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Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 19:11:25 -0700
From: Leslie E Murphy <lemurphy AT total DOT net>
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Subject: Re: more with Sprites in Allegro
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Mike McLean wrote:
> 
> Thanks for those who responded to my earlier question.  Now I've got
> the sprite into an allegro data file.  The only problem is I can't
> figure out how to display it.  here is the code i am using
> 
> #include <allegro.h>
> void main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
>    char datafile_name[80];
>    int frame;
>    BITMAP *spr;
>    DATAFILE *data;
>    strcpy(datafile_name, argv[0]);
>    strcpy(get_filename(datafile_name), "cool.dat");
>    set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT,640,480,0,0);
>    data = load_datafile (datafile_name);
>    set_pallete(data[1].dat);
>    draw_sprite (spr, data[frame].dat,0,0);

	blit(spr, screen, source_x, source_y, dest_x, dest_y, width, height);

>    delay(2000);
>    set_gfx_mode(GFX_TEXT,80,25,0,0);
> }


You _really_ should have a look at the demo files included with Allegro;
they do the things written about in the doc.

Good luck,
Les

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