Visua l C+ + Tut o r i a l
CSE 1 6 7 , W in t er 2 0 03
Fa r h an a Ba n d u kw al a
One of t h e best way s t o begi n u n der st andin g t he st r u ct u r e and st yle o f
a t y pica l Op en g GL program is t o en t er, com pile, and r u n a sm all
ex am ple. Th e l ist in g belo w cont ains a sim ple p r ogr am w h ich u ses
Ope nGL Utilit y Toolk it ( GLUT) t o o pen a w ind ow. I f t hi s is t he fir st
tim e y ou’ v e seen t his sor t of p r ogr am , it pr obably w ill n ot m ake a lot
of sen se in itially. Don ’t wor r y abo ut t hat . For now , t h e g oal i s t o u se
the Visual C+ + en v iron m en t t o create, com p il e and ex ecu t e t hi s
sim ple p r ogr am .
//simplewindow.cpp
#include <windows.h>
#include <gl\glut.h>
// Called to draw scene
void renderScene(void)
{
// Clear the window with current clearing color
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
//drawing code here
glFlush();
}
void initState(void)
{
glClearColor(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f,1.0f);
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
glutInit(&argc, argv);
glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE | GLUT_RGB);
glutCreateWindow("Simple Window");
glutDisplayFunc(renderScene);
initState();
glutMainLoop();
