/// <summary>
/// Constrain certain values read in from the config file that will either cause issue or just make no sense.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="tmpConfig"> An instance of an initialized Configuration object (*byref*)</param>
public static void ValidateConfig(ref Configuration tmpConfig)
{
//put some stuff here to validate and change actual values of the config object
//if you think they are out of bounds, like if you have a display
//refresh rate and you want to set limits around it.
if (tmpConfig.GuiOpacity > 1.0f | tmpConfig.GuiOpacity < 0.10f) tmpConfig.GuiOpacity = 1.0f;
if (tmpConfig.AutoRefreshSeconds > 60.0f | tmpConfig.AutoRefreshSeconds < 1.0f) tmpConfig.AutoRefreshSeconds = 3.0f;
}
//Save the given instance of your config data to disk as XML
public static void Serialize(string filename, Configuration config)
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Configuration));
try
{
using (var writer = new StreamWriter(filename))
{
serializer.Serialize(writer, config);
}
}
catch (System.IO.IOException ex1)
{
Logger.dbgLog("Filesystem or IO Error: \r\n", ex1, true);
}
catch (Exception ex1)
{
Logger.dbgLog(ex1.Message.ToString() + "\r\n", ex1, true);
}
}