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GTK4: Fix even more deprecation warnings in GTK 4.10 and later. Migrate to GtkAlertDialog for 4.10 from GtkMessageDialog. Still need to center the dialog or something.
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1 This is a stable release of Dynamic Windows version 3.4.
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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, OpenSolaris and iOS.
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5 The source base is considered beta on Android, alpha on C++.
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7 Build Recommendations:
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8 MacOS:
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9 11-13: configure --with-arch=modern --with-minver=10.15
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10 64bit Intel and Apple Silicon (ARM64) with Dark Mode.
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11 10.13-10.15: configure --with-minver=10.8
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12 64bit Intel with Notifications, Dark Mode for 10.14-15.
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13 10.8-10.12: configure --with-arch=intel --with-minver=10.8
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14 64 and 32bit Intel with Notifications but no Dark Mode.
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15 10.5-10.6: configure --with-arch=classic --with-minver=10.5
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16 32bit PowerPC, 64bit and 32bit Intel classic support.
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17 No Notifications, Dark Mode nor NSView container/trees.
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18 Windows:
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19 7-11: Visual Studio 2017-2022, WebView2 and WinToast.
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20 Should run on Vista and later, supports domain sockets
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21 on Windows 10, oldsockpipe() on older versions.
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22 XP: Visual Studio 2010.
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23 Should run on XP and later, with Aero on Vista and 7.
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25 2000: Visual Studio 2005. Should run on 2000 and later,
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27 on all versions.
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28 C++: Recommends a C++11 compatible compiler.
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29 MacOS: PowerPC GCC 6 from Tiger Brew.
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30 Intel Apple Clang from Xcode 4.4 or later.
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31 Apple Silicon any supported Apple Clang.
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32 Windows: Visual Studio 2015, recent Clang-cl or MingW32.
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33 Linux/FreeBSD: GCC 5 or Clang 3.3 recommended.
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34 OS/2: GCC 9.2 from Bitwise Works recommended.
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36 If you build with a pre-C++11 compiler features will be
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37 disabled, and you may ended up building an extremely
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38 simplified sample application instead of the full one.
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40 Known problems:
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42 Boxes with no expandable items will have their contents centered on
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43 GTK2 instead of top or left justified on the other platforms.
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44 Pack an expandable DW_NOHWND item at the end of the box to keep
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45 the same appearance as other platforms.
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46 GTK3/4 due to changes in the core architecture does not support
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47 widgets that are smaller than what is contained within them,
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48 unless they use scrolled windows. GTK2 and other platforms do.
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49 Therefore windows or other elements may expand their size to
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50 fit the contents, overriding requested size settings.
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51 In Unicode mode on OS/2 there are some bugs in the input controls,
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52 minor bugs in entryfield based controls and major bugs in the MLE.
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53 The text displays properly but the cursor and selection jumps
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54 around oddly when passing over multibyte characters.
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55 System scaling on Windows versions earlier than 10 will scale the
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56 individual controls, but will not scale the top-level window size.
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57 Windows 10 and higher will scale both the controls and window.
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59 Known limitations:
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61 Some widget may not be completely created when the widget handle is
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62 returned. Some need to be setup such as Container controls on GTK,
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63 and others need to be packed before they are finalized. Once setup
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64 and packed it is completely safe to operate on widgets. If you choose
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65 to operate on widgets before setup and/or packing, then it depends
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66 on the platform if it will work or not.
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68 Changes from version 3.3:
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69 Pushed up the Android requirements to Android 8 (API 26 Oreo).
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70 Added dw_html_javascript_add() and DW_SIGNAL_HTML_MESSAGE.
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71 This allows HTML embedded javascript to call into native code.
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72 Supported on Windows, Mac, GTK3/4, iOS and Android.
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73 Windows 7+ with Edge WebView2. MacOS 10.10+.
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74 GTK3/4 with WebKitGTK 2 or higher.
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75 iOS and Android, all supported versions.
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76 Added DW_FEATURE_RENDER_SAFE that requires safe rendering.
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77 This means only allowing drawing in the EXPOSE callback.
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78 On Android this also enables off main thread expose events.
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79 Added high and low priority event queues on Android and
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80 increased the queue length. This should prevent important
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81 events from being dropped, only superfluous expose events.
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82 This feature is enabled by default on Android.
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83 This feature is disabled by default or unavailable on others.
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84 Added support for MacOS 14 Sonoma and iOS 17.
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86 Dynamic Windows Documentation is available at:
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88 https://dbsoft.org/dw_help.php
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90 If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to email me at:
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