glGenPathsNV throws exception (null pointer) when compiled in Visual Studio 2022

[gmgallo]

The glGenPathsNV function pointer is not resolved at this line:
void drawPathString(const char *s)
{
...
[line 456] glyphBase = glGenPathsNV(1 + numChars);

Exception; 0xC0000005: Access violation executing location 0x0000000000000000.

Setting
bool use_nvpr = 0; // -bitmap sets false
avoids the call to that function and the code runs to completion.