Visual Studio Static Compile

The Artistic Style Wx static build uses the project files from the wxWidgets Visual Studio compile. A Static configuration is added to the current configurations. It is a customized compile that uses the static runtime library, no exception handling, and no runtime type information (RTTI). It uses props files to define the wxWidgets variables and static compile variables. There is also a modified wxscintilla compile to exclude all language lexers except for the CPP lexer. This lexer contains the syntax highlighting for all languages used by AStyleWx.

Most of the changes are made by a Python script. There is a script for wxWidgets 3.0 and another for wxWidgets 3.1. They may or may not work with the most current wxWidgets version. Be sure the wxWidgets files can be restored and the Python script rerun before starting.

Make a copy of the wxWidgets build\msw folder before making the following changes.
You must use Visual Studio 2010 or higher. The Python scripts are not set up for any other releases.

Add a Static Configuration

A Visual Studio Static configuration is created by copying the Release configuration.

• Open the appropriate wxWidgets Visual Studio solution file from the wxWidgets build\msw folder.
• From the Visual Studio menu, select Build > Configuration Manager.
• From the solution configuration, select <New...>.
• Enter "Static" for the name. Copy settings from "Release". Be sure that "Create new project configurations" is checked.
• Press "OK" to create the Static configuration.
• From the menu, select File > Save All to save the files.
• Close the solution.

Run the Static Change Script

Modify the files using a Python script form the "file-py" folder in the AStyleWx directory. There is a script for wxWidgets 3.0 (change_static_wx3.0.py) and a script for wxWidgets 3.1 (change_static_wx3.1.py).

Change the script variable "wx_paths" to the path of wxWidgets on your system. The wxWidgets 3.0 Python script needs the Visual Studio version (e.g. vs2013) as part of the wxWidgets folder name. If the name doesn't have this, the script will need to be modified. The wxWidgets 3.1 version doesn't need this.

Run the Python script that is appropriate for your wxWidgets release. The script will do the following.

• Read the appropriate ".vcxproj" files in the build\msw path and change the required Static configuration options.
• Read the Catalogue.cxx file and create a CatalogueStatic.cxx that links only the cpp lexer (LexCPP.cxx).
• Read "wx_wxscintilla.vcxproj" and for the Static configuration and set options to:
  1) Compile CatalogueStatic.cxx instead of Catalogue.cxx.
  2) Remove the lexer language compiles, except for the cpp lexer (LexCPP.cxx).
• Add the wxWidgets Static macros to the setup.props file.

Verify the Static Changes

Check the project files to verify the changes. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on a project and select Properties. Be sure the properties option Configuration is set to Static. The Static configuration options should have the following values.

• C++ > Preprocessor > Preprocessor Definitions, should contain wxNO_EXCEPTIONS.
• C++ > Code Generation > Runtime Library, should be Multi-threaded (/MT).
• C++ > Language > Enable Run-Time Type Information, should be No (/GR-).

In the Solution Explorer expand the wxscintilla project and the project Source folder to show the wxscintilla source files. Source files that are not included in the compile will have a red minus sign to the left of the file name.

For the static configuration in the wxscintilla project:

• CatalogueStatic.cxx will be included and Catalogue.cxx will NOT be included.
• Most of the files beginning with LEX will NOT be included.

For all configurations except static in the wxscintilla project:

• CatalogueStatic.cxx will NOT be included and Catalogue.cxx will be included.
• All of the files beginning with LEX will be included.

If the above conditions are correct the static configurations can be compiled. The Install Information contains the compile instructions.

If the above conditions are not correct, the Python scripts must be changed. You are probably using a new version of wxWidgets which is not supported by the script.