+// are we in 'verbose' mode?
+// (note that it's often handy to change this var manually from the
+// debugger, thus enabling/disabling verbose reporting for some
+// parts of the program only)
+WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern bool) g_bVerbose;
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// get error code/error message from system in a portable way
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// return the last system error code
+WXDLLEXPORT unsigned long wxSysErrorCode();
+// return the error message for given (or last if 0) error code
+WXDLLEXPORT const wxChar* wxSysErrorMsg(unsigned long nErrCode = 0);
+