From: tackmast AT aol DOT com (TackMast)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: datafiles problems in allegro
Date: 6 Apr 1998 20:15:56 GMT
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i previously posted a message on having problems with graphics in allegro.
after redoing my test program a lot of times and moving the placement things,
i've found that it's not loading the graphics that's giving me my problems,
it's getting the datafile loaded and able. when i load the datafile, my program
just freezes for no apparent reason. i copied a lot of the code out of the
example program 12, but it still doesn't work. i'm wondering if it might be
because i use the dat archiver instead of the grabber since the grabber just
won't work. so, can someone  tell me why the datafiles aren't loading or
possibly why the grabber won't work? here's the code:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#include "allegro.h"

#include "picture.h"
/* the file produced defining everything in the datafile */

main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
DATAFILE *datafile;
char buf[80];

allegro_init();
install_keyboard();

strcpy(buf, argv[0]);
strcpy(get_filename(buf), "example.dat");
datafile = load_datafile(buf);

datafile = load_datafile("Picture.dat");

set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT, 320, 200, 0, 0);

set_pallete(datafile[GAME_PAL].dat);

blit(datafile[MAIN_TGA].dat, screen, 0, 0, 0, 0, 320, 200);

readkey();

unload_datafile(datafile);

return 0;
}