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I'm using Dev c++ and I want check the version of opengl I can use(that would be the gl.h file in the include folder for dev c++ right?) through code. I want to print the version text in a window, how exactly would I do this? I was thinking of using messagebox() and glGetString() but I couldn't get it to work. Also, if the version of opengl I'm using it out of date, what are the exact files I would need to get and were would I need to put them? Thanks for any help.
I dunno, "I tried x and it didn't work" doesn't help us figure out where you went wrong.
Post an actual attempt.
> Also, if the version of opengl I'm using it out of date, what are the exact files I would need to get and were would I need to put them? Thanks for any help.
Dev-c++ has things called devpaks which contain all you need to install a lib without effort on your part.
That's not to say that you couldn't figure out how to do it yourself.
char* version = (char*) glGetString(GL_VERSION);
messagebox(hWnd, version, "title bar", MB_OK );
Ok, I'm bored with trying to get blood out of a stone.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Did it compile?
Did it link?
Did you get a message box?
Did it display garbage or nothing?
Did messagebox(hWnd, "a fixed string", "title bar", MB_OK ); work and messagebox(hWnd, version, "title bar", MB_OK ); not?
And so on and so forth.
I was really just looking for an example of how something like this might work. The first time I tried the previous example I got an error an thought I must have been way off base, but it magically works today so no problems there anymore. Sorry for being vague.
As for the devpacks, I would like to get the files and put them where they need to go manually, just to make sure I understand how it works. Is it just the newest gl.h file that I would need to get and put in the include folder to replace the current one or would there be others needed as well?
glGetString() shows version 2.1.2, but I looked in the gl.h file and it states that it is mesa 3d 4.0 which implements opengl 1.3, so I'm not sure what is going on there.
Assuming you're on Windows, the OpenGL library that is shipped (with Windows) is severely out of date. glGetString() will return the GL version implemented by your graphics driver. To actually make use of the features, you'll want to grab glext.h. This file contains prototypes and definitions that you'll need to use to query the driver for the function(s) via wglGetProcAddress().
From the registry:
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Because extensions vary from platform to platform and driver to driver, OpenGL developers can't expect interfaces for all extensions to be defined in the standard gl.h, glx.h, and wgl.h header files.
Here you go, you can get the latest header files here:
OpenGL 3.0 Drivers
These are the latest OpenGL 3.0 API files, so you will definently be up to date (it was only released a few months ago)
Just manually copy and paste them into your compilers include/gl folder. Then just include glext.h instead of gl.h
[Edit]Aww wait, forgot to mention, your compiler will complain at first if you only include glext. You will have to include both gl and glext, however I personally modified the glext header to include gl by itself anyway, which worked nicely. So someway you have to include both files. Either way works well.