X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/33b64e6f8b7cf372a569e61d7eee879217945043..b480d851282158791498ebdd7b5ff186fb8ecec3:/docs/msw/install.txt

diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt
index 279b02954e..98481fb68f 100644
--- a/docs/msw/install.txt
+++ b/docs/msw/install.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ 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.
+
 Visual C++ 1.5 compilation
 --------------------------
 
@@ -332,15 +339,29 @@ Here are the steps required:
 All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files
 and other intermediate compiler files.
 
-Gotchas:
+Notes:
 
 - 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 Cygwin. However, you can use it with external
   decompression utilities.
+
 - Doesn't compile src/msw/ole files, so no drag and drop.
 
+- There's a bug in the Mingw32 headers for some 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).
+
 References:
 
  - The GNU-WIN32 site is at