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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 2.2.0. |
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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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189 | 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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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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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 2.1: |
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35 Added printing support via dw_print_new, dw_print_run and dw_print_cancel. |
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36 Added pixmap font override support. In prior versions when drawing |
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37 text to pixmaps the font set on the associated window handle is used. |
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38 dw_pixmap_set_font() can now override that font setting, and now |
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39 pixmaps without associated windows are supported and used in printing. |
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40 Added dw_pixmap_stretch_bitblt() which allows for scaling during bitblt. |
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41 This function is necessary largely for very hi-res printer contexts. |
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42 Added dw_mutex_trylock() function to try to obtain a mutex without blocking. |
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43 Added DW_TIMEOUT_INFINITE which can now be used with dw_event_wait() in |
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44 addition to dw_named_event_wait(), to block until the event is posted. |
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45 Added DW_PERCENT_INDETERMINATE which can be passed to dw_percent_set_pos(). |
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46 This should work on all platforms except old versions of Windows. |
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47 Added the subversion revision number as the third Dynamic Windows version |
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48 number when building from a subversion source tree. |
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49 Added dw_container_set_row_data() and dw_container_change_row_data() macros |
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50 which just call dw_container_set/change_row_title() but with (void *). |
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51 Added dw_container_set_stripe() to set alternating row colors. |
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52 Currently Mac, Win and GTK are supported. |
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53 Added taskbar support on the Mac, GTK (Gnome) and OS/2 (e/XCenter+Systray). |
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54 Added PNG/JPG/GIF/TIFF support on Windows via GDI+. |
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55 Added support for GdkPixbuf inline images in GTK 2 and 3. |
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56 Added dw_draw_arc() function for drawing arcs, ellipses and circles. |
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57 Added DW_DRAW_DEFAULT, DW_DRAW_FILL and DW_DRAW_FULL flags which can be passed |
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58 to dw_draw_arc(), dw_draw_rect() and dw_draw_polygon(). The fill parameter |
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60 same as TRUE so code using the old scheme should still work unchanged. |
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61 Added DW_MENU_AUTO and DW_MENU_POPUP constants for autogenerating menu IDs. |
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62 Added dw_debug() function for sending debug messages to the console. |
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63 Added path and/or filename support to dw_file_browse() on OS/2, Windows, |
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64 GTK2, GTK3 and Mac 10.6 or higher. |
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65 Added custom calendar widget for OS/2, leaving only the HTML widget missing. |
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66 Improved container optimization on Mac, header width now taken into account. |
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67 Fixes for incorrect return codes from the dw_event_* functions on Windows. |
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68 Fixes for incorrect behavior on key_press callbacks on Mac and Windows. |
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69 Fixes for MDI support in GTK3. |
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70 Fixes for problems with multiple sliders/percent widgets in a box on OS/2. |
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71 Fixes for lots of GTK3 layout and window positioning issues... |
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72 although minimum size issues are still present. |
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74 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at: |
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78 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at: |
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82 Thanks! | |
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84 Brian Smith |