Hi everyone Have been trying to get lesson 1 to compile, but not having a lot of look. I have used opengl before in a console application and have had no problems, but never used a windows application. Have checked the code 3 times and downloaded the code from the nehe web site and still no lick. Keep getting the following errors: c2143 syntax error: missing ; before type c2065 pfd undeclard identifier the debug pointer is set at the pixelformatdescriptor declaration. I have checked everything I can think of and cannot remove it, but if I move the declaration to the top of the create window function it compiles ok.The only problem is that the code still does not do anything. If i select full screen, it is just black (have a funct to draw a triangle added) and if I choose windowed then it does not show. I am running a duel pentium setup under nt4, was wondering if this was the problem Any help would be greatl. popeye

You might check the line above where you had the pfd declaration before for an out of place semicolon or something...

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