//========================================================================================
/// <summary>
/// Begins editing of an object and opens up a GUI showing all of it's attributes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"> Object to be edited. </param>
/// <param name="comments"> comments to add for editing </param>
//========================================================================================
public static void EditObject( XmlObject obj , string comments )
{
// Abort if no object:
if ( obj == null ) return;
// Make a new form:
s_form = new Form();
// Set it's attribtes:
s_form.Text = "XML Object editor: close window to save.";
s_form.Width = 640;
s_form.Height = 700;
s_form.AllowDrop = false;
s_form.AutoScroll = true;
s_form.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle;
s_form.MaximizeBox = false;
s_form.AutoSize = false;
// Create a comments label:
Label comments_label = new Label();
comments_label.Top = 20;
comments_label.Width = 600;
comments_label.Height = 40;
comments_label.Text = comments;
comments_label.Parent = s_form;
// Create the table for the form:
CreateEditorTable(obj);
// Show the form:
s_form.ShowDialog();
// Save settings to the object
try
{
WriteXml(obj);
}
catch ( Exception e){ DebugConsole.PrintException(e); }
// Destroy the form and table:
s_form = null;
s_table = null;
s_fields = null;
s_values = null;
}
//========================================================================================
/// <summary>
/// Reads the xml data for a given object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"> Object to read the data for </param>
/// <returns> Data read </returns>
//========================================================================================
private static XmlObjectData ReadXml( XmlObject obj )
{
// Make an xml document:
XmlDocument xml_doc = new XmlDocument();
// Make a new node to hold the data:
XmlNode xml_node = xml_doc.CreateElement("data");
// Append to document:
xml_doc.AppendChild(xml_node);
// Initialise xml data object:
XmlObjectData xml_data = new XmlObjectData(xml_node);
// Read all the object's xml data:
try
{
obj.WriteXml(xml_data);
}
catch ( Exception e ){ DebugConsole.PrintException(e); }
// Return the data read:
return xml_data;
}
//========================================================================================
/// <summary>
/// Writes the xml data in the editor table to the given object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"> Object to write the data to </param>
//========================================================================================
private static void WriteXml( XmlObject obj )
{
// Make an xml document:
XmlDocument xml_doc = new XmlDocument();
// Make a new node to hold the data:
XmlNode xml_node = xml_doc.CreateElement("data");
// Append to document:
xml_doc.AppendChild(xml_node);
// Initialise xml data object:
XmlObjectData xml_data = new XmlObjectData(xml_node);
// Run through the table:
for ( int i = 0 ; i < s_fields.Length ; i++ )
{
// Set this field in the xml data:
xml_data.Write( s_fields[i].Text , s_values[i].Text );
}
// Get the object to read this data:
obj.ReadXml(xml_data);
}
//========================================================================================
/// <summary>
/// Createa and populates the table in the xml editor.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"> Object the editor is editing </param>
//========================================================================================
private static void CreateEditorTable( XmlObject obj )
{
// Read the xml properties of the object:
XmlObjectData xml_data = ReadXml(obj);
// Get the xml fields:
LinkedList<string> xml_fields = xml_data.GetFields();
// Make the table
s_table = new TableLayoutPanel(); s_table.Parent = s_form;
s_table.Top = 60;
// Create the arrays of fields and values:
s_fields = new TextBox[xml_fields.Count];
s_values = new TextBox[xml_fields.Count];
// Set number of rows and columns in table:
s_table.ColumnCount = 2;
s_table.RowCount = xml_fields.Count;
s_table.Width = 600;
s_table.Height = 5000;
// Refresh
s_table.Refresh();
// Populate the rows and columns:
int row_num = 0;
foreach ( string field in xml_fields )
{
// Make a text box control:
TextBox text_box1 = new TextBox(); text_box1.Text = field;
text_box1.Width = 200;
text_box1.Enabled = false;
// Add this field into the table and array:
s_table.Controls.Add( text_box1 , 0 , row_num );
s_fields[row_num] = text_box1;
// Create a text box control:
TextBox text_box2 = new TextBox();
text_box2.Width = 400;
// Set the text box's value:
string field_value = ""; xml_data.ReadString( field, ref field_value );
text_box2.Text = field_value;
// Add the text box into the table and array:
s_table.Controls.Add( text_box2 , 1 , row_num );
s_values[row_num] = text_box2;
// Increment the row number:
row_num++;
}
}
