How - Let user load bmp at runtime

no-reply@allegro.cc (ing) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:55:12 +0000

I'm using C (DevC++) and Allegro.
I would like to make it possible for the user to take a bmp from any source other than the program and load it into the game as a background image.
How can I do this ?

no-reply@allegro.cc (Rampage) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:57:03 +0000

1. Get input from user.
2. Validate that the input represents a vaild path to a valid bmp.
3. Call load_bitmap() using the user input.
4. Replace the current background with the new one.
5. Profit!

no-reply@allegro.cc (ing) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:01:55 +0000

Yes, well it's quite obvious that you would want input from the user since it's the user that's supposed to load the picture.
My Q was, how do I do this.

no-reply@allegro.cc (CGamesPlay) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:03:55 +0000

You can use:file_select_ex