Setting up OpenGL and GLUT on Windows 95, NT, etc.
- Get MSVC++. It should have header files and libraries
for OpenGL. It also has help files covering OpenGL.
- Make sure you have OpenGL on your machine. OpenGL should be included
with drivers for your video card. Go to the OpenGL
download page for more information.
- Get GLUT for Windows. Go to the GLUT page or the GLUT
for Win32 page. You can place
all DLL files in your WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory. Place all
LIB files in your library directory for your MSVC++
installation (like C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Lib). Place all header files
in your GL header file directory. (like C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Include\GL).
- Set up your MSVC++ project. I used the console
AppWizard. Add the following libraries to your project
library settings: opengl32.lib, glu32.lib, and
glut32.lib. (You probably don't need glaux.lib since that
is for the GL auxiliary library, but it shouldn't hurt.)
This screen is under Project...Settings.
Watch out for typical Unix and DOS differences. Sometimes the include files are
placed in a different location. If you are
careful, your source can be compiled on both Windows and Unix. Sometimes
you may need to use #ifdef's.
Remember that you can use DOS2UNIX
on the school Unix systems to remove all the weird ^M's in your
program files.
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