wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated. Use wxGetCwd() instead.
18
19 All (GUI):
20
21 - Added wxTreeBook.
22 - Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers()
23 - Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
24 - wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
25 wxComboBox and wxChoice).
26 - wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
27 - Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
28 based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
29 - Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
30 - All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
31 options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
32 wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
33 - Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
34 and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
35 - wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
36 - Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap()
37 - Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
38 windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
39 - Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler
40
41 wxMSW:
42
43 - wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
44 - Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
45 - Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
46
47 wxGTK:
48
49 - Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
50 lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
51
52 wxMac:
53
54 - Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
55
56 wxWinCE:
57
58 - Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
59 - Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
60 - All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
61 - ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
62
63 Unix:
64
65 - NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
66
67
68 2.6.2
69 -----
70
71 All:
72
73 - Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
74 - Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
75 - Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
76 - Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
77 - Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
78 - Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
79 - Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
80 - wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
81 - Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
82 - Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
83 - Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
84 - Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
85
86 All (GUI):
87
88 - Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
89 - wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
90 added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
91 - Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
92 - Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
93 - Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
94 - Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
95 - Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
96 - Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
97 - Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
98 - wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
99 - Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
100
101 wxMSW:
102
103 - wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
104 - Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
105 - Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
106 - Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
107 - Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
108 - Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
109 - Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
110 - Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
111 - Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
112 - Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
113 - Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
114 - Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
115 - Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
116 - Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
117 - Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
118
119 wxGTK:
120
121 - ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
122 - Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
123 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
124 - wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
125 instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
126 - Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
127 GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
128 - Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
129 - Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
130 removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
131 - Fixed domain socket handling.
132
133 wxMac:
134
135 - First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
136 - Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
137 - More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
138 - Various text control bug fixes.
139 - Automatic menu management improved.
140 - Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
141 due to dangling cycle pointers.
142 - Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
143 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
144 showing modally).
145
146 wxOS2
147
148 - Adjustments for building with Open Watcom C++.
149
150 wxUniv:
151
152 - Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
153 - Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
154
155 wxMotif:
156
157 - Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
158 - wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
159 - Fixed button size in common dialogs.
160 - Made wxFileDialog translatable.
161 - All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
162 flag has been specified.
163 - Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
164 be created with a "sensible" initial width.
165 - Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
166 showing modally).
167
168 wxMGL:
169
170 - Fixed crash on exit.
171 - Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
172
173 wxX11:
174
175 - Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
176
177
178 2.6.1
179 -----
180
181 All:
182
183 - Added wxLaunchDefaultBrowser.
184 - Added wxPLURAL() macro in addition to _() (Jonas Rydberg)
185
186 All (GUI):
187
188 - Fixed potential infinite loop when adjusting wxScrolledWindow scrollbars.
189 - Radio in menus do not send menu event for selections of already selected item.
190 - Fixed wrong positioning of marks and enumerations in lists of wxHTML.
191 - wxImage::Rotate90 respects alpha channel.
192 - Added wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED as synonym for wxEVT_SCROLL_ENDSCROLL.
193 - Replaced artwork for some cursors, icons and toolbar buttons.
194 - Fixed sizing problem in generic wxCalendarCtrl for short day abbreviations.
195 - Fixed wxWindow::DoGetBestSize to keep original best size.
196 - PNM now supports ASCII and raw grey formats.
197 - wxGrid focus and edit key improvements.
198
199 wxMSW:
200
201 - Fixed erroneous selection of content in wxComboBox when within a wxStaticBox
202 (checking for selection caused by WM_STYLECHANGED).
203 - Added deferred positioning to wxRadioBox, wxSlider and wxSpinCtrl and thereby
204 eliminated some refresh glitches when resizing.
205 - Eliminated further refresh glitches caused by wxRadioBox (to nearby controls)
206 by refreshing parent when the radio box moves.
207 - Added ability set the system option "msw.staticbox.optimized-paint" to 0 to
208 allow a panel to paint graphics around controls within a static box.
209 - Refresh exposed areas when resizing, using WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED.
210 - Worked around an apparent bug in deferred window positioning (moving a
211 window from (x, y) to (a, b) and back to (x, y) misses the last step) by
212 checking window positions against corresponding sizer state, if any.
213 - A control's text colour now reflects the system colour setting.
214 - Fixed wxFileName::GetLongPath() to behave correctly during the first call too.
215 - Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
216 - Setting foreground colour for wxCheckBox now works when using XP themes too.
217 - wxStaticBox label can use custom foreground colour.
218 - Now uses newer font MS Shell Dlg 2 if possible.
219 - Compiles again with WIN64.
220 - Winelib compilation now works.
221 - When converting a wxIcon to a bitmap check if the icon has an alpha
222 channel and set the bitmap to use it.
223 - wxSlider now also sends wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED when using mouse wheel
224 - Miscellaneous wxMediaCtrl improvements.
225 - wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen logic error fixed.
226 - Fixed wxScrollBar background colour bug.
227 - Fixed problems with paper sizes being ignored.
228 - wxNotebook refresh problem fixed.
229 - DDE fixed for Unicode.
230 - Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
231 - wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
232 - Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
233 - Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
234
235 wxWinCE:
236
237 - Fixed wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
238
239 wxGTK:
240
241 - Added support for wxSTAY_ON_TOP (GTK 2.4+).
242 - Fixed wxTextCtrl::SetStyle for overlapping calls.
243 - Fixed scrollbar border colour.
244 - Added bitmap support in menus.
245
246 wxMac:
247
248 - Added support for launching 'APPL' bundles with wxExecute (usually they have a
249 .app extension and are the ones that reside in the Applications folder).
250 - Fixed a bug in wxGetKeyState where shift and some other keys were returning an
251 incorrect state.
252 - Fixed toolbar colour bug on Tiger.
253 - Fixed visual problems caused by removal of About menu item.
254 - Window menu now added automatically.
255 - Configure fixed for wxBase compilation.
256 - Modified function key support fixed.
257 - wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize improvements.
258
259 wxX11:
260
261 - Menu problems fixed.
262 - wxScrolledWindow scrolls any child windows.
263 - Fixed a font memory leak.
264 - Multiple wxTimers now work correctly.
265
266
267 2.6.0
268 -----
269
270 All:
271
272 - wxPathExists deprecated, use wxDirExists instead.
273 - Configure: --enable-std_iostreams, --enable-std_string are now the default.
274
275 All (GUI):
276
277 - Fixed ~wxStatusBar and ~wxToolBar which tried to check
278 non-existent wxFrameBase RTTI, causing a crash if not in a frame.
279
280 wxMSW:
281
282 - Fixed static box border when the label is empty.
283 - Fixed SetBackgroundColour() to change only label background, not entire box.
284 - wxHelpController is now aliased to wxCHMHelpController.
285
286 wxWinCE:
287
288 - Fixed device origin setting and clipping region setting.
289
290 wxGTK:
291 - New configure syntax for specifying the GTK+ version.
292 --with-gtk Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
293 --with-gtk=1 Use GTK 1.2, no fallback
294 --with-gtk=2 Use GTK 2.x, no fallback
295 --with-gtk=any Use any available GTK
296 - wxMenuItem::SetText() takes care of hotkeys, too.
297 - Reworked text wrapping for wxStaticText.
298
299 wxMac:
300 - Implemented most of the wxFileType and wxMimeTypesManager functions
301
302 2.5.5
303 -----
304
305 All:
306
307 - wxURI::GetUser() only returns the user name now, use GetUserInfo() to get
308 user and password as in 2.5.4; wxURI::GetPassword() added.
309 - Added wxDebugReport class.
310 - Added wxTempFileOutputStream by Stas Sergeev.
311 - Fixed wxDateTime::SetToWeekDayInSameWeek(Sun, Monday_First).
312 - Added WXK_SPECIAL keycodes for special hardware buttons.
313 - Fixed bug with wxFile::Seek(-1, wxFromCurrent).
314 - Added wxString/C array constructors to wxArrayString.
315 - Added wxMemoryInputStream(wxMemoryOutputStream&) constructor (Stas Sergeev)
316
317 All (GUI):
318
319 - Added GetIcon, GetBitmap to wxImageList. wxGenericImageList's original
320 GetBitmap is renamed GetBitmapPtr.
321 - Added XPM data constructor to wxImage.
322 - Added style parameter to wxBufferedDC to allow buffering just the client, or
323 the whole virtual area.
324 - Restored ability to set a custom splitter sash size with SetSashSize.
325 - Fixed wxScrolledWindow sizer behaviour so that the virtual size
326 isn't used to set the window size.
327 - Added wxTE_BESTWRAP (based on patch by Mart Raudsepp).
328 - wxEVT_COMMAND_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED is now only sent once at the end of
329 splitter dragging and not after each CHANGING event (Jacobo Vilella Vilahur).
330 - Added wxImage::IsTransparent().
331
332 Unix:
333
334 - Fixed build on Linux/AMD64.
335
336 wxMSW:
337
338 - Added "orient" parameter to wxMDIParentFrame::Tile().
339 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if available.
340 - fix handling Alt-key events in wxComboBox (reported by Joakim Roubert).
341 - wxWindow::Refresh() refreshes the window children as well.
342 - Improved static box and radio box refresh and background colour
343 handling (Jamie Gadd).
344
345 wxGTK:
346
347 - Improved wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() to work better with X11 (Mart Raudsepp).
348 - Corrected wxListBox selection handling.
349 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes.
350 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes.
351 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys.
352 - Added support for more wrapping styles (Mart Raudsepp).
353 - GTK2.4+ wxFileDialog reimplemented to support non-modal usage better,
354 and fix all known bugs (Mart Raudsepp).
355
356 wxMac:
357
358 - Added wxFRAME_EX_METAL, wxDIALOG_EX_METAL for metallic-look windows.
359
360 wxPalmOS:
361
362 - Native wxRadioBox implementation.
363
364 wxWinCE:
365
366 - Added wxNB_FLAT for flat-look notebooks on Windows CE.
367 - Titlebar OK button on PocketPC now sends command set by SetAffirmativeId.
368 You can also override wxDialog::DoOK if you need more flexibility.
369 - Dialog size now takes into account SIP or menubar.
370 - Panels more naturally white on PocketPC.
371 - wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP ignored on WinCE since it interferes
372 with correct titlebar style.
373 - Frames have Ctrl+Q accelerator set automatically, as per the
374 PocketPC guidelines
375 - Documented issues in manual under wxWinCE topic.
376 - Made (Un)RegisterHotKey WinCE-aware.
377 - Sends wxEVT_HIBERNATE event.
378 - Now fakes wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP to be symmetrical with wxEVT_HIBERNATE.
379 - Added wxTE_CAPITALIZE for CAPEDIT controls.
380 - wxDialog::GetToolBar can be used if you need to add buttons
381 to the dialog's toolbar.
382
383 2.5.4
384 -----
385
386 All:
387
388 - wxEvent and derived classes don't have public members any more, you must
389 use accessors methods now (Mart Raudsepp)
390 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
391 - large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
392 - classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
393 - Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
394 - wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
395 - added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
396 - added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
397 - added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
398 - changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
399 - implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
400 - added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that works for embedded null chars
401 - Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
402 - A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
403 SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
404 behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
405 - BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey O'Donnell)
406 - use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
407 - wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
408 - XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
409 - Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
410 - Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
411 print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
412 printing stuff in the GTK port.
413 - Deprecated print setup dialog.
414 - Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
415 - The samples/db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
416 datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
417 - added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
418 - wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
419 - wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
420 wxSystemSettings::Get*()
421 - wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
422 the client size and total size of the window. Code that sets the
423 client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
424 to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
425 - Changed calculation of scrolling area to not clip away some bits
426 due to a rounding error.
427 - Changed GetVirtualSize() to return client size by default until
428 SetVirtualSize() gets called. From then on it will only return that.
429 - Various changes to how wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl react to right
430 mouse clicks and left mouse click for starting a drag operation.
431 - "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not WXK_MENU
432 - wxFFile::ReadAll() now takes an optional wxMBConv parameter
433 - wxCommandProcessor::MarkAsSaved() and IsDirty() added (Angela Wrobel)
434 - added wxStackWalker and related classes (Win32 and some Unix versions only)
435
436
437 All (GUI):
438
439 - added wxMediaCtrl
440 - added wxDatePickerCtrl
441 - wxHtmlWindow now supports background images given in <body> tag
442 - wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
443 - recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
444 - wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
445 - wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
446 item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
447 - wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
448 book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
449 Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
450 - new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
451 - wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
452 - wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
453 of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
454 - wxGenericListCtrl::SetItemState(-1) now changes the state of all items as
455 in wxMSW version (Gunnar Roth)
456 - added wxImage::InitAlpha()
457
458 Unix:
459
460 - wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
461
462 wxGTK:
463
464 - Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
465 now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
466 if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
467 code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
468 - Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
469 - fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
470 - native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
471 - implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
472 is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
473 after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
474 - Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
475 runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
476 are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
477 errors otherwise.
478 - wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)
479 - Added wxRawBitmap support
480 - Corrected Input method handler code (for Chinese etc.) and its
481 interaction with wxWidgets' events.
482 - wxTE_AUTO_URL implemention for wxGTK2 multiline wxTextCtrls (Mart Raudsepp)
483
484 wxMac:
485
486 - Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)
487 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
488 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
489 - wxJoystick now works on OSX
490
491 wxMSW:
492
493 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
494 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
495 - fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
496 - pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
497 - added wxRegKey::Export(file)
498
499 wxWinCE:
500 - Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
501 but not mentioned anywhere.
502 - Added (preliminary) support for sockets
503
504 wxUniv:
505
506 - wxBU_... button align flags support
507 - vertical notebook orientation support
508 - 3rd state support for checkboxes
509 - wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
510
511 wxPalmOS:
512
513 - William Osborne has won and new port was born
514 (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
515 - polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
516 all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
517 - enumeration of available volumes
518 - native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
519 - native wxProgressDialog implementation
520 - native wxColourDialog implementation
521 - native wxSystemSettings colours
522 - native wxButton implementation
523 - native wxCheckBox implementation
524 - native wxSlider implementation
525 - native wxToggleButton implementation
526 - native wxRadioButton implementation
527 - native wxStaticText implementation
528 - native wxDatePickerCtrl implementation
529
530
531 2.5.3
532 -----
533
534 All:
535
536 - support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
537 - number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
538 - fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
539 - fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
540 - fixed fatal bug in wxString when wxUSE_STL==1 (Kurt Granroth)
541 - support msgids in charsets other than C and languages other than English
542 (based on patch by Stefan Kowski)
543 - added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
544 - basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
545 - fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
546 - deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
547 - active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
548 - sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
549 - added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
550 - added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
551 - fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
552
553 All (GUI):
554
555 - added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
556 - added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
557 of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
558 is discouraged
559 - added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
560 - added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
561 - wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
562 - added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
563 - added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
564 - implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
565 - added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
566 - added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
567 wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
568 - added samples/splash
569 - added support for stock buttons
570 - added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
571 - support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
572 - recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
573 - added wxChoicebook control
574 - smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
575 - the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
576 - wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
577 - it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
578 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
579 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
580 supported, instead of zero.
581 - IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)
582
583 Unix:
584
585 - wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
586 - security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
587 - wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
588 builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
589 - wx-config has new --version-full option
590
591 wxCocoa:
592
593 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
594 - fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
595 - Tooltips now supported
596 - wxSound now supported
597 - wxDisplay now supported
598 - Some stock cursors now supported
599
600 wxMac:
601
602 - fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
603 - added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
604 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
605 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
606
607 wxGTK:
608
609 - wxGTK uses GTK+ 2.x by default now, you have to pass --disable-gtk2 to
610 configure if you want to use GTK+ 1.2
611 - fixed many rendering artifacts and wrong colours with lots of GTK+ themes
612 - implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
613 - implemented wxTextCtrl::HitTest() (GTK+ >= 2)
614 - implemented wxTextCtrl::ScrollLines() and ScrollPages for GTK+ 2.x
615 - wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
616 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (GTK2 only)
617 - implemented text underlining under GTK2
618 - implemented wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR style (GTK >= 2.2)
619 - implemented support for wxSYS_DCLICK_?, wxSYS_DRAG_? and wxSYS_CURSOR_?
620 in wxSystemSettings::GetMetric (Mart Raudsepp)
621 - implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
622 freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
623 - wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
624 - implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
625 - added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
626 icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
627 - fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
628
629 wxMotif:
630
631 - added support for wxCHK_3STATE style (3 state checkbox)
632
633 wxMSW:
634
635 - fixed UNC paths handling in wxFileSystem (Daniel Nash)
636 - set wxKeyEvent::m_uniChar in Unicode build
637 - support for alpha channel in toolbar bitmaps (Jurgen Doornik)
638 - wxFileDialog can now be moved and centered (Randall Fox)
639 - restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
640 - fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
641 - fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
642 - fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
643 - wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
644 - fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
645 - don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
646 - implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
647 - fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
648 - fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
649
650 wxUniv/X11:
651
652 - fixed fatal crash when opening a menu
653
654 wxWinCE:
655
656 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
657 - added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
658 - added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
659 - fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
660
661 wxHTML:
662
663 - added support for nested index entries and index entries pointing to more
664 than one page to wxHtmlHelpController
665
666
667 2.5.2
668 -----
669
670 All:
671
672 - Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
673 - Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
674 - wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
675 with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
676 of run-time) now
677 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
678 wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
679 to forward declare these classes.
680
681 All (GUI):
682
683 - wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
684 resulting in much better display of scaled images
685 - Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
686 - implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
687 - support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
688 - The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
689 sizer items that are windows. This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
690 will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
691 window in a sizer should have. If you want to still use the initial
692 size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag. When
693 windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
694 min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
695 are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
696 - added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
697 - it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
698
699 wxMSW:
700
701 - wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
702 - Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
703 XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
704 - wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
705 - wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
706 even try to do it by default -- now it does
707 - wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
708 won't exit even though there are no top level windows
709 - wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
710 - wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
711 - fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
712 - subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
713
714 wxGTK:
715
716 - added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
717
718 wxMotif:
719
720 - removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
721 - wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
722 and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
723 motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
724
725 wxUniv/X11:
726
727 - implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
728
729 wxHTML:
730
731 - improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
732 - <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
733
734 Unix:
735
736 - fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
737 - added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
738
739 wxODBC:
740
741 - Full Unicode support is now available
742 - BLOB support is working
743
744
745 2.5.1
746 -----
747
748 All:
749
750 - event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)
751 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
752 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
753 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
754 - added conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
755 - added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
756 - added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
757 - Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
758 - added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
759 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
760 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
761 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
762 - when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
763 (as in 2.5.0).
764 - added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
765 GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
766 - changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
767 on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
768 - added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
769 wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
770 - intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
771 wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
772 - added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
773 for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
774 wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
775 - renamed wxWave class to wxSound
776
777 All (GUI):
778
779 - added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
780 - added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
781 - added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
782 - added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
783 - wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
784 - wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
785 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
786 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
787 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
788 - make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
789 - wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
790 - added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
791 - added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
792 - wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
793 - added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
794 - fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
795 when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
796 - dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
797 - added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
798 - wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
799 added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
800 - using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
801 - added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
802 - added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
803 - wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
804 - added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
805
806 wxMSW:
807
808 - wxWidgets now builds under Win64
809 - fixed DDE memory leaks
810 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
811 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
812 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
813 - wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
814 - several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
815 - wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
816 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
817 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
818 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
819 - added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
820 - added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
821 - wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
822 should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
823 wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
824 - wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
825 - added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
826 - experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
827 - fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
828 - accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
829 - background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
830 - fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
831 - Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
832 - Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
833 aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
834 - Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
835 than the specified default size
836 - Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall
837
838 wxGTK:
839
840 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
841 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
842 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
843 - allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
844 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
845 - fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
846 - wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
847 - memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
848 - don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
849
850 wxMac:
851
852 - use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
853 - implemented handling of mouse wheel
854 - fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
855 - use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
856
857 wxMotif:
858
859 - look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure
860
861 wxHTML:
862
863 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
864 on Unix (Markus Sinner)
865
866 Unix:
867
868 - added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
869 - implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
870 addition to existing OSS one
871 - it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
872
873
874 2.5.0
875 -----
876
877 All:
878
879 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
880 huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
881 separately compiled library
882 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
883 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
884 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
885 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
886 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
887 - added wxArray::SetCount()
888 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
889 by default in Unicode mode
890 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
891 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
892 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
893 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
894 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
895 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
896 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
897 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
898 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
899 - added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
900 - wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
901 - added wxRecursionGuard class
902 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
903 - Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
904 When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
905 std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
906 implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
907 - Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
908 it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
909 both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
910
911 wxBase:
912
913 - added Watcom makefiles
914 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
915
916 All GUI ports:
917
918 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
919 - added wxListbook control
920 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
921 - added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls
922 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
923 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
924 - wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made resizeable (Robert Vazan)
925 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
926 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
927 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
928 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
929 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
930 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
931 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
932 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
933 - added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)
934 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
935 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
936 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
937 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
938 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
939 - FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
940 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
941 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
942 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
943 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
944 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
945 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
946 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
947 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
948 default extension for the template
949 - sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
950 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
951 - wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
952 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
953 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
954 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
955 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
956 to allow better rich text support.
957 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
958 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
959 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
960 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
961 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
962 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
963 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
964 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
965 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
966 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
967 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
968 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
969 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
970 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
971 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
972 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
973 - send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
974 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
975 - added wxMirrorDC class
976 - printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
977 been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
978 report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
979 number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
980 wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
981 correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
982 improved
983
984 Unix:
985
986 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
987 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
988 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
989 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
990 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
991
992 Generic controls:
993
994 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
995 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
996 - wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
997 to contrib/src/deprecated
998
999 wxGTK:
1000
1001 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
1002 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
1003 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
1004 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
1005 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
1006 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
1007 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
1008 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
1009 be appended to filenames with no extension
1010 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
1011 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
1012 - fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
1013 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
1014
1015 wxMac:
1016
1017 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
1018 - generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1019
1020 wxMSW:
1021
1022 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
1023 - added wxCrashReport
1024 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
1025 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
1026 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
1027 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
1028 - fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
1029 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
1030 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
1031 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
1032 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
1033 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
1034 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
1035 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
1036 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
1037 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
1038 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
1039 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
1040 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
1041 - improved border handling under Windows XP
1042 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
1043 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
1044 wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
1045 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
1046 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
1047 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
1048 - you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)
1049
1050 wxMotif:
1051
1052 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
1053 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
1054 documentation for a detailed explanation
1055 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
1056 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
1057 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
1058 with Motif 1.x compatibility
1059 - implemented wxToggleButton
1060 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
1061 instead of a sunken border
1062 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
1063 - finished wxClipboard implementation
1064
1065 wxUniv:
1066
1067 - controls in toolbars now supported
1068
1069 wxHTML:
1070
1071 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
1072 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
1073 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
1074 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
1075 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
1076
1077
1078 OLD CHANGES
1079 ===========
1080
1081 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
1082 ================================
1083
1084 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
1085 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
1086 with '!' in the first column.
1087
1088 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
1089 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
1090 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
1091 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
1092 2.6 release.
1093
1094 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
1095 of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
1096 (see the documentation) useful.
1097
1098
1099 wxBase:
1100
1101 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
1102 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
1103 code.
1104
1105 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
1106 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
1107 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
1108 arrays containing non-pointers.
1109
1110 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
1111 simply don't make sense for all objects
1112
1113 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
1114 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
1115 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
1116
1117 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
1118
1119 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
1120 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
1121 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
1122 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
1123 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
1124
1125 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
1126 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
1127 the default assert handling.
1128
1129 All (GUI):
1130
1131 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
1132 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
1133 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
1134
1135 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
1136 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
1137 instead!
1138
1139 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
1140 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
1141 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
1142
1143 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
1144 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
1145 you want to get OnChar() as well
1146
1147 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
1148 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
1149 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
1150
1151 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
1152 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
1153 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
1154 will *NOT* work any longer:
1155
1156 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
1157 ... do something ...
1158 if ( flags & wxYES )
1159 ... do something else ...
1160
1161 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
1162 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
1163 the ctor
1164
1165 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
1166
1167 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
1168 if you derived any classes from it
1169
1170 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
1171 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
1172
1173 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
1174 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
1175
1176 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
1177 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
1178
1179 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
1180 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
1181 from happening
1182
1183 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
1184 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
1185 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
1186
1187 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
1188 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
1189 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
1190 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
1191
1192 wxMSW:
1193
1194 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
1195 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
1196 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
1197 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
1198 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
1199 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
1200 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
1201 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
1202 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
1203 is only present for the DLLs builds.
1204
1205 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
1206 style to avoid it
1207
1208 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
1209 previously selected one instead of replacing it
1210
1211 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
1212 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
1213 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
1214
1215 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
1216 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
1217
1218
1219 Unix ports:
1220
1221 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
1222 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
1223 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
1224 to compile pure C files.
1225
1226
1227 wxThread and related classes:
1228
1229 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
1230 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
1231 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
1232 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
1233
1234 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
1235 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
1236 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
1237 (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
1238
1239 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
1240 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
1241 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
1242
1243 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
1244 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
1245
1246
1247 OTHER CHANGES
1248 =============
1249
1250 2.4.0
1251 -----
1252
1253 wxMSW:
1254
1255 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
1256
1257 2.3.4
1258 -----
1259
1260 All:
1261
1262 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
1263 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
1264 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
1265
1266 Unix (Base/GUI):
1267
1268 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
1269 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
1270 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
1271
1272 wxGTK:
1273 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
1274 - Addition of native frame site grip.
1275
1276 wxX11:
1277 - Unicode support through Pango library.
1278
1279 wxMSW:
1280
1281 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
1282 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
1283
1284 wxHTML:
1285
1286 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
1287
1288 2.3.3
1289 -----
1290
1291 wxBase:
1292
1293 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
1294 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
1295 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
1296 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
1297 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
1298 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
1299 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
1300 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
1301 after (non standard) STL hash_map
1302 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
1303 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
1304 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
1305 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
1306 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
1307 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
1308 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
1309
1310 Unix (Base/GUI):
1311
1312 - wxWidgets may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
1313 programs and not only GNU make
1314 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
1315 - wxWidgets may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
1316 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
1317 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
1318 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
1319
1320 All (GUI):
1321
1322 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
1323 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
1324 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
1325 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
1326 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
1327 wxWidgets dialogs
1328 - significantly improved native font support
1329 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
1330 wxHashTable
1331 - added IFF image handler
1332 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
1333 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
1334 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
1335 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1336 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
1337 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
1338 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
1339 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
1340 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
1341 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
1342 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
1343 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
1344 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
1345 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1346 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
1347 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
1348 - wxMessageOutput class added
1349 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
1350 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
1351 table fills up
1352 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
1353 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
1354 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
1355 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
1356 (Rene Rivera).
1357 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
1358 whether a label edit was cancelled.
1359 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
1360
1361 wxMSW:
1362
1363 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
1364 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
1365 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
1366 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
1367 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
1368 - changing wxWidgets styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
1369 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
1370 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
1371 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
1372 - improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours
1373 are changed
1374 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
1375 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
1376 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
1377 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
1378 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
1379 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
1380 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
1381 recursion any more
1382 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
1383 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
1384 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
1385 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
1386 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
1387 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
1388 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
1389 has the capture before release it.
1390 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
1391 - default button handling is now closer to expected
1392 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
1393 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
1394 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
1395 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
1396 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
1397 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
1398 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
1399 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
1400 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
1401 provided in wxFontData
1402 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
1403 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
1404
1405 wxGTK:
1406
1407 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
1408 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
1409 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
1410 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
1411 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
1412 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
1413 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
1414 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
1415 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
1416 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
1417 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
1418 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
1419 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
1420
1421 wxMotif:
1422
1423 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
1424 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
1425 - improved toolbar control alignment
1426 - implemented wxSpinButton
1427 - implemented wxCheckListBox
1428 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
1429 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
1430
1431 wxX11:
1432
1433 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
1434 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
1435
1436 wxMac:
1437
1438 - Many improvements
1439
1440 wxOS2:
1441
1442 - First alpha-quality release
1443
1444 wxHTML:
1445
1446 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
1447 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
1448 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
1449 - fixed alignment handling in tables
1450 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
1451
1452 2.3.2
1453 -----
1454
1455 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
1456
1457 wxBase:
1458
1459 - wxRegEx class added
1460 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
1461 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
1462 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
1463 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
1464 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
1465
1466 All (GUI):
1467
1468 - support for virtual list control added
1469 - column images in report mode of the list control
1470 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
1471 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
1472 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
1473 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
1474 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
1475 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1476 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
1477 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
1478 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
1479 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
1480 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
1481 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
1482
1483 wxMSW:
1484
1485 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
1486 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
1487 project files
1488
1489 wxGTK:
1490
1491 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
1492 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
1493 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
1494 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
1495
1496 wxMac:
1497
1498 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
1499 Tools
1500
1501 wxHTML:
1502
1503 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
1504 to tags parsing
1505 - added support for animated GIFs
1506
1507 2.3.1
1508 -----
1509
1510 wxBase:
1511
1512 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
1513 - Fixed new charset detection code
1514 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
1515 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
1516 - Added wxDir::Traverse
1517 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
1518 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
1519 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
1520
1521 All (GUI):
1522
1523 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
1524 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
1525 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
1526 push on a custom event handler for example)
1527 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1528 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
1529 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
1530 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
1531 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
1532 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
1533 first-time saved
1534 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
1535 - Various wxXML enhancements
1536 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
1537 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
1538 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
1539 instead of GetId()
1540 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
1541 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
1542
1543 wxMSW:
1544
1545 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
1546 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
1547 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
1548 alt or shift) now work
1549 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
1550 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
1551 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
1552 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
1553 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
1554 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
1555 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
1556 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
1557 - We now send iconize events
1558 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
1559 - Added mousewheel processing
1560 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
1561 wxWidgets at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
1562 in wxDC
1563 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
1564 child frame styles are honoured
1565
1566 wxGTK:
1567
1568 - Fixed slider rounding bug
1569 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
1570 - We now send iconize events
1571 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
1572 GetSelection() results
1573
1574 2.3.0
1575 -----
1576
1577 wxBase:
1578
1579 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
1580 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
1581 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
1582 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
1583 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
1584 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
1585 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
1586 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
1587 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
1588 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
1589
1590 All (GUI):
1591
1592 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
1593 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
1594 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
1595 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
1596 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
1597 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
1598 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
1599 wxImage methods and ctor)
1600 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
1601 - ODBC documentation complete!!
1602 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
1603 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
1604 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
1605 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
1606
1607 wxMSW:
1608
1609 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
1610 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
1611 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
1612 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
1613
1614 wxGTK:
1615
1616 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
1617
1618 wxHTML:
1619
1620 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
1621 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
1622
1623 2.2.0
1624 -----
1625
1626 wxBase:
1627
1628 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
1629 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
1630 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
1631 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
1632 - Completed Czech translations
1633 - Some stream corrections
1634 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
1635 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
1636 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
1637 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
1638
1639 All (GUI):
1640
1641 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
1642 flicker-free dragging is now possible
1643 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
1644 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
1645 - Paper names now translated
1646 - wxGrid fixes
1647 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
1648 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
1649 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
1650 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
1651 File dialog.
1652 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
1653 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
1654 writing code
1655 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
1656 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
1657 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
1658 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
1659
1660 wxMSW:
1661
1662 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
1663 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
1664 backward compatibility, please set
1665 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
1666 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
1667 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
1668 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
1669 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
1670 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
1671 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
1672 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
1673 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
1674 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
1675 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
1676 - wxFrame restores focus better
1677 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
1678 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
1679 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
1680 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
1681 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
1682 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
1683 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
1684 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
1685 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
1686 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
1687
1688 wxGTK:
1689
1690 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
1691
1692 wxMotif:
1693
1694 - Small compilation fixes
1695
1696 Documentation:
1697
1698 - wxCaret documented
1699
1700 2.1.16
1701 ------
1702
1703 wxBase:
1704
1705 All (GUI):
1706
1707 wxMSW:
1708
1709 - Various bug fixes
1710 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
1711 files. This works under VC++ only
1712 - Modal dialog handling improved
1713 - Printer dialog now modal
1714
1715 wxGTK:
1716
1717 - Various bug fixes
1718
1719 wxMotif:
1720
1721 - Various bug fixes
1722
1723 2.1.15
1724 ------
1725
1726 Documentation:
1727
1728 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
1729
1730 File hierarchy:
1731
1732 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
1733 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
1734
1735 wxBase:
1736
1737 - wxSocket support
1738 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
1739 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
1740 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
1741 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
1742 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
1743 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
1744 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
1745 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
1746 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
1747 only so far)
1748 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
1749 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
1750 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
1751 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
1752 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
1753 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
1754 is available)
1755 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
1756
1757 all (GUI):
1758
1759 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
1760 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
1761 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
1762 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
1763 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
1764 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
1765 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
1766 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
1767 John Norris)
1768 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
1769 MIME types if available (Unix only)
1770 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
1771 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
1772 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
1773 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
1774 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
1775 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
1776 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
1777 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
1778 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
1779 - wxDragImage class added
1780 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
1781 controllers, as well as native help
1782 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
1783
1784 wxMSW:
1785
1786 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
1787 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
1788 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
1789 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
1790 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
1791 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
1792 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
1793 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
1794 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
1795 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
1796 Unix ports
1797 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
1798 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
1799 - wxSetCursorEvent added
1800
1801 wxGTK:
1802
1803 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
1804 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
1805 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
1806
1807 wxMotif:
1808
1809 - wxMenu::Enable works
1810 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
1811 - OGL samples made to work again
1812
1813 wxHTML:
1814
1815 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
1816 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
1817 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
1818 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
1819 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
1820 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
1821 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
1822 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
1823 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
1824 - improved HTML printing
1825 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
1826 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
1827 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
1828 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
1829
1830
1831 NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
1832 change log.
1833
1834 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
1835 -----------------------
1836
1837 wxGTK:
1838
1839 - JPEG support added.
1840 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
1841
1842 wxMSW:
1843
1844 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
1845 SetTabSize added.
1846 - JPEG support added.
1847 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
1848 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
1849 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
1850
1851 wxMotif:
1852
1853
1854 General:
1855
1856 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
1857
1858
1859 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
1860 -------------------------------
1861
1862 wxGTK:
1863
1864 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
1865 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
1866
1867 wxMSW:
1868
1869 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
1870 - Fixed window cursor setting.
1871 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
1872 - Some makefile fixes.
1873
1874 wxMotif:
1875
1876 - None.
1877
1878 General:
1879
1880 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1881 - More topic overviews.
1882 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1883 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1884 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1885
1886
1887 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1888 --------------------------
1889
1890 wxGTK:
1891
1892 - wxExecute improved.
1893
1894 wxMSW:
1895
1896 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1897 expected).
1898 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1899 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1900 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1901 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1902 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1903 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1904
1905 wxMotif:
1906
1907 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1908 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1909
1910 General:
1911
1912 - wxLocale documented.
1913 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1914 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1915 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1916 (though doesn't display help yet).
1917
1918 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1919 --------------------------
1920
1921 wxGTK:
1922
1923 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1924
1925 wxMSW:
1926
1927 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1928 rationalised.
1929 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.
1930
1931 wxMotif:
1932
1933 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1934 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1935 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1936 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1937 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1938 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1939 crashes for some reason).
1940 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1941 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1942
1943 General:
1944
1945 - Further doc improvements.
1946 - wxGenericValidator added.
1947 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1948 automatically.
1949
1950 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1951 -------------------------
1952
1953 wxGTK:
1954
1955 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1956 - wxToolTip class added.
1957 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1958
1959 wxMSW:
1960
1961 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1962 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1963 - TWIN32 support added.
1964 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1965 factored out program/library settings.
1966 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1967
1968 wxMotif:
1969
1970 - A few more colour fixes.
1971 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1972 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1973 - wxChoice crash fix.
1974 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1975
1976 General:
1977
1978 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1979 - Added samples/dde.
1980 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1981
1982 Beta 2, January 1999
1983 --------------------
1984
1985 wxGTK:
1986
1987 wxMSW:
1988
1989 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1990
1991 wxMotif:
1992
1993 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1994 the right place.
1995 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1996 - Added thread support (Robert).
1997 - wxPoem sample now works.
1998
1999 General:
2000
2001 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
2002 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
2003 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
2004 or below).
2005 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
2006 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
2007 sample.
2008 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
2009
2010 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
2011 --------------------------
2012
2013 wxGTK:
2014
2015 - Various
2016
2017 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
2018
2019
2020 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
2021 ----------------------------
2022
2023 wxMSW:
2024
2025 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
2026 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
2027 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
2028 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
2029 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
2030 on a tab.
2031 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
2032 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
2033 of Stefan Csomor.
2034
2035 wxMotif:
2036
2037 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
2038 without (permanently) resizing the window.
2039 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
2040 that disabled scrollbar paging.
2041 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
2042 colours correctly.
2043 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
2044 when any button was pressed.
2045 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
2046 have a white background.
2047 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
2048 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
2049 they have sensible colours by default.
2050 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
2051 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
2052 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
2053 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
2054 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
2055
2056 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
2057 ----------------------------
2058
2059 wxMSW:
2060
2061 - More documentation updates, especially for
2062 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
2063 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
2064 of wxTrace.
2065 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
2066 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
2067 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
2068 position.
2069 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
2070
2071 wxMotif:
2072
2073 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
2074 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
2075 child frames).
2076 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
2077 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
2078 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
2079 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
2080 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
2081 the debugging implementation.
2082 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
2083 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
2084 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
2085 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
2086 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
2087 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
2088 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
2089
2090 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
2091
2092 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
2093 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
2094 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
2095 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
2096 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
2097 - wxNotebook almost done.
2098 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
2099 to vertical toolbars).
2100
2101 More recently:
2102
2103 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
2104 to scrollbars).
2105 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
2106 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
2107 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
2108
2109 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
2110 ----------------------------
2111
2112 wxMSW:
2113
2114 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
2115 sample.
2116 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
2117 - A few more makefiles added.
2118 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
2119 - Further doc updates.
2120 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
2121
2122 wxMotif:
2123
2124 - First start at Motif port.
2125 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
2126 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
2127 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
2128 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
2129
2130 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
2131 --------------------------
2132
2133 wxMSW:
2134
2135 - wxBitmap debugged.
2136 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
2137 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
2138 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
2139 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
2140 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
2141 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
2142 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
2143
2144 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
2145 ------------------------
2146
2147 wxMSW:
2148
2149 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
2150 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
2151 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
2152 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
2153 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
2154 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
2155 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
2156 changes, wxNotebook.
2157 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
2158
2159 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
2160 -----------------------
2161
2162 wxMSW:
2163
2164 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
2165 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
2166 Windows functions, for efficiency.
2167 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
2168 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
2169 don't support it.
2170 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
2171 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
2172
2173 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
2174 -----------------------
2175
2176 wxMSW:
2177
2178 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
2179 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
2180
2181 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
2182 -----------------------
2183
2184 wxMSW:
2185
2186 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
2187 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
2188 wxMenuBar.
2189 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
2190 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
2191 wxMenuItem accessors.
2192 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
2193 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
2194 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
2195 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
2196 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
2197 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
2198 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
2199 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
2200 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
2201 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
2202 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
2203 first, then doing the assignment.
2204 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
2205 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
2206
2207 Generic:
2208
2209 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
2210 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
2211
2212 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
2213 ----------------------
2214
2215 wxMSW:
2216
2217 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
2218 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
2219 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
2220 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
2221 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
2222 require application-supplied positioning code though.
2223 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
2224 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
2225 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
2226
2227 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
2228 ------------------------
2229
2230 wxMSW:
2231
2232 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
2233 fields were used.
2234 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2235 compilation and pragmas.
2236 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
2237 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
2238
2239 Generic:
2240
2241 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
2242 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
2243 compilation and pragmas.
2244 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
2245
2246 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
2247 ------------------------
2248
2249 wxMSW:
2250
2251 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
2252 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
2253 some reason :-(
2254 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
2255 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
2256 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
2257 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets
2258 startup/exit.
2259 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
2260 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
2261 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
2262 VADIM'S CHANGES:
2263 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
2264 compatibility functions.
2265 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
2266 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
2267 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
2268 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
2269 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
2270 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
2271 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
2272
2273 Generic:
2274
2275 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
2276 - Added samples/png.
2277 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
2278 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
2279 header files.
2280 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
2281
2282 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
2283 ------------------------
2284
2285 wxMSW:
2286
2287 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2288 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
2289 cleaned up properly before exit.
2290 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
2291 automatically.
2292 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
2293 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
2294 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
2295 unresolved issues.
2296 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
2297 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
2298 tray area.
2299 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same
2300 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
2301 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
2302 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
2303
2304 Generic:
2305
2306 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
2307 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
2308 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
2309 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
2310 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
2311 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
2312 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
2313 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
2314 allow better control of memory.
2315 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
2316 checking.
2317 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
2318 float to long in wxToolBar files.
2319
2320 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
2321 ------------------------
2322
2323 wxMSW:
2324
2325 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
2326 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
2327 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
2328 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
2329 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
2330 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
2331 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
2332 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
2333 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
2334 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
2335 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
2336 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
2337 IUnknown.
2338 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
2339 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
2340 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
2341 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
2342 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
2343 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
2344 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
2345 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
2346 internal implementation.
2347 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
2348 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
2349 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
2350
2351 Generic:
2352
2353 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
2354 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
2355 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
2356 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
2357 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
2358
2359 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
2360 --------------------------
2361
2362 wxMSW:
2363
2364 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2365 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2366 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
2367 changes.
2368 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
2369 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
2370 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
2371 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
2372 again.
2373 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
2374 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
2375 e.g. wxDC.
2376
2377 Generic:
2378
2379 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
2380 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
2381 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
2382 changes.
2383 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
2384 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
2385 docs/gtk.
2386 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
2387 created dynamically, not as a global object.
2388 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
2389 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
2390 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
2391 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
2392 - Added gcc pragmas.
2393 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
2394 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
2395 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
2396 added a few references to wxTransString.
2397 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
2398 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
2399 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
2400 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
2401 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
2402 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
2403 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
2404 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
2405 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
2406 MoreRequested.
2407
2408 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
2409 --------------------------
2410
2411 All:
2412
2413 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
2414 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
2415 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
2416 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
2417 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
2418 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
2419 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
2420 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
2421 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
2422 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
2423 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
2424 scrolling toolbars.
2425 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
2426 to help printing with multiple pages.
2427 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
2428 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
2429 implementation updated to use these base classes.
2430 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
2431 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
2432 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
2433 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
2434 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
2435 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
2436 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
2437 New files from Vadim:
2438 include\wx\string.h
2439 include\wx\debug.h
2440 include\wx\file.h
2441 include\wx\log.h
2442 include\wx\intl.h
2443 src\common\string.cpp
2444 src\common\log.cpp
2445 src\common\intl.cpp
2446 src\common\file.cpp
2447 No longer use GNU wxString files.
2448 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
2449 src\common\filefn.cpp.
2450 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
2451 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
2452 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
2453 including changes to defs.h.
2454 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
2455 introduced.
2456 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
2457 hidden).
2458 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
2459 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
2460 trick).
2461 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
2462
2463 Alpha 3, September 1997
2464 -----------------------
2465
2466 All:
2467
2468 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
2469 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
2470 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
2471 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
2472 - Started documentation.
2473
2474 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
2475 ------------------------
2476
2477 All:
2478
2479 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
2480 with MetroWerks compiler.
2481 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
2482 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
2483 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
2484 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
2485 for testing purposes.
2486 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
2487 handlers.
2488 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
2489 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
2490 fully).
2491 - Added back wxRadioBox.
2492 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
2493 a separate file.
2494
2495 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
2496 -----------------------
2497
2498 Generic:
2499
2500 At this point, the following has been achieved:
2501
2502 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
2503 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
2504 wxString instead of char *.
2505 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
2506 old system event system) and code size reduced.
2507 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
2508 as wxbWindow now removed.
2509 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
2510 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
2511 - PrologIO revised.
2512 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
2513 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
2514 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
2515 Windows settings.
2516 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
2517 settings mucho rationalised.
2518 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
2519 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
2520 classes removed.
2521 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
2522 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
2523 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
2524 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
2525 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
2526 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
2527 of event handlers.
2528 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
2529 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
2530 wxToolBarBase
2531 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
2532 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
2533 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
2534 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
2535 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
2536 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
2537 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
2538 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
2539 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
2540 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
2541 in the future.
2542 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
2543 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
2544 variables instead.
2545 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
2546 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
2547 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
2548 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
2549 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
2550 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
2551 Win95.
2552 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
2553 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
2554 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
2555 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
2556 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
2557 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).