From: "Gutter" <impee3 AT excite DOT com>
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References: <38852C78 DOT 46CF4D95 AT sympatico DOT ca>
Subject: Re: Quick Question!
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Are you typing at the command line:

ex15 imagefile.bmp

You have to tell it what image file it is going to show.

Gutter
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BRAD MURPHY wrote in message <38852C78 DOT 46CF4D95 AT sympatico DOT ca>...
>  Hi, I was wondering if somebody could please
>help me by explaining the following blurb of code.
>
>int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>{
>   BITMAP *the_image;
>   PALLETE the_pallete;
>
>   if (argc != 2) {
>      printf("Usage: 'ex15 filename.[bmp|lbm|pcx|tga]'\n");
>      return 1;
>   }
>(This is from the allegro example ex15.c)
>  I am trying to learn how to load and display a bitmap, but
>I can't get this example to work for me, and it has to do
>with the above code.  There is of course more code, but
>when I run the executable, the program ends immediately
>with the above printf's statement!
>
>Thank you to anybody who offers help.
>
>B.Murphy
>