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-wxWindows 2.0 Change Log
-------------------------
+wxWindows 2 Change Log
+----------------------
 
-Beta 3, January 1999
---------------------
+2.3.2
+-----
+
+wxBase:
+
+- wxRegEx class added
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- support for virtual list control added
+
+2.3.1
+-----
+
+wxBase:
+
+- Fixes for gcc 3.0
+- Fixed new charset detection code
+- ODBC Informix fixes (submitted by Roger Gammans)
+- Added ODBC date support to wxVariant
+- Added wxDir::Traverse
+- Added wxSingleInstanceChecker class
+- Removed redundant wxDebugContext functions using C++ streams,
+  so now standard stream usage should be unnecessary
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added wxDbGrid class for displaying ODBC tables
+- Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the
+  user code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to
+  push on a custom event handler for example)
+- Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
+  GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl
+- Added wxSingleInstanceChecker
+- Improvements to Tex2RTF
+- Added Paul and Roger Gammans' grid controls
+- Bug in wxDocument::Save logic corrected, whereby Save didn't save when not
+  first-time saved
+- Fixed memory leak in textcmn.cpp
+- Various wxXML enhancements
+- Removed wxCLIP_CHILDREN style from wxSplitterWindow
+- Fixed memory leak in DoPrint, htmprint.cpp
+- Fixed calendar sample bug with using wxCommandEvent::GetInt()
+  instead of GetId()
+- Added wxDbGrid combining wxODBC classes with wxGrid
+- Added more makefiles and project files for contrib hierarchy
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed wxApp::ProcessMessage so controls don't lose their
+  accelerators when the accelerators are redefined elsewhere
+- Accelerators consisting of simple keystrokes (without control,
+  alt or shift) now work
+- Compile fixes for Watcom C++ added
+- Compile fixes for Cygwin 1.0 added
+- Use SetForegroundWindow() in wxWindow::Raise() instead of BringWindowToTop()
+- Replaced wxYield() call in PopupMenu() by a much safer
+  wxYieldForCommandsOnly() - fixes tree ctrl popup menu bug and other ones
+- Enter processing in wxSpinCtrl fixed
+- Fixed bug in determining the best listbox size
+- Fix for wxFrame's last focus bug
+- We now send iconize events
+- 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
+  in wxDC
+- Fixed bug when using MDIS_ALLCHILDSTYLES style: so now MDI
+  child frame styles are honoured
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Fixed slider rounding bug
+- Added code to set wxFont's default encoding to wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding()
+- We now send iconize events
+- Fix for discrepancies between wxNotebookEvent and wxNotebook
+  GetSelection() results
+
+2.3.0
+-----
+
+wxBase:
+
+- fixed problem with wxURL when using static version of the library
+- wxZipFSHandler::FindFirst() and FindNext() now correctly list directories
+- wxMimeTypesManager now can create file associations too (Chris Elliott)
+- wxCopyFile() respects the file permissions (Roland Scholz)
+- wxFTP::GetFileSize() added (Søren Erland Vestø)
+- wxDateTime::IsSameDate() bug fixed
+- wxTimeSpan::Format() now behaves more as expected, see docs
+- wxLocale now provides much more convenient API for setting language and
+  detecting current system language. New API is more abstracted and truly
+  cross-platform, independent of underlying C runtime library.
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- new wxToggleButton class (John Norris, Axel Schlueter)
+- wxCalendarCtrl not highlighting the date with time part bug fixed
+- wxADJUST_MINSIZE sizer flag added
+- FindOrCreateBrush/Pen() bug fix for invalid colour values
+- new wxXPMHandler for reading and writing XPM images
+- added new (now recommended) API for conversion between wxImage and wxBitmap
+  (wxBitmap::ConvertToImage() and wxBitmap::wxBitmap(wxImage&) instead of
+  wxImage methods and ctor)
+- ODBC classes now support DB2, Interbase, and Pervasive SQL
+- ODBC documentation complete!!
+- ODBC classes have much Unicode support added, but not complete
+- ODBC experimental BLOB support added, but not completely tested
+- ODBC NULL column support completed (Roger/Paul Gammans)
+- ODBC All "char *" and char arrays removed and replaced with wxString use
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- threads: bug in wxCondition::Broadcast fixed (Pieter van der Meulen)
+- fixed bug in MDI children flags (mis)handling
+- it is possible to compile wxCHMHelpController with compilers
+  other than Visual C++ now and hhctrl.ocx is loaded at runtime
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- added support for wchar_t (wxUSE_WCHAR_T) under Unix
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- mew feature, wxHtmlProcessor for on-the-fly modification of HTML markup
+- visual enhancements to contents panel of wxHtmlHelpController
+
+2.2.0
+-----
+
+wxBase:
+
+- Fixed bug with directories with trailing (back)slashes in wxPathExists
+- wxString: added wxArrayString::operator==() and !=()
+- Fixes for wxCmdLineParser
+- Added wxGetLocalTimeMillis
+- Completed Czech translations
+- Some stream corrections
+- added missing consts to wxPoint operators
+- wxDateTime ParseFormat fixes
+- wxFile::Open(write_append) will create file if it doesn't exist
+- small fixes to MIME mailcap test command handling, more MIME tests in the sample
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- wxGenericDragImage now allows virtual image drawing, and
+  flicker-free dragging is now possible
+- Added wxPrinter::GetLastError
+- Fixed wxLogGui reentrancy problem
+- Paper names now translated
+- wxGrid fixes
+- Generic validator now caters for more cases (integers in
+  wxTextCtrl, strings in wxChoice, wxComboBox)
+- Fixed crash when docview On... functions return FALSE. Show
+  error message when an non-existent filename is typed into the Open
+  File dialog.
+- Corrected Baltic font encoding handling
+- wxImage: enhanced TIFF code, added new platform-independent BMP
+  writing code
+- wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() and HasModifiers() added and documented
+- Fixed wxPropertyForm crashes in sample
+- wxWizard now calls TransferDataFromWindow() before calling
+  wxWizardPage::GetNext() fixing an obvious bug
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxWindow::GetCharWidth/Height now calculated accurately.
+  This will affect all .wxr dialog resources, so for
+  backward compatibility, please set
+  wxDIALOG_UNIT_COMPATIBILITY to 1 in setup.h
+- wxListCtrl: set item text in LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED events
+- wxTextCtrl: implemented setting colours for rich edit controls
+- wxColour now accepts both grey and gray
+- BC++ DLL compilation fixed
+- Watcom C++ makefiles improved for JPEG and TIFF compilation
+- Fixed submenu accelerator bug
+- Fixed dialog focus bug (crash if the previous window to have
+  the focus was destroyed before the dialog closed)
+- Too-small default wxTextCtrl height fixed
+- fixed "missing" initial resize of wxMDIChildFrame
+- wxFrame restores focus better
+- Now ignore wxTHICK_FRAME in wxWindow constructor: only relevant to
+  frames anddialogs, interferes with other window styles otherwise
+  (sometimes you'd get a thick frame in a subwindow)
+- wxTextCtrl insertion point set to the beginning of the control by SetValue
+- Fix so wxMDIParentFrame is actually shown when Show(TRUE) is called.
+- wxFileDialog: adjusts struct size if there's an error (struct
+  sizes can be different on different versions of Windows)
+- wxImageList::GetSize() documented and added to wxMSW
+- fixed default dialog style to make them non resizeable again
+- fixed wxFrame::IsShown() which always returned TRUE before
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Please see docs/gtk/changes.txt.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Small compilation fixes
+
+Documentation:
+
+- wxCaret documented
+
+2.1.16
+------
+
+wxBase:
+
+All (GUI):
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Various bug fixes
+- Added wxCHMHelpController, for invoking MS HTML Help
+  files. This works under VC++ only
+- Modal dialog handling improved
+- Printer dialog now modal
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Various bug fixes
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Various bug fixes
+
+2.1.15
+------
+
+Documentation:
+
+- Added docs/tech for technical notes
+
+File hierarchy:
+
+- Started new contrib hierarchy that mirrors
+  the main lib structure; moved OGL and MMedia into it
+
+wxBase:
+
+- wxSocket support
+- wxDateTime replaces and extends old wxDate and wxTime classes (still
+  available but strongly deprecated) with many new features
+- wxLongLong class provides support for (signed) 64 bit integers
+- wxCmdLineParser class for parsing the command line (supporting short and
+  long options, switches and parameters of different types)
+- it is now possible to build wxBase under Win32 (using VC++ only so far)
+  and BeOS (without thread support yet)
+- wxThread class modified to support both detached and joinable threads, also
+  added new GetCPUCount() and SetConcurrency() functions (useful under Solaris
+  only so far)
+- wxDir class for enumerating files in a directory
+- wxLog functions are now (more) MT-safe
+- wxStopWatch class, timer functions have more chances to return correct
+  results for your platform (use ANSI functions where available)
+- wxString::ToLong, ToULong, ToDouble methods and Format() static one added
+- buffer overflows in wxString and wxLog classes fixed (if snprintf() function
+  is available)
+- wxArray::RemoveAt() replaces deprecated wxArray::Remove(index)
+
+all (GUI):
+
+- Added wxImage::Rotate.
+- new wxCalendarCtrl class for picking a date interactively
+- wxMenu(Bar)::Insert() and Remove() functions for dynamic menu menagament
+- wxToolBar supports arbitrary controls (not only buttons) and can be
+  dynamically changed (Delete/Insert functions)
+- vertical toolbars supported by MSW and GTK native wxToolBar classes
+- wxTreeCtrl and wxListCtrl allow setting colour/fonts for individual items
+- "file open" dialog allows selecting multiple files at once (contributed by
+  John Norris)
+- wxMimeTypesManager uses GNOME/KDE MIME database to get the icons for the
+  MIME types if available (Unix only)
+- wxDC::DrawRotatedText() (based on contribution by Hans-Joachim Baader)
+- TIFF support added (libtiff required and included in the distribution)
+- PCX files can now be written (256 and 24 bits)
+- validators may work recursively if wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY is set
+- wxScrolledWindow now has keyboard interface
+- wxTextEntryDialog may be used for entering passwords (supports wxTE_PASSWORD)
+- added wxEncodingConverter and improved wxFontMapper
+  for dealing with convertions between different encodings,
+  charsets support in wxLocale and wxHTML
+- wxDragImage class added
+- samples/help improved to show standard and advanced HTML help
+  controllers, as well as native help
+- moved wxTreeLayout class to main lib
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxFrame::MakeFullScreen added.
+- support for enhanced metafiles added, support for copying/pasting metafiles
+  (WMF and enhanced ones) fixed/added.
+- implemented setting colours for push buttons
+- wxStatusBar95 may be now used in dialogs, panels (not only frames) and can be
+   positioned along the top of the screen and not only at the bottom
+- wxTreeCtrl::IsVisible() bug fixed (thanks to Gary Chessun)
+- loading/saving big (> 32K) files in wxTextCtrl works
+- tooltips work with wxRadioBox
+- wxBitmap/wxIcon may be constructed from XPM included into a program, as in
+  Unix ports
+- returning FALSE from OnPrintPage() aborts printing
+- VC++ makefiles and project files made (mostly) consistent
+- wxSetCursorEvent added
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxFontMapper endless recursion bug (on some systems) fixed
+- wxGTK synthesizes wxActivateEvents
+- UpdateUI handlers may be used with wxTextCtrl
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- wxMenu::Enable works
+- wxToolBar bugs fixed
+- OGL samples made to work again
+
+wxHTML:
+
+- almost complete rewrite of wxHtmlHelpController,
+  including faster search, bookmarks, printing, setup dialog
+  and cross-platform binary compatible .cached files for faster
+  loading of large helpbooks, case insensitive search
+  splitted into 3 parts: wxHtmlHelpData, Frame and Controller
+- added support for charsets and <meta> tag
+- added support for font faces and justified paragraphs,
+  taken some steps to prepare wxHTML for frames
+- added dynamic pushing/poping of wxHtmlParser tag handlers
+- improved HTML printing
+- added extensive table of HTML characters substitutions (&nbsp; etc.)
+- fixed wxHtmlWindow flickering, several minor bugfixes
+- added some tags: <address>, <code>, <kbd>, <samp>, <small>, <big>,
+  fixed handling of relative and absolute font sizes in <font size>
+
+
+NOTE: for changes after wxWindows 2.1.0 b4, please see the CVS
+change log.
+
+2.1.0, b4, May 9th 1999
+-----------------------
 
 wxGTK:
 
+- JPEG support added.
+- Many fixes and changes not thought worth mentioning in this file :-)
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- wxNotebook changes: can add image only; wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH added;
+  SetTabSize added.
+- JPEG support added.
+- Fixes for Cygwin compilation.
+- Added wxGA_SMOOTH and wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT styles.
+- Many fixes people didn't tell this file about.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+
+General:
+
+- Some changes for Unicode support, including wxchar.h/cpp.
+
+
+2.0.1 (release), March 1st 1999
+-------------------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxGLCanvas fixes.
+- Slider/spinbutton fixes.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed problems with <return> in dialogs/panels.
+- Fixed window cursor setting.
+- Fixed toolbar sizing and edge-clipping problems.
+- Some makefile fixes.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- None.
+
+General:
+
+- Added wxUSE_SOCKETS.
+- More topic overviews.
+- Put wxPrintPaperType, wxPrintPaperDatabase into
+  prntbase.h/cpp for use in non-PostScript situations
+  (e.g. Win16 wxPageSetupDialog).
+
+
+Beta 5, February 18th 1999
+--------------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxExecute improved.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Fixed wxWindow::IsShown (::IsWindowVisible doesn't behave as
+  expected).
+- Changed VC++ makefiles (.vc) so that it's possible to have
+  debug/release/DLL versions of the library available simultaneously,
+  with names wx.lib, wx_d.lib, wx200.lib(dll), wx200_d.lib(dll).
+- Added BC++ 5 IDE files and instructions.
+- Fixed wxChoice, wxComboBox constructor bugs (m_noStrings initialisation).
+- Fixed focus-related crash.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Cured asynchronous wxExecute crash.
+- Added repaint event handlers to wxFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
+
+General:
+
+- wxLocale documented.
+- Added include filenames to class reference.
+- wxHelpController API changed: SetBrowser becomes SetViewer,
+  DisplaySection works for WinHelp, help sample compiles under Windows
+  (though doesn't display help yet).
+
+Beta 4, February 12th 1999
+--------------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Miscellaneous fixes.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Makefiles for more compilers and samples; Cygwin makefiles
+  rationalised.
+- Added VC++ project file for compiling wxWindows as DLL.
+
+wxMotif:
+
+- Added OnEraseBackground invocation.
+- Added wxRETAINED implementation for wxScrolledWindow.
+- Cured scrolling display problem by adding XmUpdateDisplay.
+- Tried to make lex-ing in the makefile more generic (command line
+  syntax should apply to both lex and flex).
+- Changed file selector colours for consistency (except for buttons:
+  crashes for some reason).
+- Fixed wxMotif version of wxImage::ConvertToBitmap (used new instead
+  of malloc, which causes memory problems).
+
+General:
+
+- Further doc improvements.
+- wxGenericValidator added.
+- Added wxImageModule to image.cpp, so adds/cleans up standard handlers
+  automatically.
+
+Beta 3, January 31st 1999
+-------------------------
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- wxClipboard/DnD API changes (still in progress).
+- wxToolTip class added.
+- Miscellaneous fixes.
+
 wxMSW:
 
 - wxRegConfig DeleteAll bug fixed.
@@ -13,6 +471,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - TWIN32 support added.
 - Renamed VC++ makefiles from .nt to .vc, and
   factored out program/library settings.
+- Fixed wxIniConfig bug.
 
 wxMotif:
 
@@ -25,7 +484,8 @@ wxMotif:
 General:
 
 - wxBusyCursor class added.
-- More doc improvements.
+- Added samples/dde.
+- More doc improvements, incl. expanding docs/html/index.htm.
 
 Beta 2, January 1999
 --------------------