<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Compiling wxWidgets applications in the VC++ IDE</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT=#000000 LINK=#FF0000 VLINK=#000000> <font face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica"> <a name="top"></a> <table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td bgcolor="#C4ECF9"> <font size=+1 face="Arial, Lucida Sans, Helvetica" color="#000000"> Compiling wxWidgets applications in the VC++ IDE </font> </td> </tr> </table> <P> <CENTER> <a href="#wxwin2">Settings for wxWidgets 2.2</a> / <a href="#wxwin1">Settings for wxWidgets 1.68</a> </CENTER> <P> To compile wxWidgets samples and applications using the VC++ 5.0 or 6.0 IDE (having compiled wxWidgets using the makefile or project file provided), the following steps and settings should be used.<P> <H2>Steps</H2> <ol> <li>Create a new WIN32 Application project. <li>Add the .cpp and .rc files for your project. <li>Apply the settings listed below to the project, replacing c:\wx2 with your wxWidgets installation path. </ol> <P> <H2><a name="wxwin2">Settings for wxWidgets 2.2</a></H2> These settings apply to wxWidgets 2.1.14 and above but most of them are not necessary any longer for wxWidgets 2.3+.<P> <DL> <DT><B>General</B><DD> The <B>Output files</B> and <B>Intermediate files</B> directory fields should be Debug for the Debug configuration, and Release for the Release configuration.<P> <DT><B>Debug: General</B><DD> The <B>Executable for debug sessions</B> field should be altered to be the path and name you'd expect (it may have generated a different name).<P> <DT><B>C/C++: Preprocessor</B><DD> The <B>Preprocessor definitions</B> field should contain the following symbols for Debug:<P> <PRE> WIN32,_DEBUG,_WINDOWS,__WINDOWS__,__WXMSW__,__WXDEBUG__,WXDEBUG=1, __WIN32__,WINVER=0x0400,STRICT </PRE> <P> and these for Release:<P> <PRE> NDEBUG,WIN32,_WINDOWS,__WINDOWS__,__WXMSW__,__WIN32__, WINVER=0x0400,STRICT</PRE> <P> The <B>Additional include directories</B> field should contain the following:<P> <PRE> c:\wx2\include,c:\wx2\contrib\include </PRE> <P>(and of course any other directories you wish to use in your project).<P> <DT><B>C/C++: Precompiled Headers</B><DD> The <B>Not using precompiled headers</B> or <B>Automatic use of precompiled headers</B> button should be selected.<P> <DT><B>C/C++: Code Generation</B><DD> The <B>Use run-time library</B> control should be set to <B>Debug Multithreaded DLL</B> (Debug) or <B>Multithreaded DLL</B> (Release).<P> <DT><B>Link: Input</B><DD> The <B>Object/library modules</B> field should contain: <PRE> kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib rpcrt4.lib wsock32.lib winmm.lib wxmsw25d.lib wxbase25d.lib wxpngd.lib wxzlibd.lib wxjpegd.lib wxtiffd.lib </PRE> for the Debug configuration and <PRE> kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib rpcrt4.lib wsock32.lib winmm.lib wxmsw25.lib wxbase25.lib wxpng.lib wxzlib.lib wxjpeg.lib wxtiff.lib </PRE> for the Release configuration.<P> The <B>Ignore libraries</B> field should contain: <PRE> libcd.lib,libcid.lib,msvcrt.lib </PRE> for the Debug configuration and <PRE> libc.lib,libci.lib,msvcrtd.lib </PRE> for the Release configuration.<P> The <B>Additional library path</B> field should contain <PRE> c:\wx2\lib,c:\wx2\contrib\lib </PRE> for both Debug and Release configurations. <P> <DT><B>Resources</B><DD> Select your .rc file. The <B>Additional resource include directories</B> field should contain: <PRE> c:\wx2\include;c:\wx2\contrib\include </PRE> </DL> <HR> <H2><a name="wxwin1">Settings for wxWidgets 1.68</a></H2> Note: these have not yet been checked.<P> <DL> <DT><B>Debug: General</B><DD> The <B>Executable for debug sessions</B> field should be altered to be the path and name you'd expect (it may have generated a different name).<P> <DT><B>General</B><DD> The <B>Output directories</B> fields can be made blank if you want the objects and executable to be created in the project directory and not a subdirectory.<P> <DT><B>C/C++: Preprocessor</B><DD> The <B>Preprocessor definitions</B> field should contain the following symbols:<P> <PRE> WIN32,_DEBUG,_WINDOWS,wx_msw,DEBUG=1,WINVER=0x0400,STRICT </PRE> <P> The <B>Additional include directories</B> field should contain the following:<P> <PRE> ../../include/base,../../include/msw </PRE> <P>(and of course any other directories you wish to use in your project).<P> <DT><B>C/C++: Precompiled Headers</B><DD> The <B>Not using precompiled headers</B> or <B>Automatic use of precompiled headers</B> button should be selected (I can't find a way of using the wxWidgets PCH file).<P> <DT><B>C/C++: Code Generation</B><DD> The <B>Use run-time library</B> control should be set to <B>Multithreaded DLL</B>. This sets the compiler switch to /MD to match the wxWidgets makefile.<P> <DT><B>Link: Input</B><DD> The <B>Object/library modules</B> field should contain: <PRE> kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib ../../lib/wx.lib ../../src/msw/dummy.obj </PRE> The <B>Ignore libraries</B> field should contain: <PRE> libcd.lib,libcid.lib </PRE> <P> <DT><B>Resources</B><DD> Select your .rc file. The <B>Additional resource include directories</B> field should contain: <PRE> ..\..\include\msw;..\..\contrib\fafa </PRE> </DL> </BODY> </HTML>
