HI
For Christmas I got a book on game programming with allegro. I went through the process of setting up the files and ran, compiled, and linked the program only to find that depending on which compiler I used (Dev-C++ or VC++ 2008) it came up with different errors saying that it couldn't find a certain DLL.
If anyone has experience with this could you let me know a solution.
I am on Windows Vista.
Thanks in advance.
If you know which dll your problem is half solved.
with Dev-C++ it is alleg42.dll
with VC++ it is MSVCR80.dll
Well in VC++ right click the References in the Solution Explorer to Add Reference then browse for the MSVCR80.dll
I finally found and downloaded the proper file. It seemed to work OK but now I get the error:
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). Click OK to terminate the application.
[OK]
I found stuff about it online but nothing directly addressed the issue on how to fix it. I just need a strait forward answer, not a way to fix it that is going to need to be fixed itself.
Locate MSVCR80.DLL on your hard drive and put it in c:\windows\system32.
A thing I found in the first hit I get when searching for "allegro MSVCR80"
It was on : http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/545333
Thanks. I downloaded that file and everything works now!
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