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luiscubal
luiscubal

Reputation: 25161

OpenGL SDK on Windows

I'm trying to write an OpenGL application so I installed the Windows 7 SDK. However, it appears that it is OpenGL 1.1...

#define GL_VERSION_1_1                    1

How can I find which version of OpenGL I have installed(*.dll) and where can I find the newer *.lib/*.h files?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 11100

Answers (4)

Divakar
Divakar

Reputation: 1

If you have NVIDIA graphics, download NVIDIA OpenGL SDK. You get the latest compliant with OpenGL 4.4.

First demo application is available from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd369065%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Upvotes: 0

Robert Basler
Robert Basler

Reputation: 381

I wrote my own OpenGL extension loader (like GLEE or GLEW) because I didn't like the licenses for the other available libraries. I don't think anyone should ever have to do this again, so I've made mine public domain, do with it as you will. I'd like to hear if you use it in something, but that's not a requirement. It supports up to OpenGL 4.1 at the moment.

http://www.onemanmmo.com/index.php?cmd=newsitem&comment=news.1.28.0

Upvotes: 1

Jerry Coffin
Jerry Coffin

Reputation: 490653

Microsoft hasn't updated their OpenGL headers/libraries for quite a while. To use newer features, you normally want to use GLEW or GLEE.

Upvotes: 8

shadeglare
shadeglare

Reputation: 7536

There is no new version of OpenGL in Win7. You must download new headers form opengl.org and use extension techniques of OpenGL to obtain advanced functionality. For version of OpenGL use this function glGetString

Upvotes: 3

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