public List<Messages> getConferenceMessages()
{
try
{
string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\Users\liam\Documents\Conferences\" + this.name + ".txt");
messages = new List<Messages>();
// create individual messages by using a foreach loop.
//foreach (string line in lines)
for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length;i++ )
{
string[] words = lines[i].Split(',');
Messages newMessage = new Messages(words[0], Convert.ToDateTime(words[1]), words[2]);
this.messages.Add(newMessage);
this.messageCount++;
}
}
catch(IOException IOexp)
{
}
return this.messages;
}
public void sendMessage(String messageText , string User,DateTime currentTime)
{
Messages newMessage = new Messages(User, currentTime, messageText);
using (StreamWriter sw = File.AppendText(@"C:\Users\liam\Documents\Conferences\" + this.name + ".txt"))
{
sw.WriteLine(User+","+currentTime.ToString()+","+messageText);
}
}
