X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/9afe7433490c21f2481f81bb3cf22882083314c2..db1e00f6aae428654770c0084a2e8dcc0907702d:/docs/msw/install.txt?ds=inline

diff --git a/docs/msw/install.txt b/docs/msw/install.txt
index 3eb302052c..2ecc84b31b 100644
--- a/docs/msw/install.txt
+++ b/docs/msw/install.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Installing wxWidgets 2.7.0
+Installing wxWidgets 2.8.0
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
-This is wxWidgets 2.7.0 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT,
+This is wxWidgets 2.8.0 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT,
 Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows CE.
 
 These installation notes can be found in docs/msw/install.txt
@@ -133,13 +133,16 @@ Using project files (VC++ 6 and later):
    to compile it.  It will also produce similar variations on jpeg.lib,
    png.lib, tiff.lib, zlib.lib, and regex.lib.
 
-   If you want to build DLLs, you have to either build them one by one in
-   proper order (jpeg, png, tiff, zlib, regex, expat, base, core, the rest
-   in any order) or to use wx_dll.dsw workspace which has correct dependencies.
-   Unfortunately, VC++ 6 (but not VC++ 7 and later) doesn't always respect the
-   dependencies among the projects so you may still get linking errors due to
-   wrong build order. If this happens, please just start the build again and
-   eventually all the libraries will be built.
+   If you want to build DLL configurations in wx.dsw project you unfortunately
+   need to build them in the proper order (jpeg, png, tiff, zlib, regex, expat,
+   base, net, odbc, core, gl, html, media, qa, adv, dbgrid, xrc, aui, richtext)
+   manually because VC6 doesn't always respect the correct build order.
+
+   Alternatively, use the special wx_dll.dsw project which adds the
+   dependencies to force the correct order (but, because of this, doesn't work
+   for the static libraries) or simply redo the build several times until all
+   DLLs are linked correctly. Pleae notice that it's normal that dbgrid project
+   doesn't build if wxUSE_ODBC is set to 0 (default).
 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
@@ -344,6 +347,13 @@ Note (4): if Watcom can't read the precompiled header when building a sample,
           try deleting .pch files in build\msw\wat_* and compiling
           the sample again.
 
+Note (5): wxUSE_STD_STRING is disabled in wx/string.h for Watcom as this
+          compiler doesn't come with standard C++ library headers by default.
+          If you install STLPort or another STL implementation, you'll need to
+          edit wx/string.h and remove the check for Digital Mars in it (search
+          for __WATCOM__).
+
+
 Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -354,7 +364,7 @@ Metrowerks CodeWarrior compilation
 **       The authoritative list of files is in build/bakefiles/files.bkl
 
 1. CodeWarrior Pro 7 project files in XML format are already
-   included in wxMSW-2.7.0.zip and the setup version.
+   included in wxMSW-2.8.0.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
@@ -447,9 +457,9 @@ Using makefiles directly
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 NOTE: The makefile.gcc makefiles are for compilation under MinGW using
-      native make and Windows command interpreter (command.com/cmd.exe), they
-      won't work in other environments (such as UNIX or Unix-like, e.g. MSYS;
-      you have to use configure instead)
+      Windows command interpreter (command.com/cmd.exe), they won't work in
+      other environments (such as UNIX or Unix-like, e.g. MSYS where you have
+      to use configure instead, see the section below)
 
 Here are the steps required using the provided makefiles:
 
@@ -597,6 +607,12 @@ using bakefile tool according to the instructions in build\bakefiles\README:
     bakefile_gen -f dmars -b ../../samples/minimal/minimal.bkl
 
 
+Note that wxUSE_STD_STRING is disabled in wx/string.h for Digital Mars as this
+compiler doesn't come with standard C++ library headers by default. If you
+install STLPort or another STL implementation, you'll need to edit wx/string.h
+and remove the check for Digital Mars in it (search for __DMC__).
+
+
 16-bit compilation is no longer supported.
 
 Configuring the build