suppose that I have COpenGLControl class downloaded here from codeguru assuming that the first event handler runned when creating the OpenGL window is OnCreate, I have tried to catch up the errors of this class. here's the code used to create the window in my dialog's .h and .cpp files:
MyOpenGLTestDlg.h
COpenGLControl m_oglWindow;
MyOpenGLTestDlg.cpp
CRect rect;
// Get size and position of the picture control
GetDlgItem(ID_OPENGL)->GetWindowRect(rect);
// Convert screen coordinates to client coordinates
ScreenToClient(rect);
up to know I think the function OnCreate
has been invoked. In fact, I think the line of code COpenGLControl m_oglWindow;
causes this function to be invoked! but I'm not sure so it will be appreciated if you guide me alittle about this?
anyway, I have not made a lot of change to the class:
OpenGLControl.h
#pragma once
#include "afxwin.h"
#include "WinBase.h"
#include <gl/gl.h>
#include <gl/glu.h>
class COpenGLControl : public CWnd
{
public:
/******************/
/* Public Members */
/******************/
UINT_PTR m_unpTimer;
// View information variables
float m_fLastX;
float m_fLastY;
float m_fPosX;
float m_fPosY;
float m_fZoom;
float m_fRotX;
float m_fRotY;
bool m_bIsMaximized;
private:
/*******************/
/* Private Members */
/*******************/
// Window information
CWnd *hWnd; //window handle
HDC hdc; //device context handle
HGLRC hrc; //handle to GL Rendering Context
int m_nPixelFormat;
CRect m_rect;
CRect m_oldWindow;
CRect m_originalRect;
public:
COpenGLControl(void);
virtual ~COpenGLControl(void);
void oglCreate(CRect rect, CWnd *parent);
void oglInitialize(void);
void oglDrawScene(void);
// Added message classes:
afx_msg void OnPaint();
afx_msg void OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy);
afx_msg void OnDraw(CDC *pDC);
afx_msg int OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct);
afx_msg void OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent);
afx_msg void OnMouseMove(UINT nFlags, CPoint point);
DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};
OpenGLControl.cpp
int COpenGLControl::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
if (CWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1) return -1;
oglInitialize();
return 0;
}
void COpenGLControl::oglInitialize(void)
{
// Initial Setup:
//
static PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR pfd =
{
sizeof(PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR),
1,
PFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW | PFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL | PFD_DOUBLEBUFFER,
PFD_TYPE_RGBA,
32, // bit depth
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
24, // z-buffer depth
8,0,PFD_MAIN_PLANE, 0, 0, 0, 0,
};
// Get device context only once.
hdc = GetDC()->m_hDC;
// Pixel format.
m_nPixelFormat = ChoosePixelFormat(hdc, &pfd);
SetPixelFormat(hdc, m_nPixelFormat, &pfd);
// Create the OpenGL Rendering Context.
hrc = wglCreateContext(hdc);
GLenum error13 = glGetError();
wglMakeCurrent(hdc, hrc);
// Basic Setup:
//
// Set color to use when clearing the background.
glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
glClearDepth(1.0f);
// Turn on backface culling
glFrontFace(GL_CCW);
glCullFace(GL_BACK);
// Turn on depth testing
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL);
// Send draw request
OnDraw(NULL);
}
As you see I have written the code GLenum error13 = glGetError();
right after hrc = wglCreateContext(hdc);
to catch any probable error that it throws and yes the value for error13 is 1282
which means INVALID_OPERATION
so I think the handle for OpenGL rendering context
is not created properly!
besides if you check the values for hdc
and hrc
, you encounter these:
hdc -> unused = ??? (Error: expression can not be evaluated)
hrc -> unused = 0
Could you help me find out why it is the case? and what's the problem?
The results are quite undefined if you call GL functions (like glGetError()
itself) without having a current GL context.
wglCreateContext()
is part of the Win33 API (and not the GL API) and will signal errors by returning a NULL
pointer. You can call the Windows API function GetLastError()
if you want details in that case, like with most other Windows API functions.