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[Ann] Making a Card Game with Cards.dll

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Subject: [Ann] Making a Card Game with Cards.dll
From: Aaron Ballman <aaron at realsoftware dot com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:39:58 -0600
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Have you ever found yourself wondering how to make a card game, but don't want to go through all the hassles of making the graphics and putting all the logic into drawing cards? Then you're a lot like me! There are a lot of fun card games out there that I want to make (because I never seem to find them in commercial products -- like War and Pyramid Solitaire), but I'm a terrible artist. However, I've always found that it's better to avoid reinventing the wheel whenever possible -- and Microsoft has been kind enough to put all the legwork into card games for you!

I've concocted a tutorial on how to implement the graphics for a card game using Microsoft's Cards.dll file (installed already on every version of Windows that REALbasic supports). Additionally, I've created an example project that takes this knowledge and puts it to use by making the game "War." You can find the project on my website:

<http://www.aaronballman.com/programming/REALbasic/Cards.php>

Enjoy!

~Aaron
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