+extern void WXDLLEXPORT wxWakeUpIdle();
+
+#if wxUSE_GUI
+
+// Post a message to the given eventhandler which will be processed during the
+// next event loop iteration
+inline void WXDLLEXPORT wxPostEvent(wxEvtHandler *dest, wxEvent& event)
+{
+ wxCHECK_RET( dest, wxT("need an object to post event to in wxPostEvent") );
+
+ dest->AddPendingEvent(event);
+}
+
+#endif // wxUSE_GUI
+
+// console applications may avoid using DECLARE_APP and IMPLEMENT_APP macros
+// and call these functions instead at the program startup and termination
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if !wxUSE_GUI
+
+// initialize the library (may be called as many times as needed, but each
+// call to wxInitialize() must be matched by wxUninitialize())
+extern bool WXDLLEXPORT wxInitialize();
+
+// clean up - the library can't be used any more after the last call to
+// wxUninitialize()
+extern void WXDLLEXPORT wxUninitialize();
+
+#endif // !wxUSE_GUI