[VB 6] "Knight's Tour" help needed

[ares623]

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this is a school assignment, but I won't be asking for complete programs, just the right direction.

I need to make a Knight's Tour program in VB6.
I'm having trouble starting out..

What object should I use for the 'cells'? (we are only allowed to use the default objects).

I tried using Labels(with backcolor) and putting them in control arrays, but I think i need to put them in 2D arrays. How do I put objects in 2D arrays?

[silent-kill]

i think something like this

Dim Board(0 To 11, 0 To 11) As <datatype>

[ares623]

I am using Label objects with black or white background colors for the cells. I just copied&pasted them to form a grid, which VB6 automatically creates a 1D 'control array'.
so now I have an array cell(0 To 63) with Label objects inside.
But I want to put those Labels in a 2D array.. I tried using a For loop

Dim Board(0 To 7, 0 To 7) As Label
Dim counter As Integer

For i = 0 to 7
   For j = 0 To 7
      Board(i, j) = cell(counter)
      counter = counter + 1
   Next j
Next i

but that throws an error, in the line 'Board(i, j) = cell(counter)

[silent-kill]

im sorry im abit out dated with my vb6 skills eheheh whats that cell(counter) code for?

is it supposed to return a label control?

i think this is what you need...

since you already have an array of control...

youll need something like

public function ConvertToIndex(x,y) as integer
public function IndexToXY(index) as pointStruct
...
...

you'll get the label index

you might also need a function...
MarkedAsPass(x,y) ' which will mark a label that it has been passed...

if i were to do this.. i wouldnt use labels... but instead ill use GDI

[ares623]

cell(counter) gets the Label in the cell control array.

so what you're suggesting is I just stick to the 1D control array created by VB6, and just use functions to get the XY positions of the labels?

What are GDI's?

[silent-kill]

yep if you can do that... youll need to place those labels in the right order though

0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
....

GDI is a graphics library for windows.... so you dont use labels as your blocks
but its more complicated lol. research about BitBlt if your interested

you can do this with GDI + an array of boolean

dim PassedBlocks (0 to 11 , 0 to 11) as Boolean

[MarkCuering]

why not try to search around first? a lot of example programs though available for you. using GDI you can make a grid like environment.

so what you're suggesting is I just stick to the 1D control array created by VB6, and just use functions to get the XY positions of the labels?

you can achieved this through a proper naming conventions of your variable.

[ares623]

we are only allowed to use the default objects (Labels, Textboxes, etc.)

[silent-kill]

aw sorry.... what school bro?

we are only allowed to use the default objects (Labels, Textboxes, etc.)

lol thats actually funny... if you want to learn you need to explore

[MarkCuering]

then use labels... you can changed the background of the labels to track the knights movement