Allegro Question

I'm a bit confused as to which files I need to download in order to start using Allegro. I'm pretty new to C++ but I'd like to learn to use Allegro. I went to their website and didn't quit know which files I needed and which ones I didn't. Could anyone help me out? I'm running Windows XP, and using Dev C++ compiler. If anyone has any suggestions on a different compiler I could use, all tips apprecciated. I am how ever looking to do this without spending any money on the programs. Thanks ahead of time

Go to this page and download the MinGW32 binaries, and then just copy the include/ and lib/ directories from the zip file to the Dev-Cpp folder.

Thanks I'll try that now

What about the .dll files?

You need to copy them to the following folders:

C:\Windows\System (Win9x\ME)
C:\Winnt\System32 (Win2k)
C:\Windows\System32 (WinXP)

also
Project Options > Load Object Files "\allegro\lib\mingw32\liballeg.a"

Actually, you need to go to Project>Project Options>Parameters and put '-lalleg' in the linker box. Not quite sure what you're talking about, sand_man.

Thanks XSquared, it works