docs/tech/tn0001.txt

   1                     How to add a new sample to wxWindows.
   2                     =====================================
   3
   4 To add a new sample "foo" under directory "samples/foo" you need to do
   5 the following: (note that all this applies also to demos: just replace
   6 samples/ with demos/ where needed).
   7
   8 1. Create the directory samples/foo locally and "cvs add" it
   9
  10 2. Put the sources, headers and foo.rc file in it and "cvs add" them too
  11    (don't forget to use "-kb" switch for binary files)
  12
  13 3. Create the makefiles for Windows compilers. There are several ways to do
  14    it:
  15    a) copy the makefiles from samples/minimal, replace all occurrences of
  16       minimal with foo
  17    b) use bakefile (http://bakefile.sourceforge.net/)
  18
  19 4. Modify configure.in and samples/configure.in for Unix compilation:
  20    a) if the sample should only be built if "wxUSE_FOO" is enabled, locate
  21       the test for "wxUSE_FOO = yes" in configure.in and add a line
  22       SAMPLES_SUBDIRS="$SAMPLES_SUBDIRS foo" under it
  23    b) if it should be always built, locate the line "if test $wxUSE_GUI = yes"
  24       near the end of configure.in and modify the assignment to
  25       SAMPLES_SUBDIRS to include "foo" (put in alphabetical order)
  26    c) add foo/Makefile to AC_OUTPUT in samples/configure.in
  27
  28    After this, regenerate configure and samples/configure from configure.in
  29    by running "autoconf" on a Unix system in the corresponding directory.
  30
  31 5. Add a short description of what the sample does and how does it work
  32    to the "samples overview" section in the wxWindows manual. That section
  33    lives in docs/latex/wx/tsamples.tex; look at the descriptions for other
  34    samples, if you are not familiar with LaTeX.
  35
  36 === EOF ===
  37
  38 Author:  VZ
  39 Version: $Id$