Boggle Solver

I need a Boggle Solver. For those who do not know what Boggle is, you have a grid of 4 x 4 or 5 x 5 characters in which you try to make as many words from as possible. If you need more information about Boggle, you can do a search on google. I've already searched the web and found a Boggle solver written in C (I think for the Unix platform) and it also has a web based perl version which can be viewed at [login to view URL]~jelson/software/[login to view URL] Attached to this request is the code that is used by the above mentioned solver. This is a good URL to use in testing to see if your solution is working correctly. Also, the attached code should be easy to make a few modifications too to give me what I am looking for. My specific requirements for this project are to have the Boggle Searcher accessible as a COM Object SO I can call the boggle solver from a visual basic application. The following assumption will be made about the Boggle grid to be solved. 1. The grid will be 5 rows by 5 columns 2. The COM object will take have an input method that takes a 25 character length string as input to represent the characters in the boggle grid 3. The COM object will have an output method that returns an array (SafeArray) of the words that it can find in the grid 4. The COM Object will have an input method that accepts an Integer as minimum word length with a requirement that minimum word length can be no lesser than 2. If this input method is not called, it should default to 4. 5. Additionally, the COM object should have an input method that tells it which dictionary to use, this would be optional meaning that If I do not call the method, it should default to the [login to view URL] dictionary that is contained in the attached file. ## Deliverables 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done. 2) Installation package that will install the software (in ready-to-run condition) on the platform(s) specified in this bid request. 3) Complete ownership and distribution copyrights to all work purchased. ## Platform Boggle Solver should be delivered as a COM object so I can call it from Visual Basic. Alternatievely if there is some other easy way to deliver this other than COM such as a windows DLL or other method that I can call from Visual Basic that would be acceptable as well as long as you are able to show me how to do it.