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To compile and run these tutorials some or all of these libraries are required: FreeImage 3.16.0, GLEW 1.11.0, GLUT 3.7.6 / GLUT for Dev-C++, GLM 0.9.5.4
Getting started in Visual Studio Express 2013
Download and install Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop. We downloaded the 3.3 GB vs2013.5_dskexp_ENU.iso file and used it to install Visual Studio Express 2013 on Windows 7 64-bit.
Download the FreeImage, GLEW and GLUT libraries.
Copy
  • "FreeImage3160Win32.zip\FreeImage\Dist\FreeImage.dll" to "C:\Windows\System32\"
  • "glew-1.11.0-win32.zip\glew-1.11.0\bin\Release\Win32\glew32.dll" to "C:\Windows\System32\"
  • "glut-3.7.6-bin.zip\glut-3.7.6-bin\glut32.dll" to "C:\Windows\System32\"
and
  • "FreeImage3160Win32.zip\FreeImage\Dist\FreeImage.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include\"
  • "FreeImage3160Win32.zip\FreeImage\Dist\FreeImage.lib" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib\"
  • "glew-1.11.0-win32.zip\glew-1.11.0\include\GL\glew.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include\gl\"
  • "glew-1.11.0-win32.zip\glew-1.11.0\include\GL\glxew.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include\gl\"
  • "glew-1.11.0-win32.zip\glew-1.11.0\include\GL\wglew.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include\gl\"
  • "glew-1.11.0-win32.zip\glew-1.11.0\lib\Release\Win32\glew32.lib" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib\"
  • "glut-3.7.6-bin.zip\glut-3.7.6-bin\glut.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include\gl\"
  • "glut-3.7.6-bin.zip\glut-3.7.6-bin\glut32.lib" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib\"
and also
  • "FreeImage3160Win32.zip\FreeImage\Dist\FreeImage.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\"
  • "FreeImage3160Win32.zip\FreeImage\Dist\FreeImage.lib" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\x86\"
  • "glew-1.11.0-win32.zip\glew-1.11.0\include\GL\glew.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl\"
  • "glew-1.11.0-win32.zip\glew-1.11.0\include\GL\glxew.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl\"
  • "glew-1.11.0-win32.zip\glew-1.11.0\include\GL\wglew.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl\"
  • "glew-1.11.0-win32.zip\glew-1.11.0\lib\Release\Win32\glew32.lib" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\x86\"
  • "glut-3.7.6-bin.zip\glut-3.7.6-bin\glut.h" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um\gl\"
  • "glut-3.7.6-bin.zip\glut-3.7.6-bin\glut32.lib" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\x86\"
Download a tutorial, unzip it and open it in Visual Studio Express 2013 by double-clicking on the .sln file. Upgrade the project files.
Go to Project -> Properties
and in Configuration Properties -> General set Platform Toolset to Visual Studio 2013 - Windows XP (v120_xp). Now you can run your programs (built in the release configuration) on older Windows systems (like Windows XP). Do this for both debug and release configurations.
If you set this setting to Visual Studio 2013 - Windows XP (v120_xp), then the required library files are read from the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\..." directories.
If you leave it to Visual Studio 2013 (v120), then they are read from the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\..." directories.
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