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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -22,13 +22,29 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
   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
   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

+- finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one

 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
 - wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
 - wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon

-- wxColourDatabase doesn't derive from wxList anymore: use AddColour to add
-  new colours
+- wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours

 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
 - wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
 - pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now

-- wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged
+- wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more
+- (most) controls now inherit parents colours by default, override
+  ShouldInheritColours() to return false if you don't want this to happen
+- wxApp::SendIdleEvent() now takes 2 arguments
+- wxTabView::GetLayers() changed return type from wxList& to wxTabLayerList&
+  (when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0)
+- wxID_SEPARATOR (id used for the menu separators) value changed from -1 to -2
+- wxGetNumberFromUser() is now in separate wx/numdlg.h, not wx/textdlg.h
+- wxChoice and wxCombobox now handle their size in the same way as in all the
+  other ports under MSW, new code is actually correct but different from weird
+  stuff they were doing before so the behaviour of your programs might change
+- wxTaskBarIcon objects must now be destroyed before the application can exit.
+  Previously, the application terminated if there were no top level windows;
+  now it terminates if there are no top level windows or taskbar icons left.
+
+wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
+  won't exit even though there are no top level windows

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


@@ -47,21 +63,62 @@ versions, please update your code to not use them.
 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
 - wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
 - wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
 - wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead

-- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
+- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWindows
+                                 methods taking wxArrayString

 - 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
 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
 - 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
 - wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead

+- wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
+- wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
+                     wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
+                     value
+- wxWave class; use wxSound instead
+

 
 OTHER CHANGES
 =============
 
 
 OTHER CHANGES
 =============
 

+2.5.2
+-----
+
+All:
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- wxHtmlWindow now delays image scaling until rendering,
+  resulting in much better display of scaled images
+- Added UpdateSize to wxSplitterWindow to allow layout while hidden
+- implemented Freeze/Thaw() for wxGenericTreeCtrl (Kevin Hock)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxWindow::Freeze()/Thaw() can now be nested
+- Added wxSP_NO_XP_THEME style to wxSplitterWindow to switch off
+  XP theming (some applications look bad without 3D borders)
+- wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop() doesn't include '&'s in the label any more
+- wxRegConf couldn't read global settings without admin privileges and didn't
+  even try to do it by default -- now it does
+- wxTaskBarIcon must be explicitly destroyed now, otherwise the application
+  won't exit even though there are no top level windows
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
+- <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
+
+

 2.5.1
 -----
 
 All:
 
 2.5.1
 -----
 
 All:
 

+- event table macros now do some minimal type safety checks (Michael Sögtrop)

 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)
 - added wxGzipInput/OutputStream, bug fixes in wxZlibStreams (M.J.Wetherell)
 - wxDateTime::ParseDateTime() implemented (Linus McCabe)
 - wxHTTP::GetResponse() added (David Nock)


@@ -73,6 +130,20 @@ All:
 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)
 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ALL) doesn't lower filename case any more
 - wxFileName::Normalize(wxPATH_NORM_ENV_VARS) now works
 - check if file exists in wxFileConfig::DeleteFile() (Christian Sturmlechner)

+- when wxUSE_STL == 1 wxHashTable will not be implemented using wxHashMap
+  (as in 2.5.0).
+- added some extra convenience functions to wxRect such as
+  GetBottomRight (Hajo Kirchhoff)
+- changed built-in regex library to a Unicode-compatible version based
+  on TCL sources (Ryan Norton, M. J. Wetherell)
+- added extra convenience functions to wxPoint for adding a
+  wxSize (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
+- intermediate wxIPaddress class added to prepare for
+  wxIPV6address (Ray Gilbert)
+- added overloaded constructors and Create() methods taking wxArrayString
+  for wxChoice, wxComboBox, wxListBox, wxRadioBox, wxCheckListBox,
+  wxSingleChoiceDialog, wxMultipleChoiceDialog
+- renamed wxWave class to wxSound

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 


@@ -86,9 +157,28 @@ All (GUI):
 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
 - bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
 - status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
 - bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)

+- make it possible to use wxRTTI macros with namespaces (Benjamin I. Williams)
+- wxColourDatabase API now uses objects instead of pointers
+- added resolution option to JPEG image handler (Jeff Burton)
+- added wxCalendarEvent::SetDate, wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay
+- wxGenericDirCtrl now accepts multiple wildcards
+- added focus event forwarding to wxGrid (Peter Laufenberg)
+- fixed scrollbar problem in wxGrid (not showing scrollbars
+  when sizing smaller) (Shane Harper)
+- dbbrowse demo fixed for Unicode (Wlodzimierz Skiba)
+- added wxStatusBar support to XRC (Brian Ravnsgaard Riis)
+- wxMenu::Append and etc. return a pointer to the wxMenuItem that was
+  added or inserted, or NULL on failure.
+- using a -1 (wxID_ANY) for menu or toolbar item IDs will now generate new id
+- added option to generate C++ headers to wxrc utility (Eduardo Marques)
+- added wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon() for MSW/PS (Carl-Friedrich Braun)
+- wxBufferedDC now allows to preserve the background and is documented
+- added wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents

 
 wxMSW:
 
 
 wxMSW:
 

+- wxWindows now builds under Win64
+- fixed DDE memory leaks

 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files
 - fixed wxTE_*WRAP styles handling
 - wxTextCtrl::GetValue() works with text in non default encoding
 - changed wxCrashReport to generate minidumps instead of text files


@@ -98,18 +188,60 @@ wxMSW:
 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig
 - make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
 - MDI child frames are not always resizeable any more (Andrei Fortuna)
 - fixed enumerating of entries/groups under '/' in wxRegConfig

+- added wxSYS_ICONTITLE_FONT (Andreas Pflug)
+- added wxPATH_NORM_SHORTCUT to wxFileName
+- wxComboBox::GetValue within a wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event
+  should now pass the correct value even if the handler for
+  wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED changed the selection
+- wxFileDialog now returns correct filter index for multiple-file dialogs
+- added wxTextCtrl::HitTest()
+- experimental wxURL implementation using WinInet functions (Hajo Kirchhoff)
+- fixed several bugs in wxNotebook with wxNB_MULTILINE style
+- accelerators are now initially hidden if appropriate (Peter Nielsen)
+- background colour of a wxComboBox may now be set
+- fixed wxListCtrl::GetItemText/BackgroundColour()
+- Esc can now be used to close menus in the dialogs (Hartmut Honisch)
+- Added msw.remap system option so colourful toolbar buttons
+  aren't mangled if you set it to 0. The default is 1
+- Toolbar buttons are now centred if the bitmap size is smaller
+  than the specified default size
+- Fixed a bug in wxSpinCtrl::DoGetBestSize that would make wxSpinCtrl too tall

 
 wxGTK:
 
 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data
 
 wxGTK:
 
 - fixes to wxTextCtrl scrolling under GTK2 (Nerijus Baliunas)
 - fix for crash when using user-dashed lines (Chris Borgolte)
 - fixed wxChoice::Delete() in presence of client data

+- allow calling wxWindow::SetFont if window not yet created
+- use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
+- fixed mouse wheel handling under GTK2 (Hugh Fisher)
+- wxNotebook::HitTest() implemented (Daniel Lundqvist)
+- memory leaks fixes in wxFileDialog (John Labenski)
+- don't drop click events from triple clicks (Frode Solheim)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- use same average character width as other ports when calculating dialog units
+- implemented handling of mouse wheel
+- fix for long file names (longer than 32 characters) in file dialogs
+- use unix sockets for Mach-o builds
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- look for Motif 2.1 headers before Motif 1.2 ones in configure

 
 wxHTML:
 
 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
   on Unix (Markus Sinner)
 
 
 wxHTML:
 
 - wxHtmlHelpController now supports compressed MS HTML Help files (*.chm)
   on Unix (Markus Sinner)
 

+Unix:
+
+- added XFree86 resolution changing using xf86vidmode extensions (Ryan Norton)
+- implemented asynchronous playback in wxSound and added SDL backend in
+  addition to existing OSS one
+- it is now possible to send PostScript to any output stream (Zoltan Kovacs)
+

 
 2.5.0
 -----
 
 2.5.0
 -----