+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// String functions (deprecated, use wxString)
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Useful buffer (FIXME VZ: yeah, that is. To be removed!)
+WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxChar*) wxBuffer;
+
+// Make a copy of this string using 'new'
+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();
+
+// Get OS description as a user-readable string
+WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxGetOsDescription();
+
+// Get OS version
+WXDLLEXPORT int wxGetOsVersion(int *majorVsn = (int *) NULL,
+ int *minorVsn = (int *) NULL);