From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: palette stll doesnt work..
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:42:40 GMT
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On Wed, 24 May 2000 07:09:01 GMT, "Fredrik Persson"
<irnman AT rocketmail DOT com> wrote:

>Hi i tried to set_pelette after loading the bitmap but it still just returns
>a black screen..
>
>{
>allegro_init();
>install_keyboard();
>set_gfx_mode(GFX_VGA, 320, 200, 0, 0);
>PALETTE p;
>screen=load_bitmap("drop.bmp",p);

You can't just set the "screen" variable to a bitmap.

>set_palette(p);
>readkey();
>allegro_exit();
>}

You have to blit a bitmap to the screen, using blit() or
draw_sprite().

Try doing this:
1. load the bitmap (into your own BITMAP *)
2. set the palette
3. blit the bitmap to screen

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