compiling wxWidgets, MS VC 2003 .Net versus MS VS 2005

[Carsten A. Arnholm]

Hi,

Torsten Mohr wrote:
> When linking my code with the wxWidgets libraries that were compiled
> with MS VS 2005 i get heaps of version warnings and finally a missing
> reference to CxxFrameHandler3.
>
> When i compile wxWidgets with MS VC 2003 .NET everything works fine.
>
> Did i chose wrong options?

Probably. I am using MS VS 2005 Express C++ compiler/linker in the 
Code::Blocks IDE to make wxWidgets programs, and it works fine after some 
tweaking (using wxWidgets ANSI build on Windows). On another machine I have 
done the same using MS VS 2005 (not express version) + Code::Blocks IDE, and 
that works too (it is easier than using express version).

For C++ compiler settings (Release) I use: multithreaded DLL Runtime [/MD]

For linker (excerpt from Code::Blocks project file)
     <Add option="/NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt.lib" />
     <Add option="/NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrtd.lib" />
     <Add library="msvcrt.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_core.lib" />
     <Add library="wxbase28.lib" />
     <Add library="wxbase28_net.lib" />
     <Add library="wxbase28_odbc.lib" />
     <Add library="wxbase28_xml.lib" />
     <Add library="wxtiff.lib" />
     <Add library="wxjpeg.lib" />
     <Add library="wxpng.lib" />
     <Add library="wxzlib.lib" />
     <Add library="wxregex.lib" />
     <Add library="wxexpat.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_adv.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_aui.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_dbgrid.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_gl.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_html.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_media.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_qa.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_richtext.lib" />
     <Add library="wxmsw28_xrc.lib" />
     <Add library="winmm.lib" />
     <Add library="comctl32.lib" />
     <Add library="rpcrt4.lib" />
     <Add library="wsock32.lib" />
     <Add library="oleacc.lib" />
     <Add library="odbc32.lib" />
     <Add library="kernel32.lib" />
     <Add library="user32.lib" />
     <Add library="gdi32.lib" />
     <Add library="winspool.lib" />
     <Add library="comdlg32.lib" />
     <Add library="advapi32.lib" />
     <Add library="shell32.lib" />
     <Add library="ole32.lib" />
     <Add library="oleaut32.lib" />
     <Add library="uuid.lib" />

> Are there known problems with wxWidgets and MS VS 2005?

Only that it can be a pain to set up correctly, I think. This is not 
particular to wxWidgets, the MS runtime libraries can be difficult to handle 
sometimes.

> Is there a way around this?

Yes :-) See above for some hints.

> Is it possible to compile wxWidgets with MinGW / MSYS and continue to
> work with the libraries on MS VC ?

I don't know. I would use one compiler only.

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Carsten A. Arnholm
http://arnholm.org/
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