glGenBuffers etc without GLEW ? I'd like to use glGenBuffers and others, but how to get them?

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Hi,

i write a library in which i want to use:

glGenBuffers
glBindBufferARB
glBufferDataARB
cudaGLRegisterBufferObject

Compiling fails because glGenBuffers is unknown (fails at compiling, not linking).

I can use these functions if i include <GL/glew.h>.

But i don’t want to use GLEW, as i don’t want to add more dependencies and also because i can’t call glewInit() in my lib.

Is there a way to use these functions without using “GLEW”?

Reading the documentation, i get the understanding that glGenBuffers is available in OpenGL 1.5 and higher. Not sure why it is not found.

Thanks for any hints,
Torsten.

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Sure, under Windows you get use wglGetProcAddress() to get pointers to OpenGL extension functions:

It’s kind of a pain, though.