From: "Terje" <pingping AT start DOT no>
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Subject: Re: Allegro WIP3934 & W2K problems
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Zimba <zimba AT zamba DOT com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I just installed the latest Allegro WIP (3934) with the precompiled DLLs
on
> W2K. The installation went fine, except for some warnings:
>
> ...
> setup\setup.c(1802) : warning C4090: 'initializing' : different 'const'
> qualifiers
> setup\setup.c(1814) : warning C4090: 'initializing' : different 'const'
> qualifiers
> ...
> dat.c
> The system cannot find the path specified.
> datedit.c
> ...
> tools\plugins\datgrid.c(367) : warning C4090: 'initializing' : different
> 'const' qualifiers
> tools\plugins\datgrid.c(369) : warning C4090: 'initializing' : different
> 'const' qualifiers
> tools\plugins\datgrid.c(203) : warning C4700: local variable 'dat' used
> without having been initialized
> ...
>
> I have also run the test programs. I haven't tried everything and most of
> what I tried seems to work, except for some strange things in Test.exe:
>
> - When I run it and try a windowed DirectDraw the program suddenly
> disappears after some seconds (and my Outlook Express new post window that
> happened to be open had been resized!).
>
> - When I run a mouse test in DirectDraw mode or autodetect the screen
> suddenly becomes black, with only the mouse coordinates in white. It seems
> that not everything is updated correclty.
>
> Still, it is much better than WIP 3433 that wouldn't work at all on my
> system.
>
> Is this all W2K related or something else?
>
> Best regards,
> Clemens
>
> BTW, I have DirectX8 SDK installed in debug mode with W2K SP1 and MSVC++ 6
> SP4.
>
>
I think it has something to do with Win2k, I can't even build allegro under
2k, I get many warnings about djasm or something like that. I can however
build it in one of the Win9x and then use it under Win2k.

Regards
Terje