wxWidgets and OpenGL frustration!!!

I installed Dev Cpp, along with the wxWidgets devpak and I can successfully compile both a widgets program and a opengl program, however separately.

I want to incorporate glcanvas into my wxwidgets program, but every time I try to compile I get these linker errors:

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLCanvas::SetCurrent(wxGLContext const&) const'

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLCanvas::wxGLCanvas(wxWindow*, int, int*, wxPoint const&, wxSize const&, long, wxString const&, wxPalette const&)'

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLContext::wxGLContext(wxGLCanvas*, wxGLContext const*)'

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLCanvas::wxGLCanvas(wxWindow*, int, int*, wxPoint const&, wxSize const&, long, wxString const&, wxPalette const&)'

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLContext::wxGLContext(wxGLCanvas*, wxGLContext const*)'

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLCanvas::SwapBuffers()'

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLCanvas::sm_eventTable'

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLCanvas::GetClassInfo() const'

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLCanvas::~wxGLCanvas()'

[Linker error] undefined reference to `wxGLCanvas::~wxGLCanvas()'

ld returned 1 exit status

C:\Users\user\Desktop\Makefile.win [Build Error] [Project1.exe] Error 1





I just don't get it... I included -lopengl32 to the linker parameters and I even changed the setup.h file to allow opengl use. However all I did was change the value in the setup.h file and not recompile anything, seeing I don't know how

if anyone could shed some light on this mess I would be more than ecstatic... thanks!

> I just don't get it... I included -lopengl32 to the linker parameters
But it seems to be complaining about wxWidgets symbols, so include wxWidgets libraries?

Also, check each demo program for all the linker options and libraries.

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Originally Posted by parad0x13

I just don't get it... I included -lopengl32 to the linker parameters and I even changed the setup.h file to allow opengl use. However all I did was change the value in the setup.h file and not recompile anything, seeing I don't know how

if anyone could shed some light on this mess I would be more than ecstatic... thanks!

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That's it then, you do have to recompile after changing the header file- otherwise wxGLCanvas just isn't there no matter what you do. That said, I did recompile, there are some pretty thorough instructions in various places, including the Code::Blocks wiki, the library recompiled without a hitch, yet when I try to compile an example program to demonstrate wxGLCanvas, I too get linker errors, though of a different sort:

Code:

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obj\Debug\wxSimpleGLMain.o||In function `ZN8GLCanvasC2EP7wxFrameRK6wxSizePi':|
C:\Documents and Settings\Mischa\My Documents\Programming\wxSimpleGL\wxSimpleGLMain.cpp|49|undefined reference to `_imp___ZN10wxGLCanvasC2EP8wxWindowiPiRK7wxPointRK6wxSizelRK8wxStringRK9wxPalette'|
C:\Documents and Settings\Mischa\My Documents\Programming\wxSimpleGL\wxSimpleGLMain.cpp|51|undefined reference to `_imp___ZN11wxGLContextC1EP10wxGLCanvasPKS_'|
C:\Documents and Settings\Mischa\My Documents\Programming\wxSimpleGL\wxSimpleGLMain.cpp|51|undefined reference to `_imp___ZN10wxGLCanvasD2Ev'|
obj\Debug\wxSimpleGLMain.o||In function `ZN8GLCanvasC1EP7wxFrameRK6wxSizePi':|
C:\Documents and Settings\Mischa\My Documents\Programming\wxSimpleGL\wxSimpleGLMain.cpp|49|undefined reference to `_imp___ZN10wxGLCanvasC2EP8wxWindowiPiRK7wxPointRK6wxSizelRK8wxStringRK9wxPalette'|
C:\Documents and Settings\Mischa\My Documents\Programming\wxSimpleGL\wxSimpleGLMain.cpp|51|undefined reference to `_imp___ZN11wxGLContextC1EP10wxGLCanvasPKS_'|
C:\Documents and Settings\Mischa\My Documents\Programming\wxSimpleGL\wxSimpleGLMain.cpp|51|undefined reference to `_imp___ZN10wxGLCanvasD2Ev'|
obj\Debug\wxSimpleGLMain.o||In function `ZN8GLCanvas5paintER12wxPaintEvent':|
C:\Documents and Settings\Mischa\My Documents\Programming\wxSimpleGL\wxSimpleGLMain.cpp|63|undefined reference to `_imp___ZNK10wxGLCanvas10SetCurrentERK11wxGLContext'|
C:\Documents and Settings\Mischa\My Documents\Programming\wxSimpleGL\wxSimpleGLMain.cpp|70|undefined reference to `_imp___ZN10wxGLCanvas11SwapBuffersEv'|
obj\Debug\wxSimpleGLMain.o||In function `Z41__static_initialization_and_destruction_0ii':|
C:\Documents and Settings\Mischa\My Documents\Programming\wxSimpleGL\wxSimpleGLMain.cpp|36|undefined reference to `_imp___ZN10wxGLCanvas13sm_eventTableE'|
obj\Debug\wxSimpleGLMain.o||In function `ZNK12wxWindowBase11GetBestSizeEv':|
C:\SourceCode\Libraries\wxWidgets-2.8.9\include\wx\window.h:(.rdata$_ZTV8GLCanvas[vtable for GLCanvas]+0x8)||undefined reference to `wxGLCanvas::GetClassInfo() const'|
C:\SourceCode\Libraries\wxWidgets-2.8.9\include\wx\window.h:(.text$_ZN8GLCanvasD1Ev[GLCanvas::~GLCanvas()]+0x16)||undefined reference to `_imp___ZN10wxGLCanvasD2Ev'|
C:\SourceCode\Libraries\wxWidgets-2.8.9\include\wx\window.h:(.text$_ZN8GLCanvasD0Ev[GLCanvas::~GLCanvas()]+0x16)||undefined reference to `_imp___ZN10wxGLCanvasD2Ev'|

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I'm admittedly very much a n00b when it comes to C and C++, I can usually figure out compiler errors, but linker errors confound me, I can't tell if I've missed something, or if the example program is bad, but I'm more inclined to think I'm doing something wrong... I have linked to opengl32, glu32, and of course the appropriate wxwidgets library- I'm able to compile other wxwidgets programs since rebuilding it, but nothing with wxGLCanvas

What are the compile/link lines that are executing? They should be printing somewhere that you can cut and paste from.

Among my wx libraries (in the lib folder) there is something called libwxmsw27_ogl.a which looks like something you should link to.

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Originally Posted by anon

Among my wx libraries (in the lib folder) there is something called libwxmsw27_ogl.a which looks like something you should link to.

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I didn't have that file, if I had seen that I might have made the connection- I was poking around with the makefile, which led me to the file config.gcc, which defines USE_OPENGL := 0, so not only do we have to edit setup.h, but also this- I edited the makefile, but I'm sure I could just as well specify it on the command line, but so I don't forget if I rebuild... So anywho, one rebuild later, I now have a new lib file, libwxmsw28_gl.a, and with it included, the example program compiles, links, and runs, woohoo.