From: "Thomas Harte" <T DOT Harte AT btinternet DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Capturing a screen from Allegro.
Date: 29 Mar 1997 19:27:05 GMT
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> Make a routine that make a .pcx file from the screen, and
> then call it from the word processor?.
> Help, please!!!
> BYtE!
> 	Carlos.

	If we're talking Allegro (which we are), first declare a palette, capture
the screen palette to it, and save the whole thing. E.g. :-

------------------------------------------------------------
PALETTE *pal;

get_palette(pal);
save_pcx("pic.pcx", screen, pal);
------------------------------------------------------------


	which will save the contents of the screen to 'pic.pcx', using the palette
defined in pal. Although remember PALETTE *pal is a declaration and must go
wherever you are keeping your 'ints', 'floats', 'BITMAPS' and any other
variables you declare.

		-Thomas