Migrating from 2.6.3 to 2.8.3

Vadim Zeitlin vadim at wxwindows.org
Tue May 1 07:02:49 PDT 2007


On Tue, 01 May 2007 14:38:19 +0100 Gad Zooks <gad_zooks at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

GZ> 1) The method DoAppend() in wxListBox and wxChoice has become a
GZ> protected.

 It has never been really public, i.e. it hasn't been documented and, in
general, all methods named DoXXX() are implementation helpers and are not
meant to be used by the user code.

GZ> I have gotten round this by creating a couple of classes that inherit
GZ> from the originals and make a public version of DoAppend(). 

 Why do you need a public version of it? I.e. what's wrong with just using
Append()?

GZ> 2) I am running on Windows XP. In 2.6.3 the GUI picked up the native
GZ> "look and feel" automatically but since moving to 2.8.3 this is no
GZ> longer the case. 

 It should be if you include wx/msw/wx.rc in your resources (as you
should).

GZ> 3) More seriously, I now have memory leaks upon exit, which I did not
GZ> have before.

 Which tool do you use to detect these memory leaks? Do you see them in any
wx sample?

 Regards,
VZ

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