SOLVED: GUI Problem - Can't Seem to Get It

[arew264]

Okay, so this is somewhat CodeBlocks related and somewhat GUI dev related, so here goes:
I've been trying to get a GUI designed in wxWidgets for a basic telnet chat client. I need two text boxes, one for a list of people in the chat room and one for the chat messages.
The trouble is that I've been using wxFormBuilder to try to make a GUI, and I don't see a widget that would give me a text box for the messages.
I can use a list box for the users in the chat room, but what can I use for the chat messages?
Anyone have something better than wxFormBuilder for this type of setup?
I'm on the verge of just installing VC++ for this as I've spent the last week wading through documentation for GTK and then wxWidgets.

[klight]

You probably want a wxTextCtrl with a style set with wxTE_MULTILINE enabled.  You can also enable the wxTE_READONLY style.  IIRC wxTextCtrl does have a limit to the amount of data which can be appended/inserted, after which no new data can be appended until older data is removed.

I don't think that the tool, wxFormBuilder or wxSmith, will have any impact on you implementation as either will construct one or more dialogs with all of the widgets you would need.

[manmach]

The textbox widget is the fourth from the left under common, in wxFormbuilder.
You might recognise it by the icon of a textbox.

And the label wxTextCtrl if you hover your mouse over it.

[arew264]

Okay, so I did do that, and it worked, but I for whatever reason decided to try it in wxSmith, so it's all set up there.
The problem now is getting wxSmith to generate the happy callback functions. I enabled the option that sends a signal when the user presses enter in the input TextCtrl, so I should at least get something for that.
How do I get wxSmith to generate code, or if it doesn't, is there documentation for this sort of thing that I can look at somewhere?

[arew264]

I still can't seem to realize that documentation is in the wiki. This is an ongoing problem for me. I'll have a problem, search for documentation, find none, ask about it, and then suddenly see a button labeled 'wiki'.
Needless to say, I found the tutorial and it all makes a lot more sense now. Thanks to all who helped me before.

[arew264]

AUGH, the fun proves to be never ending.
Something seems to be wrong with my build, but I don't see how.
Trying to compile my project yields this:

Code

-------------- Build: Debug in ChatClient ---------------
Compiling: ChatClientMain.cpp
In file included from C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/defs.h:21,
                 from C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/dialog.h:15,
                 from C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Desktop\ChatClient\/ChatClientMain.h:14,
                 from C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Desktop\ChatClient\ChatClientMain.cpp:10:
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/platform.h:196:22: wx/setup.h: No such file or directory
In file included from C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/platform.h:279,
                 from C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/defs.h:21,
                 from C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/dialog.h:15,
                 from C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Desktop\ChatClient\/ChatClientMain.h:14,
                 from C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Desktop\ChatClient\ChatClientMain.cpp:10:
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:98:9: #error "wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:106:9: #error "wxUSE_EXCEPTIONS must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:114:9: #error "wxUSE_FILESYSTEM must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:122:9: #error "wxUSE_FS_ARCHIVE must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:135:9: #error "wxUSE_DYNAMIC_LOADER must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:143:9: #error "wxUSE_LOG must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:151:9: #error "wxUSE_LONGLONG must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:159:9: #error "wxUSE_MIMETYPE must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:175:9: #error "wxUSE_PRINTF_POS_PARAMS must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:183:9: #error "wxUSE_PROTOCOL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:225:9: #error "wxUSE_REGEX must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:233:9: #error "wxUSE_STDPATHS must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:241:9: #error "wxUSE_XML must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:249:9: #error "wxUSE_SOCKETS must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:257:9: #error "wxUSE_STREAMS must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:265:9: #error "wxUSE_STOPWATCH must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:273:9: #error "wxUSE_TEXTBUFFER must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:281:9: #error "wxUSE_TEXTFILE must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:297:9: #error "wxUSE_URL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:305:9: #error "wxUSE_VARIANT must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:325:9: #error "wxUSE_ABOUTDLG must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:333:9: #error "wxUSE_ACCEL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:341:9: #error "wxUSE_ANIMATIONCTRL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:349:9: #error "wxUSE_BITMAPCOMBOBOX must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:357:9: #error "wxUSE_BMPBUTTON must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:365:9: #error "wxUSE_BUTTON must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:373:9: #error "wxUSE_CALENDARCTRL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:381:9: #error "wxUSE_CARET must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:389:9: #error "wxUSE_CHECKBOX must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:405:9: #error "wxUSE_CHOICE must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:413:9: #error "wxUSE_CHOICEBOOK must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:421:9: #error "wxUSE_CHOICEDLG must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:429:9: #error "wxUSE_CLIPBOARD must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:437:9: #error "wxUSE_COLLPANE must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:445:9: #error "wxUSE_COLOURDLG must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:453:9: #error "wxUSE_COLOURPICKERCTRL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:461:9: #error "wxUSE_COMBOBOX must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:469:9: #error "wxUSE_COMBOCTRL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:477:9: #error "wxUSE_DATAOBJ must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:485:9: #error "wxUSE_DATAVIEWCTRL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:493:9: #error "wxUSE_DATEPICKCTRL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:501:9: #error "wxUSE_DIRPICKERCTRL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:509:9: #error "wxUSE_DISPLAY must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:517:9: #error "wxUSE_DOC_VIEW_ARCHITECTURE must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:525:9: #error "wxUSE_FILEDLG must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:533:9: #error "wxUSE_FILEPICKERCTRL must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:541:9: #error "wxUSE_FONTDLG must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:549:9: #error "wxUSE_FONTMAP must be defined."
C:/wxWidgets-2.8.4/include/wx/chkconf.h:557:9: #error "wxUSE_FONTPICKERCTRL must be defined."
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 10 seconds)
50 errors, 0 warnings

Was there some sort of configure command that I was supposed to run or something?

[arew264]

Well, a quick google and the wxWidgets wiki solved that one. Guess I should just let this thread die now.