Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: tob AT world DOT std DOT com
Subject: Re: need help with d_bitmap_proc (Allegro)
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Sender: tob AT world DOT std DOT com (Tom Breton)
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References: <350F532D DOT C6DBA305 AT pangea DOT ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:12:15 GMT
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Lee <jag*NOSPAM*@pangea.ca> writes:
> However, the following code produces the error:
> initializer element for `main_dialog[5].dp' is not constant
>
> *code*
> DIALOG main_dialog[] =
> {
>   /* (dialog proc)     (x)   (y)   (w)   (h)   (fg)  (bg)  (key)
> (flags)     (d1)           (d2)     (dp) */
> ...some stuff....
>   { d_bitmap_proc,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     0,
> 0,          0,             0,       mydat[LOGO].dat},
> ...some other stuff
> };
> *end code*

It means what it says, the initializer for `main_dialog[5].dp'...

>   { d_bitmap_proc,     0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,     0,
> 0,          0,             0,       mydat[LOGO].dat},
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ main_dialog[5].dp

...is not constant. And it isn't. The compiler can't reduce
mydat[LOGO].dat to a constant pointer at compile time. You have to
initialize that element by hand.

        Tom