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Using Code::Blocks / Re: how to let github action to run codeblocks.exe to build cbp project

« Last post by Miguel Gimenez on September 25, 2026, 02:29:46 pm »

Probably the "Select default compiler" dialog...

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Using Code::Blocks / Re: how to let github action to run codeblocks.exe to build cbp project

« Last post by ollydbg on September 25, 2026, 02:10:04 pm »

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Run # Quietly build the Code::Blocks project in CLI mode
  # Quietly build the Code::Blocks project in CLI mode
  codeblocks --no-splash-screen --no-associative --no-dde --target="Release" --build image-label-gui.cbp
  shell: D:\a\_temp\setup-msys2\msys2.CMD {0}
  env:
    MSYSTEM: UCRT64
Starting Code::Blocks Release 25.03  rev 0 Jul 28 2026, 05:55:01 - wxWidgets 3.2.10 - gcc 16.1.0 (Windows, unicode) - 64 bit
Manager initialized
Initialize EditColourSet .....
Initialize EditColourSet: done.
Loading menubar...
Abbreviations: loaded
AStylePlugin: loaded
Autosave: loaded
AutoVersioning: loaded
BrowseTracker: loaded
BYOGames: loaded
CB_Koders: loaded
Cccc: loaded
clangd_client: loaded
ClassWizard: loaded
CodeCompletion: loaded
CodeSnippets: loaded
CodeStat: loaded
Compiler: loaded
copystrings: loaded
CppCheck: loaded
Cscope: loaded
Debugger: loaded
FilesExtensionHandler: loaded
DoxyBlocks: loaded
cbDragScroll: loaded
EditorConfig: loaded
EditorTweaks: loaded
EnvVars: loaded
Exporter: loaded
FileManager: loaded
HeaderFixup: loaded
HelpPlugin: loaded
HexEditor: loaded
IncrementalSearch: loaded
cbKeyBinder: loaded
lib_finder: loaded
MouseSap: loaded
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The plugin name "wxSmithMime" does not match the name in the "wxSmith" file.
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Added compiler "GNU GCC Compiler"
ClassBrowser::UpdateClassBrowserView(): No active project available.
Updating class browser...
Class browser updated (452 msec)
Added compiler "Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003"
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Master path of compiler ID "gcc" is empty -> triggers auto-detection.
Master path of compiler ID "msvctk" is empty -> triggers auto-detection.
Master path of compiler ID "msvc8" is empty -> triggers auto-detection.
Master path of compiler ID "mTerminate batch job (Y/N)? 
Error: The operation was canceled.

I see it just hangs. Maybe some message box jumps out, and it is waiting for user input or click.

see:

https://github.com/asmwarrior/image-label-gui/actions/runs/36129683779/job/108053833030

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Using Code::Blocks / how to let github action to run codeblocks.exe to build cbp project

« Last post by ollydbg on September 25, 2026, 03:32:41 am »

Any one has such experience before? I mean I have a cbp project, and I'd like to run something like:

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codeblocks.exe --no-associative --no-dde --target="Release" --build test.cbp

Thanks.

I found one discussion 6 years ago, but this is on a linux build, see this: github action [Resolved]

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Help / Re: wxSmith has a blackout!

« Last post by Danois on September 24, 2026, 07:26:49 pm »

Thank you for your suggestion. I spun up a VM with a clean instance of Kubuntu 26.04 (I assume the following works for any *buntu), and this is what worked:

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#!/bin/bash
set -e

# Required packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential libtool pkg-config libglib2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libwxgtk3.2-dev subversion

# Get the source
cd "$(xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS)"
svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/codeblocks/code/trunk codeblocks-code
cd codeblocks-code

# Build & install
./bootstrap
./configure --with-contrib-plugins=all,-NassiShneiderman --prefix=/opt/codeblocks
make -j $(nproc)
sudo make install

# Desktop integration
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
cat /opt/codeblocks/share/applications/codeblocks.desktop | \
  sed 's/^Exec=.*/Exec=\/opt\/codeblocks\/bin\/codeblocks \%F/' | \
  sed 's/^Icon=.*/Icon=application-x-codeblocks/' > ~/.local/share/applications/codeblocks.desktop

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes
ln -s /opt/codeblocks/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/* ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/mime/packages
ln -s /opt/codeblocks/share/mime/packages/* ~/.local/share/mime/packages/

There are a couple of things, though.. Whilst running "configure .." i got an error that seemed to be related to a missing library (zlib), but after a lot of investigation I found out that the macro "PKG_CHECK_MODULES( .. )" was unavailable because the package "pkg-config" was not installed. I would suggest to either check for the presence of this package during bootstrap:

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# Test if pkg-config/pkgconf exists or else PKG_CHECK_MODULES(..) is not generated
if test -z "`which pkg-config`" && test -z "`which pkgconf`"; then
  echo "pkg-config or pkgconf is required. Aborting build..."
  exit 1
fi

The portability of this approach is unknown, though.. You could also use AC_CHECK_LIB in configure.ac instead:

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AC_CHECK_LIB([z], [compress2], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([ZLib (libz) was not found!])])

Which is portable.

During the first launch of C::B, i created a new wxWidgets project and landed on wxSmith which took up all the space of the main window and from there I had to go to the View menu and show the "Manager" before I could find the headers / sources. If you are not familiar with C::B, that is not very intuitive and I would suggest that the Manager showing the "Projects" tab is always displayed when C::B is launched for the first time.

EDIT: I posted the wrong "bootstrap" snippet, "pkg-config --version" should have been "which pkg-config" which is corrected now.

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Development / Re: Change to C++17?

« Last post by gd_on on September 24, 2026, 09:23:51 am »

I usually build CB with gnu++20 (even tests with gnu++26). No problems, except a few warnings concerning obsolete things which are not there with c++17. I have seen that the generated code is a little bit bigger.

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Development / Re: Change to C++17?

« Last post by killerbot on September 23, 2026, 07:09:18 pm »

are there any objections to switch to c++20 or even c++23 ?

I think the winlibs gcc ports for windows also nicely support it, because I build CB (and wx) with it, and that goes fine.

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Using Code::Blocks / Re: Interest in a CMake Solution Generator for Code::Blocks via cmake-file-api?

« Last post by cacb on September 23, 2026, 11:21:27 am »

I would be very interested to see such a feature and use it when distributing my software.

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Help / Re: Building CB : cannot find -lexchndl.dll: No such file or directory

« Last post by charles5577 on September 22, 2026, 11:59:39 am »

I tried with the latest SVN code. It works.
Thanks everyone!

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Help / Re: wxSmith has a blackout!

« Last post by christo on September 22, 2026, 03:58:44 am »

Please see the steps I use to build on my ubuntu 24.04, hope this is helpful for you

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#wxWidgets install
sudo apt install libwxgtk3.2-dev

#Alternatively wxWidgets build from source
git clone https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git
cd wxWidgets
git checkout v3.3.3
git submodule update --init
mkdir build-v3.3.3/
cd build-v3.3.3/
CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc-15.2.0 CPP=/usr/local/bin/cpp-15.2.0 CXX=/usr/local/bin/g++-15.2.0 ../configure --enable-xrc --enable-monolithic --enable-debug --enable-stc --enable-webview
make -j$(( $(nproc) - 1 ))
sudo make install

#install deps
sudo apt install libtool cmake

#Build C::B
cd ~/codeblocks-code
ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /usr/local/share/aclocal" ./bootstrap #ACLOCAL_FLAGS required only when installed wxwidgets from source
./configure --with-contrib-plugins=all --prefix=/opt/codeblocks/
make -j$(( $(nproc) - 1 )) install -k

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Help / Re: wxSmith has a blackout!

« Last post by Danois on September 21, 2026, 07:27:09 pm »

Hi Danois, could you please check if AppImage detailed in https://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,26313.msg178904.html#msg178904 works?

I have tested the AppImage, and the issues I have mentioned in this topic are not present with the AppImage version. I have also been looking at the "real" build guide and I'm goint to try to build C::B from sources and see how it goes. If the build succeeds, I'm using that and if not I'll use the AppImage.

Thanks so far! :-)