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wxWindows 2 beta 4
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Welcome to wxWindows 2, a sophisticated cross-platform C++
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framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where
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possible) the native controls.
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In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames, scrolling
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windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts,
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printing, splitter windows and so on, there are wrappers for common
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file operations and facilities for writing TCP/IP applications.
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Where certain features are not available on a platform, such as MDI and
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tree controls on Unix, they are emulated.
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A detailed 700-page reference manual is supplied in HTML, PDF and
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Windows Help form.
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For a quick start, point your Web browser at docs/html/index.htm for a list of
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important documents and samples.
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Platforms supported
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wxWindows 2 currently supports the following platforms:
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- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT
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- Most Unix variants with Motif/Lesstif
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- Most Unix variants with GTK+
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Most popular C++ compilers are supported; see the release notes
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(available via docs/html/index.htm) for details.
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Files
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Depending on what you downloaded, you may have one or more of
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these ports. You may unarchive any or all of the ports into
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the same directory hierarchy. The zip archive set comprises the
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following:
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wx200gen.zip Generic source code and samples (required)
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wx200msw.zip Windows-specific source code
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wx200mot.zip Motif-specific source code
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wx200gtk.zip GTK-specific source code
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wx200doc.zip Documentation source code (not required)
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wx200hlp.zip WinHelp documentation
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wx200pdf.zip Acrobat PDF documentation
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wx200htm.zip HTML documentation
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wx200vc.zip MS VC++ 5.0 project files
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wx200cw.zip Metrowerks CodeWarrior project files
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Installation
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wxWindows 2 needs to be compiled before you can test out
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the samples or write your own applications.
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For installation information, please see the install.txt file
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in the individual directories:
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docs/msw
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docs/gtk
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docs/motif
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Licence information
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For licensing information, please see the files:
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docs/preamble.txt
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docs/licence.txt
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docs/licendoc.txt
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docs/gpl.txt
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docs/lgpl.txt
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Although this may seem complex, it is there to allow authors of
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proprietary/commercial applications to use wxWindows in
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addition to those writing GPL'ed applications. In summary,
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the licence is L-GPL plus a clause allowing unrestricted
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distribution of application binaries. To answer a FAQ, you
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don't have to distribute any source if you wish to write
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commercial applications using wxWindows.
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Documentation
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See docs/changes.txt for a history of changes to wxWindows 2.
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See docs/html/index.htm for an HTML index of the major documents.
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The Windows help files are located in docs/winhelp.
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The PDF help files are located in docs/pdf.
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Further information
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The wxWindows Web site is located at:
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http://www.wxwindows.org
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The wxGTK Web site (with further wxGTK-specific files and
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information) is located at:
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http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~wxxt
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The main wxWindows ftp site is at:
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ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin
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A wxWindows CD-ROM with the latest distribution plus an HTML
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front-end and hundreds of MB of compilers, utilities and other
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material may be ordered from the CD-ROM page:
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http://www.wxwindows.org/cdrom.htm
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or contact Julian Smart <julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk>.
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Good luck!
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The wxWindows Team, February 1999
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