A clone of Microsoft Windows Solitaire (in VB.NET / .NET 8).
This version pays tribute to arguably the most played game... ever.
The project represents the revisited version; where it has been completely reworked, ported, improved and adjusted for compiling/running on .NET 8.
The simplest way to get started with the code is to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition (It's FREE!).
This work is inspired, in part, by the C# version that was originally made available on GotDotNet. After working through to convert this code (circa 2004-2005) to VB.NET, fixing several bugs and adding missing features, it was published to AddressOf.com.
The following information is taken from the original announcement.
Here's a quick list of some (original) improvements:
- Added XP Visual Styles support.
- Added persistent storage (code is capable of using Windows logo compliant storage or Isolated storage)
- Fixed: When less than three cards remaining on the left and then clicking to see them, some cards from below in the pile show through.
- Added context help on the dialogs and integration with the associated Windows help files (Not sure if this will work on Windows 98 or not).
- Added checking the minimum size to the main window.
- Added persisting location and size of the main window.
Since that time...
- Ported to .NET 8.
- Cleaned up all code to fit the more modern (evolved) coding style.
- Addressed issues reported in VS 2022.
Additionally, I'd like to give credit to the following for their work on the C# version that this is inspired: Christine Morin and Chris Sells.
Unfortunately, the original C# version may be lost to history after the closure of GotDotNet. :-(
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