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		<title>[A5] File exists, but won&#39;t load</title>
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		<webMaster>matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton)</webMaster>
		<lastBuildDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2015 08:33:46 +0000</lastBuildDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>I&#39;ve run into a roadblock trying to get the basics of A5 going.  I&#39;ve determined a file exits via al_filename_exists, but al_load_bitmap continues to fail for reasons I can&#39;t seem to debug.  My code is basically a mash of wiki tutorial code (doing speedhack &#39;15).  Scroll to &quot;Test Grounds...&quot; comment for relevant code:</p><div class="source-code"><div class="toolbar"><span class="button numbers"><b>#</b></span><span class="button select">Select</span><span class="button expand">Expand</span></div><div class="inner"><span class="number">  1</span><span class="p">#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  2</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5/allegro.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  3</span><span class="p">#include "allegro5/allegro_image.h"</span>
<span class="number">  4</span><span class="p">#include "allegro5/allegro_native_dialog.h"</span>
<span class="number">  5</span>
<span class="number">  6</span><span class="k1">const</span> <span class="k1">float</span> FPS <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">60</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  7</span><span class="k1">const</span> <span class="k1">int</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/SCREEN_W"><span class="a">SCREEN_W</span></a> <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">640</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  8</span><span class="k1">const</span> <span class="k1">int</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/SCREEN_H"><span class="a">SCREEN_H</span></a> <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">480</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  9</span><span class="k1">const</span> <span class="k1">int</span> BOUNCER_SIZE <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">32</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 10</span>
<span class="number"> 11</span><span class="k1">int</span> main<span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">int</span> argc, <span class="k1">char</span> <span class="k3">*</span><span class="k3">*</span>argv<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 12</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_DISPLAY"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_DISPLAY</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span>display <span class="k3">=</span> NULL<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 13</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span>event_queue <span class="k3">=</span> NULL<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 14</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_TIMER"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_TIMER</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span>timer <span class="k3">=</span> NULL<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 15</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_BITMAP"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_BITMAP</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span>bouncer <span class="k3">=</span> NULL<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 16</span>    <span class="k1">float</span> bouncer_x <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/SCREEN_W"><span class="a">SCREEN_W</span></a> <span class="k3">/</span> <span class="n">2</span>.<span class="n">0</span> <span class="k3">-</span> BOUNCER_SIZE <span class="k3">/</span> <span class="n">2</span>.<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 17</span>    <span class="k1">float</span> bouncer_y <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/SCREEN_H"><span class="a">SCREEN_H</span></a> <span class="k3">/</span> <span class="n">2</span>.<span class="n">0</span> <span class="k3">-</span> BOUNCER_SIZE <span class="k3">/</span> <span class="n">2</span>.<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 18</span>    <span class="k1">float</span> bouncer_dx <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">4</span>.<span class="n">0</span>, bouncer_dy <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">4</span>.<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 19</span>    <span class="k1">bool</span> redraw <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">true</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 20</span>    
<span class="number"> 21</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init"><span class="a">al_init</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 22</span>        <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_345.html" target="_blank">fprintf</a><span class="k2">(</span>stderr, <span class="s">"failed to initialize allegro!\n"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 23</span>        <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 24</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 25</span>    
<span class="number"> 26</span>    timer <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_timer"><span class="a">al_create_timer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">1</span>.<span class="n">0</span> <span class="k3">/</span> FPS<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 27</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span>timer<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 28</span>        <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_345.html" target="_blank">fprintf</a><span class="k2">(</span>stderr, <span class="s">"failed to create timer!\n"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 29</span>        <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 30</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 31</span>    
<span class="number"> 32</span>    display <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_display"><span class="a">al_create_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/SCREEN_W"><span class="a">SCREEN_W</span></a>, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/SCREEN_H"><span class="a">SCREEN_H</span></a><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 33</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span>display<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 34</span>        <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_345.html" target="_blank">fprintf</a><span class="k2">(</span>stderr, <span class="s">"failed to create display!\n"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 35</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_timer"><span class="a">al_destroy_timer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>timer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 36</span>        <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 37</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 38</span>    
<span class="number"> 39</span>    bouncer <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_bitmap"><span class="a">al_create_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>BOUNCER_SIZE, BOUNCER_SIZE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 40</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span>bouncer<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 41</span>        <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_345.html" target="_blank">fprintf</a><span class="k2">(</span>stderr, <span class="s">"failed to create bouncer bitmap!\n"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 42</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_display"><span class="a">al_destroy_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 43</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_timer"><span class="a">al_destroy_timer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>timer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 44</span>        <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 45</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 46</span>    
<span class="number"> 47</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_set_target_bitmap"><span class="a">al_set_target_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>bouncer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 48</span>    
<span class="number"> 49</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_clear_to_color"><span class="a">al_clear_to_color</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">255</span>, <span class="n">0</span>, <span class="n">255</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 50</span>    
<span class="number"> 51</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_set_target_bitmap"><span class="a">al_set_target_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_backbuffer"><span class="a">al_get_backbuffer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 52</span>    
<span class="number"> 53</span>    event_queue <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_event_queue"><span class="a">al_create_event_queue</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 54</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span>event_queue<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 55</span>        <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_345.html" target="_blank">fprintf</a><span class="k2">(</span>stderr, <span class="s">"failed to create event_queue!\n"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 56</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_bitmap"><span class="a">al_destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>bouncer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 57</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_display"><span class="a">al_destroy_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 58</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_timer"><span class="a">al_destroy_timer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>timer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 59</span>        <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 60</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 61</span>    
<span class="number"> 62</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_register_event_source"><span class="a">al_register_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>event_queue, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_display_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_display_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 63</span>    
<span class="number"> 64</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_register_event_source"><span class="a">al_register_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>event_queue, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_timer_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_timer_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>timer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 65</span>    
<span class="number"> 66</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_clear_to_color"><span class="a">al_clear_to_color</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_map_rgb"><span class="a">al_map_rgb</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span>,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 67</span>    
<span class="number"> 68</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_flip_display"><span class="a">al_flip_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 69</span>    
<span class="number"> 70</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_start_timer"><span class="a">al_start_timer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>timer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 71</span>    
<span class="number"> 72</span>    
<span class="number"> 73</span>    <span class="c">/// Test Grounds...</span>
<span class="number"> 74</span>    ALLEGRO_PATH <span class="k3">*</span>path <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_standard_path"><span class="a">al_get_standard_path</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>ALLEGRO_RESOURCES_PATH<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 75</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_append_path_component"><span class="a">al_append_path_component</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>path, <span class="s">"Resources"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 76</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_set_path_filename"><span class="a">al_set_path_filename</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>path, <span class="s">"test2.png"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 77</span>    <span class="k1">const</span> <span class="k1">char</span> <span class="k3">*</span>test <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_path_cstr"><span class="a">al_path_cstr</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>path, ALLEGRO_NATIVE_PATH_SEP<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 78</span>    <span class="k1">const</span> <span class="k1">char</span> <span class="k3">*</span>test2 <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_path_cstr"><span class="a">al_path_cstr</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>path, <span class="s">'/'</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 79</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_filename_exists"><span class="a">al_filename_exists</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>test2<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 80</span>        <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_345.html" target="_blank">fprintf</a><span class="k2">(</span>stderr, <span class="s">"hello world\n"</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 81</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 82</span>    
<span class="number"> 83</span>    <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_345.html" target="_blank">fprintf</a><span class="k2">(</span>stderr, <span class="s">"%s\n"</span>, test2<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 84</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_BITMAP"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_BITMAP</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span>image <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_load_bitmap"><span class="a">al_load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>test2<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 85</span>    
<span class="number"> 86</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span>image<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 87</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_show_native_message_box"><span class="a">al_show_native_message_box</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display, <span class="s">"Error"</span>, <span class="s">"Error"</span>, <span class="s">"Failed to load image!"</span>, NULL, ALLEGRO_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 88</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_display"><span class="a">al_destroy_display</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 89</span>        <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 90</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 91</span>    
<span class="number"> 92</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_bitmap"><span class="a">al_draw_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>image,<span class="n">200</span>,<span class="n">200</span>,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 93</span>...
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The output I get is the following:<br />hello world<br />/Users/UserName/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/eldersofethos-fvfhklodylcqfegmldyrzbooqcre/Build/Products/Debug/EldersOfEthos.app/Contents/Resources/Resources/test2.png</p><p>Thoughts?</p><p>Edit:  attached the image.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Onewing)</author>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2015 07:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p><span class="source-code"><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_image_addon"><span class="a">al_init_image_addon</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span></span>?
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates)</author>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2015 07:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>Bingo.  </p><p>The manual says:  &quot;You must use the allegro_image addon, or register your own format handler.&quot;</p><p>I thought that meant simply including &quot;allegro5/allegro_image.h&quot;, but now I see in the tutorial the following code that I overlooked:</p><div class="source-code"><div class="toolbar"><span class="button numbers"><b>#</b></span><span class="button select">Select</span><span class="button expand">Expand</span></div><div class="inner"><span class="number"> 1</span><span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_image_addon"><span class="a">al_init_image_addon</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 2</span>      <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_show_native_message_box"><span class="a">al_show_native_message_box</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>display, <span class="s">"Error"</span>, <span class="s">"Error"</span>, <span class="s">"Failed to initialize al_init_image_addon!"</span>, 
<span class="number"> 3</span>                                 NULL, ALLEGRO_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 4</span>      <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 5</span>   <span class="k2">}</span>
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Thank you, sir!
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Onewing)</author>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2015 07:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>No prob. You can do it! <img src="http://www.allegro.cc/forums/smileys/cheesy.gif" alt=":D" />
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates)</author>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2015 08:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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