/// <summary>
/// Function used to save the variables into an external file.
/// </summary>
public static void saveVariablesIntoExternalFile()
{
Hashtable vars = VariableFileHandle.getVariables();
removeIrrelevantVariables(vars);
//if the variable table is empty then throw an error.
if (vars.Count == 0)
{
EmptyVarSaveException err = new EmptyVarSaveException("Variables Table is Empty.");
ErrorMsg eMsg = new ErrorMsg(err.Message, err.ErrorCode);
eMsg.ShowDialog();
return;
}
//Save the variables
SaveFileDialog saveVar = new SaveFileDialog();
saveVar.Filter = "JSON file(*.json)|*.json";
saveVar.InitialDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
if (saveVar.ShowDialog() == true)
{
TextWriter TW = new StreamWriter(saveVar.FileName);
int counter = 0;
int total = vars.Count;
TW.WriteLine("[");
foreach (DictionaryEntry pair in vars)
{
string key = (string)pair.Key;
string value = (string)pair.Value;
TW.WriteLine("\t{");
TW.WriteLine("\t\t\"name\": " + "\"" + key + "\",");
TW.WriteLine("\t\t\"value\": " + "\"" + value + "\"");
if (counter == (total - 1))
{
TW.WriteLine("\t}");
}
else
{
TW.WriteLine("\t},");
}
counter++;
}
TW.WriteLine("]");
TW.Close();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Function used by the saveAll function.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="location"></param>
public static void saveVariablesIntoExternalFile(string location)
{
Console.WriteLine(location);
Hashtable vars = VariableFileHandle.getVariables();
removeIrrelevantVariables(vars);
//if the variable table is empty then throw an error.
if (vars.Count == 0)
{
EmptyVarSaveException err = new EmptyVarSaveException("Variables Table is Empty.");
ErrorMsg eMsg = new ErrorMsg(err.Message, err.ErrorCode);
eMsg.ShowDialog();
return;
}
//Save the variables
TextWriter TW = new StreamWriter(Path.Combine(location));
int counter = 0;
int total = vars.Count;
TW.WriteLine("[");
foreach (DictionaryEntry pair in vars)
{
string key = (string)pair.Key;
string value = (string)pair.Value;
TW.WriteLine("\t{");
TW.WriteLine("\t\t\"name\": " + "\"" + key + "\",");
TW.WriteLine("\t\t\"value\": " + "\"" + value + "\"");
if (counter == (total - 1))
{
TW.WriteLine("\t}");
}
else
{
TW.WriteLine("\t},");
}
counter++;
}
TW.WriteLine("]");
TW.Close();
}