Isanaki Sudoku 2.6b

Isanaki is a free multilingual Sudoku and Wordoku Boards generator,
solver and helper. The software supports 9 * 9 and 16 * 16 boards and generate boards with 6 levels of difficulty.

It updates automatically the pencil marks in each cell of the board to show the remaining candidates. Isanaki provides help by explaining graphically how to solve next solution. Freeware guaranteed without spyware

Isanaki Sudoku 2.4 is a multilingual freeware application that combines a board generator, a powerful solver and a user-friendly helper.  

Here are some key features of "Isanaki Sudoku":

· Support for 9*9 and 16*16 boards
· Support for Sudoku and Wordoku Boards
· Board saving and retrieval from Isanaki binary file
· Board Import: manually, from Isanaki binary file, text files (.txt .msk .sdk .sol .spf and .ss) and clipboard
· Board Export: to text files and clipboard
· Automatic update of the pencil marks
· Data Entry by keyboard and mouse
· 256-level of Undo-Redo
· Page Setup for Board print
· Print Board with preview
· Candidates Highlight
· Delete erroneous numbers with Delete key
· Highlight of erroneous cells
· Full colours customization
· Zoom support 50% to 400%
· Self-Check for Application Updates
· 6 levels of difficulty: from very easy to fiendish
· Generation of puzzle with Unique solution
· Generation of syrmetric or non-symmetric boards
· Custom Board generation: solving technique to use, occurrence number,
· difficulty level
· Very Fast generator
· Brute-force algorithm or human-like logic solver
· Log file of the techniques used for solving
· Very fast solver
· Customization available: use of brute force technique
· Batch processing of multiple boards with log of results and solving
· Disallow invalid entry
· Easy data entry (right-click on cell)
· Display Hint graphically so that you see the logic behind the hint
· Hint Data displayed on Left Panel
· Switch at any time from Sudoku to Wordoku and vice-versa

Requirements:

· OS: Win 2000/WinXP

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Print of Multi-Boards Pages: 2, 4 or 6 boards per page with solutions at the end of the printouts
· Possibility to use command-line parameters to automate boards generation To get a quick view of this feature, call Isanaki Sudoku with the /HELP parameter.
· Improved Board generation speed (for 9*9, speed increase from 10% to 200% and for 16*16 boards, more than 200 %)
· Improved Solving Logic: Addition of a new Technique called RemotePairs
· Improved Solving Logic: Addition of a new Technique called Xy-Chains
· Improved Handling of Wordoku Boards
· Correction of a technique weakness in Naked Triple Technique
· Additional Parameter for Special Boards Generation with RemotePairs and XY-Chains
· Smart Display of Candidates in Paper Printouts (Candidates are located in the half top of the cells, instead of being in the center)
· Addition of Shortcuts for Candidate Hightlight : mouse click on Candidate buttons while pression the Alt Key
· Improved Readability in the Dialog Box 'Jump to Solve Tech Occurence'
· Automatic Update of the Candidate Hightlight Menu according to View Mode (Sudoku or Wordoku)
· Smarter Update Check (check every month instead of every start of Isanaki Sudoku)
· Smashing of several small user-interface bugs