you know the instruction page at http://www.allegro.cc/files/install-devcpp.html for installing dev c++ with mingw as compiler. I just wanted to know if these files are still valid with the current version of mingw for dev c++.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-1.1.tar.gz (10.1MB)
ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/mingw32/porters/Mikey/fileutils316-ming.tar.bz2 (448KB)
http://alleg.sourceforge.net/files/dx70_mgw.zip (241KB)

i am a new user....sortof
i tried installing before and somehow it screwed up and my online friends who had mingw dev and allegro couldnt figure out why it didnt

There are newer versions of MinGW32 available now. You don't have to use it though.

However, if you install Dev-C++ with the built-in MinGW32, then you may run into problems if you try to install an older version over top of it.

Basically...

If you already have Dev-C++ with MinGW32 bundled, the only update you absolutely need to compile Allegro is the dx70_mgw.zip file.

What does it mean when i get this....

BLOCK "040904E4"
{
VALUE "Comments", "Please see AUTHORS for a list of contributors\000"
VALUE "CompanyName", "Allegro Developers\000\000"
VALUE "FileDescription", "Allegro\000"
VALUE "FileVersion", "4.0.3\000"
VALUE "InternalName", "ALLEG40\000"
VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright _ 1994-2003 Allegro Developers\000\0
00"
VALUE "OriginalFilename", "ALLEG40.DLL\000"
VALUE "ProductName", "Allegro\000"
VALUE "ProductVersion", "4.0.3\000"
}
}

BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
VALUE "Translation", 0x0809, 1252
}
}

windres: no resources
C:\DEV-C_~1\BIN\MAKE.EXE: *** [obj/mingw32/alleg/dllver.o] Error 1

C:\Dev-C++\allegro>

i got this after executing make

Disable your virus scanner?

*shawn suddely keels over and dies from all the stress he had suffered trying to figure it out 12 hours ago*

ok gonna try this....brb

5 mins later

Hurray!! it says installation complete!! i didnt know why my antivirus would interfere with my installation....till my dad told me it interfered with all my installations especially stuff using compilers and such to install