Windows only supports OpenGL1.1, but graphics cards may implement the related functions of higher versions of OpenGL directly from the hardware. How do you call a higher version of OpenGL in development?
 
Let’s start with a look at the OpenGL version and related function extensions supported by a graphics card:
To see what version of OpenGL the graphics card supports: glGetString(GL_VERSION);
To see the supported extensions: glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS);
See more detailed information.
http://www.opengl.org/wiki/GlGetString
Note: call glGetString(GLemun); Be sure to initialize the drawing window before doing so, otherwise only null will be returned.
 
Calling extensions with glew:
After confirm the graphics support high version of the function can be used to glew libraries (http://sourceforge.net/projects/glew/) to invoke, configured information can be used after glew libraries. What I want to point out here is that before using the OpenGL function declared in the advanced version of Glew, you must make the following call:
GLenum err = glewInit ();
if (GLEW_OK! = err)
{
* Problem: glewInit failed, something is seriously wrong. */
f>tf (stderr, “Error: %s/n”, glewgeterrorString (err));
}
 
 
You can also use glee,glext, and mesa.
Glee is similar to Glew,glext is a bit cumbersome to use, and mesa is a platform-independent implementation of OpenGL.