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-wxWindows 2.5/2.6 Change Log
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+------------------------
+wxWidgets 2.5 Change Log
+------------------------
INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
================================
series.
! windows are no longer fully repainted when resized, use new style
- wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE stll
+ wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE to force this (wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE still
exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
now called much earlier/later than before; please move any exiting code
from there to wxApp::OnInit()/OnExit()
- also, OnExit() is not called if OnInit() fails
+- finally the program exit code is OnRun() return value, not OnExit() one
- wxTheApp can't be assigned to any longer, use wxApp::SetInstance() instead
- wxFileType::GetIcon() returns wxIconLocation, not wxIcon
- wxColourDatabase is not a wxList any more, use AddColour to add new colours
- wxWindow::Clear() is now called ClearBackground()
- pointer returned by wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() must not be deleted now
- wxMouseEvent::Moving() doesn't return true if mouse is being dragged any more
-- pointer returned by wxColourDatabase::FindColour() must now always (and
- not just sometimes) be deleted, to avoid problems, don't use it at all,
- use wxColourDatabase::Find() instead.
- (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.
+- EVT_XXX macros are now type-safe; code that uses wrong type for event
+ handler's argument will no longer compile.
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()
- 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
+- wxTreeCtrl::GetFirst/NextChild() 2nd argument now has type wxTreeItemIdValue
+ and not long, please change declarations of "cookie"s in your code
+ accordingly -- otherwise your code won't work on 64 bit platforms
- [MSW only] wxWindow::GetUseCtl3D(), GetTransparentBackground() and
SetTransparent() as well as wxNO_3D and wxUSER_COLOURS styles
- wxList keyed interface: use wxHashMap instead
+- wxColourDatabase::FindColour(): use Find() instead (NB: different ret type)
+- wxHashTable::Next: use wxHashTable::Node* or
+ wxHashTable::compatibility_iterator to store the return
+ value
+- wxWave class; use wxSound instead
+- The wxHIDE_READONLY flag for wxFileDialog was not implemented
+ and has now been removed
+- wxTaskBarIcon::OnXXX() virtual methods: use events instead
+
OTHER CHANGES
=============
+2.5.3
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- number of fixes to wxPluginManager (Rick Brice, Hans Van Leemputten)
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- added wxTaskBarIcon::CreatePopupMenu which is now recommended way
+ of showing popup menu; calling wxTaskBarIcon::PopupMenu directly
+ is discouraged
+
+Unix:
+
+- wxTaskBarIcon now supports freedesktop.org System Tray protocol
+- security fixes to wxSingleInstanceChecker
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- fixed wrong colour of tooltips under some themes
+- implemented wxColourDialog as native dialog
+- wxTreeCtrl::GetCount() counts root as well now (compatible with MSW)
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- added 3 state checkbox
+
+
+2.5.2
+-----
+
+All:
+
+- Hindi translation added (Dhananjaya Sharma)
+- Brazilian Portuguese translation added (E. A. Tacao)
+- 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)
+- subdindented paragraphs support (Tim Kosse)
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- added support for wxTE_RIGHT and wxTE_CENTRE styles under GTK2 (Mart Raudsepp)
+
+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")
+
+wxODBC:
+
+- Full Unicode support is now available
+- BLOB support is working
+
+
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)
- 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):
- bug in wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler() fixed (Yingjun Zhang)
- 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:
+- 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
- 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
+- 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)
+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
-----
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)
- 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
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.
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
-- 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
- 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
- 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
-- 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
- 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
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
- 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:
- 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).
- 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.
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