From:	James W Sager Iii <sager+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Quick question.
Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:17:38 -0500
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I now have datafiles loading my graphics for my game.
Its possible to load arrays of graphics using the load_datafile_object
because I can pass strings as an argument.
<psuedo-code>

for(i=0;i<array_max;i++){
convert i into a string;
load a datafile object based on this string
save it to a bitmap
}

And that works fine.  Unfortunately as array_max becomes large,
the time taken to load up all the images becomes noticable(yes I am
using compression method 1)

I was wondering if there is a way to load up a single datafile,
and strip individual arrayed objects from it, or can this simply
not be done with this version?

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