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From: "George Foot" <george DOT foot AT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
To: "Lark" <rlark AT mbhs DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 01:19:31 +0000
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Subject: Re: Loading a bitmap from a file w/ allegro
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[Bcc:ed to Shawn, to point out the error in ex15]

On 14 Mar 99 at 18:08, Lark wrote:

> 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.

Look at example program number 15, in the `examples' directory 
of Allegro.  It does have one mistake though -- you should set 
the video mode before loading any graphics.

If you still don't understand after this, please explain what 
it is that you do not understand about the program.

-- 
George