init_dialog

Langue: en

Version: version 4.2.2 (fedora - 05/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

init_dialog - Low level initialisation of a dialog. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

#include <allegro.h>

DIALOG_PLAYER *init_dialog(DIALOG *dialog, int focus_obj);

DESCRIPTION

This function provides lower level access to the same functionality as do_dialog(), but allows you to combine a dialog box with your own program control structures. It initialises a dialog, returning a pointer to a player object that can be used with update_dialog() and shutdown_dialog(). With these functions, you could implement your own version of do_dialog() with the lines:
    DIALOG_PLAYER *player = init_dialog(dialog, focus_obj);
    
    while (update_dialog(player))
       ;
    
    return shutdown_dialog(player);
 

Note that you are responsible for showing and hiding the mouse cursor, which do_dialog would otherwise do for you, or saving and restoring the screen contents, as popup_dialog would do for you.

SEE ALSO

update_dialog(3), shutdown_dialog(3), do_dialog(3)