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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ 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()
 - 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()

+- also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
+- wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead

 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon

-- the values of many colours have been updated to match their official
-  definitions which unfortunately means that "orange" colour in wxWindows
-  2.5 is not the same colour as in 2.4 series.
+- wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
+

 
 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
 ==============================
 
 DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
 ==============================


@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ versions, please update your code to not use them.
 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
 - wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt 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
 
 - [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
              SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
 


@@ -43,7 +45,11 @@ OTHER CHANGES
 
 All:
 
 
 All:
 

+- It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
+  huge wxWindows library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then
+  separately compiled library

 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
 - 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


@@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ All:
 - 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 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 wxRecursionGuard class

 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
 
 wxBase:
 - added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
 
 wxBase:


@@ -72,8 +79,10 @@ All GUI ports:
 
 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
 - added alpha channel support to wxImage
 
 - added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
 - added alpha channel support to wxImage

+- added wxRenderer class allowing to customize the drawing of generic controls

 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC
 - added wxCLOSE_BOX style for dialogs and frames
 - added wxSplitterWindow and wxWizard handlers to XRC

+- wxWizard is now sizer-friendly and may be made 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)


@@ -122,9 +131,16 @@ All GUI ports:
   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.
   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.

-- wxMSW and wxGTK now send menu update events only when a menu is
-  about to be used.
+- send menu update events only when a menu is about to be used (MSW/GTK)

 - improved event processing performance (Hans Van Leemputten)
 - 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:
 
 
 Unix:
 


@@ -138,6 +154,8 @@ Generic controls:
 
 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)
 
 - implemented wxListCtrl::Refresh() (Norbert Berzen)
 - support adding/removing columns dynamically (Donald C. Taylor)

+- wxToolBarSimple, property list classes, wxTreeLayout moved
+  to contrib/src/deprecated

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK:
 


@@ -438,7 +456,7 @@ 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