documentation example not working for me

[Deuterium]

hello I was using the documentation example as a template just to see how to set things up and when I used the font part only and compiled and debugged it open into a white screen and then shut down automatically. I changed the font, made sure the font name was right and put the font in the exe folder but same results. I also tried to display my own image using the sprite but white screen and automatically exit out. What am I doing wrong?

thanks

[kaB00M]

Show some code.

[Deuterium]

yeah um i did I think i posted an image put that obviously did not show up.....
 code:
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>

int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(300, 200), "SFML works!");
    // Create a graphical text to display
    sf::Font font;
    if (!font.loadFromFile("arial.ttf"))
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    sf::Text text("Hello SFML", font, 50);

    while (window.isOpen())
    {
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
        {
            if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();
        }

        window.clear();
        window.draw(text);
        window.display();
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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[kaB00M]

You have to place the font in the same folder AS THE PROJECT FILES.

[Deuterium]

thanks! the font now works! is it the same with any other media type files such as images? because images don't seem to be working for me.... 

[kaB00M]

Glad to help. 
What version are you using?
It should be the same for images.

http://www.sfml-dev.org/logo/sfml-big.png

Try this in 2.0

int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(300, 200), "SFML works!");
    // Create a graphical text to display

    sf::Texture texture;
    if (!texture.loadFromFile("sfml-big.png"))
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    sf::Sprite sprite(texture);


    while (window.isOpen())
    {
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
        {
            if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();
        }

        window.clear();
        window.draw(sprite);
        window.display();
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
 

[Deuterium]

It worked! thanks again! I have found the problem. It doesnt seem to like my jpeg image for some reason...


 

[kaB00M]

The supported image formats are bmp, png, tga, jpg, gif, psd, hdr and pic. Some format options are not supported, like progressive jpeg. If this function fails, the image is left unchanged.

http://www.sfml-dev.org/documentation/2.0/classsf_1_1Image.php#a9e4f2aa8e36d0cabde5ed5a4ef80290b