private void drawField(double _rows, double _columns)
{
Canvas canv = (Canvas)FindName("MainCanvas");
Grid grid = (Grid)FindName("MainGrid");
if (canv.Children.Count > 0)
{
canv.Children.Clear();
}
double column = _columns;
double rows = _rows;
double posL = 0;
double posT = 0;
double sizeW = canv.ActualWidth / column;
double sizeH = canv.ActualHeight / rows;
BtnHolder = new ButtonCard[(int)rows, (int)column];
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < column; j++)
{
//create a button at the correct position
CanvasButton btn = new CanvasButton(i, j);
btn.Background = Brushes.White;
btn.Width = sizeW;
btn.Height = sizeH;
Canvas.SetLeft(btn, posL);
Canvas.SetTop(btn, posT);
canv.Children.Add(btn);
//create a card that stores all important information
ButtonCard tmpBtnCard = new ButtonCard();
tmpBtnCard.name = "Button_" + i + "_" + j;
tmpBtnCard.btn = btn;
tmpBtnCard.btn.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(button_Click);
//assigne the ButtonCard to the correct position inside the holder
BtnHolder[i, j] = tmpBtnCard;
posL += sizeW;
}
posL = 0;
posT += sizeH;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Depending on the buttons color, a click on it
/// will set the given cell at the position to alive or death.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
private void button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CanvasButton button = sender as CanvasButton;
if (button.Background == Brushes.Black)
{
golWorld.setValue(button._row, button._column, 0);//dead
button.Background = Brushes.White;
//System.Console.WriteLine("button pos x,y: " +button._row + " " + button._column);
}
else
{
golWorld.setValue(button._row, button._column, 1);//alive
button.Background = Brushes.Black;
//System.Console.WriteLine("button pos x,y: " +button._row + " " + button._column);
}
}
