problem in configuration of openGl in VS2008 professional

Tasawer Nawaz asked:

slam,nd hi,

i m using vs 2008 professional edition,
i want to configure it with openGl,
i m trying this,

Put freeglut.h in: ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\GL\’ (note: you'll have to create the GL folder)
Put freeglut_ext.h in: ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\GL\’
Put freeglut_std.h in: ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\GL\’
Put freeglut.lib in: ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\lib\’
Put freeglut.dll in: ‘C:\WINDOWS\system32\’
Put glut32.dll in: ‘C:\WINDOWS\system32\’
Put glut32.lib in: ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\lib\’
Put glut.h in: ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\GL\’

all files are placed according to this.

when i try a sample code i have followings errors.

Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp____glutInitWithExit@12 referenced in function _glutInit_ATEXIT_HACK@8 openGl.obj

Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp____glutCreateWindowWithExit@8 referenced in function _glutCreateWindow_ATEXIT_HACK@4 openGl.obj

Error 3 fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals

please tell me what i m doing wrong, and what is the right way.

waiting for ans..

Tags: C++, Visual C++ 6.0, Visual Studio, OpenGL

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