X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/16553659df1a8fee8b19cc9a8ff8321711fe983c..768d9ec8ca53f44275a6250c44bb69bfc2840e8c:/docs/msw/install.txt diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt index daf60852cb..1f18abb765 100644 --- a/docs/msw/install.txt +++ b/docs/msw/install.txt @@ -1,160 +1,788 @@ +Installing wxWindows 2.5.0 +-------------------------- + +This is wxWindows 2.5.0 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 +and Windows XP. This is an unstable development release. Note that unstable in +this context doesn't mean that it crashes a lot, just that the library API may +change in backwards incompatible way during the 2.5 branch life time. + + +IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please +re-read this instructions and other related files (changes.txt, +readme.txt, FAQ) carefully before mailing wx-users. Preferably, +try to fix the problem first and then upload a patch to +SourceForge: + + http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=9863 + +Please report bugs using the SourceForge bug tracker: + + http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9863 -Installing wxWindows 2.0 ------------------------- 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. +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. To avoid confusion with other +wxWindows installations that might be on your machine, the +installation program does not se the WXWIN environment variable; +please set this by hand via the System applet if you wish to +make it permanent. + +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 CodeWarrior, + 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. -If there is no setup program, it will come as a series of .zip -files: +Unarchive the required files plus any optional documentation +files into a suitable directory such as c:\wx. -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 +Other add-on packages are available from the wxWindows Web site, such as: -Unarchive the required files plus any optional documentation -files into a suitable directory such as c:\wx. Alter your -WXWIN environment variable to point to this directory. +- 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. -Compilation ------------ -At present, wxWindows compiles with VC++ 4.0/5.0/6.0, -BC++ 4.5/5.0, Gnu-Win32 b19/b20, and Mingw32. It may compile -with 16-bit compilers (BC++ and VC++ 1.5) but this hasn't -been tested lately. +General installation notes +-------------------------- -Visual C++ 4.0/5.0/6.0 compilation ----------------------------------- +Alter your WXWIN environment variable to point to the root directory of the +wxWindows installation. For Cygwin or MinGW compilation, make sure WXWIN +contains only 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 features you would like to compile wxWindows with[out]. -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 lib/wxvc.lib or lib/wxvc_debug.lib. -3. Open a sample project file, choose a configuration, and compile. - The project files don't use precompiled headers, to save +Compilation +=========== + +The following sections explain how to compile wxWindows with each supported +compiler. Search for one of Microsoft/Borland/Watcom/Symantec/Metrowerks/ +Cygwin/Mingw32 to quickly locate the instructions for your compiler. + + +Microsoft Visual C++ compilation +-------------------------------- + +You may wish to visit http://wiki.wxwindows.org/wiki.pl?MSVC for a more +informal and more detailed description of the process summarized below. + +Please note that the VC++ 6.0 project files will work for VC++ .NET also, but +you must open the .dsp files and not the .dsw files and in this case you will +need to manually build the other .dsp on which wxWindows.dsp depends: jpeg, +png, regex, tiff and zlib. + +Also note that you can make the project files work with VC++ 5.0 but you'll +need to edit .dsp file by hand before this is possible (change the version in +the .dsp file header from 6.0 to 5.0). + +Using project files (VC++ 6 and later): + +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.dsw, 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. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.nt' to - make the wxWindows core library. -2. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.nt' - to make all the samples. You can also make them individually. +1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set. +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: -Visual C++ 1.5 compilation --------------------------- + 'nmake -f makefile.vc' -1. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.dos' to - make the wxWindows core library. -2. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.dos' + to make the wxWindows core library with debug information + (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. +4. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.vc' to make all the samples. You can also make them individually. - NOTE: only a few samples have up-to-date makefiles, e.g. - minimal, docview, mdi. The utils makefile does not yet work. -Borland C++ 4.5/5.0 compilation +Makefile notes: + + 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). If you want to + be able to use Unicode version on Windows9x, you will need + MSLU (Microsoft Layer for Unicode) runtime DLL and import lib. + The former can be downloaded from Microsoft, the latter is part + of the latest Platform SDK from Microsoft (see msdn.microsoft.com + for details). An alternative implementation of import library can + be downloaded from http://libunicows.sourceforge.net - unlike the + official one, this one works with other compilers and does not + require 300+ MB Platform SDK update. Add MSLU=1 to the nmake + invocation to enable MSLU. + + 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. + +To build the DLL version using makefiles: + +1. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.vc dll' + to make both a suitable DLL and import library, and to build a + suitable precompiled header file for compiling applications. + 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). + +Note (1): if you wish to use templates, please edit +include\wx\msw\setup.h and set wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS to 0. +Without this, the redefinition of 'new' will cause problems in +the headers. Alternatively, #undef new before including template headers. +You will also need to set wxUSE_IOSTREAMH to 0 if you will be +using templates, to avoid the non-template stream files being included +within wxWindows. + +Note (2): libraries and applications generated with makefiles and +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 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 +Size'. In Dialog Editor project, set to 'Customize: Favor Small +Code' (and no others). This will then work. + +Note (4): some crash problems can be due to inconsistent compiler +options. If strange/weird/impossible things start to happen please +check (dumping IDE project file as makefile and doing text comparison +if necessary) that the project settings, especially the list of defined +symbols, struct packing, etc. are exactly the same for all items in +the project. After this, delete everything (including PCH) and recompile. + +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) +----------------------------------- + +No longer supported + + +Borland C++ 5.0/5.5 compilation ------------------------------- -1. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'make -f makefile.b32' to +Compiling using the makefiles (updated 24 Sept 02): + +1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set [e.g add + set WXWIN=c:\wxwindows + to your autoexec.bat file], The WXWIN variable should contain neither spaces nor - + You may like to use the short form as shown by a dos directory listing ; + eg instead of c:\wxwindows-2.5.0 use c:\wxwind~1.4 + 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 compiler warnings. + This produces a library in the wxwindows\lib directory called + wx32ds.lib + +3. Change directory to a sample or demo such as samples\minimal, and type + 'make -f makefile.b32'. This produces a windows exe file - by default + in the BORL subdirectory (see note 9) + +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. This produces a library wx32s.lib eliminating + all debugging information - if you wish to retain reduced debugging information + 'make -f makefile.b32 clean' + 'make -f makefile.b32 FINAL=hybrid' + +5. To make and use wxWindows as a DLL, type + 'make -f makefile.b32 clean' + 'make -f makefile.b32 DLL=1' + which generates a DLL (wx32d.dll) and import library (wx32d.lib), + and then for each sample, + 'make -f makefile.b32 WXUSINGDLL=1' + Please note that the samples have not been exhaustively tested + with this configuration. You may also generate a sepratae library + and second DLL using the commands + 'make -f makefile.b32 clean' + 'make -f makefile.b32 DLL=1 FINAL=1' + which generates a DLL (wx32.dll) and import library (wx32.lib), + and then for each sample, + 'make -f makefile.b32 WXUSINGDLL=1 FINAL=1' + +6. You can use the WXUNIVERSAL widgets instead of the native MSW + ones (eg if you want to build an application with the same + look and feel on all platforms) + Use the command (in src\msw directory) + 'make -f makefile.b32 WXUSINGUNIV=1' + Then run + 'make -f makefile.b32 WXUSINGUNIV=1' in the sample directory which you wish + to build using the wxUniversal widgets. Use 'SET WXTHEME=GTK' [or WIN32 or METAL] + to test the existing themes + The makefile is written with the intention that you can build DLLs + and do final releases by combinations of commandline parameters. + At the time of writing, (Oct 02) not all the wxDialogs are working + +7. To use UNICODE for win2000 and XP systems edit wxWindows\wx\include\msw\setup.h + so that wxUSE_UNICODE is 1 instead of the default value of zero + +8. To make console mode applications with wxWindows functions go + to the src\msw directory + 'make -f makebase.b32 clean' + 'make -f makebase.b32' + There is a sample\console directory and in this type + 'make -f makefile.b32 wxUSE_GUI=0' + +9. OUTPUTDIR may be set to the name of the directory where you want all the + object files to be generated (the library files are always created in + %WXWIN%\lib). Compilation will fail if you set it to an empty string + to create them in the same directory as the source. If you change OUTPUTDIR, + make sure that it does not have a trailing backslash! + In the samples, you may use EXEDIR=adir to build the samples in adir. Setting + EXEDIR=. will build in the current directory, + +Note (0): This provides the ability to produce separate wxwindows libraries + for different purposes, and only have to rebuild the applications + +Note (1): 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 (2): 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 (3): 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 from the file bc32.zip at + http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub/ports/bcc32/wxwin21/ and select 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 (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 (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. + +Note (2): to make the png, zlib, jpeg and tiff libraries (needed for +some samples) you need to compile them with bc32.ide. + +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. + +** 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 +---------------------------------- + +1. Build the wxWindows libraries using the Borland make utility as + specified in the section called "Borland C++ 5.0 compilation" + above. (C++ Builder includes a stand-alone C++ compiler. For example, + C++ Builder 4.0 comes with C++ 5.4.) + +2. 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 1-6; v4 and after will convert this to bpr]. + Execute this in the sampledirectory, passing the name of the cpp files + on the command line. For more details, see the instructions in + docs/tech/tn0004.htm or http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/ide.html. + +Borland 16 Bit compilation for Windows 3.1 +------------------------------------------ + +The last version of wxWindows to support 16-bit compilation with Borland was +2.2.7 - Please download and read the instructions in that release + +Watcom C++ 10.6/11 and OpenWatcom 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 make the wxWindows core library. -2. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'make -f makefile.b32' - to make all the samples. You can also make them individually. - NOTE: only a few samples have up-to-date makefiles, e.g. - minimal, docview, mdi. The utils makefile does not yet work. +3. Change directory to wx\samples\minimal and type 'wmake -f makefile.wat' + to make this sample. Repeat for other samples of interest. -Gnu-Win32 b19/b20/Mingw32 compilation -------------------------------------- -wxWindows 2.0 supports Gnu-Win32/Cygwin b19, b20, Mingw32, and Mingw32/EGCS. +There are several makefile variables which may be modified: -Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com) and Cygnus for making -it all possible. +- FINAL may be set to 1 (e.g. 'wmake -f makefile.wat FINAL=1') to build + the release version of the library, i.e. without debug info and with + optimizations enabled -From wxWindows 2.0 beta 9, both Gnu-Win32 and Mingw32 (the minimal -distribution of Gnu-Win32) can be used with the same makefiles. +- WATCOM_SUFFIX is appended to the names of all libraries produced by the + makefile -- this allows to use several compilers in the same wxWindows + source tree. If you only use Watcom compiler, set WATCOM_SUFFIX to nothing. -Here are the steps required: +- OUTPUTDIR may be set to the name of the directory where you want all the + object files to be generated (the library files are always created in + %WXWIN%\lib). Compilation will fail if you set it to an empty string + to create them in the same directory as the source. If you change OUTPUTDIR, + make sure that it does not have a trailing backslash! -- Retrieve and install the latest beta of Gnu-Win32, or Mingw32, as per the - instructions with either of these packages. +- In the samples, you may use EXEDIR=adir to build the samples in adir. Setting + EXEDIR=. will build in the current directory, -- 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. - 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. +Note (1): if your installation of Watcom doesn't have odbc32.lib file and + you need it (i.e. you have wxUSE_ODBC=1), you can use the file + from 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++ 10. + +Note (3): RawBitmaps won't work at present because they use unsupported template + classes + +Note (4): 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. CodeWarrior Pro7 project files in XML format are already + included in wxMSW-2.5.0.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 src\wxWindowsW7.xml to create the project file wxWindowsW7.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, there are project files for the minimal, + controls, dialogs, dnd, nd docview samples. You can use these project + files as templates for the other samples and for your own projects. + - For example, to make a project file for the "newgrid" sample, + just copy the project file for the "minimal" sample, minimalW7.mcp + (made by importing minimalW7.xml into CodeWarrior), into the + sample/newgrid directory, calling it newgridW7.mcp. Open + newgridW7.mcp and revise the project by deleting the files + minimal.rc and minimal.cpp and adding the files griddemo.rc and + griddemo.cpp. Build and run.... + + +Cygwin/MinGW compilation +------------------------ + +wxWindows 2 supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) betas and +releases, and MinGW. Cygwin can be downloaded from: + + http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ + +and MinGW from: + + http://www.mingw.org/ + +Both Cygwin and MinGW can be used with the same makefiles, and both can be +used with configure. However the (strongly) preferred way to build wxWindows +is using configure with Cygwin and using the makefiles with MinGW as these +configurations are test much more often than the remaining two and so are much +more likely to work out of the box. + + +NOTE: some notes specific to old Cygwin (< 1.1.x) + and MinGW (< 1.0) are at the end of this section + (see OLD VERSIONS) + +There are two methods of compiling wxWindows, by using the +makefiles provided or by using 'configure'. + +Retrieve and install the latest version of Cygwin, or MinGW, as per +the instructions with either of these packages. + +If using MinGW, you can download the add-on MSYS package to +provide Unix-like tools that you'll need to build wxWindows. +If you do not want to use MSYS, then you need to download extra utilities from +ports/mingw32 on the wxWindows ftp site or CD-ROM: + + ftp://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub/ports/mingw32/extra.zip + +These should be extracted to a directory in your path. If you have +already downloaded rm, cp, mv from elsewhere, or are using +MSYS, you won't need all of these files. However if using MSYS +and configure to build wxWindows, you will need to unzip the +following files from extra.zip and place them in e.g. an +extrabin directory which you then add to your path: + + bison.exe bison.hairy bison.simple flex.exe + +You will also need to set these variables: + + set BISON_SIMPLE=c:\apps\mingw2.0.0-3\extrabin\bison.simple + set BISON_HAIRY=c:\apps\mingw2.0.0-3\extrabin\bison.hairy + +Here we're setting them in DOS before invoking 'sh', but you +could set them within the shell instead. + +The 'configure' method uses flex and bison, whereas the +direct makefile method uses pregenerated C files. + +Using makefiles directly +======================== + +NOTE: The makefile are for compilation under Cygwin, MSYS, or + command.com/cmd.exe, they won't work in other environments + (such as UNIX) -- For Gnu-Win32, make sure there's a \tmp directory on your - Windows drive or bison will crash. +Here are the steps required using the provided makefiles: -- Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and search for MINGW32. Take note of - the comments for adjusting settings to suit Gnu-Win32 or - Mingw32. Basically, this is just a case of adding the __MINGW32__ symbol - to OPTIONS for Mingw32, or removing it for Cygnus Gnu-Win32. - For Mingw32/EGCS, add both __MINGW32__ and __EGCS__. +- Set your WXWIN variable to where wxWindows is installed. + *** IMPORTANT: For Cygwin/MinGW, use forward slashes in the path, not + backslashes. -- Mingw32 may not support winsock.h, so comment out - socket-related files in src/msw/makefile.g95. +- Edit src/makeg95.env and set the MINGW32 variable at the top of + the file to either 1 (you have MinGW) or 0 (if you have + Cygwin); also set the MINGW32VERSION variable appropriately for your + GCC version. - 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 clean > make -f makefile.g95 > cd c:\wx\samples\minimal + > make -f makefile.g95 cleanall > make -f makefile.g95 -- Use the 'strip' command to reduce executable size. + to compile with optimizations: + > cd c:\wx\src\msw + > make -f makefile.g95 clean + > make -f makefile.g95 FINAL=1 + > cd c:\wx\samples\minimal + > make -f makefile.g95 cleanall + > make -f makefile.g95 FINAL=1 + + to compile a DLL: + > cd c:\wx\src\msw + > make -f makefile.g95 clean + > make -f makefile.g95 WXMAKINGDLL=1 + > cd c:\wx\samples\minimal + > make -f makefile.g95 cleanall + > make -f makefile.g95 WXUSINGDLL=1 + + to compile the Unicode version: + > cd c:\wx\src\msw + > make -f makefile.g95 clean + > make -f makefile.g95 UNICODE=1 + > cd c:\wx\samples\minimal + > make -f makefile.g95 cleanall + > make -f makefile.g95 UNICODE=1 -- With Cygnus Gnu-Win32, you can invoke gdb --nw myfile.exe to + 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/dll size (note that + stripping an executable/dll will remove debug information!). + +- 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. + 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 'cleanall' targets to +allow removal of all object files and library files. + +Using configure +=============== + +Instead of using the makefiles, you can use the configure +system to generate appropriate makefiles, as used on Unix +and Mac OS X systems. + +Change directory to the root of the wxWindows distribution, +make a build directory, and run configure and make in this directory. + +For example: + + cd $WXWIN + mkdir build-debug + cd build-debug + ../configure --with-msw --enable-debug --enable-debug_gdb --disable-shared + make + make install % This step is optional, see note (8) below. + cd samples/minimal + make + ./minimal.exe + +Notes: + +1. See also the Cygwin/MinGW on the web site or CD-ROM for + further information about using wxWindows with these compilers. + +2. libwx.a is 100 MB or more - but much less if compiled with no + debug info (-g0) and level 4 optimization (-O4). + +3. If you get a link error under MinGW 2.95.2 referring to: + + EnumDAdvise__11IDataObjectPP13IEnumSTATDATA@8 + + then you need to edit the file objidl.h at line 663 and add + a missing PURE keyword: + + STDMETHOD(EnumDAdvise)(THIS_ IEnumSTATDATA**) PURE; + +4. There's a bug in MinGW headers for some early distributions. + + in include/windows32/defines.h, where it says: + + #define LPSTR_TEXTCALLBACKA (LPSTR)-1L) + + it should say: + + #define LPSTR_TEXTCALLBACKA ((LPSTR)-1L) + + (a missing bracket). + +5. 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. + +6. If there's a problem executing the windres program, try + commenting out RCPREPROCESSOR in makeg95.env. + +7. OpenGL support should work with MinGW 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. + +8. The 'make install' step is optional, and copies files + as follows: + + /usr/local/lib - wxmswXYZd.dll.a and wxmswXYZd.dll + /usr/local/include/wx - wxWindows header files + /usr/local/bin - wx-config + + You may need to do this if using wx-config with the + default root path. + +OLD VERSIONS: + +- If using MinGW 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). MinGW 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). - If using GnuWin32 b18, you will need to copy windres.exe - from e.g. the Mingw32 distribution, to a directory in your path. + from e.g. the MinGW distribution, to a directory in your path. -All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files -and other intermediate compiler files. -Gotchas: +Symantec & DigitalMars C++ compilation +------------------------ +The DigitalMars compiler is a free succssor to the Symantec compiler +and can be downloaded from http://www.digitalmars.com/ + +1. You need to download and unzip in turn (later packages will oevrwrite older files) + Digital Mars C/C++ Compiler Version 8.33 + Basic utilities + beta test C++ Compiler Version 8.34 + from http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html [02 may 03, CE] + +2. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short + name) form. + +3. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'make -f makefile.sc' to + make the wxWindows core library. +4. Change directory to wx\samples\minimal and type 'make -f makefile.sc' + to make this sample. The mdi and image sample also work; others may give + linker erros due to missing libraries + +16-bit compilation is no longer supported. + + +Salford C++ compilation +----------------------- + +1. Make sure your WXWIN variable is set, and uses the FAT (short + name) form. +2. Edit SALFORDDIR and RESOURCEDIR in src/makesl.env as per + notes. +3. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'mk32 -f makefile.sl all' to + make the wxWindows core library. +4. Change directory to wx\samples\minimal and type 'mk32 -f makefile.sl' + to make this sample. + +Unfortunately, Salford C++ seems to have problems with its code generation for +operations on objects, as seen in wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight +(minimal sample) or wxWindow::SetValidator (mdi sample). Also the +the debugging version of the library is 90MB, with samples coming in +at 40MB :-) However, wxWindows at least makes a good test suite for +improving the compiler. + + +TWIN32 and gcc on Linux +----------------------- + +The wxWindows 2 for Windows port may be compiled using +the TWIN32 emulator package from www.willows.com. However, +TWIN32 is by no means finished so this should be taken as +something to think about for the future, rather than +a tool for writing products with. -- 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 Gnu-Win32. However, you can use it with external - decompression utilities. -- Doesn't compile src/msw/ole files, so no drag and drop. +Use makefile.twn in much the same way as makefile.g95, as +described above. Not all sample makefiles are supplied yet. -References: +For some reason, I found I had to copy TWIN32's Windows resource +compiler (rc) to the current working directory for it to be found. - - 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 - - See also http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/gnuwin32.htm -Notes ------ +General Notes +------------- - 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: + 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. - http://ftp.digital.com/pub/micro/NT/WinSite/programr/dbwin32.zip +- 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. Also, read + the BuildCVS.txt for other hints. - and it's also on the wxWindows CD-ROM under Packages.