docs/msw/bc_ide.txt

   1 Readme for wxWindows 2.0 Ide-files
   2 First release Feb. 1999, detlev@reymann-online.de
   3
   4 1. What you can do with this ide-files
   5 2. Where to install the files
   6 3. How to modify them for your own needs
   7 4. How to create ide-files for your own wxWindows-programs
   8
   9 1. What you can do with this ide-files
  10 ======================================
  11
  12 There are two ide-files. src\bc32.ide should help you to
  13 create the wxWindows libraries from within the Ide of Borlands
  14 C++, v. 5.x. Note that this doesn't include debugging code: you
  15 need to change the settings if you wish to include debug
  16 information. Previously, bc32d.ide was supplied with debug
  17 settings, but this proved to time-consuming to maintain.
  18
  19 2. Where to install the files
  20 =============================
  21
  22 You should copy the files for the libraries into the
  23 src-directory of your wxWindows-Installation (e.g. C:\wxwin\src).
  24 And the other file for the samples should be copied into the
  25 samples-directory (e.g. C:\wxwin\samples).
  26
  27 (If installing from setup.exe or wx2..._bc.zip the files
  28 will be installed into the appropriate directories
  29 automatically).
  30
  31 3. How to modify them for your own needs
  32 ========================================
  33
  34 If your wxWindows-Installation resides on the same drive as your
  35 Borland-Compiler and additionally the Borland-Installation is
  36 the default (e.g. C:\BC5) then there should be no need to change
  37 anything. Otherwise please change the path from within the ide
  38 (Options->project->directories). Because we use the
  39 $inherit-macro (Julian found the trick), this should work.
  40
  41 To add a new sample to samples\bc32.ide, follow these steps:
  42
  43 a. Choose Project->New target... and type in e.g.
  44    samples\newsample. Press OK.
  45 b. Static, no OWL, MFC or class libraries. Press OK.
  46 c. Right-click on the new node, choose Add node... and add
  47    ..\lib\wx32.lib. Add any other source files you require.
  48 d. Right-click on the new node, choose Edit Local Options.. and
  49    add in Directories, specify the following:
  50
  51    Include: $inherit;.\newsample
  52    Library: $inherit;
  53    Source:  .\newsample
  54    Intermediate: .\newsample
  55    Final: .\newsample
  56
  57 4. How to create ide-files for your own wxWindows-programs
  58 ==========================================================
  59
  60 I think you are familiar with the necessary options for your own
  61 programm. So I will only describe what is neccessary to link
  62 yout programm with the wxWindows-library. If you want to create
  63 a ide-file for your own wxWindows-program, create a new project
  64 from the menu file->new->project. Deactivate all the
  65 standard-options, the only two thing that should be activated is
  66 "static" for the libraries, if you want to use the library
  67 produced with the library-ide and the checkbox OLE (You can
  68 leave this checkbox unchecked, but then you have to add the
  69 library \bc5\lib\ole2w32.lib to your project). You have to add
  70 the include-path of wxWindows to the include-path in the
  71 options-dialog (options->project->directories->include). The
  72 result should be something like:
  73 path_of_my_program;\bc5\include;\wxwin2\include; Then you have
  74 to add the libraries to the project. Open the project-view and
  75 activate your programm. Then right-click and choose "add" and
  76 select the wxWindows-library (e.g. \wxwin\lib\wx32.lib).