Hi Chris, One of the cards in my San Diego Coloring Book is a Crossword Puzzle. I did it pretty much by brute force. Nothing fancy but it works quite well. Would you like to see a screen shot? I'll send it to you directly if you would like.
Joe Wilkins On Dec 8, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Chris Sheffield wrote: > Has anybody ever created a crossword puzzle application in LC? I'm having to > make one, and I'm kind of at a loss. Not really sure how to proceed. If > anyone has some pointers or sample code they'd be willing to share, I'd be > most grateful. > > My idea right now is to have some kind of a grid that would get created at > run-time. Not sure yet whether to use square graphics or just use actual > fields. So the application would be fed the max number of spaces across and > then the max number of spaces down. So say the longest word across has 10 > letters, and the longest word down has 6 letters. So a grid that is 10 by 6 > would be created. Then I would somehow determine where the letters for the > words will be placed in the grid (still kind of fuzzy on this part), and then > once that's done, I would hide the unused spaces, leaving behind a crossword > layout. Tapping/clicking in a space would then allow the user to enter a > letter for that space (or something of that nature). > > Does that even sound doable? Anyone have a better suggestion? > > Thanks, > Chris > > > -- > Chris Sheffield > Read Naturally, Inc. > www.readnaturally.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode