SudoCue Release 3.0.0 (Beta)
SudoCue Release 3.0.0 (Beta)
You may have noticed that I did not spend a lot of time on the forum lately. My apologies. I have been tied up between a very demanding daytime job and writing a new release for SudoCue.
These changes were implemented:
Fetch all daily puzzles from 5 popular websites.
Build your own sudoku collections.
- Save in sdm format.
- Paste append
- Paste replace
- Append from other file
- Delete puzzle from file
New variant implemented: Clover Sudoku (Asterisk + Windoku)
Improvements in the UI:
- New menu styles
- New Windows visual style support
- More graphics
- Compact mode
- Minimize to system tray
Version 1.1 of the Framework no longer supported. You need version 2.0
DLX and Status dialogs removed.
Performance of generator can be configured by the user.
Restore Defaults button added to Generator settings.
More ways to load puzzles into the program:
- Drag & drop puzzle files or strings onto the program.
- Paste strings with multiple puzzles into the program
Canonicalize a puzzle or an entire puzzle collection.
"Would you like to tell Ruud about this problem?" when an unexpected error pops up.
several minor improvements and fixes which I forgot to record.
DISCLAIMER: This is a beta version. By installing and using this program you agree to become a voluntary SOFTWARE TESTER.
Download it from the vault: http://www.sudokuvault.com/SudoCueV300.msi
Gimme some feedback if I messed up...
Now I need some rest...
Ruud
These changes were implemented:
Fetch all daily puzzles from 5 popular websites.
Build your own sudoku collections.
- Save in sdm format.
- Paste append
- Paste replace
- Append from other file
- Delete puzzle from file
New variant implemented: Clover Sudoku (Asterisk + Windoku)
Improvements in the UI:
- New menu styles
- New Windows visual style support
- More graphics
- Compact mode
- Minimize to system tray
Version 1.1 of the Framework no longer supported. You need version 2.0
DLX and Status dialogs removed.
Performance of generator can be configured by the user.
Restore Defaults button added to Generator settings.
More ways to load puzzles into the program:
- Drag & drop puzzle files or strings onto the program.
- Paste strings with multiple puzzles into the program
Canonicalize a puzzle or an entire puzzle collection.
"Would you like to tell Ruud about this problem?" when an unexpected error pops up.
several minor improvements and fixes which I forgot to record.
DISCLAIMER: This is a beta version. By installing and using this program you agree to become a voluntary SOFTWARE TESTER.
Download it from the vault: http://www.sudokuvault.com/SudoCueV300.msi
Gimme some feedback if I messed up...
Now I need some rest...
Ruud
“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.” - Emerson M Pugh
Either I'm doing something wrong, or Sudocue has lost the ability to save a game progress file (.sdx), although it can still read from them. (FWIW, I was trying to adjust and save the pencil marks in the overlapping boxes of the five grids of a Samurai for later printing.) If I open an existing .sdx file, the "Save" option is greyed out, and "Save As" gives me only the option to save the original puzzle (clues only--no candidates), as an .sdk file. I can save the candidates to an .sdx file using the "Copy Marks" option, but it's a lot more hassle (opening a Notepad file, pasting the marks, then navigating to the correct path and saving the file).
Also, you might want to update the year in the copyright notice under "About".
Also, you might want to update the year in the copyright notice under "About".
Thank you both for the feedback.
Both problems have been fixed. I did not have the invalid file name problem because I use a dash as date separator. I changed the program so it replaces slashes in the date.
I also changed the "about" dialog.
The new installer is at the same address.
Ruud
Both problems have been fixed. I did not have the invalid file name problem because I use a dash as date separator. I changed the program so it replaces slashes in the date.
I also changed the "about" dialog.
The new installer is at the same address.
Ruud
“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.” - Emerson M Pugh
Hi Ruud,
It is nice to see a new version of my favorite program available. Thanks for adding the clover variant.
If you have time, can you modify the printed versions of the asterisk, center dot, and clover puzzles to show the special cells like the other variants? This would be really helpful for those of us who take the puzzles with us without our computer.
Ruud, as you know I use Win 98 SE. I notice the new version loads more slowly than the earlier version. I wonder if this is a framework 2 issue. Until tonight, I had been using an earlier version of framework.
Regards,
George
It is nice to see a new version of my favorite program available. Thanks for adding the clover variant.
If you have time, can you modify the printed versions of the asterisk, center dot, and clover puzzles to show the special cells like the other variants? This would be really helpful for those of us who take the puzzles with us without our computer.
Ruud, as you know I use Win 98 SE. I notice the new version loads more slowly than the earlier version. I wonder if this is a framework 2 issue. Until tonight, I had been using an earlier version of framework.
Regards,
George
Ruud,
Second Comment:
One thing I noticed is that when a smaller size for the SudoCue grid is chosen, some of the right hand menu items are not displayed (like Extra and Help). Now, since I set the size to the smallest setting, I cannot get the Extra menu item back to change the size back.
Regards,
George
Second Comment:
One thing I noticed is that when a smaller size for the SudoCue grid is chosen, some of the right hand menu items are not displayed (like Extra and Help). Now, since I set the size to the smallest setting, I cannot get the Extra menu item back to change the size back.
Regards,
George
Your printing suggestion is already on my list, but it didn't make it into this release.
I think it is the combination of Framework 2.0 and Win98 that causes the performance problems. Later versions of the framework are optimized for recent versions of Windows. For example, for Vista you need Framework 3.0, which seems to run poorly on Windows XP. Time for an upgrade, George
About the menu problem:
I considered removing the smallest sized because of that problem, but there is a workaround:
Press Ctrl+B to switch to compact mode.
Right-click the mouse anywhere outside the grid to open the menu.
Ruud.
I think it is the combination of Framework 2.0 and Win98 that causes the performance problems. Later versions of the framework are optimized for recent versions of Windows. For example, for Vista you need Framework 3.0, which seems to run poorly on Windows XP. Time for an upgrade, George
About the menu problem:
I considered removing the smallest sized because of that problem, but there is a workaround:
Press Ctrl+B to switch to compact mode.
Right-click the mouse anywhere outside the grid to open the menu.
Ruud.
This grid,
generated using ver 3, cannot be copied and then pasted into SQ, version 3 nor 2.2.
It isn't a new bug, but it isn't corrected, either.
Code: Select all
8 . 3|. . 4|. 9 7
. . 9|7 . .|. . .
. 1 .|3 8 .|. . .
-----+-----+-----
. . .|. . .|4 2 .
. . .|8 4 3|. . .
. 9 6|. . .|. . .
-----+-----+-----
. . .|. 5 8|. 4 .
. . .|. . 6|8 . .
1 7 .|4 . .|5 . 9
It isn't a new bug, but it isn't corrected, either.
Thanks for the input.
- Printing Asterisk & CenterDot now highlight the special cells. George ->
- Print preview added (wanted to test the new print without wasting trees )
- Symmetry and solving rounds back in view. They were "hidden" behind the new menu.
- Pasting error fixed. The sample has the same number of blanks and dots. This only happens with a 30-clue sudoku. Accidentally, SudoCue picked the blank as the "empty cell" character. It now prefers dots as it should. (add a single extra blank anywhere and you can also paste it in V2.2.
- PS (Perfect Sudoku) file formats (.txt) for regular and diagonal sudokus can now be opened.
- MPQ-Sudoku collection files (.sds) can now also be opened.
I could not replicate the "out-of-memory" error. Please beware that SudoCue requires a significant amount of memory for its template and tabling data.
New version in the vault
Ruud
PS: hey, my 500th post!
- Printing Asterisk & CenterDot now highlight the special cells. George ->
- Print preview added (wanted to test the new print without wasting trees )
- Symmetry and solving rounds back in view. They were "hidden" behind the new menu.
- Pasting error fixed. The sample has the same number of blanks and dots. This only happens with a 30-clue sudoku. Accidentally, SudoCue picked the blank as the "empty cell" character. It now prefers dots as it should. (add a single extra blank anywhere and you can also paste it in V2.2.
- PS (Perfect Sudoku) file formats (.txt) for regular and diagonal sudokus can now be opened.
- MPQ-Sudoku collection files (.sds) can now also be opened.
I could not replicate the "out-of-memory" error. Please beware that SudoCue requires a significant amount of memory for its template and tabling data.
New version in the vault
Ruud
PS: hey, my 500th post!
TY!!Ruud wrote:Thanks for the input.
- Symmetry and solving rounds back in view. They were "hidden" behind the new menu.
Not working, but it is changed.- Pasting error fixed. The sample has the same number of blanks and dots. This only happens with a 30-clue sudoku. Accidentally, SudoCue picked the blank as the "empty cell" character. It now prefers dots as it should. (add a single extra blank anywhere and you can also paste it in V2.2.
Look at what happens!?
http://i11.tinypic.com/6615uv7.jpg