OpenGL and VS2010 unresolved external

Question

I want to use GLUT to simplify my code and work.

I'm using windows 7 (64 bit) and Visual Studio 2010. I did everything like in this tutorial and still can't compile my code... I get these errors:

Error 2 error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals <path>
Error   1   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartuL

The code I use:

#include <GL/glew.h> 
#include <GL/glut.h> 

void display (void) {  
   glClearColor(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);  
   glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); 
   glLoadIdentity(); 

   glFlush(); 
}  

int main (int argc, char **argv) {  
   glutInit(&argc, argv); 
   glutInitDisplayMode (GLUT_SINGLE); 
   glutInitWindowSize (500, 500); 
   glutInitWindowPosition (100, 100); 
   glutCreateWindow ("Your first OpenGL Window");  

   glutDisplayFunc(display); /

   glutMainLoop(); 
}

Does someone know whats the problem and how to fix it?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '13 at 19:31

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Seems that your created Windows application instead of a Console one. See the pic below for how to change/choose the Windows subsystem

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answered Mar 15 '13 at 19:31

Shmil The Cat

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Thanks man! That helped! Love you :)) However now when i run the program the window shows up with the console window in background... can i edit it somehow that the console won't apear? – L3M0L Mar 15 '13 at 21:04
Try plugging this to your main() preamble HWND hWnd = ::GetConsoleWindow(); ::ShowWindow( hWnd, SW_HIDE ); – Shmil The Cat Mar 15 '13 at 21:09
@ShmilTheCat: While this works, it's not the best solution. A much nicer solution I did describe at http://stackoverflow.com/a/6882500/524368 – datenwolf Mar 16 '13 at 01:15
@L3M0L: Another way to get rid of the console window: http://stackoverflow.com/a/6882500/524368 – datenwolf Mar 16 '13 at 01:16

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