- 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
-----
- wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() now supports wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW flag
- Added wxStringTokenizer::GetLastDelimiter(); improved documentation
-- wxGetWorkingDirectory() deprecated. Use wxGetCwd() instead.
- 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)
+- Added support for wxLongLong in wx stream classes (Mark Junker)
+- wxSOCKET_REUSEADDR can be used with wxSocketClient.
+- Overloaded Connect and SetLocal methods for binding to local address/port.
+- Consistency of count getters (GetCount()) with returning size_t everywhere.
All (GUI):
-- Added wxTreeBook.
+- Added wxTreebook (uses a wxTreeCtrl to control pages).
+- Added wxDC::GradientFillLinear/Concentric()
- Added wxKeyEvent::GetModifiers()
- Added wxDialog::SetEscapeId().
- wxItemContainerImmutable::FindString unified (affects wxRadioBox, wxListBox,
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.
+- UpdateUI handler can now show/hide the window too (Ronald Weiss)
+- More than one filter allowed in in wxDocTemplate filter.
+- Added wxListBox::HitTest()
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.
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.
+- Fall back to unthemed wxNotebook if specified orientation not available.
+- wxListCtrl and wxTreeCtrl now resize their standard font if the user
+ changes the system font.
+- wxDisplay doesn't require multimon.h now and is enabled by default (Olly Betts)
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 focusing with mnemonic accelerator keys on wxStaticText which
+ is now able to focus on wxComboBox and possibly other controls
+ previously unable to be focused upon before
+- Enabled mnemonics and the corresponding accelerator keys for
+ wxStaticBox and wxRadioBox
- 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)
+- Support underlined fonts in wxTextCtrl
wxMac:
- 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.
+
+wxCocoa:
+
+- wxDirDialog is now native (Hiroyuki Nakamura)
wxWinCE:
- ::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 recommended that you use wxMEDIABACKEND_WMP10 on this platform
+ directly, however.
+- Added support for the context menu event (wxContextMenuEvent)
+ and added platform-specific wxWindow::EnableContextMenu.
+- Fixed wxGenericFileDialog to work with WinCE.
+- Fixed compilation and menubar disappearance on Windows Mobile 5.
+
+wxUniv:
+
+- Send wxEVT_SCROLL_XXX events from wxSlider (Danny Raynor)
+
+wxX11:
+
+- Invisible text problem fixed.
+- Bitmap clipping with masks and scaling improved.
Unix: