//----------
private static void dumpAdmissionInstructions()
{
Console.Clear();
// Console.ResetColor();
Useful.setColors(ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Black);
Console.Write("\nfile not found: ");
Console.WriteLine(si.getCourse() + "_" + si.getExamination() + "_questions.txt");
Console.WriteLine("\nThis program requires that a text data file containing ");
Console.WriteLine("the test questions be placed in the local directory from ");
Console.WriteLine("whence this program is executed. You can download this ");
Console.WriteLine("data file from the Exam Assignment in our Moodle course ");
Console.WriteLine("shell.");
Console.WriteLine("\nThe information that you just provided ");
Console.WriteLine("(YourName, the course name, and the exam type) ");
Console.WriteLine("are all used to locate the files used by the program. ");
Console.WriteLine("If you did not copy the data file into the directory, ");
Console.WriteLine("or if you entered an invalid course name, or an invalid ");
Console.WriteLine("exam type (which are parts of the text data file name), ");
Console.WriteLine("you will see this error message and be given an ");
Console.WriteLine("opportunity to restart the program.");
Console.WriteLine("\nAlso be aware that this program produces a text file ");
Console.WriteLine("(which includes YourName) containing your responses to ");
Console.WriteLine("the test questions. Theoretically, your responses ");
Console.WriteLine("should be preserved across multiple runs of the program. ");
Console.WriteLine("Still you need to check your work, and maybe even re-enter ");
Console.WriteLine("some of your responses, because.... No guarantees! ");
Console.WriteLine();
Useful.enterContinue();
}
//----------
private static string getPromptedInput(int row, string prompt)
{
string result = "";
for (;;)
{
Useful.clearLines(row, 5);
Console.Write(prompt);
string temp = Console.ReadLine();
StringBuilder tempsb = new StringBuilder();
for (int ii = 0; ii < temp.Length; ii++)
{
if (temp[ii] == ' ')
{
continue;
}
tempsb.Append(temp[ii]);
}
result = tempsb.ToString();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine(" Here's what I got: " + result);
Console.WriteLine();
Console.Write(" Is this correct (y|else)? ");
temp = Console.ReadLine().ToLower();
if (temp == "y")
{
Useful.clearLines(row, 5);
Console.Write(prompt + result);
break;
}
}
return(result);
} // end method getPromptedInput()
//----------
private static void dumpIterativeDevelopmentMessage()
{
Console.Clear();
// Console.ResetColor();
Useful.setColors(ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Black);
for (int ii = 0; ii < iterativeDevelopmentMessage.Length; ii++)
{
Console.WriteLine(iterativeDevelopmentMessage[ii]);
}
Console.WriteLine();
Useful.enterContinue();
}
//----------
public void drawQuestionBox()
{
Useful.setColors(ConsoleColor.Yellow, ConsoleColor.Black);
for (int ii = 0; ii < 12; ii++)
{
Console.SetCursorPosition(xoff, yoff + ii);
for (int jj = 0; jj < maxcol; jj++)
{
Console.Write(questbuf[ii * maxcol + jj]);
}
}
Console.SetCursorPosition(xoff, yoff);
}
} // end function Main()
//----------
private static void dumpScreenSizeInstructions()
{
Console.WriteLine("This program requires that the Console Window Size ");
Console.WriteLine("must be at least (80 columns by 30 rows). ");
Console.Write("\nPresently, it is (" + Console.WindowWidth + " by ");
Console.WriteLine(Console.WindowHeight + ") which is too small. ");
Console.Write("\nPlease resize this window, before attempting to ");
Console.WriteLine("re-run this program.");
Console.WriteLine();
Useful.enterContinue();
}
//----------
public void drawResponseBox()
{
// Useful.dbg("drawResponseBox(): xoff="+xoff+" yoff="+yoff);
Useful.setColors(ConsoleColor.Black, ConsoleColor.White);
for (int ii = 0; ii < 12; ii++)
{
Console.SetCursorPosition(xoff, yoff + ii);
for (int jj = 0; jj < maxcol; jj++)
{
Console.Write(respbuf[ii * maxcol + jj]);
}
}
Console.SetCursorPosition(xoff, yoff);
}
//----------
private static void dumpReleaseInstructions()
{
// Useful.clearLine(5);
Console.Clear();
// Console.ResetColor();
Useful.setColors(ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Black);
Console.WriteLine("You will need to upload your responses file ");
Console.WriteLine("(" + si.getCourse() + "_" + si.getExamination() + "_" + si.getStudentName() + ".txt)");
Console.WriteLine("into the final exam dropbox in the Moodle shell for our course.");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("It would also be a very good idea for you to keep ");
Console.WriteLine("a backup copy of that file, just in case I encounter ");
Console.WriteLine("problems in processing it. ");
Console.WriteLine();
Useful.enterContinue();
}
} // end method takeTest()
//----------
private static string navbar(out int qnum)
{
for (;;)
{
Useful.setColors(ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Black);
Useful.clearLine(0);
Console.Write("Navigate? ___ Specify QUESTION # or one of these one-letter commands: ");
Useful.clearLine(1);
Console.Write(" A)nswer_current N)ext P)rev S)can_next_unanswered D)one");
Console.SetCursorPosition(10, 0);
string option = Console.ReadLine().Trim();
int optnum = 0;
if (Int32.TryParse(option, out optnum))
{
if ((optnum >= 1) && (optnum <= maxq))
{
Useful.clearLine(3);
qnum = optnum;
return("");
}
Console.SetCursorPosition(0, 3);
Console.Write("Invalid input.... QUESTION # must be ");
Console.WriteLine("between 1 and " + maxq + ". Try again.");
continue;
}
if ((option == "") ||
(option.ToLower() == "a") ||
(option.ToLower() == "n") ||
(option.ToLower() == "p") ||
(option.ToLower() == "s") ||
(option.ToLower() == "d"))
{
Useful.clearLine(3);
qnum = 0;
return(option.ToLower());
}
Useful.clearLine(3);
Console.Beep();
Console.WriteLine("invalid command entered: " + option);
} // end for()
}
//----------
public void drawQuestionHdr(int curq, int maxq, int unanswered,
DateTime starttime, int weight)
{
Console.SetCursorPosition(0, 5);
Useful.setColors(ConsoleColor.White, ConsoleColor.Black);
Console.Write("QUESTION #: " + (curq + 1).ToString("D3") + " ");
Console.Write("ANSWERED: " + (maxq - unanswered).ToString("D3") + " of " +
maxq.ToString("D3") + " ");
DateTime currtime = DateTime.Now;
TimeSpan elapsed = DateTime.Now.Subtract(starttime);
long totseconds = (long)elapsed.TotalSeconds;
Console.Write("ELAPSED TIME: ");
Console.Write(elapsed.Hours.ToString("D2"));
Console.Write(":" + elapsed.Minutes.ToString("D2"));
Console.Write(":" + elapsed.Seconds.ToString("D2"));
Console.Write(" WEIGHT: " + weight.ToString("D2"));
}
//----------
public StudentInfo()
{
Useful.setColors(ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Black);
Console.Clear();
Useful.clearLine(0);
Console.WriteLine("Greetings! Before we get started...");
Console.WriteLine(" I need to get a couple of pieces of information from you,");
Console.WriteLine(" in order to process your examination.");
studentname = getPromptedInput(4,
"What is your name (FirstLast, no spaces)? ");
course = getPromptedInput(6,
"What course are you taking (csc999, no spaces)? ");
examination = getPromptedInput(8,
"What examination are you taking (midterm or final)? ");
Console.WriteLine();
Useful.enterContinue();
} // end constructor StudentInfo()
//----------
public string editResponseBox()
{
// clearRespbuf();
respoff = 0;
posresp();
char inpkey;
for (;;)
{
Char inpchr = Useful.getKeyPress(out inpkey);
if ((inpchr >= ' ') && (inpchr <= '~'))
{
Console.Write(inpchr);
respbuf[respoff++] = inpchr;
if (respoff >= maxoff)
{
Console.Beep();
respoff = respoff % maxoff;
}
posresp();
continue;
}
if ((inpchr == 8) || (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.Backspace))
{
respoff--;
if (respoff < 0)
{
Console.Beep();
respoff = (respoff + maxoff) % maxoff;
}
posresp();
Console.Write(' ');
respbuf[respoff] = ' ';
posresp();
continue;
}
if ((inpchr == 9) && (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.Tab))
{
break;
}
if (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.Enter)
{
int scrrow = respoff / maxcol;
int scrcol = respoff - scrrow * maxcol;
int respoff2 = respoff;
respoff2 -= scrcol;
respoff2 += maxcol;
for (int ii = respoff; ii < respoff2; ii++)
{
Console.Write(' ');
respbuf[ii] = ' ';
}
respoff = respoff2;
if (respoff >= maxoff)
{
Console.Beep();
respoff = respoff % maxoff;
}
posresp();
continue;
}
if ((inpchr == 0) && (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.RightArrow))
{
respoff++;
if (respoff >= maxoff)
{
Console.Beep();
respoff = respoff % maxoff;
}
posresp();
continue;
}
if ((inpchr == 0) && (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.LeftArrow))
{
respoff--;
if (respoff < 0)
{
Console.Beep();
respoff = (respoff + maxoff) % maxoff;
}
posresp();
continue;
}
if ((inpchr == 0) && (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.UpArrow))
{
respoff -= maxcol;
if (respoff < 0)
{
Console.Beep();
respoff += maxoff;
}
posresp();
continue;
}
if ((inpchr == 0) && (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.DownArrow))
{
respoff += maxcol;
if (respoff >= maxoff)
{
Console.Beep();
respoff -= maxoff;
}
posresp();
continue;
}
if ((inpchr == 0) && (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.Tab))
{
Console.SetCursorPosition(10, 24);
Console.Write("tab<<<");
Console.Beep();
posresp();
continue;
}
if ((inpchr == 0) && (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.Insert))
{
Console.SetCursorPosition(10, 24);
Console.Write("insert");
Console.Beep();
posresp();
continue;
}
if ((inpchr == 0) && (inpkey == (int)ConsoleKey.Delete))
{
Console.SetCursorPosition(10, 24);
Console.Write("delete");
Console.Beep();
posresp();
continue;
}
} // end for()
int offb = 0, offx = 0;
for (int ii = 0; ii < respbuf.Length; ii++)
{
offb = ii;
if (respbuf[ii] != ' ')
{
break;
}
}
for (int ii = respbuf.Length - 1; ii > 0; ii--)
{
offx = ii;
if (respbuf[ii] != ' ')
{
break;
}
}
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
char last = ' ';
for (int ii = offb; ii <= offx; ii++)
{
if ((last == ' ') && (respbuf[ii] == ' '))
{
continue;
}
result.Append(respbuf[ii]);
last = respbuf[ii];
}
return(result.ToString().ToLower());
}
} // end constructor TestAdministrator
//----------
public static void takeTest(string examname, string studentname, DateTime starttime)
{
initta();
readQuestions(examname + "_questions.txt");
ReadResponses(examname + "_" + studentname + ".txt");
Console.Clear();
Question qst = new Question(Console.WindowWidth - 4, 12, 2, 6);
Response rsp = new Response(Console.WindowWidth - 4, 12, 2, 18);
for (int curq = 0;;)
{
displayQuestion(curq, starttime, qst, rsp);
int optnum;
string option = navbar(out optnum);
if ((option == "") && ((optnum >= 1) && (optnum <= maxq)))
{
curq = optnum - 1;
displayQuestion(curq, starttime, qst, rsp);
continue;
}
if ((option == "") || (option.ToLower() == "a"))
{
if (answerQuestion(curq, starttime, rsp))
{
// response was changed
// write changes out to disk
WriteResponses(examname + "_" + studentname + ".txt");
}
continue;
}
if (option.ToLower() == "n")
{
curq++;
if (curq >= maxq)
{
curq = 0;
}
displayQuestion(curq, starttime, qst, rsp);
continue;
}
if (option.ToLower() == "p")
{
curq--;
if (curq < 0)
{
curq = maxq - 1;
}
displayQuestion(curq, starttime, qst, rsp);
continue;
}
if (option.ToLower() == "s")
{
if (unanswered == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("all questions have been answered.");
}
else
{
int end_search = curq;
for (;;)
{
curq++;
if (curq >= maxq)
{
curq = 0;
}
if (curq == end_search)
{
Console.WriteLine("all questions appear to have been answered.");
break;
}
if (responses[curq] == "")
{
break;
}
}
displayQuestion(curq, starttime, qst, rsp);
}
continue;
}
if (option.ToLower() == "d")
{
Console.Clear();
Useful.setColors(ConsoleColor.Green, ConsoleColor.Black);
Useful.clearLine(0);
Console.Write("All done? ");
Useful.clearLine(1);
unanswered = 0;
for (int ii = 0; ii < maxq; ii++)
{
if (responses[ii].Trim() == "")
{
unanswered++;
}
}
if (unanswered == 0)
{
Console.Write("All questions appear to have some kind of an answer.");
}
else
{
Console.Write(" UNANSWERED=" + unanswered);
}
Useful.clearLine(2);
Console.Write("Are you sure your want to leave ");
Console.Write("this program at this time (YES|else)? ");
if (Console.ReadLine() == "YES")
{
break;
}
continue;
}
} // end for()
} // end method takeTest()