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Announcing wxWidgets 2.7.0: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
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July 9, 2012 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce the
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latest 2.9.4 release of wxWidgets library.
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August 5th, 2006 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
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a new release of the mature cross-platform C++ application framework.
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wxWidgets 2.9.4 is available at
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The following platforms are supported:
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https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/
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- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
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- Windows 64 on Itanium and x86-64 architectures
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- Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003
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- Unix (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64) and VMS with GTK+
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- Unix with X11 (beta)
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- Unix with Motif/Lesstif
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- Mac OS X using Carbon
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- Mac OS X using Cocoa (beta)
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- OS/2 (beta)
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and soon will also appear at our FTP mirror at
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To get wxWidgets, please go to the Download page at:
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ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.4/
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http://www.wxwidgets.org/
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Please choose the archive format suitable for your platform, i.e. 7z
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or ZIP for Windows platforms and tar.bz2 for the Unix systems
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including OS X (all archives contain sources for all wxWidgets ports
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but they use different line endings) and follow the instructions in
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readme.txt file for installing it. Notice that if you decide to use
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the Windows installer (.exe file) you still need to build wxWidgets
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as only sources, not binaries, are installed.
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This is the first version in the new 2.7 development series. Please
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notice that this series is called "development" and not "stable"
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solely because ABI or API compatibility is not assured between
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different 2.7.x series versions. Rest assured however that these
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potentially incompatible changes are made in order to evolve the
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toolkit to the next ABI stable release series (2.8.x) and that
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normally efforts are made to preserve compilation compatibility, so
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often moving to a new development release just requires a full
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recompile of the application using wxWidgets. There are currently no
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known issues with the stability of the programs using this version.
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However, for the first time ever, we also experimentally provide the
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pre-built versions of wxMSW libraries built with several version of
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Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. You can download them from
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There have been many changes since the 2.6 series, please see the
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change log file included in the distribution for more details. The
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most significant additions to the GUI part of the libraries were:
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https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/binaries/
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- AUI (advanced user interface) library providing dockable
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windows and much more
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- richtext library implementing wxRichTextCtrl
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- New wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox controls
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- New wxTreebook book-like control
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- New wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls
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- wxHyperlinkCtrl control
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Please see the README file there for the descriptions of the
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individual files.
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*** About wxWidgets
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This release mostly focuses on bug fixes in preparation for 3.0
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release, in particular there are a lot of improvements in wxOSX/Cocoa
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port. The most important new feature in this release is experimental
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support for building wxGTK with GTK+ 3 version of the toolkit. Other
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noteworthy additions are:
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wxWidgets is a comprehensive open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI
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framework, that can be used to build commercial and free
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software. First released in 1992 under the name wxWindows, it's
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increasingly used by organisations and individuals all over the
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world due to its winning combination of sophistication, wide
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platform coverage, ease of use, unrestrictive licence and
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vibrant user community.
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- Transparent background is now support for wxGTK windows.
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- New style directory selection dialog is now used in wxMSW.
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- Native wxDatePickerCtrl and wxTimePickerCtrl for wxOSX.
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- wxFSInputStream stream class for reading data from wxFileSystem.
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- wxGrid::Render() method allows to print or save wxGrid contents.
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- Strike-through fonts are now supported.
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- Horizontal mouse wheel events are now generated.
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For most ports, wxWidgets adopts the native look and feel of
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each platform since it uses the native widget sets. There is also
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a generic widget set, used for example by the wxX11 port - no
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other widget set is required, giving the potential for embedded
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use.
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An extraordinary range of classes is provided - but don't be put
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off by this because most people find wxWidgets easier to learn
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and use than MFC and other frameworks.
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The list of of changes since the 2.8 series is much too long to be
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listed here but the most important ones are:
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As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced
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features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing
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handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizable panels
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and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support,
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HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop,
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a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes,
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a styled text control, and much more. A 2,000-page reference manual
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is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF
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formats, and there are over eighty samples and demos.
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- Completely overhauled Unicode support which is much easier to use.
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- New Cocoa-based wxOSX port for Mac OS X for both 32 and 64 bits.
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- New property grid and ribbon libraries are now included in wxWidgets.
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- Better interoperability with standard library classes.
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- Totally revised and more readable manual.
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- Improved debugging support.
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If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts
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reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent.
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If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start.
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Please see the changes.txt file in the "docs" subdirectory of
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wxWidgets distribution or also available online at
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.4/changes.txt/docs/changes.txt
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for more details and http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.4/overview_changes_since28.html
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if you are upgrading from wxWidgets 2.8.
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wxWidgets bindings for many other languages are available,
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including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel.
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If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links:
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Note about naming: while 2.9.4 is called a "development" release,
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this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in
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the subsequent 2.9.x releases (although it is very unlikely to change
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in incompatible ways at this stage), unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch
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where source and binary compatibility is always preserved between the
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different micro releases. We believe the current version is stable and
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suitable for use in production environment and recommend using it for
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any new projects using wxWidgets.
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http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/feedback.htm ; Comments from users
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http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/screensh.htm ; Screenshots
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http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/users.htm ; Some of our users
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We are especially looking forward to your feedback about the changes
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in this release compared to 2.8 version if you're upgrading. Please
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let us know about any regressions (http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket)
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so that we could fix them in the upcoming 3.0. Thanks in advance!
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Have fun!
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The wxWidgets team
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Enjoy!
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Vadim Zeitlin, on behalf of wxWidgets development team.
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Vadim Zeitlin