Ignore failure when deleting something that might not exist

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / msw / install.txt

diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt
index 279b02954ec9c8b0a32792789294ade141964dbf..98481fb68fa1472adf3665efc4129b627546f090 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/msw/install.txt
+++ b/docs/msw/install.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ 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.
 
 Size'. In Dialog Editor project, set to 'Customize: Favor Small
 Code' (and no others). This will then work.
 

+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
 --------------------------
 
 Visual C++ 1.5 compilation
 --------------------------
 


@@ -332,15 +339,29 @@ Here are the steps required:
 All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files
 and other intermediate compiler files.
 
 All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files
 and other intermediate compiler files.
 

-Gotchas:
+Notes:

 
 - libwx.a is 48 MB or more - but much less if compiled with no
   debug info (-g0) and level 4 optimization (-O4).
 
 - 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 Cygwin. However, you can use it with external
   decompression utilities.
 - install.exe doesn't have built-in decompression because lzexpand.lib
   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.
 
 - Doesn't compile src/msw/ole files, so no drag and drop.
 

+- There's a bug in the Mingw32 headers for some 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).
+

 References:
 
  - The GNU-WIN32 site is at
 References:
 
  - The GNU-WIN32 site is at