Loading & Displaying Images

Hi,


I am developing a small GK [General Knowledge] game in (Turbo) C. I want to use images such as .bmp, .jpg, .gif (animated) when my program starts up.

Is there any way to do it? Can anybody give me a simple example of C codes that demonstrate how to load and display an image file?

Thanks in advance!

Dev.

Is this for a DOS program?

Turbo C is about 15 years old, and doesn't know about Windows - BMP is the native Windows bitmap format. JPEG was standardized in 1992, and I very much doubt that Turbo C has any support for it.

There are libraries that support either or both of these formats, but I find it unlikely that any of those libraries have compiler support for Turbo C.

Use a more modern compiler, and write the code for Windows, and you'll have a relatively easy task.

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Mats

Hi Mats,



I am going to install Ms Visual Studio Express 2008 Edition, so, I will use VC++ IDE that is shipped with it.

So, can I use C codes for achiving the afore mentioned goal? If, yes, then what are the codes that will do the work?


Thanks!

Dev.

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Originally Posted by matsp

Turbo C is about 15 years old, and doesn't know about Windows - BMP is the native Windows bitmap format. JPEG was standardized in 1992, and I very much doubt that Turbo C has any support for it.

There are libraries that support either or both of these formats, but I find it unlikely that any of those libraries have compiler support for Turbo C.

Use a more modern compiler, and write the code for Windows, and you'll have a relatively easy task.

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Mats

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Well, is it possible to display images for a DOS program? I think it is not something impossible with C because I have seen and used certain DOS based Games which make use of images or graphics.

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Originally Posted by c++0x

Is this for a DOS program?

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Yes, you can do this from C or C++.

Assuming you are writing a Windows applicaton (rather than a console app), the basic functions you need are (amongst others):
LoadImage()
BitBlt()

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Mats

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Originally Posted by devarishi

Well, is it possible to display images for a DOS program? I think it is not something impossible with C because I have seen and used certain DOS based Games which make use of images or graphics.

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It is certainly possible - but DOS graphics is pretty limited, and you will certainly be much better off with writing such an app for Windows - but it is also harder in some ways (but writing a JPEG library for Turbo C will be quite a lot more work than getting a simple Windows app for this purpose to work - I promise, and Windows LoadImage() already knows how to deal with JPEG images].

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Mats

Okay, Mats!


I am going to try it under VC++ IDE and will copy and paste my C program codes therein.

Thanks a lot to everyone over here! :)

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Originally Posted by matsp

It is certainly possible - but DOS graphics is pretty limited, and you will certainly be much better off with writing such an app for Windows - but it is also harder in some ways (but writing a JPEG library for Turbo C will be quite a lot more work than getting a simple Windows app for this purpose to work - I promise, and Windows LoadImage() already knows how to deal with JPEG images].

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Mats

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That's wise. I have some old Turbo C image programs, and they ran with Win2000, OK.

They don't run at all in WindowsXP (I just tried a few), perhaps because my graphics driver are now different, as is my monitor.

I love old Turbo C/C++, but I wouldn't use it to display images, at all.

Hi Adak,


That's great! Well, I am also using Windows XP.

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Originally Posted by Adak

That's wise. I have some old Turbo C image programs, and they ran with Win2000, OK.

They don't run at all in WindowsXP (I just tried a few), perhaps because my graphics driver are now different, as is my monitor.

I love old Turbo C/C++, but I wouldn't use it to display images, at all.

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