Hi Joe, Yes, a screenshot would be great if you don't mind. Trying to gather together all ideas and information.
Thanks, Chris On Dec 8, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
