public void AddNewEntryValid()
{
//will determine if the add new entry is valid
List <string> check_title_subtitle = new List <string> {
Title_Add, Subtitle_Add
};
List <string> exclude_lst = new List <string>();
Glo_ProjectData_Reference.IsNewTitleValid(check_title_subtitle, exclude_lst, out bool valid_entry,
out bool is_duplicate, out bool is_title_exist);
//this will only display if it's going to say it's invalid
if (!valid_entry)
{
Debug.WriteLine("\nAddNewEntryValid");
Debug.WriteLine(string.Format(" {0,-15} = {1}", "Title", Title_Add));
Debug.WriteLine(string.Format(" {0,-15} = {1}", "Subtitle", Subtitle_Add));
Debug.WriteLine(string.Format(" {0,-15} = {1}", "is_duplicate", is_duplicate));
Debug.WriteLine(string.Format(" {0,-15} = {1}", "is_title_exist", is_title_exist));
Debug.WriteLine(string.Format(" {0,-15} = {1}", "valid_entry", valid_entry));
Debug.WriteLine("");
}
Title_Valid = valid_entry;
}
private void IsValidChangeTitleSubtitle()
{
List <string> check_title_subtitle = new List <string> {
title_new_, subtitle_new_
};
List <string> exclude_lst = new List <string> {
Title_Old, Subtitle_Old
};
if (Glo_ProjectData_Reference == null)
{
return;
}
Glo_ProjectData_Reference.IsNewTitleValid(check_title_subtitle, exclude_lst, out bool valid_entry,
out _, out _);
Title_Valid = valid_entry;
if (!Title_Valid)
{
Glo_MainPage_Reference.ShowPropertiesTitleInvalidTeachingTip();
}
}
public void CreateNewEntryID(string given_title, out bool is_entryID_valid, out string entryID_created)
{
//will create a new entryID given an entry title
Debug.WriteLine("CreateNewEntryID title='" + given_title + "'");
//the default return items
is_entryID_valid = false;
entryID_created = "";
//just to ensure that the given title is valid
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(given_title))
{
Debug.WriteLine("ERROR: given_title not valid");
return;
}
//we want to turn something like title="Mech 2202" into entry_ID="mech†2202‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‖0001"
//the title will be made lowercase, spaces converted to †, and truncated with ‡ trailing spaces
//the second part will be a string number, in case the first section is a duplicate
int truncated_title_length = 16;
int designation_length = 4;
int designation_start = 1;
char space_replacement = '†'; //this is the "dagger" symbol
char trailing_space = '‡'; //this is the "double dagger" symbol
char title_des_sep = '‖'; //this is the "double vertical line" symbol
string title_lower = given_title.ToLower();
string conv_spaces = title_lower.Replace(' ', space_replacement);
int original_length = conv_spaces.Length;
string trunc_title;
if (original_length > truncated_title_length)
{
trunc_title = conv_spaces.Substring(0, truncated_title_length);
//will convert "Mech 2202 New Class Blah" to "mech†2202†new†cl"
}
else //original_length <= truncated_title_length
{
trunc_title = conv_spaces.PadRight(truncated_title_length, trailing_space);
//will convert "Mech 2202" to "mech†2202‡‡‡‡‡‡‡"
}
//this will be the number portion
int designation_number;
//now will check if this truncated title portion already exists
bool trunc_title_exists = Glo_ProjectData_Reference.EntryIDs_Text_lst.Contains(trunc_title);
//if it doesn't exist, then it's simple
if (!trunc_title_exists)
{
designation_number = designation_start;
}
//otherwise we need to increase the counter
else
{
designation_number = Glo_ProjectData_Reference.GetMaxDesignationForEntryIDTitle(trunc_title) + 1;
}
//this was the error number for designation
if (designation_number == -1)
{
Debug.WriteLine("ERROR: designation_number = " + designation_number);
return;
}
//will have made 34 into "0034"
string designation_final = designation_number.ToString().PadLeft(designation_length, '0');
//should be the final format of entry_ID="mech†2202‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‖0001"
entryID_created = trunc_title + title_des_sep + designation_final;
is_entryID_valid = true;
return;
}
