WxWidgets

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The Configurator uses WxWidgets
The Configurator uses WxWidgets

WxWidgets is a cross platform GUI toolkit written in C++, and can be used from a range of languages: C++, Python, C# and Perl. Applications written with WxWidgets look and feel like native applications.

WxWidgets is a very popular library, and has been put to use in many applications ranging from programs to help translate other programs (poEdit), to audio editing programs (Audacity)

Rigs Of Rods Usage

You'll need WxWidgets to compile the configurator, it is recommended that you download version 2.8.9 as this is the version that the configurator was written for

Building WxWidgets

Before you can use it, you will have to compile WxWidgets, here are some simple steps to getting it compiled on your system

Windows (MSVC)

To get the configurator compiled you will have to build wxWidgets too, here's a step by step guide on getting it compiled:

  1. Install WxWidgets, the default location will do (C:\WxWidgets-2.x.x)
  2. Go to C:\WxWidgets-2.x.x\build\msw and open the wx.dsw, Visual Studio should open.
  3. Click on "Build" and open "Configuration Manager" and select "Unicode Release".
  4. Build the project and then close Visual Studio
  5. You're done, now you have WxWidgets installed and ready to use.
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