wxDataObject changes - ok for MSW, still not for GTK/Motif/...

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / msw / install.txt

diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt
index 31a1b1d2db5e3fc85c1fd8878440f2987ceaeab6..ab597749ba4289fd7ce7f534f4f19b10a486973e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/msw/install.txt
+++ b/docs/msw/install.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,30 @@
 
+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 
+
+  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++.
+
+Expect problems.
+
 Installing wxWindows 2.0
 ------------------------
 
@@ -66,7 +92,12 @@ Using project files:
    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. Open a sample project file, choose a configuration, and compile.
+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
    space, but you can switch PCH compiling on for greater speed.
 
@@ -84,8 +115,10 @@ Using makefiles:
 
    to make the wxWindows core library without debug information
    (wx\lib\wx.lib).
-
-3. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.vc'
+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.
+4. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.vc'
    to make all the samples. You can also make them individually.
 
 Notes:
@@ -275,7 +308,7 @@ improving the compiler.
 Cygwin b19/b20/Mingw32 compilation
 ----------------------------------
 
-wxWindows 2.0 supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) b19, b20, Mingw32, and Mingw32/EGCS.
+wxWindows 2 supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) b19, b20, Mingw32, and Mingw32/EGCS.
 
 Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com) and Cygnus for making
 it all possible.
@@ -295,8 +328,12 @@ Here are the steps required:
   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.
+  If using Mingw32 2.8.1, see also see mingw32.txt in this directory
+  (docs/msw) about a fix that has to be applied to a Mingw32 header file.
+
+  If using Mingw32 2.95 with wxWindows 2.1 or above, and wish to use OLE, you
+  should hand-patch in Mingw32-gcc295.patches (located in the top-level of the
+  wxWindows 2 installation).
 
 - Modify the file wx/src/cygnus.bat (or mingw32.bat or mingegcs.bat)
   to set up appropriate variables, if necessary mounting drives.
@@ -305,16 +342,13 @@ Here are the steps required:
 - 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.
+- makeg95.env configuation:
+
+- Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and set the MINGW32 variable at the top of
+  the file to either 1 (you have Mingw32) or 0 (you have Cygwin32).
 
-- Mingw32 may not support winsock.h, so comment out
-  socket-related files in src/msw/makefile.g95.
+- Mingw32 may not support winsock.h, so if you have a problem
+  here, comment out socket-related files in src/msw/makefile.g95.
 
 - Set your WXWIN variable to where wxWindows is installed.
   *** IMPORTANT: For Cygwin/Mingw32, use forward slashes in the path, not
@@ -369,7 +403,7 @@ References:
  - The GNU-WIN32 site is at
      http://www.cygnus.com/gnu-win32/
  - Mingw32 is available at:
-     http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32/index.html
+     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
 
 TWIN32 and gcc on Linux