public ActionResult AddItem(string itemName)
{
itemName = Request.Form["itemName"].Trim();
string itemDescription = Request.Form["itemDescription"].Trim();
string executionExample = Request.Form["executionExample"].Trim();
string resultExample = Request.Form["resultExample"].Trim();
string codeLink = Request.Form["codeLink"].Trim();
int author = Convert.ToInt32(Request.Form["author"].Trim());
string itemHTML = Request.Form["html"].Trim();
List<string> catArray = new List<string>();
catArray = (Request.Form["cat"] != null)?Request.Form["cat"].Trim().Split(',').ToList<string>():new List<string>();
int item_id = 0;
// Validate the fields
List<string> error_messages = new List<string>();
DocsLinqDataContext doc_db = new DocsLinqDataContext();
if (itemName.Length == 0) { error_messages.Add("You must enter a name for this item."); }
if (itemDescription.Length == 0) { error_messages.Add("You must enter a brief overview of this item."); }
//if (catArray.Count == 0) { error_messages.Add("You did not specify a category for this item."); }
if (error_messages.Count == 0) { // Add new item to database
// Create new itemDoc object
docItem item = new docItem {
itemName = itemName,
itemDescription = itemDescription,
executionExample = executionExample,
resultExample = resultExample,
codeLink = codeLink,
dateModified = DateTime.Now,
author = author,
itemHTML = itemHTML
};
doc_db.docItems.InsertOnSubmit(item);
item_id = item.itemID;
try { // Commit new item
doc_db.SubmitChanges();
// Get the itemID of the newly created entry
int itemID = item.itemID;
// Now we need to associate this item with the selected categories
if (catArray.Count > 0) {
foreach (string cat in catArray) {
if (cat.Trim().Length > 0) {
cat_item ci = new cat_item {
itemID = itemID,
catID = Convert.ToInt32(cat)
};
doc_db.cat_items.InsertOnSubmit(ci);
}
}
}
try { // Commit cat_items and redirect
doc_db.SubmitChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Items");
} catch (Exception e) {
error_messages.Add(e.Message);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
error_messages.Add(e.Message);
}
}
// Store the fields in the ViewBag
ViewBag.itemName = itemName;
ViewBag.itemDescription = itemDescription;
ViewBag.executionExample = executionExample;
ViewBag.resultExample = resultExample;
ViewBag.codeLink = codeLink;
ViewBag.author = author;
ViewBag.itemHTML = itemHTML;
ViewBag.error_messages = error_messages;
// Get all of the categories
List<docCategory> categories = Documentation.GetCategories();
ViewBag.categories = categories;
// get all of the users ::: this will allow us to designate the author of the new item
List<user> users = Users.GetAllUsers();
ViewBag.users = users;
return View();
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the item.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="itemID">The item ID.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <remarks></remarks>
public static docItem GetItem(int itemID = 0)
{
docItem item = new docItem();
DocsLinqDataContext doc_db = new DocsLinqDataContext();
item = (from i in doc_db.docItems
where i.itemID.Equals(itemID)
select i).Single<docItem>();
return item;
}
