-Installing wxWidgets 2.7.0
+Installing wxWidgets for Windows
-----------------------------------------------------------
-This is wxWidgets 2.7.0 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT,
+This is wxWidgets for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT,
Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows CE.
These installation notes can be found in docs/msw/install.txt
in your wxWidgets distribution.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please
-re-read this instructions and other related files (changes.txt,
-readme.txt, FAQ) carefully before mailing wx-users. Preferably,
-try to fix the problem first and then upload a patch to
-SourceForge:
+re-read these instructions and other related files (changes.txt,
+readme.txt, FAQ) carefully before posting to wx-users list.
- http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=9863
+If you are sure that you found a bug, please report it at
+wxWidgets Trac:
-Please report bugs using the SourceForge bug tracker:
+ http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket
+
+Please notice that often trying to correct the bug yourself is the
+quickest way to fix it. Even if you fail to do it, you may
+discover valuable information allowing us to fix it while doing
+it. We also give much higher priority to bug reports with patches
+fixing the problems so this ensures that your report will be
+addressed sooner.
- http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9863
Unarchiving
============================================================
-A setup program is provided (setup.exe) to automatically copy
+A setup program is provided (wxMSW-x.x.x-setup.exe) to automatically copy
files to a directory on your hard disk. Do not install into a
path that contains spaces.
- All common, generic and MSW-specific wxWidgets source;
- samples and demos;
- documentation in MS HTML Help format;
-- makefiles for most Windows compilers, plus CodeWarrior,
- BC++ and VC++ IDE files;
-- JPEG library source;
-- TIFF library source;
-- Object Graphics Library, Tex2RTF, wxSTC, etc.
+- makefiles for most Windows compilers, plus CodeWarrior
+ and VC++ IDE files;
+- JPEG, TIFF, PNG, ZLIB, wxSTC, REGEX, EXPAT library sources.
Alternatively, you may unarchive the .zip form by hand:
wxMSW-x.y.z.zip where x.y.z is the version number.
General installation notes
==========================
-If installing from the CVS server, copy include/wx/msw/setup0.h to
+If installing from the SVN server, copy include/wx/msw/setup0.h to
include/wx/msw/setup.h and edit the resulting file to choose
the features you would like to compile wxWidgets with[out].
All makefiles and project are located in build\msw directory.
-Where compiled files are stored
+Where Compiled Files are Stored
-------------------------------
After successful compilation you'll find the libraries in a subdirectory
lib\wat_dll Watcom C++ DLLs
Names of compiled wxWidgets libraries follow this scheme: libraries that don't
-depend on GUI components begin with "wxbase" followed by version number and
-letters indicating if the library is compiled as Unicode ('u') and/or debug
-build ('d'). Last component of them name is name of wxWidgets component
-(unless you built the library as single monolithic library; look for
-"Configuring the build" below). This is a typical set of release ANSI build
-libraries (release versions on left, debug on right side):
-
- wxbase25.lib wxbase25d.lib
- wxbase25_net.lib wxbase25d_net.lib
- wxbase25_xml.lib wxbase25d_xml.lib
- wxmsw25_core.lib wxmsw25d_core.lib
- wxmsw25_html.lib wxmsw25d_html.lib
- wxmsw25_adv.lib wxmsw25d_adv.lib
+depend on GUI components begin with "wxbase" followed by a version number and,
+optionally, letters indicating Unicode compilation ('u') and a debug build ('d').
+The last component is the name of the wxWidgets component (unless you build the
+library as single monolithic library; look for "Configuring the Build" below).
+This is a typical set of release ANSI build libraries (release versions on
+left, debug on right side):
+
+ wxbase29.lib wxbase29d.lib
+ wxbase29_net.lib wxbase29d_net.lib
+ wxbase29_xml.lib wxbase29d_xml.lib
+ wxmsw29_core.lib wxmsw29d_core.lib
+ wxmsw29_html.lib wxmsw29d_html.lib
+ wxmsw29_adv.lib wxmsw29d_adv.lib
Their Unicode debug counterparts in wxUniversal build would be
- wxbase25ud.lib
- wxbase25ud_net.lib
- wxbase25ud_xml.lib (notice these libs are same for wxUniv and wxMSW)
- wxmswuniv25ud_core.lib
- wxmswuniv25ud_html.lib
- wxmswuniv25ud_adv.lib
+ wxbase29ud.lib
+ wxbase29ud_net.lib
+ wxbase29ud_xml.lib (notice these libs are same for wxUniv and wxMSW)
+ wxmswuniv29ud_core.lib
+ wxmswuniv29ud_html.lib
+ wxmswuniv29ud_adv.lib
-These directories also contain subdirectory with wx/setup.h header. This
-subdirectory is named after port, Unicode, wxUniv and debug settings and
-you must add it to include paths when compiling your application. Some
+These directories also contain a subdirectory with the wx/setup.h header. This
+subdirectory is named after the port, Unicode, wxUniv and debug settings and
+you must add it to the include paths when compiling your application. Some
examples:
lib\vc_lib\msw\wx\setup.h VC++ static, wxMSW
lib\vc_lib\mswunivd\wx\setup.h VC++ static, wxUniversal, debug
Below are compiler specific notes followed by customizing instructions that
-apply to all compilers (search for "Configuring the build").
+apply to all compilers (search for "Configuring the Build").
-Microsoft Visual C++ compilation
+Microsoft Visual C++ Compilation
----------------------------------------------------------------
-You may wish to visit http://wiki.wxwindows.org/wiki.pl?MSVC for a more
-informal and more detailed description of the process summarized below.
+You may wish to visit http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Microsoft_Visual_C%2B%2B_Guide
+for a more informal and detailed description of the process summarized below.
-Please note that the VC++ 6.0 project files will work for VC++ .NET also.
+Please note that the VC++ 6.0 project files will work for VC++ .NET as well.
VC++ 5.0 can also be used, providing Service Pack 3 is applied. Without it
you will have trouble with internal compiler errors. It is available for
Normally you'll use a static linking ANSI configuration.
Choose the Win32 Debug or Win32 Release configuration (or any other that
suits your needs) and use Batch Build to compile _all_ projects. If you
- know you won't need some of the libraries (i.e. html part), you don't have
+ know you won't need some of the libraries (e.g. the HTML part), you don't have
to compile it. It will also produce similar variations on jpeg.lib,
png.lib, tiff.lib, zlib.lib, and regex.lib.
- If you want to build DLLs, you have to either build them one by one in
- proper order (jpeg, png, tiff, zlib, regex, expat, base, core, the rest
- in any order) or to use wx_dll.dsw workspace which has correct dependencies.
+
+ If you want to build DLL configurations in wx.dsw project you unfortunately
+ need to build them in the proper order (jpeg, png, tiff, zlib, regex, expat,
+ base, net, odbc, core, gl, html, media, qa, adv, dbgrid, xrc, aui, richtext,
+ propgrid) manually because VC6 doesn't always respect the correct build order.
+
+ Alternatively, use the special wx_dll.dsw project which adds the
+ dependencies to force the correct order (but, because of this, doesn't work
+ for the static libraries) or simply redo the build several times until all
+ DLLs are linked correctly. Please notice that it's normal that dbgrid project
+ doesn't build if wxUSE_ODBC is set to 0 (default).
3. Open a sample project file, choose a configuration such as
Win32 Debug using Build | Set Active Configuration..., and compile.
The project files don't use precompiled headers, to save disk
'nmake -f makefile.vc'
to make the wxWidgets core library as release DLL.
- See "Configuring the build" for instruction how to build debug or static
+ See "Configuring the Build" for instruction how to build debug or static
libraries.
2. Change directory to samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.vc'
Note (4): to create your own IDE files, copy .dsp and .dsw
files from an existing wxWidgets sample and adapt them, or
-visit http://wiki.wxwindows.org/wiki.pl?MSVC.
+visit http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Microsoft_Visual_C%2B%2B_Guide.
-Microsoft Visual C++ compilation for 64-bit Windows
+Microsoft Visual C++ Compilation for 64-bit Windows
----------------------------------------------------------------
Visual Studio 2005 includes 64-bit compilers, though they are not installed by
See http://support.microsoft.com/?id=894573 for more information.
-Borland C++ compilation
+Borland C++ Compilation
----------------------------------------------------------------
-The minimum version required is 5.5, which can be downloaded for free from:
-http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html#
+The minimum version required is 5.5 (last version supported by BC++ 5.0 was
+2.4.2), which can be downloaded for free from:
+http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html
+
+We have found that the free Turbo Explorer and commercial BDS work fine; the
+debugger is very good. To avoid linker errors you will need to add
+-DSHARED=1 to the makefile line for the library
+
+The version 5.6 included in Borland C++ Builder 2006 works as well after the
+following small change: please remove the test for __WINDOWS__ from line 88
+of the file BCCDIR\include\stl\_threads.h.
Compiling using the makefiles:
This produces a couple of libraries in the lib\bcc_lib directory.
2. Change directory to a sample or demo such as samples\minimal, and type
- 'make -f makefile.bcc'. This produces a windows exe file - by default
+ 'make -f makefile.bcc'. This produces a windows exe file - by default
in the bcc_mswd subdirectory.
Note (1): the wxWidgets makefiles assume dword structure alignment. Please
Note (3): If you wish debug messages to be sent to the console in
debug mode, edit makefile.bcc and change /aa to /Tpe in link commands.
-Cmpilation succeeds with CBuilderX personal edition and CBuilder6, but
+Using the Debugger and IDE in BDS or Turbo Explorer
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+Doubleclick / open samples\minimal\borland.bdsproj. The current version
+is to be used with a dynamic build of wxWidgets-made by running
+make -f Makefile.bcc -DBUILD=debug -DSHARED=1
+in wxWidgets\build\msw. You also need the wxWidgets\lib\bcc_dll
+directory in your PATH. The debugger tracks your source and also
+traces into the wxWidgets sources.
+
+To use this to debug other samples, copy the borland_ide.cpp
+and borland.bdsproj files, then replace all occurrences of
+"minimal" with the name of the new project files
+
+Compilation succeeds with CBuilderX personal edition and CBuilder6, but
you may have to copy make.exe from the 5.5 download to the new bin directory.
-Compiling using the IDE files for Borland C++ 5.0 and using CBuilder IDE
-(v1-v6): not supported
+Compiling using the IDE files for Borland C++ 5.0 and using CBuilder IDE
+(v1-v6): not supported
-** REMEMBER **
+** REMEMBER **
In all of your wxWidgets applications, your source code should include
the following preprocessor directive:
(check the samples -- e.g., \wx2\samples\minimal\minimal.cpp -- for
more details)
-Borland 16 Bit compilation for Windows 3.1
+Borland 16 Bit Compilation for Windows 3.1
----------------------------------------------------------------
The last version of wxWidgets to support 16-bit compilation with Borland was
2.2.7 - Please download and read the instructions in that release
-Watcom C++ 10.6/11 and OpenWatcom compilation
+Watcom C++ 10.6/11 and OpenWatcom Compilation
----------------------------------------------------------------
1. Change directory to build\msw. Type 'wmake -f makefile.wat' to
try deleting .pch files in build\msw\wat_* and compiling
the sample again.
-Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation
+Note (5): wxUSE_STD_STRING is disabled in wx/string.h for Watcom as this
+ compiler doesn't come with standard C++ library headers by default.
+ If you install STLPort or another STL implementation, you'll need to
+ edit wx/string.h and remove the check for Digital Mars in it (search
+ for __WATCOM__).
+
+
+Metrowerks CodeWarrior Compilation
----------------------------------------------------------------
+** NOTE: We don't use Metrowerks compiler any more and so depend on
+** your contributions to keep it up to date. It is possible that
+** the project files mentioned below are out of date due to recently
+** added files, please add them manually if you get linking errors.
+** The authoritative list of files is in build/bakefiles/files.bkl
+
1. CodeWarrior Pro 7 project files in XML format are already
- included in wxMSW-2.7.0.zip and the setup version.
+ included in wxMSW-2.8.x.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
+ you are working from the SVN version) to make sure the settings reflect
what you want. If you aren't sure, leave it alone and go with the
default settings. A few notes:
- Don't use wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS: it doesn't mix well with MSL
and runtime libs.
3. The project file to build the Win32 wxWidgets libraries relies on the
- Batch File Runner plug-in. This plug-in is not installed as part of
- a normal CW7 installation. However, you can find this plug-in on the
- CodeWarrior Reference CD, in the Thrill Seekers folder; it's call the
+ Batch File Runner plug-in. This plug-in is not installed as part of
+ a normal CW7 installation. However, you can find this plug-in on the
+ CodeWarrior Reference CD, in the Thrill Seekers folder; it's called the
"Batch File Post Linker".
4. If you choose not to install the Batch File Runner plug-in, then you
need to do the following by hand:
(1) Create the directories lib\cw7msw\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\cw7msw\include\wx\setup.h
+ working from the SVN version) to lib\cw7msw\include\wx\setup.h
(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
+ working from the SVN version) to lib\cw7mswd\include\wx\setup.h
5. Import src\wxWidgetsW7.xml to create the project file wxWidgetsW7.mcp.
Store this project file in directory src. You may get warnings about
- wx_x86.lib ANSI Release (static)
- wx_x86_d.lib ANSI Debug (static)
-8. Sorry, I haven't had time yet to create and test unicode or DLL versions.
- Volunteers for this are welcome (as neither DLLs nor unicode builds are
+8. Sorry, I haven't had time yet to create and test Unicode or DLL versions.
+ 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
griddemo.cpp. Build and run....
-Cygwin/MinGW compilation
+Cygwin/MinGW Compilation
----------------------------------------------------------------
wxWidgets supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) betas and
If using MinGW, you can download the add-on MSYS package to
provide Unix-like tools that you'll need to build wxWidgets using configure.
-Using makefiles directly
+Using makefiles Directly
----------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: The makefile.gcc makefiles are for compilation under MinGW using
- native make and Windows command interpreter (command.com/cmd.exe), they
- won't work in other environments (such as UNIX or Unix-like, e.g. MSYS;
- you have to use configure instead)
-
-Here are the steps required using the provided makefiles:
+ Windows command interpreter (command.com/cmd.exe), they won't work in
+ other environments (such as UNIX or Unix-like, e.g. MSYS where you have
+ to use configure instead, see the section below)
-- If you are using gcc-2.95, edit build\msw\config.gcc and set the GCC_VERSION
- variable to "2.95".
-
-- Use the makefile.gcc files for compiling wxWidgets and samples,
- e.g. to compile a debugging version of wxWidgets:
+Use the makefile.gcc files for compiling wxWidgets and samples,
+e.g. to compile a debugging version of wxWidgets:
> cd c:\wx\build\msw
- > make -f makefile.gcc BUILD=debug
+ > mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc BUILD=debug
> cd c:\wx\samples\minimal
- > make -f makefile.gcc BUILD=debug
+ > mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc BUILD=debug
(See below for more options.)
- Ignore the warning about the default entry point.
+Notice that Windows command interpreter (cmd.exe) and mingw32-make must be
+used, using Bash (sh.exe) and make.exe from MSYS will only work when using
+configure-based build procedure described below!
-- Use the 'strip' command to reduce executable/dll size (note that
- stripping an executable/dll will remove debug information!).
+You can also use the 'strip' command to reduce executable/dll size (note that
+stripping an executable/dll will remove debug information!).
All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files
and other intermediate compiler files.
from e.g. the MinGW distribution, to a directory in your path.
-Symantec & DigitalMars C++ compilation
+Symantec & DigitalMars C++ Compilation
----------------------------------------------------------------
-The DigitalMars compiler is a free succssor to the Symantec compiler
+The DigitalMars compiler is a free successor to the Symantec compiler
and can be downloaded from http://www.digitalmars.com/
-
+
1. You need to download and unzip in turn (later packages will overwrite
older files)
Digital Mars C/C++ Compiler Version 8.40 or later
bakefile_gen -f dmars -b ../../samples/minimal/minimal.bkl
+Note that wxUSE_STD_STRING is disabled in wx/string.h for Digital Mars as this
+compiler doesn't come with standard C++ library headers by default. If you
+install STLPort or another STL implementation, you'll need to edit wx/string.h
+and remove the check for Digital Mars in it (search for __DMC__).
+
+
16-bit compilation is no longer supported.
-Configuring the build
+Configuring the Build
================================================================
-So far the instructions only explained how to build release DLLs of wxWidgets
+So far the instructions only explain how to build release DLLs of wxWidgets
and did not cover any configuration. It is possible to change many aspects of
the build, including debug/release and ANSI/Unicode settings. All makefiles in
build\msw directory use same options (with a few exceptions documented below)
and the only difference between them is in object files and library directory
names and in make invocation command.
-Changing the settings
+Changing the Settings
----------------------------------------------------------------
There are two ways to modify the settings: either by passing the values as
Brief explanation of options and possible values is in every
build\msw\config.* file; more detailed description follows.
-Basic options
+Basic Options
----------------------------------------------------------------
BUILD=release
- Builds release version of the library. It differs from default 'debug'
+ Builds release version of the library. It differs from default 'debug'
in lack of appended 'd' in name of library, does not define __WXDEBUG__
- and not include debug information compiled into object files and the
+ and not include debug information compiled into object files and the
executable.
SHARED=1
Build shared libraries (DLLs). By default, DLLs are not built
(SHARED=0).
-UNICODE=1
- To build Unicode versions of the libraries, add UNICODE=1 to make invocation
- (default is UNICODE=0). If you want to be able to use Unicode version on
+UNICODE=0
+ To build ANSI versions of the libraries, add UNICODE=0 to make invocation
+ (default is UNICODE=1). If you want to be able to use Unicode version on
Windows9x, you will need to set MSLU=1 as well.
This option affect name of the library ('u' is appended) and the directory
Build wxUniversal instead of native wxMSW (see
http://www.wxwidgets.org/wxuniv.htm for more information).
-Advanced options
+Advanced Options
----------------------------------------------------------------
MONOLITHIC=1
- Starting with version 2.5.1, wxWidgets has the ability to be built as
+ Starting with version 2.5.1, wxWidgets has the ability to be built as
several smaller libraries instead of single big one as used to be the case
in 2.4 and older versions. This is called "multilib build" and is the
default behaviour of makefiles. You can still build single library
you should set wxUSE_GUI to 1 in setup.h.
USE_OPENGL=1
- Build wxmsw25_gl.lib library with OpenGL integration class wxGLCanvas.
+ Build wxmsw29_gl.lib library with OpenGL integration class wxGLCanvas.
You must also modify your setup.h to #define wxUSE_GLCANVAS 1. Note that
OpenGL library is always built as additional library, even in monolithic
build!
Same as DEBUG_FLAG in behaviour, this option affects whether debugging
information is included in the executable or not.
+TARGET_CPU=AMD64|IA64
+ (VC++ only.) Set this variable to build for x86_64 systems. If unset, x86
+ build is performed.
+
VENDOR=<your company name>
Set this to a short string identifying your company if you are planning to
distribute wxWidgets DLLs with your application. Default value is 'custom'.
This string is included as part of DLL name. wxWidgets DLLs contain compiler
name, version information and vendor name in them. For example
- wxmsw250_core_bcc_custom.dll is one of DLLs build using Borland C++ with
+ wxmsw290_core_bcc_custom.dll is one of DLLs build using Borland C++ with
default settings. If you set VENDOR=mycorp, the name will change to
- wxmsw250_core_bcc_mycorp.dll.
+ wxmsw290_core_bcc_mycorp.dll.
CFG=<configuration name>
Sets configuration name so that you can have multiple wxWidgets builds with
different setup.h settings coexisting in same tree. See "Object and library
directories" below for more information.
-Compiler specific options
+COMPILER_PREFIX=<string>
+ If you build with multiple versions of the same compiler, you can put
+ their outputs into directories like "vc6_lib", "vc8_lib" etc. instead of
+ "vc_lib" by setting this variable to e.g. "vc6". This is merely a
+ convenience variable, you can achieve the same effect (but different
+ directory names) with the CFG option.
+
+
+Compiler-Specific Options
----------------------------------------------------------------
* MinGW
If you are using gcc-2.95 instead of gcc3, you must set GCC_VERSION to
-2.95. In build\msw\config.gcc, change
+2.95. In build\msw\config.gcc, change
> GCC_VERSION = 3
to
> GCC_VERSION = 2.95
customers and still have usable .pdb files with debug information) and this
setting makes it possible.
-Fine-tuning the compiler
+Fine-tuning the Compiler
----------------------------------------------------------------
All makefiles have variables that you can use to specify additional options
do, simply add desired flags to CFLAGS (for C compiler), CXXFLAGS (for C++
compiler), CPPFLAGS (for both C and C++ compiler) and LDFLAGS (the linker).
-Object and library directories
+Object and Library Directories
----------------------------------------------------------------
-All object files produced during library build are stored in a directory under
-build\msw. It's name is derived from build settings and CFG variable and from
-compiler name. Examples of directory names:
+All object files produced during a library build are stored in a directory under
+build\msw. Its name is derived from the build settings and CFG variable and from
+the compiler name. Examples of directory names:
build\msw\bcc_msw SHARED=0
build\msw\bcc_mswdll SHARED=1
build\msw\bcc_mswunivd SHARED=0, WXUNIV=1, BUILD=debug
build\msw\vc_mswunivd ditto, with Visual C++
-Libraries and DLLs are copied into subdirectory of lib directory with
-name derived from compiler and static/DLL setting and setup.h into directory
-with name that contains other settings:
+Libraries and DLLs are copied into a subdirectory of the lib directory with a
+name derived from the compiler and a static/DLL setting and setup.h into a
+directory with a name that contains other settings:
lib\bcc_msw
lib\bcc_lib\msw\wx\setup.h
If you set CFG to something, the value is appended to directory names. E.g.
for CFG=MyBuild, you'll have object files in
-
+
build\msw\bcc_mswMyBuild
build\msw\bcc_mswdllMyBuild
etc.
etc.
By now it is clear what CFG is for: builds with different CFG settings don't
-share any files and they use different setup.h files. This allows you to e.g.
-have two static debug builds, one with wxUSE_SOCKETS=0 and one with sockets
+share any files and they use different setup.h files. For example, this allows
+you to have two static debug builds, one with wxUSE_SOCKETS=0 and one with sockets
enabled (without CFG, both of them would be put into same directory and there
would be conflicts between the files).
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