public void save(string path)
{
//convert to savable format since i can't save windows form objects
savable temp = new savable();
foreach (Component c in elements)
{
element_object elem = new element_object();
elem.name = c.name;
elem.voltage = c.voltage;
elem.current = c.current;
elem.resistance = c.resistance;
elem.numconnections = c.numconnections;
elem.type = c.type;
elem.box_name = c.box.Name;
elem.colour = c.box.BackColor;
elem.width = c.box.ClientSize.Width;
elem.hight = c.box.ClientSize.Height;
elem.location = c.box.Location;
temp.elements.Add(elem);
}
foreach (Tuple <string, string> t in connections)
{
temp.connections.Add(t);
}
temp.element_counter = element_counter;
//save to json
using (StreamWriter file = File.CreateText(path))
{
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
serializer.Serialize(file, temp);
}
}
//general button handler
public void general_button_handler(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button temp = (sender as Button);
state = "";
updatebuttons();
//find the button data
element_object data = buttons.Find(i => i.name == temp.Name);
// make the component
makebox(data.colour, data.name, data.width, data.hight, data.voltage, data.current, data.resistance, data.numconnections);
}
