Crossword Compiler Forums

[The Swede]

Hi!

First, I love the new arrow options! It really made a difference to me, thank you!


Now, I'm struggling a bit with the Continue word down option. By itself, a great feature, and when used on a "single" word, it works great. So far so good... What I want to do, and this is very common in clues-in-squares in Sweden, is to "share" the last letters of a long word with a few others "joining in" the long word, with the Continue word down option.

To hopefully clarify what I mean, I enclose a picture:


I've added numbers to the squares, and a red, blue and green line to show what I mean.

This puzzle can't be exported as a java puzzle. The Continue word down-arrows in squares 176 and 190 apparently halts the java applet completely. I'm guessing that it's because the applet doesn't know what word the squares 176, 190 and 204 belong to. That is understandable. If my guess is correct, I have a suggestion to hopefully solve it:

If the user clicks on square 190 or 204, select the three-letter word 189-190-204 (the red line).
Id the user clicks on square 176, select the word following the blue line.
Squares 135, 149, 161 = the green word.

Whew, I probably could have explained that a lot better but I hope you understand. Would it be possible to solve this in any way, making the puzzle above possible (in java export)?

Thanks in advance,
Martin

[Natasa]

Hi, Swede,

can I contact you besides forum? I would like to ask you some hints about making clues in squares.

You can see my email in my profile.
Thanks,
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Best regards, Natasa

[The Swede]

The above example still can't be exported as an online crossword. Error message in Java:

Exception: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 20

I was hoping this was included in the latest update, but it's still the same for me. Is it very difficult to implement? Any chance of seeing this in the near future?

Thanks
Martin

[Antony Lewis]

Sorry, no immediately plans for this, though the suggestion is noted - thanks.