How Initialise OpenGL libraries for visual studio?

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Can some one just mention easy steps to initialize openGL libraries for visual studio. I tried nehe tutorials but it is not working for me.

this is how I do it in Borland/Embarcadero http://stackoverflow.com/a/20679773/2521214 so you need to create similar App/window in MSVC++ and copy the functionality ... ignore any non gl includes, all pragmas ... they are auto created by VCL for its own purposes so you do not need it (nor can use) ... instead of `Form` use your window class ... — Spektre, Dec 02 '14 at 15:01
or google for MSVCpp example project ... there should be plenty out there ... — Spektre, Dec 02 '14 at 15:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '14 at 13:23

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Open.gl does a good job at explaining context creation for Modern OpenGL. They even took the time to write implementations for the few popular libraries someone might want to use like SFML/SDL/GLFW.

answered Dec 02 '14 at 13:23

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I wanted to know how I can configure the headers and libraries for openGL in visual Studio 2010 express edition. – tushar pandey Dec 03 '14 at 06:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '15 at 11:59

#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <gl\GL.h>
#include <gl\GLU.h>
#include <glut.h>

using namespace std;
#include <stdlib.h>
static GLfloat spin = 0.0;
void init(void)
{
 glClearColor (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
 glShadeModel (GL_FLAT);
}
void display(void)
{
 glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
 glPushMatrix();
 glRotatef(spin, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
 glColor3f(1.0, 1.0, 1.0); glRectf(-25.0, -25.0, 25.0, 25.0);
 glBegin(GL_LINES);
 glColor3f(0.5, 0.5, 0.4);
 glVertex3f(0.0,0.0,0.0);
 glVertex3f(5.0,10.0,0.0);
 glEnd();
 glPopMatrix();
 glutSwapBuffers();
}
void spinDisplay(void)
{
 spin = spin + 2.0;
 if (spin > 360.0)
 spin = spin - 360.0;
 glutPostRedisplay();
}
void reshape(int w, int h)
{
 glViewport (0, 0, (GLsizei) w, (GLsizei) h);
 glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
 glLoadIdentity();
 glOrtho(-50.0, 50.0, -50.0, 50.0, -1.0, 1.0);
 glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
 glLoadIdentity();
}
void mouse(int button, int state, int x, int y)
{
 switch (button) {
 case GLUT_LEFT_BUTTON:
 if (state == GLUT_DOWN)
 glutIdleFunc(spinDisplay);
 break;
 case GLUT_MIDDLE_BUTTON:
 if (state == GLUT_DOWN)
 glutIdleFunc(NULL);
 break;
 default:
 break;
 }
}
/*
 * Request double buffer display mode.
 * Register mouse input callback functions
 */
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
 glutInit(&argc, argv);
 glutInitDisplayMode (GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGB);
 glutInitWindowSize (250, 250);
 glutInitWindowPosition (100, 100);
 glutCreateWindow (argv[0]);
 init ();
 glutDisplayFunc(display);
 glutReshapeFunc(reshape);
 glutMouseFunc(mouse);
 glutMainLoop();
 return 0;
}

How Initialise OpenGL libraries for visual studio?

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