How To Install Fl_Native_File_Chooser Into Your Own Project

The Fl_Native_File_Chooser project can either be added to FLTK, or installed as a subdirectory either inside your own project, or in a separate directory that all your projects can refer to.

Just be sure to compile with the -I (include) flag pointing to where the Fl_Native_File_Chooser directory is, and to link in the Fl_Native_File_Chooser.o file left in that directory after doing a 'make'.

Installing Fl_Native_File_Chooser Into Your Project's Directory

Here's an example of how to install Fl_Native_File_Chooser into your project's own directory:

        ../src/YourApp/
	        |
	        |-- YourApp.C
		|-- YourApp.H		     -- Contains "#include <FL/Fl_Native_File_Chooser.H>"
		|-- Makefile		     -- Compiles with "-I./Fl_Native_File_Chooser", 
		|                               links with ./Fl_Native_File_Chooser/Fl_Native_File_Chooser.o
		|-- Fl_Native_File_Chooser   -- Fl_Native_File_Chooser installed as a subdirectory
		:       |
		        |-- FL
			|   |
			|   |-- Fl_Native_File_Chooser.H
			|   :
			|
			|-- Fl_Native_File_Chooser.o
			|-- Makefile
			:

This way you can still just have "#include <FL/Fl_Native_File_Chooser.H>" in your C++ files.. just use "-I./Fl_Native_File_Chooser" as one of the compile flags, and the #include will resolve correctly.

During linking, be sure to link in "./Fl_Native_File_Chooser/Fl_Native_File_Chooser.o" as part of the link instructions for your app.

Recommendations

It is advised you locate Fl_Native_File_Chooser in the same source directory your FLTK version(s) are installed, eg:

    /usr/local/src/fltk-1.1.x-svn/		     <-- some rev of fltk
    /usr/local/src/fltk-2.0-svn/		     <-- some other rev of fltk
    /usr/local/src/Fl_Native_File_Chooser-0.84/  <-- put Fl_Native_File_Chooser here
    

In your Makefile, just add the Fl_Native_File_Chooser directory to your include path, and add the Fl_Native_File_Chooser.o to your link line, eg:

    # FLTK1
    INCLUDES = -I/usr/local/src/Fl_Native_File_Chooser-0.84/
    LIBS     = /usr/local/src/Fl_Native_File_Chooser-0.84/Fl_Native_File_Chooser.o

    # FLTK2
    INCLUDES = -I/usr/local/src/Fl_Native_File_Chooser-0.84/
    LIBS     = /usr/local/src/Fl_Native_File_Chooser-0.84/NativeFileChooser.o

    foo: foo.cxx
	    g++ $(INCLUDES) foo.cxx -c
	    g++ foo.o $(LIBS) ..