About Picture Puzzler 1.0a for Windows March 1994 This program can turn most any bitmap into a puzzle. Amount of randomness is selectable. One bitmap is included with this bundle (TIGER.BMP). More are provided upon registration. This program requires VBRUN300.DLL and COMMDLG.DLL files. If they are not already on your computer, you should be able to download them from a service like CompuServe. VBRUN300.DLL is provided with Visual Basic for Windows, but is free for anyone to use. Please contact me if you have difficulty finding these files. All these files should be in the same directory, or you should at least have the *.VBX and *.DLL files in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. To play Picture Puzzler execute the PICPUZ.EXE file. You can create an icon for this program by selecting the NEW option from your desktop FILE menu. From within the program, you can save a puzzle in progress with the Save and Save As options. Restore a previously saved puzzle with the Open option. Saved games still use the original graphic file, so don't throw them away. Control the amount of starting randomness through the Difficulty option. (Default difficulty is stored in PICPUZ.INI - will be created.) Please feel free to contact me through CompuServe at ID 72440,2354 or at the address below if I can help in any way: Frank Font's WorkShop P.O. Box 1232 Germantown, MD 20875-1232 U.S.A Registration is $8. The disk I provide by mail includes more pictures and has an installation routine that creates the PICPUZ icon automatically. Please include your name, address, and type of disk (3.5 or 5.25). An order form is included in this bundle as REGISTER.TXT. List of Program Files in this bundle: Name Date Description IMK.DLL 11-09-93 Runtime file KNIFE.VBX 11-08-93 Runtime file PICCLIP.VBX 04-28-93 Runtime file CMDIALOG.VBX 12-20-93 Runtime file PICPUZ.EXE 03-11-94 Main program README.TXT 03-12-94 This information TIGER.BMP 11-05-92 Bitmap of a tiger Required files not in this bundle: VBRUN300.DLL N/A Visual Basic runtime file (Free) Note: If you have a 286, use the DLL dated after April 1993 (286 bug). THREED.VBX 04-28-93 Visual Basic runtime file (Free) COMMDLG.DLL N/A Common dialogs runtime file (Free) =============================================================================== Special Note To Programmers: ---------------------------- The entire Picture Puzzler v1.0a Visual Basic 3.0 source code is available for $50. Inquire through the above address or CompuServe ID 72440,2354. The randomizing algorithm of this program operates on N space in order N time. I can provide this algorithm in the form of a DLL to interested parties.