I am an experienced VC++ programmer and I want to start learning to combine OpenGL in
my Visual C++ project. It is not clear from
the OpenGL website whether I can get the OpenGL for developers from my Windows NT or can I download it from somewhere or is it a
CD i should buy from a dealer ?
How can I get it and how do i make my Visual Studio project recognise it ?
Help ! Thanks !
You have all you need in VC++.
#include <GL/gl.h>
link to opengl32.lib
That’s it.
You can download complete working examples from NeHe : http://nehe.gamedev.net (see OpenGL Tutorials; each has a VC++ project for download)
Another simple example is Display3DS .
Within the zip file is another zip file containing full sources.
Just expand that project zip file to a working directory (preserving the sub-directory structure) and double-click on the Display3DS.dsw workspace file to launch VC++ with all the correct settings, libraries, etc.
If you’re using vc++ v7.0 (i.e. .Net), make sure you also designate the Display3DS mainline as your ‘Startup Project’.
Then, just ‘Build’ the app and start tinkering.
Good luck,
/p2
[This message has been edited by ppinter1 (edited 07-08-2003).]