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I just installed Windows 7 and my code relies on gl.h and other gl files to compile. (gl, glu, glext, glut, glaux and wglext) I originally ... WherecanIdownloadgl.h? OpenGL windows CJ_Clark February6,2011,11:17pm #1 IjustinstalledWindows7andmycodereliesongl.handotherglfilestocompile.(gl,glu,glext,glut,glauxandwglext)Ioriginallyjusttyped“downloadgl.h”ingoogleandfoundit.Nowitdoesn’tseemtoexist.I’vespentthelasthoursearchingaroundandalllinksthatseemtosaytheyhaveit,don’twork.Everyonesayslookonopengl.org.Thathasprovenveryfruitless. Doesitevenexist?Hasitbeenmergedintosomethingelse? Ifso,cansomeonePLEASEprovideadirectlink?Thankyou.Thankyou! Alfonse_Reinheart February7,2011,12:27am #2 IjustinstalledWindows7andmycodereliesongl.handotherglfilestocompile. Idon’tknowofaC++compilerenvironmentforWindowsthatdoesn’tinclude.AlloftheVisualStudiosdo,eventheexpresseditions.TheWindowsPlatformSDKdoes. Somaybeyoushouldlookatyourcompilerenvironmentandchecktoseeifyourincludepathsareworking. mhagain February7,2011,3:23am #3 Alfonse_Reinheart: IjustinstalledWindows7andmycodereliesongl.handotherglfilestocompile. Idon’tknowofaC++compilerenvironmentforWindowsthatdoesn’tinclude.AlloftheVisualStudiosdo,eventheexpresseditions.TheWindowsPlatformSDKdoes. Somaybeyoushouldlookatyourcompilerenvironmentandchecktoseeifyourincludepathsareworking. VisualC++2005Expressdoesn’tprovideit,butthenagainitdoesn’tprovidetheWindowsSDKheadersandlibseither,sotheyneedtobedownloadedandtheywillincludegl.h Fortunatelyit’sanabsolutedoddletoupgradea2005projectto2008. CJ_Clark February7,2011,10:13pm #4 Thanksforthereply.Ididasearchinmyincludedirectoriesandfoundit.Ididn’trealizeitwasthere.UnfortunatelyVCdoesn’tautopointtoit,Ihadtoupdatemyincludepaths.Lame… AnyideaswhereIcouldfindglext,glut,glauxorwglext? Thanks,Iappreciatethehelp. Alfonse_Reinheart February8,2011,2:13am #5 AnyideaswhereIcouldfindglext,glut,glauxorwglext? Youdidn’tspendanytimesearchingforthose.Atall.Typing“glext”intoGooglecametothisonthesecondlink:TheOpenGLRegistry(theactualheaderwasthefirstlinkinGoogle).WhichisalsoconvenientlylinkedfromeverypageatOpenGL.org(andanyonespendinganytimedoingGLprogrammingshouldhaveitonaquick-linkbookmark). Also,neveruseglaux.There’snoreasontodoso.Itisbeyondancient,andwasneverparticularlygoodwhenitwasfairlynew. Similarly,neveruseGLUT.UseFreeGLUTinstead.GLUTisold,butunlikeglaux,wasactuallygood.GLUTsimplyhasn’tbeenupdatedinalmostadecade,anditshows.FreeGLUTisalmost100%compatiblewithGLUTandaddsnewfeaturesontopofthat. mhagain February8,2011,3:17am #6 CJ_Clark: Thanksforthereply.Ididasearchinmyincludedirectoriesandfoundit.Ididn’trealizeitwasthere.UnfortunatelyVCdoesn’tautopointtoit,Ihadtoupdatemyincludepaths.Lame… AnyideaswhereIcouldfindglext,glut,glauxorwglext? Thanks,Iappreciatethehelp. MSVCdoesautomaticallyaddittoyourincludedirectoriesforallprojectsifyou’vesetthingsupcorrectlyandhaven’tmessedwithitafterwards.Ifyoucan#includethenyoucanalso#include,endofstory.Thesoleexceptionis2005Expresswhichneedsquiteabitofjiggerypokery,butthat’salsoneededforplainoldwindows.handisnotan“OpenGLonWindows”thing. Vance February20,2011,5:09pm #7 I’vebeenrunningintocompilererrors:Specifically- main.obj:errorLNK2019:unresolvedexternalsymbol__imp__glPopMatrix@0referencedinfunction_WinMain@16 …whichmeansIdon’thavetheobjectfilessetupinthelinkerforthegl.hfilestocompilewith.AnyideawhereIcanfindthelibraryfilesfortheNVidiadriversafterthey’vemysteriouslyinstalledsomewhere?CanIalsogethelpwiththeconfigurationpageforMicrosoftVisualStudio2010? I’vedonethisbefore,andI’msureitworks… ljbade February21,2011,5:09am #8 Linkwithopengl32.lib(partofWindowsSDK,comeswithVisualStudio). mhagain February21,2011,8:08am #9 Eitheraddthislinetoa.c(or.cpp)filesomewhereinyourproject: #pragmacomment(lib,"opengl32.lib") Orsetyourlinkeroptionstoinclude“opengl32.lib”in“AdditionalDependencies”. xsnwflake April28,2011,4:09pm #10 fatalerrorC1083:Cannotopenincludefile:‘GL/glaux.h’:Nosuchfileordirectory I’mquitenewatopenglandit’sverycriticalformetofixthat.Icouldn’tdothisforminutes.Couldanyonehelp? mhagain April28,2011,5:44pm #11 You’refollowingaNeHetutorialforloadingabitmap? glauxisanoldoldoldoldoldlibrarythathasbeendeprecatedforroundabout15yearsorsoandnolongershipswithanyIDEorSDK.Youshouldn’tuseitinotherwords;thereareplentyofotherimagelibrariesaroundthataremoreuptodate.DevILisoneexampleandthereisevenapagedescribinghowtouseitwithOpenGLhere:http://openil.sourceforge.net/tuts/tut_10/index.htm;thereareplentyofothers. gl.h December16,2020,12:06pm #12 Hi, MinGWhasgl.h,glu.handglext.hinsidetheC:\MinGW\include\GL InstallMinGWfromsourceforge.SelecttheC++packages/compiler Iinstalledmingw-getversion0.6.2-beta-20131004-1. IusedMinGWandCodeBlocks(witchrequirestheGCCcompilerfromMingw)tocompiletheglxgearsprojectfromlinuxinWindows7. system closed October19,2021,6:12pm #13 Thistopicwasautomaticallyclosed183daysafterthelastreply.Newrepliesarenolongerallowed.