-Generic wxWindows 2.0 Change Log
---------------------------------
+wxWindows 2 Change Log
+----------------------
-Note: for platform-specific changes, see wx/docs/XXX/changes.txt
-where XXX is one of msw, motif, xt, gtk, mac.
+INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
+================================
+
+ 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.
+
+ Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
+ is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
+ series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
+ your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
+ 2.6 release.
+
+
+wxBase:
+
+! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
+ under 64 bit architectures, please replace it with RemoveAt() in your
+ code.
+
+! wxArray<T> macros have been changed to fix runtime problems under 64 bit
+ architectures and as a side effect of this WX_DEFINE_ARRAY() can only be
+ used now for the pointer types, WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_INT should be used for the
+ arrays containing non-pointers.
+
+- wxObject::CopyObject() and Clone() methods were removed because they
+ simply don't make sense for all objects
+
+- wxEvent now has a pure virtual Clone() method which must be implemented
+ by all derived classes, if you have user-defined event classes please
+ add "wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }" line to them
+
+- small change to wxStopWatch::Pause() semantics, please see the documentation
+
+- unlikely but possible incompatibility: the definition of TRUE has changed
+ from "1" to "(bool)1" (and the same thing for FALSE), so the code which
+ could be erroneously compiled previously such as doing "return FALSE" from
+ a function returning a pointer would stop compiling now (but this change
+ is not supposed to have any effects on valid code)
+
+- another minor change: wxApp::OnAssert() has a new "cond" argument, you
+ must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
+ the default assert handling.
+
+
+All (GUI):
+
+! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
+ allocated during run-time which means that they can't be used as case labels
+ in the switch()es, you must rewrite them to use if()s instead
+
+ You may also define WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_EVENT_TYPES to get the old behaviour
+ but this is strongly discouraged, please consider changing your code
+ instead!
+
+! wxDialog does not derive from wxPanel any longer - if you were using it in
+ your code, please update it. The quick fix for the most cases is to replace
+ the occurrences of wxPanel with wxWindow.
+
+! if you handle (and don't skip) EVT_KEY_DOWN, the EVT_CHAR event is not
+ generated at all, so you must call event.Skip() in your OnKeyDown() if
+ you want to get OnChar() as well
+
+- wxYES_NO is now wxYES | wxNO and the manifest values of both wxYES and wxNO
+ have changed (to fix some unfortunate clashes), please check your code to
+ ensure that no tests for wxYES or wxNO are broken: for example, the following
+ will *NOT* work any longer:
+
+ if ( flags & wxYES_NO )
+ ... do something ...
+ if ( flags & wxYES )
+ ... do something else ...
+
+- wxGLCanvas now derives directly from wxWindow, not wxScrolledWindow
+
+- wxGridCellAttrProvider class API changed, you will need to update your code
+ if you derived any classes from it
+
+- wxImage::ComputeHistogram()'s signature changed to
+ unsigned long ComputeHistogram(wxImageHistogram&) const
+
+- wxEvtHandler cannot be copied/assigned any longer - this never worked but
+ now it results in compile-time error instead of run-time crashes
+
+- WXK_NUMLOCK and WXK_SCROLL keys no longer result in EVT_CHAR() events,
+ they only generate EVT_KEY_DOWN/UP() ones
+
+- the dialogs use wxApp::GetTopWindow() as the parent implicitly if the
+ parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
+ from happening
+
+- several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
+ for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
+ and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
+
+- wxCmdLineParser does not use wxLog to output messages anymore.
+ to obtain the previous behaviour, add
+ wxMessageOutput::Set(new wxMessageOutputLog); to your program
+ (you will need to #include <wx/msgout.h>)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+! build system changed: setup.h is not a static file in include/wx any more
+ but is created as part of the build process under lib/<toolkit>/wx/include
+ where <toolkit> is of the form (msw|univ)[dll][u][d]. You'll need to update
+ the include path in your make/project files appropriately. Furthermore,
+ xpm.lib is no longer used by wxMSW, it was superseded by the wxXPMDecoder
+ class. You'll need to remove all references to xpm.lib from your
+ make/project files.
+
+- child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
+ style to avoid it
+
+- all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
+ previously selected one instead of replacing it
+
+- wxGetHomeDir() uses HOME environment variable and if it is set will not
+ return the programs directory any longer but its value (this function has
+ never been meant to return the programs directory anyhow)
+
+- wxHTML apps don't need to include wx/html/msw/wxhtml.rc in resources file
+ anymore. The file was removed from wxMSW
+
+
+Unix ports:
+
+! You should use `wx-config --cxxflags` in your makefiles instead of
+ `wx-config --cflags` for compiling C++ files. CXXFLAGS contains CFLAGS
+ and the compiler flags for C++ files only, CFLAGS should still be used
+ to compile pure C files.
+
+
+wxThread and related classes:
+
+- The thread-related classes have been heavily changed since 2.2.x versions
+ as the old code had many serious problems. This could have resulted in
+ semantical changes other than those mentioned here, please review use of
+ wxThread, wxMutex and wxCondition classes in your code.
+
+! 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.
+
+- 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
+ documentation for the discussion of the recursive mutexes.
+
+- wxMutex::IsLocked() doesn't exist any more and should have never existed:
+ this is was unique example of a thread-unsafe-by-design method.
+
+
+OTHER CHANGES
+=============
+
+2.3.3
+-----
+
+wxBase:
+
+- wxSemaphore class added, many fixed to wxCondition and wxThread (K.S. Sreeram)
+- 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)
+- fixes to AM_PATH_WXCONFIG autoconf macro
+- added wxHashMap class that replaces type-unsafe wxHashTable and is modelled
+ after (non standard) STL hash_map
+- wxLocale now works in Unicode mode
+- wxLocale can now load message catalogs in arbitrary encoding
+- fixed the bug related to the redrawing on resize introduced in 2.3.2
+- added static wxFontMapper::Get() accessor (use of wxTheFontMapper is now
+ deprecated)
+- added wxShutdown() function (Marco Cavallini)
+- added wxEXPLICIT macro
+
+Unix (Base/GUI):
+
+- wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
+ programs and not only GNU make
+- wxTCP-based IPC classes now support communicating over Unix domain sockets
+- wxWindows may be built as a dynamic shared library under Darwin / Mac OS X
+ lazy linking issues have been solved by linking a single module (.o) into
+ the shared library (two step link using distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh)
+- fixed thread priority setting under Linux
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- it is now possible to set the icons of different sizes for frames (e.g. a
+ small and big ones) using the new wxIconBundle class
+- implemented radio menu items and radio toolbar buttons
+- added possibility to show text in the toolbar buttons
+- added wxArtProvider class that can be used to customize the look of standard
+ wxWindows dialogs
+- significantly improved native font support
+- wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
+ wxHashTable
+- added IFF image handler
+- fixed using custom renderers in wxGrid which was broken in 2.3.2
+- support for multiple images in one file added to wxImage (TIFF, GIF and ICO formats)
+- support for CUR and ANI files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
+- wxTextCtrl::GetRange() added
+- added wxGetFontFromUser() convenience function
+- added EVT_MENU_OPEN and EVT_MENU_CLOSE events
+- added Hungarian translations (Janos Vegh)
+- added wxImage::SaveFile(filename) method (Chris Elliott)
+- added wxImage::FloodFill and implemented wxWindowDC::DoFloodFill method
+ for GTK+, Mac, MGL, X11, Motif ports (Chris Elliott)
+- added (platform-dependent) scan code to wxKeyEvent (Bryce Denney)
+- added wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress()
+- Added wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
+- Added custom character filtering to wxTextValidator
+- wxTreeCtrl now supports incremental keyboard search
+- wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp added and called from ~wxWindowBase
+ so that erroneous help strings are no longer found as the hash
+ table fills up
+- updated libpng from 1.0.3 to 1.2.4
+- Added wxView::OnClosingDocument so the application can do
+ cleanup.
+- generic wxListCtrl renamed to wxGenericListCtrl, wxImageList
+ renamed to wxGenericImageList, so they can be used on wxMSW
+ (Rene Rivera).
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- small appearance fixes for native look under Windows XP
+- fixed multiple bugs in wxExecute() with IO redirection
+- refresh the buttons properly when the window is resized (Hans Van Leemputten)
+- huge (40*) speed up in wxMask::Create()
+- changing wxWindows styles also changes the underlying Windows window style
+- wxTreeCtrl supports wxTR_HIDE_ROOT style (George Policello)
+- fixed flicker in wxTreeCtrl::SetItemXXX()
+- fixed redraw problems in dynamically resized wxStaticText
+- improvements to wxWindows applications behaviour when the system colours
+ are changed
+- fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
+- wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl now support full 32 bit range (if the version
+ of comctl32.dll installed on the system supports it)
+- wxFontEnumerator now returns all fonts, not only TrueType ones
+- bugs in handling wxFrame styles (border/caption related) fixed
+- showing a dialog from EVT_RADIOBUTTON handler doesn't lead to an infinite
+ recursion any more
+- wxTextCtrl with wxTE_RICH flag scrolls to the end when text is appended to it
+- the separators are not seen behind the controls added to the toolbar any more
+- 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)
+- Implemented wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent and made wxGenericDragImage check it
+ has the capture before release it.
+- fixed bugs in multiple selection wxCheckListBox
+- default button handling is now closer to expected
+- setting tooltips for wxSlider now works
+- multiple events avoided in wxComboBox
+- tooltip asserts avoided for read-only wxComboBox
+- fixed a race condition during a thread exit and a join
+- fixed a condition where a thread can hang during message/event processing
+- increased space between wxRadioBox label and first radio button
+- don't fail to register remaining window classes if one fails to register
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxDirDialog now presents the file system in standard Unix way
+- wxButton now honours wxBU_EXACTFIT
+- wxStaticBox now honours wxALIGN_XXX styles
+- added support for non alphanumeric simple character accelerators ('-', '=')
+- new behaviour for wxWindow::Refresh() as it now produces a delayed refresh.
+ Call the new wxWindow::Update() to force an immediate update
+- support for more SGI hardware (12-bit mode among others)
+- fixed wxDC::Blit() to honour source DC's logical coordinates
+- implemented wxIdleEvent::RequestMore() for simple background tasks
+- implemented wxChoice::Delete()
+- fixed bad memory leak in wxFileDialog (Chris Elliott)
+- made internal GC pool dynamically growable
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- improved colour settings return values (Ian Brown)
+- improved border style handling for wxStaticText (Ian Brown)
+- improved toolbar control alignment
+- implemented wxSpinButton
+- implemented wxCheckListBox
+- fixed wxSpinCtrl and wxStaticLine when used with sizers
+- wxStaticBitmap now shows transparent icons correctly
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- fixed wxHtmlHelpController's cache files handling on big endian machines
+- added blocking and redirecting capabilities to wxHtmlWindow via
+ wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL()
+- fixed alignment handling in tables
+- fixed <font face="..."> handling to be case insensitive
+
+2.3.2
+-----
+
+New port: wxUniv for Win32/GTK+ is now included in the distribution.
+
+wxBase:
+
+- wxRegEx class added
+- wxGetDiskSpace() function added (Jonothan Farr, Markus Fieber)
+- wxTextBuffer and wxTextFile(wxStream) added (Morten Hanssen)
+- more fixes to wxMBConv classes. Conversion to and from wchar_t now works with
+ glibc 2.2 as well as with glibc 2.1. Unix version now checks for iconv()'s
+ capabilities at runtime instead of in the configure script.
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- support for virtual list control added
+- column images in report mode of the list control
+- wxFindReplaceDialog added (based on work of Markus Greither)
+- wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength() added (wxMSW/wxGTK)
+- polygon support in wxRegion (Klaas Holwerda)
+- wxStreamToTextRedirector to allow easily redirect cout to wxTextCtrl added
+- fixed bug with using wxExecute() to capture huge amounts of output
+- new wxCalendarCtrl styles added (Søren Erland Vestø)
+- wxWizard changes: loading from WXR support, help button (Robert Cavanaugh)
+- wxDirSelector() added (Paul A. Thiessen)
+- wxGrid cell editing veto support (Roger Gammans)
+- wxListCtrl ITEM_FOCUSED event added
+- support for ICO files in wxImage added (Chris Elliott)
+- improvements to wxDragImage (Chuck Messenger)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- support for the DBCS fonts (CP 932, 936, 949, 950) (Nathan Cook)
+- new library naming convention under VC++ -- please change your application
+ project files
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- fixed popup menu positioning bug
+- fixed the edit function for wxListCtrl (Chuck Messenger)
+- fixed the key-hitting events for wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl, so they
+ correctly return the key which was pressed (Chuck Messenger)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- support for configuration and build under Mac OS X using the Apple Developer
+ Tools
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- new HTML parser with correct parsing of character entities and fixes
+ to tags parsing
+- added support for animated GIFs
+
+2.3.1
+-----
+
+wxBase:
+
+- Fixes for gcc 3.0
+- Fixed new charset detection code
+- ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
+- Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
+- Added wxDir::Traverse
+- Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
+- Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
+ so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
+- Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
+ user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
+ push on a custom event handler for example)
+- Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
+ GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
+- Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
+- Improvements to Tex2RTF
+- Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
+- Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
+ first-time saved
+- Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
+- Various wxXML enhancements
+- Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
+- Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
+- Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
+ instead of GetId()
+- Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
+- Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
+ accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
+- Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
+ alt or shift) now work
+- Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
+- Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
+- Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
+- Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
+ wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
+- Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
+- Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
+- Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
+- We now send iconize events
+- Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
+- Added mousewheel processing
+- Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
+ wxWindows at run time; used this to implement no-maskblt option
+ in wxDC
+- Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
+ child frame styles are honoured
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Fixed slider rounding bug
+- Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
+- We now send iconize events
+- Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
+ GetSelection() results
+
+2.3.0
+-----
+
+wxBase:
+
+- fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
+- wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
+- wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
+- wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
+- wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
+- wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
+- wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
+- wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
+ detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
+ cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
+- wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
+- wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
+- FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
+- new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
+- added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
+ (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
+ wxImage methods and ctor)
+- ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
+- ODBC documentation complete!!
+- ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
+- ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
+- ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
+- ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
+- fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
+- it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
+ other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
+- visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
+
+2.2.0
+-----
+
+wxBase:
+
+- Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
+- wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
+- Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
+- Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
+- Completed Czech translations
+- Some stream corrections
+- added missing consts to wxPoint operators
+- wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
+- wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
+- small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
+ flicker-free dragging is now possible
+- Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
+- Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
+- Paper names now translated
+- wxGrid fixes
+- Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
+ wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
+- Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
+ error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
+ File dialog.
+- Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
+- wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
+ writing code
+- wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
+- Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
+- wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
+ wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
+ This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
+ backward compatibility, please set
+ wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
+- wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
+- wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
+- wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
+- BC++ DLL compilation fixed
+- Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
+- Fixed submenu accelerator bug
+- Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
+ the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
+- Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
+- fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
+- wxFrame restores focus better
+- Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
+ frames and dialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
+ (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
+- wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
+- Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
+- wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
+ sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
+- wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
+- fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
+- fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Small compilation fixes
+
+Documentation:
+
+- wxCaret documented
+
+2.1.16
+------
+
+wxBase:
+
+All (GUI):
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Various bug fixes
+- Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
+ files. This works under VC++ only
+- Modal dialog handling improved
+- Printer dialog now modal
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Various bug fixes
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Various bug fixes
+
+2.1.15
+------
+
+Documentation:
+
+- Added docs/tech for technical notes
+
+File hierarchy:
+
+- Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
+ the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
+
+wxBase:
+
+- wxSocket support
+- wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
+ available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
+- wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
+- wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
+ long options, switches and parameters of different types)
+- it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
+ and BeOS (without thread support yet)
+- wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
+ added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
+ only so far)
+- wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
+- wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
+- wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
+ results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
+- wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
+- buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
+ is available)
+- wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
+
+all (GUI):
+
+- Added wxImage::Rotate.
+- new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
+- wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu management
+- wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
+ dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
+- vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
+- wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
+- "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
+ John Norris)
+- wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
+ MIME types if available (Unix only)
+- wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
+- TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
+- PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
+- validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
+- wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
+- wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
+- added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
+ for dealing with conversions between different encodings,
+ charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
+- wxDragImage class added
+- samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
+ controllers, as well as native help
+- moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
+- support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
+ (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
+- implemented setting colours for push buttons
+- wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
+ positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
+- wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
+- loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
+- tooltips work with wxRadioBox
+- wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
+ Unix ports
+- returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
+- VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
+- wxSetCursorEvent added
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
+- wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
+- UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- wxMenu::Enable works
+- wxToolBar bugs fixed
+- OGL samples made to work again
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
+ including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
+ and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
+ loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
+ split into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
+- added support for charsets and <meta> tag
+- added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
+ taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
+- added dynamic pushing/popping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
+- improved HTML printing
+- added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions ( etc.)
+- fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
+- added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
+ fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
+
+
+NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
+change log.
+
+2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
+-----------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- JPEG support added.
+- Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
+ SetTabSize added.
+- JPEG support added.
+- Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
+- Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
+- Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+
+General:
+
+- Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
+
+
+2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
+-------------------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxGLCanvas fixes.
+- Slider/spinbutton fixes.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
+- Fixed window cursor setting.
+- Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
+- Some makefile fixes.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- None.
+
+General:
+
+- Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
+- More topic overviews.
+- Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
+ prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
+ (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
+
+
+Beta 5, February 18th 1999
+--------------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxExecute improved.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
+ expected).
+- Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
+ debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
+ with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
+- Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
+- Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
+- Fixed focus-related crash.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
+- Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
+
+General:
+
+- wxLocale documented.
+- Added include filenames to class reference.
+- wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
+ DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
+ (though doesn't display help yet).
+
+Beta 4, February 12th 1999
+--------------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Miscellaneous fixes.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
+ rationalised.
+- Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
+- Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
+- Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
+- Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
+ syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
+- Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
+ crashes for some reason).
+- Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
+ of malloc, which causes memory problems).
+
+General:
+
+- Further doc improvements.
+- wxGenericValidator added.
+- Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
+ automatically.
+
+Beta 3, January 31st 1999
+-------------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
+- wxToolTip class added.
+- Miscellaneous fixes.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
+- Makefiles for more compilers.
+- TWIN32 support added.
+- Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
+ factored out program/library settings.
+- Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- A few more colour fixes.
+- wxGLCanvas and OpenGL samples working.
+- Some compiler warnings fixed.
+- wxChoice crash fix.
+- Dialog Editor starting to work on Motif.
+
+General:
+
+- wxBusyCursor class added.
+- Added samples/dde.
+- More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
+
+Beta 2, January 1999
+--------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- 16-bit BC++ compilation/linking works albeit without the resource system.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Cured wxScreenDC origin problem so e.g. sash window sash is drawn at
+ the right place.
+- Cured some widget table clashes.
+- Added thread support (Robert).
+- wxPoem sample now works.
+
+General:
+
+- Rearranged documentation a bit.
+- Sash window uses area of first frame/dialog to paint over when drawing
+ the dragged sash, not just the sash window itself (it clipped to the right
+ or below).
+- Made resource sample use the correct Cancel button id.
+- Moved wxProp to main library (generic directory), created proplist
+ sample.
+- Added bombs and fractal samples.
+
+Beta 1, December 24th 1998
+--------------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Various
+
+wxMSW, wxMotif: not in sync with this release.
+
+
+Alpha 18, December 29th 1998
+----------------------------
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Win16 support working again (VC++ 1.5)
+- Win16 now uses generic wxNotebook, wxListCtrl,
+ wxTreeCtrl -- more or less working now, although
+ a little work on wxNotebook is still needed.
+ Under 16-bit Windows, get assertion when you click
+ on a tab.
+- Wrote 16-bit BC++ makefiles: samples don't yet link.
+- Added CodeWarrior support to distribution courtesy
+ of Stefan Csomor.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Cured scrolling problem: scrollbars now show/hide themselves
+ without (permanently) resizing the window.
+- Removed some commented-out lines in wxScrolledWindow::AdjustScrollbars
+ that disabled scrollbar paging.
+- Set background colour of drawing area in wxWindow, so e.g. wxListCtrl
+ colours correctly.
+- Removed major bug whereby dialogs were unmanaged automatically
+ when any button was pressed.
+- Fixed colours of wxWindow scrollbars, made list and text controls
+ have a white background.
+- Fixed dialog colour setting.
+- Added settable fonts and colours for wxMenu/wxMenuBar. Now
+ they have sensible colours by default.
+- Fixed a bug in wxStaticBox.
+- Cured wxTreeCtrl bug: now works pretty well!
+- Debugged DrawEllipticArc (a ! in the wrong place).
+- Added SetClippingRegion( const wxRegion& region ).
+- Added wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect versions of SetSize etc.
+
+Alpha 17, November 22nd 1998
+----------------------------
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- More documentation updates, especially for
+ wxLayoutWindow classes and debugging facilities.
+- Changed wxDebugContext to use wxDebugLog instead
+ of wxTrace.
+- Now supports VC++ 6.0, and hopefully BC++ 5.0.
+ However, DLL support may be broken for BC++ since
+ VC++ 6 required changing of WXDLLEXPORT keyword
+ position.
+- Numerous miscellaneous changes.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Reimplemented MDI using wxNotebook instead of the MDI widgets, which
+ were too buggy (probably not design for dynamic addition/removal of
+ child frames).
+- Some improvements to the wxNotebook implementation.
+- wxToolBar now uses a bulletin board instead of a form, in an attempt
+ to make it possible to add ordinary wxControls to a toolbar.
+- Cured problem with not being able to use global memory operators,
+ by defining two more global operators, so that the delete will match
+ the debugging implementation.
+- Added wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS so we can distinguish between using
+ global memory operators (usually OK) and #defining new to be
+ WXDEBUG_NEW (sometimes it might not be OK).
+- Added time.cpp to makefile; set wxUSE_DATETIME to 1.
+- Added a parent-existence check to popup menu code to make it not crash.
+- Added some optimization in wxWindow::SetSize to produce less flicker.
+ It remains to be seen whether this produces any resize bugs.
+
+It's a long time since I updated this file. Previously done:
+
+- wxFrame, wxDialog done.
+- wxScrolledWindow done (but backing pixmap not used at present).
+- wxBitmap done though could be tidied it up at some point.
+- Most basic controls are there, if not rigorously tested.
+- Some MDI support (menus appear on child frames at present).
+- wxNotebook almost done.
+- wxToolBar done (horizontal only, which would be easy to extend
+ to vertical toolbars).
+
+More recently:
+
+- Colour and font changing done (question mark over what happens
+ to scrollbars).
+- Accelerators done (for menu items and buttons). Also event loop
+ tidied up in wxApp so that events are filtered through ProcessXEvent.
+- wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion should now work.
+
+Alpha 16, September 8th 1998
+----------------------------
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Added wxSashWindow, wxSashLayoutWindow classes, and sashtest
+ sample.
+- Guilhem's socket classes added, plus wxsocket sample.
+- A few more makefiles added.
+- GnuWin32/BC++ compatibility mods.
+- Further doc updates.
+- wxProp updates for correct working with wxGTK.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- First start at Motif port.
+- Made makefiles for wxMotif source directory and minimal sample.
+- First go at wxApp, wxWindow, wxDialog, wxPen, wxBrush, wxFont,
+ wxColour, wxButton, wxCheckBox, wxTextCtrl, wxStaticText,
+ wxMenu, wxMenuItem, wxMenuBar
+
+Alpha 15, August 31st 1998
+--------------------------
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxBitmap debugged.
+- wxDC::GetDepth added.
+- Contribution added whereby wxBitmap will be
+ converted to DC depth if they don't match.
+- wxConfig API improved, documentation updated.
+- Printing classes name conventions cleaned up.
+- wxUpdateUIEvent now derives from wxCommandEvent
+ so event can travel up the window hierarchy.
+
+Alpha 14, July 31st 1998
+------------------------
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Toolbar API has been simplified, and now
+ wxFrame::GetClientArea returns the available client
+ area when toolbar, status bar etc. have been accounted for.
+ wxFrame::CreateToolBar added in line with CreateStatusBar.
+- Documentation updates, incl. for wxToolBar.
+- New wxAcceleratorTable class plus wxFrame::SetAcceleratorTable.
+- Various additions from other folk, e.g. streams, wxConfig
+ changes, wxNotebook.
+- Added wxDocMDIParentFrame, wxDocMDIChildFrame for doc/view.
+
+Alpha 13, July 8th 1998
+-----------------------
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Implemented wxPoint as identical to POINT on Windows, and
+ altered wxDC wxPoint functions to use wxPoint directly in
+ Windows functions, for efficiency.
+- Cured wxASSERT bug in wxStatusBar95.
+- #ifdefed out some bits in oleutils.cpp for compilers that
+ don't support it.
+- Added some operators to wxPoint, wxSize.
+- Added inline wxDC functions using wxPoint, wxSize, wxRect.
+
+Alpha 12, July 7th 1998
+-----------------------
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Added wxApp::GetComCtl32Version, and wxTB_FLAT style, so can
+ have flat toolbars on Win98 or Win95 with IE >= 3 installed.
Alpha 11, July 3rd 1998
-----------------------
+wxMSW:
+
+- Added thread.h, thread.cpp.
+- Changed Enabled, Checked to IsEnabled, IsChecked in wxMenu,
+ wxMenuBar.
+- Changed wxMenuItem::SetBackColor to SetBackgroundColour,
+ SetTextColor to SetTextColour, and added or made public several
+ wxMenuItem accessors.
+- Added two overloads to wxRegion::Contains. Added
+ wxRegion::IsEmpty for a more consistent naming convention.
+- Added Vadim's wxDataObject and wxDropSource.
+- ENTER/LEAVE events now work.
+- Cured wxMemoryDC bug where the DC wasn't being deleted.
+- Cured wxGauge SetSize major bugginess.
+- Cured problem where if a GDI object was created on the stack,
+ then went out of scope, then another object was selected into
+ the DC, GDI objects would leak. This is because the assignment
+ to e.g. wxDC::m_pen would delete the GDI object without it first
+ being selected out of the DC. Cured by selecting the old DC object
+ first, then doing the assignment.
+- Split up wxGaugeMSW, wxGauge95, wxSliderMSW, wxSlider95
+- Various other bug fixes and additions.
+
+Generic:
+
- Major work on Dialog Editor (still plenty to go).
- Expanded documentation a bit more.
+Alpha 10, May 7th 1998
+----------------------
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Added desiredWidth, desiredHeight parameters to wxBitmapHandler
+ and wxIcon functions so that you can specify what size of
+ icon should be loaded. Probably will remain a Windows-specific thing.
+- wxStatusBar95 now works for MDI frames.
+- Toolbars in MDI frames now behave normally. They still
+ require application-supplied positioning code though.
+- Changed installation instructions, makefiles and batch files
+ for compiling with Gnu-Win32/Mingw32/EGCS. Also timercmn.cpp
+ change to support Mingw32/EGCS. Bison now used by default.
+
Alpha 9, April 27th 1998
------------------------
+wxMSW:
+
+- Cured bug in wxStatusBar95 that caused a crash if multiple
+ fields were used.
+- Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
+ compilation and pragmas.
+- Cured wxMenu bug introduced in alpha 8 - didn't respond to
+ commands because VZ changed the id setting in wxMenu::MSWCommand.
+
+Generic:
+
- Corrected some bugs, such as the wxModule compilation problem.
- Added Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 support by changing resource
compilation and pragmas.
Alpha 8, April 17th 1998
------------------------
+wxMSW:
+
+- Added IsNull to wxGDIObject to check if the ref data is present or not.
+- Added PNG handler and sample - doesn't work for 16-bit PNGs for
+ some reason :-(
+- Added wxJoystick class and event handling, and simple demo.
+- Added simple wxWave class. Needs Stop() function.
+- Added wxModule (module.h/module.cpp) to allow definition
+ of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWindows
+ startup/exit.
+- Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
+ makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
+- Note: Windows printing has stopped working... will investigate.
+VADIM'S CHANGES:
+- Updated wxString: bug fixes, added wxArrayString, some
+ compatibility functions.
+- Updated log.h/cpp, added wxApp::CreateLogTarget.
+- file.h: new wxTempFile class.
+- defs.h: added wxSB_SIZE_GRIP for wxStatusBar95
+- statbr95: wxStatusBar95 control.
+- registry.h/cpp: wxRegKey class for Win95 registry.
+- listbox.cpp: corrected some bugs with owner-drawn listboxes.
+- wxConfig and wxFileConfig classes.
+
+Generic:
+
- Added src/other/png, src/other/zlib directories.
- Added samples/png.
- IMPORTANT: Changed 'no id' number from 0 to -1, in wxEVT_ macros.
Alpha 7, March 30th 1998
------------------------
+wxMSW:
+
+- Added tab classes, tab sample.
+- Now can return FALSE from OnInit and windows will be
+ cleaned up properly before exit.
+- Improved border handling so panels don't get borders
+ automatically.
+- Debugged MDI activation from Window menu.
+- Changes to memory debug handling, including checking for
+ memory leaks on application exit - but see issues.txt for
+ unresolved issues.
+- Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
+ to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
+ tray area.
+- Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWindows in the same
+ application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
+- Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
+- Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
+
+Generic:
+
- Added tab classes, tab sample.
- Revised memory.cpp, memory.h slightly; memory.h now #defines
new to WXDEBUG_NEW in DEBUG mode. Windows implementation app.cpp
Alpha 6, March 10th 1998
------------------------
+wxMSW:
+
+- Found stack error bug - stopped unwanted OnIdle recursion.
+- Removed bug in wxTreeCtrl::InsertItem I added in alpha 5.
+- Changed exit behaviour in wxApp/wxFrame/wxDialog. Now will
+ check if the number of top-level windows is zero before
+ exiting. Also, wxApp::GetTopWindow will return either
+ m_topWindow or the first member of wxTopLevelWindows, so you
+ don't have to call wxApp::SetTopWindow.
+- Added dynarray.h/dynarray.cpp (from Vadim).
+- Added first cut at OLE drag and drop (from Vadim). dnd sample
+ added. Drop target only at this stage. See src/msw/ole/*.cpp,
+ wx/include/msw/ole/*.h. WIN32 only because of UUID usage.
+ Doesn't work with GnuWin32 - no appropriate headers e.g. for
+ IUnknown.
+ Doesn't work with BC++ either - crashes on program startup.
+- Added Vadim's owner-draw modifications - will probably remain
+ Windows-only. This enhances wxMenu, wxListBox. See ownerdrw sample.
+- Added wxLB_OWNERDRAW for owner-draw listboxes.
+- Vadim's wxCheckListBox derives from wxListBox. See checklst sample.
+ Doesn't entirely work for WIN16.
+- Vadim has added wxMenuItem as a separate file menuitem.cpp. It
+ can also be used as an argument to wxMenu::Append, not just for
+ internal implementation.
+- Some #ifdefs done for MINGW32 compilation (just alter OPTIONS
+ in makeg95.env, together with mingw32.bat). However, resource
+ binding is not working yet so most apps with dialogs crash.
+
+Generic:
+
- Added Vadim's dynarray.h, dynarray.cpp.
- Added Vadim's menuitem.cpp.
- Added Windows-specific wxCheckListBox,
Alpha 5, 14th February 1998
--------------------------
+wxMSW:
+
+- GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
+ DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
+ the Windows-specific code only. See docs/changes.txt for generic
+ changes.
+- Removed Windows-specific reference counting system (GDI
+ resources were cleaned up in idle time) - minimal
+ advantages now we have a wxWin reference counting system.
+- Added missing WXDLLEXPORT keywords so DLL compilation works
+ again.
+- Removed most warnings for GnuWin32 compilation.
+- Added wxRegion/wxRegionIterator, but haven't yet used it in
+ e.g. wxDC.
+
+Generic:
+
- GENERIC AND MSW-SPECIFIC CODE NOW TREATED AS TWO SEPARATE
DISTRIBUTIONS. This change log will therefore now refer to
the generic code only. See docs/msw/changes.txt for Windows-specific
- Added wxMouseEvent::GetPosition and
wxMouseEvent::GetLogicalPosition, both returning wxPoints.
- Made wxSize and wxRect contain longs not ints.
-- Cured some lemory leaks (thanks Vadim).
+- Cured some memory leaks (thanks Vadim).
- Tidied up OnIdle and introduced RequestMore/MoreRequested so
will only keep processing OnIdle if it returns TRUE from
MoreRequested.
Alpha 4, 31st January 1998
--------------------------
+All:
+
- Changed wxDC functions to take longs instead of floats. GetSize now takes
integer pointers, plus a version that returns a wxSize.
- const keyword added to various wxDC functions.
implementation updated to use these base classes.
- wxHelpInstance now separated into wxHelpControllerBase (base
for all implementations), wxWinHelpController (uses standard
- WinHelp), wxXLPHelPController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
+ WinHelp), wxXLPHelpController (talks to wxHelp by DDE or
TCP/IP). There will be others eventually, such as
wxHTMLHelpController for Microsoft (and Netscape?) HTML Help.
- Added Vadim Zeitlin's wxString class plus
Alpha 3, September 1997
-----------------------
+All:
+
- wxListCtrl, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList classes done.
- Instigated new file hierarchy, split files and classes up more logically.
- PrologIO and some other utils now put into core library.
Alpha 2, 30th April 1997
------------------------
+All:
+
- EVT_... macros now have at least one argument, for conformance
with MetroWerks compiler.
- Added ids to .wxr file format.
Alpha 1, 5th April 1997
-----------------------
+Generic:
+
At this point, the following has been achieved:
- A lot, but not all, of the code has been revamped for better
Windows types where needed e.g. WXHWND.
- PrologIO revised.
- wxScrolledWindow, wxStatusBar and new MDI classes added.
- MDI is now achived using separate classes, not window styles.
+ MDI is now achieved using separate classes, not window styles.
- wxSystemSettings added, and made use of to reflect standard
Windows settings.
- SetButtonFont/SetLabelFont replaced by SetFont; font and colour
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