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Arguments: project
Returns the file (as a pathname or path namestring) containing the splash pixmap for a project. When a standalone application is generated from the project with the File | Build Project Distribution or File | Build Project Exe command), the pixmap will appear on the screen as the standalone application is starting up. This lets the user know that something is happening while waiting for the application to finish loading and initializing.
The value may also be nil, in which case no
splash pixmap is shown. Otherwise, the value should be the pathname
or path namestring of a .bmp pixmap file. Allegro does not provide
any tools for interactively drawing pixmaps, but Common Graphics does
provide certain functions such as get-pixmap and save-pixmap to grab an image from
the screen and then save it as a .bmp file.
The setf of this function may be used to specify a new splash file for a project programmatically, though this is typically done interactively on the Build tab of the Project Manager dialog instead.
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Documentation for Allegro CL version 6.2. This page has had significant revisions compared to the 6.1 page.
Created 2002.2.26.
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