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| 4 | <TITLE>wxWindows 2 FAQ: General</TITLE> | |
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| 15 | wxWindows 2 FAQ: General | |
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| 23 | See also <a href="faq.htm">top-level FAQ page</a>. | |
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| 26 | <H3><a name="whatis">What is wxWindows?</a></H3> | |
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| 28 | wxWindows is a class library that allows you to compile graphical C++ programs on a range of | |
| 29 | different platforms. wxWindows defines a common API across platforms, but uses the native graphical user interface (GUI) on each platform, | |
| 30 | so your program will take on the native 'look and feel' that users are familiar with.<P> | |
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| 32 | Although GUI applications are mostly built programmatically, there is a dialog editor to help | |
| 33 | build attractive dialogs and panels.<P> | |
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| 35 | You don't have to use C++ to use wxWindows: wxWindows 1 has been interfaced to several interpreted languages, | |
| 36 | such as CLIPS, Python, Scheme, XLisp and Perl, and there is a Python interface for wxWindows 2. | |
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| 39 | <h3>Can I use wxWindows 2 for both proprietary (commercial) projects, and GPL'ed projects?</h3> | |
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| 41 | Yes. Please see the <a href="newlicen.htm">licence</a> for details, but basically | |
| 42 | you can distribute proprietary binaries without distributing any source code, and neither will wxWindows | |
| 43 | conflict with GPL code you may be using or developing with it. | |
| 44 | <P> | |
| 45 | The conditions for using wxWindows 2 are the same whether you are a personal, academic | |
| 46 | or commercial developer. | |
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| 49 | <h3>Is there support?</h3> | |
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| 51 | No official support, but the mailing list is very helpful and some people say that | |
| 52 | wxWindows support is better than for much commercial software. The developers are | |
| 53 | keen to fix bugs as soon as possible, though obviously there are no guarantees. | |
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| 56 | <H3><a name="users">Who uses wxWindows?</a></H3> | |
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| 58 | Many organisations - commercial, government, and academic - across the | |
| 59 | world. It's impossible to estimate the true number of users, since | |
| 60 | wxWindows is obtained by many different means, and we cannot monitor | |
| 61 | distribution. The mailing list contains around 300-400 entries which is | |
| 62 | quite large for a list of this type.<P> | |
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