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Creating a pixel format and openGL context

Hi all,

I have encountered an interesting problem that has had me stumped for the last little while. I have been developing an openGL application that will be part of a larger X-code project.

I started to develop it as a stand alone application, which used initWithCoder to begin the execution and sub-classed MyOpenGLView to create the openGL view. In this stand alone application the program is running correctly and the objects in the scene look wonderful.

The problem arises when I try to add my app to the existing project. When I add my code to the larger project, the objects in the scene do not seem to be displayed correctly. Which is extremely confusing to me since there was no code changed when I added my stand alone app to the larger project.

There are a few small differences between the setup of the larger project and the setup of the stand alone app. Namely I cannot use initWithCoder to begin execution of the program (since there is already an entry point into the program), so I have had to move my generation of a pixel format and openGL context. I have moved this so that it is only called once when I originally setup the initial openGL window. However I am generating the same pixel format and openGL context as before.

Also, in the larger application, the window that I have to generate my openGL view into, is no longer a MyOpenGLView, but is a custom view.

I'm not sure if I am missing any important information pertaining to this situation, so if you have any comments they would be greatly appreciated :)
Also, if you would like me to clarify any of the above information please feel free to ask!

I also have one small question. Before the execution of the drawRect method should the pixel format and openGL context be completely generated? I was thinking of using an #ifdefine statement to generate my pixel format and openGL context within the drawRect funtion, so that it would only be called once, but would be called at least once when the program entered execution of my app.

Thanks
Danielle

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