// INVENTORY SEARCH submit button click event
private void btn_SearchSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
BusinessObjects _businessObjects = new BusinessObjects();
// Element reset to be performed each time, before a search is ran
lbl_ResultsFound.Text = null; // Clear contents of search result label
cbx_ResultsList.Items.Clear(); // Clear old search results from results combo box
cbx_ResultsList.Text = ""; // Clear text from visible combobox area
rbox_clerkSearchDisplay.Clear(); // Clear search results each time a new search is submitted
inventoryItems = null;
// Verify that a query type was selected by the user
if ((cbx_QueryType.SelectedItem == null) || (cbx_InventoryStatus.SelectedItem == null) || (tbx_QueryInput.Text == ""))
{
MessageBox.Show("Please make sure all search criteria is filled out and try again", "Invalid Query Input",
MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
return;
}
// SEARCH BY MANUFACTURER NAME - Chech to see if user entered a Manufacturer Name
else if (cbx_QueryType.SelectedItem.ToString() == "Manufacturer")
{
// Generate a list of Inventory Items that match the Manufacturer Name entered by the user
inventoryItems = _businessObjects.GetInventoryItemByItemManufacturer(tbx_QueryInput.Text, cbx_InventoryStatus.SelectedIndex);
}
// SEARCH BY ITEM NAME - Check to see if user entered an Item Name
else if (cbx_QueryType.SelectedItem.ToString() == "Item Name")
{
// Generate a list of Inventory Items that match the Item Name entered by the user
inventoryItems = _businessObjects.GetInventoryItemByItemName(tbx_QueryInput.Text, cbx_InventoryStatus.SelectedIndex);
}
// SEARCH BY ITEM GUID - Check to see if user entered an ID Number
else if (cbx_QueryType.SelectedItem.ToString() == "Inventory ID")
{
try
{
// Generate a list of Inventory Items that match the Item ID entered by the user
inventoryItems = ApplicationObjects.GetInventoryItemByInventoryItemIdAndInventoryItemStatusId(new Guid(tbx_QueryInput.Text), cbx_InventoryStatus.SelectedIndex);
}
catch (Exception)
{ // Catch if a non-Guid was entered
MessageBox.Show("Search failed! You may have entered an invalid ID. Please check your item ID and try again", "Search Failure",
MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
rbox_clerkSearchDisplay.AppendText("Input error - please try again");
return;
}
}
// SEARCH BY CATALOG NUMBER - Check to see if user entered an Item Name
else if (cbx_QueryType.SelectedItem.ToString() == "Catalog Number")
{
try
{
// Generate a list of Inventory Items that match the Item Name entered by the user
inventoryItems = _businessObjects.GetInventoryItemByCatalogItemIdAndInventoryItemStatusId(new Guid(tbx_QueryInput.Text), cbx_InventoryStatus.SelectedIndex);
}
catch (Exception)
{ // Catch if a non-integer was entered
MessageBox.Show("Search failed! You may have entered an invalid ID. Please check your catalog ID and try again", "Search Failure",
MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
rbox_clerkSearchDisplay.AppendText("Input error - please try again");
return;
}
}
// If nothing is populated into the searchDisplay box, we can assume that there were no search results
else
{
lbl_ResultsFound.Text = "No matches found - please try again";
}
// Populate label that displays how many results were found
lbl_ResultsFound.Text = (inventoryItems.Count.ToString() + " result(s) found!");
// This string list holds the results of an InventoryItem's ToItemDescription method, which actually
// returns a list of individual line items, which each hold the item's attributes that will be
// displayed on seperate lines of the text box
try
{
List <string> itemDescriptions = inventoryItems.FirstOrDefault().ToItemDescription();
foreach (string lineItem in itemDescriptions)
{ // Add each description line item to the text box
rbox_clerkSearchDisplay.AppendText(lineItem + Environment.NewLine);
}
// Populate the search result combobox with the catalog numbers of the search results
foreach (InventoryItem inventoryItem in inventoryItems)
{
cbx_ResultsList.Items.Add(inventoryItem.InventoryItemId.ToString());
}
// Set the combobox to show the catalog number of the first search record
cbx_ResultsList.SelectedIndex = 0;
}
catch (Exception)
{
rbox_clerkSearchDisplay.AppendText("No matches found - please try again");
return;
}
}