From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Allegro GUI colors
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 21:16:55 +0100
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Vic writes:
>I'm using the file_select routine. However my palette is different
(it's a PSP standard palette) and the dialog box is black. I solved this 
>problem by setting the desktop palette before calling file_select but 
>the rest of the screen gets messed up. What colors does the File_select
function use? 

They are set by the global variables gui_fg_color and gui_bg_color
(which default to 255 and 0 respectively). Just change these to whatever
colors you want to use before displaying the dialog....


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