One last addition:

[as]
/**
 * computes the largest N square size (and layout) that can fit an area
(width,height).
 *
 * @return an Object containing 'squareSize' and the number of 'cols'
and 'rows' 
 * and a layout array for drawing the squares on screen.
 *
 * 96% of the credits goes to Danny Kodicek, 3% to Bernard Poulin ;)
*/
function computeLargestSquareSizeAndLayout(width:Number, height:Number,
Nsquares:Number):Object {
        if (width<height) {
                var cols:Number = 1;
                var rows:Number = Math.floor(height/width);
        } else {
                var rows:Number = 1;
                var cols:Number = Math.floor(width/height);
        }
        //var cols:Number = 1;
        //var rows:Number = 1;
        var swidth:Number = width;
        var sheight:Number = height;
        var next_swidth:Number = width/(cols+1);
        var next_sheight:Number = height/(rows+1);
        while (true) {
                if (cols*rows>=Nsquares) {
                        var squareSize:Number = Math.min(swidth,
sheight);
                        var posArray = [];
                        var count = 0;
                        for (var j = 0; j<rows; j++) {
                                count++;
                                ypos = j*squareSize;
                                for (var k = 0; k<cols; k++) {
                                        xpos = k*squareSize;
                                        if (count<Nsquares) {
                                                posArray.push({x:xpos,
y:ypos});
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                        return {squareSize:squareSize, cols:cols,
rows:rows, number:Nsquares, layout:posArray};
                }
                if (next_swidth>next_sheight) {
                        cols++;
                        swidth = next_swidth;
                        next_swidth = width/(cols+1);
                } else {
                        rows++;
                        sheight = next_sheight;
                        next_sheight = height/(rows+1);
                }
        }
}
drawLayout = computeLargestSquareSizeAndLayout(500, 460, 10);
[/as]
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