public bool AddNewAttachement(string eventTitle, string FilePath, ref int NewIdentifier)
{
var eventId = 0;
try
{
using (theContext context = new theContext())
{
/*
* Get course id by course name, in this case from the
* I've hard coded the course name to keep things simple.
*/
eventId = context
.SampleEvents
.Where(eventItem => eventItem.Description == eventTitle)
.Select(eventItem => eventItem.id)
.FirstOrDefault();
/*
* Note I'm not checking to see if the item exists, for a real application
* it would be wise to do so.
*/
byte[] fileByes;
//
// Sample method used in the first project via SqlClient data provider to
// place file contents into a byte array
//
using (var stream = new FileStream(FilePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
using (var reader = new BinaryReader(stream))
{
fileByes = reader.ReadBytes((int)stream.Length);
}
}
// create a new item and populate properties
var attachmentItem = new EventAttachment();
attachmentItem.EventId = eventId;
attachmentItem.FileContent = fileByes;
attachmentItem.FileBaseName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(FilePath);
attachmentItem.FileExtention = Path.GetExtension(FilePath);
// add new item
context.EventAttachments.Add(attachmentItem);
// save back to database, once done EF provides us with the new primary key
context.SaveChanges();
NewIdentifier = attachmentItem.id;
return(true);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ExceptionMessage = ex.Message;
return(false);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Get known attachments for the course selected in the ListBox
/// </summary>
private void GetRelatedFiles()
{
using (theContext context = new theContext())
{
dataGridView1.DataSource = context
.EventAttachments
.Select(item => new EventFiles {
id = item.EventId, FileName = item.FileBaseName + item.FileExtention
})
.Where(item => item.id == ((EventItem)listBox1.SelectedItem).id)
.ToList();
dataGridView1.ExpandColumns();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Get names of courses into a ListBox and setup so that on selection
/// change file attachments are shown in the DataGridVIew
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
using (theContext context = new theContext())
{
var result = context.SampleEvents.Select(item => new EventItem
{
id = item.id,
Description = item.Description
}).ToList();
listBox1.DataSource = result;
listBox1.DisplayMember = "Description";
}
listBox1.SelectedIndexChanged += ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged;
GetRelatedFiles();
}