-Installing wxWindows 2.1
-------------------------
-
-[Notes from Robert Roebling for snapshot 8]
-
-This is a not-so-well tested snapshot release of wxWindows 2.1 for
-Microsoft Windows 95, 98 and NT. This is not a production release,
-although a huge number of bugs found in wxWindows 2.0 have been
-fixed.
-
-There have not been major changes in the way to build the library,
-although the creation of the various makefiles has been automatized.
-I myself use the GNU MingGW32 compiler from
-
- http://www.cygnus.com
-
-using the GNU make program from
+Installing wxWindows 2.3.3
+--------------------------
- http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32
-
-and I have not tested any other compiler, but other developers use
-the makefiles for Borland C++, MS-Visual C++ 5.0 and 6.0 and probably
-Metrowerks C++.
+This is wxWindows 2.3.3 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT,
+Windows 2000 and Windows XP. This is an unstable development release.
-Expect problems.
-
-Installing wxWindows 2.0
-------------------------
+Please note that the library naming conventions for VC++
+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.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please
-re-read this instructions and other related files (todo.txt,
-bugs.txt etc.) carefully before mailing wxwin-users or
-the author. Preferably, try to fix the problem first and
-then send a patch to the author.
+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.
Unarchiving
-----------
-If there is a setup program, run the setup program that comes with the Windows version.
-Do not install into a path that contains spaces. The installation program should set the
-WXWIN environment variable, which will be activated when your machine is rebooted.
-
-If there is no setup program, it will come as a series of .zip
-files:
-
-wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
-wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code and samples (required)
-wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
-wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
-wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
-wx200htm.zip HTML documentation
-wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5.0 project files
-wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files
-wx200bc.zip BC++ 5 project files
+A setup program is provided (setup.exe) to automatically copy files to a
+directory on your hard disk. Do not install into a path that contains spaces.
+The installation program should set the WXWIN environment variable, which
+will be activated when your machine is rebooted. The setup
+program contains the following:
+
+- 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;
+- JPEG library source;
+- TIFF library source;
+- Object Graphics Library;
+- Tex2RTF source;
+- Dialog Editor binary.
+
+Alternatively, you may unarchive the .zip form by hand:
+wxMSW-x.y.z.zip where x.y.z is the version number.
Unarchive the required files plus any optional documentation
files into a suitable directory such as c:\wx.
Other add-on packages are available from the wxWindows Web site, such as:
-- glcanvas.zip. Use OpenGL in a wxWindows window.
+- mmedia.zip. Audio, CD, video access for Windows and Linux.
- ogl3.zip. Object Graphics Library: build network diagrams, CASE tools etc.
- tex2rtf3.zip. Tex2RTF: create Windows Help, HTML, and Word RTF files from
the same document source.
forward slashes.
If installing from the CVS server, copy include/wx/msw/setup0.h to
-include/wx/msw/setup.h and edit the resulting file to choose the featrues you
-would like to compile wxWindows with[out].
+include/wx/msw/setup.h and edit the resulting file to choose
+the features you would like to compile wxWindows with[out].
Compilation
-----------
The following sections explain how to compile wxWindows with each supported
compiler.
-Visual C++ 4.0/5.0/6.0 compilation
-----------------------------------
+Visual C++ 6.0 compilation
+---------------------------
-Using project files:
-
-1. Unarchive wx200vc.zip, the VC++ 5 project makefiles.
-2. Open src/wxvc.dsp, set Debug or Release configuration, and
- compile. This will produce src/Debug/wxvc.lib or
- src/Release/wxvc.lib. The project file src/wxvc_dll.dsp
- will make a DLL version of wxWindow, which will go in
- src/DebugDLL/wxvc.[lib,dll] and src/ReleaseDLL/wxvc.[lib,dll].
-3. If you want to use JPEG in your application (such as the image
- sample), open src/jpeg/jpeg.dsp (VC++ 6 only) and compile in
- Debug and Release configurations. If you have VC++ 5 or
- earlier, use makefile.vc, but you may only have one set of object
- files at a time in use (debug or release).
-4. Open a sample project file, choose a configuration, and compile.
- The project files don't use precompiled headers, to save
+Using project files (VC++ 6 only):
+
+1. Unarchive wxWindows-x.y.z-vc.zip, the VC++ 6 project
+ makefiles (already included in wxMSW-x.y.z.zip and the setup version).
+2. Open src/wxWindows.dsp, which has configurations for static
+ compilation or DLL compilation, and each of these available in
+ Unicode/ANSI and Debug/Release variations. Normally you'll use
+ a static linking ANSI configuration. Choose the Win32 Debug or
+ Win32 Release configuration for the wxWindows project, and compile.
+ Alternatively, use Batch Build to build more than one
+ configuration.
+ The following libraries will be produced depending on chosen
+ configuration:
+
+ wxmsw.lib wxmswd.lib ; ANSI Release/Debug
+ wxmswu.lib wxmswud.lib ; UNICODE Release/Debug
+ wxmsw23x.lib wxmsw23xd.lib ; ANSI DLL Release/Debug
+ wxmsw23xu.lib wxmsw23xud.lib ; UNICODE DLL Release/Debug
+
+ It will also produce similar variations on jpeg.lib, png.lib,
+ tiff.lib, zlib.lib, and regex.lib.
+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
space, but you can switch PCH compiling on for greater speed.
+ NOTE: you may also use samples/samples.dsw to access all
+ sample projects without opening each workspace individually.
+ You can use the Batch Build facility to make several samples
+ at a time.
Using makefiles:
1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set.
-2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type:
+2. If you do NOT have the TIFF or JPEG source code, please remove
+ the tiff and jpeg targets from the 'all' target in
+ src\msw\makefile.vc. Also ensure the settings in
+ include\wx\msw\setup.h specify not to use JPEG or TIFF.
+3. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type:
'nmake -f makefile.vc'
to make the wxWindows core library with debug information
- (wx\lib\wx_d.lib), or
+ (wx\lib\wxd.lib), then
+ 'nmake -f makefile.vc cleanall FINAL=1'
'nmake -f makefile.vc FINAL=1'
- to make the wxWindows core library without debug information
- (wx\lib\wx.lib).
-3. If you wish to use JPEG in your applications, do the same
- procedure in src\jpeg but add the 'all' target to the
- command line.
+ to make the wxWindows core library without debug information.
4. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.vc'
to make all the samples. You can also make them individually.
-Notes:
+Makefile notes:
- Use the 'clean' target to clean all objects, libraries and
+ Use the 'cleanall' target to clean all objects, libraries and
executables.
To build the release version using makefiles, add FINAL=1 to your
nmake invocation, both when building the library and for samples.
+ You MUST use the 'cleanall' target (with FINAL=1 or FINAL=0)
+ before making a different configuration, because otherwise
+ object files used to build the previous configuration may be
+ used accidentally for the current configuration. You might see
+ 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
- cleaned and re-made to build a different configuration. This
- may be changed in later versions of wxWindows.
+ cleaned and re-made to build a different configuration.
To build the DLL version using makefiles:
1. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.vc dll pch'
to make both a suitable DLL and import library, and to build a
suitable precompiled header file for compiling applications.
- The resulting libraries are called:
-
- wx\lib\wx200_d.lib(dll) (debug version)
- wx\lib\wx200.lib(dll) (release version, using FINAL=1)
-
+ See the previous section for library names.
2. Invoke a sample makefile with 'nmake -f makefile.vc WXUSINGDLL=1'
(or edit src\makeprog.vc to set WXUSINGDLL to 1 for all
applications).
within wxWindows.
Note (2): libraries and applications generated with makefiles and
-project files are unlikely to be compatible, so use one method or
-the other.
+project files are now (hopefully) compatible where static libraries
+are concerned, but please exercise caution nevertheless and if
+possible, use one method or the other.
Note (3): VC++ 5's optimization code seems to be broken and can
-cause problems: this can be seen when deleting an object Dialog
-Editor, in Release mode with optimizations on. If in doubt,
-switch off optimisations, although this will result in much
+cause both compile and run-time problems: this can be seen when
+deleting an object Dialog Editor, in Release mode with optimizations
+on. If in doubt, switch off optimisations, although this will result in much
larger executables. It seems possible that the library can be created with
strong optimization, so long as the application is not strongly
optimized. For example, in wxWindows project, set to 'Minimum
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
---------------------------
+Note (5): to create your own IDE files, see the technical note on the
+wxWindows web site or CD-ROM, entitled "Compiling wxWindows
+applications in the VC++ IDE" (technical note docs/tech/tn0010.htm in the
+wxWindows distribution). You can also copy .dsp and .dsw
+files from an existing wxWindows sample and adapt them.
+
+Visual C++ 1.5 compilation (16-bit)
+-----------------------------------
+
+NOTE: this has not been tested recently and probably doesn't
+work.
1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
name) form.
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:
-1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short
- name) form if doing a 16-bit compile.
-2. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'make -f makefile.b32' to
+0. If downloading from CVS, copy include\wx\msw\setup0.h to
+ include\wx\setup.h.
+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.
+ Reboot if needed for the changes to autoexec.bat to take effect.
+2. Change directory to src\msw. Type 'make -f makefile.b32' to
make the wxWindows core library. Ignore the warnings about
'XXX' not found in library.
-3. Change directory to a sample such as minimal, and type
+3. Change directory to a sample or demo such as samples\minimal, and type
'make -f makefile.b32'.
4. For release versions, recompile wxWindows and samples using
'make -f makefile.b32 clean'
'make -f makefile.b32 FINAL=1'
for the library and samples.
+5. To make and use wxWindows as a DLL, type
+ 'make -f makefile.b32 clean'
+ 'make -f makefile.b32 DLL=1'
+ and then for each sample,
+ 'make -f makefile.b32 WXUSINGDLL=1'
+ Please note that the samples have not been exhaustively tested
+ with this configuration.
+
+Note (1): In Borland 4.5 and earleir, using bcc.exe you also need to define BCCDIR
+in the autoexec.bat file; like this:
+ set BCCDIR=c:\progra~1\borland\bcc
+ so that it points to the root directory of
+ your Borland C++ installation, and it uses the FAT (short
+ name) form with no spaces.
-Note: the wxWindows library and (some) samples compile in 16-bit mode
+
+Note (2): the wxWindows library and (some) samples compile in 16-bit mode
using makefile.bcc, but at present the wxWindows resource system is switched
off in this mode. See issues.txt for details.
-Compiling using the IDE files:
+Note (3): unfortunately most samples won't link in 16-bit mode,
+because the automatic data segment exceeds 64K. The minimal
+sample links and runs, however.
+
+Note (4): the wxWindows makefiles assume byte structure alignment. Please
+make sure that your own project or makefile settings use the
+same alignment, or you could experience mysterious crashes. To
+change the alignment, add a suitable option to the $(CFG) target code
+in src/msw/makefile.b32.
+
+Note (5): if you get undefined _SQL... symbols at link time,
+either install odbc32.lib from the BC++ CD-ROM into your BC++ lib
+directory, or set wxUSE_ODBC to 0 in include\wx\msw\setup.h and
+recompile wxWindows. The same applies if compiling using the IDE.
+
+Note (6): BC++ 4.5 (not 5.0) trips up over jdmerge.c in the JPEG folder;
+you will therefore need to set wxUSE_LIBJPEG to 0 in setup.h and remove
+the jpeg target from src\msw\makefile.b32, and remove jpeg from
+src\makeprog.b32.
+
+
+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: [Borland C++ 5.0, not Cbuilder]
-1. Load src\bc32.ide (or src\bc32d.ide for a debugging version).
+1. Load src\bc32.ide (Release settings)
2. Go to Options|Project... and specify the correct BC++ include and lib path for
your file structure.
3. Press F9 to compile the wxWindows library.
4. Load samples\bc32.ide.
5. Go to Options|Project... and specify the correct BC++ include and lib path for
your file structure.
-6. Press F9 to compile the samples.
+6. Press F9 to compile the samples (build each node separately if
+ you prefer, by right clicking and choose Build Node).
+7. Run each sample: you may need to run from each sample's directory
+ since some (notably the wxHTML samples) look for files
+ relative to the working directory.
-Note that to make the png, xpm and zlib libraries (needed for
-some samples) you need to compile with bc32.ide. bc32d.ide only
-makes the wxWindows library (lib\wx32d.lib).
+Note (1): the samples project file contains a selection of
+samples, and not all samples. The remaining samples can be made
+with the makefiles. See also the demos hierarchy which doesn't
+have any BC++ project files yet.
-The debug version of the wxWindows library is about 37 MB, and the
-release version is around 3 MB.
+Note (2): to make the png, zlib, jpeg and tiff libraries (needed for
+some samples) you need to compile them with bc32.ide.
-See also the file bc_ide.txt for further instructions and details
+Note (3): the debug version of the wxWindows library is about 40 MB, and the
+release version is around 5 MB.
+
+See also the file docs/tech/tn0007.txt for further instructions and details
of how to create your own project files.
-Borland C++Builder compilation
+** REMEMBER **
+
+In all of your wxWindows applications, your source code should include
+the following preprocessor directive:
+
+#ifdef __BORLANDC__
+#pragma hdrstop
+#endif
+
+(check the samples -- e.g., \wx2\samples\minimal\minimal.cpp -- for
+more details)
+
+Borland C++Builder IDE compilation
------------------------------
-C++Builder compilation is the same as for Borland C++ above.
+1. Build the wxWindows libraries using the Borland make utility as
+ specified in the section called "Borland C++ 4.5/5.0 compilation"
+ above. (C++ Builder includes a stand-alone C++ compiler. For example,
+ C++ Builder 4.0 comes with C++ 5.4.)
-Tested with C++Builder 1.0 and 3.0. Only makefiles are currently
-supplied.
+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 compilation
+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'
- to make this sample.
+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
+directory. See the notes in that directory.
+Note (2): if variant.cpp is compiled with date/time class
+options, the linker gives up. So the date/time option is switched
+off for Watcom C++. Also, wxAutomationObject is not compiled with
+Watcom C++.
+Note (3): if Watcom can't read the precompiled header when
+building a sample, try deleting src\msw\watcom.pch and
+compiling the sample again.
Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation
----------------------------------
-1. Downloaded and unzip wx200cw.zip.
-2. Load the make_cw.mcp project in wx\src, and compile.
-3. Load the make_cw.mcp project in wx\samples\minimal, and compile.
- Further project files for samples will be available in due
- course.
-
-NOTES:
+1. CodeWarrior Pro7 project files in XML format are already
+ included in wxMSW-x.y.z.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
+ default settings. A few notes:
+ - Don't use wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS: it doesn't mix well with MSL
+ - wxUSE_GLOBAL_MEMORY_OPERATORS works, but memory leak reports
+ will be rather confusing due to interactions with the MSL ANSI
+ and runtime libs.
+3. The project file to build the Win32 wxWindows 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 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
+ (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.
+ 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.
+6. Choose the wxlib Win32 debug or wxlib Win32 Release target and build. You
+ will get some warnings about hidden virtual functions, illegal conversions
+ from const pointers to pointers, etc., all of which you can safely ignore.
+ ***Note: if you get errors that the compiler can't find "wx/setup.h", just
+ stop the build and build again. These errors occur because sometimes the
+ compiler starts doing its thing before the copying of setup.h has completed.
+7. The following libraries will be produced depending on chosen
+ target:
+ - 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
+ 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.
-You need CodeWarrior Pro 4 plus the patches to 4.1 from the
-Metrowerks Web site.
Symantec C++ compilation
------------------------
32-bit compilation only (partially) supported at present, using SC++ 6.1.
Some functionality is missing using this compiler (see makefile).
Add -D__WIN95__ if your SC++ has Windows 95 support, and ignore
-Step (2). 16-bit compilation is left as an excercise for the user!
+Step (2). 16-bit compilation is left as an exercise for the user!
Salford C++ compilation
-----------------------
at 40MB :-) However, wxWindows at least makes a good test suite for
improving the compiler.
-Cygwin b19/b20/Mingw32 compilation
+Cygwin/Mingw32 compilation
----------------------------------
-wxWindows 2.0 supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) b19, b20, Mingw32, and Mingw32/EGCS.
+wxWindows 2 supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) betas and
+releases, and Mingw32.
+
+Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com), Cygnus
+and others for making it all possible.
-Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com) and Cygnus for making
-it all possible.
+Both Cygwin and MinGW can be used with the same makefiles.
-From wxWindows 2.0 beta 9, both Cygwin and Mingw32 (the minimal
-distribution of Cygwin) 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 (including the EGCS variant), you need some
- extra files to use the wxWindows makefiles. You can find these
- files in ports/mingw32 on the ftp site or CD-ROM, as extra.zip.
- These should be extracted to the Mingw32 directory.
- If you have already have downloaded bison, flex, make, rm, mv
- from elsewhere, you won't need this.
-
- IMPORTANT: also see mingw32.txt in this directory (docs/msw)
- about a fix that has to be applied to a Mingw32 header file.
-
-- 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.
-
-- Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and search for MINGW32. Take note of
- the comments for adjusting settings to suit Cygwin or
- Mingw32. Basically, this is just a case of adding the __MINGW32__ symbol
- to OPTIONS for Mingw32, or removing it for Cygnus Cygwin.
- For Mingw32/EGCS, add both __MINGW32__ and __EGCS__.
- You may need to remove -loldnames from WINLIBS for Mingw32, or add it for
- Cygwin.
+- 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.
-- Mingw32 may not support winsock.h, so comment out
- socket-related files in src/msw/makefile.g95.
+ ftp://ftp.remstar.com/pub/wxwin/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.
- 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 Cygnus Cygwin, you can invoke gdb --nw myfile.exe to
+- 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:
-- libwx.a is 48 MB or more - but much less if compiled with no
- debug info (-g0) and level 4 optimization (-O4).
+1. See also the Cygwin/Mingw32 on the web site or CD-ROM for
+ further information about using wxWindows with these compilers.
+
+2. 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.
+3. There's a bug in Mingw32 headers for some early distributions.
-- Doesn't compile src/msw/ole files, so no drag and drop.
+ in include/windows32/defines.h, where it says:
-- There's a bug in the Mingw32 headers for some distributions.
+ #define LPSTR_TEXTCALLBACKA (LPSTR)-1L)
- in include/windows32/defines.h, where it says:
+ it should say:
- #define LPSTR_TEXTCALLBACKA (LPSTR)-1L)
+ #define LPSTR_TEXTCALLBACKA ((LPSTR)-1L)
- it should say:
+ (a missing bracket).
- #define LPSTR_TEXTCALLBACKA ((LPSTR)-1L)
+4. If there's a problem with the copy or remove commands in
+ src/msw/makefile.g95, you may need to change the COPY and
+ RM variables in makeg95.env.
- (a missing bracket).
+5. If there's a problem executing the windres program, try
+ commenting out RCPREPROCESSOR in makeg95.env.
+
+6. OpenGL support should work with Mingw32 as-is. However,
+ if you wish to generate import libraries appropriate either for
+ the MS OpenGL libraries or the SGI OpenGL libraries, go to
+ include/wx/msw/gl and use:
+
+ dlltool -k -d opengl.def -llibopengl.a
+
+ for the SGI DLLs, or
+
+ dlltool -k -d opengl32.def -llibopengl32.a
+
+ 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 GNU-WIN32 site is at
- http://www.cygnus.com/gnu-win32/
+ - The Cygwin site is at
+ http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin
- Mingw32 is available at:
- ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/gcc-2.95/
- - See also http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/gnuwin32.htm
+ ftp://www.mingw.org
TWIN32 and gcc on Linux
-----------------------
-------------
- Debugging: under Windows 95, debugging output isn't output in
- the same way that it is under NT or Windows 3.1. Set
- wxUSE_DBWIN32 to 1 if you wish to enable code to output debugging
- info to an external debug monitor, such as Andrew Tucker's DBWIN32.
- You can download DBWIN32 from:
-
- http://ftp.digital.com/pub/micro/NT/WinSite/programr/dbwin32.zip
-
- and it's also on the wxWindows CD-ROM under Packages.
+ the same way that it is under NT or Windows 3.1.
+ Please see DebugView (bin/dbgview.exe in the distribution), also
+ available from http://www.sysinternals.com and on the wxWindows CD-ROM
+ under Packages.
- If you are installing wxWindows 2 from CVS, you may find that
include/wx/msw/setup.h is missing. This is deliberate, to avoid
developers' different setup.h configurations getting confused.
- Please copy setup0.h to setup.h before compiling.
+ Please copy setup0.h to setup.h before compiling. Also, read
+ the BuildCVS.txt for other hints.
+
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