Welcome to wxWindows 2, the premiere cross-platform GUI C++ framework. This is an index of the plain text and HTML documentation. Documentation is also available in Acrobat (PDF) and Windows Help, from the wxWindows Web site.

Installation and release notes

• ReadMe: General ReadMe, wxGTK, wxMotif, wxMSW
• Installation: wxGTK, wxMotif, wxMSW
• Change log
• Buglist
• Licence: Preamble, Licence, Documentation Licence, L-GPL, GPL
• FAQ:
  • General questions
  • wxWindows 2 for GTK
  • wxWindows 2 for Windows
  • wxWindows 2 for Motif
  • wxWindows 2 for Mac
• ToDo: General ToDo, wxGTK, wxMotif, wxMSW
• List of preprocessor symbols used in wxWindows

wxWindows manuals

• Reference Manual
• Porting Guide (wxWindows 1.xx to 2)
• Dialog Editor
• Property List Classes
• wxTreeLayout
• Remstar ODBC Classes

Third-party tools

• gettext manual
• xgettext manual
• msgfmt manual

Samples

• bombs: minesweeper-like game.
• checklst: demonstrates wxCheckListBox on supported platforms (currently Windows and GTK only).
• config: demonstrates use of wxConfig, which defaults to wxRegConfig on WIN32, wxIniConfig on WIN16, and wxFileConfig on other platforms.
• controls: sample showing a variety of controls, including wxNotebook.
• db: wxDB ODBC sample.
• dde: shows the DDE protocol in action, both using real DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit ddesetup.h to switch between compilation modes. Currently the TCP/IP mode needs a bit of work.
• dialogs: shows some of the common dialogs available -- wxFontDialog, wxColourDialog, wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog, wxMessageBox, wxTextEntryDialog, wxSingleChoiceDialog. For printing-related dialogs, see the printing sample.
• dnd: demonstrates drag and drop on supported platforms.
• docview: demonstrates use of the document view classes, using wxFrame.
• docvwmdi: : demonstrates use of the document view classes, using wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
• dynamic: shows how to connect events to member functions dynamically.
• forty: a great little card game by Chris Breeze. A fully-fledged application!
• fractal: fractal mountains by Andrew Davison.
• grid: demonstrates the wxGrid class.
• help: shows how to use wxHelpController.
• image: shows off the cross-platform wxImage class.
• internat: use of wxWindows' internationalization support.
• joytest: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only).
• layout: shows the constraint layout system in action.
• listctrl: demonstrates the wxListCtrl (implemented natively on WIN32, and using a generic version on other platforms).
• mdi: shows off the MDI (Multiple Document Interface) classes. On Windows, the regular MDI scheme is used whereby child windows have full sizing and moving rights within the main window. On other platforms, tabbed windows are used, where the children are always maximized.
• memcheck: demonstrates the memory checking/debugging facilities.
• mfc: shows how to use MFC and wxWindows code in the same application (Windows only). To compile this, you must edit include/wx/wxprec.h, comment out the windows.h inclusion, and recompile wxWindows.
• minifram: demonstrates a frame with a small title bar. On platforms that don't support it, a normal-sized title bar is displayed.
• minimal: just shows a frame, a menubar, and a statusbar. About as small a wxWindows application as you can get.
• nativdlg: shows how wxWindows can load a standard Windows dialog resource, translating the controls into wxWindows controls (Windows only).
• notebook: shows the wxNotebook (tabbed window) control.
• oleauto: a little OLE automation controller (Windows only; requires Excel to be present).
• ownerdrw: demonstrates owner-draw menus and controls (Windows only).
• png: demonstrates PNG loading.
• printing: shows printing and previewing.
• proplist: demonstrates the property list classes (a VB-style property editor).
• regtest: tests the low-level Windows registry functions (Windows only).
• resource: shows how to use wxWindows resources (.wxr files).
• sashtest: demonstrates use of the wxSashWindow class to allow the user to resize subwindows.
• splitter: demonstrates the wxSplitterWindow class.
• tab: demonstrates the generic tab window class. You should normally use wxNotebook instead, but the generic code is sometimes useful, for example for implementing wxNotebook on platforms with no native support.
• taskbar: demonstrates the wxTaskBarIcon class, for adding icons to the system tray. Windows only, but may eventually be implemented for other desktop environments that use this metaphor.
• thread: tests the family of classes for doing thread programming.
• toolbar: demonstrates wxToolBar.
• treectrl: demonstrates wxTreeCtrl.
• typetest: tests various data type classes, including wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant.
• validate: shows simple use of validation.
• wxpoem: a little poetry display program.
• wxsocket: demonstrates the TCP/IP family of classes.