+// from utils.cpp
+extern "C" WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE HWND
+wxCreateHiddenWindow(LPCTSTR *pclassname, LPCTSTR classname, WNDPROC wndproc);
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// private globals
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// define a hash containing all the timers: it is indexed by timer id and
+// contains the corresponding timer
+WX_DECLARE_HASH_MAP(unsigned long, wxTimer *, wxIntegerHash, wxIntegerEqual,
+ wxTimerMap);
+
+static wxTimerMap g_timerMap;
+