Message-Id: <199811152044.UAA07360@remus.clara.net>
From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: Still can display Bitmaps
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:44:17 -0000
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> What is wrong with this code? I am trying to programm a program
> with Allegro
> to make a bitmap display on the screen.  how do i do it?
>
> here is the code:
>
> #include <iostream.h>
> #include "allegro.h"
>
> BITMAP *allegro;
> PALLETE pal;
>
> start_allegro();
>
> int main()
> {
>
>  start_allegro();
>
>         /* Load our bitmap into memory. */
>  allegro = load_bitmap("swf.bmp", pal);
>  blit(allegro, screen, 0, 0, 0, 0, 640, 480);
>
>
>
>  /* Wait for a keypress */
>  readkey();
>  destroy_bitmap(allegro);
>  return 0;
> }
>
> start_allegro()
> {
>  install_keyboard();
>  set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT, 640, 480, 0, 0);
>  set_palette(pal);

pal does not contain the palette of the picture yet. Move the above line to
just after you load the picture, and it should work.

> }
>