Need help with 2.6.3 MSW DLL

Tue Apr 3 16:41:21 PDT 2007

Mickey Mestel wrote:

> hi,
>
>     on XP, with VS2005.  have successfully built and use static versions of widgets with VS2005, but when i build the dll's, i'm getting the following on linking my app:
>
> Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class wxCSConv & wxConvISO8859_1" (?wxConvISO8859_1@@3AAVwxCSConv@@A)
>
> Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "wchar_t const * const wxFrameNameStr" (?wxFrameNameStr@@3PB_WB)
>
> Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class wxColour * wxLIGHT_GREY" (?wxLIGHT_GREY@@3PAVwxColour@@A)
>
> Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int const wxEVT_TIMER" (?wxEVT_TIMER@@3HB)
>
> Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int const wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED" (?wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED@@3HB)
>
> Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int const wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN" (?wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN@@3HB)
>
>     this is just a sample, i'm coming up with about 54 unresolved externals.
>
>     i first build the dll's from the converted wx.dsw, (VC6 to VS2005).  then reading in the install notes i saw that there is a wx_dll.dsw, and that the dll's needed to be built in a specific order.  converted the wx_dll.dsw and built the dll's, and no difference.
>
>     any thoughts?  it looks like i'm just missing a define or something, but i can't find it.
>
>     thanks,
>
>     mickm
>
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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi,</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on XP, with VS2005.&nbsp; have 
> successfully built and use static versions of widgets with VS2005, but when i 
> build the dll's, i'm getting the following on linking my app:</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=1>
> <P>Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class wxCSConv &amp; 
> wxConvISO8859_1" (?wxConvISO8859_1@@3AAVwxCSConv@@A)</P>
> <P>Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "wchar_t const * 
> const wxFrameNameStr" (?wxFrameNameStr@@3PB_WB)</P>
> <P>Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class wxColour * 
> wxLIGHT_GREY" (?wxLIGHT_GREY@@3PAVwxColour@@A)</P>
> <P>Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int const 
> wxEVT_TIMER" (?wxEVT_TIMER@@3HB)</P>
> <P>Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int const 
> wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED" (?wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED@@3HB)</P>
> <P>Sandbox.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int const 
> wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN" (<A 
> href="mailto:?wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN@@3HB">?wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN@@3HB</A>)</P>
> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this is just a sample, i'm coming 
> up with about 54 unresolved externals.</FONT></P>
> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i first build the dll's from the 
> converted wx.dsw, (VC6 to VS2005).&nbsp; then reading in the install notes i saw 
> that there is a wx_dll.dsw, and that the dll's needed to be built in a specific 
> order.&nbsp; converted the wx_dll.dsw and built the dll's, and no 
> difference.</FONT></P>
> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; any thoughts?&nbsp; it looks like 
> i'm just missing a define or something, but i can't find it.</FONT></P>
> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; thanks,</FONT></P>
> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
> mickm</FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>

Try using the suggested way to build wxWidgets.
See docs\msw\install.txt

Tim S

cd build\msw
CALL "%VS80COMNTOOLS%vsvars32.bat"
nmake -f makefile.vc SHARED=1 BUILD=release MONOLITHIC=1 clean
nmake -f makefile.vc SHARED=1 BUILD=release MONOLITHIC=1