defs.h:1011:12: error: cast from pointer to smaller type 'wxUIntPtr' Topic is solved

[rkamarowski]

VS Code
C++
Clang++
CMake
wxWidgets x86 is installed in vcpkg

main.cpp

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#include <iostream>
#include <wx/wx.h>

int main(int, char**) {
    std::cout << "Hello, world!\n";
}

I'm getting the following error when attempting to build:

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wx/defs.h:1011:12: error: cast from pointer to smaller type 'wxUIntPtr' (aka 'unsigned long') loses information
[build]     return reinterpret_cast<wxUIntPtr>(p);

Not sure what the problem is, and I don't want to change any wxWidgets code. Is there a work-around?
Bob K.

[doublemax]

First you should try to build the "minimal" sample that comes with the wxWidgets sources. If that doesn't work, your compiler setup is not correct.

You should read:
https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/ ... install.md

And:
viewtopic.php?p=196105#p196105
(This is for Visual Studio, but it describes all the necessary prerequisites like includes paths, preprocessor symbols, etc).

[ONEEYEMAN]

Hi,
On top of what doublemax said - multipe people on this forum tried to use libraries provided by vcpkg,

All those people dropped them in the end because those libraries were buggy.

I suggest you do the same and build the libraries from sources or install the official prebuilt binaries downloaded from the wxWidgets website.

Thank you.

[rkamarowski]

I have the binaries installed, so I'll use those. Thanks for info.
Bob K.