///<summary></summary>
public static void Open(Claim claim, Action actionOkClick = null)
{
//Show a dialog if the user tries to open more than one claim at a time
if (_threadFormClaimAttach != null)
{
MsgBox.Show("A claim attachment window is already open.");
return;
}
_threadFormClaimAttach = new ODThread(new ODThread.WorkerDelegate((ODThread o) => {
FormClaimAttachment formCA = new FormClaimAttachment(claim);
if (formCA.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
actionOkClick?.Invoke();
}
}));
//This thread needs to be STA because FormClaimAttachment will have the ability to open child forms,
//which will need to block FormClaimAttachment while it is open.
//STA mode is the only way to have ShowDialog() behavior in a non-main thread,
//without throwing an exception (the exception literally says change the thread to STA)
_threadFormClaimAttach.SetApartmentState(System.Threading.ApartmentState.STA);
_threadFormClaimAttach.AddExitHandler(new ODThread.WorkerDelegate((ODThread o) => {
_threadFormClaimAttach = null;
}));
_threadFormClaimAttach.Start(true);
}
///<summary>Launches a splash screen with a progressbar that will listen specifically for ODEvents with the passed in name.
///Returns an ODProgressWindow that has a Close method that should be invoked whenever the progress window should close.
///eventName should be set to the name of the ODEvents that this specific progress window should be processing.</summary>
///<param name="currentForm">The form to activate once the progress is done. If you cannot possibly pass in a form, it is okay to pass in null.
///</param>
public static ODProgressWindow ShowProgressSplash(string eventName, Form currentForm)
{
//Create a splash form with a progress bar on a separate thread to avoid UI lockups
bool isFormClosed = false;
FormSplash FormS = new FormSplash(eventName);
FormS.FormClosed += new FormClosedEventHandler((obj, e) => {
isFormClosed = true;
});
ODThread odThread = new ODThread(new ODThread.WorkerDelegate((ODThread o) => {
//From this point forward, the only way to kill FormSplash is with a DEFCON 1 message via an ODEvent with the corresponding eventName.
FormS.ShowDialog();
}));
odThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
odThread.AddExceptionHandler(new ODThread.ExceptionDelegate((Exception e) => { })); //Do nothing.
odThread.Name = "ProgressSplashThread_" + eventName;
odThread.Start(true);
return(new ODProgressWindow(new Action(() => {
//For progress threads, there is a race condition where the DEFCON 1 event will not get processed.
//This is due to the fact that it took the thread longer to instantiate FormProgressStatus than it took the calling method to invoke this action.
//Since we don't have access to FormProgressStatus within the thread from here, we simply flag odThread's Tag so that it knows to die.
if (odThread != null)
{
odThread.Tag = true;
}
//Send the phrase that closes the window in case it is processing events.
SplashProgressEvent.Fire(new ODEventArgs(eventName, "DEFCON 1"));
if (currentForm != null)
{
//When the form closed on the other thread it was sometimes causing the application to go behind other applications. Calling Activate()
//brings the application back to the front or causes it to flash in the taskbar.
DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
while (!isFormClosed && (DateTime.Now - start).TotalSeconds < 1) //Wait till the form is closed or for one second
{
Thread.Sleep(1);
}
if (!currentForm.IsDisposed)
{
currentForm.Activate();
}
}
})));
}
///<summary>FormProgressExtended is extremely tailored to monitoring the progress of FormBilling.
///Much will need to change about this to make it generic.
///Launches a progress window that will listen specifically for ODEvents with the passed in name.
///Returns an action that should be invoked whenever the long computations have finished which will close the progress window.
///eventName should be set to the name of the ODEvents that this specific progress window should be processing.
///eventType must be a Type that contains an event called "Fired" and a method called "Fire".
///Optionally set tag to an object that should be sent as the first "event arg" to the new progress window.
/// This will typically be a ProgressBarHelper.</summary>
///<param name="currentForm">The form to activate once the progress is done. If you cannot possibly pass in a form, it is okay to pass in null.
///</param>
public static Action ShowProgressExtended(string eventName, Type eventType, Form currentForm, object tag = null,
ProgressCanceledHandler progCanceled = null, ProgressPausedHandler progPaused = null, EventHandler formShown = null)
{
bool isFormClosed = false;
ODThread odThread = new ODThread(new ODThread.WorkerDelegate((ODThread o) => {
FormProgressExtended FormPE = new FormProgressExtended(eventName, eventType);
FormPE.FormClosed += new FormClosedEventHandler((obj, e) => {
isFormClosed = true;
});
if (progCanceled != null)
{
FormPE.ProgressCanceled += progCanceled;
}
if (progPaused != null)
{
FormPE.ProgressPaused += progPaused;
}
if (formShown != null)
{
FormPE.Shown += formShown;
}
//FormProgressExtended should NOT be the top most form. Other windows might be popping up requiring attention from the user.
//FormPE.TopMost=true;//Make this window show on top of ALL other windows.
if (tag != null)
{
FormPE.ODEvent_Fired(new ODEventArgs(eventName, tag));
}
//Check to make sure that the calling method hasn't already finished its long computations.
//odThread's tag will be set to "true" if all computations have already finished and thus we do not need to show any progress window.
if (o.Tag != null && o.Tag.GetType() == typeof(bool) && (bool)o.Tag)
{
try {
FormPE.Close(); //Causes FormProgressStatus_FormClosing to get called which deregisters the ODEvent handler it currently has.
}
catch (Exception ex) {
ex.DoNothing();
}
return;
}
FormPE.BringToFront();
//From this point forward, the only way to kill FormProgressStatus is with a DEFCON 1 message via an ODEvent with the corresponding eventName.
FormPE.ShowDialog();
}));
odThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA); //This is required for ReportComplex due to the history UI elements.
odThread.AddExceptionHandler(new ODThread.ExceptionDelegate((Exception e) => { })); //Do nothing.
odThread.Name = "ProgressStatusThread_" + eventName;
odThread.Start(true);
return(new Action(() => {
//For progress threads, there is a race condition where the DEFCON 1 event will not get processed.
//This is due to the fact that it took the thread longer to instantiate FormProgressStatus than it took the calling method to invoke this action.
//Since we don't have access to FormProgressStatus within the thread from here, we simply flag odThread's Tag so that it knows to die.
if (odThread != null)
{
odThread.Tag = true;
}
//Send the phrase that closes the window in case it is processing events.
eventType.GetMethod("Fire").Invoke(eventType, new object[] { new ODEventArgs(eventName, "DEFCON 1") });
if (currentForm != null)
{
//When the form closed on the other thread it was sometimes causing the application to go behind other applications. Calling Activate()
//brings the application back to the front or causes it to flash in the taskbar.
DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
while (!isFormClosed && (DateTime.Now - start).TotalSeconds < 1) //Wait till the form is closed or for one second
{
Thread.Sleep(1);
}
if (!currentForm.IsDisposed)
{
currentForm.Activate();
}
}
}));
}