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@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
 ================================
 
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
 ================================
 

+- no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
+  now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
+  from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
+- wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon

 
 

-DEPRECATED METHOD SINCE 2.4.x
-=============================
+
+DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
+==============================

 
 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
 versions, please update your code to not use them.
 
 Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
 versions, please update your code to not use them.


@@ -19,7 +24,14 @@ versions, please update your code to not use them.
 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead
 - wxList::Number, First, Last, Nth: use GetCount, GetFirst/Last, Item instead
 - wxNode::Next, Previous, Data: use GetNext, GetPrevious, GetData instead
 - wxListBase::operator wxList&(): use typesafe lists instead

-- wxTheFontMapper, use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
+- wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
+- wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
+- wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
+- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
+- wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
+- wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
+- [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
+             SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles

 
 
 OTHER CHANGES
 
 
 OTHER CHANGES


@@ -31,6 +43,7 @@ OTHER CHANGES
 All:
 
 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
 All:
 
 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)

+- added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)

 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling
 - use true/false throughout the library instead of TRUE/FALSE
 - wxStopWatch::Start() resumes the stop watch if paused, as per the docs
 - added wxDirTraverser::OnOpenError() to customize the error handling


@@ -42,6 +55,13 @@ All:
 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
 - added Catalan translations (Pau Bosch i Crespo)
 - added Ukrainian translations (Eugene Manko)
 - fixed bug with deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig

+- chkconf.h now includes platform-specific versions (for MSW
+  and Mac) which contain some tests that were in setup.h
+- added event sink argument to wxEvtHandler::Connect()
+- added support for POST method and alt ports to wxHTTP (Roger Chickering)
+- added wxSocket::IPAddress() (Chris Mellon)
+- wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
+- added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)

 
 wxBase:
 
 
 wxBase:
 


@@ -54,6 +74,7 @@ All GUI ports:
 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC

+- wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may b resizeable (Robert Vazan)

 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)
 - added proportion to wxFlexGridSizer::AddGrowableRow/Col (Maxim Babitski)
 - added wxFlexGridSizer::SetFlexibleDirection() (Szczepan Holyszewski)
 - implemented GetEditControl for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Peter Stieber)


@@ -62,6 +83,7 @@ All GUI ports:
 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)
 - implemented alignment for wxGrid bool editor and renderer
 - support wxListCtrl columns alignment for all platforms and not just MSW
 - added wxToolBar Add/InsertTool(tool) (Janusz Piwowarski)

+- added wxTB_HORZ_TEXT style for MSW and GTK (Axel Schlueter)

 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
 - fixed user dash handling for MSW and GTK (Ken Edwards)
 - WXR resources can now be used in Unicode builds
 - it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu


@@ -77,16 +99,53 @@ All GUI ports:
   a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
   the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
   default extension for the template
   a new document), and more intelligent addition of filenames to
   the file history, including not adding filenames if not using the
   default extension for the template

-- Speeded up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)
+- sped up wxImage::Scale using fixed point arithmetic (Wade Brainerd)

 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)
 - Added BLOB support to wxDB (John Skiff)

-- Wizard now validates when pressing Back or Next
+- wxWizard now validates when pressing Back or Next

 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works
 - Implemented wxNotebook::DoGetBestSize so Fit now works

+- Added FindItemByPosition to wxMenu
+- wxTimer now derives from wxEvtHandler and is its own owner object by default
+- Extended wxTextAttr and added wxTextCtrl::GetStyle stub
+  to allow better rich text support.
+- implemented wxFlexGridSizer::Show() (Wade Brainerd)
+- Added m_ prefix to wxColourData and wxFontData members
+- Added wxHtmlPrintout::AddFilter so HTML printing can be subject to
+  custom filters as well as HTML viewing.
+- Moved wxApp::SendIdleEvents and wxApp::ProcessIdle into common code.
+- wxWindow::OnInternalIdle is now used in all ports, and ensures that
+  user OnIdle events do not interfere with crucial internal processing.
+- wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI is now a documented function that
+  sends wxUpdateUIEvents, and can be overridden. It has a helper function
+  DoUpdateWindowUI for taking appropriate wxUpdateUIEvent action.
+- Added functions to wxUpdateUIEvent: Set/GetMode, Set/GetUpdateInterval,
+  CanUpdate, to assist with optimising update event frequency.
+- Added functions to wxIdleEvent: Set/GetMode, CanSend, to
+  determine whether a window should receive idle events.
+- Added wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE, wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES window
+  styles for use with conservative idle and update event modes.
+- send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)
+- improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
+- added wxMirrorDC class
+- printing improvements: GetPageInfo() gets called after the DC has
+  been set and after OnPreparePrinting() has been called so it can
+  report the number of pages accurately; doesn't try to set
+  number of pages in print dialog, in common with other Windows apps;
+  wxHTML easy printing's preview shows number of pages
+  correctly; preview scrollbars are set correctly; keyboard navigation
+  improved

 
 Unix:
 
 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11
 
 Unix:
 
 - fixed compilation on systems with zlib installed but < 1.1.3 version
 - fixed compilation on Solaris 7 with large files support enabled
 - added wxTaskBarIcon implementation for X11

+- added support for GNU/Hurd in configure
+- wxLocale::Init now tries to set .utf8 locale in Unicode mode (Andreas Pflug)
+
+Generic controls:
+
+- implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
+- support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 


@@ -99,43 +158,45 @@ wxGTK:
 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
   be appended to filenames with no extension
 - added wxEVT_MENU_OPEN event generation
 - fixed bug in generic file selector causing incomplete file extensions to
   be appended to filenames with no extension

-- added SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
+- added wxTextCtrl::SetSelection implementation for GTK+ 2
+- fixed wxTextCtrl::IsEditable() for GTK+ 2
+- fixed wxStaticText alignment for GTK+ 2 (Kevin Hock)
+- don't consume 100% CPU when showing a poup menu

 
 wxMac:
 
 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events
 
 wxMac:
 
 - generate wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE events

+- generate wxEVT_MENU_OPEN and wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE events

 
 wxMSW:
 
 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)
 
 wxMSW:
 
 - possibility to use DIBs for wxBitmap implementation (Derry Bryson)

+- added wxCrashReport

 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more
 - wxStaticBitmap doesn't stretch its bitmap any longer (like other ports)
 - support for accelerator keys in the owner drawn menus (Derry Bryson)
 - wxCaret::SetSize() doesn't hide the caret any longer as it used to
 - wxCheckListBox::Check() doesn't send CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLE event any more

-- fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not workign with wxTR_MULTIPLE
-- fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom compiler
+- fixed bugs in wxThread::Wait() and IsAlive()
+- fixed bug with wxTR_EDIT_LABELS not working with wxTR_MULTIPLE
+- fixes for compilation with OpenWatcom and DigitalMars compilers

 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown
 - fixed wxStaticText best size calculation (was wrong by '&' width)
 - fixed calling wxFrame::Maximize(FALSE) before the window is shown

-- all libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix
-  (for MinGW and Cygwin)
-- When using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported - added
-  WXEXPORTDLL
-- A wxEvtHandler object was not removed from wxPendingEvents on deletion. 
-  wxPendingEventsLocker was being deleted in App before all wxEvtHandler
-  objects have been destroyed resulting in stale handler/lock
-  ptrs; fixed
+- added wxNotebook::HitTest() (Otto Wyss)
+- libraries built with makefile.g95 have a _min or _cyg suffix (MinGW/Cygwin)
+- when using DLL, wxLocalFSHandler was not being exported
+- fixed problem with wxEvtHandler object not removed from wxPendingEvents

 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
   to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
   or if user's default locale is Unicode-only
 - Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer neccessary
   to ship .exe.manifest file with applications to support XP themes
 - wxLocale::Init no longer reports error if trying to set Unicode-only locale
   or if user's default locale is Unicode-only

-- Improved border handling so it no longer shows a thin and
-  sunken border under XP
+- improved border handling under Windows XP

 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
   enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
   wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
   enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
   wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.

-  Proper XP theme support is planned for 2.6
-- disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles
-  if the version of CommCtl doesn't support it (XP)
+- disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
+- fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
+- added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
+- you don't need to add opengl32.lib when using VC++ now (David Falkinder)

 
 wxMotif:
 
 
 wxMotif:
 


@@ -385,7 +446,7 @@ wxBase:
 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
   (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix
 - fixes to the command line parsing error and usage messages
 - modified wxFileName::CreateTempFileName() to open the file atomically
   (if possible) and, especially, not to leak the file descriptors under Unix

-- memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri)
+- memory leak in wxHTTP fixed (Dimitri Schoolwerth)

 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
   after (non standard) STL hash_map
 - fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
 - added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
   after (non standard) STL hash_map