Libraries list

wxWidgets library is divided into libraries briefly described below. This diagram show dependencies between them:

wxAui

This contains the Advanced User Interface docking library.

wxBase

Every wxWidgets application must link against this library. It contains mandatory classes that any wxWidgets code depends on (e.g. wxString) and portability classes that abstract differences between platforms. wxBase can be used to develop console mode applications, it does not require any GUI libraries or running X Window System on Unix.

wxNet

Classes for network access:

• wxSocket classes (wxSocketClient, wxSocketServer and related classes)
• wxSocketOutputStream and wxSocketInputStream
• sockets-based IPC classes (wxTCPServer, wxTCPClient and wxTCPConnection)
• wxURL
• wxInternetFSHandler (a wxFileSystem handler) Requires wxBase.

wxRichText

This contains generic rich text control functionality.

wxXML

This library contains simple classes for parsing XML documents. Note that their API will change in the future and backward compatibility will not be preserved. Use of this library in your applications is not recommended, it is only meant for use by XML resources system. Future versions of wxWidgets will contain new XML handling classes with DOM-like API. Requires wxBase.

wxCore

Basic GUI classes such as GDI classes or controls are in this library. All wxWidgets GUI applications must link against this library, only console mode applications don't.

wxAdvanced

Advanced or rarely used GUI classes:

• wxBufferedDC
• wxCalendarCtrl
• wxGrid classes
• wxJoystick
• wxLayoutAlgorithm
• wxSplashScreen
• wxTaskBarIcon
• wxSound
• wxWizard
• wxSashLayoutWindow
• wxSashWindow

Requires wxCore and wxBase.

wxMedia

Miscellaneous classes related to multimedia. Currently this library only contains wxMediaCtrl but more classes will be added in the future.

Requires wxCore and wxBase.

wxGL

This library contains wxGLCanvas class for integrating OpenGL library with wxWidgets. Unlike all others, this library is not part of the monolithic library, it is always built as separate library. Requires wxCore and wxBase.

wxHTML

Simple HTML renderer and other HTML rendering classes are contained in this library, as well as wxHtmlHelpController, wxBestHelpController and wxHtmlListBox. Requires wxCore and wxBase.

wxODBC

Database classes. Requires wxBase.

wxQA

This is the library containing extra classes for quality assurance. Currently it only contains wxDebugReport and related classes, but more will be added to it in the future.

Requires wxCore, wxBase and wxXML.

wxDbGrid

wxDbGridTableBase class which combines wxGrid and wxDbTable. Requires wxODBC and wxAdvanced.

wxXRC

This library contains wxXmlResource class that provides access to XML resource files in XRC format. Requires wxXML, wxCore, wxAdvanced and wxHTML.