Game of Life..need some assistance...

Question

hello guys. i am trying to create Conway's game of life in C# (the whole generation of life 'game' from the 70's) i have created my window and gotten everything set up, i have a class structure but i need a little help. the program goes like this: if you left click the mouse you create a 'cell' and everytime you right click it is moves on one generation for every click. here are the rules : 1. If a cell has less than 2 living neighbors it is lonely and dies in the next generation. 2. If a cell has exactly 2 living neighbors it is happy and continues life in the next generation. 3. If a cell has exactly 3 living neighbors a new cell is born in that cell or continues to exist if it is already alive. 4. If a cell has 4 or more neighbors it is overcrowded and dies in the next generation using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Data; namespace LifeofConway { ///

/// Summary description for Form1. ///

public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form { private System.Windows.Forms.Panel pnlLife; ///

/// Required designer variable. ///

private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null; private const int MAXX = 150; private const int MAXY = 105; private bool [,] world = new bool [MAXX, MAXY]; public Form1() { // // Required for Windows Form Designer support // InitializeComponent(); int row, col; for(row=0; row /// Clean up any resources being used. /// protected override void Dispose( bool disposing ) { if( disposing ) { if (components != null) { components.Dispose(); } } base.Dispose( disposing ); } #region Windows Form Designer generated code ///

/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. ///

private void InitializeComponent() { this.pnlLife = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel(); this.SuspendLayout(); // // pnlLife // this.pnlLife.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Desktop; this.pnlLife.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 8); this.pnlLife.Name = "pnlLife"; this.pnlLife.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(712, 464); this.pnlLife.TabIndex = 0; this.pnlLife.Paint += new System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventHandler(this.pnlLife_Paint); this.pnlLife.MouseDown += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.pnlLife_MouseDown); // // Form1 // this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13); this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(742, 491); this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] { this.pnlLife}); this.Name = "Form1"; this.Text = " Life Is Short..."; this.ResumeLayout(false); } #endregion ///

/// The main entry point for the application. ///

[STAThread] static void Main() { Application.Run(new Form1()); } private void pnlLife_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e) { int row, col; Graphics grphPanel = e.Graphics; Pen bluPen = new Pen(Color.Aqua, 1); Brush bluBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Aqua); grphPanel.DrawRectangle(bluPen, 0, 0, 749, 524); for (col=0;col