From: "John Carbrey" <jcarbrey AT netcom DOT ca>
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References: <7chfic$u4q$1 AT camel0 DOT mindspring DOT com>
Subject: Re: Loading a bitmap from a file w/ allegro
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Lark > wrote in message <7chfic$u4q$1 AT camel0 DOT mindspring DOT com>...
>Can someone post just a short snippet of code that will load a bmp or pcx
>file and display it on the screen?  I am having a lot of trouble getting
>this to work.  Thanks.
>
>
#define GRAPHIC_DIR "d:/assg/12comp~1/graphics/"

   BITMAP * bmpINTRO,*bmpMAIN;
   char buf[256];

   bmpINTRO=create_bitmap(640,480);
   bmpMAIN=create_bitmap(640,480);

   replace_filename(buf,GRAPHIC_DIR, "Title Screen.bmp",sizeof(buf));
   bmpINTRO=load_bmp(buf,pal);

   replace_filename(buf,GRAPHIC_DIR, "Main Screen.bmp",sizeof(buf));
   bmpMAIN =load_bmp(buf,pal);

   blit(bmpINTRO,screen, 0,0,0,0,640,480);
   readkey();
   fadeout(1000);
   blit(bmpMAIN,screen, 0,0,0,0,640,480);
   readkey();

   // Clean Up //
   destroy_bitmap(bmpINTRO);
   destroy_bitmap(bmpMAIN);