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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 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
11 DEPRECATED METHOD SINCE 2.4.x
12 =============================
14 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
15 versions, please update your code to not use them.
17 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
18 - wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
19 - wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
20 - wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode instead
21 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
22 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
23 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
24 - wxTheFontMapper, use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
35 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
36 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
37 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
38 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
39 - added wxArray::SetCount()
40 - wxFile, wxFFile, wxTextFile and wxTempFile now all use UTF-8 encoding
41 by default in Unicode mode
42 - bug in wxDateTime with timezones on systems with tm_gmtoff in struct tm fixed
43 - added wx/math.h (John Labenski)
44 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
45 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
46 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
47 - chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
48 and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
52 - added Watcom makefiles
53 - fixed bug with searching in sorted arrays (Jürgen Palm)
57 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
58 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
59 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
60 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
61 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
62 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
63 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
64 - improved contrib/utils/convertrc parsing (David J. Cooke)
65 - fixed handling of URLs and filenames in wxFileSystem
66 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
67 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
68 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
69 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
70 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
71 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
72 by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
73 - Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
74 - FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
75 - FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
76 - In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
77 wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
78 - Added to defs.h a couple of macros (wxPtrToULong & wxULongToPtr)
79 - Minor improvements to document/view framework, including
80 delayed deletion of a document (until after the user has chosen
81 a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
82 the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
83 default extension for the template
84 - Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
85 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
86 - Wizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
87 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
88 - Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
89 - wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
90 - implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
94 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
95 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
96 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
97 - added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
101 - added support for label mnemonics to GTK+2 build (Michael Moss)
102 - added native wxMessageDialog implementation for GTK+2 build
103 - fixed wxMenu::Remove (John Skiff and Benjamin Williams)
104 - made wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress() work for Delete and Backspace
105 - fixed wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen to work with kwin, IceWM and
106 window managers that support _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
107 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
108 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
109 be appended to filenames with no extension
110 - added SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
114 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
118 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
119 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
120 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
121 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
122 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
123 - fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
124 - fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
125 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
126 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
127 - all libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix
128 (for MinGW and Cygwin)
129 - When using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported - added
131 - A wxEvtHandler object was not removed from wxPendingEvents on deletion.
132 wxPendingEventsLocker was being deleted in App before all wxEvtHandler
133 objects have been destroyed resulting in stale handler/lock
135 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
136 to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
137 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
138 or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
139 - Improved border handling so it no longer shows a thin and
140 sunken border under XP
141 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
142 enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
143 wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
144 Proper XP theme support is planned for 2.6
145 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles
146 if the version of CommCtl doesn't support it (XP)
147 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
151 - made wxFileDialog behaviour with complex wildcards more sensible (it still
152 does not support all the features other ports do); refer to wxFileDialog
153 documentation for a detailed explanation
154 - implemented wxWakeUpIdle
155 - for Motif 2.0, used the native combobox widget instead of the GPL'd
156 xmcombo; xmcombo is still used for Motif 1.x and Lesstif when compiled
157 with Motif 1.x compatibility
158 - implemented wxToggleButton
159 - wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox now use the default shadow (border) style
160 instead of a sunken border
161 - implemented wxBitmapDataObject
162 - finished wxClipboard implementation
166 - controls in toolbars now supported
170 - added text selection to wxHtmlWindow
171 - added SetFonts to HTML printing classes (Adrian Philip Look)
172 - it is now possible to force page break when printing by inserting
173 <div style="page-break-before:always"> into the markup (Greg Chicares)
174 - wxHtmlWindow now uses double buffering to prevent flicker
180 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
181 ================================
183 Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
184 paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
185 with '!' in the first column.
187 Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
188 is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
189 series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
190 your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
193 NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
194 of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
195 (see the documentation) useful.
200 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
201 under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
204 ! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
205 architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
206 used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
207 arrays containing non-pointers.
209 - wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
210 simply don't make sense for all objects
212 - wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
213 by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
214 add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
216 - small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
218 - unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
219 from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
220 could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
221 a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
222 is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
224 - another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
225 must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
226 the default assert handling.
230 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
231 allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
232 in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
234 You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
235 but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
238 ! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
239 your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
240 the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
242 ! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
243 generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
244 you want to get OnChar() as well
246 - in general, the key events sent for the various non ASCII key combinations
247 have been changed to make them consistent over all supported platforms,
248 please see the wxKeyEvent documentation for details
250 - wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
251 have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
252 ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
253 will *NOT* work any longer:
255 if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
258 ... do something else ...
260 - static wxWizard::Create() doesn't exist any more, the wizards are created
261 in the same way as all the other wxWindow objects, i.e. by directly using
264 - wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
266 - wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
267 if you derived any classes from it
269 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
270 unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
272 - wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
273 now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
275 - WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
276 they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
278 - the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
279 parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
282 - several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
283 for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
284 and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
286 - wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
287 to obtain the previous behaviour, add
288 wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
289 (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
293 ! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
294 but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx
295 where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
296 the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
297 xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
298 class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
299 make/project files. Finally, the library names have changed as well and now
300 use the following consistent naming convention: wxmsw[ver][u][d].(lib|dll)
301 where 'u' appears for Unicode version, 'd' -- for the debug one and version
302 is only present for the DLLs builds.
304 - child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
307 - all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
308 previously selected one instead of replacing it
310 - wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
311 return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
312 never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
314 - wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
315 anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
320 ! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
321 `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
322 and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
323 to compile pure C files.
326 wxThread and related classes:
328 - The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
329 as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
330 semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
331 wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
333 ! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
334 documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
335 unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
336 (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
338 - wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
339 recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
340 documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
342 - wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
343 this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
354 - fixed loss of client data in wxChoice::SetString()
361 - added (partial) Indonesian translations (Bambang Purnomosidi D. P.)
362 - added wxSizer::Show()/Hide() (Carl Godkin)
363 - fixed bugs in wxDateTime::SetToWeekDay()/GetWeek()
367 - minor OpenBSD compilation/linking fixes, now builds OOB under OpenBSD 3.1
368 - don't include -I/usr/include nor -I/usr/local/include in wx-config output
369 - shared library symbols are now versioned on platforms that support it (Linux)
372 - Further work for GTK 2.0 and Unicode support.
373 - Addition of native frame site grip.
376 - Unicode support through Pango library.
380 - fixed crashes in wxListCtrl under XP
381 - added context menu for rich edit wxTextCtrl
385 - fixed wxHTML to work in Unicode build
392 - building wxBase with Borland C++ is now supported (Michael Fieldings)
393 - wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
394 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
395 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
396 (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
397 - memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
398 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
399 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
400 after (non standard) STL hash_map
401 - wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
402 - wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
403 - added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
404 - added wxEXPLICIT macro
405 - IPC classes improved and memory leaks fixed (Michael Fielding).
406 Global buffer removed, duplication in docs removed
407 - debug new/free implementations made thread-safe
411 - wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
412 programs and not only GNU make
413 - wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
414 - wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
415 lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
416 the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
417 - fixed thread priority setting under Linux
421 - it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
422 small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
423 - implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
424 - added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
425 - added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
427 - significantly improved native font support
428 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
430 - added IFF image handler
431 - fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
432 - support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage
433 (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
434 - support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
435 - wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
436 - added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
437 - added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
438 - added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
439 - added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
440 - added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
441 for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
442 - added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
443 - added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
444 - Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
445 - Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
446 - wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
447 - wxMessageOutput class added
448 - wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
449 so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
451 - updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
452 - Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do cleanup.
453 - generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
454 renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
456 - Added wxTreeEvent::IsEditCancelled so the application can tell
457 whether a label edit was cancelled.
458 - added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor
462 - small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
463 - fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
464 - fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
465 - refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
466 - huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
467 - changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
468 - wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
469 - fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
470 - fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
471 - improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
473 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
474 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
475 - wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
476 of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
477 - wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
478 - bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
479 - showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
481 - wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
482 - the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
483 - wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
484 - wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
485 - Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
486 - Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
487 - Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
488 has the capture before release it.
489 - fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
490 - default button handling is now closer to expected
491 - setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
492 - disabling a parent window also disables all of its children (as in wxGTK)
493 - multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
494 - tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
495 - fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
496 - fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
497 - increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
498 - don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
499 - wxFontDialog effects only turned on if a valid colour was
500 provided in wxFontData
501 - Added wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT flags for text control alignment.
502 - Bitmap printing uses 24 bits now, not 8.
506 - wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
507 - wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
508 - wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
509 - added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
510 - new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
511 Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
512 - support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
513 - fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
514 - implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
515 - implemented wxChoice::Delete()
516 - fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
517 - made internal GC pool dynamically growable
518 - added GTK+ 2 and Unicode support
522 - improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
523 - improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
524 - improved toolbar control alignment
525 - implemented wxSpinButton
526 - implemented wxCheckListBox
527 - fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
528 - wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
532 - added generic MDI implementation (Hans Van Leemputten)
533 - first cut at wxSocket support (not yet working)
541 - First alpha-quality release
545 - fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
546 - added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
547 wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
548 - fixed alignment handling in tables
549 - fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
554 New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
558 - wxRegEx class added
559 - wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
560 - wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
561 - more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
562 glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
563 capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
567 - support for virtual list control added
568 - column images in report mode of the list control
569 - wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
570 - wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
571 - polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
572 - wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
573 - fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
574 - new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
575 - wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
576 - wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
577 - wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
578 - wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
579 - support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
580 - improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
584 - support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
585 - new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
590 - fixed popup menu positioning bug
591 - fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
592 - fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
593 correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
597 - support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
602 - new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
604 - added support for animated GIFs
612 - Fixed new charset detection code
613 - ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
614 - Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
615 - Added wxDir::Traverse
616 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
617 - Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
618 so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
622 - Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
623 - Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
624 user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
625 push on a custom event handler for example)
626 - Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
627 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
628 - Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
629 - Improvements to Tex2RTF
630 - Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
631 - Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
633 - Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
634 - Various wxXML enhancements
635 - Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
636 - Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
637 - Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
639 - Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
640 - Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
644 - Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
645 accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
646 - Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
647 alt or shift) now work
648 - Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
649 - Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
650 - Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
651 - Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
652 wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
653 - Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
654 - Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
655 - Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
656 - We now send iconize events
657 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
658 - Added mousewheel processing
659 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
660 wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
662 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
663 child frame styles are honoured
667 - Fixed slider rounding bug
668 - Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
669 - We now send iconize events
670 - Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
671 GetSelection() results
678 - fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
679 - wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
680 - wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
681 - wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
682 - wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
683 - wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
684 - wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
685 - wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
686 detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
687 cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
691 - new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
692 - wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
693 - wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
694 - FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
695 - new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
696 - added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
697 (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
698 wxImage methods and ctor)
699 - ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
700 - ODBC documentation complete!!
701 - ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
702 - ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
703 - ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
704 - ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
708 - threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
709 - fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
710 - it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
711 other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
715 - added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
719 - mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
720 - visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
727 - Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
728 - wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
729 - Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
730 - Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
731 - Completed Czech translations
732 - Some stream corrections
733 - added missing consts to wxPoint operators
734 - wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
735 - wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
736 - small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
740 - wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
741 flicker-free dragging is now possible
742 - Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
743 - Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
744 - Paper names now translated
746 - Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
747 wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
748 - Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
749 error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
751 - Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
752 - wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
754 - wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
755 - Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
756 - wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
757 wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
761 - wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
762 This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
763 backward compatibility, please set
764 wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
765 - wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
766 - wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
767 - wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
768 - BC++ DLL compilation fixed
769 - Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
770 - Fixed submenu accelerator bug
771 - Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
772 the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
773 - Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
774 - fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
775 - wxFrame restores focus better
776 - Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
777 frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
778 (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
779 - wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
780 - Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
781 - wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
782 sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
783 - wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
784 - fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
785 - fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
789 - Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
793 - Small compilation fixes
809 - Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
810 files. This works under VC++ only
811 - Modal dialog handling improved
812 - Printer dialog now modal
827 - Added docs/tech for technical notes
831 - Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
832 the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
837 - wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
838 available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
839 - wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
840 - wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
841 long options, switches and parameters of different types)
842 - it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
843 and BeOS (without thread support yet)
844 - wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
845 added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
847 - wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
848 - wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
849 - wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
850 results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
851 - wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
852 - buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
854 - wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
858 - Added wxImage::Rotate.
859 - new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
860 - wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
861 - wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
862 dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
863 - vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
864 - wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
865 - "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
867 - wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
868 MIME types if available (Unix only)
869 - wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
870 - TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
871 - PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
872 - validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
873 - wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
874 - wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
875 - added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
876 for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
877 charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
878 - wxDragImage class added
879 - samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
880 controllers, as well as native help
881 - moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
885 - wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
886 - support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
887 (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
888 - implemented setting colours for push buttons
889 - wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
890 positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
891 - wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
892 - loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
893 - tooltips work with wxRadioBox
894 - wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
896 - returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
897 - VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
898 - wxSetCursorEvent added
902 - wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
903 - wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
904 - UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
908 - wxMenu::Enable works
909 - wxToolBar bugs fixed
910 - OGL samples made to work again
914 - almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
915 including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
916 and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
917 loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
918 split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
919 - added support for charsets and <meta> tag
920 - added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
921 taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
922 - added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
923 - improved HTML printing
924 - added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
925 - fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
926 - added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
927 fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
930 NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
933 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
934 -----------------------
938 - JPEG support added.
939 - Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
943 - wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
945 - JPEG support added.
946 - Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
947 - Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
948 - Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
955 - Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
958 2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
959 -------------------------------
964 - Slider/spinbutton fixes.
968 - Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
969 - Fixed window cursor setting.
970 - Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
971 - Some makefile fixes.
979 - Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
980 - More topic overviews.
981 - Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
982 prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
983 (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
986 Beta 5, February 18th 1999
987 --------------------------
991 - wxExecute improved.
995 - Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
997 - Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
998 debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
999 with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
1000 - Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
1001 - Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
1002 - Fixed focus-related crash.
1006 - Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
1007 - Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
1011 - wxLocale documented.
1012 - Added include filenames to class reference.
1013 - wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
1014 DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
1015 (though doesn't display help yet).
1017 Beta 4, February 12th 1999
1018 --------------------------
1022 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1026 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
1028 - Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
1032 - Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
1033 - Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
1034 - Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
1035 - Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
1036 syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
1037 - Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
1038 crashes for some reason).
1039 - Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
1040 of malloc, which causes memory problems).
1044 - Further doc improvements.
1045 - wxGenericValidator added.
1046 - Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
1049 Beta 3, January 31st 1999
1050 -------------------------
1054 - wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
1055 - wxToolTip class added.
1056 - Miscellaneous fixes.
1060 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
1061 - Makefiles for more compilers.
1062 - TWIN32 support added.
1063 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
1064 factored out program/library settings.
1065 - Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
1069 - A few more colour fixes.
1070 - wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
1071 - Some compiler warnings fixed.
1072 - wxChoice crash fix.
1073 - Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
1077 - wxBusyCursor class added.
1078 - Added samples/dde.
1079 - More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
1081 Beta 2, January 1999
1082 --------------------
1088 - 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
1092 - Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
1094 - Cured some widget table clashes.
1095 - Added thread support (Robert).
1096 - wxPoem sample now works.
1100 - Rearranged documentation a bit.
1101 - Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
1102 the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
1104 - Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
1105 - Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
1107 - Added bombs and fractal samples.
1109 Beta 1, December 24th 1998
1110 --------------------------
1116 wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
1119 Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
1120 ----------------------------
1124 - Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
1125 - Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
1126 wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
1127 a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
1128 Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
1130 - Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
1131 - Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
1136 - Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
1137 without (permanently) resizing the window.
1138 - Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
1139 that disabled scrollbar paging.
1140 - Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
1142 - Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
1143 when any button was pressed.
1144 - Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
1145 have a white background.
1146 - Fixed dialog colour setting.
1147 - Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
1148 they have sensible colours by default.
1149 - Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
1150 - Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
1151 - Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
1152 - Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
1153 - Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
1155 Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
1156 ----------------------------
1160 - More documentation updates, especially for
1161 wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
1162 - Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
1164 - Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
1165 However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
1166 VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
1168 - Numerous miscellaneous changes.
1172 - Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
1173 were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
1175 - Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
1176 - wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
1177 to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
1178 - Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
1179 by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
1180 the debugging implementation.
1181 - Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
1182 global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
1183 WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
1184 - Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
1185 - Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
1186 - Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
1187 It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
1189 It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
1191 - wxFrame, wxDialog done.
1192 - wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
1193 - wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
1194 - Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
1195 - Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
1196 - wxNotebook almost done.
1197 - wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
1198 to vertical toolbars).
1202 - Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
1204 - Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
1205 tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
1206 - wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
1208 Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
1209 ----------------------------
1213 - Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
1215 - Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
1216 - A few more makefiles added.
1217 - GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
1218 - Further doc updates.
1219 - wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
1223 - First start at Motif port.
1224 - Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
1225 - First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
1226 wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
1227 wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
1229 Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
1230 --------------------------
1234 - wxBitmap debugged.
1235 - wxDC::GetDepth added.
1236 - Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
1237 converted to DC depth if they don't match.
1238 - wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
1239 - Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
1240 - wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
1241 so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
1243 Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
1244 ------------------------
1248 - Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
1249 wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
1250 area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
1251 wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
1252 - Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
1253 - New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
1254 - Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
1255 changes, wxNotebook.
1256 - Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
1258 Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
1259 -----------------------
1263 - Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
1264 altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
1265 Windows functions, for efficiency.
1266 - Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
1267 - #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
1269 - Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
1270 - Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
1272 Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
1273 -----------------------
1277 - Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
1278 have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
1280 Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
1281 -----------------------
1285 - Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
1286 - Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
1288 - Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
1289 SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
1290 wxMenuItem accessors.
1291 - Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
1292 wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
1293 - Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
1294 - ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
1295 - Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
1296 - Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
1297 - Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
1298 then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
1299 the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
1300 to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
1301 being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
1302 first, then doing the assignment.
1303 - Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
1304 - Various other bug fixes and additions.
1308 - Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
1309 - Expanded documentation a bit more.
1311 Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
1312 ----------------------
1316 - Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
1317 and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
1318 icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
1319 - wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
1320 - Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
1321 require application-supplied positioning code though.
1322 - Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
1323 for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
1324 change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
1326 Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
1327 ------------------------
1331 - Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
1333 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1334 compilation and pragmas.
1335 - Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
1336 commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
1340 - Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
1341 - Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
1342 compilation and pragmas.
1343 - Changed SIZEOF to WXSIZEOF.
1345 Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
1346 ------------------------
1350 - Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
1351 - Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
1353 - Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
1354 - Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
1355 - Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
1356 of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
1358 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
1359 makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
1360 - Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
1362 - Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
1363 compatibility functions.
1364 - Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
1365 - file.h: new wxTempFile class.
1366 - defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
1367 - statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
1368 - registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
1369 - listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
1370 - wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
1374 - Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
1375 - Added samples/png.
1376 - IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
1377 Porters, please check particularly your wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl
1379 - Added modules.h/cpp, config.cpp, fileconf.cpp, textfile.cpp/h.
1381 Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
1382 ------------------------
1386 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1387 - Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
1388 cleaned up properly before exit.
1389 - Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
1391 - Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
1392 - Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
1393 memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
1395 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
1396 to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
1398 - Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
1399 application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
1400 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
1401 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
1405 - Added tab classes, tab sample.
1406 - Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
1407 new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
1408 now checks for leaks on exit. Added memcheck sample.
1409 See src/msw/issues.txt for more details.
1410 - resource.h, resource.cpp changed to make wxDefaultResourceTable
1411 a pointer. Now initialize resource system with
1412 wxInitializeResourceSystem and wxCleanUpResourceSystem, to
1413 allow better control of memory.
1414 - wxString now derives from wxObject, to enable memory leak
1416 - Added some #include fixes in various files, plus changed
1417 float to long in wxToolBar files.
1419 Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
1420 ------------------------
1424 - Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
1425 - Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
1426 - Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
1427 check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
1428 exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
1429 m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
1430 don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
1431 - Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
1432 - Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
1433 added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
1434 wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
1435 Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
1437 Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
1438 - Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
1439 Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
1440 - Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
1441 - Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
1442 Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
1443 - Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
1444 can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
1445 internal implementation.
1446 - Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
1447 in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
1448 binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
1452 - Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
1453 - Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
1454 - Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
1455 owner-draw wxListBox, and drag-and-drop
1456 (see docs/msw/changes.txt).
1458 Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
1459 --------------------------
1463 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1464 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1465 the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
1467 - Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
1468 resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
1469 advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
1470 - Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
1472 - Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
1473 - Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
1478 - GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
1479 DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
1480 the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
1482 - Readmes, change logs and installation files now go in
1483 platform-specific directories under docs, e.g. docs/msw,
1485 - Added DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros so wxApp object gets
1486 created dynamically, not as a global object.
1487 - Put wxColour into wx/msw/colour.h, src/msw/colour.cpp.
1488 - Changed names of some include/wx/generic headers to be
1489 consistent and to conform to gcc pragma conventions. Also
1490 changed choicesg.cpp to choicdgg.cpp.
1491 - Added gcc pragmas.
1492 - Added gtk inclusion in include/wx headers.
1493 - Added consistent file headings to source and headers.
1494 - Removed lang.cpp, lang.h and references to wxSTR_... variables;
1495 added a few references to wxTransString.
1496 - Added operator to wxTransString that converts automatically
1497 to wxString, so we can say e.g. wxMessageBox(wxTransString("Hello"), ...).
1498 - samples/internat now works (minimally).
1499 - Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
1500 wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
1501 - Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
1502 - Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
1503 - Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
1504 will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
1507 Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
1508 --------------------------
1512 - Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
1513 integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
1514 - const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
1515 - Under Windows, wxDC no longer has any knowledge of whether
1516 an associated window is scrolled or not. Instead, the device
1517 origin is set by wxScrolledWindow in wxScrolledWindow::PrepareDC.
1518 - wxScrolledWindow applications can optionally override the virtual OnDraw
1519 function instead of using the OnPaint event handler. The wxDC passed to
1520 OnDraw will be translated by PrepareDC to reflect scrolling.
1521 When drawing outside of OnDraw, must call PrepareDC explicitly.
1522 - wxToolBarBase/wxToolBarSimple similarly changed to allow for
1524 - Integrated wxPostScriptDC patches for 1.xx by Chris Breeze,
1525 to help printing with multiple pages.
1526 - IPC classes given base classes (wxConnectionBase etc.) which
1527 define the API used by different implementations. DDE
1528 implementation updated to use these base classes.
1529 - wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
1530 for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
1531 WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
1532 TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
1533 wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
1534 - Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
1535 internationalization code (gettext simulation, wxLocale, etc.).
1536 New files from Vadim:
1542 src\common\string.cpp
1546 No longer use GNU wxString files.
1547 - Split off file-related functions into include\wx\filefn.h and
1548 src\common\filefn.cpp.
1549 - Borland C++ support (WIN32) for main library and
1550 samples, using makefile.b32 files.
1551 - Preparation done for allowing BC++ to compile wxWin as a DLL,
1552 including changes to defs.h.
1553 - wxIntPoint removed, wxPoint is now int, and wxRealPoint
1555 - Added wxShowEvent (generated when window is being shown or
1557 - Got minimal, docview, mdi samples working for 16-bit VC++ and
1558 cured 16-bit problem with wxTextCtrl (removed global memory
1560 - Updated GnuWin32 makefiles, checked minimal, mdi, docview samples.
1562 Alpha 3, September 1997
1563 -----------------------
1567 - wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
1568 - Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
1569 - PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
1570 - Revamped print/preview classes, added wxPageSetupDialog.
1571 - Started documentation.
1573 Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
1574 ------------------------
1578 - EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
1579 with MetroWerks compiler.
1580 - Added ids to .wxr file format.
1581 - Got Dialog Editor compiled and running again but need
1582 to extend functionality to be in line with new controls.
1583 Added dialoged\test app to allow dynamic loading of .wxr files
1584 for testing purposes.
1585 - Rewrote wxBitmap to allow installable file type
1587 - Rewrote wxBitmapButton, wxStaticBitmap to not use Fafa.
1588 - Wrote most of wxTreeCtrl and sample (need wxImageList to implement it
1590 - Added back wxRadioBox.
1591 - Tidied up wx_main.cpp, wxApp class, putting PenWin code in
1594 Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
1595 -----------------------
1599 At this point, the following has been achieved:
1601 - A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
1602 naming conventions, protection of data members, and use of
1603 wxString instead of char *.
1604 - Obsolete functionality deleted (e.g. default wxPanel layout,
1605 old system event system) and code size reduced.
1606 - Class hierarchy changed (see design doc) - base classes such
1607 as wxbWindow now removed.
1608 - No longer includes windows.h in wxWin headers, by using stand-in
1609 Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
1611 - wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
1612 MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
1613 - wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
1615 - SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
1616 settings mucho rationalised.
1617 - All windows are now subclassed with the same window proc to make
1618 event handling far more consistent. Old internal wxWnd and derived
1620 - API for controls revised, in particular addition of
1621 wxValidator parameters and removal of labels for some controls.
1622 - 1 validator written: see examples/validate.
1623 - Event table system introduced (see most samples and
1624 wx_event.cpp/ProcessEvent, wx_event.h). wxEvtHandler
1625 made more flexible, with Push/PopEventHandler allowing a chain
1627 - wxRadioBox removed - will be added back soon.
1628 - Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
1630 wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
1631 wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
1632 wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
1633 - Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
1634 - wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
1635 have class equivalents. Generic colour and font dialogs
1636 rewritten to not need obsolete panel layout.
1637 - .wxr resource system partially reinstated, though needs
1638 an integer ID for controls. Hopefully the resource system
1639 will be replaced by something better and more efficient
1641 - Device contexts no longer stored with window and accessed
1642 with GetDC - use wxClientDC, wxPaintDC, wxWindowDC stack
1644 - wxSlider uses trackbar class under Win95, and wxSL_LABELS flag
1645 determines whether labels are shown. Other Win95-specific flags
1646 introduced, e.g. for showing ticks.
1647 - Styles introduced for dealing with 3D effects per window, for
1648 any window: all Win95 3D effects supported, plus transparent windows.
1649 - Major change to allow 3D effect support without CTL3D, under
1651 - Bitmap versions of button and checkbox separated out into new
1652 classes, but unimplemented as yet because I intend to remove
1653 the need for Fafa - it apparently causes GPFs in Win95 OSR 2.
1654 - utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
1655 in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
1656 - GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).