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COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Download and install Dev C++ (contains the Gnu C++ compiler and linker plus the gl.h and glu.h header files)
Copy glut.h to the C:\dev-cpp\include\GL directory
Add the following to the end of your computer's PATH environment variable: C:\dev-cpp\bin
(Do this by using the Edit feature at Settings | Control Panel | System | Advanced Tab | Environment Variables button | System variables window)
On your storage media of choice, create a directory called Demonstration
Copy glut32.dll to your Demonstration directory. (Note: The other two DLLs used by OpenGL, opengl32.dll and glu32.dll, should have already been placed in the C:\Windows\System32 directory on your computer when the Windows operating system was initially installed)
Copy build.bat to your Demonstration directory
Copy opengl-demo.cpp to your Demonstration directory
Start up a command shell by using Start | Run | cmd
In the command shell, change the current working directory to the Demonstration directory
Enter build opengl-demo.cpp on the command line. The program should compile and link with no error messages
Enter a.exe on the command line. (This is the default name of the executable file.) A graphics window should appear on the screen
After the color changes have stopped in the graphics window, click on the X in the title bar to close the graphics window. Then enter Ctrl-C in the command shell window to terminate the program and get the command prompt to reappear