Thread: this code COMPILES, but DOESNT WORK

the problem is that in the set of if-statements (not the one in the function), the second two situations never are true. the code in them is never executed. but, i know that i am actually checking for the right things because if i put an exit(0) in the one that checks for page1, it exits. if i put exit(0) in the others, it never exits. in the beginning i set active_page to page 1 with: active_page = page1;

now, will that make things actually go to page1, not active_page when i blit like this:

masked_blit(ship, active_page, 0,0, x, y,640,480);

???? (because thats what i want to happen)

get what i mean? i want things to always blit to either page1 2 or 3, not actually onto active_page. active_page is used for telling what page to blit to.

Code:

BITMAP *ship, *page1, *page2, *page3, *active_page, *title;

flip_page(&wPage, &page1, &page2, &page3, &active_page);

if(active_page == page1) //this statement WORKS OK
		{
			clean_bitmap(page3);
		}
		if(active_page == page2) //statement never becomes TRUE
		{
		    clean_bitmap(page1);
		}
		if(active_page == page3)
		{
			clean_bitmap(page2);
		}

void flip_page(int *wPage, BITMAP** page1, BITMAP** page2, BITMAP** page3, BITMAP** active_page)
{
	if(*active_page == *page1)
	{
        active_page = page2;
		*wPage       = 2;
	}
    if(*active_page == *page2)
	{
        active_page = page3;
		*wPage       = 3;
	}
	if(*active_page == *page3)
	{
		active_page = page1;
		*wPage       = 1;
	}

}
END_OF_FUNCTION(flip_page);