and not the object data. The code using it will have to be updated:
* If the object was compared with wxNullXXX, use IsOk() method instead
* If valid object need to be compared, use IsSameAs() to reproduce the old
- behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c
+ behaviour or change the code to avoid comparing bitmaps &c.
- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour.
- wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
even compile).
- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd().
- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, don't use them.
-- wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize
-- wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize
-
+- wxWindowBase::GetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::GetEffectiveMinSize.
+- wxWindowBase::SetBestFittingSize --> wxWindowBase::SetInitialSize.
Major new features in 2.8 release
---------------------------------
- New AUI library supporting docking windows and much more.
+- New rich text control library implementing a generic wxRichTextCtrl,
+ using only the wxWidgets API. Also includes formatting dialogs, conversion
+ to HTML, and printing classes.
+- New wxComboCtrl class giving the ability to create custom, graphical
+ comboboxes. Associated classes include wxOwnerDrawnComboBox, wxComboPopup
+ and wxBitmapComboBox.
+- Further functionality including wxAnimationCtrl (moved from contrib/src/anim
+ and enhanced), wxHtmlSimpleListBox, wxHyperlinkCtrl, wxColourPickerCtrl,
+ wxDirPickerCtrl, wxFilePickerCtrl, wxFontPickerCtrl, wxCollapsiblePane,
+ wxAboutBox, wxTreebook, tar streams.
2.8.0
All:
- wxArrayString::Alloc() now works as reserve() and doesn't clear array contents
+- Fixed long standing bug in wxFileConfig groups renaming (Antti Koivisto).
wxMSW:
-- Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32
+- Fixed version script problems when using configure with cygwin/mingw32.
2.7.2
-----
- Added GetTempDir() to wxFileName and wxStandardPaths.
- Added wxTar streams.
- Added wxFilterFSHandler and wxArchiveFSHandler.
-- Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong()
+- Added wxString::ToLongLong() and ToULongLong().
All (GUI):
- Many enhancements to wxRichTextCtrl including URL support,
formatting and symbol dialogs, print/preview, and better list
formatting.
-- Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson)
-- Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot)
+- Support for loading TGA files added (Seth Jackson).
+- Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot).
- wxHtmlWindow now generates events on link clicks (Francesco Montorsi).
-- wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event
+- wxHtmlWindow now also generates wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY event.
Unix Ports:
- Added wxDir::FindFirst() (Francesco Montorsi).
- Added wxPlatformInfo class (Francesco Montorsi).
- Added wxLocale::IsAvailable() (Creighton).
-- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal)
-- Added reference counting for wxVariant
+- Added Malay translations (Mahrazi Mohd Kamal).
+- Added reference counting for wxVariant.
- For consistency, all classes having Ok() method now also have IsOk() one, use
of the latter form is preferred although the former hasn't been deprecated yet.
- Added wxFileName::Is(Dir|File)(Writ|Read|Execut)able() (Francesco Montorsi).