Submitted by Louis (not verified) on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 22:54.
I downloaded it (the source). Then I downloaded the 90 day trial version of Visual Studio 2008 from MS.
Ran VS2008 and it converted the source which I suspect was developed under VS2005. The compile was successful and I have been modifying the program ever since.
I modified
1) the pencil marks display to my personnal requirements
with 3 additional font sizes for different situations
2) hard-wired the board to 3x3
3) hard-wired horizontal and vertical symetry
4) removed Squigly
5) added a "New" button on the toolbar and increased the
button sizes as I have a HP hx4700 640x480 PDA
6) Removed language support
7) few other small bits and pieces.
I haven't been able to do anything with the slow generation of the next board though so I am considering a new approach. I am going to split the program into a generator and a player.
The generator will generate a couple of hundred boards overnight and store them on the SD card. The player will then load each game and play it. When the game is completed it will be deleted. When the saved games are almost finished the generator will be run overnight again and will replave the generated games.
The board generation will run overnight whenever needed so the game player will not have the generation delays which are really unbearable.
Thanks again for the source. IMO it is the BEST Sudoku game available anywhere - PPC, Windows, Mac or Linux. I have played tens of thousands of boards so I express a reasonable opinion.
Thanks for making the source available
I downloaded it (the source). Then I downloaded the 90 day trial version of Visual Studio 2008 from MS.
Ran VS2008 and it converted the source which I suspect was developed under VS2005. The compile was successful and I have been modifying the program ever since.
I modified
1) the pencil marks display to my personnal requirements
with 3 additional font sizes for different situations
2) hard-wired the board to 3x3
3) hard-wired horizontal and vertical symetry
4) removed Squigly
5) added a "New" button on the toolbar and increased the
button sizes as I have a HP hx4700 640x480 PDA
6) Removed language support
7) few other small bits and pieces.
I haven't been able to do anything with the slow generation of the next board though so I am considering a new approach. I am going to split the program into a generator and a player.
The generator will generate a couple of hundred boards overnight and store them on the SD card. The player will then load each game and play it. When the game is completed it will be deleted. When the saved games are almost finished the generator will be run overnight again and will replave the generated games.
The board generation will run overnight whenever needed so the game player will not have the generation delays which are really unbearable.
Thanks again for the source. IMO it is the BEST Sudoku game available anywhere - PPC, Windows, Mac or Linux. I have played tens of thousands of boards so I express a reasonable opinion.