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1 wxWindows 2 Change Log
2 ----------------------
3
4 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
5 ================================
6
7 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
8 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
9 with '!' in the first column.
10
11 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
12 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
13 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
14 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
15 2.6 release.
16
17
18 wxBase:
19
20 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
21 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
22 code.
23
24 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
25 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
26 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
27 arrays containing non-pointers.
28
29 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
30 simply don't make sense for all objects
31
32 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
33 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
34 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
35
36 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
37
38 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
39 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
40 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
41 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
42 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
43
44 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
45 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
46 the default assert handling.
47
48
49 All (GUI):
50
51 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
52 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
53 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
54
55 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
56 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
57 instead!
58
59 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
60 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
61 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
62
63 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
64 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
65 you want to get OnChar() as well
66
67 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
68 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
69 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
70 will *NOT* work any longer:
71
72 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
73 ... do something ...
74 if ( flags & wxYES )
75 ... do something else ...
76
77 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
78
79 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
80 if you derived any classes from it
81
82 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
83 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
84
85 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
86 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
87
88 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
89 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
90
91 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
92 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
93 from happening
94
95 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
96 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
97 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
98
99
100 wxMSW:
101
102 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
103 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
104 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
105 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
106 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
107 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
108 make/project files.
109
110 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
111 style to avoid it
112
113 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
114 previously selected one instead of replacing it
115
116 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
117 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
118 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
119
120 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
121 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
122
123
124 Unix ports:
125
126 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
127 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
128 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
129 to compile pure C files.
130
131
132 wxThread and related classes:
133
134 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
135 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
136 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
137 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
138
139 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
140 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
141 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
142 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
143
144 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
145 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
146 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
147
148 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
149 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
150
151
152 OTHER CHANGES
153 =============
154
155 2.3.3
156 -----
157
158 wxBase:
159
160 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
161 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
162 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
163 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
164 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
165 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
166 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
167 after (non standard) STL hash_map
168 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
169 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
170 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
171 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
172 deprecated)
173 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
174
175 Unix (Base/GUI):
176
177 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
178 programs and not only GNU make
179 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
180 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
181 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
182 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
183
184 All (GUI):
185
186 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
187 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
188 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
189 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
190 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
191 wxWindows dialogs
192 - significantly improved native font support
193 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
194 wxHashTable
195 - added IFF image handler
196 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
197 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
198 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
199 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
200 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
201 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
202 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
203 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
204 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
205 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
206 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
207 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
208 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
209 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
210 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
211 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
212 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
213 table fills up
214
215 wxMSW:
216
217 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
218 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
219 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
220 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
221 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
222 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
223 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
224 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
225 are changed
226 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
227 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
228 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
229 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
230 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
231 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
232 recursion any more
233 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
234 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
235 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
236 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
237 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
238 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
239 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
240 has the capture before release it.
241 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
242 - default button handling is now closer to expected
243 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
244
245 wxGTK:
246
247 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
248 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
249 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
250 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
251 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
252 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
253 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
254 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
255 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
256 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
257 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
258
259 wxHTML:
260
261 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
262 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
263 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
264 - fixed alignment handling in tables
265 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
266
267 2.3.2
268 -----
269
270 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
271
272 wxBase:
273
274 - wxRegEx class added
275 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
276 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
277 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
278 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
279 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
280
281 All (GUI):
282
283 - support for virtual list control added
284 - column images in report mode of the list control
285 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
286 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
287 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
288 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
289 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
290 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
291 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
292 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
293 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
294 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
295 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
296
297 wxMSW:
298
299 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
300 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
301 project files
302
303 wxGTK:
304
305 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
306
307 wxMac:
308
309 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
310 Tools
311
312 wxHTML:
313
314 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
315 to tags parsing
316 - added support for animated GIFs
317
318 2.3.1
319 -----
320
321 wxBase:
322
323 - Fixes for gcc 3.0
324 - Fixed new charset detection code
325 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
326 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
327 - Added wxDir::Traverse
328 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
329 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
330 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
331
332 All (GUI):
333
334 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
335 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
336 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
337 push on a custom event handler for example)
338 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
339 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
340 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
341 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
342 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
343 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
344 first-time saved
345 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
346 - Various wxXML enhancements
347 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
348 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
349 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
350 instead of GetId()
351 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
352 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
353
354 wxMSW:
355
356 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
357 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
358 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
359 alt or shift) now work
360 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
361 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
362 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
363 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
364 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
365 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
366 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
367 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
368 - We now send iconize events
369 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
370 - Added mousewheel processing
371 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
372 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
373 in wxDC
374 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
375 child frame styles are honoured
376
377 wxGTK:
378
379 - Fixed slider rounding bug
380 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
381 - We now send iconize events
382 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
383 GetSelection() results
384
385 2.3.0
386 -----
387
388 wxBase:
389
390 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
391 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
392 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
393 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
394 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
395 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
396 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
397 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
398 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
399 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
400
401 All (GUI):
402
403 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
404 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
405 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
406 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
407 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
408 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
409 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
410 wxImage methods and ctor)
411 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
412 - ODBC documentation complete!!
413 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
414 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
415 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
416 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
417
418 wxMSW:
419
420 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
421 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
422 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
423 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
424
425 wxGTK:
426
427 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
428
429 wxHTML:
430
431 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
432 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
433
434 2.2.0
435 -----
436
437 wxBase:
438
439 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
440 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
441 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
442 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
443 - Completed Czech translations
444 - Some stream corrections
445 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
446 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
447 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
448 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
449
450 All (GUI):
451
452 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
453 flicker-free dragging is now possible
454 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
455 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
456 - Paper names now translated
457 - wxGrid fixes
458 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
459 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
460 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
461 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
462 File dialog.
463 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
464 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
465 writing code
466 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
467 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
468 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
469 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
470
471 wxMSW:
472
473 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
474 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
475 backward compatibility, please set
476 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
477 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
478 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
479 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
480 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
481 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
482 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
483 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
484 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
485 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
486 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
487 - wxFrame restores focus better
488 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
489 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
490 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
491 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
492 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
493 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
494 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
495 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
496 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
497 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
498
499 wxGTK:
500
501 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
502
503 wxMotif:
504
505 - Small compilation fixes
506
507 Documentation:
508
509 - wxCaret documented
510
511 2.1.16
512 ------
513
514 wxBase:
515
516 All (GUI):
517
518 wxMSW:
519
520 - Various bug fixes
521 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
522 files. This works under VC++ only
523 - Modal dialog handling improved
524 - Printer dialog now modal
525
526 wxGTK:
527
528 - Various bug fixes
529
530 wxMotif:
531
532 - Various bug fixes
533
534 2.1.15
535 ------
536
537 Documentation:
538
539 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
540
541 File hierarchy:
542
543 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
544 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
545
546 wxBase:
547
548 - wxSocket support
549 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
550 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
551 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
552 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
553 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
554 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
555 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
556 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
557 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
558 only so far)
559 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
560 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
561 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
562 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
563 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
564 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
565 is available)
566 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
567
568 all (GUI):
569
570 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
571 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
572 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
573 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
574 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
575 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
576 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
577 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
578 John Norris)
579 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
580 MIME types if available (Unix only)
581 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
582 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
583 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
584 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
585 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
586 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
587 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
588 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
589 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
590 - wxDragImage class added
591 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
592 controllers, as well as native help
593 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
594
595 wxMSW:
596
597 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
598 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
599 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
600 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
601 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
602 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
603 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
604 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
605 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
606 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
607 Unix ports
608 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
609 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
610 - wxSetCursorEvent added
611
612 wxGTK:
613
614 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
615 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
616 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
617
618 wxMotif:
619
620 - wxMenu::Enable works
621 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
622 - OGL samples made to work again
623
624 wxHTML:
625
626 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
627 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
628 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
629 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
630 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
631 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
632 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
633 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
634 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
635 - improved HTML printing
636 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
637 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
638 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
639 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
640
641
642 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
643 change log.
644
645 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
646 -----------------------
647
648 wxGTK:
649
650 - JPEG support added.
651 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
652
653 wxMSW:
654
655 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
656 SetTabSize added.
657 - JPEG support added.
658 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
659 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
660 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
661
662 wxMotif:
663
664
665 General:
666
667 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
668
669
670 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
671 -------------------------------
672
673 wxGTK:
674
675 - wxGLCanvas fixes.
676 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
677
678 wxMSW:
679
680 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
681 - Fixed window cursor setting.
682 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
683 - Some makefile fixes.
684
685 wxMotif:
686
687 - None.
688
689 General:
690
691 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
692 - More topic overviews.
693 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
694 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
695 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
696
697
698 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
699 --------------------------
700
701 wxGTK:
702
703 - wxExecute improved.
704
705 wxMSW:
706
707 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
708 expected).
709 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
710 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
711 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
712 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
713 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
714 - Fixed focus-related crash.
715
716 wxMotif:
717
718 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
719 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
720
721 General:
722
723 - wxLocale documented.
724 - Added include filenames to class reference.
725 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
726 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
727 (though doesn't display help yet).
728
729 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
730 --------------------------
731
732 wxGTK:
733
734 - Miscellaneous fixes.
735
736 wxMSW:
737
738 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
739 rationalised.
740 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
741
742 wxMotif:
743
744 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
745 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
746 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
747 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
748 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
749 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
750 crashes for some reason).
751 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
752 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
753
754 General:
755
756 - Further doc improvements.
757 - wxGenericValidator added.
758 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
759 automatically.
760
761 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
762 -------------------------
763
764 wxGTK:
765
766 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
767 - wxToolTip class added.
768 - Miscellaneous fixes.
769
770 wxMSW:
771
772 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
773 - Makefiles for more compilers.
774 - TWIN32 support added.
775 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
776 factored out program/library settings.
777 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
778
779 wxMotif:
780
781 - A few more colour fixes.
782 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
783 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
784 - wxChoice crash fix.
785 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
786
787 General:
788
789 - wxBusyCursor class added.
790 - Added samples/dde.
791 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
792
793 Beta 2, January 1999
794 --------------------
795
796 wxGTK:
797
798 wxMSW:
799
800 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
801
802 wxMotif:
803
804 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
805 the right place.
806 - Cured some widget table clashes.
807 - Added thread support (Robert).
808 - wxPoem sample now works.
809
810 General:
811
812 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
813 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
814 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
815 or below).
816 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
817 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
818 sample.
819 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
820
821 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
822 --------------------------
823
824 wxGTK:
825
826 - Various
827
828 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
829
830
831 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
832 ----------------------------
833
834 wxMSW:
835
836 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
837 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
838 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
839 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
840 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
841 on a tab.
842 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
843 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
844 of Stefan Csomor.
845
846 wxMotif:
847
848 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
849 without (permanently) resizing the window.
850 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
851 that disabled scrollbar paging.
852 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
853 colours correctly.
854 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
855 when any button was pressed.
856 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
857 have a white background.
858 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
859 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
860 they have sensible colours by default.
861 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
862 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
863 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
864 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
865 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
866
867 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
868 ----------------------------
869
870 wxMSW:
871
872 - More documentation updates, especially for
873 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
874 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
875 of wxTrace.
876 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
877 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
878 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
879 position.
880 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
881
882 wxMotif:
883
884 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
885 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
886 child frames).
887 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
888 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
889 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
890 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
891 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
892 the debugging implementation.
893 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
894 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
895 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
896 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
897 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
898 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
899 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
900
901 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
902
903 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
904 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
905 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
906 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
907 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
908 - wxNotebook almost done.
909 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
910 to vertical toolbars).
911
912 More recently:
913
914 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
915 to scrollbars).
916 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
917 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
918 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
919
920 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
921 ----------------------------
922
923 wxMSW:
924
925 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
926 sample.
927 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
928 - A few more makefiles added.
929 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
930 - Further doc updates.
931 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
932
933 wxMotif:
934
935 - First start at Motif port.
936 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
937 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
938 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
939 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
940
941 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
942 --------------------------
943
944 wxMSW:
945
946 - wxBitmap debugged.
947 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
948 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
949 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
950 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
951 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
952 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
953 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
954
955 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
956 ------------------------
957
958 wxMSW:
959
960 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
961 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
962 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
963 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
964 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
965 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
966 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
967 changes, wxNotebook.
968 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
969
970 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
971 -----------------------
972
973 wxMSW:
974
975 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
976 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
977 Windows functions, for efficiency.
978 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
979 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
980 don't support it.
981 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
982 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
983
984 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
985 -----------------------
986
987 wxMSW:
988
989 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
990 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
991
992 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
993 -----------------------
994
995 wxMSW:
996
997 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
998 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
999 wxMenuBar.
1000 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1001 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1002 wxMenuItem accessors.
1003 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1004 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1005 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1006 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1007 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1008 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1009 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1010 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1011 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1012 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1013 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1014 first, then doing the assignment.
1015 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1016 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1017
1018 Generic:
1019
1020 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1021 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1022
1023 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1024 ----------------------
1025
1026 wxMSW:
1027
1028 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1029 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1030 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1031 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1032 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1033 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1034 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1035 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1036 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1037
1038 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1039 ------------------------
1040
1041 wxMSW:
1042
1043 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1044 fields were used.
1045 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1046 compilation and pragmas.
1047 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1048 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1049
1050 Generic:
1051
1052 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1053 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1054 compilation and pragmas.
1055 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1056
1057 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1058 ------------------------
1059
1060 wxMSW:
1061
1062 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1063 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1064 some reason :-(
1065 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1066 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1067 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1068 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1069 startup/exit.
1070 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1071 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1072 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1073 VADIM'S CHANGES:
1074 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1075 compatibility functions.
1076 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1077 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1078 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1079 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1080 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1081 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1082 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1083
1084 Generic:
1085
1086 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1087 - Added samples/png.
1088 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1089 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1090 header files.
1091 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1092
1093 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1094 ------------------------
1095
1096 wxMSW:
1097
1098 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1099 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1100 cleaned up properly before exit.
1101 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1102 automatically.
1103 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1104 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1105 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1106 unresolved issues.
1107 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1108 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1109 tray area.
1110 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1111 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1112 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1113 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1114
1115 Generic:
1116
1117 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1118 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1119 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1120 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1121 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1122 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1123 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1124 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1125 allow better control of memory.
1126 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1127 checking.
1128 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1129 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1130
1131 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1132 ------------------------
1133
1134 wxMSW:
1135
1136 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1137 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1138 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1139 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1140 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1141 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1142 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1143 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1144 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1145 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1146 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1147 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1148 IUnknown.
1149 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1150 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1151 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1152 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1153 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1154 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1155 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1156 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1157 internal implementation.
1158 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1159 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1160 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1161
1162 Generic:
1163
1164 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1165 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1166 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1167 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1168 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1169
1170 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1171 --------------------------
1172
1173 wxMSW:
1174
1175 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1176 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1177 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1178 changes.
1179 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1180 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1181 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1182 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1183 again.
1184 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1185 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1186 e.g. wxDC.
1187
1188 Generic:
1189
1190 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1191 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1192 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1193 changes.
1194 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1195 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1196 docs/gtk.
1197 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1198 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1199 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1200 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1201 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1202 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1203 - Added gcc pragmas.
1204 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1205 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1206 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1207 added a few references to wxTransString.
1208 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1209 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1210 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1211 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1212 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1213 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1214 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1215 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1216 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1217 MoreRequested.
1218
1219 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1220 --------------------------
1221
1222 All:
1223
1224 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1225 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1226 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1227 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1228 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1229 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1230 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1231 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1232 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1233 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1234 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1235 scrolling toolbars.
1236 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1237 to help printing with multiple pages.
1238 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1239 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1240 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1241 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1242 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1243 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1244 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1245 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1246 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1247 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1248 New files from Vadim:
1249 include\wx\string.h
1250 include\wx\debug.h
1251 include\wx\file.h
1252 include\wx\log.h
1253 include\wx\intl.h
1254 src\common\string.cpp
1255 src\common\log.cpp
1256 src\common\intl.cpp
1257 src\common\file.cpp
1258 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1259 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1260 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1261 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1262 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1263 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1264 including changes to defs.h.
1265 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1266 introduced.
1267 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1268 hidden).
1269 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1270 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1271 trick).
1272 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1273
1274 Alpha 3, September 1997
1275 -----------------------
1276
1277 All:
1278
1279 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1280 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1281 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1282 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1283 - Started documentation.
1284
1285 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1286 ------------------------
1287
1288 All:
1289
1290 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1291 with MetroWerks compiler.
1292 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1293 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1294 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1295 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1296 for testing purposes.
1297 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1298 handlers.
1299 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1300 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1301 fully).
1302 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1303 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1304 a separate file.
1305
1306 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1307 -----------------------
1308
1309 Generic:
1310
1311 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1312
1313 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1314 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1315 wxString instead of char *.
1316 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1317 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1318 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1319 as wxbWindow now removed.
1320 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1321 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1322 - PrologIO revised.
1323 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1324 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1325 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1326 Windows settings.
1327 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1328 settings mucho rationalised.
1329 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1330 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1331 classes removed.
1332 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1333 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1334 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1335 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1336 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1337 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1338 of event handlers.
1339 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1340 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1341 wxToolBarBase
1342 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1343 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1344 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1345 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1346 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1347 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1348 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1349 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1350 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1351 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1352 in the future.
1353 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1354 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1355 variables instead.
1356 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1357 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1358 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1359 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1360 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1361 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1362 Win95.
1363 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1364 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1365 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1366 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1367 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1368 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
1369
1370