protected void sendBlogBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// When the new blog text box has changed, we need to update the characters left label which is what the function below calculates
this.changeCharacterLeftLabel();
// Declares an int that calcualuates how many characters are left
int charsLeft = newBlogTextBox.MaxLength - newBlogTextBox.Text.Length;
// checks if charsLeft is within the character limit
if (charsLeft >= 0)
{
// if it is, we write the blog to the user entry file
// Declares a BlogReaderWriter object that allows to save to the user entry file
BlogReaderWriter blogWriter = new BlogReaderWriter(Path.GetFullPath(Server.MapPath("~\\files\\KMartUserEntry.txt")));
// Declares a int32 variable that gets and stores the current unix time
Int32 unixTimestamp = (Int32)(DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1))).TotalSeconds;
// Writes the new blog entry information to the new user entry file
blogWriter.writeBlogToEntryFile("KMart", (String)Session["loginID"], unixTimestamp.ToString(), newBlogTextBox.Text);
// redirects the users to a success page to confirm that there blog entry is awaiting moderation
Response.Redirect("Post_Success.aspx");
}
}
private void getNextFiveBlogsFromList()
{
//create a BlogReaderWriter object that is used to read the store's entry file
BlogReaderWriter blogReader = new BlogReaderWriter(Path.GetFullPath(Server.MapPath("~\\files\\FarmersUserEntry.txt")));
//create a an arraylist object that holds the the blog entries is a formatted string
ArrayList blogListData = blogReader.getBlogListInformation();
// clears the blogListTable
blogListTable.Rows.Clear();
// add 5 to numberOfBlogsToShow (so it will show the next 5 blogs)
numberOfBlogsToShow += 5;
// check if the above actually goes over the length of the blog entries
if (numberOfBlogsToShow > blogListData.Count)
{
// if it does, set it to the maximum possible number (which will be the number of elements in the arraylist)
numberOfBlogsToShow = blogListData.Count;
}
// Declares a temporary int counter that is used for the loop (that initalised with numberOfBlogsToShow)
// This declares how many blogs will be shown
int numberOfBlogsToShowCounter = numberOfBlogsToShow;
// loop until numberOfBlogsToShowCounter is zero
while (numberOfBlogsToShowCounter > 0)
{
// create a new table row
TableRow tr = new TableRow();
// create a new table cell
TableCell tc = new TableCell();
// set the cell's text to the arraylist's first element
tc.Text = (String)blogListData[0];
// remove the arraylist's first element as its no longer needed
blogListData.RemoveAt(0);
// Add the cell to the table row
tr.Cells.Add(tc);
// add the table row to the table
blogListTable.Rows.Add(tr);
// decrease the counter by one
numberOfBlogsToShowCounter--;
}
}
protected void sendBlogBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// When the new blog text box has changed, we need to update the characters left label which is what the function below calculates
this.changeCharacterLeftLabel();
// Declares an int that calcualuates how many characters are left
int charsLeft = newBlogTextBox.MaxLength - newBlogTextBox.Text.Length;
// checks if charsLeft is within the character limit
if (charsLeft >= 0)
{
// if it is, we write the blog to the user entry file
// Declares a BlogReaderWriter object that allows to save to the user entry file
BlogReaderWriter blogWriter = new BlogReaderWriter(Path.GetFullPath(Server.MapPath("~\\files\\FarmersUserEntry.txt")));
// Declares a int32 variable that gets and stores the current unix time
Int32 unixTimestamp = (Int32)(DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1))).TotalSeconds;
// Writes the new blog entry information to the new user entry file
blogWriter.writeBlogToEntryFile("Farmers", (String)Session["loginID"], unixTimestamp.ToString(), newBlogTextBox.Text);
// redirects the users to a success page to confirm that there blog entry is awaiting moderation
Response.Redirect("Post_Success.aspx");
}
}
private void getNextFiveBlogsFromList()
{
//create a BlogReaderWriter object that is used to read the store's entry file
BlogReaderWriter blogReader = new BlogReaderWriter(Path.GetFullPath(Server.MapPath("~\\files\\KMartUserEntry.txt")));
//create a an arraylist object that holds the the blog entries is a formatted string
ArrayList blogListData = blogReader.getBlogListInformation();
// clears the blogListTable
blogListTable.Rows.Clear();
// add 5 to numberOfBlogsToShow (so it will show the next 5 blogs)
numberOfBlogsToShow += 5;
// check if the above actually goes over the length of the blog entries
if (numberOfBlogsToShow > blogListData.Count)
{
// if it does, set it to the maximum possible number (which will be the number of elements in the arraylist)
numberOfBlogsToShow = blogListData.Count;
}
// Declares a temporary int counter that is used for the loop (that initalised with numberOfBlogsToShow)
// This declares how many blogs will be shown
int numberOfBlogsToShowCounter = numberOfBlogsToShow;
// loop until numberOfBlogsToShowCounter is zero
while (numberOfBlogsToShowCounter > 0)
{
// create a new table row
TableRow tr = new TableRow();
// create a new table cell
TableCell tc = new TableCell();
// set the cell's text to the arraylist's first element
tc.Text = (String)blogListData[0];
// remove the arraylist's first element as its no longer needed
blogListData.RemoveAt(0);
// Add the cell to the table row
tr.Cells.Add(tc);
// add the table row to the table
blogListTable.Rows.Add(tr);
// decrease the counter by one
numberOfBlogsToShowCounter--;
}
}
