Error #1: appears on launch, in a popup, as wxMessageBox -------- start dump ------- title is "wxwidgets Debug Alert", inside the error message is: /Users/myuser/Library/wxWidgets-2.8.6/include/wx/dcbuffer.h(251): assert "win->GetBackgroundStyle() == wxBG_STYLE_CUSTOM" failed in TestWinStyle(): In constructor, you need to call SetBackgroundStyle(wxBG_STYLE_CUSTOM), and also, if needed, paint the background manually in the paint event handler. Do you want to stop the program? You can also choose [Cancel] to suppress further warnings. -------- end dump ------- I did this, but I still get the same warning. Error #2: appears the moment I am closing the message box from Error #1. -------- start dump ------- Can't load image from file 'images/img.ico': file does not exist and then there's "details" button, which also shows many lines of: Can't load image from 19:14:40 no bitmap handler ... 19:14:40 ... ... .. many many repititions ( for each image - 2 lines ) ... -------- end dump ------- why does it happen ? where does the program expect to find and which handler ? I am running from the code, in myApp::Oninit() wxInitAllImageHandlers(); InitXmlResource();