Each of the following samples demonstrates one or more aspect of wxWidgets.<P>
<ul>
-<li><a href="../../samples/calendar">artprov</a>: shows how you can customize the look of standard
+<li><a href="../../samples/artprov">artprov</a>: shows how you can customize the look of standard
wxWidgets dialogs by replacing default bitmaps/icons with your own versions.
<li><a href="../../samples/calendar">calendar</a>: a sample to test the wxCalendarCtrl class.
<li><a href="../../samples/caret">caret</a>: a sample to test the wxCaret class.
<li><a href="../../samples/controls">controls</a>: sample showing a variety of controls, including
wxNotebook.
<li><a href="../../samples/db">db</a>: wxDB ODBC sample.
-<li><a href="../../samples/ipc">ipc</a>: shows the DDE-like protocol in action, both using real
-DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit <a href="../../samples/ipc/ddesetup.h">ddesetup.h</a>
-to switch between compilation modes.
<li><a href="../../samples/dialogs">dialogs</a>: shows some of the common dialogs available -- wxFontDialog,
wxColourDialog, wxFileDialog, wxDirDialog, wxMessageBox, wxTextEntryDialog, wxSingleChoiceDialog.
For printing-related dialogs, see the printing sample.
-<li><a href="../../samples/dragimag">dragimag</a>: wxDragImage demo.
<li><a href="../../samples/dialup">dialup</a>: wxDialUpManager demo.
<li><a href="../../samples/dnd">dnd</a>: demonstrates drag and drop on supported platforms.
<li><a href="../../samples/docview">docview</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
using wxFrame.
<li><a href="../../samples/docvwmdi">docvwmdi</a>: demonstrates use of the document view classes,
using wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame.
+<li><a href="../../samples/dragimag">dragimag</a>: wxDragImage demo.
<li><a href="../../samples/drawing">drawing</a>: tests device context drawing.
<li><a href="../../samples/dynamic">dynamic</a>: shows how to connect events to member functions
dynamically.
<li><a href="../../samples/html/zip">zip</a>: shows how help files can be packaged in zip archives.
</ul>
<li><a href="../../samples/image">image</a>: shows off the cross-platform wxImage class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/ipc">ipc</a>: shows the DDE-like protocol in action, both using real
+DDE on Windows, and TCP/IP on all platforms. Edit <a href="../../samples/ipc/ddesetup.h">ddesetup.h</a>
+to switch between compilation modes.
<li><a href="../../samples/internat">internat</a>: use of wxWidgets' internationalization support.
<li><a href="../../samples/joytest">joytest</a>: tests the wxJoystick class (currently Windows and GTK only).
<li><a href="../../samples/keyboard">keyboard</a>: tests keyboard support.
wxTime, wxDate and wxVariant.
<li><a href="../../samples/validate">validate</a>: shows simple use of validation.
<li><a href="../../samples/wizard">wizard</a>: demonstrates the wxWizard class.
+<li><a href="../../samples/xrc">xrc</a>: demonstrates the XRC resource system.
</ul>
The following are deprecated samples.
%\special{!/@scaleunit 1 def}
\parskip=10pt
\parindent=0pt
-\title{wxWidgets 2.5.2: A portable C++ and Python GUI toolkit}
+\title{wxWidgets 2.5.3: A portable C++ and Python GUI toolkit}
\winhelponly{\author{by Julian Smart et al
%\winhelponly{\\$$\image{1cm;0cm}{wxwin.wmf}$$}
}}
\winhelpignore{\author{Julian Smart, Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin,
Robin Dunn, et al}
-\date{May 2004}
+\date{October, 2004}
}
\makeindex
\begin{document}
When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWidgets you are
using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One
- example: wxMGL 2.5.2, gcc 2.95.3, Redhat 7.0
+ example: wxMGL 2.5.3, gcc 2.95.3, Redhat 7.0
First steps
-----------
When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWidgets you are
using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One
- example: wxMotif 2.5.2, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.1
+ example: wxMotif 2.5.3, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.1
First steps
-----------
- Welcome to wxWidgets/Motif 2.5.2
+ Welcome to wxWidgets/Motif 2.5.3
-You have downloaded version 2.5.2 of the Motif port of
+You have downloaded version 2.5.3 of the Motif port of
the wxWidgets GUI library.
More information about the wxWidgets project as a whole
-Installing wxWidgets 2.5.2
+Installing wxWidgets 2.5.3
--------------------------
-This is wxWidgets 2.5.2 for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000
+This is wxWidgets 2.5.3 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 lifetime.
----------------------------------
1. CodeWarrior Pro7 project files in XML format are already
- included in wxMSW-2.5.2.zip and the setup version.
+ included in wxMSW-2.5.3.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
=================================================
- Welcome to wxWidgets/CE 2.5.2
+ Welcome to wxWidgets/CE 2.5.3
=================================================
-You have downloaded version 2.5.2 of the Windows CE port of
+You have downloaded version 2.5.3 of the Windows CE port of
the wxWidgets GUI library. This runs on PocketPC 2002,
SmartPhone 2002, and Windows CE .NET 4.x.
-Installing wxWidgets 2.5.2
+Installing wxWidgets 2.5.3
--------------------------
-This is wxWidgets 2.5.2 for IBM OS/2 Warp3 and Warp4. This is an unstable
+This is wxWidgets 2.5.3 for IBM OS/2 Warp3 and Warp4. This is an unstable
development release and OS/2 is considered to be in beta.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please
At this time there is no comprehensive setup.exe type installation program.
wxWidgets for OS/2 requires you download various .zip files and unpack them
to your desired location on your system. Pick a location say,
-C:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2, copy the .zip files to there and unzip them ensuring you
+C:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3, copy the .zip files to there and unzip them ensuring you
unzip the subdirectories as well. You will need:
- All common, generic and OS2-specific wxWidgets source;
- PNG library source;
- ZLIB library source;
-All but the documentation is included in wxOS2-2.5.2.zip, documentation
+All but the documentation is included in wxOS2-2.5.3.zip, documentation
must be downloaded separately from the wxWidgets Web site.
Other add-on packages are available from the wxWidgets Web site, such as:
After unzipping everything your directory tree should look something like
this:
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\docs (your HTML reference manual)
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\include\wx
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\include\wx\generic
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\include\wx\html
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\include\wx\os2
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\samples\.... (all the sample directories)
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\src
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\src\common
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\src\generic
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\src\html
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\src\jpeg
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\src\os2
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\src\png
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\src\tiff
-x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\src\zlib
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\docs (your HTML reference manual)
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\include\wx
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\include\wx\generic
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\include\wx\html
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\include\wx\os2
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\samples\.... (all the sample directories)
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\src
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\src\common
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\src\generic
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\src\html
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\src\jpeg
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\src\os2
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\src\png
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\src\tiff
+x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\src\zlib
If you are using VisualAge, you will also need to ensure you have a
-\lib directory as well, x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\lib
+\lib directory as well, x:\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\lib
and you will have to set a WXWIN environment variable in your
config.sys,
-SET WXWIN=X:\WX\WXWINDOWS-2.5.2;
+SET WXWIN=X:\WX\WXWINDOWS-2.5.3;
Compilation
-----------
update) e.g. wxGTK or wxX11 as well.
In the following, let's assume you decided to build in
-\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.2\build\pm. Now we need to set some environment
+\wx\wxWidgets-2.5.3\build\pm. Now we need to set some environment
variables, namely MAKESHELL (to a Unix like shell, let's assume ash)
and INSTALL (to point to the install script. If you omit this, configure
might find something like the system's tcpip\pcomos\install.exe which will
not do the thing you want), e.g.
SET MAKESHELL=ash
-SET INSTALL=/wx/wxWidgets-2.5.2/install-sh -c
+SET INSTALL=/wx/wxWidgets-2.5.3/install-sh -c
Be warned that depending on the precise version of your make, the
variable that needs to be set might be MAKE_SHELL instead of MAKESHELL.
essentially have to use the procedure described above, the only difference
being that you have to pass a switch to configure indicating which port
to build. If you do not do this in a separate build directory (e.g.
-\wxWidgets-2.5.2\build\gtk), you'll have to do a `make clean' first.
+\wxWidgets-2.5.3\build\gtk), you'll have to do a `make clean' first.
The magical switches that have to be passed to configure for the various
ports are --with-gtk (wxGTK), --with-motif (wxMotif), --with-x11 (wxX11),
and --disable-gui (wxBase). Note that contrary to the native, PM based
-Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.2: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
+Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.3: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
----------------------------------------------------------------
May 31st, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
-wxWidgets 2.5.2
+wxWidgets 2.5.3
---------------
*** Please note that this is an UNSTABLE DEVELOPMENT SNAPSHOT.
Installation
------------
-wxWidgets 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out
-the samples or write your own applications.
-For installation information, please see the install.txt file
-in the individual directories:
+wxWidgets needs to be compiled before you can test out the samples
+or write your own applications. For installation information, please
+see the install.txt file in the individual directories:
docs/msw
docs/gtk
docs/motif
docs/mac
+ docs/cocoa
docs/x11
docs/mgl
docs/os2
See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
-See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWidgets 2.
+See docs/changes.txt for a summary of changes to wxWidgets.
See docs/tech for an archive of technical notes.
Have fun!
-The wxWidgets Team, May 2004
+The wxWidgets Team, October 2004
======================================
-Please use wxWidgets 2.4.x - this is not currently supported in wxWidgets 2.5.2
+Please use wxWidgets 2.4.x - this is not currently supported in wxWidgets 2.5.3
When sending bug reports tell us what version of wxWidgets you are
using (including the beta) and what compiler on what system. One
- example: wxX11 2.5.2, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.2
+ example: wxX11 2.5.3, gcc 2.95.4, Redhat 6.2
First steps
-----------
- Welcome to wxWidgets/X11 2.5.2
+ Welcome to wxWidgets/X11 2.5.3
-You have downloaded version 2.5.2 of the X11 port of
+You have downloaded version 2.5.3 of the X11 port of
the wxWidgets GUI library. This runs on X11 with no
Motif, Xt, GTK+ or any other standard widget set --
instead it uses the wxUniversal widgets. The intention
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