[Dev-C++] Difficulties with Beta

[Laurence <lau...@ip...>]

To install the recently released wxWindows.DevPak, I needed to get the =
Dev-C++ Beta.

I downloaded the 'executable only' distribution, and installed it into =
my existing Dev-C++ folder, right over Dev-C++ 4.

I then successfully installed the wxWindows package.

PROBLEM:
wxWindows projects, based on the provided wxWindows template, will not =
compile. The template itself, unaltered, will not compile.

COMPILER RESULTS:
If I could cut'n'paste from the compiler results in the Dev-C++ Beta =
version, like I could in Dev-C++ 4 (and earlier), I would have included =
the complete error listing. The Beta, unaccountably, does not support =
this. As it happens, there is no need for me to copy it all out.=20
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    Simply, in file ...include\wx\memory.h, which is included from
                                            ...\include\wx\object.h
                                            ...\include\wx\wx.h
                                            ...main.cpp
                  line 33: iostream.h: No such file or directory.

SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS:
It goes without saying that iostream certainly is declared and defined =
within mingw. Within Dev-C++, "iostream.h" lives in ...\Include\G++. =
<iostream> is a standard include for 99% of C++ programs.

QUESTIONS:
Does the beta make use of an altered directory tree for the mingw files? =
Why? If so, was it a mistake to download and install the 'executable =
only' version of the beta? Do I need to scrap my present installation, =
and start from scratch with the complete 10MB download (which =
incorporates mingw)?

OTHER POSSIBLY RELATED MYSTERIES:
Projects successfully developed and built in Dev-C++ 4 will not compile =
in the beta. A 'build all' effort on one project yields the following =
error message:

CreateProcess((null), rm, myfile.o, main.o, ProjectName.res, =
ProjectName.exe,...) failed.

A click on this error message in the compiler window causes a dialog to =
pop up with the                 message:  "This is a Linker error! This =
is a generic problem in your source files."

The second of these sentences is meaningless. In any case, there were no =
such 'generic' problems before, nor any errors at all in this project.

Compiling other previously built projects, includes of <string> and =
<iostream> lead to 'not found' errors, as above.

SOME IDE SPECIFIC GENERAL OBSERVATIONS:
The beta appears to create and use makefiles. Version 4(and earlier), as =
far as I know, do not.
The beta appears to do a lot of things differently, which is not =
necessarily a bad thing, provided they are improvements. But this is =
obvious. Thus, these alterations must be thought to be improvements by =
those who made them. But, they do not appear to be improvements to me, =
for what once worked perfectly, now does not work at all. Thus, there is =
information about the beta which others have, and which I do not.

Hence, this posting.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Laurence Heywood   =20