Message-Id:	<199809230220.WAA13069@indy.delorie.com>
Comments:	Authenticated sender is <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
From:	"George Foot" <george DOT foot AT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	lawrencej AT ufrsd DOT k12 DOT nj DOT us
Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 1998 03:12:07 +0000
MIME-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: Allegro Datafiles
Reply-to:	mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On 23 Sep 98 at 1:05, lawrencej AT ufrsd DOT k12 DOT nj DOT us wrote:

>  Ok, I figured out how to do the compiled sprites, but MIDI still isn't
> working...
> 
> Bad code:
> 
>   MIDI *the_music;
>   the_music = load_midi(datafile[MUSIC].dat);
> 
>   play_midi(the_music, TRUE);

`load_midi' takes a filename; the object in the datafile is not 
a filename.  It is in fact a preloaded MIDI file -- you just 
write:

    MIDI *the_music;
    ...
    the_music = datafile[MUSIC].dat;
    
    play_midi(the_music, TRUE);

-- 
george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk

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