Hello, I get an error while compiling my vertex shader. Here is the code for my shader:


/*
MaddEngine.vert
GLSL vertex shader used by Madd Engine
*/
void main()
{
gl_TexCoord[0] = gl_MultiTexCoord0;
gl_Position = gl_ProjectionMatrix * gl_ModelViewMatrix * gl_Vertex;
}


When I run my application, it outputs the InfoLog to a file, here it is:


Vertex info
-----------
(0) : error C0000: syntax error, unexpected $end at token "<EOF>"
(0) : error C0501: type name expected at token "<null atom>"


The same error occurs even if I comment out the entire shader code. Does anyone know where the problem is?

P.S. The fragment shader works as it should, here is the code:


/*
MaddEngine.frag
GLSL fragment shader used by Madd Engine
*/
uniform sampler2D tex;
void main()
{
vec4 texel = texture2D(tex, gl_TexCoord[0].st);
gl_FragColor = gl_Color * texel;
}


Is it possible you have invalid characters in the file? Depending on the editor an invalid character can easily slip with a copy'n'paste or accidental hotkey. A lot of editors will then pick a suitable encoding to encode the undesired character and it will often be invisble to the naked eye then.
Have you tried explicitely forcing ANSI encoding on the file (for example in Notepad++ Encoding->Convert to ANSI)? If the problem is a rogue character it will usually show up in an obvious way (the not-in-font symbol or 'weird' symbols).

Here's the code for the loader:

[source lang="cpp"]
void meEnableShaders()
{
/* load the fragment shader */
char *frag_buffer, *vert_buffer;

FILE *fp = fopen("MaddEngine.frag", "rb");
int frag_size;
fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END);
frag_size = ftell(fp);
fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
frag_buffer = (char*)malloc(frag_size);
fread(frag_buffer, 1, frag_size, fp);
fclose(fp);

/* load the vertex shader */
fp = fopen("MaddEngine.vert", "rb");
int vert_size;
fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END);
vert_size = ftell(fp);
vert_buffer = (char*)malloc(vert_size);
fread(vert_buffer, 1, vert_size, fp);
fclose(fp);

#ifdef ARB_SHADER
me_fragment_shader = glCreateShaderObjectARB(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER_ARB);
glShaderSourceARB(me_fragment_shader, 1, &frag_buffer, &frag_size);
glCompileShaderARB(me_fragment_shader);

me_vertex_shader = glCreateShaderObjectARB(GL_VERTEX_SHADER_ARB);
glShaderSourceARB(me_vertex_shader, 1, &vert_buffer, &vert_size);
glCompileShaderARB(me_vertex_shader);

me_shader_program = glCreateProgramObjectARB();
glAttachObjectARB(me_shader_program, me_fragment_shader);
glAttachObjectARB(me_shader_program, me_vertex_shader);
glLinkProgramARB(me_shader_program);
glUseProgramObjectARB(me_shader_program);
#else
me_fragment_shader = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
glShaderSource(me_fragment_shader, 1, &frag_buffer, &frag_size);
glCompileShader(me_fragment_shader);

me_vertex_shader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
glShaderSource(me_vertex_shader, 1, &vert_buffer, &vert_size);
glCompileShader(me_vertex_shader);

me_shader_program = glCreateProgram();
glAttachShader(me_shader_program, me_fragment_shader);
glAttachShader(me_shader_program, me_vertex_shader);
glLinkProgram(me_shader_program);
glUseProgram(me_shader_program);
#endif
free(frag_buffer);
free(vert_buffer);
};
[/source]


It is compiled without the ARB_SHADER macro (so it uses the standard OpenGL functions).

I edit the files with gedit under Ubuntu, which uses UTF-8.

I'm sorry, I just noticed the problem. I forgot to seek back to the start of the file after getting its size *facepalm*