Thread: graphics in VC++ ?

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    Exclamation graphics in VC++ ?

    Hi,
    Is there any way i can use graphics in Microsoft Visual c++ ?

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    Of course. Unfortunately, your questions is like, "Can I use eggs in a kitchen?". You will need to be far more specific.
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    Question help me!!!!!

    how do you do simple stuff like lines or maybe bitmaps?

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    Learn OpenGL.

    Start here.

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    No No don't start with Open GL. Search your MSDN library for keywords like LineTo, dc , Cdc , CreateBrush, BitBlt.

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    Why not use OpenGL?

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    I agree with barjor. With an understanding of the basics of Windows graphics you can do a lot, including make a reasoned choice as which direction you want to go viz a more sophisticated tool.

    OpenGL is not universally applauded, nor indeed, is DirectX, (etc. etc.). Both will allow you draw a line on a screen and the like, but at this point, we, and indeed I suspect the original questioner, do not know where he wants to be going in the longer term.

    Loading yourself with a lot of baggage early, when it may well be the wrong baggage, is always a bad idea.

    There are links to tutorials on basic graphics in the FAQ.
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    Open GL is perfectly cool and I love working with it but you shouldn't run before you can walk.

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    Yeah but once you learn it you wont need anything else.

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    Eber Kain I doublt that true with any thing everything has its ups and downs.

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