/// <summary>
/// Checks for news updates and displays them, if necessary. Is the Async part of prepare.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="start">The start.</param>
/// <remarks>Documented by Dev02, 2007-11-28</remarks>
private void PrepareAsync(object start)
{
if (news == null) //prepare the news transformer in async news thread
{
news = new MLifter.BusinessLayer.News(Resources.RssFeedTransformer);
}
bool startup = (bool)start;
if (!startup) //show dialog immediately
{
Browser.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker) delegate { Browser.DocumentText = News.LoadingMessage; });
}
if (!Tools.IsUserOnline())
{
if (startup)
{
return;
}
else
{
lblConnectionError.Visible = true;
Browser.Visible = false;
}
}
else
{
string newsContent;
int newNewsCount;
DateTime newsDate = Settings.Default.NewsDate;
if (news.GetNewsFeed(out newsContent, ref newsDate, out newNewsCount, Settings.Default.NewsFeedRss))
{
if (newNewsCount > 0 || !startup)
{
Browser.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker) delegate { Browser.DocumentText = newsContent; });
Settings.Default.NewsDate = newsDate;
Settings.Default.Save();
}
}
else if (!startup)
{
lblConnectionError.Visible = true;
Browser.Visible = false;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Shows the news.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>Documented by Dev05, 2007-12-11</remarks>
private void ShowNews()
{
try
{
webBrowserNews.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate { webBrowserNews.DocumentText = News.LoadingMessage; });
if (Tools.IsUserOnline())
{
string newsContent;
int newNewsCount;
DateTime newsDate = Settings.Default.NewsDate;
MLifter.BusinessLayer.News news = new MLifter.BusinessLayer.News(Resources.RssFeedTransformer);
if (news.GetNewsFeed(out newsContent, ref newsDate, out newNewsCount, Settings.Default.NewsFeedRss, 1))
{
if (newNewsCount > 0 && !FirstUse)
{
expandoNews.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate
{
expandoNews.Text = string.Format(Resources.NEWS_NEWNEWS, newNewsCount);
expandoNews.Collapsed = false;
expandoNews.SpecialGroup = true;
});
}
webBrowserNews.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate { webBrowserNews.DocumentText = newsContent; });
Properties.Settings.Default.NewsDate = newsDate;
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
}
else
{
webBrowserNews.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate { webBrowserNews.DocumentText = News.UnavailableMessage; });
}
}
else
expandoNews.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate { expandoNews.Collapsed = true; });
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Trace.WriteLine("News-Thread exception: " + e.ToString());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Checks for news updates and displays them, if necessary. Is the Async part of prepare.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="start">The start.</param>
/// <remarks>Documented by Dev02, 2007-11-28</remarks>
private void PrepareAsync(object start)
{
if (news == null) //prepare the news transformer in async news thread
news = new MLifter.BusinessLayer.News(Resources.RssFeedTransformer);
bool startup = (bool)start;
if (!startup) //show dialog immediately
Browser.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate { Browser.DocumentText = News.LoadingMessage; });
if (!Tools.IsUserOnline())
{
if (startup)
return;
else
{
lblConnectionError.Visible = true;
Browser.Visible = false;
}
}
else
{
string newsContent;
int newNewsCount;
DateTime newsDate = Settings.Default.NewsDate;
if (news.GetNewsFeed(out newsContent, ref newsDate, out newNewsCount, Settings.Default.NewsFeedRss))
{
if (newNewsCount > 0 || !startup)
{
Browser.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate { Browser.DocumentText = newsContent; });
Settings.Default.NewsDate = newsDate;
Settings.Default.Save();
}
}
else if (!startup)
{
lblConnectionError.Visible = true;
Browser.Visible = false;
}
}
}
