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Common Graphics (CG) is a window system available (in the 5.0/5.0.1 release) on Windows 95/98 and Windows NT only. The main documentation is a Windows help file, cgide.hlp in <Allegro directory>/cg/cgide.hlp. The Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a graphical tool for building application interfaces. It is also documented in cgide.hlp. When using the Integrated Development Environment, pressing F1 brings up a page from that file describing the currently selected object. The index of cgide.hlp is displayed by clicking the Common Graphics Index command on the Help menu.
There is a User Guide for the IDE, printed and also online, and several essays about aspects of the product. These documents are in <allegro directory>/doc/cg/ and its subdirectories:
| Document title | Location |
| Using Forms to Create an Application | <Allegro Directory>/doc/cg/form/form.htm |
| Menus | <Allegro Directory>/doc/cg/menu/menu.htm |
| Pixmaps | <Allegro Directory>/doc/cg/pixmaps/pixmap.htm |
| Working with Projects | <Allegro Directory>/doc/cg/project/project.htm |
| System Internals | <Allegro Directory>/doc/cg/system/system.htm |
| compat.hlp (discusses changes from Allegro CL for Windows 3.0.x to Allegro CL 5.0/5.0.1 on Windows). | <Allegro Directory>/doc/cg/compat.hlp (a Windows Help file) |
| porting.hlp (examples of porting code from Allegro CL for Windows 3.0.x to Allegro CL 5.0/5.0.1 on Windows). | <Allegro Directory>/doc/cg/porting.hlp (a Windows Help file) |
| CG and IDE Documentation Introduction | <Allegro Directory>/doc/cg/index.htm |
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