Setup OpenGL with Visual Studio 2019

Installation

1. Download GLUT header, lib, and dll files from OpenGL - GLUT
2. Paste include->GL in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.24.28314\include
3. Download https://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut/glutdlls37beta.zip
   Paste glut32.lib in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.24.28314\lib\x86
   and glut.lib in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.24.28314\lib\x64
4. Paste glut32.dll in C:\Windows\System32, C:\Windows, and glut.dll in C:\Windows\SysWOW64

Create a project

1. Open Visual Studio, select create a new project, choose Empty Project.

2. Go to Project -> Properties (Alt + F7), on the top select All Configurations from Configuration dropdown menu.
   Choose Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Precompiled Headers, set Precompiled Header‘s value to Not Using Precompiled Headers.
   Choose Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input, click Additional Dependencies, and then click Edit, and type:

   opengl32.lib
   glu32.lib
   glut32.lib

   then click OK.

3. Paste the code I found in Internet to test:

   #include <GL/glut.h>
   
   void display() {
   	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
   	glColor3f(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
   
   	glBegin(GL_POINTS);
   	glVertex2f(10.0, 10.0);
   	glVertex2f(150.0, 80.0);
   	glVertex2f(100.0, 20.0);
   	glVertex2f(200.0, 100.0);
   	glEnd();
   	glFlush();
   }
   
   void myinit() {
   	glClearColor(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
   	glColor3f(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
   	glPointSize(5.0);
   	glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
   	glLoadIdentity();
   	gluOrtho2D(0.0, 499.0, 0.0, 499.0);
   }
   
   int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   	glutInit(&argc, argv);
   	glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE | GLUT_RGB);
   	glutInitWindowSize(500, 500);
   	glutInitWindowPosition(0, 0);
   	glutCreateWindow("Points");
   	glutDisplayFunc(display);
   
   	myinit();
   	glutMainLoop();
   
   	return 0;
   }

   Then Compile and run(x86).

One more thing…

If you upgrade VS, you should re-install OpenGL, since the folder is moved to a higher version one.

Reference

Special thanks to https://www.absingh.com/opengl/