-Windows 32 / MSVC Notes
-=======================
+Windows 32 Notes
+================
The "freeglut" library installation package comes with MSVC 6.0 workspace and
-project files. The workspace has two projects: "freeglut.dsp", which creates
-a DLL file, and "freeglut_static.dsp", which creates a static library.
+project files. The workspace "freeglut.dsw" has two projects:
+"freeglut.dsp", which creates a DLL file, and "freeglut_static.dsp", which
+creates a static library.
+The "freeglut" library also comes with an Open Watcom compiler project file
+"freeglut.wpj" and two target files "freeglut.tgt" and "freeglut_static.tgt".
+The two target files build DLL and static libraries. The Open Watcom also
+includes "freeglut.rc", which is a resource compiler script to add a "Version"
+tab to the DLL property sheet.
-Building the Libraries
-======================
+
+Building the Libraries with MSVC
+================================
To build the "freeglut" libraries, open MSVC and load the "freeglut" workspace.
This will load the two projects. Selecting "Build" - "Batch Build" from the
menu will build both the debug and the release versions of both libraries.
-The libraries will be found in the following places and will have the following
-names:
-- DLL, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\Debug\freeglut.lib
-- DLL, release version: freeglut\freeglut\Release\freeglut.lib
-- Static, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\DebugStatic\freeglut_static.lib
+The libraries will be found in the following places and will have the
+following names:
+- DLL, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\Debug\freeglut.lib
+- DLL, release version: freeglut\freeglut\Release\freeglut.lib
+- Static, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\DebugStatic\freeglut_static.lib
- Static, release version: freeglut\freeglut\ReleaseStatic\freeglut_static.lib
+Starting with VS2008, both 32bit and 64bit builds are available.
+These libraries can instead be found at:
+32bit:
+- DLL, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\Debug\freeglut.lib
+ freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\Debug\freeglut.dll
+- Static, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\Debug\freeglut_static.lib
+- DLL, release version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\freeglut.lib
+ freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\freeglut.dll
+- Static, release version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x86\freeglut_static.lib
+
+64bit:
+- DLL, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\Debug\freeglut.lib
+ freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\Debug\freeglut.dll
+- Static, debug version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\Debug\freeglut_static.lib
+- DLL, release version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\freeglut.lib
+ freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\freeglut.dll
+- Static, release version: freeglut\freeglut\lib\x64\freeglut_static.lib
+
Unlike the *nix release, the library names are NOT automatic replacements for
-the GLUT library names. You may rename them manually if you wish.
+the GLUT library names. You may rename them manually if you wish, but this is
+not necessary as the header file includes a pragma telling the compiler which
+library file to look for.
-Installing the Libraries
-========================
+Installing the Libraries with MSVC
+==================================
To install "freeglut" on your system so that your other projects will see it,
you will need to copy various files to various locations.
and will probably already have the files "opengl32.dll" and "glu32.dll".
-If you don't have MSVC
-======================
+Building and Installing the Libraries with Open Watcom
+======================================================
+
+Start a command prompt and change directory to the freeglut installation
+directory. Type "wmake -f Makefile.wat all" to build the DLL and static
+libraries in both debug and release versions.
+
+To install "freeglut" on your system so that your other projects will see it,
+you will need to copy various files to various locations.
+
+ - The header files "freeglut.h", "freeglut_ext.h", "freeglut_std.h", and
+ "glut.h" (distributed in the directory "freeglut\freeglut\include\GL")
+ need to be copied to a "GL" directory under the Open Watcom 32-bit
+ Windows include directory. This usually has a path similar to
+ "C:\WATCOM\h\nt\GL"
+ - The library file "freeglut.lib" or "freeglut_static.lib" (from the
+ corresponding debug or release directory) needs to be copied into the
+ Open Watcom 32-bit Windows library directory. This usually has a path
+ similar to
+ "C:\WATCOM\lib386\nt"
+ - If you are using the DLL version of "freeglut", the file "freeglut.dll"
+ needs to be copied from the Debug or the Release directory into the
+ DLL directory. This usually has a path similar to
+ "C:\Windows\System32"
+ and will probably already have the files "opengl32.dll" and "glu32.dll".
+
+
+Unlike the *nix release, the library names are NOT automatic replacements for
+the GLUT library names. You may rename them manually if you wish, but this is
+not necessary as the header file includes a pragma telling the compiler which
+library file to look for.
+
+
+Building and Installing the Libraries with Cygwin
+=================================================
+
+To build "freeglut" under Cygwin, you have two choices:
+
+- You can build a normal Cygwin library, which depends on Cygwin's X11
+ libraries. To do this, you can just use the normal autotools incantation:
+ ./configure && make install
+
+- Alternatively, you can build a DLL which does not depend on X11 and links
+ against the opengl32 DLL. To do this, configure need a few more flags:
+ ./configure CPPFLAGS=-mno-cygwin LDFLAGS=-mno-cygwin --without-x && make install
+
+
+If you don't have MSVC, Open Watcom or Cygwin
+=============================================
The "freeglut" developers' community discussed the possibility of distributing
binaries and decided against it. If you need Windows library files, please
projects / freeglut / blobdiff