X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/7fee680be802877ac483e22ee68e3c1957663d0b..6853365e97d65e7d8c15e523ac13b8600b1a78ad:/docs/msw/install.txt diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt index 50fd12e2c2..138ee16b0a 100644 --- a/docs/msw/install.txt +++ b/docs/msw/install.txt @@ -1,16 +1,14 @@ -Installing wxWindows 2.1 +Installing wxWindows 2.3 ------------------------ -This is a beta 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 earlier versions -of wxWindows have been fixed. +This is wxWindows 2.3 for Microsoft Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and +Windows NT/Windows 2000. This is an unstable development release. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please -re-read this instructions and other related files (release.txt, -todo.txt, bugs.txt etc.) carefully before mailing wxwin-users or -the author. Preferably, try to fix the problem first and +re-read this instructions and other related files (changes.txt, +readme.txt, notes on the Web site) carefully before mailing +wx-users or the author. Preferably, try to fix the problem first and then send a patch to the author. Please report bugs using the bug report form on the wxWindows web site. @@ -34,20 +32,8 @@ program contains the following: - Tex2RTF source; - Dialog Editor binary. -Alternatively, you may unarchive the set of .zip files by hand, -where x is the minor version number and y is the release number: - -wx2_x_y_gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required) -wx2_x_y_msw.zip Windows-specific source code and samples (required) -wx2_x_y_doc.zip Documentation source code (not required) -wx2_x_y_hlp.zip WinHelp documentation -wx2_x_y_pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation -wx2_x_y_htm.zip HTML documentation -wx2_x_y_vc.zip MS VC++ 5.0 project files -wx2_x_y_cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files -wx2_x_y_bc.zip BC++ 5 project files -jpeg.zip Use this to allow wxImage to read and write JPEG files -tiff.zip Use this to allow wxImage to read and write TIFF files +Alternatively, you may unarchive the .zip form by hand: +wxMSW-x.y.z.zip where x.y.z is the version number. Unarchive the required files plus any optional documentation files into a suitable directory such as c:\wx. @@ -81,7 +67,8 @@ Visual C++ 4.0/5.0/6.0 compilation Using project files (VC++ 5 and 6 only): -1. Unarchive wx2_x_y_vc.zip, the VC++ 5/6 project makefiles. +1. Unarchive wxWindows-x.y.z-vc.zip, the VC++ 5/6 project + makefiles (already included in wxMSW-x.y.z.zip and the setup version). 2. Open src/wxvc.dsp, set Debug or Release configuration for the wxvc project, and compile. Alternatively, use Batch Build to build both Debug and Release configurations. @@ -199,9 +186,15 @@ the project. After this, delete everything (including PCH) and recompile. Note (5): for some further notes about upgrading your project files to be compatible with wxWindows 2.1.14, please see -"Highlights of wxWindows 2.1.14" from the Download page of the +"Highlights of wxWindows" from the Download page of the web site or CD-ROM. +Note (6): 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) ----------------------------------- @@ -234,6 +227,13 @@ Compiling using the makefiles: 'make -f makefile.b32 clean' 'make -f makefile.b32 FINAL=1' for the library and samples. +5. To make and use wxWindows as a DLL, type + 'make -f makefile.b32 clean' + 'make -f makefile.b32 DLL=1' + and then for each sample, + 'make -f makefile.b32 WXUSINGDLL=1' + Please note that the samples have not been exhaustively tested + with this configuration. Note (1): the wxWindows library and (some) samples compile in 16-bit mode using makefile.bcc, but at present the wxWindows resource system is switched @@ -288,22 +288,110 @@ 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, xpm, zlib, jpeg and tiff libraries (needed for +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 bc_ide.txt for further instructions and details +See also the file docs/tech/tn0007.txt for further instructions and details of how to create your own project files. +Borland C++ 5.5 compilation +--------------------------- + +Before compiling wxWindows with Borland C++ 5.5, there are a few +issues concerning the compiler installation: + +1. The compiler must be installed to a path that does not contain + spaces, such as c:\Borland\Bcc55 (in particular, do not install + it below "C:\Program Files"). + +2. Make sure that you downloaded and installed the service pack 1 + for Borland C++ 5.5. This SP1 can be downloaded from: + http://www.borland.com/devsupport/bcppbuilder/patches/#freecompiler55 + + IMPORTANT: + When installing SP1, make sure that you extract (UnZip) the files + to the directory where you installed Borland C++ 5.5 (e.g., + c:\Borland\Bcc55) with the option "use folder names" selected. + This is necessary, to ensure that the files (mostly include files) + are extracted to the right directory. + +3. Create the following two files in the same directory where you + installed Borland C++ 5.5 (e.g., c:\Borland\Bcc55): + + a. bcc32.cfg + text file containing the following two lines: + -I"c:\Borland\Bcc55\include" + -L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib" + + b. ilink32.cfg + text file containing the following line: + -L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib" + + (replace c:\Borland\Bcc55 with the actual path where you installed + Borland C++ 5.5) + +4. Add the borland BIN directory to your path (e.g., c:\Borland\Bcc55\bin), + and define the environment variable BCCDIR= + (e.g., set BCCDIR=c:\Borland\Bcc55) + +Compiling wxWindows: + +Once the compiler and its service pack are properly installed, you build +wxWindows using the provided makefile.b32 in the src/msw directory: + +a. To build wxWindows in DEBUG mode: + + cd c:\wx2\src\msw + make -f makefile.b32 + + (replace c:\wx2 with the actual path where you installed wxWindows) + +b. To build wxWindows in RELEASE mode: + + cd c:\wx2\src\msw + make -f makefile.b32 FINAL=1 + + (if you had previously built wxWindows, you need to clean all of + the object and intermediate files. Before the above make command, + run: 'make -f makefile.b32 CLEANALL') + +IMPORTANT: +The Service Pack 1 for Borland C++ 5.5 must be installed before wxWindows +is compiled. If you compiled wxWindows before, it is advised that you +re-compile it following the next steps: + + cd c:\wx2\src\msw + make -f makefile.b32 CLEANALL + make -f makefile.b32 (or make -f makefile.b32 FINAL=1) + + (replace c:\wx2 with the actual path where you installed wxWindows) + +** 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 compilation ------------------------------ -C++Builder compilation is the same as for Borland C++ above. +1. Build the wxWindows libraries using the Borland make utility as + specified in the section called "Borland C++ 4.5/5.0 compilation" + above. (C++ Builder includes a stand-alone C++ compiler. For example, + C++ Builder 4.0 comes with C++ 5.4.) -Tested with C++Builder 1.0 and 3.0. Only makefiles are currently -supplied. +2. You can build samples using the makefiles as per the + instructions for BC++ above, or you can follow the instructions + in docs/tech/tn0004.htm or http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/wx/bc/ide.html. Watcom C++ 10.6/11 compilation --------------------------- @@ -315,31 +403,20 @@ Watcom C++ 10.6/11 compilation 3. Change directory to wx\samples\minimal and type 'wmake -f makefile.wat' to make this sample. Repeat for other samples of interest. -Note (1): setup.h overrides wxUSE_LIBJPEG and sets it to 0, since -imagjpeg.cpp doesn't compile. -Note (2): makewat.env uses the odbc32.lib supplied in wxWindows' lib\watcom +Note (1): makewat.env uses the odbc32.lib supplied in wxWindows' lib\watcom directory. See the notes in that directory. -Note (3): if variant.cpp is compiled with date/time class +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++. -Note (4): if Watcom can't read the precompiled header when +Note (3): if Watcom can't read the precompiled header when building a sample, try deleting src\msw\watcom.pch and compiling the sample again. -Note (5): if you get _popen_ and _pclose_ link errors, try -recompiling wxWindows with XPM support disabled in setup.h. -Alternatively, make sure these lines exist at the top of -src\xpm\xpmi.h: - -// Added by JACS for Watcom C++/wxWindows compilation (no popen/pclose functions) -#ifdef __WATCOMC__ -#define NO_ZPIPE -#endif Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation ---------------------------------- -1. Downloaded and unzip wx2_x_y_cw.zip. +1. Downloaded and unzip wxWindows-x.y.z-cw.zip. 2. Load the make_cw.mcp project in wx\src, and compile. 3. Load the make_cw.mcp project in wx\samples\minimal, and compile. Further project files for samples will be available in due @@ -388,54 +465,47 @@ 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. -Cygwin b19/b20/Mingw32 compilation +Cygwin/Mingw32 compilation ---------------------------------- -wxWindows 2 supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) b19, b20, Mingw32, -and Mingw32/EGCS. +wxWindows 2 supports Cygwin (formerly GnuWin32) betas and +releases, and Mingw32. -Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com) and Cygnus for making -it all possible. +Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com), Cygnus +and others for making it all possible. -From wxWindows 2.0 beta 9, both Cygwin and Mingw32 (the minimal -distribution of Cygwin) can be used with the same makefiles. +Both Cygwin and Mingw32 (the minimal distribution of Cygwin) can be used +with the same makefiles. Here are the steps required: - Retrieve and install the latest beta of Cygwin, or Mingw32, as per the instructions with either of these packages. -- 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. - If you have already have downloaded bison, flex, make, rm, cp, mv +- If using Mingw32, you need some extra files to use the wxWindows + makefiles. You can find these files in ports/mingw32 on the + wxWindows ftp site or CD-ROM, as extra.zip. These should be extracted + to the Mingw32 directory. If you have alread downloaded rm, cp, mv from elsewhere, you won't need this. - 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 and below with wxWindows 2.1 or above, you - must hand-patch in Mingw32-gcc295.patches (located in the top-level of the - wxWindows 2 installation). Mingw32 2.95.2 and above contain the - fixes already. + must hand-patch with Mingw32-gcc295.patches (located in the + top-level of the wxWindows 2 installation). Mingw32 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 this - for ordinary wxWindows compilation: a pre-generated .c file is + Windows drive or bison will crash (actually you don't need + bison for ordinary wxWindows compilation: a pre-generated .c file is supplied). - 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). - If using MINGW32, also set the MINGW32VERSION variable - appropriately. - -- Mingw32 may not support winsock.h, so if you have a problem - here, comment out socket-related files in src/msw/makefile.g95. + the file to either 1 (you have Mingw32 or Cygwin 1.x releases) or 0 + (if you have Cygwin betas). If using Mingw32, also set the + MINGW32VERSION variable appropriately. - Set your WXWIN variable to where wxWindows is installed. *** IMPORTANT: For Cygwin/Mingw32, use forward slashes in the path, not @@ -452,7 +522,7 @@ Here are the steps required: - Use the 'strip' command to reduce executable size. -- With Cygnus Cygwin, you can invoke gdb --nw myfile.exe to +- 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. @@ -482,9 +552,9 @@ Notes: (a missing bracket). -4. If there's a problem with the copy command in +4. If there's a problem with the copy or remove commands in src/msw/makefile.g95, you may need to change the COPY and - COPYSEP variables in makeg95.env. + RM variables in makeg95.env. 5. If there's a problem executing the windres program, try commenting out RCPREPROCESSOR in makeg95.env. @@ -504,11 +574,10 @@ Notes: References: - - The GNU-WIN32 site is at - http://www.cygnus.com/gnu-win32/ + - The Cygwin site is at + http://sourceware.cygnus.com - Mingw32 is available at: - 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 + ftp://www.mingw.org TWIN32 and gcc on Linux ----------------------- @@ -529,17 +598,14 @@ 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: - - http://ftp.digital.com/pub/micro/NT/WinSite/programr/dbwin32.zip - - and it's also on the wxWindows CD-ROM under Packages. + 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. - 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. + Please copy setup0.h to setup.h before compiling. Also, read + the BuildCVS.txt for other hints.