1. Code tags are <code></code>, not [code][/code]. Please edit your post to make your code readable for future viewers. EDIT: guess you found the formatting help.

2. You've got your y coordinate test wrong. You're testing both inequalities against YposMin. So the mouse's y coordinate has to be both less than 240 and larger than 240 at the same time to trigger your conditional. Obviously, this is impossible.

3. Are you really, really sure that destroying the bitmap is what you want to do? Destroying it and then attempting to draw it will cause a segfault.

Hey there,

Haha yeah I found the formatting help! - Basically I want to remove/hide the bitmap image - Ideally what I hope to do is make something like for example, the player has to click on the image, this will then be hidden and trigger another image to be displayed (somewhat like a game). Just trying to get my head around things!

Can't seem to edit the first post but yes, I should have put if(mouse_y < YposMax && mouse_y > YposMin) instead!!

Thank you

Rich

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I have tried updating the code so that it reads better however I'm stil having no luck! ): - Update:

if((mouse_x <= XposMax) && (mouse_x >= XposMin))
{
    if((mouse_y <= YposMax) && (mouse_y >= YposMin))
    {
        destroy_bitmap( testtext ); //Destroy bitmap when button is pressed
    }

Is there any chance you could continue to help me with this issue please?

Thank you again

Hey Dizzy, I have indeed - the mouse button doesn't seem to be functioning how it should though ):

I tried simply doing

if(mouse_b & 1){
destroy_bitmap( testtext )
}

which I thought would just simply destroy my image when clicking the mouse but that doesn't work either?

Thanks

The only thing that happens after this is the following (checking if the escape key is pressed which is close the program)

Here is the end of the code from the mouse cick point

Thanks

destroy_bitmap frees the memory allocated for the bitmap, it does not do any rendering.

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Thanks for the replies guys,

at the moment destroying the image is fine as I won't be using the same image again in the application - I would just currently like to get it so when the image is pressed it dissapears (not too bothered how it dissapears, just want to make sure it does) - I think the trouble I am having is with the application understanding exactly where the mouse is, is the code I provided sufficient enough to make the program carry out exactly what I want it to do and detect if the mouse is over the image or not??

Thank you guys!

Hey Jeff thanks for posting some help,

I will be drawing something after the image is destroyed however above I was told that it couldn't be the same image so I understood this that I could draw a different image yes?

I read your comment about that it needs to be in a loop (which when you mention it is now obvious) - Could you check the update below to see if I'm putting the updates in the correct places? Thank you!

 while(mouse_b & 1) // this is if the left mouse button is clicked
  {
  if(mouse_x < XposMax && mouse_x > XposMin) //and if the mouse position is lower than 520pixels and higher than 320
 {
    if(mouse_y < YposMin && mouse_y > YposMin) // here is the same only if the mouse position is lower than 290 on the Y axis but larger than 240 pixels.
    {
        clear_to_color(screen, makecol(255,255,255));
//instead off...
        destroy_bitmap( testtext ); //finally, this is the outcome, I want to hide the image (destroy it) when the image has been clicked on
  }
 }
 }

Hey there Edgar,

The thing that isn't working is simply the image does not destroy or disspear when clicked on and as I'm quite new to this I'm not to sure as to why this is, I'll giveg what you posted above a try however does the cout function work in allegro?

Cheers

my application is a graphical one using images therefore it can't be done in command line ): - I will message you the full code - it's for a normal allegro empty project.

Cheers

Thank you nite,

You're right my understanding of destroy bitmap was totally incorrect! - The image I am trying to hide sits ontop of another background image, essentially I would like it so that when the user presses on the image it changes both the background image and the main image which has been pressed, what would you suggest doing instead of destroy bitmap?

Cheers

Can't for the life of me work this one out - I've gone through everyones comments but don't seem to be experienced enough to put them into working use. :/ - here is the end of my code, does this while loop for the mouse button click look like it should actually work or not??

Thanks and sorry about this everyone