wxWidgets-3.1.0
VS 2015
Win7 x64
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Following the steps below, I was able to successfully display the example gui 'minimal', included with the wx library:
- Grab the sources.
Unpack the sources.
Open VS IDE.
Open \build\msw\wx-vc14.sln (adjust as necessary.)
Go to "Build->Batch Build...", click "Select All", "Build".
Go drink some coffee or watch TV.
After the build finishes, open wxWidgets/samples/minimal/minimal_vc9.sln.
Let MSVC convert the solution to become an appropriate format.
Build and run the sample
It then says:
The next step is to copy the samples\minimal folder somewhere and start writing the code. All you will need to do is to change the Include and Lib search path.
So, I attempted to use the 'Hello World' example from the website:
Code: Select all
// wxWidgets "Hello world" Program
// For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
#include <wx/wxprec.h>
#ifndef WX_PRECOMP
#include <wx/wx.h>
#endif
class MyApp: public wxApp
{
public:
virtual bool OnInit();
};
class MyFrame: public wxFrame
{
public:
MyFrame();
private:
void OnHello(wxCommandEvent& event);
void OnExit(wxCommandEvent& event);
void OnAbout(wxCommandEvent& event);
};
enum
{
ID_Hello = 1
};
wxIMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp);
bool MyApp::OnInit()
{
MyFrame *frame = new MyFrame();
frame->Show( true );
return true;
}
MyFrame::MyFrame()
: wxFrame(NULL, wxID_ANY, "Hello World")
{
wxMenu *menuFile = new wxMenu;
menuFile->Append(ID_Hello, "&Hello...\tCtrl-H",
"Help string shown in status bar for this menu item");
menuFile->AppendSeparator();
menuFile->Append(wxID_EXIT);
wxMenu *menuHelp = new wxMenu;
menuHelp->Append(wxID_ABOUT);
wxMenuBar *menuBar = new wxMenuBar;
menuBar->Append( menuFile, "&File" );
menuBar->Append( menuHelp, "&Help" );
SetMenuBar( menuBar );
CreateStatusBar();
SetStatusText( "Welcome to wxWidgets!" );
Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &MyFrame::OnHello, this, ID_Hello);
Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &MyFrame::OnAbout, this, wxID_ABOUT);
Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &MyFrame::OnExit, this, wxID_EXIT);
}
void MyFrame::OnExit(wxCommandEvent& event)
{
Close( true );
}
void MyFrame::OnAbout(wxCommandEvent& event)
{
wxMessageBox( "This is a wxWidgets' Hello world sample",
"About Hello World", wxOK | wxICON_INFORMATION );
}
void MyFrame::OnHello(wxCommandEvent& event)
{
wxLogMessage("Hello world from wxWidgets!");
}
The includes in the 'Hello World' code were throwing not found errors but I was able to clear this by adding the wx header directory to the vs project properties:
wxWidgets-3.1.0\include\wx
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The trouble now is the following compile error: ...and, type errors(underlined in red) in the 'Hello World' code: