would some one please help me with this?? i 've got an assigment from my professor which is in a University level (p.s i am still in college, and this class suppose to be the"introduction of programmng") However, in the game we suppose to create a "BlackOut Game", which we have to assign nine game buttons at runtime but not at design-time. I was able to figure out how to display the nine buttons at the runtime, but i could not figure out how to randomize the nine button. i tried to create a random generator(rndGenerator) in the program but i have no idea how to use it so i can randomize all the buttons. could someone give me some ideas?

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Public Class Form1
Const ROWSIZE As Integer = 5
Const COLSIZE As Integer = 5
Dim gameButtons(,) As Button = New Button(ROWSIZE, COLSIZE) {}
Dim mintMoves As Integer = 0
Dim rndGenerator As New Random(System.DateTime.Now.Millisecond)
Dim myRnd As Integer


Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim row As Integer
Dim col As Integer
Dim btnWidth As Integer = 70
Dim btnHeight As Integer = 70

'instantiate all the array buttons
For row = 0 To ROWSIZE - 1
For col = 0 To COLSIZE - 1
gameButtons(col, row) = New Button()
'use the Addhandler keyboard to book an event handler
'to an event for each array button
AddHandler gameButtons(col, row).Click, AddressOf ClickHandler
If row >= 1 And row <= 3 And col >= 1 And col <= 3 Then
Me.Controls.Add(gameButtons(col, row))
gameButtons(col, row).Size() = New Size(New Point(btnWidth, btnHeight))
gameButtons(col, row).Location() = New Point((col - 0.8) * btnWidth, (row - 0.8) * btnHeight)
gameButtons(col, row).Name = "btn" + Convert.ToString(col) + "_" + Convert.ToString(row)
gameButtons(col, row).Text = "btn" + Convert.ToString(col) + "_" + Convert.ToString(row)
gameButtons(col, row).BackColor() = Color.Red

End If
Next
Next
End Sub

Public Sub ClickHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim row As Integer
Dim col As Integer
Dim str As String

str = sender.Name
row = str.Substring(3, 1)
col = str.Substring(5, 1)
swapColor(gameButtons(row, col)) 'swap the color of the button
swapColor(gameButtons(row + 1, col)) 'swap the color above
swapColor(gameButtons(row - 1, col)) 'swap the color below
swapColor(gameButtons(row, col + 1)) 'swap the color to the right
swapColor(gameButtons(row, col - 1)) 'swap the color to the left






End Sub
Private Sub swapColor(ByRef button1 As Button)
If button1.BackColor = Color.Red Then
button1.BackColor = Color.White
Else
button1.BackColor = Color.Red
End If
End Sub
End Class

i am sorry...maybe i didn't not explain my problems very well....so from the diagram below its the diagram for what i created on the vb6 fom1 under the Private form1_load . All of them are at runtime.

0 1 2 3 4
l l l l
----l------l------l------l------
1 l 1 - 1l 2 - 1l 3 - 1l------
----l------l------l------l-----
2 l 1 - 2l 2- 2 l 3- 2 l-----
----l------l------l------l-----
3 l 1- 3 l 2 - 3l 3 - 3l-----
-----l------l------l------l-----
4 l l l l

so the game is basically called "Blackout game"
.In the game when player press a button , then the button that is pressed,and the buttons next to them will swap color. For example, if i all of them have the same BackColor.Red then when i press the button(3-1) then button (3-1), (2-1), and (3-2) swap their backColor to white. And if at the same time i press the button (2-2) then it will result in color swaps on button(2-2)=white , (2-1)=Red ,and (3-2)=Red. Vice versa.

However, i created the statement "Dim rndGenerator As New Random (System. Datetime.Now.Millisecond)" I only know how to swap Integers like below:

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Dim rndNum1 As Integer
Dim rndNum2 As Integer
Dim rndGenerator As new Random(System.Datetime.Now.Millisecond)

rndNum1 = rndGenerator .Next (1, 11)
rndNum2 = rndGenerator . Next (1, 11)
Dim temp as Integer

temp = rndNum1
rndNum1 = rndNum2
rndNum2 = temp

If i want to use this statement in the game i am doing right now, then how should i change it so i can randomize all the BackColors?? Someone please give me some hint~"~

I am sorry...maybe i didn't not explain my problems very well....so from the diagram below its the diagram for what i created on the vb6 fom1 under the Private form1_load . All of them are at runtime.

0--l--(1)-l--(2)-l--(3)-l--(4)
(0)--l
----l------l------l------l------
(1)--l 1 - 1l 2 - 1l 3 - 1l------
----l------l------l------l-----
(2)--l 1 - 2l 2- 2 l 3- 2 l-----
----l------l------l------l-----
(3)--l 1- 3 l 2 - 3l 3 - 3l-----
-----l------l------l------l-----
(4)--l

so the game is basically called "Blackout game"
.In the game when player press a button , then the button that is pressed,and the buttons next to them will swap color. For example, if i all of them have the same BackColor.Red then when i press the button(3-1) then button (3-1), (2-1), and (3-2) swap their backColor to white. And if at the same time i press the button (2-2) then it will result in color swaps on button(2-2)=white , (2-1)=Red ,and (3-2)=Red. Vice versa.

However, i created the statement "Dim rndGenerator As New Random (System. Datetime.Now.Millisecond)" I only know how to swap Integers like below:

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Dim rndNum1 As Integer
Dim rndNum2 As Integer
Dim rndGenerator As new Random(System.Datetime.Now.Millisecond)

rndNum1 = rndGenerator .Next (1, 11)
rndNum2 = rndGenerator . Next (1, 11)
Dim temp as Integer

temp = rndNum1
rndNum1 = rndNum2
rndNum2 = temp

If i want to use this statement in the game i am doing right now, then how should i change it so i can randomize all the BackColors?? Someone please give me some hint~"~ sorry to waste the space of replying but #2's diagram is not clear ....hope someone could undersatnd this one..AND IF YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND I WOULD TRY MY BEST TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU...SO PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!!