im doing a college project to make a Viterbi Decoder in software for bit error detections

the code for the bit error detection is no problem,but i want some kind of a graphical representation of my decoding process
basically i need to be able address pixels on the screen and to draw some simple diagrams

so any help on how to address single pixels would be great perhaps even how to make some different colours

There are standard libraries which u can use like OpenGL etc

th c compiler i have is visual c++ but it wont allow me to simply include the opengl.h file.

maybe u can suggest a better compiler i can use

I don't use openGL with VC6.0 i use DEV C++...but u can surely use it with VC6.0.....if you want to download DEV...u can download it from here
http://www.bloodshed.net/
and you can find loads of tutorial at http://www.opengl.org/

thank you

i just need to know some simple commands
ive been searching for ages on google
i hope that dev c++ is better than the c compiler i use here
this visual c compiler is really crap

simple commands for ??

to draw some lines
i need to draw a diagram as my decoding process continues
i need perhaps 2 different colours for each line
similar to this



how do i open my applications in a non dos type window output

I would recommend glut.

This site will make you start doing graphics stuff easily
http://www.zeuscmd.com/

GLUT allows you to make a window very easily...instead of using complex Win32 programming(though it is more powerful)...by using GLUT you can concentrate more on learning libraries like OpenGL...the link which i provided in my previous post explains things from basics...read first about glut tutorial and then go to OpenGl tutorial...once you are clear with the basics you can move to more advanced tutorials