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From: sglen@cs.strath.ac.uk (Scott M Glen CS89)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Turbo - C
Message-ID: <6204@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 21 Mar 91 11:16:34 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Scotland.
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Can anyone tell my why the following Turbo-c code causes a crash. (I am using
Turbo-c V2, on an NTS PC).

Basically it's a trivial piece of code, to save a small rectangular area of
the screen to memory, write something in the area (in this case a black
rectangle) and then restore the screen to its original status. 



void
help_option1 (void)

{
int i;
void *buffer;
unsigned size;

size=imagesize(0,0,20,20);  /* define rectangle to be saved */
if (size!=-1)               /* if area is too large imagesize returns -1 */
   {
   buffer=malloc (size);    /* allocate memory for area of screen */
   getimage (0,0,20,20);
   
   setfillstyle (SOLID_FILL,BLACK);
   bar (0,0,20,20);         /* black out the rectangle */
   i=getch();               /* wait for a key */

   putimage (0,0,buffer,COPY_PUT);   /* restore rectangle 
   free (buffer);
   }
else
   {
   /* image too large */
   }
}

When it runs, the black box apewars as expected, but then the screen freezes
I don't even know whether the problem lies with saving the area, or restoring 
it.

Any help would be very much appreciated.....


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