/// <summary>
/// get the menu choice from the user
/// </summary>
public MenuOption DisplayGetUserMenuChoice()
{
MenuOption userMenuChoice = MenuOption.None;
bool usingMenu = true;
while (usingMenu)
{
// set up display area
ConsoleUtil.DisplayReset();
Console.CursorVisible = false;
// display the menu
ConsoleUtil.DisplayMessage("Please type the number of your menu choice.");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine(
"\t" + "1. Travel" + Environment.NewLine +
"\t" + "2. Buy" + Environment.NewLine +
"\t" + "3. Sell" + Environment.NewLine +
"\t" + "4. Display Inventory" + Environment.NewLine +
"\t" + "5. Display Cities" + Environment.NewLine +
"\t" + "6. Display Account Info" + Environment.NewLine +
"\t" + "7. Look Into The Future" + Environment.NewLine +
"\t" + "8. Travel Back In Time" + Environment.NewLine +
"\t" + "E. Exit" + Environment.NewLine);
// get and process the user's response
// note: ReadKey argument set to "true" disables the echoing of the key press
ConsoleKeyInfo userResponse = Console.ReadKey(true);
switch (userResponse.KeyChar)
{
case '1':
userMenuChoice = MenuOption.Travel;
usingMenu = false;
break;
case '2':
userMenuChoice = MenuOption.Buy;
usingMenu = false;
break;
case '3':
userMenuChoice = MenuOption.Sell;
usingMenu = false;
break;
case '4':
userMenuChoice = MenuOption.DisplayInventory;
usingMenu = false;
break;
case '5':
userMenuChoice = MenuOption.DisplayCities;
usingMenu = false;
break;
case '6':
userMenuChoice = MenuOption.DisplayAccountInfo;
usingMenu = false;
break;
case '7':
userMenuChoice = MenuOption.LookIntoTheFuture;
usingMenu = false;
break;
case '8':
userMenuChoice = MenuOption.TravelBackInTime;
usingMenu = false;
break;
case 'E':
case 'e':
userMenuChoice = MenuOption.Exit;
usingMenu = false;
break;
default:
break;
}
}
Console.CursorVisible = true;
return(userMenuChoice);
}