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02/06/2009

There is a new release of wxPack. This update contains a new wxFormBuilder that works with GCC v4.2.3. Please give feedback. Download now.

01/19/2009

There is a new release of wxPack that supports wxWidgets v2.8.9. This release only has MinGW GCC v4.3.2-sjlj and Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 libraries included. Please give feedback. Download now.

01/19/2009

There is a new release on it's way. I have moved to a new version of GCC (version 4.3.2-sjlj) for this release. I have already updated the download page with the details of the new install. The installer is written so good that I am dropping my version of the GCC v4.2.1 installer. They will always be available to download, just not receiving updates.

08/22/2008

There is a new release of wxPack that supports Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (including Express). I only could test with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express, so please test and give feedback. Download now.

07/29/2008

There is a new release of wxPack that supports wxWidgets v2.8.8. This fixes a bug in wxAdditions and wxVC, so if you use those parts of wxPack please update. Please give feedback. Download now.

07/27/2008

There is a new release of wxPack that supports wxWidgets v2.8.8. This release only has MinGW Gcc4.2.1 and Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 libraries included. This is a beta release because the Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 libraries are being tested. Please give feedback. Download now.

07/24/2008

Well I have been very busy and struggling to make a release happen for wxPack, so I decided to change my strategy a bit. I decided to only build the library in the compilers I use everyday, Gcc 4.2.1 and Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0. So I am not releasing wxPack built using Gcc 3.4.5 and Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1. Sorry, but I just don't feel like I can support 4 different compilers anymore. If there are any volunteers that would be willing to help out, I will gladly take the help. Use the forum to discuss this further.

12/18/2007

There is a new release of wxPack. This update contains a new wxFormBuilder. It contained a bug where is closed right after it opened a file that was double-clicked on. Please give feedback. Download now.

08/30/2007

NOTICE: This news item is only for people that know how to install and use MinGW.

Well I have successfully compiled wxWidgets with MinGW Gcc v4.2.1. There is now a release in the download section for people to try. Remember that this has had only limited testing. Use at your own risk.

I have also made a custom installer for the MinGW v4.2.1-dw2 release. You can find that on the download page as well. This just makes it really easy to install. It doesn't set any environment variable so you can run this next to your existing MinGW install.

02/12/2007

Added a Frequently Asked Question section to the website. There are a few good questions in there and it will grow as time goes on.

09/19/2006

There are new tutorials added to help people setup and use wxPack. Look at the Tutorials page.

08/04/2006

wxPack has been submitted to Digg! Thanks for getting the message out there. I have put an easy way for all users to show their support, just click the "digg it" button on the left sidebar. Have fun and keep coding.

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A complete wxWidgets Development Kit. Includes: wxWidgets source/binaries, Visual Studio 7.0+ Project Wizard and Integrated Help, wxFormBuilder (RAD Tool), and various contributed widgets.

wxPack is a full wxWidgets development kit. It comes with wxWidgets source and binaries pre-built with selected compilers (VC8.0 and gcc) so the developer doesn't need to build it. Building wxWidgets is a long and sometimes difficult task and wxPack takes all the work out of using wxWidgets. It has Visual Studio Integration which comes with a "New Project Wizard" and integrated help. This makes the time needed to develop an application only take as long as writing the code for the application. It also comes with an open-source RAD tool called wxFormBuilder (http://wxformbuilder.org). This cuts the time needed to actually develop the user interface down to a bare minimum. Plus there are also other select contributed widgets included as source and binaries that can be used in a developers application.