ClassGL 3.6 Library Reference

Settings up a project for using the ClassGL library

The following is a description of the Microsoft Visual C++ developer’s environment project settings. The description is valid for MSVC 2.0, MSVC 4.0, MSVC 5.0, MSVC 6.0. The section names of the project settings may be changed in future versions of the MSVC.

Preprocessor settings

Add ClassGL.h file to your common-headers-files-directory; or :

select Project -> Settings menu item
select C/C++ Tab
select Preprocessor Category
add path to the ClassGL\build\include directory to the Additional include directories field

Linker settings

1 ) Add the ClassGL3.lib file to your common-libraries-directory; or :

select Project -> Settings menu item
select Link Tab
select Input Category
add path to the ClassGL\build\lib_r directory (or lib_d for Debug configuration) to the Additional library path field

2 ) Follow these steps

select Project -> Settings menu item
select Link Tab
select General Category
add the ClassGL3.lib opengl32.lib glu32.lib libraries to the Object/Library modules field

Project Files

If you want to use COpenGLView or COpenGLWnd classes, add the MfcClassGL.cpp file to Source Files, and MfcClassGL.h to the Header Files of your project. The MfcClassGL.cpp and MfcClassGL.h files can be found in sample projects in the ClassGL\Examples directory.

In order to successfully compile the MfcClassGL.cpp file you must do these changes in your project's MainFrame class (usually in MainFrm.h file)

add
```
#include "MfcClassGL.h"
```
line to the MainFrm.h file

change following MainFrm.h file lines from :

protected: // control bar embedded members
	CStatusBar m_wndStatusBar;
	CToolBar m_wndToolBar;

to :

public:  // control bar embedded members
	CViewAngleControlBar    m_wndViewAngleControl; // add this line only if you want the view-angle control toolbar
	CStatusBar              m_wndStatusBar;
	CToolBar                m_wndToolBar;

If you want other ClassGL toolbars such as "View Navigation Toolbar" or "View Settings Toolbar" then take a look at MainFrm.h and MainFrm.cpp files of ClassGL Example projects and copy related code from these projects.

You might want to use the CreateProjectFiles tool from the ClassGL\Tools directory to create your project using existing ClassGL Example project (or any other project) as an example. In this case all template-project settings/code will be copied to your new project.