PLEASE Help with malloc()!!

TheGecko · 2000-07-29T14:22:32

I''m sooo pissed of right now it''s not even funny! I''ve been trying to figure out this problem for 2 nights now and still no solution! Let me show you: Assume I have the following class and structures: //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- typedef struct PALETTE { BYTE Red; BYTE Green; BYTE Blue; }Palette; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- typedef struct BFFHEADER { WORD BFF_ID; DWORD Width; DWORD Height; WORD BPP; WORD CompressionType; DWORD BufferSize; PALETTE palette[256]; UCHAR *Buffer; }BFFHeader; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- class BFF32API CBFFImage { public: BFFHeader *Image; public: BFFRESULT BFF_LoadImage(LPCTSTR Filename);//Loads a BFF image //so on and so forth }; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- now take this implementation of the load function: BFFRESULT CBFFImage::BFF_LoadImage(LPCTSTR Filename) { //This function loads a BFF file specified //in the Filename parameter and does any //necessary decompression to the image //if any exists. Image = (BFFHeader*)malloc(sizeof(BFFHeader));//<---NOT FREAKING WORKING!!! ///blah blah blah when I run it through the debugger,it crashes with an unhandled exception at the line where I''m allocating my memory! What the hell is happening?! Could someone PLEASE answer this for me since it''s been a big pain in my backside for the last 2 days!

General and Gameplay Programming Programming

Started by TheGecko July 28, 2000 09:27 PM

10 comments, last by TheGecko 24 years, 4 months ago

TheGecko

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July 29, 2000 01:41 PM

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*Falls to the floor uncouncious and bleeds to death!*

DOH!!! Out of all the stupidest programming errors I have made this has got to be the gayest one of all!

The problem wasn't with the class at all to begin with!!!
In my main program,I was declaring a pointer to the main class but I DID NOT ALLOCATE MEMORY FOR IT!! DOH wow I'm soo relieved!

Thank you all for your help.Sorry to have put you through all this.I knew it had to be something stupid.I'm going to go jump out the window now.

Edited by - TheGecko on July 29, 2000 2:43:00 PM