wxWidgets Change Log - For more verbose changes, see the manual
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+INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.6.x
+================================
+
+- wxFontData::GetColour() now returns a const colour
+- wxDC objects can't be created directly now (this never worked, now it doesn't
+ even compile)
+- For all wxInputStreams, Eof() becomes true after an attempt has been made
+ to read _past_ the end of file.
+
+Deprecated methods since 2.6.x and their replacements
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated in favour of wxGetCwd()
+- wxDC::BeginDrawing() and wxDC::EndDrawing() deprecated, just don't use them
+
+
+2.7.0
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag
+- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation
+- Speed improvements to wxRegEx when matching is done in a loop such as
+ during a search and replace.
+- Fix regerror and regfree name conficts when built-in regex and system regex
+ are both used in the same program.
+- Basic authentication supported added to wxHTTP.
+- wxCondition::WaitTimeout() now returns correct value when timeout occurs.
+- Fixed occasional wxThread cleanup crash.
+- Bug in wxLogStream::DoLogString in Unicode builds fixed.
+- Added support for memo fields to wxODBC.
+- Fixed Unicode builds using SunPro compiler by defining__WCHAR_TYPE__.
+- wxFileName now also looks for TMPDIR on Unix.
+- Fixed build error in list.h with VC++ 2005.
+- Fixed wxODBC buffer overflow problem in Unicode builds.
+- Fixed wxSocketBase::InterruptWait on wxBase.
+- Important code cleanup (Paul Cornett)
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
+- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers()
+- Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
+- wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
+ wxComboBox and wxChoice).
+- wxWindow::Fit() now works correctly for frames and dialogs too.
+- Added access to the border size between pages and controller in book
+ based controls (wxBookCtrlBase::Get/SetInternalBorder).
+- Added initial wxRichTextCtrl implementation.
+- All book based controls (notebook, treebook etc.) share now the same
+ options for orientation (wxBK_TOP, wxBK_DEFAULT, ...) instead of duplicated
+ wxLB_TOP, wxNB_TOP, wxCHB_TOP, wxTBK_TOP.
+- Added parent window parameter to wxHelpController constructor
+ and added SetParentWindow/GetParentWindow.
+- wxMultiChoiceDialog uses now wxCheckListBox if possible, wxListBox if not.
+- Added wxBitmapButton::SetHoverBitmap()
+- Access to titles through Get/SetTitle is available now only for top level
+ windows (wxDialog, wxFrame).
+- Fixed memory leak of pending events in wxEvtHandler
+- Added wxRadioBox::IsItemEnabled/Shown()
+- Added space after list item number in wxHTML.
+- Implemented <sub> and <sup> handling in wxHTML (based on patch
+ by Sandro Sigala)
+- Added caption parameter to wxGetFontFromUser and wxGetColourFromUser.
+- Added wxGetMouseState function.
+- Added wxHtmlHelpWindow, wxHtmlHelpDialog and wxHtmlModalHelp classes,
+ allowing HTML help to be embedded in an application.
+- wxCalendarCtrl positioning and hit-testing fixes for dimensions other than
+ best size.
+- wxCalendarCtrl colour schema changed and adjusted to system settings.
+- More checking of image validity before loading into wxImage.
+- Added wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale.
+- Added ability to use templates with static event tables
+ with BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE_TEMPLATEn() macros
+- Added play, pause, and state change events to wxMediaCtrl
+- Added double-buffering to wxVListBox and fixed a scrolling issue.
+- Added wxToolbook (uses a wxToolBar to control pages).
+- Added SetSheetStyle to wxPropertySheetDialog and allowed it to
+ behave like a Mac OS X settings dialog.
+- Added <disabled> XRC tag for wxToolBar elements and <bg> for wxToolBar itself
+- Fixed centering of top level windows on secondary displays
+- Implemented wxDisplay::GetFromWindow() for platforms other than MSW
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed crash with ownerdrawn menu items accelerators (Perry Miller)
+- wxFileDialog respects absence of wxCHANGE_DIR flag under NT (Brad Anderson).
+- Switching page of a hidden notebook doesn't lose focus (Jamie Gadd).
+- Removed wxImageList *GetImageList(int) const.
+- Fixed MDI context menu problem.
+- Removed __WIN95__ define
+- Create msw/rcdefs.h in setup.h's directory, which can be included by
+ resource files. It containts platform/compiler specific defines (such as
+ target cpu) which can be used in #ifs in .rc files.
+- Add support for Win64 manifests and VC++ 8 automatic manifests (see the
+ wxMSW faq for details).
+- New TARGET_CPU=amd64 (or 'ia64') option for the makefile.vc files which
+ puts 64-bit builds in their own directory and adds /machine:amd64 or ia64
+ to the link command.
+- wxStatusBar::GetFieldRect now returns correct values under XP.
+- wxStatusBar no longer corrupts surrounding windows on resize.
+- Enable wxListCtrl in report mode to be able to use images in other
+ columns, if ComCtl32 >= 470.
+- Fixed problem where using SetValue and wxTE_RICH2 would cause control to
+ show.
+- Numpad special keys are now distinguished from normal keys.
+- Fixed GDI leak in wxStaticBitmap when setting images after
+ initial construction.
+- Menu codes now stripped before measuring control labels.
+- MFC sample now compiles in Unicode mode.
+- Fixed SetScrollbar thumb size setting bug (set orientation before triggering
+ events).
+- Fixed icon to cursor conversion problem for bitmaps with masks.
+- Fixed wxToolBar background colour problem for some video cards.
+- wxGenericDirCtrl now shows volume name.
+- Added XP theme support for DrawHeaderButton, DrawTreeItemButton.
+- Made the wxActiveXContainer class public and documentated
+- Added a Windows Media Player 9/10 backend for wxMediaCtrl
+- Multiline notebook tab label change now resizes the control
+ correctly if an extra row is removed or added.
+- Fixed a crash when dismissing wxPrintDialog under VC++ 7.1.
+- Fixed out by one error in wxTextCtrl::GetStyle.
+- Fixed problem with getting input in universal/unicode build of wxMSW.
+- Link oleacc.lib conditionally.
+- Drag and drop now works inside static boxes.
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE and wxEVT_MENU_OPENED for popup menus are now generated
+- Implemented wxCURSOR_BLANK support
+- wxSlider generates all scroll events now and not only wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK
+- Fixed a host of bugs in wxMediaCtrl as well as added a GStreamer 0.10
+ implementation
+- Improved configure checks for GStreamer. You may also now specify
+ --enable-gstreamer8 to force configure to check for GStreamer 0.8.\
+- Fixed problem with choice editor in wxGrid whereby the editor
+ lost focus when the combobox menu was shown.
+- Fixed problem trying to print from a preview, whereby wrong printer
+ class was used.
+- Worked around pango crashes in strncmp on Solaris 10.
+- Polygon and line drawing speeded up if there is no scaling.
+- Fixed problems with CJK input method.
+- Implemented ScrollLines/Pages() for all windows (Paul Cornett)
+
+wxMac:
+
+- Fixed problem with clipboard support for custom data flavors.
+- Fixed focus handling for generic controls in carbon-cfm.
+- Fixed a printing crash bug, for example using File->Print and changing
+ Popup from 'Copies & Pages' to e.g. 'Layout'.
+- Improved support for help and application menu items.
+- Added default implementations for wxTextCtrl::Replace and wxTextCtrl::Remove.
+- Added support for 10.4 context menu.
+- Added support for wxFRAME_EX_METAL and wxDIALOG_EX_METAL styles.
+- Added wxNotebook::HitTest support.
+- Corrected idle wake-up.
+- Corrected wxExecute.
+- Now makes use of full printer resolution.
+- Corrected CGImage handling in wxBitmap.
+- Now uses simple hide/show transition for top-level windows.
+- Uses reasonable temporary path for wxFileName::CreateTempFileName.
+- Added support for default key handling (escape, enter, command-period) even
+ if there is no control on the frame or dialog that has the focus.
+- Fixed joystick bugs including a link error and a crash if no joysticks
+ were found.
+- Removed an errorneous assertion from wxDir.
+- Uses CoreFoundation based and thread-safe implementation for message boxes
+ under Mach-O.
+- wxBitmapButton is created as a content icon if wxBORDER_NONE is
+ specified, otherwise as a bevel button.
+- Mouse event ids set correctly (fixing problems with Connect in particular).
+- Fixed wxZipInputStream read error on wxSocketInputStream which signals the
+ end of file with an error.
+- Xcode wxWidgets and minimal sample project files updated to create Universal
+ binaries.
+- Fix for setting wxMenuBar more than once.
+- wxListBox minimum size bug fixed.
+- Fixed wxNotebook off-by-one bug in HitTest.
+- Fixed joystick GetXMin/Max bug.
+- Fixed Unix domain socket problem in wxIPC.
+
+wxWinCE:
+
+- Pressing build-in joystick on WinCE phones fires wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
+- Native wxCheckListBox implementation.
+- All wxTopLevelWindows resizes accordingly to SIP visibility.
+- ::wxGetUserName() implemented.
+- wxDisplay enumeration support.
+- Fixed wxFileDialog breakage on WinCE due to incorrect structure size.
+- New wxSystemOption "wince.dialog.real-ok-cancel" to switch between WinCE
+ guidelines with Ok-only dialogs and dialogs using wxButtons.
+- Checkable items in wxToolMenuBarTool supported.
+- Fixed date formatting and mktime.
+- Fixed getting standard folder paths on WinCE.
+- Support for backspace key on smartphone.
+- Made both windows wxMediaCtrl Windows backends compilable with wxWinCE - it
+ is reccommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
+ directly, however.
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor)
+
+wxX11:
+
+- Invisible text problem fixed.
+- Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
+
+Unix:
+
+- NO_GCC_PRAGMA is not used any more, remove checks for it if you used it.
+
+
2.6.2
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- Fixed wxScopeGuard to work with VC++, documented it.
- Fixed proxy handling in wxURL.
-- Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl
-- Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls)
-- Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev)
-- Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson)
-- Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler
-- wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' in the manual.
+- Added wxEVT_MEDIA_LOADED event for wxMediaCtrl.
+- Added new methods to wxMediaCtrl (wxURI version of Load, ShowPlayerControls).
+- Added wxZipFSHandler::Cleanup() (Stas Sergeev).
+- Added wxImage::RotateHue() and RGB <-> HSV conversions (John Anderson).
+- Fixed compilation with IBM xlC compiler.
+- wxABI_VERSION, see 'Backward Compatibility' topic overview in the manual.
+- Added wxLongLong::ToDouble().
+- Added wxDateTime::[Make]FromTimezone(), fixed several TZ-related bugs.
+- Fixed bug in wxStreamBuffer::Read(wxStreamBuffer *) (Paul Cornett).
+- Fixed wxListbook and wxChoicebook internal layout.
All (GUI):
+- Added wxStaticText::Wrap()
+- wxChoice and wxComboBox::GetSelection() now returns completed selection,
+ added a new GetCurrentSelection() function having the old behaviour.
- Added wxXmlResource::Unload().
- Possibility of modeless wxWizard dialog (with presentation in sample).
- Fixed a rare crash due to malformed HTML in wxHTML (Xavier Nodet).
-- Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski)
+- Ctrl+mouse wheel changes zoom factor in print preview (Zbigniew Zagórski).
- Cross-compile now supported for wxGTK, wxX11 and wxMotif.
- Cygwin compilation of wxX11, wxGTK and wxMotif now supported.
+- Now reads "help" parameter for all windows (context help text).
+- wxWizard adapts to PDA-sized screens.
+- Unicode fixes for IPC and a new IPC sample (Jurgen Doornik).
wxMSW:
-- wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005)
+- wxMSW now builds with (beta of) MSVC 8 (a.k.a. 2005).
- Separators are now correctly shown in the toolbars under Windows XP.
- Fixed multiline tooltips handling.
- Fixed wxSlider::GetSelEnd() (Atilim Cetin).
- Fixed accelerators of menu items added to already attached submenus.
- Position of wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL events is now in client, not screen, coordinates.
-- Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski)
-- Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound
-- Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW()
-- Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small
-
-wxWinCE:
-
-- RTTI and exceptions enabled by default.
+- Handle absence of wxListCtrl column image better (Zbigniew Zagórski).
+- Fixed asynchronous playback of large sound files in wxSound.
+- Added wxDynamicLibrary::GetSymbolAorW().
+- Fixed default size of wxStaticText controls with border being too small.
+- Fixed bugs with wxStatusBar positioning (with or withour sizers) (Jamie Gadd).
+- Mouse move events are now generated for all static controls (Jamie Gadd).
+- Fixed nested static box display and splitter sash on some themes (Jamie Gadd).
+- Made wxJoystick::GetProductName() more useful (John Ratliff).
+- Native spline drawing implementation (Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba).
wxGTK:
-- ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso)
-- Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp)
+- ShowFullScreen() shows the window if it was still hidden (rpedroso).
+- Implemented wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention() (Mart Raudsepp).
- Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
- wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition, PositionToXY and GetLineLength calls are now
- instantaneous in case of GTK+2 multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp)
+ instantaneous in case of GTK 2.x multi-line controls (Mart Raudsepp).
- Added support for left, centre and right text alignment attributes under
- GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp)
+ GTK+2 multi-line text controls (Mart Raudsepp).
+- Various wxFont improvements for GTK 2.x builds (Mart Raudsepp).
+- Changed order of child deletion in window destructor and
+ removed focus handlers to avoid spurious events (David Surovell).
+- Fixed domain socket handling.
+
+wxMac:
+
+- First implementation of native HIToolbar support.
+- Added text control context menu (ported from wxMSW).
+- More CoreGraphics implementation improvements.
+- Various text control bug fixes.
+- Automatic menu management improved.
+- Fixed crash when wxRadioButton is deleted from a group of radio buttons,
+ due to dangling cycle pointers.
+- Native spline drawing implementation for CoreGraphics (Robert J. Lang).
+- Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
+ showing modally).
wxOS2
wxUniv:
- Window creation now honours wxVSCROLL.
-- Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler)
+- Standalone scrollbars generate events of correct type (Jochen Roemmler).
wxMotif:
- Base library is now binary compatible when built with wxGTK and wxMotif.
- wxMotif can now display Japanese text under Japanese locale.
+- Fixed button size in common dialogs.
+- Made wxFileDialog translatable.
+- All top level windows should now have a border unless the wxNO_BORDER
+ flag has been specified.
+- Improved wxNotebook support for sizers. It requires the wxNotebook to
+ be created with a "sensible" initial width.
+- Made wxDialog::IsModal meaning the same as other ports (true only when
+ showing modally).
wxMGL:
+
- Fixed crash on exit.
- Fixed drawing problems when windows are resized.
+wxX11:
+
+- Various wxFont improvements for unicode builds (Mart Raudsepp).
+
2.6.1
-----
- DDE fixed for Unicode.
- Fixed ownerdrawn multiline buttons.
- wxCheckListBox item background fixed.
-- Fixed some wxRegKey bugs.
+- Fixed error when trying to read a value from key not accessible for writing.
+- Fixed keyboard cue visibility issues under Windows 2000/XP
wxWinCE:
- utils/wxprop classes working (except maybe wxPropertyFormView)
in preparation for use in Dialog Editor.
- GNU-WIN32 compilation verified (a month or so ago).
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