SDL_ttf Text not rendering

I am making a engine written in C++ with the SDL library i am done makeking the texture class but i am trying to write a class to make text render anyway when i try to render text to the renderer it doesnt render only the background renders
also everything is in the same directory as my exe and codeblocks is set to look there to so its not that and arial.ttf is also there.
what i think is the error is that the surface it creates in getText() is null but i dont know really.
Oh i dont know why but if i set win = createwindow() and i put SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN then i put SDL_ShowWindow(win) at line 26 i get a black screen.
Thanks

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/*AS.h*/
#ifndef AS_H_INCLUDED
#define AS_H_INCLUDED
#include "SDL.h"
#include "SDL_image.h"
#include "SDL_ttf.h"
#include <string>

namespace AS
{
    /*types*/
    extern int AS_Error;
    /* Function */
    int AS_Init();
    void AS_Quit();
    void AS_getError();
    SDL_Rect* getRect(int x,int y, int w, int h);
    /* Classes */
    class Texture{
    private:
    SDL_Texture *tex = nullptr;
    public:
        int Load(std::string name,SDL_Renderer* render);
        int Load(SDL_Surface* sur,SDL_Renderer* render);
        SDL_Texture* getTex();
        void Destroy();
    };

    class Text{
        TTF_Font *myfont;
        SDL_Color mycolor = {0,0,0};
        std::string mesText;
        SDL_Surface *mes;
    public:
        int setColor(Uint8 r,Uint8 g,Uint8 b);
        int setFont(std::string loc,int Fsize);
        void setText(std::string mtext);
        SDL_Surface* getText();
        void Destroy();
    };
}


#endif // AS_H_INCLUDED
/*AS.cpp*/
#include "AS.h"
int AS::AS_Error;
int AS::AS_Init()
{

    if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING) != 0)
    {
        AS::AS_Error = 1;
        return -1;
    }
    TTF_Init();
    return 0;
}
void AS::AS_Quit()
{
    TTF_Quit();
    SDL_Quit();
}
void AS::Texture::Destroy()
{
    SDL_DestroyTexture(tex);
}
int AS::Texture::Load(std::string name,SDL_Renderer* render)
{

    SDL_Surface *temp = nullptr;
    temp = IMG_Load(name.c_str());

    if(temp == nullptr)
    {
        AS::AS_Error = 2; // cant load
        return -1;
    }
    tex = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(render,temp);
    SDL_FreeSurface(temp);
    return 0;
}
int AS::Texture::Load(SDL_Surface* sur,SDL_Renderer* render)
{

    if(sur == nullptr)
    {
        AS::AS_Error = 3;
        return -1;
    }
    tex = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(render,sur);
    return 0;
}
SDL_Texture* AS::Texture::getTex()
{
    return tex;
}
int AS::Text::setColor(Uint8 r, Uint8 g, Uint8 b)
{
    mycolor = {r,g,b};
    return 0;
}
int AS::Text::setFont(std::string loc,int Fsize)
{

    myfont = TTF_OpenFont(loc.c_str(),Fsize);
    if(myfont == nullptr)
    {
        AS::AS_Error = 4;
        return -1;
    }
    return 0;
}
void AS::Text::setText(std::string mtext)
{
    mesText = mtext;
}
SDL_Surface* AS::Text::getText()
{

    mes = TTF_RenderText_Solid(myfont,mesText.c_str(),mycolor);
    if(mes == nullptr)
    {
        AS::AS_Error = 5;
    }
    return mes;
}
void AS::Text::Destroy()
{
    TTF_CloseFont(myfont);
}
SDL_Rect* AS::getRect(int x, int y ,int w, int h)
{
    SDL_Rect rec;
    rec.h = h;
    rec.y = y;
    rec.w = w;
    rec.x = x;
    return &rec;
}
/*test.cpp*/
#include "AS.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace AS;
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    AS_Init();
    SDL_Window *win;
    SDL_Renderer *screen;
    Text mess;
    SDL_Surface *temp;
    Texture backg,textd;

    win = SDL_CreateWindow("Text",SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED,SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED,640,480,SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
    screen = SDL_CreateRenderer(win,-1,SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED);
    mess.setColor(0,0,0);
    mess.setFont("arial.ttf",12);
    std::cout << AS::AS_Error << std::endl;
    mess.setText("Hello World");
    temp = mess.getText();
    std::cout << AS::AS_Error << std::endl;
    textd.Load(temp,screen);
    std::cout << AS::AS_Error << std::endl;
    backg.Load("background.png",screen);
    SDL_RenderCopy(screen,backg.getTex(),NULL,NULL);
    SDL_RenderCopy(screen,textd.getTex(),NULL,getRect(100,100,100,100));

    SDL_RenderPresent(screen);
    SDL_Delay(2500);
    AS_Quit();

    return 0;
}
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int AS::Texture::Load(std::string name,SDL_Renderer* render)
{

    SDL_Surface *temp = nullptr;
    temp = IMG_Load(name.c_str());

    if(temp == nullptr)
    {
        AS::AS_Error = 2; // cant load
        return -1;
    }
    tex = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(render,temp);
    SDL_FreeSurface(temp);
    return 0;
}
First off, there was no point in setting the pointer to nullptr. You should have just initialized the pointer with IMG_Load.

Yea, and checking if temp equals nullptr is not the smartest thing, as SDL is a C lib, it only has NULL. Check if it is equal to NULL.

Try replacing nullptr with NULL, mkay?
Lumpkin wrote:
Yea, and checking if temp equals nullptr is not the smartest thing, as SDL is a C lib, it only has NULL. Check if it is equal to NULL.

Try replacing nullptr with NULL, mkay?
I don't know where you learned this but it is wrong ;)
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What is? Please erase my ignorance.

I thought nullptr isn't the same as NULL. SDL only returns NULL.
I can't find an exact reference, but you should always see that 0 == NULL == nullptr. They are not the same, but they compare equal.
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I'm not seeing any obvious error. You could use this chance to learn how to use a debugger.
That tutorial was not redone for SDL 2.0
He never said anything about SDL 2.0 and tbh I didn't even know there was a second one the tutorials are still great anyways.
Fredbill has been suggesting you read the 1.6 tutorials and then learn 2.0 (since there are no 2.0 tutorials yet).
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