// ## add semester from menu
/// <summary>
/// The semesterToolStripMenuItem method is used to instantiate the SemesterAdd
/// Form and handle some other functionality.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
private void semesterToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//suspend current window, load new semester add window
this.SuspendLayout();
SemesterAdd newSemester = new SemesterAdd(ref semesterList);
newSemester.ShowDialog();
//check if action was canceled ie. is getSemester null?
if (newSemester.Semester == null)
{
return;
}
//add the new semester to a reference
Semester semester = newSemester.Semester;
//add new semester object to semester list
semesterList.Add(semester);
//create dictionary entry for prescheduleing
preScheduleDict.Add(semester, new List <Course>());
//update viewer
updateSemesterViewer();
}
// Add new item
public Semester AddSemester(SemesterAdd Semester)
{
// Map from DTO object to domain (POCO) object
var p = ds.Semesters.Add(Mapper.Map <ICTGWS.Models.Semester>(Semester));
ds.SaveChanges();
// Map to DTO object
return(Mapper.Map <Semester>(p));
}
