From:	Lee <jag*NOSPAM*@pangea.ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Allegro : Need help with mouse cursor.
Date:	Mon, 02 Mar 1998 15:45:37 -0600
Organization:	Pangea.CA, Inc.
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I am having some slight difficulty in changing the mouse pointer.  What
I have done here is taken the ex6.c from examples\ and tried to modify
it into using a cursor which I have loaded from a bitmap file.
Apparently, the program won't even run unless I declare int dummy as the
first variable, and even with this, it dies after I press a key (After
the new mouse pointer has shown up).  Any help is appreciated.  Please
respond by removing *NOSPAM* from my email address.  Thanks.

<start code >
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "allegro.h"

#define XRES 320
#define YRES 200

void main(void)
{
   int dummy;
   BITMAP *custom_cursor;
   RGB *custom_pal;

   allegro_init();
   install_keyboard();
   install_mouse();
   install_timer();

   set_gfx_mode(GFX_MODEX, XRES, YRES, 0, 0);
   set_pallete(desktop_pallete);
   clear_keybuf();
   clear(screen);
   show_mouse(NULL);

   /* Load up our custom cursor  */
   custom_cursor = load_bitmap ("mouse.bmp",custom_pal);
   set_mouse_sprite(custom_cursor);
   set_palette(custom_pal);
   set_mouse_sprite_focus(15, 4);
   textout_centre(screen, font, "Press a key", SCREEN_W/2, SCREEN_H/2,
2);
   show_mouse(screen);
   readkey();

   show_mouse(NULL);    /* Clean Up */
   destroy_bitmap(custom_cursor);
   allegro_exit();
   return;
}
<end code>

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