setup.h is in my includes but not found.

[chemdream]

On MacOs,

I've downloaded the latest WxWidgets, sucessfully compiled it via the command line, and run the minimal.app.
That is all without opening VS Code or anything.


However, in the minimal.cpp in VS Code, I get:

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cannot open source file "../../../lib/vc_lib/msw/wx/setup.h" (dependency of "wx/wxprec.h")

That folder doesn't make sense to me.

In my IntelliSense includes I have:

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${workspaceFolder}/**
/Users/me/Local/src/wxWidgets-3.2.1/include/**

setup.h DOES exist in:

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/Users/me/Local/src/wxWidgets-3.2.1/include/msvc/wx

And adding that specific path doesn't help either.

When I try a simple hello word
https://docs.wxwidgets.org/3.0/overview_helloworld.html
I get:

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wxprec.h file not found. gcc

Which seems crazy because:
-It literally auto completes in VS Code
-With the same includes, I get a complete different error in the sample/minimal ...

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills...

[ONEEYEMAN]

Hi,
Did you build the library on WIndows?

It looks like you build it on Mac, but not on Windows...

Does the following folder exist:

/Users/me/Local/src/wxWidgets-3.2.1/lib

?

Which compiler do you use?

Thank you.

[doublemax]

I don't know anything about how to setup VS Code for wxWidgets, but maybe this helps.

cannot open source file "../../../lib/vc_lib/msw/wx/setup.h" (dependency of "wx/wxprec.h")

The "msw" means that it's looking for the Windows headers, which is wrong here.

I've downloaded the latest WxWidgets, sucessfully compiled it via the command line, and run the minimal.app.

Check the command line used here, it should contain the correct include paths.

[chemdream]

Thanks for all the responses.

I'll answer all those questions once I get back on that computer.

However, I'm trying this (almost) same thing on a linux computer with VS Code.

Specifically, I'm trying this: https://github.com/huckor/wxwidgets-vscode

Everything works fine in command line, but VS code is complaining about setup.h still missing.
So it must be something about VS Code I'm not understanding. I've used VS code for many other languages but I'm new to CPP.
(I realize there are Python etc options for Wx, but would like to do CPP)

[ONEEYEMAN]

Hi,
You don't need any of this.
Remove that repository completely.

Start a new project.
Open project properties.
Set proper include and lib folders and also the libraries to link with.
(if you are on *nix - open a Terminal and run:

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wx-config --cxxflags
wx-config --libs

to find what to put there).

Compile and run.

Thank you.

If you are new with C++ you need to learn the language first, and then try to work with the advanced library as wxWidgets.

[chemdream]

So far, nothing I've tried has worked.

I even have a Stack Overflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73 ... 2_73938456

Again, Wx is installed correctly and works correctly. Everything compiles correctly.

It's something in VSCode that's wrong. The problem is that when I ask MS VS Code communities about it, the most common response is "Oh, I remember Wx from back in the day, people still use that?!"

[ONEEYEMAN]

Hi,
Yes, people are using it and not just people. US Government is.

I did see your posting on the guru.com and I gave you some suggestions.

Let me know if I can help more.

Thank you.

BTW, you should've asked about mixing Windows and *nix/Mac settings in the project - not abouyt wx stuff.

[chemdream]

I got a bit further on this!

It was a syntax error in InteliSense.

So now I'm using this exact example: https://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Hello_World

HelloWorldApp.cpp has 0 errors!

However HelloWorldApp.h has 2 errors.

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#ifndef INCLUDED_HELLOWORLDAPP_H
#define INCLUDED_HELLOWORLDAPP_H

// The HelloWorldApp class. This class shows a window
// containing a statusbar with the text "Hello World"
class HelloWorldApp : public wxApp //error here is: not a class or struct name
{
public:
	virtual bool OnInit();
};

DECLARE_APP(HelloWorldApp) //2x errors here: "explicit type is missing ('int' assumed)" and "expected a ';'" ... I tried changing this to bool DECLARE_APP(HelloWorldApp); but that didn't seem to help.

#endif // INCLUDED_HELLOWORLDAPP_H

So the .cpp sees the libs fine but .h is confused?

[chemdream]

Switching VS Code to C++ 23 standard gets rid of the .h errors!

But brings back the "'wx/wxprec.h' file not found" error in the .cpp

Hah. I guess that's closer?

[ONEEYEMAN]

Hi,
One stupid question - can compile the program and then run it?
Meaning is it only the Intellisense issue or you have an error in compilation/linking?

Thank you.

[chemdream]

Not a stupid question.

WxWidgets is installed perfectly fine.

From command line, it compiles perfect.

In VS Code, if you hit run/debug, it finds errors but asks if you want to continue. if you do, it compiles fine.

The problem I'm trying to solve is for VS Code to work as a proper IDE for Wx in Mac and Linux. Meaning, no false errors and proper autocompleting.

It worked perfect with WxGo.

I'm trying not to use a different IDE, just because I use VS Code for all my other languages/frameworks.

Thanks!

[ONEEYEMAN]

Hi,
Understood.
Getting Intellisense to work is the task on its own.

And I am not sure if the presence of msw port is what prevents it from working.

Did you try to search for "msw" in the project folder as I suggested in the SO?

Thank you.

[chemdream]

There is no msw folder. I did grep for it. I think that's VS's issue. For some reason, it wants one. But there shouldn't be one because I'm in macOs?

I did reply to you on Guru. If you get a moment, send me a quote on it?

[ONEEYEMAN]

Hi,
We are not looking for msw folder. What I want you to do is:

Open a Terminal.
Go where you proect file and source files are.
Issue "grep -riI msw *"

What is the output?

Its also possible VSCode didn't guess the OS correctly That's why I said to try and re-install it (possibly even to try to do that in the VM)

Thank you.

[chemdream]

I may not know Intelisense very well. But I do know grep
There is no msw folder.

wx/include/osx_cocoa-unicode-3.2/wx/setup.h:#ifdef __WXMSW__
wx/include/osx_cocoa-unicode-3.2/wx/setup.h:#ifdef __WXMSW__
wx/include/osx_cocoa-unicode-3.2/wx/setup.h:#ifdef __WXMSW__
wx/include/osx_cocoa-unicode-3.2/wx/setup.h:/* --- start MSW options --- */
wx/include/osx_cocoa-unicode-3.2/wx/setup.h:#define wxUSE_POSTSCRIPT_ARCHITECTURE_IN_MSW 0
wx/include/osx_cocoa-unicode-3.2/wx/setup.h:/* --- end MSW options --- */

This problem is happening on multiple computers. 2x linux laptops and 1x MacOS laptop. I don't think there'd be a VScode issue on 3 machines?
Also, VS Code is working perfect for all other languages.