Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] Difficulty accessing glCreateShader

[Mike C. F. <mcf...@vr...>]

Mohan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm just starting with PyOpenGL (installed from PyOpenGL-3.0.0c1.win32.exe 
> under a fresh install of Python 2.5 on Windows XP Professional; the only 
> other package installed is pygame). I'm running into problems with the 
> example here:
>
>    http://www.pygame.org/wiki/GLSLExample
>
> I get the error:
>
>    AttributeError: function 'glCreateShader' not found
>
> on line 26: glCreateShader = gl.glCreateShader
>   
That code is not really using PyOpenGL.  It's just using ctypes to 
access the raw functionality via PyOpenGL's pointer to the OpenGL library.

from OpenGL.GL import glCreateShader

should get a fully functional and wrapped version of the function, as 
long as it's available on your machine.

HTH,
Mike

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