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Compiling wxWindows samples with the Borland CBuilder</h2>

This document is available online <a href="http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/ide.html">here</a>.<P>

<h2>
Before you begin</h2>
This refers to the 2.1.15 wxWindows distribution. It is my account of trying
to compile the samples so I can use the Borland IDE to edit/compile/debug.
I have used CBuilder 1.00 (2 patches, nice and fast) CBuilder 3 (slower)
and CBuilder 4 (only occasionally)
<p>Make sure that the wx distribution is extracted to a path with no spaces
in it, and preferably on the root of your drive. Borland's compilers sometimes
have problems with spaces and with the long paths which occur if you try
to place it in a tree like <tt>d:\compiler\gui\wx...</tt>
<h2>
Part 1 Build the library</h2>
Build the <b>wx\wx32.lib</b> and related files using the command line compiler
<br>Run a command prompt in the <tt>wx/src/msw</tt> directory and type
<p><tt>set wxwin=pathtowx</tt>
<br><tt>set bccdir=pathtobc4</tt>
<br><tt>make -f makefile.b32</tt>
<p>In my case this I extracted the wx distribution in <b>c:\ </b>and the
compiler is in <b>w:\borland\cb\bin </b>so this looks:
<p><tt>set wxwin=c:\wx</tt>
<br><tt>set bccdir=w:\borland\cb</tt>
<br><tt>make -f makefile.b32</tt>
<p>If this doesn't <b>compile</b>,
<ul>
<li>
you've probably got the <b><tt>set wxwin </tt></b>command wrong,</li>

<li>
or the path was not set by the Borland setup</li>
</ul>
If this doesn't <b>link</b>,
<ul>
<li>
you've probably got the <b><tt>set bccdir </tt></b>command wrong</li>
</ul>

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<h2>
To make the samples</h2>

<h3>
Solution 1</h3>

<h4>
<a href="http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/download.html">Download</a> a zip file which contains modifed
cpp, mak and bpr files - it will overwrite your wx distribution cpp files!</h4>

<h4>
Solution 2</h4>
Creating the files by hand . This is for the calendar sample; you will
have to change the names for the other samples
<ul>
<li>
Create a calendar.mak file [must have the same name as the cpp file] in
a plain text editor with <a href="http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/calendar.mak">this contents</a></li>
</ul>
<tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt>#this is for Borland CBuilder IDE v1 and 3</tt>
<br><tt>#add a \ at the end of the lines if you editor breaks the long
lines up</tt>
<br><tt>#copy this into notepad and save from there</tt>
<br><tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt>!ifndef BCB</tt>
<br><tt>BCB = $(MAKEDIR)\..</tt>
<br><tt>!endif</tt>
<br><tt>PROJECT = calendar.exe</tt>
<br><tt>OBJFILES =</tt>
<br><tt>RESFILES = calendar.res</tt>
<br><tt>RESDEPEN = $(RESFILES)</tt>
<br><tt>LIBFILES =</tt>
<br><tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt>CFLAG1 = -Od -v -a1 -c</tt>
<br><tt># -Od disable optimisations -v debug -a1 byte align -c compile
only (matches my make for the library)</tt>
<br><tt>CFLAG2 = -DINC_OLE2;__WIN95__;__WXMSW__;__WINDOWS__;WIN32;__BIDE__;-I$(BCB)\include;$(BCB)\include\vcl;..\..\include;
-H=BC32.CSM</tt>
<br><tt>PFLAGS =</tt>
<br><tt>RFLAGS = -DINC_OLE2;__WIN95__;__WXMSW__;__WINDOWS__;WIN32;__BIDE__;
-I$(BCB)\include;..\..\include;</tt>
<br><tt>LFLAGS = -L$(BCB)\lib;$(BCB)\lib\obj;..\..\lib -aa -Tpe -v -V4.0
-c</tt>
<br><tt>IFLAGS =</tt>
<br><tt>LINKER = ilink32</tt>
<br><tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt>ALLOBJ = c0w32.obj $(OBJFILES)</tt>
<br><tt>ALLRES = $(RESFILES)</tt>
<br><tt>ALLLIB = $(LIBFILES) vcl.lib xpm.lib wx32.lib ole2w32.lib import32.lib
odbc32.lib cw32mt.lib</tt>
<br><tt>#you will need to add other libraries to the line above, eg the
jpeg.lib for image samples</tt>
<br><tt>---------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt>.autodepend</tt>
<br>&nbsp;
<p><tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt>$(PROJECT): $(OBJFILES) $(RESDEPEN)</tt>
<p><tt>#end of file</tt>
<br>&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>
&nbsp;modify the .cpp file to include these<a href="http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/calendar_include.cpp">
lines </a>near the top</li>
</ul>
<tt>#ifdef __BIDE__</tt>
<br><tt>#define _NO_VCL</tt>
<br><tt>#include "condefs.h"</tt>
<br><tt>#define WinMain WinMain</tt>
<br><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp; // USEUNIT ("another.cpp"); // use a line like this
if you have more than one .cpp file</tt>
<br><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; USERC ("calendar.rc");</tt>
<br><tt>#endif</tt>
<br>&nbsp;
<p>In CBuilder 1 you can use <b>Open Project</b> to open the mak file and
edit/compile/debug.
<br>In CBuilder 3 and 4, then you can use <b>Open Project </b>and choose
the Open Borland CBuilder 1 Project from the drop down file types. The
system will modify the mak file and update it for you.
<p>Now try compiling it in the ide.
<h4>
Hints:</h4>

<ul>
<li>
You can set it up for normal and debug modes (change the -v switch in CFLAG1&nbsp;
and LFLAG)</li>

<li>
If you get problems saying Project undefined, then copy the text using
a simple editor like notepad to the file minimal.mak (I have had problems
in CBuilder 1.00 with Unix style line endings)</li>

<li>
If you want to avoid the warnings about hiding virtual methods add <b><tt>-w-hid
</tt></b>to the CFLAGS1 line</li>

<li>
the #define WinMain WinMain line allows CBuilder to think it has a non-VCL
<tt>main </tt>function</li>

<li>
the USEUNIT macros tell CBuilder which other source files to include, without
needing a VCL form</li>

<li>
the condefs.h file defines the USEUNIT macros for non-VCL use</li>

<li>
For the other samples, change the names of the cpp and rc files. If you
have multiple files, just add more USEUNIT and USERC macros</li>
</ul>

<h3>
Solution 3</h3>

<ul>
<li>
download the wxWindows-2.1.15-bcb.zip file,</li>

<li>
extract it</li>

<li>
use the <b><tt>idetomak</tt></b> (CBuilder 1) or&nbsp; <b><tt>idetobpr</tt></b>
(CBuilder 3/4) utility on the <b><tt>.ide</tt></b> file in the samples
directory. This modifies the cpp source and makes a "suitable" bpr file
(at least in CBuilder 1/3/4).</li>

<li>
add the location of the wx/include files in the&nbsp; project | options
| directory dialog</li>
</ul>
I found in CBuilder 1 that the <tt>idetomak</tt> utility did not manage
to convert all the samples, but <tt>idetobpr</tt> worked OK in CBuilder
3 and 4. I have a report that not all the bpr files made inb CBuilder 4
are correct
<h2>
Error with ODBC32</h2>
Sometimes you get an error saying that there are unreolved externals in
ODBC. The soltuion is to run a command prompt in your <b><tt>wx\lib </tt></b>directory
and use the <b><tt>implib </tt></b>command:
<p><tt>C:\wx\lib><b>implib odbc32 c:\windows\system\odbc32.dll</b></tt>
<p>This creates the necessary library, odbc32.lib
<h2>
Unresolved Problem</h2>
<tt>In Borland CBuilder 1.00 (with linker service patch)&nbsp; I frequently
get an error</tt>
<p><tt>Turbo Incremental Link&nbsp; Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 1997 Borland
International</tt>
<br><tt>Fatal: Assertion failed: typeInx &lt; typeCnt at "ilinkdbg.c",
line 2060</tt>
<br><tt>Fatal: Access violation.&nbsp; Program terminated.</tt>
<br><tt>Error: Internal failure -- retrying link...</tt>
<br><tt>Fatal: Assertion failed: typeInx &lt; typeCnt at "ilinkdbg.c",
line 2060</tt>
<br><tt>Fatal: Access violation.&nbsp; Program terminated.</tt>
<p><tt>** error 2 ** deleting minimal.exe</tt>
<p>I have not been able to track down why sometimes this error occurs and
other times it is OK
<br>I have not seen this in Cbuilder 3 or 4
<p>
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<p>Page updated on 31 May 2000 by Chris Elliott
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	5	<meta name="Author" content="chris elliott">
	6	<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.7 [en] (Win95; I) [Netscape]">
	7	<title>Compiling wx Samples in the Borland IDE</title>
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	9	<body>
	10
	11	<h2>
	12	Compiling wxWindows samples with the Borland CBuilder</h2>
	13
	14	This document is available online <a href="http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/ide.html">here</a>.<P>
	15
	16	<h2>
	17	Before you begin</h2>
	18	This refers to the 2.1.15 wxWindows distribution. It is my account of trying
	19	to compile the samples so I can use the Borland IDE to edit/compile/debug.
	20	I have used CBuilder 1.00 (2 patches, nice and fast) CBuilder 3 (slower)
	21	and CBuilder 4 (only occasionally)
	22	<p>Make sure that the wx distribution is extracted to a path with no spaces
	23	in it, and preferably on the root of your drive. Borland's compilers sometimes
	24	have problems with spaces and with the long paths which occur if you try
	25	to place it in a tree like <tt>d:\compiler\gui\wx...</tt>
	26	<h2>
	27	Part 1 Build the library</h2>
	28	Build the <b>wx\wx32.lib</b> and related files using the command line compiler
	29	<br>Run a command prompt in the <tt>wx/src/msw</tt> directory and type
	30	<p><tt>set wxwin=pathtowx</tt>
	31	<br><tt>set bccdir=pathtobc4</tt>
	32	<br><tt>make -f makefile.b32</tt>
	33	<p>In my case this I extracted the wx distribution in <b>c:\ </b>and the
	34	compiler is in <b>w:\borland\cb\bin </b>so this looks:
	35	<p><tt>set wxwin=c:\wx</tt>
	36	<br><tt>set bccdir=w:\borland\cb</tt>
	37	<br><tt>make -f makefile.b32</tt>
	38	<p>If this doesn't <b>compile</b>,
	39	<ul>
	40	<li>
	41	you've probably got the <b><tt>set wxwin </tt></b>command wrong,</li>
	42
	43	<li>
	44	or the path was not set by the Borland setup</li>
	45	</ul>
	46	If this doesn't <b>link</b>,
	47	<ul>
	48	<li>
	49	you've probably got the <b><tt>set bccdir </tt></b>command wrong</li>
	50	</ul>
	51
	52	<hr WIDTH="100%">
	53	<h2>
	54	To make the samples</h2>
	55
	56	<h3>
	57	Solution 1</h3>
	58
	59	<h4>
	60	<a href="http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/download.html">Download</a> a zip file which contains modifed
	61	cpp, mak and bpr files - it will overwrite your wx distribution cpp files!</h4>
	62
	63	<h4>
	64	Solution 2</h4>
65	Creating the files by hand . This is for the calendar sample; you will
66	have to change the names for the other samples
67	<ul>
68	<li>
69	Create a calendar.mak file [must have the same name as the cpp file] in
70	a plain text editor with <a href="http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/calendar.mak">this contents</a></li>
71	</ul>
72	<tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
73	<br><tt>#this is for Borland CBuilder IDE v1 and 3</tt>
74	<br><tt>#add a \ at the end of the lines if you editor breaks the long
75	lines up</tt>
76	<br><tt>#copy this into notepad and save from there</tt>
77	<br><tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
78	<br><tt>!ifndef BCB</tt>
79	<br><tt>BCB = $(MAKEDIR)\..</tt>
80	<br><tt>!endif</tt>
81	<br><tt>PROJECT = calendar.exe</tt>
82	<br><tt>OBJFILES =</tt>
83	<br><tt>RESFILES = calendar.res</tt>
84	<br><tt>RESDEPEN = $(RESFILES)</tt>
85	<br><tt>LIBFILES =</tt>
86	<br><tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
87	<br><tt>CFLAG1 = -Od -v -a1 -c</tt>
88	<br><tt># -Od disable optimisations -v debug -a1 byte align -c compile
89	only (matches my make for the library)</tt>
90	<br><tt>CFLAG2 = -DINC_OLE2;__WIN95__;__WXMSW__;__WINDOWS__;WIN32;__BIDE__;-I$(BCB)\include;$(BCB)\include\vcl;..\..\include;
91	-H=BC32.CSM</tt>
92	<br><tt>PFLAGS =</tt>
93	<br><tt>RFLAGS = -DINC_OLE2;__WIN95__;__WXMSW__;__WINDOWS__;WIN32;__BIDE__;
94	-I$(BCB)\include;..\..\include;</tt>
95	<br><tt>LFLAGS = -L$(BCB)\lib;$(BCB)\lib\obj;..\..\lib -aa -Tpe -v -V4.0
96	-c</tt>
97	<br><tt>IFLAGS =</tt>
98	<br><tt>LINKER = ilink32</tt>
99	<br><tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
100	<br><tt>ALLOBJ = c0w32.obj $(OBJFILES)</tt>
101	<br><tt>ALLRES = $(RESFILES)</tt>
102	<br><tt>ALLLIB = $(LIBFILES) vcl.lib xpm.lib wx32.lib ole2w32.lib import32.lib
103	odbc32.lib cw32mt.lib</tt>
104	<br><tt>#you will need to add other libraries to the line above, eg the
105	jpeg.lib for image samples</tt>
106	<br><tt>---------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
107	<br><tt>.autodepend</tt>
108	<br>
109	<p><tt>#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</tt>
110	<br><tt>$(PROJECT): $(OBJFILES) $(RESDEPEN)</tt>
111	<p><tt>#end of file</tt>
112	<br>
113	<ul>
114	<li>
115	modify the .cpp file to include these<a href="http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/calendar_include.cpp">
116	lines </a>near the top</li>
117	</ul>
118	<tt>#ifdef __BIDE__</tt>
119	<br><tt>#define _NO_VCL</tt>
120	<br><tt>#include "condefs.h"</tt>
121	<br><tt>#define WinMain WinMain</tt>
122	<br><tt>   // USEUNIT ("another.cpp"); // use a line like this
123	if you have more than one .cpp file</tt>
124	<br><tt>    USERC ("calendar.rc");</tt>
125	<br><tt>#endif</tt>
126	<br>
127	<p>In CBuilder 1 you can use <b>Open Project</b> to open the mak file and
128	edit/compile/debug.
129	<br>In CBuilder 3 and 4, then you can use <b>Open Project </b>and choose
130	the Open Borland CBuilder 1 Project from the drop down file types. The
131	system will modify the mak file and update it for you.
132	<p>Now try compiling it in the ide.
133	<h4>
134	Hints:</h4>
135
136	<ul>
137	<li>
138	You can set it up for normal and debug modes (change the -v switch in CFLAG1
139	and LFLAG)</li>
140
141	<li>
142	If you get problems saying Project undefined, then copy the text using
143	a simple editor like notepad to the file minimal.mak (I have had problems
144	in CBuilder 1.00 with Unix style line endings)</li>
145
146	<li>
147	If you want to avoid the warnings about hiding virtual methods add <b><tt>-w-hid
148	</tt></b>to the CFLAGS1 line</li>
149
150	<li>
151	the #define WinMain WinMain line allows CBuilder to think it has a non-VCL
152	<tt>main </tt>function</li>
153
154	<li>
155	the USEUNIT macros tell CBuilder which other source files to include, without
156	needing a VCL form</li>
157
158	<li>
159	the condefs.h file defines the USEUNIT macros for non-VCL use</li>
160
161	<li>
162	For the other samples, change the names of the cpp and rc files. If you
163	have multiple files, just add more USEUNIT and USERC macros</li>
164	</ul>
165
166	<h3>
167	Solution 3</h3>
168
169	<ul>
170	<li>
171	download the wxWindows-2.1.15-bcb.zip file,</li>
172
173	<li>
174	extract it</li>
175
176	<li>
177	use the <b><tt>idetomak</tt></b> (CBuilder 1) or  <b><tt>idetobpr</tt></b>
178	(CBuilder 3/4) utility on the <b><tt>.ide</tt></b> file in the samples
179	directory. This modifies the cpp source and makes a "suitable" bpr file
180	(at least in CBuilder 1/3/4).</li>
181
182	<li>
183	add the location of the wx/include files in the  project \| options
184	\| directory dialog</li>
185	</ul>
186	I found in CBuilder 1 that the <tt>idetomak</tt> utility did not manage
187	to convert all the samples, but <tt>idetobpr</tt> worked OK in CBuilder
188	3 and 4. I have a report that not all the bpr files made inb CBuilder 4
189	are correct
190	<h2>
191	Error with ODBC32</h2>
192	Sometimes you get an error saying that there are unreolved externals in
193	ODBC. The soltuion is to run a command prompt in your <b><tt>wx\lib </tt></b>directory
194	and use the <b><tt>implib </tt></b>command:
195	<p><tt>C:\wx\lib><b>implib odbc32 c:\windows\system\odbc32.dll</b></tt>
196	<p>This creates the necessary library, odbc32.lib
197	<h2>
198	Unresolved Problem</h2>
199	<tt>In Borland CBuilder 1.00 (with linker service patch)  I frequently
200	get an error</tt>
201	<p><tt>Turbo Incremental Link  Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 1997 Borland
202	International</tt>
203	<br><tt>Fatal: Assertion failed: typeInx < typeCnt at "ilinkdbg.c",
204	line 2060</tt>
205	<br><tt>Fatal: Access violation.  Program terminated.</tt>
206	<br><tt>Error: Internal failure -- retrying link...</tt>
207	<br><tt>Fatal: Assertion failed: typeInx < typeCnt at "ilinkdbg.c",
208	line 2060</tt>
209	<br><tt>Fatal: Access violation.  Program terminated.</tt>
210	<p><tt> error 2 deleting minimal.exe</tt>
211	<p>I have not been able to track down why sometimes this error occurs and
212	other times it is OK
213	<br>I have not seen this in Cbuilder 3 or 4
214	<p>
215	<hr WIDTH="100%">
216	<p>Page updated on 31 May 2000 by Chris Elliott
217	</body>
218	</html>