>>I guess everyone has heard of Soduko (http://www.soduko.org/)
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>>I thought it would be a great project for me to get my feet wet w/Visual Studio...but...I'm having a terrible time trying to figure out the logic to create the puzzles. Here are the requirements:
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>Also, try the Sudoku Programmers Forum at http://www.setbb.com/phpbb/?mforum=sudoku . All kinds of Sudoku stuff there - algorithms, code samples, mathematical proofs...

Excellent! Thanks for the link - I'll spend some time there later on this evening!