Thanks Paul and Stephen, I managed to pull up Starsweeper, which doesn't require Graphics32, and which seems to work under Vista in D7. Thanks for the suggestions and leads that helped me evaluate the various versions.
-Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 9:28 AM To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Subject: Re: Delphi app playing minesweeper Check http://delphi.about.com/od/gameprogramming/Game_Programming.htm there's a minesweeper with source Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Borland's Delphi Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:04 AM Subject: Delphi app playing minesweeper > Hi Delphians, > > Using D7 and (gasp) Vista, I would like to write an experimental app that > plays minesweeper. I suppose I could simulate it in Delphi and build > around > that, but I would prefer to write an app that uses the 16 high by 30 wide > configuration of minesweeper itself. > > The app should be able to manage an x,y grid of 16 by 30. It should be > able > to sense the state of each cell (unknown, or a number of mines near the > cell), mark a cell as suspicious, select and click on a specific cell by > x,y > coordinate. > > This capability should ideally be a small app to write. I want to try out > various search strategies and other things in Delphi and then try out a > sequence of moves in procedures for the experiment. > > Has anyone already done this? Is there a component or activex that can do > the job? > > Suggestions appreciated, > Rich > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi

