Readme for wxWindows 2.0 Ide-files First release Feb. 1999, detlev@reymann-online.de 1. What you can do with this ide-files 2. Where to install the files 3. How to modify them for your own needs 4. How to create ide-files for your own wxWindows-programs 1. What you can do with this ide-files ====================================== There are two ide-files. src\bc32.ide should help you to create the wxWindows libraries from within the Ide of Borlands C++, v. 5.x. Note that this doesn't include debugging code: you need to change the settings if you wish to include debug information. Previously, bc32d.ide was supplied with debug settings, but this proved to time-consuming to maintain. 2. Where to install the files ============================= You should copy the files for the libraries into the src-directory of your wxWindows-Installation (e.g. C:\wxwin\src). And the other file for the samples should be copied into the samples-directory (e.g. C:\wxwin\samples). (If installing from setup.exe or wx2..._bc.zip the files will be installed into the appropriate directories automatically). 3. How to modify them for your own needs ======================================== If your wxWindows-Installation resides on the same drive as your Borland-Compiler and additionally the Borland-Installation is the default (e.g. C:\BC5) then there should be no need to change anything. Otherwise please change the path from within the ide (Options->project->directories). Because we use the $inherit-macro (Julian found the trick), this should work. To add a new sample to samples\bc32.ide, follow these steps: a. Choose Project->New target... and type in e.g. samples\newsample. Press OK. b. Static, no OWL, MFC or class libraries. Press OK. c. Right-click on the new node, choose Add node... and add ..\lib\wx32.lib. Add any other source files you require. d. Right-click on the new node, choose Edit Local Options.. and add in Directories, specify the following: Include: $inherit;.\newsample Library: $inherit; Source: .\newsample Intermediate: .\newsample Final: .\newsample 4. How to create ide-files for your own wxWindows-programs ========================================================== I think you are familiar with the necessary options for your own programm. So I will only describe what is neccessary to link yout programm with the wxWindows-library. If you want to create a ide-file for your own wxWindows-program, create a new project from the menu file->new->project. Deactivate all the standard-options, the only two thing that should be activated is "static" for the libraries, if you want to use the library produced with the library-ide and the checkbox OLE (You can leave this checkbox unchecked, but then you have to add the library \bc5\lib\ole2w32.lib to your project). You have to add the include-path of wxWindows to the include-path in the options-dialog (options->project->directories->include). The result should be something like: path_of_my_program;\bc5\include;\wxwin2\include; Then you have to add the libraries to the project. Open the project-view and activate your programm. Then right-click and choose "add" and select the wxWindows-library (e.g. \wxwin\lib\wx32.lib).