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   1 \chapter{Libraries list}\label{librarieslist}
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   4
   5 Starting from version 2.5.0 wxWidgets can be built either as a single large
   6 library (this is called the {\it monolithic build}) or as several smaller
   7 libraries ({\it multilib build}). Multilib build is the default.
   8
   9 wxWidgets library is divided into libraries briefly described below. This
  10 diagram show dependencies between them:
  11
  12 \begin{center}
  13 \image{}{libs.gif}
  14 \end{center}
  15
  16 {\large {\bf wxBase}}
  17
  18 Every wxWidgets application must link against this library. It contains
  19 mandatory classes that any wxWidgets code depends on (e.g.
  20  \helpref{wxString}{wxstring}) and portability classes that abstract
  21 differences between platforms. wxBase can be used to develop console mode
  22 applications, it does not require any GUI libraries or running X Window System
  23 on Unix.
  24
  25 {\large {\bf wxNet}}
  26
  27 Classes for network access:
  28
  29 \begin{itemize}
  30 \item{ wxSocket classes (\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient},
  31  \helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver} and related classes) }
  32 \item{ \helpref{wxSocketOutputStream}{wxsocketoutputstream} and
  33  \helpref{wxSocketInputStream}{wxsocketinputstream} }
  34 \item{ sockets-based IPC classes (\helpref{wxTCPServer}{wxddeserver},
  35  \helpref{wxTCPClient}{wxddeclient} and
  36  \helpref{wxTCPConnection}{wxddeconnection}) }
  37 \item{ \helpref{wxURL}{wxurl} }
  38 \item{ wxInternetFSHandler (a \helpref{wxFileSystem handler}{fs}) }
  39 Requires wxBase.
  40 \end{itemize}
  41
  42 {\large {\bf wxXML}}
  43
  44 This library contains simple classes for parsing XML documents. Note that
  45 their API {\em will} change in the future and backward
  46 compatibility will not be preserved. Use of this library in your applications
  47 is not recommended, it is only meant for use by XML resources system. Future
  48 versions of wxWidgets will contain new XML handling classes with DOM-like API.
  49 Requires wxBase.
  50
  51 {\large {\bf wxCore}}
  52
  53 Basic GUI classes such as GDI classes or controls are in this library. All
  54 wxWidgets GUI applications must link against this library, only console mode
  55 applications don't.
  56
  57 {\large {\bf wxAdvanced}}
  58
  59 Advanced or rarely used GUI classes:
  60
  61 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
  62 \item{ wxBufferedDC }
  63 \item{ \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl} }
  64 \item{ \helpref{wxDragImage}{wxdragimage} }
  65 \item{ \helpref{wxGrid classes}{gridoverview} }
  66 \item{ \helpref{wxJoystick}{wxjoystick} }
  67 \item{ \helpref{wxLayoutAlgorithm}{wxlayoutalgorithm} }
  68 \item{ \helpref{wxSplashScreen}{wxsplashscreen} }
  69 \item{ \helpref{wxTaskBarIcon}{wxtaskbaricon} }
  70 \item{ \helpref{wxSound}{wxsound} }
  71 \item{ \helpref{wxWizard}{wxwizard} }
  72 \item{ \helpref{wxSashLayoutWindow}{wxsashlayoutwindow} }
  73 \item{ \helpref{wxSashWindow}{wxsashwindow} }
  74 \end{itemize}
  75
  76 Requires wxCore and wxBase.
  77
  78 {\large {\bf wxMedia}}
  79
  80 Advanced classes that are either low-level or deal with media.
  81
  82 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
  83 \item{ \helpref{wxMediaCtrl}{wxmediactrl} }
  84 \end{itemize}
  85
  86 Requires wxCore and wxBase.
  87
  88 {\large {\bf wxGL}}
  89
  90 This library contains \helpref{wxGLCanvas}{wxglcanvas} class for integrating
  91 OpenGL library with wxWidgets. Unlike all others, this library is {\em not}
  92  part of the monolithic library, it is always built as separate library.
  93 Requires wxCore and wxBase.
  94
  95 {\large {\bf wxHTML}}
  96
  97 Simple HTML renderer and other \helpref{HTML rendering classes}{wxhtml} are
  98 contained in this library, as well as
  99  \helpref{wxHtmlHelpController}{wxhtmlhelpcontroller},
 100  \helpref{wxBestHelpController}{wxhelpcontroller} and
 101  \helpref{wxHtmlListBox}{wxhtmllistbox}. Requires wxCore and wxBase.
 102
 103 {\large {\bf wxODBC}}
 104
 105 \helpref{Database classes}{odbcoverview}. Requires wxBase.
 106
 107 {\large {\bf wxQA}}
 108
 109 This is the library containing extra classes for quality assurance. Currently
 110 it only contains \helpref{wxDebugReport}{wxdebugreport} and related classes,
 111 but more will be added to it in the future.
 112
 113 Requires wxCore, wxBase and wxXML.
 114
 115 {\large {\bf wxDbGrid}}
 116
 117 \helpref{wxDbGridTableBase}{wxdbgridtablebase} class which combines
 118  \helpref{wxGrid}{wxgrid} and \helpref{wxDbTable}{wxdbtable}.
 119 Requires wxODBC and wxAdvanced.
 120
 121 {\large {\bf wxXRC}}
 122
 123 This library contains \helpref{wxXmlResource}{wxxmlresource} class that
 124 provides access to XML resource files in XRC format.
 125 Requires wxXML, wxCore, wxAdvanced and wxHTML.
 126