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<TITLE>wxWindows 2 FAQ: General</TITLE>
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wxWindows 2 FAQ: General
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See also <a href="faq.htm">top-level FAQ page</a>.
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<H3><a name="whatis">What is wxWindows?</a></H3>
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wxWindows is a class library that allows you to compile graphical C++ programs on a range of
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different platforms. wxWindows defines a common API across platforms, but uses the native graphical user interface (GUI) on each platform,
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so your program will take on the native 'look and feel' that users are familiar with.<P>
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Although GUI applications are mostly built programmatically, there is a dialog editor to help
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build attractive dialogs and panels.<P>
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You don't have to use C++ to use wxWindows: wxWindows 1 has been interfaced to several interpreted languages,
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such as CLIPS, Python, Scheme, XLisp and Perl, and there is a Python interface for wxWindows 2.
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<h3>Can I use wxWindows 2 for both proprietary (commercial) projects, and GPL'ed projects?</h3>
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Yes. Please see the <a href="newlicen.htm">licence</a> for details, but basically
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you can distribute proprietary binaries without distributing any source code, and neither will wxWindows
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conflict with GPL code you may be using or developing with it.
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The conditions for using wxWindows 2 are the same whether you are a personal, academic
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or commercial developer.
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<h3>Is there support?</h3>
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No official support, but the mailing list is very helpful and some people say that
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wxWindows support is better than for much commercial software. The developers are
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keen to fix bugs as soon as possible, though obviously there are no guarantees.
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<H3><a name="users">Who uses wxWindows?</a></H3>
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Many organisations - commercial, government, and academic - across the
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world. It's impossible to estimate the true number of users, since
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wxWindows is obtained by many different means, and we cannot monitor
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distribution. The mailing list contains around 300-400 entries which is
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quite large for a list of this type.<P>
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