From: iecheruo AT newstand DOT syr DOT edu (The Ice Man)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Loading 24 bpp bitmaps... with Allegro library
Date: 9 Jan 1998 11:32:05 GMT
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Tim (christim AT csinet DOT net) wrote:
: My problem is simple and kinda stupid really...
: I can't figure out the correct syntax of the pallette part of it...

: BITMAP *load_bitmap(char *filename, RGB *pal);

: I figured that if I were to load the file <foo.bmp>,
: The syntax would appear as follows..
: BITMAP *bmp1
: bmp1 = load_bitmap(foo.bmp, ??? ????);

PALETTE pal;
BITMAP *bmp;
bmp = load_bitmap("file.bmp", pal);

or

RGB pal[N]  //I recommend N > 255
BITMAP *bmp
bmp = load_bitmap("file.bmp", pal)

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