Re: [AL] console application with liball_i?

[John G <al...@pa...>]

As it is, that program will do nothing.  Changing it to:

#include <stdio.h>
#define USE_CONSOLE
#include <allegro.h>

int main()
{
    allegro_init();
    printf("hello world\n");
    return 0;
}
END_OF_MAIN()
and "hello world" is printed to the console as wanted.

I believe that is the same for all versions. END_OF_MAIN() macro of allegro, in effect changes main() to WinMain(), so you need to define the allegro constant USE_CONSOLE to tell it not to do that, so the compiler interpets the program as a console app.

Hope this helps
-John

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> > > I realize how the cow and dog sample was set up, but why doesn't this file work?
> > > it should print the number 128, but it prints a 0. why? how do I add to the cow
> > > and dog sample so that I can call values as well as functions from a script? i
> > > would also like to be able to add to the scripted main:
> > >
> > > printf("s.num in main:%d\n", s.num);
> > >
> > > but i get a sigsev crash. what should i be doing instead?
> >
> > how about an easier question. in the cow and dog sample, how do i gain access to the
> >
> > char *name = "...";
> >
> > in the scripts? suppose I wanted to say cow[1].name; how would i do this?
>
> I can't honestly say.  I've not seen the Cow and Dog example before, and
> I
> can't quite see it.

It comes with the latest release of SeeR. I downloaded it last night and started looking
at the examples provided with it. I wanted to be able to access a script's variables
inside it. In the cow and dog example, there are three SC files: one for a dog, one for a
cow, and one for main. All that I want to do is access values within instantiated scripts.
If a cow was instantiated, I would like to get the char *name variable that's in its
script. If you wanted me to attach the 3 script files and the c file so you can compile
and look at them, I have no problem with that. It seems to me that what I want to do isn't
as hard as it seems.

> I gather you're using a C++ approach?  I can't really help there.
> All my stuff is plain C, at least where SeeR is concerned.

Well, sort of. I wanted to get ahold of scripts' variables as well as functions. I just
can't seem to get it right. Thanks for your help!

SteelGolem