private void addNew_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            Friend friend = new Friend();

            if (MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you'd like to add a new friend?",
                  "Confirm Exit", MessageBoxButton.YesNo, MessageBoxImage.Warning)
                  == MessageBoxResult.Yes)
            {
                friend.First = firstName.Text;
                friend.Last = lastName.Text;

                if (unknown.IsChecked == true)
                {
                    friend.BirthYear = 1800;
                    friend.BirthMonth = "Jan";
                    friend.BirthDay = 1;
                }
                else
                {
                    friend.BirthYear = Convert.ToInt32(year.Text);
                    friend.BirthMonth = month.Text;
                    friend.BirthDay = Convert.ToInt32(day.Text);
                }

                if (religion.Text != null && religion.Text != "")
                {
                    friend.Religion = religion.Text;
                }
                else
                {
                    friend.Religion = "None Applied";
                }

                friend.Rating = ratingSlider.Value;
                friend.HowMet = howWeMet.Text;
                friend.Details = details.Text;
                friend.FunnyStory = story.Text;
                friend.BornIn = bornIn.Text;
                friend.LivesIn = livesIn.Text;
                friend.MetIn = met.Text;

                if (friend.First != "" && friend.First != null && friend.Last != "" && friend.Last != null && friend.Details != null && friend.Details != ""
                    && friend.LivesIn != "" && friend.LivesIn != null)
                {
                    friend.Header = friend.First + " " + friend.Last;
                    friendsTreeItem.Items.Add(friend);
                }
                else
                {
                    MessageBox.Show("Some of your data is not filled in", "Error", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Error);
                    return;
                }
            }
            MessageBox.Show(friend.First + " " + friend.Last + " has been successfully added!", "Success!", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Information);
        }
        private void save_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            Friend selected = (Friend)friends.SelectedValue;
            Friend friend = new Friend();

            if (selected.Header == "Friends")
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Please select a friend in the tree view before saving.", "Error", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Error);
                return;
            }

            if (MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you'd like to update " + selected.First + " " + selected.Last + " with the data in the interface?",
                   "Confirm Save Friend", MessageBoxButton.YesNo, MessageBoxImage.Warning)
                   == MessageBoxResult.Yes)
            {
                friend.First = firstName.Text;
                friend.Last = lastName.Text;

                if (unknown.IsChecked == true)
                {
                    friend.BirthYear = 1800;
                    friend.BirthMonth = "Jan";
                    friend.BirthDay = 1;
                }
                else
                {
                    friend.BirthYear = Convert.ToInt32(year.Text);
                    friend.BirthMonth = month.Text;
                    friend.BirthDay = Convert.ToInt32(day.Text);
                }

                if (religion.Text != null && religion.Text != "")
                {
                    friend.Religion = religion.Text;
                }
                else
                {
                    friend.Religion = "None";
                }

                friend.Rating = ratingSlider.Value;
                friend.HowMet = howWeMet.Text;
                friend.Details = details.Text;
                friend.FunnyStory = story.Text;
                friend.BornIn = bornIn.Text;
                friend.LivesIn = livesIn.Text;
                friend.MetIn = met.Text;

                if (friend.First != "" && friend.First != null && friend.Last != "" && friend.Last != null && friend.Details != null && friend.Details != ""
                    && friend.LivesIn != "" && friend.LivesIn != null)
                {

                    friend.Header = friend.First + " " + friend.Last;
                    friendsTreeItem.Items.Add(friend);
                }
                else
                {
                    MessageBox.Show("Some of your data is not filled in", "Error", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Error);
                    return;
                }
            }

            Friend friendContainer = (Friend)friends.SelectedValue;

            int index = -1;
            index = friendsTreeItem.Items.IndexOf(friends.SelectedValue);
            friendsTreeItem.Items.RemoveAt(index);

            MessageBox.Show(friend.First + " " + friend.Last + " has been successfully updated!", "Success!", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Information);
        }
        //logic that loads treeview from file, highly contingent on data being in proper format
        private void loadTreeView(string sortBy)
        {
            int counter = 0;
            string line;
            List<Friend> friendList = new List<Friend>();

            friendsTreeItem.Header = "Friends";
            friends.Items.Add(friendsTreeItem);

            // Read the file and display it line by line.
            try
            {
                FileStream fs = new FileStream("ListOfFriends.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
                StreamReader s = new StreamReader(fs);

            //stopping variable for outer while
            bool breakWhile = false;

            //create new task object for each iteration of inner while loop
            while (!breakWhile)
            {
                Friend friend = new Friend();

                while ((line = s.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    if (counter == 0 && line == "")
                    {
                        break;
                    }

                    if (counter == 0)
                    {
                        friend.First = line;
                    }
                    else if (counter == 1)
                    {
                        friend.Last = line;
                    }
                    else if (counter == 2)
                    {
                        friend.BirthYear = Convert.ToInt32(line);
                    }
                    else if (counter == 3)
                    {
                        friend.BirthMonth = line;
                    }
                    else if (counter == 4)
                    {
                        friend.BirthDay = Convert.ToInt32(line);
                    }
                    else if (counter == 5)
                    {
                        friend.BornIn = line;
                    }
                    else if (counter == 6)
                    {
                        friend.LivesIn = line;
                    }
                    else if (counter == 7)
                    {
                        friend.MetIn = line;
                    }
                    else if (counter == 8)
                    {
                        friend.HowMet = line;
                    }
                    else if (counter == 9)
                    {
                        friend.Details = line;
                    }
                    else if (counter == 10)
                    {
                        friend.FunnyStory = line;
                    }
                    else if (counter == 11)
                    {
                        friend.Rating = Convert.ToDouble(line);
                    }
                    else if (counter == 12)
                    {
                        friend.Religion = line;
                    }
                    counter++;

                    if (line == "")
                    {
                        friendList.Add(friend);
                        counter = 0;
                        break;
                    }

                }//end inner while

                if (line == null && counter == 0)
                {
                    breakWhile = true;
                }
                else  if (line == null && counter == 12)
                {
                    breakWhile = true;
                    friendList.Add(friend);
                }

            }//end outer while

            s.Close();
            fs.Close();

            if (friendList.Count != 0)
            {
                if (sortBy == "last")
                    friendList.Sort((Friend a, Friend b) => a.Last.CompareTo(b.Last));
                else if (sortBy == "birth")
                    friendList.Sort((Friend a, Friend b) => a.BirthYear.CompareTo(b.BirthYear));
                else if (sortBy == "bornIn")
                    friendList.Sort((Friend a, Friend b) => a.BornIn.CompareTo(b.BornIn));
                else if (sortBy == "lives")
                    friendList.Sort((Friend a, Friend b) => a.LivesIn.CompareTo(b.LivesIn));
                else if (sortBy == "met")
                    friendList.Sort((Friend a, Friend b) => a.MetIn.CompareTo(b.MetIn));
                else if (sortBy == "religion")
                    friendList.Sort((Friend a, Friend b) => a.Religion.CompareTo(b.Religion));
                else if (sortBy == "rating")
                    friendList.Sort((Friend a, Friend b) => a.Rating.CompareTo(b.Rating));
            }

            //placing objects in list into appropriate treeview sections
            for (int i = 0; i < friendList.Count(); i++)
            {
                friendList[i].Header = friendList[i].First + " " + friendList[i].Last;
                friendsTreeItem.Items.Add(friendList[i]);
            }//end for loop

            }
            catch
            {

            }

            // Suspend the screen.
            Console.ReadLine();
        }