INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.4.x
================================
+ Please take a few minutes to read the following list, especially
+ paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
+ with '!' in the first column.
+
+ Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4
+ is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.4
+ 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
+ exists but doesn't do anything any more, this behaviour is default now)
+
+
- no initialization/cleanup can be done in wxApp/~wxApp because they are
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
+- (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.
+
+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
- wxTheFontMapper: use wxFontMapper::Get() instead
- wxStringHashTable: use wxHashMap instead
- wxHashTableLong: use wxHashMap instead
-- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: no replacement
+- wxArrayString::GetStringArray: use wxCArrayString or alternative wxWindows
+ 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
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
+
+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 behaviouris 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.
+
+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
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- removed wxMenuItem::DeleteSubMenu()
+
+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)
+
+
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 conversions to/from UTF 16/32 LE/BE (Andreas Pflug)
+- added wxTextInputStream::ReadChar() (M.J.Wetherell)
+- added translation to Afrikaans (Petri Jooste)
+- Spanish translations updated (Javier San Jose)
+- added gettext plural forms support to wxLocale (Michael N. Filippov)
+- 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):
+- added wxListBook control
+- added 3-state checkboxes for MSW/Mac (Dimitri Schoolwerth)
- added some support for C++ exceptions in the library (do read the manual!)
- added wxListCtrl::GetViewRect()
- added wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty()
+- wxToolBar::ToggleTool() now works for radio buttons (Dag Ågren)
+- wxListCtrl now sends an END_LABEL event if editing was cancelled, too
+- bug in wxRect ctor from two [out of order] wxPoints fixed (Steve Cornett)
+- status text is now restored after wxMenu help is shown in it
+- 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:
+- wxWindows 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
- wxRadioButtons are now checked when they get focus (standard behaviour)
- several fixes to owner drawn menu items (Christian Sturmlechner)
- wxGauge now supports full 32 bit range (Miroslav Rajcic)
-- use proper window with wxTimer (Jaakko Salli)
+- make it possible to give focus to the notebook tabs (Hajo Kirchhoff)
+- 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
- wxDataStreams can read/write many elements at once (Mickael Gilabert)
- added wxRecursionGuard class
- added wxThreadHelper class (Daniel Howard)
+- Added STL support (--enable-stl for configure, wxUSE_STL in setup.h).
+ When enabled, wxString will derive from std::string, wxArray from,
+ std::vector, wxList from std::list. In addition wxHashTable will be
+ implemented in terms of wxHashMap.
+- Added wxList::compatibility_iterator. Can be used like wxNode* (except
+ it can't be delete()d). It permits writing code which will work
+ both with wxUSE_STL==1 and wxUSE_STL==0.
wxBase:
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