wxWidgets independednt static library

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LPVOID
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wxWidgets independednt static library

Post by LPVOID »

Hello folks :)

Basically I'm trying to make a universal and independent library with a Login() function which will create a modal windoow and return bool value whether login succeeded or not

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This is minimal basic code of what I've attempted

The library consists of roughly this structure

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#include "wx/wx.h"

class LoginMain: public wxFrame {
public:
	LoginMain();
};

LoginMain::LoginMain() : wxFrame(
	nullptr, // The parent window, which is null in this case because it's the master window
	-1, // The window's ID; -1 is shorthand for "no ID required"
	"Login", // The title of the window
	wxPoint(30, 30), // The coordinates the window should appear at; (0, 0) is the top-left corner of the screen
	wxSize(800, 600) // The size (width, height) of the window
) {}

class LoginApp: public wxApp {
public:
	bool OnInit();
private:
	LoginMain* m_frame1 = nullptr;
};

IMPLEMENT_APP_NO_MAIN(LoginApp);

bool LoginApp::OnInit() {
	m_frame1 = new LoginMain();
	m_frame1->Show();

	return true;
}

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bool Login()
{
    wxAppBase* loginApp = new LoginApp();
    wxApp::SetInstance(wxAppBase);
    wxEntry(GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOW);
    if (loginApp.isSuccess())
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}
And I just statically link this library to whatever app I make and use it at runtime

It works so far with this setup

But I have a strong feeling that I'm doing it utterly wrong way, and eventually I will run into great issues with this approach

Just wanted to know some expert opinions about this case and maybe get some suggestions/advices/critics

Regards
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Re: wxWidgets independednt static library

Post by doublemax »

I'm not sure it's going to work that way. All the main applications will have their own event loop which will collide with the wxWidgets event loop in your library. Especially in case 2 where the host application does also use wxWidgets. But in that case you could provide a dedicated call in the library which just opens a dialog without initializing wxWidgets again (because that already happened in the main application). So that might be the easiest case to solve.

For the other cases you might have to move the wxWidgets initialization, and with it its event loop, in a separate thread. The "DLL" sample that comes with wxWidgets demonstrates this.
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Re: wxWidgets independednt static library

Post by ONEEYEMAN »

Hi,
Also, why do you link wxWidgets statically to your DLL?
You already have a DLL which should run its won everything - why not link dynamically?

That way only one wx instance will be in memory and there will be no breakage with updating and everything.

Thank you.
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