public static bool TryCreateOrOpen(string filePath, TemplateDatabase templateDatabase, bool orderFilesByDate, CustomSelectionOperator customSelectionTermCombiningOperator, out FileDatabase fileDatabase)
{
// check for an existing database before instantiating the databse as SQL wrapper instantiation creates the database file
bool populateDatabase = !File.Exists(filePath);
fileDatabase = new FileDatabase(filePath);
if (populateDatabase)
{
// initialize the database if it's newly created
fileDatabase.OnDatabaseCreated(templateDatabase);
}
else
{
// if it's an existing database check if it needs updating to current structure and load data tables
if (fileDatabase.OnExistingDatabaseOpened(templateDatabase) == false)
{
return false;
}
}
// ensure all tables have been loaded from the database
if (fileDatabase.ImageSet == null)
{
fileDatabase.GetImageSet();
}
if (fileDatabase.Markers == null)
{
fileDatabase.GetMarkers();
}
fileDatabase.CustomSelection = new CustomSelection(fileDatabase.Controls, customSelectionTermCombiningOperator);
fileDatabase.OrderFilesByDateTime = orderFilesByDate;
fileDatabase.PopulateDataLabelMaps();
return true;
}
