load_pcx_pf (3) Linux Manual Page

load_pcx_pf – Packfile version of load_pcx. Allegro game programming library.

Synopsis

#include <allegro.h>

BITMAP *load_pcx_pf(PACKFILE *f, RGB *pal);

Description

A version of load_pcx() which reads from a packfile. Example:

 PACKFILE *packfile;

 BITMAP *bmp;

 packfile = pack_fopen("mybitmap.pcx", F_READ);

 if (!packfile)

 abort_on_error("Couldn’t open mybitmap.pcx");
 bmp = load_bmp_pf(packfile, pal);

 if (!bmp)

 abort_on_error("Error loading mybitmap.pcx");

Return Value

Returns a pointer to the bitmap or NULL on error. Remember that you are responsible for destroying the bitmap when you are finished with it to avoid memory leaks.

See Also

load_pcx(3), expackf(3)