I am trying to get my development environment (VC++ 2008 express edition) set up to begin programming in OpenGL.
I am running Vista on a brand new laptop and have the environment installed fine.
I however, cannot find the Opengl32.lib or the Glu32.lib files anywhere on the system. I find the DLLs fine but it is my understanding I need to be able to link the libraries to my project.
I have searched everywhere on this site and others to try and find a simple download of the libraries and header files and it blows my mind how unaccessible it is.
I found an OpenGL95.exe on MSDN but it says if youre using a windows system beyond 95 that it comes with the libraries and you dont need it.
Are the header and library files on my machine? A search comes up empty and all i find are the dlls.
It is extremely frustrating how little information there is on how to set up OpenGL and begin using it. And yes I have read the getting started Wiki on this page. It pretty much says ‘figure it out’
Yeah I did indeed read that. I searched every folder inside the installation and windows system directories manually and only found the dlls. 3 or 4 sweeps!
Im using VS2k8 Express Edition, so this may be the reason? Yeah i looked in every directory multiple times and no go.
Thank you for uploading that!
I was told by a friend that installing the windows developer SDK package(is that the Platform SDK you reference?) should provide these files so I may try that. Otherwise I will download that file when i get home tonight.
The PlatformSDK is a-must for windows development. Now I remember someone saying long ago that it isn’t included in VS express versions. You’ll need to set the IDE “directories” paths.
Thats so strange. I went back and re-ran the installation. NONE of the optional components were the SDK and there was not an SDK installed when i originally put it on.
I downloaded the windows development SDK and installed it, so i have the library now.
Can you tell me where in your directory this was put?