Patch by David Brinegar to fix menubar updating after modal dialog shown

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / changes.txt

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@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
 
 All:
 
 
 All:
 

+- wxEvent and its derivatives have their variable members nonpublic now.
+  Use the Get/Set accessors (Mart Raudsepp)

 - new classes for reading and writing ZIP files (M.J.Wetherell)
 - 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
 - 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
 - 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


@@ -17,19 +22,44 @@ All:
 - 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.
 - 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 
+  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)
   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)
+- added wxDynamicLibrary::ListLoaded()
+- wxGetPowerType() and wxGetBatteryState() addition
+- wxSystemSettings::GetSystem*() members deprecated and replaced with
+  wxSystemSettings::Get*()
+- wxWindowBase::DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between 
+  the client size and total size of the window.  Code that sets the 
+  client size using the best size, or that added extra space to sizers
+  to compensate for this bug may need to be changed.
+

 
 All (GUI):
 
 
 All (GUI):
 

+- added wxDatePickerCtrl
+- 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)
 - 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:
 
 
 Unix:
 


@@ -37,10 +67,25 @@ Unix:
 
 wxGTK:
 
 
 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()
 - 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.
+- wxTextCtrl text insertion efficiency fixed. (Mart Raudsepp)

 
 wxMac:
 
 
 wxMac:
 

+- Vertical sliders oriented consistent with MSW/GTK (0 at top) (Kevin Hock)

 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
 
 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetDllExt() now returns ".bundle", not ".dylib"
 - wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbol() now prepends underscore to the symbol name
 


@@ -48,12 +93,38 @@ wxMSW:
 
 - fixed enhanced metafiles loading from files (Andreas Goebel)
 - wxRadioButtons no longer have to be consecutive in a group
 
 - 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
+- pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED() handler
+- added wxRegKey::Export(file)
+
+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
 
 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
+- native wxColourDialog implementation
+- native wxSystemSettings colours
+- native wxButton implementation
+- native wxCheckBox implementation
+- native wxSlider implementation
+- native wxToggleButton implementation
+- native wxRadioButton implementation
+- native wxStaticText implementation

 
 
 2.5.3
 
 
 2.5.3


@@ -61,7 +132,7 @@ wxUniv:
 
 All:
 
 
 All:
 

-- support for huge (>2 Gb) files (Tim Kosse)
+- 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
 - 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


@@ -106,6 +177,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
   supported, instead of zero.
 - added wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive()
 - wxSystemSettings::GetMetric now returns -1 for metrics that are not
   supported, instead of zero.

+- IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS2 macro compilation fixed (Serge Bakkal)

 
 Unix:
 
 
 Unix:
 


@@ -118,16 +190,16 @@ Unix:
 wxCocoa:
 
 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
 wxCocoa:
 
 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2

-- fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2 
+- fixed so that wxCocoa runs in OSX 10.2

 - Tooltips now supported
 - wxSound now supported
 - Tooltips now supported
 - wxSound now supported

-- wxDisplay now supported 
-- Some stock cursors now supported 
+- wxDisplay now supported
+- Some stock cursors now supported

 
 wxMac:
 
 
 wxMac:
 

-- fixed MLTE text control GetLineText and GetLineLength on OSX 
-- added OSX wxTaskBarIcon implementation for the OSX Dock 
+- 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
 
 - added Unicode compatibility layer for OSX 10.2
 - wxGetKeyState now works with nearly all wx key codes