From: "Tony O'Bryan" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Allegro Data files Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 21:21:40 +0000 Organization: Southwest Missouri State Universtiy Lines: 30 Message-ID: <355CB1E4.EC656EB6@nic.smsu.edu> References: <355CA63E DOT A793A021 AT sprynet DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sara.a49.smsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Ishpeck wrote: > Exactly how reliable are Allegro header files? They're just text files. They're as reliable as your storage media. > > > They don't seem to be as stable as I'd like them to be... is it just > the way I'm using them, or are the really as flaky as I think they are? I can't read your mind, so I have no idea how flakey you think they are nor what you perceive as being flakey... > > > Is there any other easy way to store data? Or will I have to make my > own kind of datafile? Allegro datafiles are not meant for general purpose data storage. They are meant to assemble data objects specific to Allegro; such as Allegro bitmaps, sprites, sound samples, MIDI sequences, etc. Having never had an Allegro installation problem, I can't say whether an improper installation would cause the type of problem you didn't describe.