i have got this OOP project of implementing minesweeper using classes.Can anybody just hint me what classes i have to use and what would be their relationship like association,containment,weak containment and strong like that.anybody plz.If i failed to do so i would be getting an f!!!!!plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you're thinking about "relationships" like association, containment, and such, then you're not thinking about solving the problem. Think about what your program would be doing when running minesweeper, and then the classes that you find convenient to use will fall out directly from the types of objects you're thinking of.

ya i know that but i don`t know how many classes should be made like should i make classes of mines,board,timer and what relationship these classes are holding???likewise

Then all you need to do is apply it. Rather than think of how many classes you need or the relationships between classes this early, think of a solution and map the unique collections of data and behavior to classes. If you get bogged down in OOP theory, you'll never get anything done.

The answer is "that depends" - you have to think about how you want to go about making the program - there's no right or wrong answer, because it depends largely on how simple or complicated your program will be. Entities such as Mine or Board are fairly important to a minesweeper game, however, a timer might be an optional addon which you leave til the basic mechanics are working. (obviously you'd leave provision for one to be added).

If you take a look at Windows minesweeper, it's quite a complicated program, with a changing face, different coloured numbers, score board, etc.. but it probably started out as just a board of clickable squares.

It would also be worth noting that OOP is just a tool, so no need to spend ages pouring over class diagrams & relationships - if you find that your program doesn't benefit from OOP, don't use it.

as now i have come to know and i have made the relationships about classes now i am having a big problem of drawing the board of minesweeper .i have to draw it without using mfc and how about the timer thing.the timer should go on.

>i have to draw it without using mfc

Then you should be glad

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ya.its good but i am worried out the timer thing that is continously updating.can anybody pelase tell me what to do about the timer thing.i have to make function that takes input and updates timer continously at the same place.the timer is updated irrespective of the input given or not

Well, how are you handling the GUI components of the game?

Options.
1. Use a rather hackish console display with <windows.h> commands
2. Use win32 -yuck
3. Use mfc - yucky
4. Use C# - yay.

:lol:

In any case the GUI should be the last thing you should consider. First you have to get all your methods for your class ready. For instance,

... mines,board,timer,player's move,set bombs,check if bomb,uncover squares, number uncovered squares...and so on

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hey guyz!!! thank ya all for ur comments .i `ve made all the classes and its working good now what i need is some informationa bout the timer class.is there any headre file fron where i can display a stopwatch in digits.........please tell me cauz im in dire need for this.