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hamid206 · Familiar Face Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 12

What should I do and what shall I download in order to use gtk in windows xp
I use from visual c++ 2005 . what should I do if I want to introduce gtk to it?
I hope that my good friends will help me in this case as other cases.

Micah Carrick · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 5:16 am Post subject:

I don't know how up-to-date it is, but, this article discusses it a bit: http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/GTK+ProgrammingTips.html

xaos5 · Familiar Face Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 19

That site looks pretty good, I usually just install gtk+ dev for win32 and make sure visual studio can find the files.

xaos5 · Familiar Face Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 19

Ok here is a quick setup guide:

Download the dev runtime: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=98754&package_id=111411

create a new text file called gtk+_debug.vsprops:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<VisualStudioPropertySheet
ProjectType="Visual C++"
Version="8.00"
Name="gtk+ debug"
>
<Tool
Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
Optimization="0"
AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(INCLUDE)"
RuntimeLibrary="3"
StructMemberAlignment="4"
AssemblerOutput="0"
DebugInformationFormat="4"
/>
<Tool
Name="VCLinkerTool"
AdditionalDependencies="art_lgpl_2.lib asprintf.lib atk-1.0.lib bz2.lib cairo.lib charset.lib croco-0.6.lib fontconfig.lib freetype.lib gdk_pixbuf-2.0.lib gdkglext-win32-1.0.lib gdk-win32-2.0.lib glade-2.0.lib glib-2.0.lib gmodule-2.0.lib gobject-2.0.lib gsf-1.lib gsf-win32-1.lib gthread-2.0.lib gtkglext-win32-1.0.lib gtk-win32-2.0.lib iconv.lib intl.lib jpeg.lib pango-1.0.lib pangocairo-1.0.lib pangoft2-1.0.lib pangowin32-1.0.lib png.lib popt.lib rsvg-2.lib tiff.lib xml2.lib z.lib"
AdditionalLibraryDirectories="$(LIB)"
GenerateDebugInformation="true"
AssemblyDebug="1"
GenerateMapFile="false"
SubSystem="1"
OptimizeForWindows98="1"
/>
</VisualStudioPropertySheet>

and another called gtk+_release.vsprops:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<VisualStudioPropertySheet
ProjectType="Visual C++"
Version="8.00"
Name="gtk+ release"
>
<Tool
Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
Optimization="2"
FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(INCLUDE)"
RuntimeLibrary="2"
StructMemberAlignment="4"
AssemblerOutput="0"
/>
<Tool
Name="VCLinkerTool"
AdditionalDependencies="art_lgpl_2.lib asprintf.lib atk-1.0.lib bz2.lib cairo.lib charset.lib croco-0.6.lib fontconfig.lib freetype.lib gdk_pixbuf-2.0.lib gdkglext-win32-1.0.lib gdk-win32-2.0.lib glade-2.0.lib glib-2.0.lib gmodule-2.0.lib gobject-2.0.lib gsf-1.lib gsf-win32-1.lib gthread-2.0.lib gtkglext-win32-1.0.lib gtk-win32-2.0.lib iconv.lib intl.lib jpeg.lib pango-1.0.lib pangocairo-1.0.lib pangoft2-1.0.lib pangowin32-1.0.lib png.lib popt.lib rsvg-2.lib tiff.lib xml2.lib z.lib"
AdditionalLibraryDirectories="$(LIB)"
GenerateDebugInformation="false"
AssemblyDebug="0"
GenerateMapFile="false"
SubSystem="2"
OptimizeForWindows98="1"
/>
</VisualStudioPropertySheet>

Include both of these in your project (View -> Other Windows -> Property Manager), if vs still can't find gtk+ then add $(INCLUDE) and $(LIB) under the correct locations in Tools -> Options -> Projects and Solutions -> VC++ Directories

I made it so debug makes main the entry point and generates a console window also. Release needs to have a WinMain entry point like the following:

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If anybody tries this, let me know how it goes.

A quick tip: I personally think Lucida Console at Font Size 12 looks a lot better (ClearType enabled anyways).

CHANGES
06-19-07: added DebugInformationFormat="4" to debug sheet. Debugging works correctly now

Last edited by xaos5 on Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:41 am; edited 4 times in total

xaos5 · Familiar Face Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 19

Here is a simple gtk application to test with:

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#include <gtk/gtk.h>

static void hello( GtkWidget *widget,
gpointer data )
{
g_print ("Hello World\n", data);
}

static gboolean delete_event( GtkWidget *widget,
GdkEvent *event,
gpointer data )
{
g_print ("delete event occurred\n");

return FALSE;
}

static void destroy( GtkWidget *widget,
gpointer data )
{
gtk_main_quit ();
}

int main( int argc,
char *argv[] )
{
GtkWidget *window;
GtkWidget *button;

gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);

g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "delete_event",
G_CALLBACK (delete_event), NULL);

g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "destroy",
G_CALLBACK (destroy), NULL);

gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);

button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Hello World");

g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
G_CALLBACK (hello), NULL);

gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), button);

gtk_widget_show (button);

gtk_widget_show (window);

gtk_main ();

return 0;
}

/* Windows Specific Code */
#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
#include <windows.h>
int WINAPI WinMain(
HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow
)
{
return main (__argc, __argv);
}
#endif