i downloaded the nehe’s opengl tutorial 1 visual c++ code and it doesnt seem to want to compile. i am sure i linked everything as it asked but when it compiles, it says:
Heheh, you have the exact opposite problem of someone else here. The Nehe tutorials I’ve looked at don’t use Glut, which typically uses a Win32 console application. You’re apparently using the wgl functions and creating the window yourself so you’ll need to start the project as a Win32 Application.
The linker is looking for a main() function as an entry point into your program and not finding it. What you want is for it to use WinMain() as the entry point instead and a Win32 Application project sets it up like that for you.
The NeHe tuts are good, but I can’t remember if tut 1 was complete or not… try one of the later ones, they’re better, like 18 or 19 (Thanks go to the ppl who do the VB translations… I’m not the greatest C/OpenGL programmer!) Perhaps sub main is declared as void and u r returning something or it’s an int and u rn’t returning something, I don’t know Do you have SP4 installed? Maybe it makes the difference. I got SP4 with my copy of Visual Studio 6.
No, the first suggestion is correct. The application is configured as a console app so the linker is looking for main() as the insertion point. Switch it to a plain Win32 app and it’ll work.
HELP!! whats goin on here???
(Thanks go to the ppl who do the VB translations… I’m not the greatest C/OpenGL programmer!) Perhaps sub main is declared as void and u r returning something or it’s an int and u rn’t returning something, I don’t know