From:	"Andrew R. Gillett" <arganoid AT fatal-design DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: unload_datafile( ) freezes - please help :(
Date:	Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:34:24 -0000
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, Riddler02 AT aol DOT com wrote:
> Hello all-
> 
> I am using all the latest versions of GCC, Allegro, and RHIDE under Win95.  
> heres the problem:  i have the following datafile (which now contains a bunch 
> of RLE_SPRITEs and BITMAPS)
> 
>     DATAFILE *datafile;
> 
> and when I call the function
>     
>     unload_datafile(datafile);
> 
> my program freezes.  I have isolated it and I know it is causing the problem. 
>  i've tried using unload_datafile() in other smaller test-programs and it 
> works fine.  I think this problem arose around the time when i changed the 
> type of some of the datafile objects from BMP to RLE.  anyway, since the 
> program freezes I have to use ctrl+alt+end, and here's the messages RHIDE 
> turns up with:

I have the same problem. It happens when I compile my game for Windows 
using Mingw32. It doesn't happen if I compile it with DJGPP. Also, it 
only happens if certain things happen in the game. If I move 
unload_datafile() to later in the program, it crashes on a call to 
destroy_bitmap() instead. Also, there are unexpected things happening 
with samples in the Windows version - one of the samples sometimes 
repeats for no good reason.

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