///<summary>Attempts to connect and get connection settings from the database that is used by DataAction.RunCustomers().
///Returns true and sets text boxes to the corresponding connectino setting values if a successful connection was made.
///Otherwise; displays an error message to the user and returns false. Assumes a connection to a 'customers' db has already been made.</summary>
private bool TryDatabaseConnectionSettings()
{
//Assume that we have a guaranteed connection to HQ's 'customers' database.
//Look and see what connection settings this computer should use via DataAction.RunCustomers().
_timerDatabase.Stop();
try {
//Clear out the currently cached HQ database connections and refresh both the preference and site link caches.
DataAction.ClearDictHqCentralConnections();
Prefs.RefreshCache();
SiteLinks.RefreshCache();
string serverName = "";
string databaseName = "";
string mySqlUser = "";
string mySqlPassword = "";
Action action = () => {
serverName = DataConnection.GetServerName();
databaseName = DataConnection.GetDatabaseName();
mySqlUser = DataConnection.GetMysqlUser();
mySqlPassword = DataConnection.GetMysqlPass();
};
DataAction.RunCustomers(action, useConnectionStore: false);
//Display the settings to the user so that we can easily tell what database this instance is pointing to.
textServerName.Text = serverName;
textDatabaseName.Text = databaseName;
textMySQLUser.Text = mySqlUser;
textMySQLPassword.Text = mySqlPassword;
}
catch (Exception ex) {
labelError.Visible = true;
MessageBox.Show(this, "There was an error making a connection to the database.\r\n"
+ "Please correct the database connection settings then click Reconnect.\r\n\r\n" + ex.Message);
return(false);
}
_timerDatabase.Start();
return(true);
}
public void SetupTest()
{
DataAction.ClearDictHqCentralConnections();
}
