/// <summary>
/// Main procedure to display ancestry of a person
/// </summary>
/// <param name="personID">Id of target person.</param>
/// <returns>True if successful, false otherwise.</returns>
private bool displayPersonsAncestry(string personID)
{
//Declare an Ancestry.
AncestryResultsState myAncestry;
//Declare a Person
PersonState myPerson;
//Number of generations to retrieve.
const int countOfGenerations = 5;
try
{
//Get Target Person.
myPerson = FamilyTree.ReadPersonById(personID);
//Read that person's ancestry.
myAncestry = myPerson.ReadAncestry(QueryParameter.Generations(countOfGenerations));
}
catch (Exception myError)
{
//Display error.
lblErrorMessage.Text = myError.Message.ToString();
//Return false for failure.
return(false);
}
//Do we have ancestry?
if (myAncestry != null)
{
//Display Ancestry
showAncestryOnForm(myAncestry, countOfGenerations);
}
//We are done: success.
return(true);
}
