Help!

[Z]

Hi,
I'm really new to OpenGL, and I ran into a problem I cant seem to fix. I am working out of a book, and one of the chapters in the book is how to initialize an OpenGl session, create a red triangle, and rotate it. I typed in the code exactly from the book (I think) and all I get is the window, but no triangle. Please tell me what is wrong with my code!

Code:
///Triangle.cpp
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
// Includes

#include <windows.h>
#include <gl/gl.h>
#include <gl/glu.h>
#include <gl/glaux.h>

// Global Variables

float angle = 0.0f;
HDC g_HDC;


// Enable OpenGL

void SetupPixelFormat(HDC hDC)
{
int nPixelFormat;

static PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR pfd = {
sizeof(PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR),
1,
PFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW |
PFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL |
PFD_DOUBLEBUFFER,
PFD_TYPE_RGBA,
32,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0,
0,
0,
0, 0, 0, 0,
16,
0,
0,
PFD_MAIN_PLANE,
0,
0, 0, 0 };
nPixelFormat = ChoosePixelFormat(hDC, &pfd);

SetPixelFormat(hDC, nPixelFormat, &pfd);
}

LRESULT CALLBACK
WndProc( HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
{
static HDC hDC;
static HGLRC hRC;
char string[] = "Hello World!";
int height, width;

switch ( message ) {

case WM_CREATE:
hDC = GetDC(hWnd);
g_HDC = hDC;
SetupPixelFormat(hDC);

hRC = wglCreateContext(hDC);
wglMakeCurrent(hDC, hRC);

return 0;
break;

case WM_CLOSE:

wglMakeCurrent(hDC, NULL);
wglDeleteContext(hRC);

PostQuitMessage( 0 );

return 0;
break;

case WM_SIZE:
height = HIWORD(lParam);
width = LOWORD(wParam);

if (height==0)
{
height=1;
}
glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glLoadIdentity();

gluPerspective(45.0f,(GLfloat)width/(GLfloat)height, 1.0f, 1000.0f);

glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glLoadIdentity();

return 0;
break;

default:
break;

}

return (DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam));

}// WinMain

int WINAPI
WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nShowCmd )
{
WNDCLASSEX wc;
MSG msg;
BOOL bQuit = FALSE;
HWND hWnd;

// register window class
wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.hIcon = LoadIcon( NULL, IDI_APPLICATION );
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor( NULL, IDC_ARROW );
wc.hbrBackground = NULL;
wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
wc.lpszClassName = "MyClass";
wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_WINLOGO);

if (!RegisterClassEx(&wc))
return 0;

// create main window
hWnd = CreateWindowEx(
NULL
"MyClass",
"Triangle",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_VISIBLE |
WS_SYSMENU | WS_CLIPCHILDREN |
WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,
100, 100,
400, 400,
NULL,
NULL,
hInstance,
NULL );

if (!hWnd)
return 0;

ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOW);
UpdateWindow(hWnd);

// program main loop
while ( !bQuit ) {

// check for messages
PeekMessage( &msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE );

// handle or dispatch messages
if ( msg.message == WM_QUIT )
{
bQuit = TRUE;
}
else
{
// OpenGL animation code
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glLoadIdentity();

angle = angle + 0.1f;
if (angle >= 360.0f)
angle = 0.0f;
glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,-5.0f);
glRotatef(angle, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);

glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
glEnd();

SwapBuffers(g_HDC);

TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);

}

}

return msg.wParam;

}

[gunslinger]

hi dude...
i just gave a fasto look to your code (i am at work and my boss doesn't really like me having fun on GL forums). However... if i were u i'd try to get rid of the gltranslatef (0,0,-5).

for the little i saw, u don't have any gluLook at function in your code, so the camera should be stick in the origin, focused on the z axis, positive facing.
I am afraid u are actually drawing the triangle, but outside the screen.
Alternatively u may add AFTER the glLoadIdentity part a nice
gluLookAt (0,0,5,0,0,-5,0,1,0);
so u are quite sure that your camera is aiming on the triangle.
Hope it will solve
Bye The Gunslinger

[Z]

Hey,
thanks for the help, but it STILL doesnt work! Anyway, here is my GL code right now.......

//Begin OpenGl code
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glLoadIdentity();
gluLookAt (0,0,5,0,0,-5,0,1,0);

angle = angle + 0.1f;
if (angle >= 360.0f)
angle = 0.0f;
glRotatef(angle, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);

glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
glEnd();

SwapBuffers(g_HDC);

TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);

[This message has been edited by Z (edited 12-17-2003).]

[cwc36]

quad:
---------------------------------------------
//Begin OpenGl code
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glLoadIdentity();
gluLookAt (0,0,5,0,0,-5,0,1,0);

angle = angle + 0.1f;
if (angle >= 360.0f)
angle = 0.0f;
glRotatef(angle, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);

glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
glEnd();

SwapBuffers(g_HDC);

---------------------------------------------

Try to put glPushMatrix()and glPopMatrix();
It will look like....

//Begin OpenGl code
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glLoadIdentity();
gluLookAt (0,0,5,0,0,-5,0,1,0);

angle = angle + 0.1f;
if (angle >= 360.0f)
angle = 0.0f;
glPushMatrix();
glRotatef(angle, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);

glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
glVertex3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
glVertex3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
glEnd();
glPopMatrix();

SwapBuffers(g_HDC);

[Z]

still doesnt work! maybe its my compiler... I'm using Dev-C++....
If anyone has any suggestions PLEASE reply!

thanks in advance,
~Z~