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[Dev-C++] Allegro and Dev-C++

[Abhijit S. <mu...@gm...>]

I downloaded Allegro for Dev-C++ from the Bloodshed site, and extracted =
it to the Dev-C++ folder. I tried to compile a simple project using =
Allegro, after adding '-lalleg' to the command-line box, but on the =
first try, it does not link and gives this message:
g++: -lalleg: linker input file unused since linking not done

However, when I press Ctrl+F9 again, it links, and a 6 kb EXE is =
produced. When I try to run it, it gives me a message saying =
'alleg40.dll not found'. I searched for this file and it was nowhere to =
be found. Also, there are a few EXEs in the Allegro directory, which =
seem to run fine without the DLL... these files are hundreds of KBs =
larger than the one I was able to produce. I also tried linking in the =
'liballeg_s' library, which I found in the 'lib/' sub-directory. It =
didn't help, the EXE size is still 6 kb. The manual says that compile =
instructions are included in 'readme.txt', which doesn't exist. I'm =
running on XP professional. The source code:


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/*  Allegro test */

#include <allegro.h>
#include <winalleg.h>
#include <windows.h>

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
{
    allegro_init();

    if(os_type =3D=3D OSTYPE_WINXP)
    {
        MessageBox(NULL, "XP has been detected.", "WinXP", MB_OK);
    }
    else
    {
        MessageBox(NULL, "XP was not detected.", "Error!", MB_OK | =
MB_ICONHAND);
        return 1;
    }

        // Do stuff here

    return 0;
}
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Whattodo?

mdeth O
m.o.t.o[P.S.Y.C.H.O]=20

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Re: [Dev-C++] Allegro and Dev-C++

[Lorenzo <co...@in...>]

I don't know your specific problem, but try this hint
1. add "END_OF_MAIN();" at end of your code
2. add -mwindows to g++ option

I have downloaded the allegro source and build the library, if have any
problem i can send it to you (lib, def, dll and include)

p.s. I am not an expert of allegro, i have made only some test.

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Re: [Dev-C++] Allegro and Dev-C++ [Fixed]

[Abhijit S. <mu...@gm...>]

Thanks for the help, Lorenzo and Francky... it turns out that the DLL =
was there in a folder called 'DLL' (d'oh)... stupid WinXP search was set =
to no sub-dir search. I found it when I was testing a program that I =
wrote to index files on CDs... guess I'm better than MS, eh? Also, =
there's a new option when I create a new project in Dev-C++... it says =
'Allegro projects' and gives me options to link the lib in statically. =
Also, the END_OF_MAIN(); isn't necessary when using WinMain().
mdeth O
m.o.t.o[P.S.Y.C.H.O]=20

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