dice generator

[Gilwen]

I need a programming project to help me get some direction with learning WPF and Silverlight using C# and other related technologies. I decided to start small and start with a basic dice roller to help me roll up NPC's and expand from there including animated vector images and the such. That got me wondering other people who might use a comptuer during gaming and what they look for or would want in a dice generating program.
So lay on me, what features would you want in a dice generator, if you were to use such a utility.

Thanks,
Gil

 

[Asmor]

A field where I can type in a complex expression and have it interpretted.

Several such fields so that I can have several such expressions ready.

A history which allows me to easily see past rolls of the dice.

 

[FormerlyDickensC]

@Gilwen,
I'd love to see your XAML code for the die roller. If you're looking for code to parse a complex dice-string (even handles parenthesis), I posted some C# code here... An example input string could be: 4(2d8+9)+(3d6+1)-10

I translated some java code from another poster into C#. But I would love to see your XAML/WPF creation. Post your code here if you can. Thanks!