OpenGL in an ITunes Plug-In

[George Warner]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:56:22 -0700, "J. Todd Slack"
<mailinglists at jasonandannette.us> wrote:
> I wish to create a UI using OpenGL for use in an ITunes Visualizer
> Plugin.

This seems doable... But cross platform? I don't know. (I don't do
windows... ;-)

> Can anyone tell me how to get started?
> I have the Visualizer SDK already.
>
> Is there anything OpenGL wise that I have to download?

Nope; if you installed the developer tools then your Mac should have
everything you need. We (Apple) don't provide an OpenGL sample but there are
several available on the web; a quick google search turned up several. I
don't know how cross platform they are thou...

Here's one that I've used before: <http://www.imagomat.de/vizkit/>

> Is there a tool, like Interface Builder, that I can drag and drop the
> interface and then use it?
> I basically need to generate Labels, Fields, buttons, standard
> controls. Since this is cross platform, Cocoa is not an option.

Since this is cross platform, No. (Not that there's really a Mac only
solution ether.)

-- 
Enjoy,
George Warner,
Schizophrenic Optimization Scientist
Apple Developer Technical Support (DTS)