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Added dw_window_set_tooltip() for adding bubble help to most controls. Mac, Windows and GTK should be supported... OS/2 coming soon.
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1 This is a preview release of Dynamic Windows version 2.3.
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3 The current Dynamic Windows source base is considered stable on:
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4 OS/2, Mac, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris.
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6 Known problems:
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8 Boxes with no expandable items will have their contents centered on
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9 GTK2 instead of top or left justified on the other platforms.
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10 GTK3 due to changes in the core architecture does not support
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11 widgets that are smaller than what is contained within them
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12 unless they use scrolled windows. GTK2 and other platforms do.
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14 Known limitations:
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16 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they
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17 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them.
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19 On Unix (GTK) the window manager border is not a constant value
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20 so environment variables DW_BORDER_WIDTH and DW_BORDER_HEIGHT
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21 are used for proper positioning.
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23 On Mac if performing Dynamic Windows operations on secondary
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24 threads which do not terminate, it may be required to call
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25 a Mac specific DW function _dw_pool_drain() at the end of the
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26 thread's loop to prevent memory leaks.
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28 Future features:
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30 OS/2 is currently missing the HTML widget because the system does
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31 not support it by default. Looking into importing functionality
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32 from available libraries (Firefox, Webkit, Qt, etc).
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34 Changes from version 2.2:
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35 Added dw_menu_delete_item() for removing menu items.
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36 Now you can use dw_window_destroy() on menu items handles also.
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37 Added dw_app_dir() which attempts to locate private application data
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38 for the current platform.
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39 Added dw_window_set_tooltip() for adding tooltips to most widgets.
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40 All platforms supported except OS/2 which will be coming soon.
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41 Fixed bubble help not being displayed on Windows.
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42 Fixed menu bar items remaining highlighted on Mac.
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44 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at:
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46 http://dbsoft.org/dw_help.php
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48 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at:
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50 brian@dbsoft.org
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52 Thanks!
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