+WXDLLEXPORT wxChar* copystring(const wxChar *s);
+
+// Matches string one within string two regardless of case
+WXDLLEXPORT bool StringMatch(wxChar *one, wxChar *two, bool subString = TRUE, bool exact = FALSE);
+
+// A shorter way of using strcmp
+#define wxStringEq(s1, s2) (s1 && s2 && (wxStrcmp(s1, s2) == 0))
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Miscellaneous functions
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Sound the bell
+WXDLLEXPORT void wxBell(void) ;
+
+// Get OS version
+WXDLLEXPORT int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn= (int *) NULL,int *minorVsn= (int *) NULL) ;
+
+// Return a string with the current date/time
+WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxNow();
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Window ID management
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------