}// closes Page_load //on page load the stock category drop down contain all categories from the database protected void fillDDLProdCat() { Products allProducts = new Products(); SqlDataReader ddlCat = allProducts.GetStockCode(); DDLProdCat.DataSource = ddlCat; DDLProdCat.DataTextField = "prod_cat_desc"; DDLProdCat.DataValueField = "prod_cat_id"; DDLProdCat.DataBind(); DDLProdCat.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem(String.Empty, String.Empty)); }
protected void addNewProduct(object sender, EventArgs e) { /* the barcode scanner cause the page to act as thought the submit product button has been clicked * the page.valid will only try to pass the product details to the database once client side validation has been passed */ if (Page.IsValid) { // the method passes the product details entered by the user to the AddNewProduct() method in the HWW.cs file Products addProd = new Products(); addProd.productName = Convert.ToString(TextProdName.Text); addProd.prodBar = Convert.ToInt64(TextProdBarcode.Text); addProd.prodMinLevel = Convert.ToInt32(TextProdMinLevel.Text); addProd.prodStockLevel = Convert.ToInt32(TextProdStockLevel.Text); addProd.prodStockCode = Convert.ToString(TextProdStockCode.Text).ToUpper(); addProd.prodCatID = Convert.ToInt32(DDLProdCat.SelectedValue); addProd.AddNewProduct(); //If an error occurs when adding the product to the database then display the error messgae tot the user String errNumber = Convert.ToString(addProd.errNo); if (addProd.errNo.Equals(2627) && (addProd.errMsg.Contains("Error in Adding barcode"))) { //Error message displayed if the barcode already exists in the database LblDupBarcode.Text = "The barcode already exists in the database"; LblDupStockCode.Text = string.Empty; } else if (addProd.errNo.Equals(2627) && (addProd.errMsg.Contains("Error in Adding product"))) { //Error message displayed if the stockcode already exists in the database LblDupStockCode.Text = "The stock code already exists in the database"; LblDupBarcode.Text = string.Empty; } else { //displays a confirmation that the product has been added to the database TxtProdAdded.Text = "The product " + addProd.productName + " has been successfully added to the database"; LblDupBarcode.Text = string.Empty; LblDupStockCode.Text = string.Empty; TxtProdAdded.Visible = true; TextProdName.Text = string.Empty; TextProdBarcode.Text = string.Empty; TextProdMinLevel.Text = string.Empty; TextProdStockLevel.Text = string.Empty; TextProdStockCode.Text = string.Empty; DDLProdCat.ClearSelection(); } } //closes if page is valid }//closes the addNewProduct class