Hi, I've downloaded VC2006 express, the win2003 PSDK, the GL SDK, and I've loaded up Lesson 1. I'm running on winxp sp2 with an athlon 64. I got a bunch of linker errors when i first tried to build so I went into the project propeties to check the libraries were all there. there are the ones I found: opengl32.lib glu32.lib glaux.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib That seemed ok, so I'm kinda stuck now after searching the forum. here's a log of the output: Linking... Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__UnregisterClassA@8 referenced in function "void __cdecl KillGLWindow(void)" (?KillGLWindow@@YAXXZ) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DestroyWindow@4 referenced in function "void __cdecl KillGLWindow(void)" (?KillGLWindow@@YAXXZ) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ReleaseDC@8 referenced in function "void __cdecl KillGLWindow(void)" (?KillGLWindow@@YAXXZ) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__MessageBoxA@16 referenced in function "void __cdecl KillGLWindow(void)" (?KillGLWindow@@YAXXZ) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ShowCursor@4 referenced in function "void __cdecl KillGLWindow(void)" (?KillGLWindow@@YAXXZ) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ChangeDisplaySettingsA@8 referenced in function "void __cdecl KillGLWindow(void)" (?KillGLWindow@@YAXXZ) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetFocus@4 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetForegroundWindow@4 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ShowWindow@8 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetPixelFormat@12 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ChoosePixelFormat@8 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetDC@4 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CreateWindowExA@48 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__AdjustWindowRectEx@16 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RegisterClassA@4 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__LoadCursorA@8 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__LoadIconA@8 referenced in function "int __cdecl CreateGLWindow(char *,int,int,int,bool)" (?CreateGLWindow@@YAHPADHHH_N@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DefWindowProcA@16 referenced in function "long __stdcall WndProc(struct HWND__ *,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?WndProc@@YGJPAUHWND__@@IIJ@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__PostQuitMessage@4 referenced in function "long __stdcall WndProc(struct HWND__ *,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?WndProc@@YGJPAUHWND__@@IIJ@Z) Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SwapBuffers@4 referenced in function _WinMain@16 Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DispatchMessageA@4 referenced in function _WinMain@16 Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__TranslateMessage@4 referenced in function _WinMain@16 Lesson1.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__PeekMessageA@20 referenced in function _WinMain@16 Any help would be great, thanks! [Edited by - spinVector on March 5, 2007 1:16:27 AM]

Hey Caste could you do what you said you'd do please :) I'm still stuck!

Does anyone recognise those calls? The all loook GL related. weird.

I can't find any openGL templates in the msdn. But remember this project worked when it left NeHe's computers!

Make sure you've installed this:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0BAF2B35-C656-4969-ACE8-E4C0C0716ADB&displaylang=en

Then, follow these instructions:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/

I myself had to add a few extra dependencies, which are as follows:
opengl32.lib glu32.lib glaux.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib

That should be it. :D

FANTASTIC!

thanks Tsunekuni, those two extra libraries were what was missing.

now i can start having fun :)

So for any noobs like me using MS VisualC 8 express (hey, it's free!), and Nehe Basecode (lesson 1):

Add these two libs: user32.lib gdi32.lib to "additional dependancies" in the Linker->Input branch of your "project properties"

Hello, everyone...

I´m working with the Borland C++ Builder 6.

My problem is the next one, I download the source code from Nehe´s of the lesson number 6 and everything is OK.

But when I try to put it in somewhere else it gives me the next error:

[Linker Error] Unresolved external 'auxDIBImageLoadA' referenced from C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\PEPE\ESCRITORIO\OPNGL\TEST\LECCION_06\FILE1.OBJ

I don´t know what to do, I check the options of the project and everything seems to be fine.

I´ll appreciate any help,

Thanks a lot.

Ppone.

Pepone: I Just had that problem too, I found a dirty fix we can use (i've tested it and it's working in MSVC)

go here:

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=275238

and add the two files to your project and replace the <glaux.h> include with "bmp.h"

thanks to lc_overlord for this :)

Oh, hi overlord. glad to see you're still a regular round here, i think that page i found was 2 years old :)

Thanks for the tip about the new code. Will check it out!

I had a look at the new code (before) and found it quite confusing and overwhelming with all the seperate files and the "up level" common code. After a brief try at getting it to compile I gave up, BUT it looks very elegant and flexible. I can see it being more useful to me when I become a more proficient programmer and know my way around VC a bit better. I'm sure the new tutes will help too.

thanks for all your work, and kudos to everyone working on it.

Yea, yea... GREAT!!!

thanks a lot to spinVector and lc_overlord

I am very grateful for the unit "bmp", it has fixed my problem...

eternally grateful:

P´pone