Using a Prebuilt wxHatch  Binary

Prebuilt binaries can be downloaded from the wxHatch website for windows and Linux

Obtaining the wxWidgets Library
If you don't already use wxWidgets you will need to download the wxWidgets library. Click here for details

Launch wxHatch! [if using the cygwin or msys environment start wxHatch from their command line] and use Choose | Select External Compiler to select  the one you have. Set the wxWidgets directory: Use Choose |  Select wxWidgets Directory and browse to the appropriate directory

Choosing a new project: This provides a selection box for the type of project (e.g. text application, drawing/imaging application, list box application, new dialog) and the project will be placed in a new directory with the selected name.

Build the wxWidgets Library: wxHatch comes with menu commands to build the wxWidgets library.

Build your first project: Use the Make menu, and choose Make to build the project. This will produce a makefile for the compiler selected. Now choose Make | Run to execute the program. Initially, this produces a blank window, colored green, with no menus and which responds to no mouse events. It can be closed by clicking in the top right corner;

The power of wxHatch comes from the ease with which menus and dialogs can be added, or mouse events handled in the window as described in Step Two


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