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How To Install Visual C++ Express: 3.1 Installing VC++, Opengl, Glu and Glut

This document provides instructions for installing Visual C++, OpenGL, GLU, and GLUT on Windows. It describes downloading and installing Visual C++ 2010 Express, the Windows SDK which includes OpenGL and GLU, and Nate Robin's GLUT library. It also provides steps for creating a new Visual C++ project and code file to write a simple OpenGL program using GLUT.

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How To Install Visual C++ Express: 3.1 Installing VC++, Opengl, Glu and Glut

This document provides instructions for installing Visual C++, OpenGL, GLU, and GLUT on Windows. It describes downloading and installing Visual C++ 2010 Express, the Windows SDK which includes OpenGL and GLU, and Nate Robin's GLUT library. It also provides steps for creating a new Visual C++ project and code file to write a simple OpenGL program using GLUT.

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3.

1 Installing VC++, OpenGL, GLU and GLUT

You need to install:

1. Visual C++ Express 2010: Read "How to install Visual C++ Express". VC++ would be
installed in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC", with headers
in sub-directory "include" and libraries in "lib".
2. Windows SDK which includes OpenGL and GLU (OpenGL Utility). The Visual C++
2010 Express bundles the Microsoft Windows SDK, which would be installed in
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A". (Otherwise, you need to
download and install the Windows SDK separately).
The followings are used from Windows SDK:
o gl.h, glu.h: header for OpenGL and GLU in directory "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\gl".
o opengl32.lib, glu32.lib: libraries for OpenGL and GLU in directory
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\lib".
o opengl32.dll, glu32.dll: dynamic link libraries for OpenGL and GLU in
directory "C:\Windows\System32". This directory is to be included in PATH
environment variable.

If you use the VC++ IDE, the include-path and lib-path would have been set correctly. If
you use the CMD shell, you need to run the batch file "vcvarsall.bat" (in
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin"), or "vcvars32.bat"
in the earlier version, to set the environment variables.

3. GLUT (OpenGL Utility Toolkit): Download Nate Robin's original Win32 port of GLUT
from @ http://www.xmission.com/~nate/glut.html (or freeglut @
http://freeglut.sourceforge.net). Unzip and copy "glut.h" to "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\gl", "glut32.lib" to
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\lib", and "glut32.dll" to
"C:\Windows\System32" (that is, the same locations as OpenGL and GLU).

3.2 Writing Your First OpenGL Program

To Write your first OpenGL program with GLUT:

1. Launch Visual C++ 2010 Express.


2. Create a new "Win32 Console Application" project: Select "File" menu ⇒ New ⇒
Project... ⇒ In "Project Types", select "Visual C++", "Win32". In "Templates", select
"Win32 Console Application". In "Location", set your working directory. In "Name",
enter "hello" ⇒ Next ⇒ Check "Empty Project" ⇒ Finish.
3. Create a new Source file: Right-click on the "Source Files" of the project name ⇒ Add ⇒
New Item... ⇒ In "Categories", select "Visual C++", "Code". In "Templates", select "C++
File (.cpp)". In "Name", type "GL01Hello.cpp" ⇒ Add.
4. In the editor panel for "GL01Hello.cpp", replace with the above code (in the previous
section).
5. Build the solution ("Build" menu ⇒ Build Solution) and run the program ("Debug" menu
⇒ "Start Without Debugging").

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