//Load a saved game
private void loadGameToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Create object to read in all gameplay data
ChessData loadData = new ChessData();
Stream loadStream = null;
OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();
openFileDialog1.Filter = "chs files (*.chs)|*.chs|All files (*.*)|*.*";
openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 1; //default to loading .chs files
openFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = true;
if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
try
{
if ((loadStream = openFileDialog1.OpenFile()) != null)
{
using (loadStream)
{
// Deserialize data from file:
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
loadData = (ChessData)formatter.Deserialize(loadStream);
//load the all the gameplay data
chessBoard = loadData.chessBoard;
currentGame = loadData.currentGame;
firstPlayerColour = loadData.firstPlayerColour;
//Update chessboard display with new data
updateDisplay();
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: Could not read file from disk. Original error: " + ex.Message);
}
}
}
//Save current game
private void saveGameToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Create object to hold all important gameplay data and initialize correct values
ChessData saveData = new ChessData();
saveData.chessBoard = chessBoard;
saveData.currentGame = currentGame;
saveData.firstPlayerColour = firstPlayerColour;
Stream saveStream;
//Create save file dialog
SaveFileDialog saveFileDialog1 = new SaveFileDialog();
saveFileDialog1.Filter = "chs files (*.chs)|*.chs|All files (*.*)|*.*";
saveFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 1; //default to saving .chs files
saveFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = true;
if (saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
if ((saveStream = saveFileDialog1.OpenFile()) != null)
{
// Serialize chessboard
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
try
{
formatter.Serialize(saveStream, saveData);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//TODO: handle possible errors from serialization here
}
saveStream.Close(); //Close the file so we can write to it
}
}
}
