Unresolved Externals

OpenGL OpenGL: Basic Coding
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I know this question has been asked, but I am unable to find a real solution for this problem.

I am using Borland 5.0
I have downloaded the newest OpenlGL files from microsoft
I have tried using the add node in the ide of my project

I get these three errors:

Unresolved external ‘auxDIBImageLoadA’ referenced from module
Unresolved external ‘glGenTextures’ referenced from module
Unresolved external ‘glBindTextures’ referenced from module

Any help would be nice!

Thanks!

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This message ususally appears when your linker can not find the specified functions in your object files.

Link you project with openg32.lib, glu32.lib and glaux.lib

Hope this helped.

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When I link each one of those by using add node in my IDE file I get a bad object file for each one of those 3 files.

Arg!!!

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hahaaaahaa
i hate the whole ****ing borland/vcc specific stuff…

alright, silentsno, this one’s bit me in the before.

the gl.lib files you’re d/l (from microsoft, keep in mind) are formatted for vc++.

guess what.
borland doesn’t use the same .lib format…

uggh.

you have to run a converter program to change from ms to borland.

the file is a console exe found in the bin directory of either the borland or vc++ directories( i assume u only have borland, so it HAS to be there ) it’s called coff2bin.exe or somesuch

you have to write a batch file, too, i think, because it’s 1.) a console program, and 2.) it take two arguments, one being the file to convert from, the other being the file being converted to.

the batch is something like this:

coff2bin FromDirectory\opengl32.lib ToDirector\opengl32.lib

see, you gotta put the files in different directories, cuz each has to have the same name, but coff2bin won’t let you.

you could also convert to a different filename, delete the first, and rename it…

hope it works, it’s been a long time since it bit me, but i’m pretty sure that’s how you fix it.

messy messy messy…

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Well, I fixed the opengl32 and glu32 problems I used implib.exe in dos to extract the library files from the DLLs.

Dustin

Thanks for your help!! Now I just need to fix the glaux.lib problem

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You could download the free Borland 5.0 compiler. I believe it comes with all the libs and headers.

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When you said fixed the opengl32 you meant
run implib glut32.dll glut32.lib
or implib glut32.lib glut32.dll

I tried both and I got

Error unable to open file.
I put both files in the same directory.

would you please tell me how did you do it?

Thanks

Originally posted by SilentSno:
[b]Well, I fixed the opengl32 and glu32 problems I used implib.exe in dos to extract the library files from the DLLs.

Dustin

Thanks for your help!! Now I just need to fix the glaux.lib problem[/b]