+WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* copystring(const wxChar *s);
+
+// Matches string one within string two regardless of case
+WXDLLEXPORT bool StringMatch(const wxChar *one, const wxChar *two, bool subString = TRUE, bool exact = FALSE);
+
+// A shorter way of using strcmp
+#define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (wxStrcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Miscellaneous functions
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Sound the bell
+WXDLLEXPORT void wxBell();
+
+// Get OS description as a user-readable string
+WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetOsDescription();
+
+// Get OS version
+WXDLLEXPORT int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn = (int *) NULL,
+ int *minorVsn = (int *) NULL);
+
+// Return a string with the current date/time
+WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxNow();
+
+// Return path where wxWindows is installed (mostly useful in Unices)
+WXDLLEXPORT const wxChar *wxGetInstallPrefix();
+// Return path to wxWin data (/usr/share/wx/%{version}) (Unices)
+WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetDataDir();
+
+
+#if wxUSE_GUI
+// Don't synthesize KeyUp events holding down a key and producing
+// KeyDown events with autorepeat. On by default and always on
+// in wxMSW.
+WXDLLEXPORT bool wxSetDetectableAutoRepeat( bool flag );
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Window ID management
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------