private void openToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// configure the open file dialog
ContactListOpenFileDialog.InitialDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
// open the file dialog
var openFileDialogResult = ContactListOpenFileDialog.ShowDialog();
if (openFileDialogResult != DialogResult.Cancel)
{
// create a new stream reader
StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(ContactListOpenFileDialog.FileName);
// read in the list
while (!streamReader.EndOfStream)
{
streamReader.ReadLine();
ContactListBox.Items.Add(streamReader.ReadLine());
streamReader.ReadLine();
streamReader.ReadLine();
}
// cleanup
streamReader.Close();
}
}
private void openToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// configure the open file dialog
ContactListOpenFileDialog.InitialDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
// open the file dialog
var openFileDialogResult = ContactListOpenFileDialog.ShowDialog();
if (openFileDialogResult != DialogResult.Cancel)
{
// create a new stream reader
StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(ContactListOpenFileDialog.FileName);
Contacts = new List <Contact>(); // instantiates a new the List container
// clear content from TextBoxes
ResetForm();
// read in the list from the file
while (!streamReader.EndOfStream)
{
var contact = new Contact();
contact.FirstName = streamReader.ReadLine();
contact.LastName = streamReader.ReadLine();
contact.EmailAddress = streamReader.ReadLine();
contact.ContactNumber = streamReader.ReadLine();
ContactComboBox.Items.Add(contact.LastName);
Contacts.Add(contact); // add our new contact to the Contacts List
}
// cleanup
streamReader.Close();
ContactComboBox.SelectedIndex = 0;
}
}
