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  18 Compiling 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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  32 To compile wxWidgets samples and applications using the VC++ 5.0 or 6.0 IDE (having compiled wxWidgets
  33 using the makefile or project file provided), the following
  34 steps 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
  42 installation path.
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  46
  47 <H2><a name="wxwin2">Settings for wxWidgets 2.2</a></H2>
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  49 These settings apply to wxWidgets 2.1.14 and above but most of them are not
  50 necessary any longer for wxWidgets 2.3+.<P>
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  53 <DT><B>General</B><DD>
  54 The <B>Output files</B> and <B>Intermediate files</B> directory fields should be Debug
  55 for the Debug configuration, and Release for the Release configuration.<P>
  56
  57 <DT><B>Debug: General</B><DD>
  58 The <B>Executable for debug sessions</B> field should be altered to be the path and name
  59 you'd expect (it may have generated a different name).<P>
  60
  61 <DT><B>C/C++: Preprocessor</B><DD>
  62 The <B>Preprocessor definitions</B> field should contain the following symbols for Debug:<P>
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  64 <PRE>
  65 WIN32,_DEBUG,_WINDOWS,__WINDOWS__,__WXMSW__,__WXDEBUG__,WXDEBUG=1,
  66 __WIN32__,WINVER=0x0400,STRICT
  67 </PRE>
  68 <P>
  69 and these for Release:<P>
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  71 <PRE>
  72 NDEBUG,WIN32,_WINDOWS,__WINDOWS__,__WXMSW__,__WIN32__,
  73 WINVER=0x0400,STRICT</PRE>
  74 <P>
  75 The <B>Additional include directories</B> field should contain the following:<P>
  76 <PRE>
  77 c:\wx2\include
  78 </PRE>
  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>
  82
  83 The <B>Not using precompiled headers</B> or <B>Automatic use of precompiled headers</B>
  84 button should be selected.<P>
  85
  86 <DT><B>C/C++: Code Generation</B><DD>
  87
  88 The <B>Use run-time library</B> control should be set to <B>Debug Multithreaded DLL</B> (Debug)
  89 or <B>Multithreaded DLL</B> (Release).<P>
  90
  91 <DT><B>Link: Input</B><DD>
  92
  93 The <B>Object/library modules</B> field should contain:
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  95 <PRE>
  96 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib
  97 ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib rpcrt4.lib wsock32.lib
  98 winmm.lib wxmsw25d.lib wxbase25d.lib wxpngd.lib wxzlibd.lib wxjpegd.lib wxtiffd.lib
  99 </PRE>
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 101 for the Debug configuration and
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 104 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib
 105 ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib rpcrt4.lib wsock32.lib
 106 winmm.lib wxmsw25.lib wxbase25.lib wxpng.lib wxzlib.lib wxjpeg.lib wxtiff.lib
 107 </PRE>
 108
 109 for the Release configuration.<P>
 110
 111 The <B>Ignore libraries</B> field should contain:
 112
 113 <PRE>
 114 libcd.lib,libcid.lib,msvcrt.lib
 115 </PRE>
 116
 117 for the Debug configuration and
 118
 119 <PRE>
 120 libc.lib,libci.lib,msvcrtd.lib
 121 </PRE>
 122
 123 for the Release configuration.<P>
 124
 125 The <B>Additional library path</B> field should contain
 126
 127 <PRE>
 128 c:\wx2\lib
 129 </PRE>
 130
 131 for both Debug and Release configurations.
 132
 133 <P>
 134
 135 <DT><B>Resources</B><DD>
 136
 137 Select your .rc file. The <B>Additional resource include directories</B> field should contain:
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 139 <PRE>
 140 c:\wx2\include
 141 </PRE>
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 147 <H2><a name="wxwin1">Settings for wxWidgets 1.68</a></H2>
 148
 149 Note: these have not yet been checked.<P>
 150
 151 <DL>
 152 <DT><B>Debug: General</B><DD>
 153 The <B>Executable for debug sessions</B> field should be altered to be the path and name
 154 you'd expect (it may have generated a different name).<P>
 155
 156 <DT><B>General</B><DD>
 157 The <B>Output directories</B> fields can be made blank if you want the objects
 158 and executable to be created in the project directory and not a subdirectory.<P>
 159
 160 <DT><B>C/C++: Preprocessor</B><DD>
 161 The <B>Preprocessor definitions</B> field should contain the following symbols:<P>
 162 <PRE>
 163 WIN32,_DEBUG,_WINDOWS,wx_msw,DEBUG=1,WINVER=0x0400,STRICT
 164 </PRE>
 165 <P>
 166 The <B>Additional include directories</B> field should contain the following:<P>
 167 <PRE>
 168 ../../include/base,../../include/msw
 169 </PRE>
 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>
 173
 174 The <B>Not using precompiled headers</B> or <B>Automatic use of precompiled headers</B>
 175 button 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>
 178
 179 The <B>Use run-time library</B> control should be set to <B>Multithreaded DLL</B>. This
 180 sets the compiler switch to /MD to match the wxWidgets makefile.<P>
 181
 182 <DT><B>Link: Input</B><DD>
 183
 184 The <B>Object/library modules</B> field should contain:
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 186 <PRE>
 187 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib
 188 shell32.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib
 189 ../../lib/wx.lib ../../src/msw/dummy.obj
 190 </PRE>
 191
 192 The <B>Ignore libraries</B> field should contain:
 193
 194 <PRE>
 195 libcd.lib,libcid.lib
 196 </PRE>
 197
 198 <P>
 199
 200 <DT><B>Resources</B><DD>
 201
 202 Select your .rc file. The <B>Additional resource include directories</B> field should contain:
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 204 <PRE>
 205 ..\..\include\msw
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