From: "jan malina" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: "What Allegro function is the same as scanf in text? Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:19:11 +0200 Organization: EUnet Belgium, Leuven, Belgium Lines: 39 Message-ID: <6kheh1$5tn$1@news3.Belgium.EU.net> References: <6k4310$2sp$1 AT talia DOT mad DOT ibernet DOT es> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup051.gent.eunet.be To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Try this : #define MAXCHAR // Max nummbers of chars; unsigned char ch; int x = 0; int t = 0; while (t != MAXCHAR) x=t*8; readkey(ch); text_out(screen,font,ch,x,0,makecol(255,255,255)); x++; } or : unsigned char* ch; while (t != MAXCHAR) x=t*8; readkey(ch); text_out(screen,font,ch,x,0,makecol(255,255,255)); x++; } Jan Malina JOA heeft geschreven in bericht <6k4310$2sp$1 AT talia DOT mad DOT ibernet DOT es>... >Hello, when i put text using Allegro and later i want take a answer with the >function scanf (I donīt want to use readkey() because donīt see the letters >when i press) my program donīt work. Why?, what can i do? > >