-Installing wxWindows 2.0
+Installing wxWindows 2.1
------------------------
+This is a beta release of wxWindows 2.1 for Microsoft
+Windows 95, 98 and NT. This is not a production release,
+although a huge number of bugs found in wxWindows 2.0 have been
+fixed.
+
+IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please
+re-read this instructions and other related files (release.txt,
+todo.txt, bugs.txt etc.) carefully before mailing wxwin-users or
+the author. Preferably, try to fix the problem first and
+then send a patch to the author. Please report bugs using the
+bug report form on the wxWindows web site.
+
Unarchiving
-----------
-If there is a setup program, run the setup program that comes with the Windows version.
-Do not install into a path that contains spaces. The installation program should set the
-WXWIN environment variable, which will be activated when your machine is rebooted.
+A setup program is provided (setup.exe) to automatically copy files to a
+directory on your hard disk. Do not install into a path that contains spaces.
+The installation program should set the WXWIN environment variable, which
+will be activated when your machine is rebooted. The setup
+program contains the following:
+
+- All common, generic and MSW-specific wxWindows source;
+- samples;
+- documentation in Windows Help format;
+- makefiles for most Windows compilers, plus BC++ and
+ VC++ IDE files;
+- JPEG library source;
+- Object Graphics Library;
+- wxGLCanvas library;
+- wxTreeLayout library;
+- Tex2RTF source;
+- Dialog Editor binary.
+
+Alternatively, you may unarchive the set of .zip files by hand,
+where x is the minor version number and y is the release number:
+
+wx2_x_y_gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
+wx2_x_y_msw.zip Windows-specific source code and samples (required)
+wx2_x_y_doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
+wx2_x_y_hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
+wx2_x_y_pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
+wx2_x_y_htm.zip HTML documentation
+wx2_x_y_vc.zip MS VC++ 5.0 project files
+wx2_x_y_cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files
+wx2_x_y_bc.zip BC++ 5 project files
+jpeg.zip Use this to allow wxImage to read and write JPEG files
+
+Unarchive the required files plus any optional documentation
+files into a suitable directory such as c:\wx.
-If there is no setup program, it will come as a series of .zip
-files:
+Other add-on packages are available from the wxWindows Web site, such as:
-wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
-wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code and samples (required)
-wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
-wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
-wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
-wx200htm.zip HTML documentation
-wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5.0 project files
-wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files
+- glcanvas.zip. Use OpenGL in a wxWindows window.
+- ogl3.zip. Object Graphics Library: build network diagrams, CASE tools etc.
+- tex2rtf3.zip. Tex2RTF: create Windows Help, HTML, and Word RTF files from
+ the same document source.
-Unarchive the required files plus any optional documentation
-files into a suitable directory such as c:\wx. Alter your
-WXWIN environment variable to point to this directory.
+General installation notes
+--------------------------
+
+Alter your WXWIN environment variable to point to this directory.
+For Cygwin or Mingw32 compilation, make sure WXWIN contains only
+forward slashes.
+
+If installing from the CVS server, copy include/wx/msw/setup0.h to
+include/wx/msw/setup.h and edit the resulting file to choose the featrues you
+would like to compile wxWindows with[out].
Compilation
-----------
-At present, wxWindows compiles with VC++ 4.0/5.0/6.0,
-BC++ 4.5/5.0, Gnu-Win32 b19/b20, and Mingw32. It may compile
-with 16-bit compilers (BC++ and VC++ 1.5) but this hasn't
-been tested lately.
+The following sections explain how to compile wxWindows with each supported
+compiler.
Visual C++ 4.0/5.0/6.0 compilation
----------------------------------
Using project files:
-1. Unarchive wx200vc.zip, the VC++ 5 project makefiles.
+1. Unarchive wx2_x_y_vc.zip, the VC++ 5/6 project makefiles.
2. Open src/wxvc.dsp, set Debug or Release configuration, and
- compile. This will produce lib/wxvc.lib or lib/wxvc_debug.lib.
-3. Open a sample project file, choose a configuration, and compile.
+ compile. This will produce src/Debug/wxvc.lib or
+ src/Release/wxvc.lib. The project file src/wxvc_dll.dsp
+ will make a DLL version of wxWindow, which will go in
+ src/DebugDLL/wxvc.[lib,dll] and src/ReleaseDLL/wxvc.[lib,dll].
+3. If you want to use JPEG in your application (such as the image
+ sample), open src/jpeg/jpeg.dsp (VC++ 5/6 only) and compile in
+ Debug and Release configurations. If you have VC++ 4,
+ use makefile.vc, but you may only have one set of object
+ files at a time in use (debug or release versions).
+4. Open a sample project file, choose a configuration, and compile.
The project files don't use precompiled headers, to save
space, but you can switch PCH compiling on for greater speed.
Using makefiles:
1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set.
-2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.vc' to
- make the wxWindows core library.
-3. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.vc'
+2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type:
+
+ 'nmake -f makefile.vc'
+
+ to make the wxWindows core library with debug information
+ (wx\lib\wx_d.lib), or
+
+ 'nmake -f makefile.vc FINAL=1'
+
+ to make the wxWindows core library without debug information
+ (wx\lib\wx.lib).
+3. If you wish to use JPEG in your applications, do the same
+ procedure in src\jpeg but add the 'all' target to the
+ command line.
+4. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.vc'
to make all the samples. You can also make them individually.
-To build the release version using makefiles, add FINAL=1 to your
-nmake invocation, both when building the library and for samples.
+Notes:
-Use the 'clean' target to clean all objects, libraries and
-executables.
+ Use the 'clean' target to clean all objects, libraries and
+ executables.
+
+ To build the release version using makefiles, add FINAL=1 to your
+ nmake invocation, both when building the library and for samples.
+
+ Note that the wxWindows core library allows you to have debug
+ and release libraries available simultaneously, by compiling the
+ objects in different subdirectories, whereas samples must be
+ cleaned and re-made to build a different configuration. This
+ may be changed in later versions of wxWindows.
To build the DLL version using makefiles:
1. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.vc dll pch'
to make both a suitable DLL and import library, and to build a
suitable precompiled header file for compiling applications.
-2. Invoke a sample makefile with 'nmake -f makefile.vc WXUSINGDLL=1'.
+ The resulting libraries are called:
+
+ wx\lib\wx200.lib(dll) (debug version)
+ wx\lib\wx200.lib(dll) (release version, using FINAL=1)
+
+2. Invoke a sample makefile with 'nmake -f makefile.vc WXUSINGDLL=1'
+ (or edit src\makeprog.vc to set WXUSINGDLL to 1 for all
+ applications).
Note (1): if you wish to use templates, please edit
include\wx\msw\setup.h and set wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS to 0.
Without this, the redefinition of 'new' will cause problems in
the headers. Alternatively, #undef new before including template headers.
+You will also need to set wxUSE_IOSTREAMH to 0 if you will be
+using templates, to avoid the non-template stream files being included
+within wxWindows.
Note (2): libraries and applications generated with makefiles and
project files are unlikely to be compatible, so use one method or
the other.
-Visual C++ 1.5 compilation
---------------------------
+Note (3): VC++ 5's optimization code seems to be broken and can
+cause both compile and run-time problems: this can be seen when
+deleting an object Dialog Editor, in Release mode with optimizations
+on. If in doubt, switch off optimisations, although this will result in much
+larger executables. It seems possible that the library can be created with
+strong optimization, so long as the application is not strongly
+optimized. For example, in wxWindows project, set to 'Minimum
+Size'. In Dialog Editor project, set to 'Customize: Favor Small
+Code' (and no others). This will then work.
+
+Similarly, in VC++ 4, optimization can cause internal compiler
+errors, so edit src\makevc.env and change /O1 to /Od before
+trying build a release version of the library.
+
+Note (4): some crash problems can be due to inconsistent compiler
+options. If strange/weird/impossible things start to happen please
+check (dumping IDE project file as makefile and doing text comparison
+if necessary) that the project settings, especially the list of defined
+symbols, struct packing, etc. are exactly the same for all items in
+the project. After this, delete everything (including PCH) and recompile.
+
+Visual C++ 1.5 compilation (16-bit)
+-----------------------------------
1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
name) form.
Borland C++ 4.5/5.0 compilation
-------------------------------
+Compiling using the makefiles:
+
1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
name) form if doing a 16-bit compile.
2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'make -f makefile.b32' to
'make -f makefile.b32 FINAL=1'
for the library and samples.
-Note: the wxWindows library and (some) samples compile in 16-bit mode
+Note (1): the wxWindows library and (some) samples compile in 16-bit mode
using makefile.bcc, but at present the wxWindows resource system is switched
off in this mode. See issues.txt for details.
+Note (2): unfortunately most samples won't link in 16-bit mode,
+because the automatic data segment exceeds 64K. The minimal
+sample links and runs, however.
+
+Note (3): the wxWindows makefiles assume byte structure alignment. Please
+make sure that your own project or makefile settings use the
+same alignment, or you could experience mysterious crashes. To
+change the alignment, add a suitable option to the $(CFG) target code
+in src/msw/makefile.b32.
+
+Note (4): if you get undefined _SQL... symbols at link time,
+either install odbc32.lib from the BC++ CD-ROM into your BC++ lib
+directory, or set wxUSE_ODBC to 0 in include\wx\msw\setup.h and
+recompile wxWindows. The same applies if compiling using the IDE.
+
+Compiling using the IDE files:
+
+1. Load src\bc32.ide (Release settings)
+2. Go to Options|Project... and specify the correct BC++ include and lib path for
+ your file structure.
+3. Press F9 to compile the wxWindows library.
+4. Load samples\bc32.ide.
+5. Go to Options|Project... and specify the correct BC++ include and lib path for
+ your file structure.
+6. Press F9 to compile the samples (build each node separately if
+ you prefer, by right clicking and choose Build Node).
+7. Run each sample: you may need to run from each sample's directory
+ since some (notably the wxHTML samples) look for files
+ relative to the working directory.
+
+Note that to make the png, xpm, zlib and jpeg libraries (needed for
+some samples) you need to compile them with bc32.ide.
+
+The debug version of the wxWindows library is about 37 MB, and the
+release version is around 3 MB.
+
+See also the file bc_ide.txt for further instructions and details
+of how to create your own project files.
+
Borland C++Builder compilation
------------------------------
Tested with C++Builder 1.0 and 3.0. Only makefiles are currently
supplied.
-Watcom C++ 10.6 compilation
+Watcom C++ 10.6/11 compilation
---------------------------
-1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
- name) form.
+1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the DOS short
+ name form.
2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'wmake -f makefile.wat' to
make the wxWindows core library.
3. Change directory to wx\samples\minimal and type 'wmake -f makefile.wat'
- to make this sample.
+ to make this sample. Repeat for other samples of interest.
+
+Note (1): setup.h overrides wxUSE_LIBJPEG and sets it to 0, since
+imagjpeg.cpp doesn't compile.
+Note (2): makewat.env uses the odbc32.lib supplied in wxWindows' lib\watcom
+directory. See the notes in that directory.
Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation
----------------------------------
-1. Downloaded and unzip wx200cw.zip.
+1. Downloaded and unzip wx2_x_y_cw.zip.
2. Load the make_cw.mcp project in wx\src, and compile.
3. Load the make_cw.mcp project in wx\samples\minimal, and compile.
Further project files for samples will be available in due
course.
-NOTES:
-
-(a) Unfortunately CodeWarrior support is broken in this
-release. Stefan Csomor (csomor@advancedconcepts.ch) will rectify this shortly.
-(b) You need CodeWarrior Pro 4 plus the patches to 4.1 from the
+Note (1): you need CodeWarrior Pro 4 plus the patches to 4.1 from the
Metrowerks Web site.
+Note (2): unfortunately these files are not yet up-to-date for the
+current release.
+
Symantec C++ compilation
------------------------
at 40MB :-) However, wxWindows at least makes a good test suite for
improving the compiler.
-Gnu-Win32 b19/b20/Mingw32 compilation
--------------------------------------
+Cygwin b19/b20/Mingw32 compilation
+----------------------------------
-wxWindows 2.0 supports Gnu-Win32/Cygwin b19, b20, Mingw32, and Mingw32/EGCS.
+wxWindows 2 supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) b19, b20, Mingw32, and Mingw32/EGCS.
Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com) and Cygnus for making
it all possible.
-From wxWindows 2.0 beta 9, both Gnu-Win32 and Mingw32 (the minimal
-distribution of Gnu-Win32) can be used with the same makefiles.
+From wxWindows 2.0 beta 9, both Cygwin and Mingw32 (the minimal
+distribution of Cygwin) can be used with the same makefiles.
Here are the steps required:
-- Retrieve and install the latest beta of Gnu-Win32, or Mingw32, as per the
+- Retrieve and install the latest beta of Cygwin, or Mingw32, as per the
instructions with either of these packages.
- If using Mingw32 (including the EGCS variant), you need some
extra files to use the wxWindows makefiles. You can find these
files in ports/mingw32 on the ftp site or CD-ROM, as extra.zip.
These should be extracted to the Mingw32 directory.
- IMPORTANT: also see mingw32.txt in this directory (docs/msw)
- about a fix that has to be applied to a Mingw32 header file.
+ If you have already have downloaded bison, flex, make, rm, mv
+ from elsewhere, you won't need this.
+
+ If using Mingw32 2.8.1, see also see mingw32.txt in this directory
+ (docs/msw) about a fix that has to be applied to a Mingw32 header file.
+
+ If using Mingw32 2.95 with wxWindows 2.1 or above, and wish to use OLE, you
+ should hand-patch in Mingw32-gcc295.patches (located in the top-level of the
+ wxWindows 2 installation).
- Modify the file wx/src/cygnus.bat (or mingw32.bat or mingegcs.bat)
to set up appropriate variables, if necessary mounting drives.
Run it before compiling.
-- For Gnu-Win32, make sure there's a \tmp directory on your
+- For Cygwin, make sure there's a \tmp directory on your
Windows drive or bison will crash.
-- Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and search for MINGW32. Take note of
- the comments for adjusting settings to suit Gnu-Win32 or
- Mingw32. Basically, this is just a case of adding the __MINGW32__ symbol
- to OPTIONS for Mingw32, or removing it for Cygnus Gnu-Win32.
- For Mingw32/EGCS, add both __MINGW32__ and __EGCS__.
+- Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and set the MINGW32 variable at the top of
+ the file to either 1 (you have Mingw32) or 0 (you have Cygwin32).
+ If using MINGW32, also set the MINGW32VERSION variable
+ appropriately.
+
+- Mingw32 may not support winsock.h, so if you have a problem
+ here, comment out socket-related files in src/msw/makefile.g95.
-- Mingw32 may not support winsock.h, so comment out
- socket-related files in src/msw/makefile.g95.
+- Set your WXWIN variable to where wxWindows is installed.
+ *** IMPORTANT: For Cygwin/Mingw32, use forward slashes in the path, not
+ backslashes.
- Use the makefile.g95 files for compiling wxWindows and samples,
e.g.:
> cd c:\wx\samples\minimal
> make -f makefile.g95
+ Ignore the warning about the default entry point.
+
- Use the 'strip' command to reduce executable size.
-- With Cygnus Gnu-Win32, you can invoke gdb --nw myfile.exe to
+- With Cygnus Cygwin, you can invoke gdb --nw myfile.exe to
debug an executable. If there are memory leaks, they will be
flagged when the program quits.
All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files
and other intermediate compiler files.
-Gotchas:
+Notes:
+
+- See also the Cygwin/Mingw32 on the web site or CD-ROM for
+ further information about using wxWindows with these compilers.
- libwx.a is 48 MB or more - but much less if compiled with no
debug info (-g0) and level 4 optimization (-O4).
+
- install.exe doesn't have built-in decompression because lzexpand.lib
- isn't available with Gnu-Win32. However, you can use it with external
+ isn't available with Cygwin. However, you can use it with external
decompression utilities.
-- Doesn't compile src/msw/ole files, so no drag and drop.
+
+- There's a bug in Mingw32 headers for some early distributions.
+
+ in include/windows32/defines.h, where it says:
+
+ #define LPSTR_TEXTCALLBACKA (LPSTR)-1L)
+
+ it should say:
+
+ #define LPSTR_TEXTCALLBACKA ((LPSTR)-1L)
+
+ (a missing bracket).
+
+- If there's a problem with the copy command in
+ src/msw/makefile.g95, you may need to change the relevant
+ section to the following:
+
+ COPY = command /c copy
+ $(COMMDIR)/y_tab.c: $(COMMDIR)/dosyacc.c
+ $(COPY) ..\\common\\dosyacc.c ..\\common\\y_tab.c
+
+ $(COMMDIR)/lex_yy.c: $(COMMDIR)/doslex.c
+ $(COPY) ..\\common\\doslex.c ..\\common\\lex_yy.c
References:
- The GNU-WIN32 site is at
http://www.cygnus.com/gnu-win32/
- Mingw32 is available at:
- http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32/index.html
+ ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/gcc-2.95/
- See also http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/gnuwin32.htm
TWIN32 and gcc on Linux
Use makefile.twn in much the same way as makefile.g95, as
described above. Not all sample makefiles are supplied yet.
-Notes
------
+For some reason, I found I had to copy TWIN32's Windows resource
+compiler (rc) to the current working directory for it to be found.
+
+General Notes
+-------------
- Debugging: under Windows 95, debugging output isn't output in
the same way that it is under NT or Windows 3.1. Set
and it's also on the wxWindows CD-ROM under Packages.
+- If you are installing wxWindows 2 from CVS, you may find that
+ include/wx/msw/setup.h is missing. This is deliberate, to avoid
+ developers' different setup.h configurations getting confused.
+ Please copy setup0.h to setup.h before compiling.
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