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[Seronis]

Are you using the RC2 build or a nightly build or SVN ?   You get the most stable response if you are using something that has been released SINCE RC2.

[DaveK]

version 1.0rc2 is the version I have.

[DaveK]

this gets worse. I can't even compile the sample programs found in the wx/samples directory. For example I try to compile Calendar and I get wxStatusBarBeneric has not been declared. I try to compile access and it gets to linking but it gives me a few (well a lot) of undefined references. Here is the first undefined line

vc_mswunivudll\base\src\common\filename.o:filename.cpp:(.text+0x180e): undefined reference to 'CoCreateInstance@20'
vc_mswunivudll\base\src\common\filename.o:filename.cpp:(.text+0x1830): undefined reference to 'IID_IPersistFile'
vc_mswunivudll\base\src\common\regex.o:regex.cpp:(.text+0x84): undefined reference to 'wx_regfree'

I apologize if the solution for this is extremely simple or I forgot to perform some task, however I believe I followed the instructions to installing mingw32 and for compiling wxWidgets. That is I followed that tutorial linked above. Do these error mean I haven't fully compiled wxWidgets or forgot a step? Should I perhaps recompile? The version of wxWidgets I downloaded was a stable version so I'm a bit skeptical that wxWidgets is faulty.

Thanks for any help! 

[Ceniza]

Please remove RC2 and install a nightly build first

BTW, are you trying to link a version of wxWidgets compiled with MSVC using MinGW?

vc_mswunivudll <-- look suspicious.... VC and Univ...

[Pecan]

this gets worse. I can't even compile the sample programs found in the wx/samples directory. For example I try to compile Calendar and I get wxStatusBarBeneric has not been declared. I try to compile access and it gets to linking but it gives me a few (well a lot) of undefined references. Here is the first undefined line

vc_mswunivudll\base\src\common\filename.o:filename.cpp:(.text+0x180e): undefined reference to 'CoCreateInstance@20'
vc_mswunivudll\base\src\common\filename.o:filename.cpp:(.text+0x1830): undefined reference to 'IID_IPersistFile'
vc_mswunivudll\base\src\common\regex.o:regex.cpp:(.text+0x84): undefined reference to 'wx_regfree'

I apologize if the solution for this is extremely simple or I forgot to perform some task, however I believe I followed the instructions to installing mingw32 and for compiling wxWidgets. That is I followed that tutorial linked above. Do these error mean I haven't fully compiled wxWidgets or forgot a step? Should I perhaps recompile? The version of wxWidgets I downloaded was a stable version so I'm a bit skeptical that wxWidgets is faulty.

Thanks for any help! 

CoCreateInstance is in a minGW libole32.a, so include ole32 in build options; linker; link libraries.

IPersistFile is in libuuid in minGW, so include uuid in build options; linker; link libraries.

wx_regfree in is the widgets /lib either in the libwxmsw26u (if you use unicode monolithic) or libwxregexu for (unicode non-monolithic) Its' name will be without  the 'u' if you made an ansi widgets.



EDIT: Ceniza posted before me. You guys need to give me a turn 
  Oh well.. guess I shouldn't leave that slug trail...

[DaveK]

Please remove RC2 and install a nightly build first

BTW, are you trying to link a version of wxWidgets compiled with MSVC using MinGW?

vc_mswunivudll <-- look suspicious.... VC and Univ...

Actually, I recompiled wxWidgets using mingw32-make. I ran a clean first then I recompiled. Was this a bad move? Should I remove wxWidgets complete. Redownload and then recompile?

I will try removing rc2 installing the night build then installing the stable build if that is what you mean to do.

Thanks! 

[Ceniza]

Just be sure to follow the steps to compile it just like the wiki suggests. A clean followed by a recompile should be OK.

I will try removing rc2 installing the night build then installing the stable build if that is what you mean to do.

Stable build? Just remove RC2 and install a nightly build

[DaveK]

Well I did read the nightly build page on how to install this thing but perhaps I had a few expectations that I didn't see right off. One of them was since I was asked to remove RC2 I was looking for an install program. Can't find it. All I see is an image, lexers, plugins, scripts directory, which only was contained in a share/CodeBlocks directory that matches the share directory in my old install. Thinking all I do is replace the old share directory with this one, that is exactly what I did. The nightly build how to page was very cryptic for me. It kept referring to an install file and codeblocks.exe, but none of that came with the nightly build so I just used my old build. However something tells me this isn't what you had in mind. I start up Codeblocks and immediately get error message after error message and now I don't have a toolbar and most of the menu options will not work. I can't even get import to work to import a sample wxWidget program.

I apologize for being slow on this. Look at it from my point of view. I've been trying to get CodeBlocks working now for almost a week and I am probably just as frustrated as those here who are wondering what is taking me so long.

[sethjackson]

Well I did read the nightly build page on how to install this thing but perhaps I had a few expectations that I didn't see right off. One of them was since I was asked to remove RC2 I was looking for an install program. Can't find it. All I see is an image, lexers, plugins, scripts directory, which only was contained in a share/CodeBlocks directory that matches the share directory in my old install. Thinking all I do is replace the old share directory with this one, that is exactly what I did. The nightly build how to page was very cryptic for me. It kept referring to an install file and codeblocks.exe, but none of that came with the nightly build so I just used my old build. However something tells me this isn't what you had in mind. I start up Codeblocks and immediately get error message after error message and now I don't have a toolbar and most of the menu options will not work. I can't even get import to work to import a sample wxWidget program.

I apologize for being slow on this. Look at it from my point of view. I've been trying to get CodeBlocks working now for almost a week and I am probably just as frustrated as those here who are wondering what is taking me so long.

You can't replace the old share directory with the new one that will never work.

Just uninstall RC2, download 7-zip, get the dlls, and the Code::Blocks build from the nightly build posts. Then extract everything, and place the dlls inside wherever you extracted the Code::Blocks build.

[iw2nhl]

Download latest nightly build from here:
http://forums.next.codeblocks.org/index.php?board=20.0

e.g. (for Windows with MinGW installed):
23 July build message
http://forums.next.codeblocks.org/index.php?topic=3639.0
Code::Blocks (extract in a dir and it is ready, no installer)
http://prdownload.berlios.de/codeblocks/CB_20060723_rev2778_win32.7z
Required DLL (extract this in the same dir as Code::Blocks)
http://prdownload.berlios.de/codeblocks/wxmsw26u_gcc_cb_wx2.6.3p2.7z

Remember to install a newer version of GDB.
MinGW comes with gdb 5.2.1 which does not work with C::B, please dowload 6.3-2 version here (or anywhere else):
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435

[DaveK]

I think we are close. Here is what I have done for a summary

installed nightly build July 23rd.
Installed wxmsw26u_gcc_cb.dll. This is located in the CodeBlocks directory.
installed 6.3-2 version of GDB. which was zipped with specific path information. I simply unzipped the 7z file into the CodeBlocks directory maintaining the path information found in the zip file.
reinstalled wxWidgets 2.6.3
Recompiled wxWidgets using the mingw32 version I already had. Compile ran through fine
Opened codeBlocks. Works wonderfully now and looks better!
Open a wxWidgets sample called access. Said yes to all questions as it opened.
Compiled access and was able to make it past the wx/msw/wx.rc not found by setting up the right directory structure under the project options->directory tab. Got past a wx/setup.h not found error by just copying setup.h from wx/msw into wx/
It compiles but will not link
link errors:
undefined reference to 'wxAppConsole::CheckBuildOptions(char...)
undefined reference to 'wxApp::wxApp()
and so on to 50. Says there is more.

Obviously my linking information in not correct? Can anyone provide me with help in what I need to fix so this can link?

Thanks for the help thus far!

[iw2nhl]

installed 6.3-2 version of GDB. which was zipped with specific path information. I simply unzipped the 7z file into the CodeBlocks directory maintaining the path information found in the zip file.

GDB had to be put in the MinGW dir, not the C::B one!

[Pecan]

I think we are close. Here is what I have done for a summary

installed nightly build July 23rd.
Installed wxmsw26u_gcc_cb.dll. This is located in the CodeBlocks directory.
installed 6.3-2 version of GDB. which was zipped with specific path information. I simply unzipped the 7z file into the CodeBlocks directory maintaining the path information found in the zip file.
reinstalled wxWidgets 2.6.3
Recompiled wxWidgets using the mingw32 version I already had. Compile ran through fine
Opened codeBlocks. Works wonderfully now and looks better!
Open a wxWidgets sample called access. Said yes to all questions as it opened.
Compiled access and was able to make it past the wx/msw/wx.rc not found by setting up the right directory structure under the project options->directory tab. Got past a wx/setup.h not found error by just copying setup.h from wx/msw into wx/
It compiles but will not link
link errors:
undefined reference to 'wxAppConsole::CheckBuildOptions(char...)
undefined reference to 'wxApp::wxApp()
and so on to 50. Says there is more.

Obviously my linking information in not correct? Can anyone provide me with help in what I need to fix so this can link?

Thanks for the help thus far!

You're mixing up a ansi setup.h with a unicode widgets dll.

If you're going to copy setup.dll there is one for .../mswu (unicode) and one for .../msw (ansi). But I wouldnt copy them at all. I'd just add a reference to the correct one into the build options/directories/compiler section.

[DaveK]

I am literally at my wits end. I have spent hours on this and I can't seem to get further even if I remove and reinstall everything according to the links you provide me. I either get a "wx/setup.h directory not found (even after adding the directory to the project build options, or I get linking errors like _imp__wxframeNameStr. I really don't understand why this is so hard for me to figure out or even setup, but after spending 3 hours today, 2 hours yesterday and 1 hour the day before and haven't still be able to compile a single wxWidgets file in codeblocks I'm getting to the point where i'm about to throw my hands up in the air and say this is worth my time. But I really would love to see wxWidgets work for here. I have no clue what I am doing wrong. I believe I have followed the instructions. They seem like a no-brainer. Why would Codeblocks be giving me this much grief.

I'm taking a nap. 

[Pecan]

Turn on Menu/Settings/compiler and debugger/other/compiler logging/Full command line.

Run your compile and copy/paste the compiler command line from Build Log message window to the forum here.

Lets see what cflags and libs are specified.