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-# Dot-Art
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+# Dot-Art
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+This program will drawn a circle on a white panel when the user clicks with the mouse. The dots created are stored in an array so that they can all be displayed at teh same time on the panel.
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+Each circle drawn is drawn with a custom color using red, green and blue values.
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+The user can write the balls to a file and save it locally. They can then read the file of balls and restore the screen to the state when the file was written.
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+This requires the creation of the save to file and read to file buttons, as well as the ability to press the S adn O key to save and open files respectively.