public static void addHistoryObject(Object obj, EventArgs e)
{
HistoryObject historyObject = new HistoryObject();
historyObject.obj = obj;
historyObject.e = e;
historyObjectList.Add(historyObject);
}
private void fillInGeneralCategoryNavigationPanel()
{
List<GeneralCategory> genCatList = categoryDAO.getGeneralCategory();
List<Category> catList = categoryDAO.getAllCategories();
genCategorySwitch = new bool[genCatList.Count];
int counter = 0;
//two loops. One to fill in the general categories data and the second one, nested, to fill in the simple categories data
foreach (GeneralCategory genCat in genCatList)
{
//counter++;
LinkLabel tempCurrentLinkLabel = new LinkLabel();
tempCurrentLinkLabel.Text = genCat.name;
tempCurrentLinkLabel.AutoSize = false;
tempCurrentLinkLabel.Width = 250;
tempCurrentLinkLabel.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 7F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(161)));
tempCurrentLinkLabel.Size = new Size(300, 0);
tempCurrentLinkLabel.AutoSize = true;
tempCurrentLinkLabel.Name = "GenCatLinkLabel-" + counter + "-" + genCat.id;
tempCurrentLinkLabel.LinkColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
tempCurrentLinkLabel.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(16, 3, 3, 3);
//fix the bottom margin only at the last general category linklabel
if (counter == genCatList.Count() - 1) tempCurrentLinkLabel.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(16, 3, 3, 23);
/*the initial page has to be added to the history objects' list, however it is not produced by a click event,that's the use of the counter. So we add it "manually"*/
if (counter == 0)
{
//sets the color of the first general category linklabel to scrollbar
previousLink = tempCurrentLinkLabel;
tempCurrentLinkLabel.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ScrollBar;
var historyObject = new HistoryObject();
historyObject.obj = tempCurrentLinkLabel;
historyObject.e = new LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs(null,MouseButtons.Left);
Globals.historyObjectList.Add(historyObject);
}
counter++;
flowNavigationPanel.Controls.Add(tempCurrentLinkLabel);
//subscribe a handler to the event LinkClicked
tempCurrentLinkLabel.LinkClicked += new System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabelLinkClickedEventHandler(this.linkLabel_LinkClicked);
/*********end of single item general category input**********/
/*we iterate ALL the categories array each time, to be sure that everything will run smoothly, that's why we use a for loop and not a while loop with a break statement*/
for (int i = 0; i < catList.Count(); i++)
{ //if the gen category id of the simple category is the same with the current general category
if (Int32.Parse(tempCurrentLinkLabel.Name.Split('-').Last()) == catList[i].generalCategory)
{
innerLinkLabel.Add(new LinkLabel());
LinkLabel currentItem = innerLinkLabel.Last();
//LinkLabel currentItem = new LinkLabel();
currentItem.Text = catList[i].name;
currentItem.AutoSize = false;
currentItem.Width = 250;
currentItem.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 7F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(161)));
currentItem.Size = new Size(300, 0);
currentItem.AutoSize = true;
currentItem.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(25, 0, 0, 0);
currentItem.Name = "innerLinkLabel-" + catList[i].generalCategory + "-" + catList[i].id;
currentItem.LinkColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
currentItem.Hide();
flowNavigationPanel.Controls.Add(currentItem);
/*the first parameter, child, has to be already a child of the flowNavigationPanel, before resetting its index*/
//int positionOfCorrespondingGeneralCategory = flowNavigationPanel.Controls.IndexOf((LinkLabel)sender);//gets the position of the genCategory linklabel that was clicked
//flowNavigationPanel.Controls.SetChildIndex(currentItem, positionOfCorrespondingGeneralCategory + 1 + j);
//j++;
//subscribe a handler to the event LinkClicked
currentItem.LinkClicked += new System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabelLinkClickedEventHandler(this.innerLinkLabel_LinkClicked);
}
}
}
}
