IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please
re-read this instructions and other related files (changes.txt,
-readme.txt, notes on the Web site) carefully before mailing
-wx-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.
+readme.txt, FAQ) carefully before mailing wx-users. Preferably,
+try to fix the problem first and then upload a patch to
+SourceForge:
+
+ http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=9863
+
+Please report bugs using the SourceForge bug tracker:
+
+ http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9863
Unarchiving
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- 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;
+- makefiles for most Windows compilers, plus CodeWarrior,
+ BC++ and VC++ IDE files;
- JPEG library source;
- TIFF library source;
- Object Graphics Library;
doesn't occur when using project files to build wxWindows.
To build Unicode versions of the libraries, add UNICODE=1
- to the nmake invocation ( default is UNICODE=0 ).
+ to the nmake invocation ( default is UNICODE=0 ). If you want to
+ be able to use Unicode version on Windows9x, you will need
+ MSLU (Microsoft Layer for Unicode) runtime DLL and import lib.
+ The former can be downloaded from Microsoft, the latter is part
+ of the latest Platform SDK from Microsoft (see msdn.microsoft.com
+ for details). An alternative implementation of import library can
+ be downloaded from http://libunicows.sourceforge.net - unlike the
+ official one, this one works with other compilers and does not
+ require 300+ MB Platform SDK update. Add MSLU=1 to the nmake
+ invocation to enable MSLU.
Note that the wxWindows core library allows you to have debug
and release libraries available simultaneously, by compiling the
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1. CodeWarrior Pro7 project files in XML format are already
- included in wxMSW-x.y.z.zip and the setup version.
+ included in wxMSW-2.3.3.zip and the setup version.
2. Review the file include\wx\msw\setup.h (or include\wx\msw\setup0.h if
you are working from the CVS version) to make sure the settings reflect
what you want. If you aren't sure, leave it alone and go with the
(2) Create the directories lib\cw7mswd\include\wx and copy the file
include\wx\msw\setup.h (or include\wx\msw\setup0.h if you are
working from the CVS version) to lib\cw7mswd\include\wx\setup.h
-5. Import srcwxWindows.xml to create the project file wxWindows.mcp.
+5. Import src\wxWindowsW7.xml to create the project file wxWindowsW7.mcp.
Store this project file in directory src. You may get warnings about
not being able to find certain project paths; ignore these warnings, the
appropriate paths will be created during the build by the Batch File Runner.
Volunteers for this are welcome (as neither DLLs nor unicode builds are
big priorities for me ;).
9. CodeWarrior Pro7 project files (in XML format) are also provided for some
- of the samples. In particular, for the minimal, controls, dialogs, dnd,
- and docview samples. You can use these project files as templates for
- the other samples and for your own projects.
+ of the samples. In particular, there are project files for the minimal,
+ controls, dialogs, dnd, nd docview samples. You can use these project
+ files as templates for the other samples and for your own projects.
+ - For example, to make a project file for the "newgrid" sample,
+ just copy the project file for the "minimal" sample, minimalW7.mcp
+ (made by importing minimalW7.xml into CodeWarrior), into the
+ sample/newgrid directory, calling it newgridW7.mcp. Open
+ newgridW7.mcp and revise the project by deleting the files
+ minimal.rc and minimal.cpp and adding the files griddemo.rc and
+ griddemo.cpp. Build and run....
Symantec C++ compilation
and MinGW ( < 1.0 ) are at the end of this section
( see OLD VERSIONS )
-Here are the steps required:
-- Retrieve and install the latest version of Cygwin, or Mingw32, as per the
- instructions with either of these packages.
+There are two methods of compiling wxWindows, by using the
+makefiles provided or by using 'configure'.
+
+Retrieve and install the latest version of Cygwin, or Mingw32, as per the
+instructions with either of these packages.
-- If using Mingw32, you need some extra files to use the wxWindows
- makefiles. You can find these files in ports/mingw32 on the
- wxWindows ftp site or CD-ROM, as extra.zip.
+If using Mingw32, you need some extra files to use the wxWindows
+makefiles. You can find these files in ports/mingw32 on the
+wxWindows ftp site or CD-ROM, as extra.zip.
- ftp://ftp.remstar.com/pub/wxwin/ports/mingw32/extra.zip
+ ftp://biolp22.york.ac.uk/pub/ports/mingw32/extra.zip
- These should be extracted to the Mingw32 directory. If you have
- already downloaded rm, cp, mv from elsewhere, you won't need this.
+These should be extracted to the Mingw32 directory. If you have
+already downloaded rm, cp, mv from elsewhere, you won't need this.
+
+Using makefiles
+===============
+
+Here are the steps required using the provided makefiles:
- Set your WXWIN variable to where wxWindows is installed.
*** IMPORTANT: For Cygwin/Mingw32, use forward slashes in the path, not
backslashes.
+- Check src/makeg95.env to see that MINGW32VERSION is set to correctly
+ reflect the version of gcc that you have. Edit it as needed.
+
- Use the makefile.g95 files for compiling wxWindows and samples,
e.g. to compile a debugging version of wxWindows:
> cd c:\wx\src\msw
and other intermediate compiler files and 'cleanall' targets to
allow removal of all object files and library files.
+Using configure
+===============
+
+Instead of using the makefiles, you can use the configure
+system to generate appropriate makefiles, as used on Unix
+and Mac OS X systems.
+
+Change directory to the root of the wxWindows distribution,
+make a build directory, and then run configure and make.
+
+For example:
+
+ cd $WXWIN
+ mkdir build-debug
+ cd build-debug
+ ../configure --with-msw --enable-debug --enable-debug_gdb --disable-shared
+ make
+ cd samples/minimal
+ make
+ ./minimal.exe
+
+
Notes:
1. See also the Cygwin/Mingw32 on the web site or CD-ROM for
projects / wxWidgets.git / blobdiff