//An action handler that search and retrieves the author name along with the book from the inventories
private void btnSearchAuthor_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
InventoryItems itemFound = inventories.searchAuthor(txtAuthorSearch.Text);
if (txtAuthorSearch.Text == "")
{
MessageBox.Show("You haven't added any inventories, os you can't search anything", "Search Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
if (itemFound == null && txtAuthorSearch.Text != null)
{
MessageBox.Show(txtAuthorSearch.Text + " is not in inventory", "Search Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
else
{
lstSearchItems.Items.Add(label2.Text + itemFound.getbookTitle());
lstSearchItems.Items.Add(label3.Text + itemFound.GetAuthorName());
lstSearchItems.Items.Add(label4.Text + itemFound.getPubisher());
lstSearchItems.Items.Add("");
lstSearchItems.Items.Add("************************************");
}
txtAuthorSearch.Clear();
txtAuthorSearch.Focus();
}
// A method that search and return book in the inventory
public InventoryItems searchBookTitel(String name)
{
for (int i = 0; i < this.inventories.Count; i++)
{
InventoryItems itemFound = this.inventories[i];
if (itemFound.getbookTitle().Equals(name))
{
return(this.inventories[i]);
}
}
return(null);
}
