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		<webMaster>matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton)</webMaster>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>hello everyone I have project with c and I must program paint&#39;s program and I want to save Allegro&#39;s window as image(png,jpg) so  How can I save Allegro&#39;s window(display window) Like as png or jpg file in Allegro 5 ?<br />I search so much but I can not find anything useful <img src="http://www.allegro.cc/forums/smileys/sad.gif" alt=":(" /> <img src="http://www.allegro.cc/forums/smileys/undecided.gif" alt=":-/" /> any body know how I can save it ?<br />I wrote something like this but it does not work</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;iostream&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  3</span><span class="k1">using</span> <span class="k1">namespace</span> std<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  4</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5/allegro.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  5</span><span class="p">#include "allegro5/allegro_image.h"</span>
<span class="number">  6</span><span class="p">#include &lt;allegro5/allegro_primitives.h&gt;</span>
<span class="number">  7</span><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/BITMAP"><span class="a">BITMAP</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span>buffer<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number">  8</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">  9</span>    <span class="k1">int</span> width<span class="k3">=</span><span class="n">640</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 10</span>    <span class="k1">int</span> height<span class="k3">=</span><span class="n">480</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 11</span>    <span class="k1">bool</span> done<span class="k3">=</span><span class="k1">false</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 12</span>    <span class="k1">int</span> imageRad<span class="k3">=</span><span class="n">20</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 13</span>
<span class="number"> 14</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"> 15</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"> 16</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>NULL<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 17</span>
<span class="number"> 18</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"> 19</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"> 20</span>      <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 21</span>   <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 22</span>
<span class="number"> 23</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>width, height<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 24</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"> 25</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"> 26</span>      <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="k3">-</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 27</span>   <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 28</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_install_keyboard"><span class="a">al_install_keyboard</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 29</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_primitives_addon"><span class="a">al_init_primitives_addon</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 30</span>    image<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>imageRad<span class="k3">*</span><span class="n">2</span>,imageRad<span class="k3">*</span><span class="n">2</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 31</span>
<span class="number"> 32</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>image<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 33</span>
<span class="number"> 34</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_filled_rectangle"><span class="a">al_draw_filled_rectangle</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>imageRad,imageRad-9,imageRad<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">10</span>,imageRad-7,<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">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 35</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_filled_rectangle"><span class="a">al_draw_filled_rectangle</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>imageRad,imageRad<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">9</span>,imageRad<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">10</span>,imageRad<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">7</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">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 36</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_filled_triangle"><span class="a">al_draw_filled_triangle</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>imageRad-12,imageRad-17,imageRad<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">12</span>,imageRad,imageRad-12,imageRad<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">17</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">255</span>,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 37</span>    <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_filled_rectangle"><span class="a">al_draw_filled_rectangle</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>imageRad-12,imageRad-2,imageRad<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">15</span>,imageRad<span class="k3">+</span><span class="n">2</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">255</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 38</span>
<span class="number"> 39</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"> 40</span>
<span class="number"> 41</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"> 42</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_keyboard_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_keyboard_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 43</span>    <span class="k1">while</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span>done<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 44</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT</span></a> ev<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 45</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_wait_for_event"><span class="a">al_wait_for_event</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>event_queue,<span class="k3">&amp;</span>ev<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 46</span>        <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span>ev.type<span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span>ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_DOWN<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 47</span>            <span class="k1">switch</span><span class="k2">(</span>ev.keyboard.keycode<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 48</span>    <span class="k1">case</span> ALLEGRO_KEY_ESCAPE:
<span class="number"> 49</span>        done<span class="k3">=</span><span class="k1">true</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 50</span>        <span class="k1">break</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 51</span>            <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 52</span>        <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 53</span>        <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_draw_bitmap"><span class="a">al_draw_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>image,width<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">2</span>,height<span class="k3">/</span><span class="n">2</span>,<span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 54</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"> 55</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 56</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_save_bitmap"><span class="a">al_save_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"foto.jpg"</span>,image<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 57</span>
<span class="number"> 58</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"> 59</span>  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_bitmap"><span class="a">al_destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>image<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 60</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"> 61</span>   <span class="k1">return</span> <span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 62</span><span class="k2">}</span>
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Rialesto)</author>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2016 22:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>You should put your code in &lt;code&gt;code goes here...&lt;/code&gt; tags for easier reading. You can edit your post to use them.</p><p>First, what version of Allegro are you using?</p><p>Second, what isn&#39;t working? You should be checking the return value of <span class="source-code"><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_save_bitmap"><span class="a">al_save_bitmap</span></a></span> as well as <span class="source-code"><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_create_bitmap"><span class="a">al_create_bitmap</span></a></span> and see what they return. Does the bitmap save? Does it not show what you want? What happens in your program now?</p><p>Third, your call to <span class="source-code"><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_clear_to_color"><span class="a">al_clear_to_color</span></a></span> should be inside your drawing loop before you draw your bitmap image so that the backbuffer gets cleared before you draw.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Edgar Reynaldo)</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2016 01:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>Thanks for fast replying .. I am using Allegro 5 and yeah I khnow that I should be checking return value of  al_save_bitmap and of al_create_bitmap as well ... I solved it I made small mistakes in code ... So Thank you very much
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2016 03:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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