Category : Files from Magazines
Archive   : PJ82.ZIP
Filename : GRABTEST.C

 
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/* GrabTest.C */
/* Copyright (c) Genus Microprogramming, Inc. 1988-89 All Rights Reserved. */

/****************************************************************************

This is a simple test program, for testing the pcxBeginPaletteGrab
and the pcxEndPaletteGrab functions.

Compile: CL /c /AS GrabTest.C
link GrabTest+pcxPG;

Microsoft C version 5.1 Programmer: Chris Howard 11/30/89

*****************************************************************************/

#include
#include

/* Declarations */
#define pcxSUCCESS 0
#define PALMARK (unsigned char) 0xFF

/* External Function declarations */
extern int far pascal pcxBeginPaletteGrab (char far *palbuf);
extern int far pascal pcxEndPaletteGrab (void);

/* Global variables */
unsigned char palBuffer[256];

/**********/

void main(void)

{
union REGS inregs,outregs;
int i,retcode;

/* Display a header */
printf("\n\nPalette Grab Test Program\n\n");

/* Mark the palette as uninitialized */
palBuffer[0] = PALMARK;

/* Begin monitoring the palette */
if ((retcode = pcxBeginPaletteGrab(palBuffer)) == pcxSUCCESS) {

/* Now, we can continue with other intialization code, make our */
/* program a TSR, or whatever else we want to do ... but for now */
/* we will just reset the mode, in order to force a palette */
/* update. Just reset Text mode, but any mode would do it. */
inregs.h.ah = 0x00;
inregs.h.al = 0x03;
int86(0x10,&inregs,&outregs);

/* Test whether it grabbed the palette */
if (palBuffer[0] != PALMARK) {
/* We grabbed it! */
printf("Palette successfully grabbed: \n\n");
for (i=0; i<17; i++)
printf("%02X ",palBuffer[i]);
printf("\n\n");
}
else {
/* We didn't get anything ... */
printf("Palette unsuccessfully grabbed ...\n");
}

/* Now uninstall the palette grabbing */
if ((retcode = pcxEndPaletteGrab()) != pcxSUCCESS) {
/* Error ending palette grab */
printf("pcxEndPaletteGrab error: %d\n",retcode);
}
}
else {
/* Error initializing palette grab */
printf("pcxBeginPaletteGrab error: %d\n",retcode);
}

} /* end of main */

  3 Responses to “Category : Files from Magazines
Archive   : PJ82.ZIP
Filename : GRABTEST.C
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