private void activityAddBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { SomerenModel.Activities one = new SomerenModel.Activities(); if (activityDescBox.Text == "" || activityStudBox.Text == "" || activitySuperBox.Text == "") { // show a message if a user did not enter a value MessageBox.Show("Please enter a value for (Description, Number of Students, Number of Supervisors) " + "fields before clicking on Add", "", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information); } else { // reading data from the textboxes string desc = activityDescBox.Text; int numberOfStudent = int.Parse(activityStudBox.Text); int numberOfSupervisor = int.Parse(activitySuperBox.Text); // passing data to the UI layer SomerenUI.addActivity(desc, numberOfStudent, numberOfSupervisor); } // clearing data from textboxes activityIdBox.Clear(); activityDescBox.Clear(); activityStudBox.Clear(); activitySuperBox.Clear(); }