--- /dev/null
+#ifndef WX_DEFINITIONS_GROUP
+#define WX_DEFINITIONS_GROUP
+
+/*****************************************************************************\
+* *
+* Name : definitions for wx *
+* Author : Chris Koeritz *
+* *
+* Purpose: *
+* *
+* Some macros that support the use of WX widgets. *
+* *
+*******************************************************************************
+* Copyright (c) 2006-$now By Author. This program is free software; you can *
+* redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public *
+* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of *
+* the License or (at your option) any later version. This is online at: *
+* http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html *
+* Please send any updates to: fred@gruntose.com *
+\*****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <basis/utf_conversion.h>
+
+#include <wx/defs.h>
+
+namespace loggers {
+
+#ifdef wxUSE_UNICODE
+ //! converts to wx's UTF-16 string format.
+ #define to_unicode_wx(s) ((const wxChar *)(const flexichar *)transcode_to_utf16(s))
+ //! converts a wx UTF-16 string to UTF-8.
+ #define from_unicode_wx(s) ((const char *)(const UTF8 *)transcode_to_utf8(s))
+#else
+ // turn off the unicode macro to ensure nothing gets confused.
+ #undef UNICODE
+ // placeholder macros try not to do much.
+ #define to_unicode_wx(s) ((const wxChar *)null_transcoder(s, false))
+ #define from_unicode_wx(s) ((const char *)null_transcoder((const wxChar *)s, false))
+#endif
+
+} //namespace.
+
+#endif
+