Multiple windows in OpenGL?

Question

Is it possible to have openGL in 2 windows? as in 2 different windows (lets say the first is 640x480 and the other is 1024x768) rendering different things (lets say one window i

Answer 1

Yes, this is possible. For each window you will need to create a unique device context and render context.

HDC hDC = GetDC( hWnd ); /* get the device context for a particular window */
/* snip */
HGLRC hRC;
hRC = wglCreateContext( hDC ); /* get a render context for the same window */
/* repeat with hDC2 and hRC2 with another window handle*/

Before making GL calls to the window you must call wglMakeCurrent like this:

wglMakeCurrent( hDC, hRC );
/* GL calls for first window */
wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL);

wglMakeCurrent( hDC2, hRC2 );
/* GL calls for second window */
wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL);