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From: Shawn Hargreaves <ShawnH AT Probe DOT co DOT uk>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Allegro and Fonts
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 11:21:30 +0100 
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CrashLogix writes:
> set_color_depth(24);
> set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT,800,600,0,0);

You should always check for an error here: set_gfx_mode() might fail, 
and bad things (crashes) will happen if you just carry on regardless.

> test_dat = load_datafile("test.dat");
> if (test_dat != NULL)
> {
>  textout_centre(screen,test_dat[TEST].dat,"abcd",400,300,96);

Is it actually returning a NULL test_dat? If so, I'd guess that your
test.dat file isn't actually located in the current directory, or
perhaps that you put a password on it when you saved it out from
the grabber. If this load is working, the only thing I can think
is that your TEST object is in fact some other type than a FONT:
maybe you imported the PCX file as a bitmap or something by mistake?


	Shawn Hargreaves.