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-wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
-INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
-================================
+2.5.4
+-----
- Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
- paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
- with '!' in the first column.
+All:
+
+- new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
+- large files support for wxFFile (M.J.Wetherell)
+- classes in the manual are now cross-referenced (Zbigniew Zagórski)
+- Norwegian (Bokmål) translation added (Hans F. Nordhaug)
+- wxDynamicLibrary::HasSymbol() added
+- added wxEXEC_NODISABLE flag to be used with wxExecute(wxEXEC_SYNC)
+- added wxTextInputStream::operator>>(wchar_t) for compilers which support this
+- added wxURI, a class for dealing with Uniform Resource Identifiers
+- changed wxURL to inherit from wxURI and provide assignment and comparison
+- implemented wxConvUTF7 (modified patch from Fredrik Roubert)
+- added versions of MB2WC and WC2MB for wxMBConv that for embedded null chars
+- Unicode support in wxODBC is now fully implemented
+- A new data type specific to wxWidgets called SQL_C_WXCHAR has been introduced.
+ SQL_C_WXCHAR should be used rather than SQL_C_CHAR to ensure transparent
+ behavior between Unicode and non-unicode builds
+- BLOB example added to samples/db (thanks to Casey ODonnell)
+- use wxStream::GetLength() instead of deprecated GetSize()
+- wxGetOsDescription() is now more precise (Olly Betts)
+- XRC supports system fonts and colours (Ray Gilbert)
+- Added flags argument to wxKill/wxProcess::Kill to kill child processes.
+- Added wxPrintFactory classes so that it is possible to add a new
+ print system backend at run-time. This was required by the new GNOME
+ printing stuff in the GTK port.
+- Added support to the wxODBC classes for Firebird 1.5 database
+- The samples\db sample program now includes an optional example of using a BLOB
+ datatype (if BLOB support is enabled and supported by the database)
- Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
- is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
- series.
-
-! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
- wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE still
- exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
-
-! wxWindow::m_font and m_backgroundColour/m_foregroundColour are no longer
- always set, use GetFont(), GetBack/ForegroundColour() to access
- them, and they will be dynamically determined if necessary.
-
-
-! The Sizers have had some fundamental internal changes in the 2.5.2
- and 2.5.3 releases intended to make them do more of the "Right
- Thing" but also be as backwards compatible as possible. First a bit
- about how things used to work:
-
- * The size that a window had when Add()ed to the sizer was assumed
- to be its minimal size, and that size would always be used by
- default when calculating layout size and positions, and the
- sizer itself would keep track of that minimal size.
-
- * If the window item was Add()ed with the wxADJUST_MINSIZE flag
- then when layout was calculated the item's GetBestSize would be
- used to reset the minimal size that the sizer used.
-
- The main thrust of the new Sizer changes was to make behaviour like
- wxADJUST_MINSIZE be the default, and also to push the tracking of
- the minimal size to the window itself (since it knows its own needs)
- instead of having the sizer take care of it. Consequently these
- changes were made:
-
- * The wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag was added to allow for the old
- behaviour. When this flag is used the size a window has when
- Add()ed to the sizer will be treated as its minimal size and it
- will not be readjusted on each layout.
-
- * The min size stored in wxWindow and settable with SetSizeHints or
- SetMinSize will by default be used by the sizer (if it was set)
- as the minimal size of the sizer item. If the minsize was not
- set (or was only partially set) then the window's best size is
- fetched and it is used instead of (or blended with) the minsize.
- wxWindow:GetBestFittingSize was added to facilitate getting the
- size to be used by the sizers.
-
- * The best size of a window is cached so it doesn't need to
- recaculated on every layout. wxWindow::InvalidateBestSize was
- added and should be called (usually just internally in control
- methods) whenever something is done that would make the best
- size change.
-
- * All wxControls were changed to set the minsize to what is passed
- to the constructor or Create method, and also to set the real
- size of the control to the blending of the minsize and bestsize.
- wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize was added to help with this,
- although most controls don't need to call it directly because it
- is called indirectly via the SetInitialSize called in the base
- classes.
-
- At this time, the only situation known not to work the same as
- before is the following:
-
- win = new SomeWidget(parent);
- win->SetSize(SomeNonDefaultSize);
- sizer->Add(win);
-
- In this case the old code would have used the new size as the
- minimum, but now the sizer will use the default size as the minimum
- rather than the size set later. It is an easy fix though, just move
- the specification of the size to the constructor (assuming that
- SomeWidget will set its minsize there like the rest of the controls
- do) or call SetMinSize instead of SetSize.
-
- In order to fit well with this new scheme of things, all wxControls
- or custom controls should do the following things. (Depending on
- how they are used you may also want to do the same thing for
- non-control custom windows.)
-
- * Either override or inherit a meaningful DoGetBestSize method
- that calculates whatever size is "best" for the control. Once
- that size is calculated then there should normally be a call to
- CacheBestSize to save it for later use, unless for some reason
- you want the best size to be recalculated on every layout.
-
- * Any method that changes the attributes of the control such that
- the best size will change should call InvalidateBestSize so it
- will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
-
- * The control's constructor and/or Create method should ensure
- that the minsize is set to the size passed in, and that the
- control is sized to a blending of the min size and best size.
- This can be done by calling SetBestFittingSize.
-
-
-
-- 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
-- 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
-- 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
-- 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.
-- wxZlibInputStream is not by default compatible with the output of the
- 2.4.x version of wxZlibOutputStream. However, there is a compatibilty mode,
- switched on by passing wxZLIB_24COMPATIBLE to the constructor.
-- when WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 == 0 wxHashTable uses a new implementation
- not using wxList keyed interface (the same used when wxUSE_STL == 1),
- the only incompatibility being that Next() returns a wxHashTable::Node*
- instead of a wxNode*.
-- non-const wxDC methods GetBackground(), GetBrush(), GetFont() and GetPen()
- as well as wxWindow methods GetFont() and GetCursor() don't exist any more,
- please fix your code -- it never worked correctly anyhow if you modified the
- objects returned by these methods so you should simply switch to using const
- methods.
-- wxWindow::GetFont() now returns wxFont object instead of reference
-- EVT_XXX macros are now type-safe; code that uses wrong type for event
- handler's argument will no longer compile.
-- Identical functionality of wxFileDialog::ParseWildcard,
- wxGenericDirCtrl::ParseFilter, Motif and MSW parsing native dialogs
- is now accessible in ::wxParseCommonDialogsFilter
-- wxNotebookSizer and wxBookCtrlSizer are now deprecated -- the are no longer
- needed, you can treat wxNotebook as any other control and put it directly
- into the sizer that was wxNotebookSizer's parent sizer in old code.
-
-
-
-DEPRECATED METHODS SINCE 2.4.x
-==============================
-
-Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWidgets
-versions, please update your code to not use them.
-
-- wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()
-- wxSizer::Remove(wxWindow *), use Detach() instead [it is more clear]
-- wxSizer::Set/GetOption(): use Set/GetProportion() instead
-- wxKeyEvent::KeyCode(): use GetKeyCode 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
-- wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
-- wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
-- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWidgets
- methods taking wxArrayString
-- wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
-- wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
-- wxTreeCtrl::GetFirst/NextChild() 2nd argument now has type wxTreeItemIdValue
- and not long, please change declarations of "cookie"s in your code
- accordingly -- otherwise your code won't work on 64 bit platforms
-- [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
-- The wxHIDE_READONLY flag for wxFileDialog was not implemented
- and has now been removed
-- wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead
+All (GUI):
+- wxSplitterWindow now supports gravity parameter (Zbigniew Zagórski)
+- recursive wxSizer::GetItem returns item of given window, sizer or nth index
+- wxLayoutConstraints now use best size, not current size, for AsIs() condition
+- wxSizer::Add/Insert etc. now returns pointer to wxSizerItem just added and this
+ item remembers its wxRect area (Brian A. Vanderburg II)
+- wxBookCtrl renamed to wxBookCtrlBase, wxBookCtrl is reserved for most native
+ book control (for now wxChoicebook for MSSmartphone, wxNotebook for others).
+ Necessary event macros, types and styles mapped accordingly.
+- new wxBrush::IsHatch() checking for brush type replaces IS_HATCH macro
+- wxProgressDialog accepts smooth gauge again (wxPD_SMOOTH style)
+- wxProgressDialog new style: wxPD_CAN_SKIP which provides skipping some parts
+ of the progress (with new "Skip" button in dialog)
+
+Unix:
+
+- wxPuts() now correctly outputs trailing new line in Unicode build
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Added printing support by way of using libgnomeprint. The library
+ now checks at runtime, if the library is installed and will use it
+ if it is. Otherwise, it will fall back to the old PostScript printing
+ code, from which the Pango drawing code was removed.
+- Implemented/improved wxDC::DrawRotatedText()
+- fixed wxFileDialog::SetWildcard()
+- native file dialog is now used if available (Zbigniew Zagorski)
+- implemented wxTextCtrl::Freeze() and Thaw(). The GtkTextBuffer
+ is not a valid one during frozen state. Get a pointer to it right
+ after wxTextCtrl creation if you really need to. (Mart Raudsepp)
+- Changed calls to GTK+ 2.4.x functions so that the code checks at
+ runtime, which library version is installed so that these functions
+ are only called with GTK+ 2.4.x installed and should yield linker
+ errors otherwise.
+
+wxMac:
+
+- wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
+- wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
+- wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
+- fixed spurious selection of combobox text during resize
+
+wxWinCE:
+- Added support for MS Handheld PC 2000. This was done before 2.5.4,
+ but not mentioned anywhere.
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- wxBU_... button align flags support
+- vertical notebook orientation support
+- 3rd state support for checkboxes
+- wxLB_SORT and wxCB_SORT now cause case-insensitive sorting
+
+wxPalmOS:
+
+- William Osborne has won and new port was born
+ (see: "wxPalmOS porting challenge")
+- polishing of the port (unnecessary 2.4 API compatibility, removed
+ all wxMSW specific code which was base for the new port)
+- enumeration of available volumes
+- native wxPrefConfig around Preferences database
+- native wxProgressDialog implementation
-OTHER CHANGES
-=============
2.5.3
-----
All:
+- support for large (>2 Gb) files in wxFile (Tim Kosse)
- number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
- fixed memory leak in wxURL when using a proxy (Steven Van Ingelgem)
- fixed bug in wxDateTime::Set(jdn) when DST was in effect
- added wxMicroSleep() and wxMilliSleep() replacing deprecated wxUsleep()
- basic UDP sockets support (Lenny Maiorani)
- fixed wxDateTime::GetWeekDayName() for some dates (Daniel Kaps)
+- deprecated wxDateTime::SetToTheWeek() in favour of SetToWeekOfYear()
+- active mode support in wxFTP (Randall Fox)
+- sped up wxHTTP and wxFTP
+- added wxStringInput/OutputStreams
+- added wxFileConfig::Save(wxOutputStream)
+- fixed wxString's behavior with inserted null characters
All (GUI):
- added wxWindow::MoveBefore/AfterInTabOrder() to change tab navigation order
-- added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now recommended way
- of showing popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
+- added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now the recommended way
+ of showing a popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
is discouraged
- added ..._CMD_...(id) variants for wxGrid event table entry macros
-- added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control.
+- added wxWindow::Navigate for programmatic navigation to the next control
- wxTextCtrl::OnChar now inserts a tab character if wxTE_PROCESS_TAB is set
- added wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey()
- added wxKeyEvent::CmdDown() and wxMouseEvent::CmdDown()
- implemented wxListCtrl::FindItem() for non-MSW (Robin Stoll)
- added status bar fields styles support (Tim Kosse)
+- added convenience functions wxSizer::AddSpacer() and
+ wxSizer::AddStretchSpacer() (as well as Prepend and Insert variants)
+- added samples/splash
+- added support for stock buttons
+- added wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention()
+- support for comma in contrib gizmo wxLEDNumberCtrl (Grant Likely)
+- recursive wxSizer::Show for subsizer and return value if element was found
+- added wxChoicebook control
+- smoother time estimation updates in wxProgressDialog (Christian Sturmlechner)
+- the XRC contrib library was moved to the core
+- wx(Choice/List/Note)book controls send CHANG(ED/ING) events in SetSelection
+- it is now possible to create a wxFont with given size in pixels (d2walter)
+- added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
+- wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
+ supported, instead of zero.
Unix:
- wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
- security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
- wx-config script was modified to allow choosing from multiple installed
- builds of wxWidgets
+ builds of wxWidgets and to return flags/libs for selected libraries only
+- wx-config has new --version-full option
+
+wxCocoa:
+
+- added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
+- fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2
+- Tooltips now supported
+- wxSound now supported
+- wxDisplay now supported
+- Some stock cursors now supported
+
+wxMac:
+
+- fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX
+- added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock
+- added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
+- wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes
wxGTK:
- implemented wxTopLevel::IsMaximized() for GTK+2 and WMs that implement
freedesktop.org's wm-spec (Mart Raudsepp)
- wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU is now generated for right mouse press, not release
+- implemented alpha channel support in wxBitmap
+- added native GTK+2 wxArtProvider implementation with ability to load
+ icons from icon theme in addition to recognized stock art
+- fixed crash on 64 bit platforms (Paul Cornett)
wxMotif:
- restored (and improved) possibility to use wx with MFC broken in 2.5.2
- fixed wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength for rich edit controls
- fixed flat style for toolbars under XP, Windows Classic style
+- fixed truncation of transferred data in wxConnection under unicode build
+- wxChoice and wxComboBox dropdown background can be set now too (Adrian Lupei)
+- fixed wxMaximizeEvent generation in wxFrame
+- don't send duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events whenever selection changes any more
+- implemented support for selecting printer bin (Steven Van Ingelgem)
+- fixed wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle() which was broken since a few releases
+- fixed print setup problem (always uses default printer) in Unicode build
wxUniv/X11:
wxWinCE:
-- added automatized but customizable handling of native SmartPhone menus
+- added native WinCE driven smartphone wxTextCtrl implementation using spinners
+- added native WinCE driven smartphone wxChoice implementation using spinners
+- added automated but customizable handling of native WinCE driven smartphone menus
- fixed wxRadioBox and wxStaticBox
wxHTML:
- wxFileName::GetModificationTime() works with opened files too now
- wxDC::GetClippingBox() now works even for clipping regions created by Windows
- fixed wxFileDataObject in Unicode build (Alex D)
-- subdindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
+- subindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
wxGTK:
All (GUI):
-- added wxListBook control
- added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
- added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
- added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
- 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
+- use Unix sockets for Mach-o builds
wxMotif:
All GUI ports:
- added wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox and wxHtmlLbox classes
-- added wxListbook
+- added wxListbook control
- 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
- it is now possible to use several wxFileHistory objects in the same menu
by giving them different base IDs (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
- Added wxTLW::SetShape with implementations for wxMSW and wxGTK (so far)
-- FL: rmoved const from EnableTool parameters
+- FL: removed const from EnableTool parameters
- FL: signal child window when toolbar is closed
- In various places, changed tests for pathsep on last char of string to call
wxEndsWithPathSeparator(s)
- 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
+- don't consume 100% CPU when showing a popup menu
wxMac:
- 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
+- Windows XP manifest is now included in wx.rc; it is no longer necessary
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
! wxCondition now *must* be used with a mutex, please read the (updated) class
documentation for details and revise your code accordingly: this change was
unfortunately needed as it was impossible to ensure the correct behaviour
- (i.e. absense of race conditions) using the old API.
+ (i.e. absence of race conditions) using the old API.
- wxMutex is not recursive any more in POSIX implementation (it hasn't been
recursive in 2.2.x but was in 2.3.1 and 2.3.2), please refer to the class
- wxLB_SORT style can be used with wxCheckListBox
- wxWindowDC and wxClientDC::GetSize() works correctly now
- Added wxTB_NODIVIDER and wxTB_NOALIGN so native toolbar can be used in FL
-- Multiline labels in buttons are now supoprted (simply use "\n" in the label)
+- Multiline labels in buttons are now supported (simply use "\n" in the label)
- Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
has the capture before release it.
- fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
- Toolbar class hierarchy revised:
wxToolBarBase
wxToolBarSimple (= old wxToolBar)
- wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95
+ wxToolBar95 (= old wxButtonBar under Win95)
wxToolBarMSW (= old wxButtonBar under WIN16/WIN32)
- Constraint system debugged somewhat (sizers now work properly).
- wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog added; other common dialogs now
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