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freeglut 2.6.0-3.mp for MSVC
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This package contains a freeglut import library, headers, and a Windows DLL,
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allowing GLUT applications to be compiled on Windows using Microsoft Visual C++.
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For more information on freeglut, visit http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/.
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Installation
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Create a folder on your PC which is readable by all users, for example
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<EFBFBD>C:\Program Files\Common Files\MSVC\freeglut\<5C> on a typical Windows system. Copy
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the <20>lib\<5C> and <20>include\<5C> folders from this zip archive to that location.
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The freeglut DLL should either be placed in the same folder as your application,
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or can be installed in a system-wide folder which appears in your %PATH%
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environment variable. On a 32 bit Windows system this is typically
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<EFBFBD>C:\Windows\System32\<5C>, and on a 64 bit Windows system this is typically
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<EFBFBD>C:\Windows\SysWOW64\<5C>.
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Compiling Applications
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To create a freeglut application, create a new Win32 C++ project in MSVC. From
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the <20>Win32 Application Wizard<72>, choose a <20>Windows application<6F>, check the
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<EFBFBD>Empty project<63> box, and submit.
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You<EFBFBD>ll now need to configure the compiler and linker settings. Open up the
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project properties, and select <20>All Configurations<6E> (this is necessary to ensure
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our changes are applied for both debug and release builds). Open up the
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<EFBFBD>general<EFBFBD> section under <20>C/C++<2B>, and configure the <20>include\<5C> folder you created
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above as an <20>Additional Include Directory<72>. If you have more than one GLUT
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package which contains a <20>glut.h<> file, it<69>s important to ensure that the
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freeglut include folder appears above all other GLUT include folders.
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Now open up the <20>general<61> section under <20>Linker<65>, and configure the <20>lib\<5C>
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folder you created above as an <20>Additional Library Directory<72>. A freeglut
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application depends on the import libraries <20>freeglut.lib<69> and <20>opengl32.lib<69>,
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which can be configured under the <20>Input<75> section, however it shouldn<64>t be
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necessary to explicitly state these dependencies, since the freeglut headers
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handle this for you. Now open the <20>Advanced<65> section, and enter <20>mainCRTStartup<75>
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as the <20>Entry Point<6E> for your application. This is necessary because GLUT
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applications use <20>main<69> as the application entry point, not <20>WinMain<69><6E>without it
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you<EFBFBD>ll get an undefined reference when you try to link your application.
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That<EFBFBD>s all of your project properties configured, so you can now add source
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files to your project and build the application. If you want your application to
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be compatible with GLUT, you should <20>#include <GL/glut.h><3E>. If you want to use
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freeglut specific extensions, you should <20>#include <GL/freeglut.h><3E> instead.
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Don<EFBFBD>t forget to either include the freeglut DLL when distributing applications,
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or provide your users with some method of obtaining it if they don<6F>t already
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have it!
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Problems?
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If you have problems using these packages (runtime errors etc.), please contact
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me via http://www.transmissionzero.co.uk/contact/, providing as much detail as
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you can. Please don<6F>t complain to the freeglut guys unless you<6F>re sure it<69>s a
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freeglut bug, and have reproduced the issue after compiling freeglut from the
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latest SVN version<6F>if that<61>s still the case, I<>m sure they would appreciate a
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bug report or a patch.
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Changelog
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2010<EFBFBD>01<EFBFBD>22: Release 2.6.0-3.mp
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<20> Rebuilt the DLL with a minimum OS version of 4.00, so it can work under
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Windows NT 4 and Windows 98. Previously it required at least Windows 2000.
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2009-12-22: Release 2.6.0-2.mp
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<20> Updated documentation to take into account the fact that 32 bit DLLs should
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be placed in the <20>SysWOW64<36> folder on 64 bit Windows versions, rather than
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<20>System32<33>.
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<20> Some parts of the documentation rewritten to (hopefully) be easier to
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follow.
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<20> Updated the <20>freeglut_std.h<> file to stay aligned with my MinGW package.
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There were some MinGW cross-compilation issues under Linux related with the
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fact that the #include of <20>Windows.h<> didn<64>t match the case of the header
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file <20>windows.h<>.
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2009-11-29: Release 2.6.0-1.mp
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<20> First 2.6.0 MSVC release. I<>ve built the package using Visual Studio 2008,
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and the only change I<>ve made is to the DLL version resource<63>I<EFBFBD>ve changed
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the description so that my MinGW and MSVC builds are distinguishable from
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each other (and other builds) using Windows Explorer.
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Martin Payne
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2010<EFBFBD>01<EFBFBD>22
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http://www.transmissionzero.co.uk/
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