opengl in visual c++.net 2003 standard edition

OpenGL
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Hello Everyone

I just got started programming in visual c++.net and I want to Start writing graphical applications

I just wanted to know can visual c++.net be used to write opengl apps and how do you setup opengl ??

what type of project should i setup
console app or win32 ??

How do you add opengl libraries to My code ??

what needs to be done before i can start typing opengl code into my I.d.E??

What headers should i use?? for example

#include < > <-------- what headers go here??

int main {

           &lt;----------- what code goes here??

What code should i use ??

I need something that will compile and link and build and not give me an error

return 0;
}

to whoever responds thank you

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Hello,

Personally, I’d go for GLUT. It’s so easy to use, it’s simply ridiculous. What’s more, all the examples from The Red Book–which, by the way, is required reading–use GLUT; so it’s a pretty good match.

You can find everything you need to get started with GLUT here:
http://www.xmission.com/~nate/glut.html

Here’s an online version of The Red Book:
http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~unreal/theredbook/

I hope this helps.

edit:

The online version of The Red Book is quite old, and uses the antiquated AUX API. While you can convert the examples easily enough, here’s an alternative example package:
http://www.sgi.com/products/software/opengl/examples/redbook/

edit2:

Note that there’s a README file included in the GLUT distribution that tells you where to put all the files.

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OpenGLUT is an alternative GLUT implementation.
http://openglut.sourceforge.net/

One advantage with OpenGLUT is that it is being actively maintained and developed.

Pre-compiled packages are available for Dev-C++ and VC++ on Win32.

Regards,

Nigel Stewart

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Hi Nigel,

I just wanted to let you know how smoothly the transition from GLUT to OpenGLUT went. I was able to drop it into some projects by changing only a single header; everything worked without a single line of code changed. And while I haven’t had a chance to peruse the documentation, it looks to be quite extensive indeed.

My only regret is that I couldn’t stop playing with that infernal glutWireSierpinskiSponge!

Thanks, this is very nice work.