+// Due to a bug in older wx versions, wxSpinEvents were being sent with type of
+// wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP, wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN and wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK. But
+// with the type-safe events in place, these event types are associated with
+// wxScrollEvent. To allow handling of spin events, new event types have been
+// defined in spinbutt.h/spinnbuttcmn.cpp. To maintain backward compatibility
+// the spin event types are being initialized with the scroll event types.
+
+#if wxUSE_SPINBTN
+
+wxDEFINE_EVENT_ALIAS( wxEVT_SPIN_UP, wxSpinEvent, wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP )
+wxDEFINE_EVENT_ALIAS( wxEVT_SPIN_DOWN, wxSpinEvent, wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN )
+wxDEFINE_EVENT_ALIAS( wxEVT_SPIN, wxSpinEvent, wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK )
+
+#endif // wxUSE_SPINBTN
+