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NAME

       allegro_error - Stores the last Allegro error message.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       extern char allegro_error[ALLEGRO_ERROR_SIZE];

DESCRIPTION

       Text  string  used  by set_gfx_mode(), install_sound() and other functions to report error
       messages. If they fail and you want to tell the user why, this is the place to look for  a
       description of the problem. Example:

          void abort_on_error(const char *message)
          {
             if (screen != NULL)
                set_gfx_mode(GFX_TEXT, 0, 0, 0, 0);

             allegro_message("%s.\nLast Allegro error `%s'\n",
                             message, allegro_error);
             exit(-1);
          }
          ...
             if (some_allegro_function() == ERROR_CODE)
                abort_on_error("Error calling some function!");

SEE ALSO

       set_gfx_mode(3alleg4), install_sound(3alleg4)