NAME

Allegro::Datafile - Allegro datafile routines

SYNOPSIS

   use Allegro;

   $al = Allegro->new() or die;
   $data = $al->Datafile(file => "example.dat");

   $bmp = $data->object("example1.bmp");
   $pal = $data->object("example.pal");

The Allegro::Datafile module provides an object-oriented interface to the Allegro Datafile routines.

new - create a new datafile object

Loads a datafile from disk.

   $data = $al->Datafile(file => $filename, password => $pass);

file (required): Name of datafile to load.
password (optional): Password to decrypt datafile. Defaults to no encryption.

object - access a datafile object from a loaded datafile

Allows access to an object from a previously loaded datafile.

   $bmp  = $data->object("test.bmp");
   $font = $data->object("main.fnt");
   $samp = $data->object("fire.wav");

names - returns list of object names

   for ($data->names) {
      print;
   }

Colin O'Leary <colin@mx3.org>

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