Unresolved glGenVertexArrays and glBindVertexArray

Question

I am trying to render a cube in opengl using vertex array objects. The same code works on a linux box but doesnt work on a windows machine. I get unresolved external error while using glGenVertexArrays and glBindVertexArray.

glewInfo.exe reports glGenVertexArrays and glBindVertexArray are usable:

GL_ARB_vertex_array_object:                                    OK 
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  glBindVertexArray:                                           OK
  glDeleteVertexArrays:                                        OK
  glGenVertexArrays:                                           OK
  glIsVertexArray:                                             OK

Answer 1

Likely you're not using the correct opengl.dll lib. Windows comes with a software renderer by default, you might be using that one.

Check out the websites of your graphics card vendor for the proper library.