That brings you to the window where you specify the Project title and folder where you want to save the project. Select wxWidgets 2.8x and click the "Next >" button at the bottom of the screen. Unless you just enjoy being welcomed by the program, you will check the box which eliminates it on future startups. Here is the Code::Blocks opening window:Ĭlick "Create a New Project" and then find and double-click the wxWidgets Project icon, pointed to by the cursor in the screenshot below. Each tutorial will be a separate "project" and will occupy a file in this directory.Īfter downloading and installing Code::Blocks, double-click its icon on the desktop to start it. You should probably create a directory with a name something like CBProjects for saving your work on these tutorials. We will assume that you have wxWidgets ready and working with Code::Blocks. Be sure to install also build-essential to get the C++ compiler. Ubuntu Linux users can install wxWidgets from the Ubuntu repositories.The wxPack contains a pre-compiled wxWidgets library, so you can save a lot of time by that route. There are two ways to install the wxWidgets libraries, You can download the wxWidgets source and compile it yourself, or you can download the wxPack from and install it. Windows users should see the wiki page: Compiling wxWidgets 2.8.6 to develop Code::Blocks (MSW) or Installing Code::Blocks from source on Windows or WxWindowsQuickRef.These steps are described on the wiki pages mentioned here: Ever since the appearance of The C Programming Language in 1978, writing such a program has been the traditional first step in learning nearly every computer language.īefore we start, you must either compile wxWidgets or download precompiled binaries and header files. In this first tutorial, we will use wxSmith to put the words "Hello, World!" on the screen. 1.3 Responding to the Click of a Button.1.1.3 End of updated close() information. With newer releases the following is done for you: 1.1.2 End of old "have to add close()" section.1.1.1 The following discussion on having to add close() is no longer true, at least at Code::Blocks 13.12, wxWidgets 3.0.2.1.1 Overview of the Interactive Development Environment (IDE).
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