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DarkBASIC Discussion / error 37

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KYP
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Posted: 1st Oct 2005 03:42
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I'm having a problem with my executable... I have a game called Squirrel Wars written in darkbasic, and when I compile it in the editor it works perfectly. I saved it to an executable, but when i click on it something weird happens. It gets to the main menu, but when i click on a button, it exits and gives me error 37. I know the error has nothing to do with media, functions, file deleting and file creating, and gosub and goto. Does anyone know what it means?

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Posted: 1st Oct 2005 03:50
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Bitmap does not exist.

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Posted: 1st Oct 2005 03:58
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Great idea! But, I'm kind of wondering why it would work in the editor but not on the exe...

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Posted: 1st Oct 2005 04:56
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If the exe is running in the same folder as the DBA file, then it may be down to the exe running a little faster.

In your program, anywhere you have a Get Image command, try putting a Wait 1 on the next line - especially if the next line uses the image you just grabbed.

My theory is that in a compiled program, the line following the Get Image is executed before the Get Image has completed - the result is that the image is not yet available for the next line. This then throws up the Bitmap Does Not Exist error.

This may be rubbish, but it's only a theory. All you can do is try it and see if it fixes your problem.

If it does, you can then join me in theorising exactly what is happening...

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Posted: 1st Oct 2005 22:52 Edited at: 15th Aug 2007 21:23
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That might have been it, but I'm not really sure. All I know is that I took out the bitmap that was causing the problem and it stopped. Thanks!

Edit: Wow, I edited this when it was locked.


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