Questions tagged [wxwidgets]

wxWidgets is a cross-platform GUI framework. It is written in C++ and has bindings for Python, Perl, Ruby, PHP, Erlang and even .Net. It also supports several mobile platforms including Windows Mobile, iPhone SDK and embedded GTK+.

Information:

Current stable version: 3.0.5
Current development version: 3.1.5
Old stable version: 2.8.12

Homepage:

http://www.wxwidgets.org/

Documentation:

Books:

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can't compile wxwidgets through mingw, following install.txt that came with the zip file

I am trying to compile wxwidgets. I am compiling with mingw32 and am following the install.txt that came with the zip file, but when ever I compile it, it gives me these errors. if not exist gcc_mswd mkdir gcc_mswd process_begin:…
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wxWidgets setup in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

I've been trying to figure out for about 20 hours how to setup wxWidgets in Microsoft visual studio 2017. I've…
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wxWidgets runtime error (Mismatch version)

I have a problem at start the program: Fatal Error: Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected. The library used 3.0 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1010,wx containers,compatible with 2.8), and your program used 3.0…
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threads in wxWidgets

Im using wxWidgets and I call function which takes a long time to proceed. I would like to do it in background. How can I do that? Thanks for help
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How can I ensure that a wxFrame is brought to the foreground?

I have a wxFrame that receives events. Whenever an event comes in, I want the frame to be brought to the foreground. I'm currently using: my_frame->SetFocus(); But that doesn't seem to work for minimized frames. How can I set the frame as the…
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As a newbie, where should I go if I want to create a small GUI program?

I'm a newbie with a little experience writing in BASIC, Python and, of all things, a smidgeon of assembler (as part of a videogame ROM hack). I wanted to create small tool for modifying the hex values at particular points, in a particular file, that…
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Is there any Visual Studio-like tool for creating GUIs for Python?

My girlfriend asked me if there was a tool (actually, an IDE) that would let her create her GUI visually and edit functions associated with GUI-related events with little effort. For example, she wants to double-click a button she just created and…
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Drawing SVG images in wxWidgets

I need to be able to draw SVG images (with the ability to scale, and rotate the images by 90,180 and 270 degrees). I also want the ability of instead of rendering the images to a bitmap (e.g. for displaying), to be able to draw them into a new SVG…
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VTK window not filling wx.Panel

I'm creating an application with wxPython and VTK. There is a configuration panel (wx.Panel) on the left of screen and a VTK window on the right, also based on a wx.Panel. The panels are placed in the wxFrame's boxsizer and sized using proportional…
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What is the correct way to change StaticText label?

I am writing a wxPython application, and when I try to change the text in a StaticText object the alignment I have set goes away. It starts off centered, but after the text is changed the alignment goes back to the default, left alignment. Here is…
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XCode 4.5 'tr1/type_traits' file not found

I use the wxwidget library and I have the following problem: #if defined(HAVE_TYPE_TRAITS) #include #elif defined(HAVE_TR1_TYPE_TRAITS) #ifdef __VISUALC__ #include #else #include…
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Python WX - Returning user input from wx Dialog

I'm new to Python and WX. I created a simple test dialog shown below that prompts the user with a combobox. I would like to capture the value from the combox in my main program. How do I call it from my main program? This is how I was purposing to…
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why is my text not aligning properly in wxPython?

I'm using wxPython to build a GUI and I'm trying to align some text but it's not working at all. I'm trying align three different static text items in three places (right aligned, center aligned, and left aligned) in three seperate panels. The…
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RealTime graph using wxWidgets

How can I make a real time graph using wxWidgets in Windows?
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wxNotebook Close Button?

I'm developing a notepad app using wxWidgets (the C++ version) and I'm working on implementing multi-file support. Using the wxNotebook class, I can't seem to find any documentation on adding a close button to the pages so I can easily close…
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