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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ changes:
   to work with "wxChar *" before use "void *" now (some int parameters were
   also changed to size_t). While wxIPC_TEXT can still be used to transfer 7
   bit text, the new wxIPC_UTF8TEXT format is used for transferring wxStrings.
   to work with "wxChar *" before use "void *" now (some int parameters were
   also changed to size_t). While wxIPC_TEXT can still be used to transfer 7
   bit text, the new wxIPC_UTF8TEXT format is used for transferring wxStrings.

+  Also notice that connection classes should change the parameter types of
+  their overridden OnExecute() or override a more convenient OnExec() instead.

 
 
 wxODBC and contrib libraries removal
 
 
 wxODBC and contrib libraries removal


@@ -80,6 +82,11 @@ Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors, please read this!
 - wxWindow::Freeze/Thaw() are not virtual any more, if you overrode them in
   your code you need to override DoFreeze/Thaw() instead now.
 
 - wxWindow::Freeze/Thaw() are not virtual any more, if you overrode them in
   your code you need to override DoFreeze/Thaw() instead now.
 

+- wxCalendarCtrl has native implementation in wxGTK, but it has less features
+  than the generic one. The native implementation is used by default, but you
+  can still use wxGenericCalendarCtrl instead of wxCalendarCtrl in your code if
+  you need the extra features.
+

 
 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in behaviour which may result in compilation errors
 -----------------------------------------------------------


@@ -176,6 +183,11 @@ Deprecated methods and their replacements
   respectively a wxBrushStyle and a wxPenStyle value instead of a plain "int style";
   use the new wxBrush/wxPen style names (wxBRUSHSTYLE_XXX and wxPENSTYLE_XXX) instead
   of the old deprecated wxXXX styles (which however are still available).
   respectively a wxBrushStyle and a wxPenStyle value instead of a plain "int style";
   use the new wxBrush/wxPen style names (wxBRUSHSTYLE_XXX and wxPENSTYLE_XXX) instead
   of the old deprecated wxXXX styles (which however are still available).

+- EVT_CALENDAR_DAY event has been deprecated, use EVT_CALENDAR_SEL_CHANGED.
+- EVT_CALENDAR_MONTH and EVT_CALENDAR_YEAR events are deprecated,
+  use EVT_CALENDAR_PAGE_CHANGED which replaces both of them.
+- wxCalendarCtrl::EnableYearChange() and wxCAL_NO_YEAR_CHANGE are deprecated.
+

 
 
 Major new features in this release
 
 
 Major new features in this release


@@ -226,6 +238,11 @@ All:
   if the wxVariantData::Clone function is implemented.
 - Added wxWeakRef<T>, wxScopedPtr<T>, wxSharedPtr<T> class templates
 - Added wxVector<T> class templates
   if the wxVariantData::Clone function is implemented.
 - Added wxWeakRef<T>, wxScopedPtr<T>, wxSharedPtr<T> class templates
 - Added wxVector<T> class templates

+- Added wxON_BLOCK_EXIT_SET() and wxON_BLOCK_EXIT_NULL() to wx/scopeguard.h.
+- Added wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent() replacing AddPendingEvent() and
+  wxQueueEvent() replacing wxPostEvent().
+- wxString now uses std::[w]string internally by default, meaning that it is
+  now thread-safe if the standard library provided with your compiler is.

 
 All (Unix):
 
 
 All (Unix):
 


@@ -234,11 +251,13 @@ All (Unix):
 All (GUI):
 
 - Added wxDataViewCtrl class and helper classes
 All (GUI):
 
 - Added wxDataViewCtrl class and helper classes

+- Provide native implementation of wxCalendarCtrl under wxMSW and wxGTK

 - Added {wxTextCtrl,wxComboBox}::AutoComplete() and AutoCompleteFileNames()
 - Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty).
 - Added wxNotificationMessage class for non-intrusive notifications
 - Added wxWindow::Show/HideWithEffect()
 - Added wxWrapSizer (Arne Steinarson)
 - Added {wxTextCtrl,wxComboBox}::AutoComplete() and AutoCompleteFileNames()
 - Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty).
 - Added wxNotificationMessage class for non-intrusive notifications
 - Added wxWindow::Show/HideWithEffect()
 - Added wxWrapSizer (Arne Steinarson)

+- Added wxSpinCtrlDouble (John Labenski)

 - Added wxNativeContainerWindow to allow embedding wx into native windows
 - Added custom controls support to wxFileDialog (Diaa Sami and Marcin Wojdyr)
 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron).
 - Added wxNativeContainerWindow to allow embedding wx into native windows
 - Added custom controls support to wxFileDialog (Diaa Sami and Marcin Wojdyr)
 - Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron).


@@ -280,11 +299,12 @@ All (GUI):
   behaviour of GetNextSibling() consistent between wxMSW and generic versions.
 - Merged wxRichTextAttr and wxTextAttrEx into wxTextAttr, and added a font table
   to wxRichTextBuffer to reduce wxFont consumption and increase performance.
   behaviour of GetNextSibling() consistent between wxMSW and generic versions.
 - Merged wxRichTextAttr and wxTextAttrEx into wxTextAttr, and added a font table
   to wxRichTextBuffer to reduce wxFont consumption and increase performance.

-- Optimize wxGenericTreeCtrl::Collapse/ExpandAllChildren(). (Szczepan Holyszewski)
+- Optimize wxGenericTreeCtrl::Collapse/ExpandAllChildren()
+  (Szczepan Holyszewski).

 - Added <scrollrate> parameter to wxScrolledWindow XRC handler.
 - Added <scrollrate> parameter to wxScrolledWindow XRC handler.

-- Added support for automatic dialog scrolling, via the new wxDialogLayoutAdapter
-  class and various new wxDialog functions. See the topic "Automatic Scrolling
-  Dialogs" in the manual for further details.
+- Added support for automatic dialog scrolling, via the new
+  wxDialogLayoutAdapter class and various new wxDialog functions. See the
+  topic "Automatic Scrolling Dialogs" in the manual for further details.

 - Added support for resizing wxWizard bitmaps to the current page height,
   via SetBitmapPlacement, SetBitmapBackgroundColour and SetMinimumBitmapWidth.
   Also made it easier to derive from wxWizard and override behaviour.
 - Added support for resizing wxWizard bitmaps to the current page height,
   via SetBitmapPlacement, SetBitmapBackgroundColour and SetMinimumBitmapWidth.
   Also made it easier to derive from wxWizard and override behaviour.


@@ -293,7 +313,11 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added wxWindow::HasFocus().
 - Added wxGLCanvas::IsDisplaySupported().
 - Added wxApp::SetNativeTheme() (Stefan H.).
 - Added wxWindow::HasFocus().
 - Added wxGLCanvas::IsDisplaySupported().
 - Added wxApp::SetNativeTheme() (Stefan H.).

-- Made wxSpinCtrl::Reparent() in MSW and generic versions (Angelo Mottola)
+- Made wxSpinCtrl::Reparent() in MSW and generic versions (Angelo Mottola).
+- Freeze() and Thaw() now recursively freeze/thaw the children too.
+- Generalized wxScrolledWindow into wxScrolled<T> template that can derive
+  from any window class, not just wxPanel.
+- Allow having menu separators with ids != wxID_SEPARATOR (Jeff Tupper)

 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 wxGTK: