/// <summary>
/// This method communicates to the user that a fatal error occurred.
///
/// First, it displays msg param to the user via the msg label,
/// followed by directing the user to err.log to view the details
/// of the error.
///
/// This method also writes to the err.log file in the program's
/// directory, and then terminates the process after sleeping for
/// the duration of the message being displayed to the user.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="msg">brief explanation of the fatal error</param>
/// <param name="msgExtended">error msg explained in more detail</param>
/// <param name="solutions">possible solution(s) that the user could implement</param>
public static void Fatal(string msg, string msgExtended, string solutions)
{
// set string that will be written to err.log
string log = "Date: " + DateTime.Now.ToString() + Environment.NewLine +
"Abstract: " + msg + Environment.NewLine +
"Log: " + msgExtended + Environment.NewLine +
"Possible solution(s): " + solutions + Environment.NewLine;
// append log string to err.log, creating the file if it doesn't exist
using (StreamWriter sw = MsgLabel.errLogFile.AppendText())
{
sw.WriteLine(log);
}
// send fatal error message to user
MsgLabel.SendMsg("***FATAL*** " + msg + "; see err.log for details.");
// sleep for the duration of msg being displayed
Thread.Sleep(MsgLabel.timer.Interval);
// terminate the process
Application.Exit();
}
public static void Warn(string msg)
{
// send warning message to user
MsgLabel.SendMsg("***WARNING*** " + msg);
}
public static void Normal(string msg)
{
// send normal message to user
MsgLabel.SendMsg(msg);
}