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Installation of wxWindows Version 1.50
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File List
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A complete list is in files.txt.
Executables are suffixed with -ol for Open Look and -motif for Motif.
The executable UNIX demos are in demo-ol.tar.Z and demo-motif.tar.Z
and the PC demo is in demo.zip, along with the demo sources.
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Installation: PC
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1) Unzip to an appropriate place on your hard disk with:
unzip -d wx150_1.zip
unzip -d wx150_2.zip
2) If you have the demo executable (in demo.zip), unzip it and
install it in the Program Manager by dragging the HELLO.EXE file from the
File Manager.
3) Run demo to check if wxWindows might be for you.
If not, delete wxWindows. If you're still with us at this point...
4) Set the WXHELPFILES variable to point to the docs directory, and WX to point to the
directory where wxWindows is installed.
5) If using Microsoft C++, change to the src/msw directory and type 'nmake -f makefile.dos'
to make lib/wx.lib. Turbo C++ for Windows project files are included
(not compatible with Borland C++ .prj files) and there is a contribution
of Borland makefiles for the main library (not demos or utilities).
For Borland, type 'make -f makefile.bcc' from src, not src/base.
6) If you want to use Microsoft's CTL3D library (recommended) and don't already have
it installed, copy contrib\ctl3d\ctl3d.lib to a suitable LIB directory,
contrib\ctl3d\ctl3d.dll into windows\system, and contrib\ctl3d\ctl3d.h
to wx\include\msw. Edit wx\src\msw\makefile.dos to define CTL3D.
You'll need to compile a new CTRL3D.LIB for a non-MS compiler.
7) Print manual.ps and referenc.ps on a PostScript printer. The reference manual is just
over 100 pages, the user manual is shorter. Alternatively, browse through
the wx.hlp and manual.hlp Windows Help files, or wx.xlp and manual.xlp
wxHelp files.
If you wish to use the wxHelp hypertext help system, either for
your own applications or for viewing the wxWindows class library reference,
you will need to do download the binary (in wxhelp14.zip) or make
wxHelp as follows:
7) Edit the makefile in utils/hytext/src and compile the library.
8) Edit the makefile in utils/wxhelp/src and compile wxhelp.exe.
9) Copy wxhelp.exe into a directory on your path, and read the
wxHelp documentation.
By default, wxWindows is compiled with CodeView debugging information.
To compile without debugging information, specify FINAL=1 on your make
command line. Note that to produce a non-debugging executable you need
only relink your application (or the demo) since any debugging
information in the wxWindows library will be removed by the linker if
the FINAL flag is set to 1.
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Installation: UNIX
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1) Unzip wx150_1.zip and wx150_2.zip (or de-gzip and detar
wx150_1.gz and wx150_1.gz).
2) If you have the demo executable (in demo-ol.tar.Z or demo-motif.tar.Z),
uncompress, untar and try running it. You'll need the run-time libraries
appropriate to the toolkit (XView 3.1 or Motif 1.1).
3) If you want to use XView and XView 3.1 is not present, install it (it's
available free on the Net). Your LD_LIBRARY_PATH may need to be altered
or disabled.
4) If GCC/G++ is not installed, install it (again, available free). Or you
could try an alternative compiler (AT&T C++ is known to work with wxWindows).
5) Alter src/x/makefile.unx and src/base/makefile.unx to reflect your
directory structure.
6) Change directory to src/x, and type 'make -f makefile.unx xview' or
'make -f makefile.unx motif'. With luck, libwx_ol.a or libwx_motif.a
should end up in the lib directory.
7) Set the WXHELPFILES environment variable to point to the docs directory.
8) Edit the demo makefiles and compile (especially the main `hello' example).
Again, specify 'xview' or 'motif' as target.
If you wish to use the wxHelp hypertext help system, either for
your own applications or for viewing the wxWindows class library reference,
you will need to do download the binaries (in wxhelp14.tar.Z) or make
wxHelp as follows:
9) Edit the makefile in utils/hytext/src and compile the library.
10) Edit the makefile in utils/wxhelp/src and compile wxhelp.exe.
11) Copy wxhelp into a directory on your path, and read the
wxHelp documentation.
If you are likely to be using XView and modal windows, where the flow
of the program is stopped until the user responds, you will need to
link sb_scrol.o with your application. This is an XView patch which
(sort of) fixes listboxes on modal dialogs (i.e. on a window within
xv_window_loop). Listboxes don't scroll without the patch. Other
widgets may be affected by this bug. The object file sb_scrol.o is
supplied for SPARC-based machines; you will need to compile sb_scrol.c
otherwise (type 'make -f makefile.unx objects_ol/sb_scrol.o' in src/x).
By default, wxWindows is compiled with debugging information. To
compile without debugging information, specify DEBUG= on your make
command line. Note that under UNIX you need to do this for both the
wxWindows library and your application, to remove all debugging
information.
You may find the scripts zipwx and zipdist (UNIX), zipwx.bat and
zipdist.bat (4DOS) useful for copying wxWindows between different machines
or directories. zipdist archives the whole distribution, whilst zipwx
copies only those files that have changed. These are found in wx/distrib.
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Notes for AT&T C++ users
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The following changes need to be made for this compiler:
-- in wx_dc.cc, this should be added near the top: #include <sysent.h>
-- an updated version of varargs.h should be used for older versions of the
compiler.
-- Ignore warnings about wxList::Member and wxStringList::Member in wx_list.cc
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Known platforms and compilers compatible with wxWindows
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(please let me know of any others!)
PC 386SX and above
Sun (SPARC)
Silicon Graphics IRIX
Linux
Windows 3.1, Windows NT
HPUX
Gnu GCC 2.1
AT&T C++
Sun C++
HP C++
Microsoft C/C++ 7
Microsoft C++ for NT
Borland C++ 3.1
Borland Turbo C++ for Windows
Zortech C++
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FURTHER DETAILS
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These are the #defines to control compilation of optional wxWindows features.
FAFA_LIB (msw)
Define if you have Fafa lib. (Fafa lib is mandatory
for pixmapped buttons)
CTL3D (msw)
Define if you have Microsoft Ctl3d library.
ENHANCED_FONTS (X/msw)
Define to have pre-defined fonts in wxEnhDialogBox.
PIXEL0_DISABLE (X)
Define to disallow allocation of pixel #0 (wxXOR problem).
DEFAULT_FILE_SELECTOR_SIZE (Motif)
Let Motif choose the size of XmFileSelectionBox. Otherwise,
size is 500x600
USE_GADGETS (Motif)
Use Gadgets rather than Widgets for items. Default is
to use Gadgets.
MOTIF_MANAGE (Motif)
If defined, dialog are managed rather mapped by default.
A style flag has been introduced, so map/manage is
definable at dialog creation time.
With Motif1.1 and relative positioning, that looks pretty good.
The mapped method has a major disadvantage: resizing/pos.
is done in a visible manner.