Using OpenGL & GLUT in Code::Blocks

Download Code::Blocks
http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~goetz/codeblocks/

Download the GLUT bin file (first download link)
from:
http://www.xmission.com/~nate/glut.html

After you download and open the GLUT bin zip file, you will need to:
• Copy glut32.dll to c:\windows\system,
• Copy glut32.lib to c:\program files\mingw\lib, and
• Copy glut.h to c:\program files\mingw\include\GL.
• These are default locations, your paths may be different. But basically,
  you place the .lib and .h files in the location of your compiler (in this
  case mingw). The .dll file goes in the windows system directory.

Now you are ready to start Code::Blocks and make a new project.

Open up Code::Blocks. Start a new Project by going to File, New, Project.

Select to make a new GLUT project and press Go to continue.

Press Next at this menu

Give a project title, and a location where to create the project
and then press Next.

Let Code::Blocks know where you stored your GL files, then press Next.

Leave these unchanged, and press Finish.

In the manager window (viewable by pressing Shift-F2), open up the sample source
file by double clicking on it. To make your program work, you will need to add
at line 14:
#include <windows.h>

You will need to make a small change to the project’s Build Options.
Go to Project, Build Options.

Select the Linker tab and press Add in the Link Libraries area.

Press on the … button to select a library to add. You need to add the
glut32.lib library. Locate this from the directory you placed it in before.

After you add the library, it will ask if you want to keep the path relative.
Select No.

Press OK to select the library.

Press OK to close the Project’s Build Options.

Press F9 to do
a Build & Run of your project.

After a while you’ll get some warnings.
Ignore the warnings. If you get errors, check the steps above to make sure you
added in the new line at 14, and setup project to use the glut32.lib library
file to use.

Hopefully you’ll get a
program displaying the following:

If you see the proceeding window, congratulations, GLUT works for you!

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