From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: "DJGPP Mailing List" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>,
        "Bruce Ferguson Jr." <symbiatu AT nettally DOT com>
Subject: RE: DJGPP and Allegro advice needed!
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 14:24:10 +0100
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> Okay folks I am not being rude but I kinda wish people would quit
> passing the buck, okay?  I asked this question in this newsgroup
> sometime ago and somebody don't remember told me to take it to
> comp.os.msdos.programmer  and I did.. Now they are telling me to take it
> here..    Listen this area is for DJGPP and Allegro is a Game
> Programming Library exclusively for DJGPP so quit passing the buck and
> help me if you can and if you cannot then please don't tell me such crap
> as that again.  Here is the question...

Perhaps you should try this question on the Allegro Mailing List :^)

> I don't really want code per se but I am looking for a way to make a
> text box like would be in a Windows App with Allegro.   You know what I
> mean?   Like
> to have your picture in the background or what ever and then you have a
> little rectangular box that is white with a border around it and then
> off to the left some text describing the desired input in the box..
>
> Like I said I don't want code but what commands and statements would be
> the right direction to look at to accomplish this and maybe explain to
> me how this would work?

There are various add-ons to the Allegro GUI routines. A couple completely
replace the look of the GUI, and I think one makes it look like Win 95.
Visit the Allegro homepage www.tatula.demon.co.uk/allegro/ for a link to the
replacement GUIs.

Also, if you really want Windows 95 style dialogs, why not use Windows? If
you have VC++ or similar, there's the windows port of Allegro - WinAllegro.
Visit the site mentioned above for the link.

HTH

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819