From: "Daniel Krenn" <dkrenn AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Allegro Problem, maybe a bug
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 23:30:17 +1000
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>I had a problem with Allegro2.2, every time i use the alert() funtion the
>textout() function gets another background color, from black to with and
>vice versa, and i don't know how to change the background color of the text
>output.


Imho, you should be using text_mode() before any textout() calls, because
you never know when you may add code that will affect your previous
textout() calls. If you have never used text_mode() before, the format is
text_mode(int mode); where mode is equal to (-1) for transparent text,
otherwise you set it to the index of the colour you want to be the text
background colour (0 to 255).

Daniel <dkrenn AT usa DOT net> Australia.