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