file location

[lysander23]

I'm a beginner and trying to use LOADBMP, but I can't find the bmp file. I've tried different folders and nothing seems to work. DOESFILEEXIST() comes up false every time. Can someone help me? Thanks!

[Poetronic]

I'd say please post your code :-)

[Ian Price]

You need to place your media in the "YOUR APP NAME".app/Media file of your project.

Ensure you then use -

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SETCURRENTDIR("Media") // go to media files

(it's remarked out at the start of every new project - just remove the "//")

[mentalthink]

Hi Welcome... not it´s too much complex...

Yo have to do like say Ian... "delete the first comment... says something Setcurrentdir("Media")

When you do this... you game or application it´s looking this folder...

If you go to tools-openfolder menu... your Windows show the folder of the project, into this folder it´s finished .app, into it you have your media folder...here copy and paste your graphics sounds... and perhpas some txt..

Now put in your code somehting like this

Loadsprite "my_Image.png", 1    //Load sprite whit some name and extension.png, and assign the 1 for the id***

//this it´s combined whit the lat line WEND... and do a bucle infinite
while true               
//This say... hey draw the image whit the ID = 1 //Rebember you are loaded before my_Image.png whit the ID 1
drawsprite 1,0,0     

//Always you have to put this code... this it´s the refesh for the screen if you don´t put, you can´t show nothing in the screen
showscreen   


wend
//The program finish but turn again to start in the While command, and so on to the infinite

NOTE: When you add a ID to a sprite , bmp, sound or something it´s better apply a name like a varible...

In example:

global my_Sprite = 1

loadsprite "something.png", my_Sprite

and now when you want draw the image call to my_Sprite and not to 1... in large codes it´s very easyng confusing using only numbers

Another thing... always when starting whit GLbasic somepeople asked... you have to declare always the kind the variable...
GLOBAL some_Variable
LOCAL some_Variable
STATIC some_Variable

else you will have an error from the Compiler... (If you don´t want declare nothing... amke this:

go to

Project Options, and unchek the box says... Explicits Declarations... NOT REcomendable
)


Regards,
and Welcome

[MrTAToad]

It sounds like you are loading the graphic from the correct location (or it's not present)...

A simple solution :

Put media in the "Media" directory
Use :

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LOADBMP "Media/<file>"
SHOWSCREEN
]KEYWAIT

[bigsofty]

Is you O.S. that your using filename case sensitive?

[lysander23]

Thanks! You guys are great! Why can't this info be in the reference under loadbmp?

[mentalthink]

HI lysander23, GLbasic have a very good help, but nobody knows about books... You have a few books on Lulu Books, on you can learn all, from the basic to a very High-Level whit Glbasic... not are expensive about 8 ot 10€ the more complex... You can find putting in Lulu Books search GLbasic... be carefull you have to be in the UK market... at least in Spain don´t appears... 

Some books are for the IDE, and I think the most important it´s Programmer´s Guide, or something like this I never rebember well the name (Mr T will  ) 

GLBasic it´s perfect... I´m not programmer and make 3 years I don´t know make nothing , and whit GLbasic and the help in the forum... you always have a reply for someone... in few weeks you have a simple game do it.. I´m in 3 months, from month 1 when I buyed Glbasic to 3 months in forward I do and I uploaded a game in the AppStore...

Don´t care it´s easy, fun and very very productive.