/// <summary>
/// When the initial report on a bill is generated, it is in so-called "canonical" form, meaning that
/// no position is taken, there is no meaningful summary, and so on. In essence, a blank form is generated.
/// The user is then given the opportunity to edit the blank form, turning it into an actual report on the bill.
/// Once that editing is complete, the database BillRow table is updated with the position given in the
/// edited bill report.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="measure"></param>
public static void GenerateCanonicalReport(string measure)
{
// Generate the canonical bill
BillRow row = BillRow.Row(BillUtils.Ensure4DigitNumber(measure));
List <string> contents = BaseReportContents(row, string.Empty);
string path = $"{Path.Combine(Config.Instance.HtmlFolder, BillUtils.EnsureNoLeadingZerosBill(measure))}.html";
WriteTextFile(contents, path);
// Let the user edit the canonical bill, which has been written to disk.
var process = Process.Start("notepad.exe", path);
if (process != null)
{
process.WaitForExit();
}
else
{
LogAndShow($"CreateNewReports.GenerateCanonicalReport: Failed to start Notepad for {path}.");
}
// Update the database position
BillRow.UpdatePosition(BillUtils.Ensure4DigitNumber(measure), "");
GetPositionAndSummary(path, out List <string> summary, out List <string> position_list);
string first_line = position_list.FirstOrDefault();
string position = first_line != null?Regex.Replace(first_line, ".*?:(.*)", "$1") : "None Specified";
BillRow.UpdatePosition(measure, position.Trim());
LogAndShow($"Completed {path}");
}
/// <summary>
/// Allow the user to update the current bill report.
/// If the position is changed, the database BillRow table is updated with the new position.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="measure"></param>
private void UpdateReport(string measure)
{
string path = $"{Path.Combine(Config.Instance.HtmlFolder, BillUtils.EnsureNoLeadingZerosBill(measure))}.html";
var process = Process.Start("notepad.exe", path);
if (process != null)
{
process.WaitForExit();
}
else
{
BaseController.LogAndShow($"CreateNewReports.GenerateCanonicalReport: Failed to start Notepad for {path}.");
}
// Update the database position
BillRow.UpdatePosition(BillUtils.Ensure4DigitNumber(measure), "");
BaseController.LogAndShow($"Update for {path} is complete.");
}
