displaying bitmap in sdl-xcode plz help

[MW130]

Hi I am trying to display an image saying hello world and i wrote all the right code, and it just displays a black window.. What could be wrong what could i be doing wrong I am putting hello world in the directory for the project so what should i do so it shows the image? here is the code (btw this is sdl-c++) and using xcode

#include "SDL/SDL.h"

int main( int argc, char* args[] )
{
    //The images
    SDL_Surface* hello = NULL;
    SDL_Surface* screen = NULL;
    
    //Start SDL
    SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING );
    
    //Set up screen
    screen = SDL_SetVideoMode( 640, 480, 32, SDL_SWSURFACE );
    
    //Load image
    hello = SDL_LoadBMP( "hello.bmp" );
    
    //Apply image to screen
    SDL_BlitSurface( hello, NULL, screen, NULL );
    
    //Update Screen
    SDL_Flip( screen );
    
    //Pause
    SDL_Delay( 2000 );
    
    //Free the loaded image
    SDL_FreeSurface( hello );
    
    //Quit SDL
    SDL_Quit();
    
    return 0;
}

thx in advance!

[MW130]

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[Disch]

check to see if hello is null. If it is, the bmp failed to load. Most likely because you put your bmp in the wrong directory.

[MW130]

Hi disch. Yes, the bmp is failing to load. Maybe I did put it in the wrong directory which one would I put it in? How would I do so? I am sooo confused I thought I just put it in the same folder as my xcode project. already-waiting-your-reply, Michael :)

[Disch]

Are you on Windows?

If yes, you can do this:

#include <windows.h> // <- temporary, remove this after this test is done

int main()
{
  /* temporary, remove this after your test is done */
  char buffer[MAX_PATH];
  GetCurrentDirectoryA(MAX_PATH,buffer)
  MessageBoxA(NULL,buffer,"",MB_OK);
  /* end of temporary crap */

  /* the rest of your program */
}

That'll pop up a little window telling you exactly which directory the .bmp needs to be put in.

[MW130]

disch. tysm for replies i solved by specyfying the complete path. I super appreciate everything :)