Compiling wxArt2D with CodeBlocks (non Unix fashion)

You already have installed CodeBlocks with MingW integrated.

Download latest cmake, wxWidgets, and checkout from CVS wxArt2D.

wxWidgets install

The CodeBlocks twiki tells how we can compile wxWidgets from source.

Compile wxWidgest for CodeB

In short from within a DOS box:

• Install the wxMSW source distribution.
• set WXWIN=c:\pathToMywxWidgetsForMingw\wxWidgets2.8.10
• cd c:\pathToMywxWidgetsForMingw\wxWidgets2.8.10\build\msw
• mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc MONOLITHIC=1 SHARED=0 UNICODE=0 BUILD=release
• mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc MONOLITHIC=1 SHARED=0 UNICODE=0 BUILD=debug

If your not in a hurry, right away do all other:

• mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc MONOLITHIC=1 SHARED=0 UNICODE=1 BUILD=release
• mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc MONOLITHIC=1 SHARED=0 UNICODE=1 BUILD=debug

Be carefull with the shared versions. Next with the same lines as above goto, and compile the stc library:

• c:\pathToMywxWidgetsForMingw\wxWidgets2.8.10\contrib\build\stc

In the you will have compiled wxWidget libraries in:

• c:\pathToMywxWidgetsForMingw\wxWidgets2.8.10\lib\gcc_lib

And for shared:

• c:\pathToMywxWidgetsForMingw\wxWidgets2.8.10\lib\gcc_dll

wxArt2D

Open DOS box and set WXWIN variable. Next extend path to cmake binaries. After that start cmake-gui.

set WXWIN=c:\pathToMywxWidgetsForMingw\wxWidgets2.8.10
PATH=c:\pathToCmake\cmake\bin:%PATH%
cmake-gui

After starting cmake-gui, you will be asked for the type of generator. Choose "MinGW Makefiles" or the "CodeBlocks - MinW Makefiles". The last one in fact produces the same make files, but with added CodeBlock project file. After this you see the interface, choose the source directory of wxArt2D, and choose a new build directory. For example:

 Where is the source directory: C:/tools/CodeB/wxArt2D
 Where to build the binaries: C:/tools/CodeB/buildwxArt2DDebug

Press configure button, Many things turn red, and its start yelling, does not matter.

First make sure you set the options right:

• wxWidgets_USE_DEBUG 1
• wxWidgets_USE_MONOLITHIC 1
• wxWidgets_USE_UNICODE 0
• wxWidgets_USE_STATIC 1

These are the settings for the static, monolithic, debug and non unicode of wxWidgets, which you compiled above. Of course others settings can be generated later in their own build directory.

And now press configure again, this times things will improve. Continue with generate when all is well.

All is set, and we are ready to compile wxArt2D.

cd C:/tools/CodeB/buildwxArt2DDebug
mingw-make

This uses the Makefile, which you find in cd C:/tools/CodeB/buildwxArt2DDebug. For release/unicode, you just choose another build directory in the cmake-gui, and the rest is the same. We always recommend outside source builds!