Hi Ed
The program only really works Grid by Grid for Candidate import - so you have dnoe the right thing.
Create the Flower puzzle - completely empty. Go to Solve mode. Go to first grid, copy the first set of candidates and Paste Candidates. Then move to second grid, copy the second set of candidates, and Paste (ignore the warning) . . . and so on.
I get the same puzzle that you posted in the SSV and, no, SS can't solve it. A few thoughts/possibilities
1) It is a valid puzzle and SS can't solve it (even with extended guesses)
2) It isn't a solvable puzzle (Although Validate says it is, and if I make a couple of guesses myself, I can work it through to at least one solution)
3) I'm somehow importing the candidates into the wrong grids
These are what the 4 starting points look like after I import - is that right?
Code:
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| 12489 123678 13489 | 23569 135689 123569 | 2349 23479 3479 |
| 346 3578 3478 | 24569 145689 125679 | 2389 23579 135789 |
| 1248 127 1478 | 23459 134589 12359 | 469 45679 4579 |
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| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
:-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------:
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
'-------------------------------.-------------------------------.-------------------------------'
.-------------------------------.-------------------------------.-------------------------------.
| 23678 23478 24 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 12367 23467 279 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 2678 2367 2579 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
:-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------:
| 1456789 145679 456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 1289 123469 1234689 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 156789 12345679 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
:-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------:
| 145679 45679 1245679 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 34579 345789 24579 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 145679 45679 1245679 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
'-------------------------------.-------------------------------.-------------------------------'
.-------------------------------.-------------------------------.-------------------------------.
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 14579 12456789 1249 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 34578 346 23457 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 1349 12345679 134579 |
:-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------:
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 24679 23679 3679 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 4589 1359 13589 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 2456789 25679 56789 |
:-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------:
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 3 35 468 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 139 13579 179 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 2468 2468 468 |
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.-------------------------------.-------------------------------.-------------------------------.
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
:-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------:
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
| 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 | 123456789 123456789 123456789 |
:-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------:
| 123469 14679 1234679 | 2589 235689 3569 | 45 1 4 |
| 145689 145689 145689 | 125789 12345689 134569 | 89 36 2368 |
| 1245689 1456789 12456789 | 158 34568 13456 | 478 16 468 |
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