Some of you may have noticed an access violation when trying to run Glut programs in Windows Vista

Try disableing Vista's "Data Execution Prevention" to void the access violation error. You can find instructions here on disabling and reenabling DEM. If this doesn't work, send me an email and we can troubleshoot your problem further.

Which run option to use for GLUT programs? .

After you have successfully built your OpenGL / Glut code, you can use one of two options to run your code. You can "Start Debugging" or "Start Without Debugging" (both of these can be found under the "Debug" menu option.


For the GLTest.c application, make sure you use the "Start Without Debugging" option so that the console window will not disappear as soon as the program stop executing. For the remaining applications, you can use either option, although I recommend using the "Start Without Debugging" option, as it will slightly increase the performance of your application.

Summer classes begin.

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