58 minutes ago, Josheir said:

I am trying to use : OpenGL and draw some simple text quickly. However I cannot get the top two commands to define. 

 

glColor3f(rgb.r, rgb.g, rgb.b); 
glRasterPos2f(x, y);

glutBitmapString(font, string);

I tried this :

#include <C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SDKs/Windows/v7.1A/Include/gl/GL.h>

May I have some help please.  The last command which is with glut is fine.  Apparently, the problem is not with GLUT or FreeGlut, but with Visual Studio headers.  I am using Visual Studio 2017, C++.

 

Thank you,

Josheir

All you need to do is specify the .lib files in the linker by doing the following in Visual Studio:
    • Open the Project menu, then select [project name] Properties... -> Linker -> Input
    • Click the dropdown arrow in the Additional Dependencies field and click <Edit...>
    • Add opengl32.lib and glu32.lib to the list (see the included screenshot)
    • Click OK then Apply -> OK
    • Add #include <gl/GL.h> and #include <gl/GLU.h> to the necessary file(s)
    • Rebuild the Solution (Ctrl+Alt+F7)

1 hour ago, Josheir said:

Thank you for the reply, MrHallows.  However all that is already done.  I'm stumped.

Josheir

Hmm.. That is certainly odd.

20 minutes ago, Josheir said:

I opened a new project with just :  

glColor3f(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);

in main().  Didn't work either, perplexed!

I assume you set up the new project in the same manner. A couple of questions:

    1) Are you getting any build/runtime errors at all or it's just not doing what it should be?
    2) What do your configuration settings look like?

Also, would you mind pasting all of the code (at least from main.cpp), please?