Installing MS Visual C++

Visual Studio community edition

Original GLUT is very dated now and not actively supported - so you should certainly be using Freeglut instead. You won't have to change your code at all, and a few additional features become available.

You'll find pre-packaged sets of files from here: http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/index.php#download 

Once you get it, you'll find that the Freeglut folder has three subfolders: - bin folder: contains the dll files for runtime - include: header files for compilation - lib: contains library files for compilation/linking

Simply copy files into the visual studio folder and the Windows system folder:

1. Copy *.dll from bin to C:\Windows\System folder.
2. Copy *.h files to C:\Program Files (x32)\Windows Kits\10\Include\xxxxxx.xx\um\gl folder
3. Copy *.lib from lib to C:\Program Files (x32)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\xxxxxx.xx\um\x64 folder

Above directory structure might be slightly different in your Windows 10 installation

 

• error C2381: 'exit' : redefinition; __declspec(noreturn) differs http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4cf463c1-5fee-4daa-b135-be8b06ab7f8f/error-c2381-exit-redefinition-declspecnoreturn-differs

Documenting and submitting programs

Each programming assignment should include

• your source code and project files.
• a README file documenting, briefly
  • your name and student ID
  • a brief description of your program (both file organization and high-level description of the program and its main features, see the sample readme file in the sample file 1234HW0.zip)
  • the status of your program (e.g. it works completely, it compiles but doesn't run, it compiles and runs but doesn't work in certain cases, some features are missing etc.)
  • what hardware platform(s) you tested it on.  
• Do not include binary files.
• Create a directory, put all files in it, and name the directory "xxxxHWn", where xxxx being the last 4 digits of your student ID (SSN), and an n stands for the homework number . For example, if you're submitting homework 1 and your id is 1234, the directory name should be 1234HW1
• Compress the directory into one file. Use the same name for the compressed file (i.e. 1234HW0.zip). If you don't create a properly named directory and compress files in the current directory, the your files could be mixed up with other students' when I uncompress them. So please do not forget to create a directory and compress the directory.