-Installing wxWindows 2.3
-------------------------
+Installing wxWindows 2.3.3
+--------------------------
-This is wxWindows 2.3 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT,
+This is wxWindows 2.3.3 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT,
Windows 2000 and Windows XP. This is an unstable development release.
Please note that the library naming conventions for VC++
-compilation have changed between 2.3.1 and 2.3.2. This means that
+compilation have changed after 2.3.1. This means that
you will need to change your application project files. See the
relevant section below for details.
this manifested in unexpected link errors or warnings. This problem
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 ).
+
Note that the wxWindows core library allows you to have debug
and release libraries available simultaneously, by compiling the
objects in different subdirectories, whereas samples must be
Use the 'clean' target to clean all objects, libraries and
executables.
-Borland C++ 4.5/5.0 compilation
+Borland C++ 4.5/5.0/5.5 compilation
-------------------------------
Compiling using the makefiles:
0. If downloading from CVS, copy include\wx\msw\setup0.h to
include\wx\setup.h.
-1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
- name) form if doing a 16-bit compile.
+1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set [e.g add
+ set WXWIN=c:\wxwindows
+ to your autoexec.bat file], and that it uses the FAT (short
+ name) form with no spaces.
+ Make sure your BCCDIR variable is set [e.g add
+ set BCCDIR=c:\progra~1\borland\bcc
+ to your autoexec.bat file], and that it points to the root directory of
+ your Borland C++ installation, and it uses the FAT (short
+ name) form with no spaces.
+ Reboot if needed for the changes to autoexec.bat to take effect.
2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'make -f makefile.b32' to
make the wxWindows core library. Ignore the warnings about
'XXX' not found in library.
the jpeg target from src\msw\makefile.b32, and remove jpeg from
src\makeprog.b32.
-Note (6): If using C++Builder 4 and above (BC++ 5.4 and above), change LINK=tlink32 to
-LINK=ilink32 in src\makeb32.env. You may also need to disable
-wxUSE_LIBJPEG because there is a conflict in the BC++ headers
-(actually this problem seems to have gone away with 5.5 and SP1).
+Note (6): [obsolete]
Note (7): If you wish debug messages to be sent to the console in
debug mode, edit src\makeb32.env and change /aa to /Tpe in
LINK_FLAGS.
-Compiling using the IDE files:
+Compiling using the IDE files: [Borland C++ 5.0, not Cbuilder]
1. Load src\bc32.ide (Release settings)
2. Go to Options|Project... and specify the correct BC++ include and lib path for
See also the file docs/tech/tn0007.txt for further instructions and details
of how to create your own project files.
-Borland C++ 5.5 compilation
----------------------------
-
-Before compiling wxWindows with Borland C++ 5.5, there are a few
-issues concerning the compiler installation:
-
-1. The compiler must be installed to a path that does not contain
- spaces, such as c:\Borland\Bcc55 (in particular, do not install
- it below "C:\Program Files").
-
-2. Make sure that you downloaded and installed the service pack 1
- for Borland C++ 5.5. This SP1 can be downloaded from:
- http://www.borland.com/devsupport/bcppbuilder/patches/#freecompiler55
-
- IMPORTANT:
- When installing SP1, make sure that you extract (UnZip) the files
- to the directory where you installed Borland C++ 5.5 (e.g.,
- c:\Borland\Bcc55) with the option "use folder names" selected.
- This is necessary, to ensure that the files (mostly include files)
- are extracted to the right directory.
-
-3. Create the following two files in the same directory where you
- installed Borland C++ 5.5 (e.g., c:\Borland\Bcc55):
-
- a. bcc32.cfg
- text file containing the following two lines:
- -I"c:\Borland\Bcc55\include"
- -L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"
-
- b. ilink32.cfg
- text file containing the following line:
- -L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"
-
- (replace c:\Borland\Bcc55 with the actual path where you installed
- Borland C++ 5.5)
-
-4. Add the borland BIN directory to your path (e.g., c:\Borland\Bcc55\bin),
- and define the environment variable BCCDIR=<Borland C++ 5.5 path>
- (e.g., set BCCDIR=c:\Borland\Bcc55)
-
-Compiling wxWindows:
-
-Once the compiler and its service pack are properly installed, you build
-wxWindows using the provided makefile.b32 in the src/msw directory:
-
-a. To build wxWindows in DEBUG mode:
-
- cd c:\wx2\src\msw
- make -f makefile.b32
-
- (replace c:\wx2 with the actual path where you installed wxWindows)
-
-b. To build wxWindows in RELEASE mode:
-
- cd c:\wx2\src\msw
- make -f makefile.b32 FINAL=1
-
- (if you had previously built wxWindows, you need to clean all of
- the object and intermediate files. Before the above make command,
- run: 'make -f makefile.b32 CLEANALL')
-
-IMPORTANT:
-The Service Pack 1 for Borland C++ 5.5 must be installed before wxWindows
-is compiled. If you compiled wxWindows before, it is advised that you
-re-compile it following the next steps:
-
- cd c:\wx2\src\msw
- make -f makefile.b32 CLEANALL
- make -f makefile.b32 (or make -f makefile.b32 FINAL=1)
-
- (replace c:\wx2 with the actual path where you installed wxWindows)
-
** REMEMBER **
In all of your wxWindows applications, your source code should include
(check the samples -- e.g., \wx2\samples\minimal\minimal.cpp -- for
more details)
-Borland C++Builder compilation
+Borland C++Builder IDE compilation
------------------------------
1. Build the wxWindows libraries using the Borland make utility as
2. You can build samples using the makefiles as per the
instructions for BC++ above, or you can follow the instructions
in docs/tech/tn0004.htm or http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/ide.html.
+ You can use the process_sample_bcb.bat command which is in
+ wxwindows\distrib\msw to generate a .mak or .bpr file for most of the
+ samples [mak for Cbuilder 1-3; bpr for v4]. Execute this in the sample
+ directory, passing the name of the cpp files on the command line.
Watcom C++ 10.6/11 compilation
---------------------------
1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the DOS short
name form.
-2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'wmake -f makefile.wat' to
+2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'wmake -f makefile.wat all' to
make the wxWindows core library.
-3. Change directory to wx\samples\minimal and type 'wmake -f makefile.wat'
+3. Change directory to wx\samples\minimal and type 'wmake -f makefile.wat all'
to make this sample. Repeat for other samples of interest.
Note (1): makewat.env uses the odbc32.lib supplied in wxWindows' lib\watcom
Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com), Cygnus
and others for making it all possible.
-Both Cygwin and Mingw32 (the minimal distribution of Cygwin) can be used
-with the same makefiles.
+Both Cygwin and MinGW can be used with the same makefiles.
+
+NOTE: some notes specific to old Cygwin ( < 1.1.x )
+ and MinGW ( < 1.0 ) are at the end of this section
+ ( see OLD VERSIONS )
Here are the steps required:
-- Retrieve and install the latest beta of Cygwin, or Mingw32, as per the
+- 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
These should be extracted to the Mingw32 directory. If you have
already downloaded rm, cp, mv from elsewhere, you won't need this.
- If using Mingw32 2.95 and below with wxWindows 2.1 or above, you
- must hand-patch with Mingw32-gcc295.patches (located in the
- top-level of the wxWindows 2 installation). Mingw32 2.95.2
- and above contain the fixes already.
-
-- Modify the file wx/src/cygnus.bat (or mingw32.bat or mingegcs.bat)
- to set up appropriate variables, if necessary mounting drives.
- Run it before compiling.
-
-- For Cygwin, make sure there's a \tmp directory on your
- Windows drive or bison will crash (actually you don't need
- bison for ordinary wxWindows compilation: a pre-generated .c file is
- supplied).
-
-- Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and set the MINGW32 variable at the top of
- the file to either 1 (you have Mingw32 or Cygwin 1.x releases) or 0
- (if you have Cygwin betas). If using Mingw32, also set the
- MINGW32VERSION variable appropriately.
-
- Set your WXWIN variable to where wxWindows is installed.
*** IMPORTANT: For Cygwin/Mingw32, use forward slashes in the path, not
backslashes.
- Use the makefile.g95 files for compiling wxWindows and samples,
- e.g.:
+ e.g. to compile a debugging version of wxWindows:
> cd c:\wx\src\msw
> make -f makefile.g95
> cd c:\wx\samples\minimal
> make -f makefile.g95
+ to compile with optimizations:
+ > cd c:\wx\src\msw
+ > make -f makefile.g95 FINAL=1
+ > cd c:\wx\samples\minimal
+ > make -f makefile.g95 FINAL=1
+
+ to compile a DLL:
+ > cd c:\wx\src\msw
+ > make -f makefile.g95 WXMAKINGDLL=1
+ > cd c:\wx\samples\minimal
+ > make -f makefile.g95 WXUSINGDLL=1
+
+ to compile the Unicode version:
+ > cd c:\wx\src\msw
+ > make -f makefile.g95 UNICODE=1
+ > cd c:\wx\samples\minimal
+ > make -f makefile.g95 UNICODE=1
+
+ Options can be combined ( e.g.: UNICODE=1 FINAL=1 )
+
Ignore the warning about the default entry point.
- Use the 'strip' command to reduce executable size.
- With Cygwin, you can invoke gdb --nw myfile.exe to
debug an executable. If there are memory leaks, they will be
- flagged when the program quits.
-
-- If using GnuWin32 b18, you will need to copy windres.exe
- from e.g. the Mingw32 distribution, to a directory in your path.
+ flagged when the program quits. You can use Cygwin gdb
+ to debug MinGW executables.
All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files
-and other intermediate compiler files.
+and other intermediate compiler files and 'cleanall' targets to
+allow removal of all object files and library files.
Notes:
and similarly for glu[32].def.
+OLD VERSIONS:
+
+- If using Mingw32 2.95 and below with wxWindows 2.1 or above, you
+ must hand-patch with Mingw32-gcc295.patches (located in the
+ top-level of the wxWindows 2 installation). Mingw32 2.95.2
+ and above contain the fixes already.
+
+- Modify the file wx/src/cygnus.bat (or mingw32.bat or mingegcs.bat)
+ to set up appropriate variables, if necessary mounting drives.
+ Run it before compiling.
+
+- For Cygwin, make sure there's a \tmp directory on your
+ Windows drive or bison will crash (actually you don't need
+ bison for ordinary wxWindows compilation: a pre-generated .c file is
+ supplied).
+
+- Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and set the MINGW32 variable at the top of
+ the file to either 1 (you have Mingw32 or Cygwin 1.x releases) or 0
+ (if you have Cygwin betas). If using Mingw32, also set the
+ MINGW32VERSION variable appropriately.
+
+- If using GnuWin32 b18, you will need to copy windres.exe
+ from e.g. the Mingw32 distribution, to a directory in your path.
+
References:
- The Cygwin site is at
- http://sourceware.cygnus.com
+ http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin
- Mingw32 is available at:
ftp://www.mingw.org
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