Building the editor against WX

[granx]

Hi guys, I've had a horrible experience trying to build the editor and I want to see how we can make it easier.
First off, building CEGUI. Building its dependencies on Windows was not easy, this should be addressed and I don't think dependency packages should be the only solution, some documentation will help a lot, and I'm trying to do my part.

Second, building WX (again on Windows). I learned that it is extremely important to open the right solution file. One seemed more friendly for building the wx static libraries (used by the editor) than the other which is intended for building wx DLLs.

With the dependencies for the editor in place, I tried building. The compile went quite smoothely, but I am now stuck on a link problem. For some reason, the wxGrid's member functions are unresolved. This isn't a linker path problem, as I actually built the wx libraries one by one, and watch happily as the editor found each new wx lib. When all the wx libs were built, the editor still has unresolved symbols, so far just with the wxGrid class.

I had hoped to contribute a lot to the editor, but building it has really slowed me down, and now the project lead has decided to go with a competitor. I recommend having directions about how to compile the dependencies and the editor in a very easy to find place. You will most certainly receive more feedback once this is streamlined. I don't think I will have a chance to add the features I hoped to the editor, sorry about that. How about uploading a nightly build for various platforms that can be downloaded and tested immediately?

[scriptkid]

Hi Granx,

sorry to hear about your troubles! But thank you for pointing us at them. I assume that you followed the wiki page? Did you use the 'head' of CEGUI, or its release candidate? The dependency package is a seperate download which you don't need to compile yourself. It contains alls the required libs and stuff.

About wxWidgets: the wiki page mentiones the correct file to use. There are indeed differences in their behavior when building.

If you tell me the steps you followed, i will try to reprocude the unresolved wxGrid symbols on my own system.

To which competitor have we lost you, if i may ask?

Again, sorry!