RE: [wxperl-users] Building wxPerl with wxWindows 2.3.1, and usingXML resources

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> Dear Mattia,
> Thanks for the info - I'm getting further!
> 
> I've built xrc using:
> nmake -f makefile.vx FINAL=1
nmake -f makefile.vc FINAL=1 WXUSINGDLL=1

( will I ever learn how to give instructions correctly... )

> to create wxxrc.lib (rather than wxxrcd.lib), and this worked fine.
> 
> However, when I try building wxPerl, using:
> nmake 
> perl Makefile.PL
> nmake 
> 
> I get the following errors (I've snipped sections out to give the 
gist,
> as it goes on quite a bit):
> 
> 	link -out:..\..\blib\arch\auto\Wx\XRC\XRC.dll -dll -nologo
> -nodefaultlib -release
> -libpath:"c:\perl\5.6.1\lib\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\CORE"  -
machine:x86

<snip>

> wxxrc.lib(xmlres.obj) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall
> wxString::~wxString(void)" (??1wxString@@QAE@XZ) already defined in
> wx23_1.lib(wx23_1.dll)

<snip>

All these are due to the fact that wx is compiled as a DLL, but
wxXRC is compiled as if wxWindows were compiled as a static lib

> .
> .
> wxxrc.lib(xh_unkwn.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
> "public: static class wxClassInfo  wxWindowBase::sm_classwxWindowBase"
> (?sm_classwxWindowBase@wxWindowBase@@2VwxClassInfo@@A)
> .
> .
> .
> ..\..\blib\arch\auto\Wx\XRC\XRC.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 49 
unresolved
> externals
> 
> Have I missed something in my build of wx2.3.1...?
> 
> Sorry to take up your time, but I really want to be able to use 
resource
Sorry *again* for *your* time... ( but this should really be the
 _last_ time... )

> files, so that I can design screens graphically!

Regards
Mattia