I did use it. I can't count the number of times I have rebuilt it and use the newly built version but still get the same errors. here is the build output:
-------------- Clean: Release in test (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
Cleaned "test - Release"
-------------- Build: Release in test (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------
windres.exe -IC:\wxWidgets-3.0.2\include -IC:\wxWidgets-3.0.2\lib\gcc_dll\mswu -J rc -O coff -i C:\Users\snolan\Desktop\test\resource.rc -o obj\Release\resource.res
mingw32-g++.exe -pipe -mthreads -D__GNUWIN32__ -D__WXMSW__ -DWXUSINGDLL -DwxUSE_UNICODE -Wall -O2 -IC:\wxWidgets-3.0.2\include -IC:\wxWidgets-3.0.2\lib\gcc_dll\mswu -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\MinGW\include\common" -c C:\Users\snolan\Desktop\test\testApp.cpp -o obj\Release\testApp.o
mingw32-g++.exe -pipe -mthreads -D__GNUWIN32__ -D__WXMSW__ -DWXUSINGDLL -DwxUSE_UNICODE -Wall -O2 -IC:\wxWidgets-3.0.2\include -IC:\wxWidgets-3.0.2\lib\gcc_dll\mswu -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\MinGW\include\common" -c C:\Users\snolan\Desktop\test\testMain.cpp -o obj\Release\testMain.o
mingw32-g++.exe -LC:\wxWidgets-3.0.2\lib\gcc_dll -LC:\Users\snolan\Downloads\lib -o bin\Release\test.exe obj\Release\testApp.o obj\Release\testMain.o obj\Release\resource.res -s -mthreads -lwxmsw30u -mwindows
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x4c): undefined reference to `wxAppConsoleBase::CheckBuildOptions(char const*, char const*)'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x6b): undefined reference to `wxApp::wxApp()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0xf3): undefined reference to `wxEntry(HINSTANCE__*, HINSTANCE__*, char*, int)'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x101): undefined reference to `wxAppConsoleBase::ms_appInstance'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x16f): undefined reference to `wxConvLibcPtr'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x180): undefined reference to `wxString::npos'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x19e): undefined reference to `wxString::ConvertStr(char const*, unsigned int, wxMBConv const&)'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x1b3): undefined reference to `wxPrivate::GetUntypedNullData()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x1d2): undefined reference to `wxPrivate::GetUntypedNullData()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x203): undefined reference to `wxPrivate::GetUntypedNullData()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x236): undefined reference to `wxPrivate::GetUntypedNullData()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x267): undefined reference to `wxPrivate::GetUntypedNullData()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x27a): undefined reference to `wxTranslations::Get()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x29d): undefined reference to `wxTranslations::GetTranslatedString(wxString const&, wxString const&) const'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x374): undefined reference to `wxIcon::wxIcon(wxString const&, wxBitmapType, int, int)'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x38c): undefined reference to `wxTopLevelWindowBase::SetIcon(wxIcon const&)'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x39e): undefined reference to `wxIcon::~wxIcon()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x436): undefined reference to `wxTranslations::GetUntranslatedString(wxString const&)'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x4a8): undefined reference to `wxGet_wxConvLibcPtr()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x4ad): undefined reference to `wxConvLibcPtr'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text+0x509): undefined reference to `wxIcon::~wxIcon()'
obj\Release\testApp.o:testApp.cpp:(.text$_ZNK12wxWindowBase19DoGetBestClientSizeEv[__ZNK12wxWindowBase19DoGetBestClientSizeEv]+0xe0000011): undefined reference to `wxDefaultSize'
c:/program files (x86)/codeblocks/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: obj\Release\testApp.o: bad reloc address 0x1 in section `.text$_ZNK12wxWindowBase19DoGetBestClientSizeEv[__ZNK12wxWindowBase19DoGetBestClientSizeEv]'
c:/program files (x86)/codeblocks/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: final link failed: Invalid operation
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minute(s), 6 second(s))
22 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 6 second(s))
Here is the project file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<CodeBlocks_project_file>
<FileVersion major="1" minor="6" />
<Project>
<Option title="test" />
<Option pch_mode="2" />
<Option compiler="gcc" />
<Build>
<Target title="Release">
<Option output="bin/Release/test" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
<Option object_output="obj/Release/" />
<Option type="0" />
<Option compiler="gcc" />
<Option projectLinkerOptionsRelation="2" />
<Compiler>
<Add option="-O2" />
<Add directory="C:/wxWidgets-3.0.2/lib/gcc_dll/mswu" />
</Compiler>
<ResourceCompiler>
<Add directory="C:/wxWidgets-3.0.2/lib/gcc_dll/mswu" />
</ResourceCompiler>
<Linker>
<Add option="-s" />
<Add library="libwxmsw30u.a" />
<Add directory="C:/wxWidgets-3.0.2/lib/gcc_dll" />
</Linker>
</Target>
</Build>
<Compiler>
<Add option="-pipe" />
<Add option="-mthreads" />
<Add option="-D__GNUWIN32__" />
<Add option="-D__WXMSW__" />
<Add option="-DWXUSINGDLL" />
<Add option="-DwxUSE_UNICODE" />
<Add option="-Wall" />
<Add directory="C:/wxWidgets-3.0.2/include" />
</Compiler>
<ResourceCompiler>
<Add directory="C:/wxWidgets-3.0.2/include" />
</ResourceCompiler>
<Linker>
<Add option="-mthreads" />
</Linker>
<Unit filename="resource.rc">
<Option compilerVar="WINDRES" />
</Unit>
<Unit filename="testApp.cpp" />
<Unit filename="testApp.h" />
<Unit filename="testMain.cpp" />
<Unit filename="testMain.h" />
<Extensions>
<code_completion />
<envvars />
<debugger />
<lib_finder disable_auto="1" />
</Extensions>
</Project>
</CodeBlocks_project_file>
