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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 2.0.0. |
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3 The current Dynamic Windows source base is stable on |
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4 OS/2, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. The Mac (Cocoa) |
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5 version appears stable but has not undergone harsh testing. |
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9 Boxes don't adhere to ratios on Unix. |
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10 MDI does not work on GTK3 and is not implemented the same on Mac. |
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11 At this time we cannot recommend using MDI in new code, |
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12 but it will be supported for existing code on OS/2, Win and GTK2. |
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13 If support for MDI improves on GTK3/Mac this status may change. |
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189 | 17 It is not safe on all platforms to operate on widgets before they |
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18 are packed. For portability pack widgets before operating on them. |
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20 On Windows a slider control will only work properly if it is the |
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21 only slider in a box. If there is more than one slider control |
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22 in a box then signals may get misdirected to the wrong control. |
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24 On Unix (GTK) the window manager border is not a constant value |
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25 so environment variables DW_BORDER_WIDTH and DW_BORDER_HEIGHT |
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28 On Mac if performing Dynamic Windows operations on secondary |
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29 threads which do not terminate, it may be required to call |
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30 a Mac specific DW function _dw_pool_drain() at the end of the |
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31 thread's loop to prevent memory leaks. |
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35 OS/2 is currently missing the Calendar and HTML widgets because |
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36 the system does not support them by default. Looking into writing |
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37 custom ones or importing functionality from available libraries. |
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39 Changes from version 1.1: |
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40 Added support for MacOS 10.5 and higher Intel and PPC via Cocoa. |
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41 Added initial (unstable) support for GTK version 3. |
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42 Added support for Windows themes on XP and higher. |
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44 scrollbars allow you to pack more into them than the visible area. |
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45 Added dw_window_get_font() for checking the font used on a widget. |
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47 Added clipboard support on OS/2. |
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48 Added HICN data type for icon handles an changed icon functions to use it. |
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52 dw_event_wait(). Please check any code that use these functions. |
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54 Enhanced transparent bitblt on OS/2 and Windows. OS/2 now supports |
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58 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at: |
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62 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at: |
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66 Thanks! | |
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68 Brian Smith |