How to import wxwidget into C::B on winXP

[ossLover]

Hello,

I can't find any documentation about how to import/include wxWidget library and other GUI tools to Code::Blocks.

A week ago I started with wxDev-C++, but accoording to guy on irc, Dev-C++ has stopped developing and it has some issues. It did crash sometimes with no reason (but hey, it's free and opensource). But building GUI was quite good and it has also wxSocket class for network programming.

Since I tried Code::Blocks I could compile simple C/C++ console applications (just for testing). But when I want a nice socket class or want to write a GUI app I really don't know where to look. wxWidget seems to be a very good alternative of MSVS, unfortunately I don't know how to import into Code::Blocks IDE.

So please help me out, I'll promise I'll write nice opensource tools and apps for everybody 

[stahta01]

Did you read this?
http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Using_wxWidgets
http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=WxWindowsQuickRef

Tim S

[ossLover]

Hello Stahta,

Thank you for your post.
I installed wxPack and left it to configure everything. So I tried to create a new wxWidgets Dialog based project, but I thought I have to use wxFrameBuilder. But now I found out I need to use wxSmith.

Since wxSmith is not bad, I've used wxDev-C++ which is IMHO better for building GUI. So I thought FrameBuilder must be the solution, I couldn't find anything about wxFrameBuilder. Google gives me just one hit.

Anyway, since Code::Blocks seems to be THE opensource IDE with everything in it, I can work with wxSmith for now.

[ossLover]

Hello guys,

I got Code::Blocks working, I imported wxWidgets into C::B. I created a new wxWidget project, added a button to a dialog. But the problem now is I can't see the members of wxButton class with intellisense. So when I type BtnStart-> I can't see the members I normally see by intellisense. (BtnStart is pointer-object I got with new wxButton).

It will be frustrating times this coming weeks.

Does anyone know this?
Thnx.

[stahta01]

Try site http://wxformbuilder.org/
I don't use either wxSmith or wxformbuilder much.

Tim S

[ossLover]

Well Tim,

What do you use instead?
And what about creating server application when working with sockets and threads? How do you work to get such applications done? Sorry for those maybe simple questions, but I need to see how big guys work, so I don't have to make the same mistakes. It's also stupid to reinvent the wheel right?

My goals is to write network applications for server side and client side as well.
Thank you.

[stahta01]

Well Tim,

What do you use instead?
Thank you.

From My Sig.
T-SQL and C Programmer working to learn more about C++ and C#.

I don't use either; I don't do GUI interfaces in wxWidgets yet.

I am still learning some things in C++; I have most of the basics of C++ now, except STL. I have only the beginnings of how to use wxWidgets GUI stuff.

Tim S

[rickg22]

ossLover: I think that what you're trying to do is have a nice RAD production environment like Visual C++.

Code::Blocks is *NOT* a RAD. There are RAD plugins, but they're independent. Besides - if you really want to understand wxWidgets, it's much better to follow the wxWidgets tutorials available around the web and write the code "the good ol' way".

Code::Blocks was programmed "the good ol' way", and the visual design of dialogs was done at a much later stage.