docs/msw/install.txt

   1
   2 Installing wxWindows 2.0
   3 ------------------------
   4
   5 Unarchiving
   6 -----------
   7
   8 If there is a setup program, run the setup program that comes with the Windows version.
   9 Do not install into a path that contains spaces. The installation program should set the
  10 WXWIN environment variable, which will be activated when your machine is rebooted.
  11
  12 If there is no setup program, it will come as a series of .zip
  13 files:
  14
  15 wx200gen.zip            Generic source code and samples (required)
  16 wx200msw.zip            Windows-specific source code and samples (required)
  17 wx200doc.zip            Documentation source code (not required)
  18 wx200hlp.zip            WinHelp documentation
  19 wx200pdf.zip            Acrobat PDF documentation
  20 wx200htm.zip            HTML documentation
  21 wx200vc.zip             MS VC++ 5.0 project files
  22 wx200cw.zip             Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files
  23
  24 Unarchive the required files plus any optional documentation
  25 files into a suitable directory such as c:\wx. Alter your
  26 WXWIN environment variable to point to this directory.
  27
  28 Compilation
  29 -----------
  30
  31 At present, wxWindows compiles with VC++ 4.0/5.0/6.0,
  32 BC++ 4.5/5.0, Gnu-Win32 b19/b20, and Mingw32. It may compile
  33 with 16-bit compilers (BC++ and VC++ 1.5) but this hasn't
  34 been tested lately.
  35
  36 Visual C++ 4.0/5.0/6.0 compilation
  37 ----------------------------------
  38
  39 Using project files:
  40
  41 1. Unarchive wx200vc.zip, the VC++ 5 project makefiles.
  42 2. Open src/wxvc.dsp, set Debug or Release configuration, and
  43    compile. This will produce lib/wxvc.lib or lib/wxvc_debug.lib.
  44 3. Open a sample project file, choose a configuration, and compile.
  45    The project files don't use precompiled headers, to save
  46    space, but you can switch PCH compiling on for greater speed.
  47
  48 Using makefiles:
  49
  50 1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set.
  51 2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.nt' to
  52    make the wxWindows core library.
  53 3. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.nt'
  54    to make all the samples. You can also make them individually.
  55
  56 Note (1): if you wish to use templates, please edit
  57 include\wx\msw\setup.h and set wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS to 0.
  58 Without this, the redefinition of 'new' will cause problems in
  59 the headers. Alternatively, #undef new before including template headers.
  60
  61 Note (2): libraries and applications generated with makefiles and
  62 project files are unlikely to be compatible, so use one method or
  63 the other.
  64
  65 Visual C++ 1.5 compilation
  66 --------------------------
  67
  68 1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
  69    name) form.
  70 2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.dos' to
  71    make the wxWindows core library.
  72 3. Change directory to a sample, such as wx\samples\minimal, and
  73    type 'nmake -f makefile.dos'.
  74
  75 Borland C++ 4.5/5.0 compilation
  76 -------------------------------
  77
  78 1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
  79    name) form if doing a 16-bit compile.
  80 2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'make -f makefile.b32' to
  81    make the wxWindows core library. Ignore the warnings about
  82    'XXX' not found in library.
  83 3. Change directory to a sample such as minimal, and type
  84   'make -f makefile.b32'.
  85 4. For release versions, recompile wxWindows and samples using
  86    'make -f makefile.b32 clean'
  87    'make -f makefile.b32 FINAL=1'
  88    for the library and samples.
  89
  90 Note: the wxWindows library and (some) samples compile in 16-bit mode
  91 using makefile.bcc, but at present the wxWindows resource system is switched
  92 off in this mode. See issues.txt for details.
  93
  94 Borland C++Builder compilation
  95 ------------------------------
  96
  97 C++Builder compilation is the same as for Borland C++ above.
  98
  99 Tested with C++Builder 1.0 and 3.0. Only makefiles are currently
 100 supplied.
 101
 102 Watcom C++ 10.6 compilation
 103 ---------------------------
 104
 105 1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
 106    name) form.
 107 2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'wmake -f makefile.wat' to
 108    make the wxWindows core library.
 109 3. Change directory to wx\samples\minimal and type 'wmake -f makefile.wat'
 110    to make this sample.
 111
 112 Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation
 113 ----------------------------------
 114
 115 1. Downloaded and unzip wx200cw.zip.
 116 2. Load the make_cw.mcp project in wx\src, and compile.
 117 3. Load the make_cw.mcp project in wx\samples\minimal, and compile.
 118    Further project files for samples will be available in due
 119    course.
 120
 121 Symantec C++ compilation
 122 ------------------------
 123
 124 1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
 125    name) form.
 126 2. Edit setup.h and set wxUSE_DRAG_AND_DROP to 0.
 127 3. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'make -f makefile.sc' to
 128    make the wxWindows core library.
 129 4. Change directory to wx\samples\minimal and type 'make -f makefile.sc'
 130    to make this sample.
 131
 132 Note: the minimal sample doesn't link properly ('Error: no
 133 start address').
 134 32-bit compilation only (partially) supported at present, using SC++ 6.1.
 135 Some functionality is missing using this compiler (see makefile).
 136 Add -D__WIN95__ if your SC++ has Windows 95 support, and ignore
 137 Step (2). 16-bit compilation is left as an excercise for the user!
 138
 139 Gnu-Win32 b19/b20/Mingw32 compilation
 140 -------------------------------------
 141
 142 wxWindows 2.0 supports Gnu-Win32/Cygwin b19, b20, Mingw32, and Mingw32/EGCS.
 143
 144 Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com) and Cygnus for making
 145 it all possible.
 146
 147 From wxWindows 2.0 beta 9, both Gnu-Win32 and Mingw32 (the minimal
 148 distribution of Gnu-Win32) can be used with the same makefiles.
 149
 150 Here are the steps required:
 151
 152 - Retrieve and install the latest beta of Gnu-Win32, or Mingw32, as per the
 153   instructions with either of these packages.
 154
 155 - If using Mingw32 (including the EGCS variant), you need some
 156   extra files to use the wxWindows makefiles. You can find these
 157   files in ports/mingw32 on the ftp site or CD-ROM, as extra.zip.
 158   These should be extracted to the Mingw32 directory.
 159   IMPORTANT: also see mingw32.txt in this directory (docs/msw)
 160   about a fix that has to be applied to a Mingw32 header file.
 161
 162 - Modify the file wx/src/cygnus.bat (or mingw32.bat or mingegcs.bat)
 163   to set up appropriate variables, if necessary mounting drives.
 164   Run it before compiling.
 165
 166 - For Gnu-Win32, make sure there's a \tmp directory on your
 167   Windows drive or bison will crash.
 168
 169 - Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and search for MINGW32. Take note of
 170   the comments for adjusting settings to suit Gnu-Win32 or
 171   Mingw32. Basically, this is just a case of adding the __MINGW32__ symbol
 172   to OPTIONS for Mingw32, or removing it for Cygnus Gnu-Win32.
 173   For Mingw32/EGCS, add both __MINGW32__ and __EGCS__.
 174
 175 - Mingw32 may not support winsock.h, so comment out
 176   socket-related files in src/msw/makefile.g95.
 177
 178 - Use the makefile.g95 files for compiling wxWindows and samples,
 179   e.g.:
 180   > cd c:\wx\src\msw
 181   > make -f makefile.g95
 182   > cd c:\wx\samples\minimal
 183   > make -f makefile.g95
 184
 185 - Use the 'strip' command to reduce executable size.
 186
 187 - With Cygnus Gnu-Win32, you can invoke gdb --nw myfile.exe to
 188   debug an executable. If there are memory leaks, they will be
 189   flagged when the program quits.
 190
 191 - If using GnuWin32 b18, you will need to copy windres.exe
 192   from e.g. the Mingw32 distribution, to a directory in your path.
 193
 194 All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files
 195 and other intermediate compiler files.
 196
 197 Gotchas:
 198
 199 - libwx.a is 48 MB or more - but much less if compiled with no
 200   debug info (-g0) and level 4 optimization (-O4).
 201 - install.exe doesn't have built-in decompression because lzexpand.lib
 202   isn't available with Gnu-Win32. However, you can use it with external
 203   decompression utilities.
 204 - Doesn't compile src/msw/ole files, so no drag and drop.
 205
 206 References:
 207
 208  - The GNU-WIN32 site is at
 209      http://www.cygnus.com/gnu-win32/
 210  - Mingw32 is available at:
 211      http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32/index.html
 212  - See also http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/gnuwin32.htm
 213
 214 Notes
 215 -----
 216
 217 - Debugging: under Windows 95, debugging output isn't output in
 218   the same way that it is under NT or Windows 3.1. Set
 219   wxUSE_DBWIN32 to 1 if you wish to enable code to output debugging
 220   info to an external debug monitor, such as Andrew Tucker's DBWIN32.
 221   You can download DBWIN32 from:
 222
 223         http://ftp.digital.com/pub/micro/NT/WinSite/programr/dbwin32.zip
 224
 225   and it's also on the wxWindows CD-ROM under Packages.
 226