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al_register_bitmap_loader(3alleg5) al_register_bitmap_loader(3alleg5)

al_register_bitmap_loader - Allegro 5 API

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
bool al_register_bitmap_loader(const char *extension,

ALLEGRO_BITMAP *(*loader)(const char *filename, int flags))

Register a handler for al_load_bitmap(3alleg5). The given function will be used to handle the loading of bitmaps files with the given extension.

The extension should include the leading dot (`.') character. It will be matched case-insensitively.

The loader argument may be NULL to unregister an entry.

Returns true on success, false on error. Returns false if unregistering an entry that doesn’t exist.

al_register_bitmap_saver(3alleg5), al_register_bitmap_loader_f(3alleg5)

Allegro reference manual