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<H1>Using OpenGL & GLUT in Visual Studio .NET 2003</H1>
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<H2>A Guide to Easier Graphics Programming <20> By <A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/">Jordan Bradford</A></H2>
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<P>Visual Studio .NET is <A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/why.html">a fantastic
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IDE</A>, and with it you can write programs that will run in both Windows and
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Linux with no fuss. This guide will show you how to set up a Visual Studio
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project that will do just that, provided it is a pure OpenGL application using
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GLUT. This guide also assumes Visual Studio .NET 2003 (and/or 2002) is already
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installed and you are familiar with its use.</P>
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<H3><A id=contents>Contents</A></H3>
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<P>Click here for the <A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/quick.html">Quick
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Version</A> of this guide (if you simply need to refresh your memory).</P>
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<OL class=menu>
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<LI><A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#step1">Installation</A>
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(only needs to be done once)
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<LI><A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#step2">Create a
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Visual Studio Project</A>
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<LI><A href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#step3">Add
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Source Code</A>
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<LI><A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#step4">Modify
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Project Properties</A>
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<LI><A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#step5">Enjoy
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Visual Studio</A> </LI></OL>
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<H3><A id=step1>Step 1: Installation (only needs to be done once)</A>
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<SPAN>back to <A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#contents">top
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↑</A></SPAN></H3>
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<P>Windows comes with OpenGL, and Visual Studio comes with the OpenGL libraries,
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but neither of them comes with GLUT. Get the newest version of GLUT here: <A
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href="http://www.xmission.com/~nate/glut.html">GLUT 3.7.6 for Windows</A>. Put
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the following files in the following locations:</P>
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<TABLE>
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<THEAD>
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<TR>
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<TH>File</TH>
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<TH colSpan=2>Location</TH></TR></THEAD>
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<TBODY>
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<TR>
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<TD rowSpan=2><TT>glut32.dll</TT></TD>
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<TD class=OS><I>Windows XP | Server 2003</I>:</TD>
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<TD class=directory><TT>C:\WINDOWS\system\</TT></TD></TR>
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<TR>
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<TD class=OS><I>Windows 2000</I>:</TD>
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<TD class=directory><TT>C:\WINNT\system\</TT></TD></TR>
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<TR>
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<TD><TT>glut32.lib</TT></TD>
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<TD colSpan=2><TT>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
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2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\Lib</TT></TD></TR>
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<TR>
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<TD><TT>glut32.h</TT></TD>
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<TD colSpan=2><TT>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
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2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\Include\gl</TT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<P><STRONG>Note:</STRONG><BR>If you plan on giving your program to friends to
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run using Windows, you must also include the <TT>glut32.dll</TT> file. If they
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don't have this file in the same directory as your application or in their
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<TT>C:\WINDOWS\system</TT> folder, the program will not run.</P>
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<H3><A id=step2>Step 2: Create a Visual Studio Project</A>
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<SPAN>back to <A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#contents">top
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↑</A></SPAN></H3>
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<P>Because GLUT was designed to be window system independent <20> it makes its own
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windows <20> it is better to let GLUT run as a console application than as a native
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Windows application (which would require <TT>#include <windows.h></TT>).
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To create an empty console project in Visual Studio, do the following:</P>
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<OL>
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<LI>Create a new project ( <TT>File → New → Project...</TT> ). The <TT>New
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Project</TT> dialog will appear.<BR><IMG
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<LI>In the <TT>Project Types:</TT> pane, select <TT>Visual C++ Projects</TT>.
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Then select <TT>Win32 Console Project</TT> in the <TT>Templates:</TT> pane.
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Name your project and click <TT>OK</TT>. The <TT>Win32 Application Wizard</TT>
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dialog will appear.<BR><IMG height=393 alt="Create a Win32 Console Project"
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<LI>Click the <TT>Application Settings</TT> tab on the left, and check the
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<TT>Empty Project</TT> box. Then click <TT>Finish</TT>.<BR><IMG height=437
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width=615><BR>Your empty console project will be created. </LI></OL>
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<H3><A id=step3>Step 3: Add Source Code</A> <SPAN>back to <A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#contents">top
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↑</A></SPAN></H3>
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<P>Adding source files to the project should be familiar to you, so a detailed
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explanation is not necessary. There are two facts you should know, however.</P>
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<OL>
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<LI>When you include GLUT in a program, it automatically includes the rest of
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the OpenGL header files. So explicitly having<BR><BR><TT>#include
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<GL/gl.h></TT><BR><TT>#include <GL/glu.h></TT><BR><BR>in either
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Linux or Windows isn't necessary, provided you include GLUT.
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<LI>Visual Studio can also recognize the forward slash as a directory
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designation in <TT>#include</TT> directives <20> Windows normally uses a
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backslash <20> so you shouldn't rewrite your code with one:<BR><BR><TT>#include
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<GL<STRONG>\</STRONG>glut.h></TT><BR><BR>If you use a backslash in
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Linux, gcc will complain. </LI></OL>
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<H3><A id=step4>Step 4: Modify Project Properties</A> <SPAN>back to
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<A href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#contents">top
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↑</A></SPAN></H3>
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<P>Before compiling your project, you need to set up Visual Studio's linker so
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it knows where to find GLUT. To do this, you must open the <TT>Property
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Pages</TT> dialog for your project. There are two ways to do this:</P>
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<OL>
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<LI>Use Visual Studio's menu option ( <TT>Project → Properties</TT> ).<BR><IMG
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<LI>Use the <TT>Solution Explorer</TT> located in the upper right corner.
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Right-click your project's name as shown and select
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<TT>Properties</TT>.<BR><IMG height=636 alt="Use Solution Explorer"
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width=211> </LI></OL>
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<P>Using either option, the <TT>Property Pages</TT> dialog will open. Once it
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appears, do the following:</P>
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<OL>
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<LI>From the <TT>Configuration:</TT> list box, select <TT>All
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Configurations</TT>.<BR><IMG height=440 alt="Select All Configurations"
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<LI>In the left pane, select the <TT>Linker</TT> subtree and then the
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<TT>Input</TT> option. Add the given code to the <TT>Additional
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Dependencies</TT> text box in the right pane. This tells Visual Studio where
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to find GLUT. (Copy & Paste: <STRONG><TT>opengl32.lib glu32.lib
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glut32.lib</TT></STRONG> )<BR><IMG height=440 alt="Add libraries"
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width=644>
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<LI>This step is optional. If you want to prevent your program from opening a
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console window in addition to your GLUT window when it is run, select the
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<TT>Command Line</TT> option in the left pane. Then add the given code to the
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<TT>Additional Options:</TT> text box.<BR><IMG height=440
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alt="Disable console window"
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width=644><BR>Visual Studio thinks it's still building a normal console
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application, which is why a console window will appear if you run your program
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from inside Visual Studio or by double-clicking its icon. The
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<STRONG><TT>/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS</TT></STRONG> command fools Visual Studio into
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thinking this is a windowed application, which means a console window isn't
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necessary. However, when Visual Studio makes windowed applications, it wants
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to start program execution from <TT>WinMain()</TT> or <TT>wWinMain()</TT>,
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which you haven't defined. Setting the
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<STRONG><TT>/ENTRY:mainCRTStartup</TT></STRONG> flag tells Visual Studio to
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start execution at the usual <TT>main()</TT> instead. </LI></OL>
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<P><STRONG>Note:</STRONG><BR>If you choose to disable the console window,
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remember that you won't be able to see any console output from your program
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using <TT>printf()</TT>, <TT>cout</TT>, <TT>cerr</TT>, etc.</P>
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<H3><A id=step5>Step 5: Enjoy Visual Studio</A> <SPAN>back to <A
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href="http://www.students.uwosh.edu/~bradfj23/visualstudio/#contents">top
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↑</A></SPAN></H3>
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<P>Now your program is ready for development in an excellent IDE while still
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being portable. Be sure to test your program on a Linux machine before
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submitting it for grading. Your computer at home is most likely superior to the
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ones in the lab, so inefficient code might not be apparent.</P>
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