From: "Red Angel" <red DOT angel AT flashnet DOT it>
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Subject: R: Allegro mouse fail
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 20:23:02 +0200
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> >I've a problem with allegro mouse routine.
> >I'm programming a game and I try to move a sprite on the screen using the
> >mouse.
> >To do this I look for    mouse_b & 1  and then I call a member function
of
> >my own class that move the sprite across the screen.
> >It seems to work fine but after some click (about 10), the program exits
> >(and it should not do this).
>

> The problem should be :
> - a problem in your source : you must first be sure you called in this
order
> :
>         * allegro_init()
>         * install_timer()
>         * install_mouse()
>....
> Check that you call mouse.com in your autoexec.bat.

I use djgpp and rhide under Windows 98 so I don't need mouse.com in my
autoexec.bat

> The last thing is to try to have a look at eventual error messages at the
> end of you program (like seg fault with a lot of numbers on the screen).
> You should post a copy of your autoexec.bat and config.sys so that we can
> have a look.
>

Some errors have been rised up and it seems like a function call another
function that call another function that cause the problem infact in the
error window in rhide there are 3 function name listed.
Red Angel