Compile issue with MSVC++ build tools on Win 10 64-bit

Hello,

I've been struggling to compile the examples from this repository on Windows 10 64-bit with the MSVC++ build tool chain (cl.exe, link.exe, nmake.exe). Some things are broken (e.g., UF_long types which should be SuiteSparse_long, thanks to the parallel thread for solution)... I think the most challenging part right now is actually to make opengl behave nicely... All the declarations regarding vertex and fragment shaders (e.g., glDeleteProgram) are breaking... On MacOS X all the opengl stuff works like charm though...

Maybe I need the opengl loader libraries like gl3w or something? By the way almost identical errors with MinGW build tool chain...

I am using the freeglut library instead of glut.

Real.cpp                                                                                                                                                      
[ 69%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/ddg.dir/src/Shader.cpp.obj                                                                                              
Shader.cpp                                                                                                                                                    
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(20): error C3861: 'glDeleteProgram': identifier not found                                   
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(22): error C3861: 'glDeleteShader': identifier not found                                    
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(23): error C3861: 'glDeleteShader': identifier not found                                    
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(24): error C3861: 'glDeleteShader': identifier not found                                    
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(29): error C2065: 'GL_VERTEX_SHADER': undeclared identifier                                 
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(34): error C2065: 'GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER': undeclared identifier                               
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(50): error C3861: 'glLinkProgram': identifier not found                                     
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(54): error C3861: 'glUseProgram': identifier not found                                      
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(59): error C3861: 'glUseProgram': identifier not found                                      
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(79): error C3861: 'glCreateProgram': identifier not found                                   
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(84): error C3861: 'glDetachShader': identifier not found                                    
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(87): error C3861: 'glCreateShader': identifier not found                                    
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(89): error C3861: 'glShaderSource': identifier not found                                    
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(91): error C3861: 'glCompileShader': identifier not found                                   
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(93): error C2065: 'GL_COMPILE_STATUS': undeclared identifier                                
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(93): error C3861: 'glGetShaderiv': identifier not found                                     
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(97): error C3861: 'glAttachShader': identifier not found                                    
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(103): error C2065: 'GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH': undeclared identifier                              
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(103): error C3861: 'glGetShaderiv': identifier not found                                    
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(107): error C2065: 'GLchar': undeclared identifier                                          
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(107): error C2065: 'infoLog': undeclared identifier                                         
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(110): error C2065: 'infoLog': undeclared identifier                                         
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(110): error C3861: 'glGetShaderInfoLog': identifier not found                               
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(112): error C2065: 'infoLog': undeclared identifier                                         
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(114): error C2065: 'infoLog': undeclared identifier                                         
C:\XXX\ddg-crane\BaseCode\src\Shader.cpp(114): error C2541: 'delete': cannot delete objects that are not pointers                    
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1.0\VC\bin\cl.exe' : return code '0x2'                                                                         
Stop.                                                                                                                                                         
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'                                       
Stop.                                                                                                                                                         
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'                                       
Stop.

It sucks to reply to your own question, but maybe it will be helpful to anyone following the same route.

gl3w - opengl core profile loading library will not work with this code, because gl3w loads only the core functionality, which actually excludes all the matrix multiplication code, assuming that you do all linear algebra things yourself, and provide the computed results to the shader programs.
glew - did help however, not only has it loaded all the opengl 2.0+ functionality with shaders mumbo jumbo, but it also loaded functions supporting older linear algebra opengl methods. Unfortunately the code mixes both older and newer opengl methods...
Anyways, after other minor tweaks to the code I could eventually compile the BaseCode executable both with MSVC and MinGW build tool chains.
It however freezes during the loading of the mesh...
So, it does not run....

I think that the code will have to be properly ported to work with MSVC or MinGW build tool chain... Has anybody actually succeeded in compiling and running it under Cygwin?

dgpdec / course

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