title: How to set up wxWidgets 3.1.0 with Visual Studio 2015
body: <p>I am somewhat of a beginner when it comes to open source libraries. I have tried to compile from source and use the pre-built binaries, but in both cases I get a ton of errors when I try to run the simple 'Hello World' program on the tutorial section of the wxWidgets website. After playing around for quite some time, the closest I have got to compiling is by building the libraries from source, but I still have 2 errors remaining:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>"_w64 can only be specified on int, long, and pointer types" file: defs.h</li>
  <li>"cannot open file 'wxbase31ud.lib" - LINK</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>It seems strange to me that the header file provided by wx would have an error such as that one, so I imagine both errors are because of something I am doing. I am hoping that someone here can do one of the following for me:</p>
  
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  <li>Help me solve these errors</li>
  <li>Provide instructions for building libraries from source and subsequently linking my program to the correct directories</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Some additional info: I am working on x64 Windows 7, my target will also be x64 exclusively. I do not have admin privileges, so no editing the system PATH for me.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help!</p>