From: George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: [Allegro] Datafile problem HELP!
Date: 15 Jun 1998 03:00:03 GMT
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On Sun, 14 Jun 1998 18:40:50 -0400 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp Nicolas
Blais <eletech AT netrover DOT com> wrote:

: When I load a datafile within my program, it goes fine, but when I try
: to access data out of it, it gives me Warning : Ansi C++ forbids
: implicit conversion from 'Void *' in argument passing.  This warning
: appears on every line I try to access some BMP or a midi file in the
: example below.

In C++, you must make the conversions explicit, like this:

: MIDI * the_music = datafile[Main].dat;

becomes:  MIDI * the_music = (MIDI *)datafile[Main].dat;

: show_centered_bmp(datafile[Title_Main].dat,100);

becomes:  show_centred_bmp ((BITMAP *)datafile[Title_Main].dat, 100);

This is mentioned in the Allegro documentation (under "Datafiles"), in
the Allegro file `tools/grabber.txt' which is more detailed
documentation on datafiles, and in Allegro Vivace chapter 10
("Datafiles"), specifically subsection 10.3.1 ("Loading an entire
datafile").

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