From: "23yrold3yrold" <cbarry AT pangea DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: WinAllegro
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:22:01 -0500
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"Thomas Harte" <T DOT Harte AT btinternet DOT _c_o_m_> wrote in message
news:8qltej$1o2$1 AT plutonium DOT btinternet DOT com...
>
> 23yrold3yrold wrote in message <39ce3c51_1 AT spamkiller DOT newsfeeds DOT com>...
> >Hello. I have a question about WinAllegro. From what I've seen it's
really
> >only used for making DOS programs, with the only difference being it gets
a
> >cute little Windows icon
>
> DOS and Windows Allegro are created in such a way that you are not
supposed
> to be able to access the internals. With that and Allegro's little fake
main
> for Windows, the idea is explicitly that you use only Allegro to access
the
> hardware and OS services, so in terms of features made available,
WinAllegro
> is indeed only used for making DOS programs in so much as it only does as
> much as DOS Allegro - no Windows GUI, no access to DirectDraw or GDI
> surfaces for DirectShow or OpenGL or even 'MessageBox' or anything like
> that.
>
> The idea is that anything that works in DOS with no changes works in
Windows
> & vice versa.
>
> So, to answer your question - you must stick to Allegro GUIs (or write
your
> own which uses Allegro to draw) in order to use Allegro bitmap operations,
> however that does not limit you to DOS. Although DJGPP does, as you would
> expect to discuss in comp.os.msdos.djgpp . . .

So....I can make a Windows application that uses Allegro GUI's and
functions, but I can't make a Windows program that uses Windows GUI's and
Allegro functions? What's the point of WinAllegro then? I also get the
impression from your last line that this is in danger of going OT; is there
somewhere else where WinAllegro can be discussed?


Chris