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18Compiling wxWidgets applications in the VC++ IDE
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27<a href="#wxwin2">Settings for wxWidgets 2.2</a> / <a href="#wxwin1">Settings for wxWidgets 1.68</a>
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32To compile wxWidgets samples and applications using the VC++ 5.0 or 6.0 IDE (having compiled wxWidgets
33using the makefile or project file provided), the following
34steps and settings should be used.<P>
35
36<H2>Steps</H2>
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38<ol>
39<li>Create a new WIN32 Application project.
40<li>Add the .cpp and .rc files for your project.
41<li>Apply the settings listed below to the project, replacing c:\wx2 with your wxWidgets
42installation path.
43</ol>
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45<P>
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47<H2><a name="wxwin2">Settings for wxWidgets 2.2</a></H2>
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49These settings apply to wxWidgets 2.1.14 and above but most of them are not
50necessary any longer for wxWidgets 2.3+.<P>
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53<DT><B>General</B><DD>
54The <B>Output files</B> and <B>Intermediate files</B> directory fields should be Debug
55for the Debug configuration, and Release for the Release configuration.<P>
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57<DT><B>Debug: General</B><DD>
58The <B>Executable for debug sessions</B> field should be altered to be the path and name
59you'd expect (it may have generated a different name).<P>
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61<DT><B>C/C++: Preprocessor</B><DD>
62The <B>Preprocessor definitions</B> field should contain the following symbols for Debug:<P>
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65WIN32,_DEBUG,_WINDOWS,__WINDOWS__,__WXMSW__,__WXDEBUG__,WXDEBUG=1,
66__WIN32__,WINVER=0x0400,STRICT
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69and these for Release:<P>
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71<PRE>
72NDEBUG,WIN32,_WINDOWS,__WINDOWS__,__WXMSW__,__WIN32__,
73WINVER=0x0400,STRICT</PRE>
74<P>
75The <B>Additional include directories</B> field should contain the following:<P>
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77c:\wx2\include,c:\wx2\contrib\include
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79<P>(and of course any other directories you wish to use in your project).<P>
80
81<DT><B>C/C++: Precompiled Headers</B><DD>
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83The <B>Not using precompiled headers</B> or <B>Automatic use of precompiled headers</B>
84button should be selected.<P>
85
86<DT><B>C/C++: Code Generation</B><DD>
87
88The <B>Use run-time library</B> control should be set to <B>Debug Multithreaded DLL</B> (Debug)
89or <B>Multithreaded DLL</B> (Release).<P>
90
91<DT><B>Link: Input</B><DD>
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93The <B>Object/library modules</B> field should contain:
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96kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib
97ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib rpcrt4.lib wsock32.lib
98winmm.lib wxmsw25d.lib wxbase25d.lib wxpngd.lib wxzlibd.lib wxjpegd.lib wxtiffd.lib
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101for the Debug configuration and
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104kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib
105ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib rpcrt4.lib wsock32.lib
106winmm.lib wxmsw25.lib wxbase25.lib wxpng.lib wxzlib.lib wxjpeg.lib wxtiff.lib
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109for the Release configuration.<P>
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111The <B>Ignore libraries</B> field should contain:
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114libcd.lib,libcid.lib,msvcrt.lib
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117for the Debug configuration and
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120libc.lib,libci.lib,msvcrtd.lib
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123for the Release configuration.<P>
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125The <B>Additional library path</B> field should contain
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127<PRE>
128c:\wx2\lib,c:\wx2\contrib\lib
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131for both Debug and Release configurations.
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133<P>
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135<DT><B>Resources</B><DD>
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137Select your .rc file. The <B>Additional resource include directories</B> field should contain:
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139<PRE>
140c:\wx2\include;c:\wx2\contrib\include
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147<H2><a name="wxwin1">Settings for wxWidgets 1.68</a></H2>
148
149Note: these have not yet been checked.<P>
150
151<DL>
152<DT><B>Debug: General</B><DD>
153The <B>Executable for debug sessions</B> field should be altered to be the path and name
154you'd expect (it may have generated a different name).<P>
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156<DT><B>General</B><DD>
157The <B>Output directories</B> fields can be made blank if you want the objects
158and executable to be created in the project directory and not a subdirectory.<P>
159
160<DT><B>C/C++: Preprocessor</B><DD>
161The <B>Preprocessor definitions</B> field should contain the following symbols:<P>
162<PRE>
163WIN32,_DEBUG,_WINDOWS,wx_msw,DEBUG=1,WINVER=0x0400,STRICT
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165<P>
166The <B>Additional include directories</B> field should contain the following:<P>
167<PRE>
168../../include/base,../../include/msw
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170<P>(and of course any other directories you wish to use in your project).<P>
171
172<DT><B>C/C++: Precompiled Headers</B><DD>
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174The <B>Not using precompiled headers</B> or <B>Automatic use of precompiled headers</B>
175button should be selected (I can't find a way of using the wxWidgets PCH file).<P>
176
177<DT><B>C/C++: Code Generation</B><DD>
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179The <B>Use run-time library</B> control should be set to <B>Multithreaded DLL</B>. This
180sets the compiler switch to /MD to match the wxWidgets makefile.<P>
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182<DT><B>Link: Input</B><DD>
183
184The <B>Object/library modules</B> field should contain:
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187kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib
188shell32.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib
189../../lib/wx.lib ../../src/msw/dummy.obj
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192The <B>Ignore libraries</B> field should contain:
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194<PRE>
195libcd.lib,libcid.lib
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198<P>
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200<DT><B>Resources</B><DD>
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202Select your .rc file. The <B>Additional resource include directories</B> field should contain:
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205..\..\include\msw;..\..\contrib\fafa
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