Graphics, OpenGL, DirectDraw, etc...

Hiya, all.

I've had no problem building and compiling a simple standalone
application in Perl for Windows using WxWidgets and the ActiveState
PDK.

Thing is, there's more than 'simple' that I want to do and can't figure out how.

1) I want to know how to be able to include an image embedded in the
code somehow rather than as a seperate, external file (this way
there's no pathing issue possible when compiling the thing).

2) I want to be able to draw directly on something. I'm guessing I
have to combine WxWidgets with somehting else, but i don't know what
exactly. Can I embed ImageMagick somehow maybe? Is there a more
efficient way, since IM is pretty hefty?

3) I'd REALLY like to be able to do some real-time OpenGL 3D stuff.
Totally lost on how.

If anyone has done any of this stuff, though, I'd love to know how to do it.

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