Hi Jamal. One more thing i forgot to add is that If you compile your WxWidgets apps with MinGW or Cygwin, then you'll have to ship the MinGW DLLS produced when you compile the WxWidgets Source. For example, If you dynamically compiled the most up-to-date unicode Version of WxWidgets which is 2.8.6, then you'll have to ship the LibJpeg-GCC-U.dll with your own app. Of course the DLL you have to ship depends on the nature of the App you are creating, and the example above is just to demonstrate your distribution requirements. Cheers! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:37 AM Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx Thanks for that info, Marlon. Can you compare MinGW and the free Borland compiler? Jamal On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Marlon Brandão de Sousa wrote:
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:07:47 -0200 From: Marlon Brandão de Sousa <splyt.lists@xxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx Hello, You can use strip to do the executables smaller. They won't be as small as vc generated, but they won't be very big either. please take a look at http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-cpp-size and read how to achieve this. hth Marlon 2007/11/19, Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>: > Wow -- I'm shocked by the size of executables compiled with MinGW! If > that is the order of magnitude, even if including only the Wx libraries > of interest, I think i'll opt for another C++ compiler. What are the > pros and cons of the free Borland versus Microsoft ones? > > FYI -- I found a guide to VC++ 2005 and Wx development at > http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_Visual_CPP_Guide > > I was able to compile the Wx sources -- at least it appeared to have > been done after a couple hours (I did the batch build of all debug, > release, ANSI, and Unicode libraries). In reading the guide mentioned > above, however, I'm overwhelmed by the complexity of configuring VS to > use these libraries in a new project. If you can do a tutorial, I think > I would prefer one that showed how the cl.exe command-line compiler can > be used in a batch file that sets environment variables appropriately > (similar to how I did the fruit basket program in C++/CLI). I grasp the > development environment better this way than with steps that involve > going into various property sheets of an IDE or tinkering with its XML > configuration files. > > Jamal > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, jaffar wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:38:50 +0800 > > From: jaffar <jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx > > > > Hi Jamal. Well, As it is already getting late over here in Singapore, > I'll> > write out a tutorial for you before i leave for work later in the > > morning. > > However, My advice is for you to try to compile with either borland or > > VC > > compilers instead because these produce smaller libraries and dlls, > > while > > GCC tends to compile larger DLLS and Lib files which could go to like > > 20> to> > 30 Mb. I kid you not. Just let me know your preference and I'll > > write> out > > an appropiate tutorial. Cheers! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:31 AM > > Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx > > > > > > > Hi Jaffar,> > > I'm not using Sygwin. I think the MinGW version was 5.something -- > > > it > > > was the latest, complete install from the MinGW web site (which > > > connects> > > to SourceForge.net for the actual download). > > > > > > Jamal > > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, jaffar > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:20:11 +0800 > > >> From: jaffar <jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >> Subject: Re: MinGW and Wx > > >>> > >> Hi Jamal. Can you please tell me which version of MinGW you > > >> downloaded> > >> and> > >> are using? I encountered some problems with the earlier gcc > > >> compilers, > > >> especially the v3.x ones. Also, Are you compiling purely in the > > >> MinGW > > >> environment using MSYS or are you Compiling with MinGW using > > >> CygWin? I> > >> am> > >> asking because there are a few tweaks you need to make before you > > >> can > > >> successfully compile WX widgets in either scenarios. Let me know > > >> and> > >> I'll > > >> do my best to help. Cheers! > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx> > > >> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:49 PM > > >> Subject: MinGW and Wx > > >> > > >>> > >> > Could any C++ developers help me understand how to compile the > > >> > latest> > >> > Wx > > >> > source from > > >> > http://WxWidgets.org > > >> > with the latest compiler from > > >> > http://MinGW.org > > >> >> > >> > I've followed all the instructions I could find on the web, but > > >> > the> Wx > > >> > libraries fail to compile. 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