//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Show the note: it is the startup of the creation process of the note
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public static short Show(string desc,
Type type = Type.INFO,
string tit = "Notifier",
bool isDialog = false,
int timeout = 0,
Form inApp = null)
{
short updated_note_id = 0, // If there is already a note with the same content
updated_note_occurency = 0; // update it and do not create a new one
if (NotifierAlreadyPresent(desc,
type,
tit,
isDialog,
out updated_note_id,
out updated_note_occurency))
{
Update(updated_note_id, desc, type, "[" + ++updated_note_occurency + "] " + tit);
}
else
{
Notifier not = new Notifier(desc, // Instantiate the Note
type,
tit,
isDialog,
timeout,
inApp);
not.Show(); // Show the note
if (not.timeout_ms >= 500) // Start autoclose timer (if any)
{
not.timerResetEvent = new AutoResetEvent(false);
BackgroundWorker timer = new BackgroundWorker();
timer.DoWork += timer_DoWork;
timer.RunWorkerCompleted += timer_RunWorkerCompleted;
timer.RunWorkerAsync(not); // Timer (temporary notes)
}
notes.Add(not); // Add to our collection of Notifiers
updated_note_id = not.ID;
}
return(updated_note_id); // Return the current ID of the created/updated Note
}
// Used to get a better MessageBox invocation style
#region SIMPLE NOTE CREATION AND MODIFY
// SIMPLE NOTES
public static short Show(string desc, Type type = Type.INFO, string tit = "Notifier")
{
// If there is already a note with the same content, update it and do not create a new one
short updated_note_id = 0, updated_note_occurency = 0;
if (NotifierAlreadyPresent(desc, type, tit, out updated_note_id, out updated_note_occurency))
{
ID = updated_note_id;
Update(ID, desc, type, "[" + updated_note_occurency + "] " + tit);
}
else
{
// Instantiate the Notifier form
Notifier not = new Notifier(desc, type, tit);
not.Show();
// Add to our collection of Notifiers, cause "OpenForms"
// is currently buggy
Notifiers.Add(not);
}
// Return the current ID of the created Notifier
return(ID);
}