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This document describes the changes made to the wxErlang application.

Wx 0.98.6
Improvements and New Features

Calling sys:get_status() for processes that have globally registered names that were not atoms would cause a crash. Corrected. (Thanks to Steve Vinoski.)

Own Id: OTP-8656
Wx 0.98.5
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Corrected incorrectly generated wxFileDialog:getPaths/1. Reported by Jason/hornja.

Own Id: OTP-8330

Fixed a memory reference bug which caused unexplained {badarg, Int} exits when running multiple wx applications.

Own Id: OTP-8461
Improvements and New Features

Added wxListCtrl:getEditCtrl/1 (not available on Mac).

Own Id: OTP-8408

Cleanups suggested by tidier and modernization of types and specs.

Own Id: OTP-8455

Changed representation of wxTreeItem to be an integer. This saves memory, where the driver do not need to keep a object reference to each tree item.

Added getFirstChild and getNextChild to wxTreeCtrl.

Own Id: OTP-8462
Wx 0.98.4
Improvements and New Features

Added wx_object improvements from Mazen.

Fixed pid issues, reported by Mazen.

Added wxLogNull class, reported by Amit Murthy.

Various configure fixes.

Own Id: OTP-8243 Aux Id: seq11418

The documentation is now built with open source tools (xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.

Own Id: OTP-8250

wx now builds with wxWidgets 2.8.4 or a later 2.8 release, thanks Nico Kruber.

Own Id: OTP-8292
Wx 0.98.3
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Added wxListCtrl sorting and build fixes supplied by Paul Hampson. Thanks.

Own Id: OTP-8126
Improvements and New Features

wxHtmlWindow class implemented.

All exceptions from callbacks are now catched and written to the log.

Some defines where wrong in 'wx.hrl'.

wx:batch/1 and friends could hang forever if for instance a breakpoint was set inside the fun. That caused all wx applications to hang.

Added missing wxAuiPaneInfo constructor and destructor.

Added wxAuiNotebookEvent and wxAuiManagerEvent.

Calling non supported wxWidgets functions hanged instead of crashed.

Update OpenGL to version 3.1 and added some of the missing glu functions.

Fixed wxRadioBox which inherited the wrong class, thanks Atilla Erdodi.

Own Id: OTP-8083

Removed some of the automatic garbage collecting after application exit, user will get a warning instead so he can correct the code.

Own Id: OTP-8138
Wx 0.98.2
Improvements and New Features

Olle Mattson have made a large demo, see examples/demo/, that triggered the following bugs and new features:

New book controls.

Added wxToolbar:addTool/6.

Empty binaries will be used to indicate NULL where applicable.

Own Id: OTP-7943

Applied patch from Nico Kruber, which fixes building on some wxwidgets installations.

Open source
Wx 0.98.1
Improvements and New Features

Added xrcctrl/3 to wxXmlResource and added a resource example.

Added several event types and events records and fixed a couple of event related bugs.

Event callbacks can now use wxEvtHandler:connect/2.

Error handling and debugging aid have been improved.

Added wxSplitterWindow and wxGauge:pulse and a couple of missing macros in wx.hrl.

Thanks to Steve Davis for feedback and bug reports.

Own Id: OTP-7875
Wx 0.98
Improvements and New Features

A first beta release of wxErlang.

Own Id: OTP-7859