Freeglut problems.

[HavingPhun]

Hi im using freeglut 2.6.0 and i cant find the .lib files. Could you help me.

[Philip Nicoletti]

You can download the source at:

[urlhttp://freeglut.sourceforge.net/index.php#download[/url]

Then you build the libraries. The Windows workspace worked with no
changes using VC++ 2010.

I would guess that the Linux version would also build without problems,
but I can not test it right now.

[HavingPhun]

so i don't need lib files? The only reason i wanted them is because the tutorial i was using said to use them. But it is an older tutorial so maybe i dont need them anymore.

[S_M_A]

You need them. What Philip said was that you can download the source and build them yourself.

[HavingPhun]

But how do I build it myself? I don't know how to build things.

[Philip Nicoletti]

What operating system and compiler are you using ?

[HavingPhun]

Im using windows vista and visual c++ 2010.

[S_M_A]

I downloaded the 2.6.0 package from the page Philip gave. The package contains a VC2008 sln, in VisualStudio2008 for a dll and in VisualStudio2008static for lib. Just open the sln you want, let VC2010 convert the project and then press F7 to build it.

[HavingPhun]

Ok so i have it built and running fine but I have another problem. I have a simple program that creates a window, but if I add mouse click detection it causes and error.

Program:

#include <GL/glew.h> // Include the GLEW header file   
#include <GL/glut.h> // Include the GLUT header file   
  
void display (void) 
{   
glClearColor(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f); // Clear the background of our window to red   
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); //Clear the colour buffer (more buffers later on)   
glLoadIdentity(); // Load the Identity Matrix to reset our drawing locations   
glFlush(); // Flush the OpenGL buffers to the window   
}   
  
void reshape (int width, int height) 
{   
glViewport(0, 0, (GLsizei)width, (GLsizei)height); // Set our viewport to the size of our window   
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION); // Switch to the projection matrix so that we can manipulate how our scene is viewed   
glLoadIdentity(); // Reset the projection matrix to the identity matrix so that we don't get any artifacts (cleaning up)   
gluPerspective(60, (GLfloat)width / (GLfloat)height, 1.0, 100.0); // Set the Field of view angle (in degrees), the aspect ratio of our window, and the new and far planes   
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); // Switch back to the model view matrix, so that we can start drawing shapes correctly   
}   

void keyPressed (unsigned char key, int x, int y) 
{

} 

void keyUp (unsigned char key, int x, int y) 
{

} 

int main (int argc, char **argv) 
{     
glutKeyboardFunc(keyPressed); // Tell GLUT to use the method "keyPressed" for key presses
glutKeyboardUpFunc(keyUp); // Tell GLUT to use the method "keyUp" for key up events  	
glutInit(&argc, argv); // Initialize GLUT   
glutInitDisplayMode (GLUT_SINGLE); // Set up a basic display buffer (only single buffered for now)   
glutInitWindowSize (800, 600); // Set the width and height of the window   
glutInitWindowPosition (100, 100); // Set the position of the window   
glutCreateWindow ("Biolife"); // Set the title for the window   
glutDisplayFunc(display); // Tell GLUT to use the method "display" for rendering   
glutReshapeFunc(reshape); // Tell GLUT to use the method "reshape" for rendering   
glutMainLoop(); // Enter GLUT's main loop   
}

But if I take the mouse click detection out it doesn't have the errors.

Error Log:

'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\Program Files\Biolife\Debug\Biolife.exe', Symbols loaded.
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\ntdll.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\kernel32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\freeglut.dll', Symbols loaded.
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\user32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\gdi32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\advapi32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\rpcrt4.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\opengl32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\msvcrt.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\glu32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\ddraw.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\dciman32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\setupapi.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\oleaut32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\ole32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\dwmapi.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\winmm.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\oleacc.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\msvcr100d.dll', Symbols loaded.
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimeng.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\apphelp.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\AppPatch\AcLayers.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\shlwapi.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\userenv.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\secur32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\winspool.drv', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\mpr.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\imm32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\msctf.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\lpk.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\usp10.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
'Biolife.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6001.18000_none_5cdbaa5a083979cc\comctl32.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file
The program '[3816] Biolife.exe: Native' has exited with code 1 (0x1).

Can anyone help me fix this? Thanks in ahead
Also thanks for the help Philip and S M A.

[S_M_A]

If you by code thing means code tags you did almost get those right. They should be [code]Code here[/code]. Additional formatting tags can be found here http://www.codeguru.com/forum/misc.php?do=bbcode#code

I've never worked with glut but shouldn't glutInit be the very first call? Are there any other calls that should be made in another order?

[HavingPhun]

Ok well i am new to glut, but i only encounter this problem when i add mouse click detection so i don't know why this is happening.

[Philip Nicoletti]

Did you move the call to glutKeyboardFunc() to after glutInit()
as suggested by S_M_A ?

Also, that does not catch match clicks. To process mouse clicks use
glutMouseFunc()

[HavingPhun]

ok ill try that.

[HavingPhun]

Can you give me an example of how to use glutMouseFunc() and the arguments it requires?

[HavingPhun]

It works now. Just had to put glutInit() before everything else like you said.