OpenGL MFC/CDialog - Basic

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Introduction   

This tip contains a basic working example of OpenGL with MFC/CDialog, without the deprecated glBegin() and glEnd(). The project contains code that enables multiple contexts MFC/CDialog-style.

Background

The basic idea is to get a simple window or two to draw simple graphics in a MFC/CDialog-style window. This is geared more towards beginners who, like myself, struggle to get something like this to work. A basic understanding of C++/OpenGL would be helpful. The code contains no colour mapping or shaders, just basic shape using vao/vbo.

Using the Code

The code was written in VS 2010 as MFC project. It makes use of GLEW & its library.

How to use:

• Unzip, Open Solution & compile to see example work.
• Make sure to include glew32.dll in the debug/release folder, as I have not included it.

The following snippet of code highlights main link/binding:

CStatic m_PictCtrl_Left;
OpenGLRenderer m_OGL_Window_Left;

m_PictCtrl_Left.MoveWindow
(iPosOffSetX,iPosOffSetY,iWidth,iHeight,TRUE); //position window & size first 
m_PictCtrl_Left.GetWindowRect(rectLeft);
ScreenToClient(rectLeft);

m_OGL_Window_Left.CreateGLContext(rectLeft, this);

bool OpenGLRenderer::CreateGLContext(CRect rect, CWnd *parent)
{
	CString className = AfxRegisterWndClass(CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW | 
	CS_OWNDC, NULL, (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH), 
	NULL); //default background colour
	CreateEx(0, className, _T("OpenGL with MFC/CDialog"), 
	WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | WS_CLIPCHILDREN, rect, parent, 0);

	SetViewPortSize(rect.Width(), rect.Height());

	if(!InitContext() ) //InitContext() sets PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR & context
	{
		MessageBox(_T("ERROR Creating InitContext"));
		return false;
	};
	return true;
} 

Points of Interest

I searched, Googled & read a lot, but failed to come across a complete example that displayed the above without using glBegin()/glEnd() and/or int main()/winmain() as the entry point. Very frustrating.

History

I don't plan on maintaining this, unless something serious warrants updating. There is probably more efficient ways to implement this. I just wanted to share this as I struggled to find something similar that contained a full yet basic working example.