New Software Development Process, Part 6 - Installing wxFormBuilder, a Form Designing Tool for wxWidgets

Next, I installed the latest version of wxFormBuilder (3.0.57) with the plug-ins for the latest supported controls (wxAdditions). These steps are the ones that I took to install it.

I created the sub-folder
C:\SWDevTools\wxFormBuilder

Then, I created the sub-folder
C:\SWDevTools\wxFormBuilder\download

I downloaded wxFormBuilder_v3.0.57.exe from

http://wxformbuilder.org/?page_id=27

to

C:\SWDevTools\wxFormBuilder\download


I downloaded wxAdditions_Plugin_v2.8.7.02-win32.zip from

http://wxformbuilder.org/?page_id=30

to

C:\SWDevTools\wxFormBuilder\download


Installing wxFormBuilder application is pretty straight forward, I just execute wxFormBuilder_v3.0.57.exe

(I didn't install the source code.)


Installing the wxAdditions plug-ins, requires that you have software to unzip the file wxAdditions_Plugin_v2.8.7.02-win32.zip

I used jZip, which is a free WinZip alternative. If you don't already have software to unzip files, you can get jZip from

http://www.jzip.com/

I opened wxAdditions_Plugin_v2.8.7.02-win32.zip using jZip.

I dragged the wxAdditions folder from the jZip dialog to
C:\SWDevTools\wxFormBuilder\download

Then, I exited from the jZip application.

I opened the "wxAdditions" folder that I dragged from the jZip dialog.

I selected every file in
C:\SWDevTools\wxFormBuilder\download\wxAdditions

I cut everything that I selected and paste them in
C:\SWDevTools\wxFormBuilder\plugins\wxAdditions