After doing this tutorial I get this error "Can''t Create A GL Device Context." This error is called like this: if (!(hDC=GetDC(hWnd))) // Did We Get A Device Context? { killGLWindow(); // Reset The Display MessageBox(NULL,"Can''t Create A GL Device Context.","ERROR",MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION); return FALSE; // Return FALSE } What does GetDC do, why and when will it return false? Anyone?

After a while now I realize that it's not the above code that gives me the error, it's a few lines below and it goes like this:
if (!(hRC=wglCreateContext(hDC))) // Are We Able To Get A Rendering Context?
{
killGLWindow(); // Reset The Display
MessageBox(NULL,"Can't Create A GL Rendering Context.","ERROR",MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
return FALSE; // Return FALSE
}

Does this make more sense for anyone?

Thanks for the MSDN hint by the way...

EDIT: My eyes are not whith me today... The error message in the topic is not the correct one... "Can't Create A GL Rendering Context." is the correct one. To be honest, I'm not sure if it was that fault to begin with... I might have fixed the first one, just to run into another...




[edited by - Tompa on October 23, 2003 5:47:35 AM]

hdc is a device context and it is used to draw on window

hrc is a rendering context and it is related to OpenGL

before create a hrc you need to choose the pixel format and set the pixel format for the hdc (that is describe bpp, Zbuffer depth, and other things).
I think you get an error (a false return) from SetPixelFormat()
or you pass a wrong pixelformat index to this function. See also ChoosePixelFormat() and checks that it returns an index != 0
Finally if you continue to get errors you can try to change your PIXELFORMATDESC...I use this as default (it works everywhere)(maybe)

static PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR defPFD = {sizeof(PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR),  // size of this pfd1,                              // version numberPFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW |            // support windowPFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL |		// support OpenGLPFD_DOUBLEBUFFER,		// double bufferedPFD_TYPE_RGBA,                  // RGBA type32,                             // n-bit color depth0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,               // color bits ignored0,                              // no alpha buffer0,                              // shift bit ignored0,                              // no accumulation buffer0, 0, 0, 0,                     // accum bits ignored32,                             // n-bit z-buffer0,                              // no stencil buffer0,                              // no auxiliary bufferPFD_MAIN_PLANE,                 // main layer0,                              // reserved0, 0, 0                         // layer masks ignored};

THANK YOU!!!

As I said my eyes were not with me... I had totally missed to even call SetPixelFormat...
You made it come to my attention. Thanks again!
Now it works just like it should!