New York Times Crossword Puzzle on MSNBC - Archiver (v 0.20)

Author: Charles Ryan (charles@ryancentral.org)

This program will allow you to archive the crossword puzzle files used for the Windows Tablet PC Powertoy New York Times Crossword Puzzle on MSNBC. 

Updates:

• October 27, 2004: Fixed bug when creating the array in the background
• October 27, 2004: Added ability to import pre-existing puzzle files

Features:

• Import a Puzzle downloaded directly from the Crossword Program
• Download the current days puzzle
• Launch the Crossword Program & archive the puzzle when program is closed

Planned features:

• Download all the puzzles in a given date range
• Download a random puzzle not already in the archive
• Keep score
• Track Number of times played

Use:

• Load New Puzzle:  Import a pre-existing puzzle file
• Get Todays Puzzle:  Download today's puzzle from the MSNBC site.
• Play Puzzle:  When you select the puzzle you want to play, press this.  The Archiver will minimize and launch the Crossword Powertoy, when you exit the Crossword Powertoy the archiver will automatically restore itself and update the database with your changes.
• Close: Exit the archive program.

Download:

• Version 0.20
• Source 0.20

Limitations:

THIS PROGRAM HAS NO WARRANTY. THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS. YOUR DATA MAY BE DELETED. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Please report any problems you have to charles@ryancentral.org  and include as many details as possible.