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2 wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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5 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
6 ================================
8 - no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
9 now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
10 from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
11 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
14 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
15 ==============================
17 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
18 versions, please update your code to not use them.
20 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
21 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
22 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
23 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
24 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
25 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
26 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
27 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
28 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
29 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
30 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
31 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
32 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
33 SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
44 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
45 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
46 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
47 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
48 - added wxArray::SetCount()
49 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
50 by default in Unicode mode
51 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
52 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
53 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
54 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
55 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
56 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
57 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
58 - added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
59 - added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
63 - added Watcom makefiles
64 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
68 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
69 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
70 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
71 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
72 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
73 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
74 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
75 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
76 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
77 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
78 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
79 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
80 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
81 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
82 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
83 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
84 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
85 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
86 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
87 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
88 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
89 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
90 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
91 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
92 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
93 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
94 default extension for the template
95 - Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
96 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
97 - Wizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
98 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
99 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
100 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
101 - Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
102 to allow better rich text support.
103 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
104 - Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
105 - Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
106 custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
107 - Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
108 - wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
109 user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
110 - wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
111 sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
112 DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
113 - Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
114 CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
115 - Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
116 determine whether a window should receive idle events.
117 - Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
118 styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
119 - wxMSW and wxGTK now send menu update events only when a menu is
124 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
125 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
126 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
127 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
128 - wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
132 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
133 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
134 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
135 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
136 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
137 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
138 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
139 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
140 be appended to filenames with no extension
141 - added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
142 - fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
143 - don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu
144 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
148 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
152 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
153 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
154 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
155 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
156 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
157 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
158 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers
159 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
160 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
161 - added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
162 - libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
163 - when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
164 - fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents
165 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
166 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
167 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
168 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
169 - improved border handling under Windows XP
170 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
171 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
172 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
173 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
174 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
175 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
179 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
180 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
181 documentation for a detailed explanation
182 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
183 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
184 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
185 with Motif 1.x compatibility
186 - implemented wxToggleButton
187 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
188 instead of a sunken border
189 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
190 - finished wxClipboard implementation
194 - controls in toolbars now supported
198 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
199 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
200 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
201 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
202 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
208 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
209 ================================
211 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
212 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
213 with '!' in the first column.
215 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
216 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
217 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
218 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
221 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
222 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
223 (see the documentation) useful.
228 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
229 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
232 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
233 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
234 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
235 arrays containing non-pointers.
237 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
238 simply don't make sense for all objects
240 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
241 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
242 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
244 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
246 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
247 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
248 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
249 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
250 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
252 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
253 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
254 the default assert handling.
258 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
259 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
260 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
262 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
263 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
266 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
267 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
268 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
270 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
271 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
272 you want to get OnChar() as well
274 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
275 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
276 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
278 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
279 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
280 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
281 will *NOT* work any longer:
283 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
286 ... do something else ...
288 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
289 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
292 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
294 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
295 if you derived any classes from it
297 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
298 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
300 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
301 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
303 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
304 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
306 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
307 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
310 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
311 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
312 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
314 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
315 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
316 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
317 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
321 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
322 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
323 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
324 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
325 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
326 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
327 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
328 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
329 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
330 is only present for the DLLs builds.
332 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
335 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
336 previously selected one instead of replacing it
338 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
339 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
340 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
342 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
343 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
348 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
349 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
350 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
351 to compile pure C files.
354 wxThread and related classes:
356 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
357 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
358 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
359 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
361 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
362 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
363 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
364 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
366 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
367 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
368 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
370 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
371 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
382 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
389 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
390 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
391 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
395 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
396 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
397 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
400 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
401 - Addition of native frame site grip.
404 - Unicode support through Pango library.
408 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
409 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
413 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
420 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
421 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
422 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
423 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
424 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
425 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
426 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
427 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
428 after (non standard) STL hash_map
429 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
430 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
431 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
432 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
433 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
434 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
435 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
439 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
440 programs and not only GNU make
441 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
442 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
443 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
444 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
445 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
449 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
450 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
451 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
452 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
453 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
455 - significantly improved native font support
456 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
458 - added IFF image handler
459 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
460 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
461 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
462 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
463 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
464 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
465 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
466 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
467 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
468 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
469 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
470 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
471 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
472 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
473 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
474 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
475 - wxMessageOutput class added
476 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
477 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
479 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
480 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
481 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
482 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
484 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
485 whether a label edit was cancelled.
486 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
490 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
491 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
492 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
493 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
494 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
495 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
496 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
497 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
498 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
499 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
501 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
502 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
503 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
504 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
505 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
506 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
507 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
509 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
510 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
511 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
512 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
513 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
514 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
515 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
516 has the capture before release it.
517 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
518 - default button handling is now closer to expected
519 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
520 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
521 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
522 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
523 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
524 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
525 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
526 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
527 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
528 provided in wxFontData
529 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
530 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
534 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
535 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
536 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
537 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
538 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
539 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
540 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
541 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
542 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
543 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
544 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
545 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
546 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
550 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
551 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
552 - improved toolbar control alignment
553 - implemented wxSpinButton
554 - implemented wxCheckListBox
555 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
556 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
560 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
561 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
569 - First alpha-quality release
573 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
574 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
575 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
576 - fixed alignment handling in tables
577 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
582 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
586 - wxRegEx class added
587 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
588 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
589 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
590 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
591 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
595 - support for virtual list control added
596 - column images in report mode of the list control
597 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
598 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
599 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
600 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
601 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
602 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
603 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
604 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
605 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
606 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
607 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
608 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
612 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
613 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
618 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
619 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
620 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
621 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
625 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
630 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
632 - added support for animated GIFs
640 - Fixed new charset detection code
641 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
642 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
643 - Added wxDir::Traverse
644 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
645 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
646 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
650 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
651 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
652 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
653 push on a custom event handler for example)
654 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
655 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
656 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
657 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
658 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
659 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
661 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
662 - Various wxXML enhancements
663 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
664 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
665 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
667 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
668 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
672 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
673 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
674 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
675 alt or shift) now work
676 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
677 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
678 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
679 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
680 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
681 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
682 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
683 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
684 - We now send iconize events
685 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
686 - Added mousewheel processing
687 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
688 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
690 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
691 child frame styles are honoured
695 - Fixed slider rounding bug
696 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
697 - We now send iconize events
698 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
699 GetSelection() results
706 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
707 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
708 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
709 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
710 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
711 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
712 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
713 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
714 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
715 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
719 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
720 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
721 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
722 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
723 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
724 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
725 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
726 wxImage methods and ctor)
727 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
728 - ODBC documentation complete!!
729 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
730 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
731 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
732 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
736 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
737 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
738 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
739 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
743 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
747 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
748 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
755 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
756 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
757 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
758 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
759 - Completed Czech translations
760 - Some stream corrections
761 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
762 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
763 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
764 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
768 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
769 flicker-free dragging is now possible
770 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
771 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
772 - Paper names now translated
774 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
775 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
776 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
777 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
779 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
780 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
782 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
783 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
784 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
785 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
789 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
790 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
791 backward compatibility, please set
792 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
793 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
794 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
795 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
796 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
797 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
798 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
799 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
800 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
801 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
802 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
803 - wxFrame restores focus better
804 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
805 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
806 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
807 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
808 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
809 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
810 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
811 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
812 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
813 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
817 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
821 - Small compilation fixes
837 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
838 files. This works under VC++ only
839 - Modal dialog handling improved
840 - Printer dialog now modal
855 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
859 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
860 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
865 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
866 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
867 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
868 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
869 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
870 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
871 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
872 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
873 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
875 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
876 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
877 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
878 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
879 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
880 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
882 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
886 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
887 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
888 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
889 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
890 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
891 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
892 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
893 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
895 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
896 MIME types if available (Unix only)
897 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
898 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
899 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
900 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
901 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
902 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
903 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
904 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
905 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
906 - wxDragImage class added
907 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
908 controllers, as well as native help
909 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
913 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
914 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
915 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
916 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
917 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
918 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
919 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
920 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
921 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
922 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
924 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
925 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
926 - wxSetCursorEvent added
930 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
931 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
932 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
936 - wxMenu::Enable works
937 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
938 - OGL samples made to work again
942 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
943 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
944 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
945 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
946 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
947 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
948 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
949 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
950 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
951 - improved HTML printing
952 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
953 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
954 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
955 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
958 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
961 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
962 -----------------------
966 - JPEG support added.
967 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
971 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
973 - JPEG support added.
974 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
975 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
976 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
983 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
986 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
987 -------------------------------
992 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
996 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
997 - Fixed window cursor setting.
998 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
999 - Some makefile fixes.
1007 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
1008 - More topic overviews.
1009 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
1010 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
1011 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
1014 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
1015 --------------------------
1019 - wxExecute improved.
1023 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
1025 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
1026 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
1027 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1028 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1029 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1030 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1034 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1035 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1039 - wxLocale documented.
1040 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1041 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1042 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1043 (though doesn't display help yet).
1045 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1046 --------------------------
1050 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1054 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1056 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1060 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1061 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1062 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1063 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1064 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1065 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1066 crashes for some reason).
1067 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1068 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1072 - Further doc improvements.
1073 - wxGenericValidator added.
1074 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1077 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1078 -------------------------
1082 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1083 - wxToolTip class added.
1084 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1088 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1089 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1090 - TWIN32 support added.
1091 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1092 factored out program/library settings.
1093 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1097 - A few more colour fixes.
1098 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1099 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1100 - wxChoice crash fix.
1101 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1105 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1106 - Added samples/dde.
1107 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1109 Beta 2, January 1999
1110 --------------------
1116 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1120 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1122 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1123 - Added thread support (Robert).
1124 - wxPoem sample now works.
1128 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1129 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1130 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1132 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1133 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1135 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1137 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1138 --------------------------
1144 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1147 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1148 ----------------------------
1152 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1153 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1154 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1155 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1156 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1158 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1159 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1164 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1165 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1166 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1167 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1168 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1170 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1171 when any button was pressed.
1172 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1173 have a white background.
1174 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1175 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1176 they have sensible colours by default.
1177 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1178 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1179 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1180 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1181 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1183 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1184 ----------------------------
1188 - More documentation updates, especially for
1189 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1190 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1192 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1193 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1194 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1196 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1200 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1201 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1203 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1204 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1205 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1206 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1207 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1208 the debugging implementation.
1209 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1210 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1211 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1212 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1213 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1214 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1215 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1217 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1219 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1220 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1221 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1222 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1223 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1224 - wxNotebook almost done.
1225 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1226 to vertical toolbars).
1230 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1232 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1233 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1234 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1236 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1237 ----------------------------
1241 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1243 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1244 - A few more makefiles added.
1245 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1246 - Further doc updates.
1247 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1251 - First start at Motif port.
1252 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1253 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1254 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1255 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1257 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1258 --------------------------
1262 - wxBitmap debugged.
1263 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1264 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1265 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1266 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1267 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1268 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1269 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1271 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1272 ------------------------
1276 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1277 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1278 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1279 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1280 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1281 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1282 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1283 changes, wxNotebook.
1284 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1286 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1287 -----------------------
1291 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1292 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1293 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1294 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1295 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1297 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1298 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1300 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1301 -----------------------
1305 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1306 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1308 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1309 -----------------------
1313 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1314 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1316 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1317 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1318 wxMenuItem accessors.
1319 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1320 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1321 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1322 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1323 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1324 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1325 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1326 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1327 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1328 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1329 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1330 first, then doing the assignment.
1331 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1332 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1336 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1337 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1339 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1340 ----------------------
1344 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1345 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1346 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1347 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1348 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1349 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1350 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1351 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1352 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1354 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1355 ------------------------
1359 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1361 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1362 compilation and pragmas.
1363 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1364 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1368 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1369 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1370 compilation and pragmas.
1371 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1373 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1374 ------------------------
1378 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1379 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1381 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1382 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1383 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1384 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1386 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1387 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1388 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1390 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1391 compatibility functions.
1392 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1393 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1394 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1395 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1396 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1397 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1398 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1402 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1403 - Added samples/png.
1404 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1405 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1407 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1409 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1410 ------------------------
1414 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1415 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1416 cleaned up properly before exit.
1417 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1419 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1420 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1421 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1423 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1424 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1426 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1427 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1428 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1429 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1433 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1434 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1435 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1436 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1437 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1438 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1439 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1440 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1441 allow better control of memory.
1442 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1444 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1445 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1447 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1448 ------------------------
1452 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1453 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1454 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1455 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1456 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1457 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1458 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1459 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1460 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1461 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1462 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1463 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1465 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1466 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1467 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1468 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1469 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1470 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1471 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1472 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1473 internal implementation.
1474 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1475 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1476 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1480 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1481 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1482 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1483 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1484 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1486 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1487 --------------------------
1491 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1492 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1493 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1495 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1496 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1497 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1498 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1500 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1501 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1506 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1507 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1508 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1510 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1511 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1513 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1514 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1515 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1516 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1517 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1518 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1519 - Added gcc pragmas.
1520 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1521 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1522 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1523 added a few references to wxTransString.
1524 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1525 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1526 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1527 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1528 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1529 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1530 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1531 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1532 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1535 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1536 --------------------------
1540 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1541 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1542 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1543 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1544 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1545 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1546 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1547 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1548 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1549 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1550 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1552 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1553 to help printing with multiple pages.
1554 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1555 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1556 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1557 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1558 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1559 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1560 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1561 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1562 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1563 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1564 New files from Vadim:
1570 src\common\string.cpp
1574 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1575 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1576 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1577 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1578 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1579 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1580 including changes to defs.h.
1581 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1583 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1585 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1586 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1588 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1590 Alpha 3, September 1997
1591 -----------------------
1595 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1596 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1597 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1598 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1599 - Started documentation.
1601 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1602 ------------------------
1606 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1607 with MetroWerks compiler.
1608 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1609 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1610 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1611 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1612 for testing purposes.
1613 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1615 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1616 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1618 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1619 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1622 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1623 -----------------------
1627 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1629 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1630 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1631 wxString instead of char *.
1632 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1633 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1634 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1635 as wxbWindow now removed.
1636 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1637 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1639 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1640 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1641 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1643 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1644 settings mucho rationalised.
1645 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1646 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1648 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1649 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1650 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1651 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1652 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1653 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1655 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1656 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1658 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1659 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1660 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1661 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1662 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1663 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1664 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1665 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1666 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1667 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1669 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1670 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1672 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1673 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1674 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1675 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1676 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1677 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1679 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1680 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1681 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1682 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1683 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1684 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).