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Subject:	Re: Distroy_Bitmap
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Date:	Mon, 8 Mar 1999 20:43:59 -0700
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Paradox wrote in message <7bd1t7$es9 AT chronicle DOT concentric DOT net>...
>I'm having a problem with destroy_bitmap(). The compiler seems to not like
>it when I do the following
>
>void dest_proj(void) {
>  int x;
>  for(x = 0; x <MAXPROJ; x++) {
>    if(player_ship.PROJ[x].proj_x > 575) {
>      destroy_bitmap(player_ship.PROJ[x].proj);
>      player_ship.PROJ[x].alive = 0;
>    }
>  }
>}
>
>When the projectile exceeds 575, the program barfs and I get a GPF error.
>Proj is a bitmap of sprite_data[BASIC_BULLET].dat. FYI, 575 is the end of
>the screen, and I want to destroy the bitmap as it leaves the screen to
>preserve memory.
>
>Thanks
>Paradox.
>
>
>
>
try type casting
eg.
destory_bitmap( (BITMAP *) player_ship.PROJ[x].proj);

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