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 ----------------------------
 ----------------------------

-wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
+wxWidgets 2.5/2.6 Change Log

 ----------------------------
 
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
 ----------------------------
 
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x


@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ 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
 - wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
 - 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


@@ -31,13 +32,36 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
 - (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
 - (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()
+  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.
+
+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
 ==============================
 

-Deprecated methods may still be used but will disappear in future wxWindows
+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()
 versions, please update your code to not use them.
 
 - wxDocManager::GetNoHistoryFiles() renamed to GetHistoryFilesCount()


@@ -50,23 +74,98 @@ 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 wxWidgets
+                                 methods taking wxArrayString

 - wxArrayString::Remove(index, count): use RemoveAt instead
 - wxTreeItemId conversion to long is deprecated and shouldn't be used
 - 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)
 - [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:
+
+- Hindi translations added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
+- wxDynamicCast() now uses static_cast<wxObject *> internally and so using it
+  with anything not deriving from wxObject will fail at compile time (instead
+  of run-time) now
+- when wxUSE_STL == 1 and STL provides quasi-standard hash_map/hash_set,
+  wxHashMap/wxHashSet are just typedefs for them. This makes impossible
+  to forward declare these classes.
+
+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)
+- support for KOI8-U encoding added (Yuriy Tkachenko)
+- The old wxADJUST_MINSIZE behaviour is now the default behaviour for
+  sizer items that are windows.  This means that GetAdjustedBestSize
+  will now be called by default to determine the minimum size that a
+  window in a sizer should have.  If you want to still use the initial
+  size (and not the BestSize) then use the wxFIXED_MINSIZE flag.  When
+  windows are added to a sizer their initial size is made the window's
+  min size using SetSizeHints, and calls to wxSizer::SetItemMinSize
+  are also forwarded to SetSizeHints for window items.
+- added wxRegEx::GetMatchCount()
+- it is now possible to display images in wxHtmlListBox
+
+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
+- 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)
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
+- wxButtons use Motif default size, which is smaller than it used to be
+  and closer to wxMSW/wxGTK look. This can be disabled by setting
+  motif.largebuttons system option to 1 (see wxSystemOptions).
+
+wxUniv/X11:
+
+- implemented DrawRoundedRectangle() (clawghoul)
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- improved tables and lists layout algorithms (Tim Kosse)
+- <div> handling fix (Xavier Nodet)
+
+Unix:
+- fixed priorities of mailcap entries (David Hart)
+- added "wx-config --libs=std,<extra>" syntax (i.e. support for "std")
+
+

 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)


@@ -78,6 +177,20 @@ 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):
 


@@ -94,9 +207,25 @@ All (GUI):
 - 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)
 - 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:
 

+- wxWidgets 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


@@ -107,18 +236,59 @@ wxMSW:
 - 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)
 - 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
 -----


@@ -126,7 +296,7 @@ wxHTML:
 All:
 
 - It is now possible to build several smaller libraries instead of single
 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
+  huge wxWidgets library; wxBase is now dependency of GUI ports rather then

   separately compiled library
 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
   separately compiled library
 - added wxDateSpan::operator==() and !=() (Lukasz Michalski)
 - added wxFileName::GetForbiddenChars() (Dimitri Schoolwerth)


@@ -290,7 +460,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - improved border handling under Windows XP
 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
   enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells
 - improved border handling under Windows XP
 - partial fix for wxNotebook pages looking bad under XP: wxUSE_UXTHEME
   enables XP theme engine code, and wxUSE_UXTHEME_AUTO tells

-  wxWindows to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.
+  wxWidgets to use the theme tab colour for control backgrounds.

 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style
 - disable wxNB_RIGHT, wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_BOTTOM notebook styles under Windows XP
 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
 - added support for wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB style


@@ -341,7 +511,7 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
     2.6 release.
 
     NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions
     2.6 release.
 
     NB: if you want to build your program with different major versions

-        of wxWindows you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro
+        of wxWidgets you will probably find the wxCHECK_VERSION() macro

         (see the documentation) useful.
 
 
         (see the documentation) useful.
 
 


@@ -558,10 +728,10 @@ wxBase:
 
 Unix (Base/GUI):
 
 
 Unix (Base/GUI):
 

-- wxWindows may be built using BSD and Solaris (and possibly other) make
+- wxWidgets 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
   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
+- wxWidgets 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
   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


@@ -573,7 +743,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - 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
 - 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
+  wxWidgets dialogs

 - significantly improved native font support
 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
   wxHashTable
 - significantly improved native font support
 - wxImage::ComputeHistogram() now uses wxImageHistogram instead of type-unsafe
   wxHashTable


@@ -614,11 +784,11 @@ wxMSW:
 - 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()
 - 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
+- changing wxWidgets 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
 - 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
+- improvements to wxWidgets applications behaviour when the system colours

   are changed
 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535
   are changed
 - choose implicit parent for the dialog boxes better
 - fixed wxProgressDialog for ranges > 65535


@@ -807,7 +977,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - Fixed wxFrame::SetClientSize() with toolbar bug
 - Added mousewheel processing
 - Added wxSystemSettings::Get/SetOption so we can configure
 - 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
+  wxWidgets 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
   in wxDC
 - Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
   child frame styles are honoured


@@ -1077,7 +1247,7 @@ wxHTML:
   fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
 
 
   fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
 
 

-NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
+NOTE: for changes after wxWidgets 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS

 change log.
 
 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
 change log.
 
 2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999


@@ -1175,7 +1345,7 @@ wxMSW:
 
 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
   rationalised.
 
 - Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
   rationalised.

-- Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
+- Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWidgets as DLL.

 
 wxMotif:
 
 
 wxMotif:
 


@@ -1503,7 +1673,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - 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
 - 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
+  of modules to be initialized and cleaned up on wxWidgets

   startup/exit.
 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
   makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).
   startup/exit.
 - Start of Mingw32 compatibility (see minimal and dialogs samples
   makefile.m95 files, and install.txt).


@@ -1545,7 +1715,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - Added wxTaskBarIcon (taskbar.cpp/h, plus samples/taskbar)
   to allow maintenance of an icon in the Windows 95 taskbar
   tray area.
 - 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
+- Got MFC sample working (MFC and wxWidgets in the same

   application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.
   application), partly by tweaking ntwxwin.mak settings.
 - Got DLL compilation working again (VC++).
 - Changed wxProp/Dialog Editor filenames.