January 12, 2003
hi,

I have managed to compile & build the wxWindows library (2.40, msw) with dmc 8.31 on Win2k.

I copied the visual c make files and made just enough changes (rather clumsy hacks at this stage). So far, I have tries building the debug & ndebug static libraries.

One issue, smake crashed with an application error, so I had to use nmake to build the library.

To build the library follow the wxWindows instructions for visual c, but use makefile.dm, rather than makefile.vc. The instructions are in the install.txt file.

I also had to patch the source code to add precompiler code to recognise
  dmc or work around a couple of issues where dmc did not like the
source code. The changes are decribed in wx_dm_patches.txt.

I also built an idde project for one of the demos (life). I was able to build it with both the debug & ndebug libs. However only the ndebug lib version ran ok. The debug lib version complained about a mismatch between the lib 2.4(debug) & the prog 2.4 (no debug). I haven't had a chance to chase this yet.

The life code & project is also attached. The project assumes that wxWindows has been installed to f:\wx240\.

All the dmc make files & wx_dm_patches.txt are in the attached zip file. The zip file has the appropriate structure to simply be xcopied over a wxWindows 2.40 installation. I have not included the patched source files to keep the zip to a min.

I will be away from the PC for the next week. When I get back, I plan to refine the 'patches' & submit them to the wxWindows developers.

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Regards
Kon Tantos
ksoft1@attglobal.net or kon.tantos@tafe.nsw.edu.au


January 12, 2003
Great!