//the default constructor
public Checkers()
{
form = this;
theGame = new Game(form);
theGame.start();
InitializeComponent();
}
//the constructor used for load
public Checkers(Game loadGame)
{
form = this;
theGame = loadGame;
theGame.form = this;
theGame.startWithGame();
InitializeComponent();
}
private void loadToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//here we load the file that was perviously saved back into the program using a dialog box for the user
//to indicate what file to load and then to load it
OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
ofd.Title = "Please indicate a file to load";
string fileName = "";
if (ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
fileName = ofd.FileName;
}
if (fileName != "")
{
using (var stream = File.OpenRead(fileName))
{
XmlSerializer deserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<Game>));
TextReader textReader = new StreamReader(stream);
games = (List<Game>)deserializer.Deserialize(textReader);
textReader.Close();
}
foreach (Game g in games)
{
Checkers checkers = new Checkers(g);
checkers.MdiParent = this;
checkers.Show();
LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.Cascade);
}
}
}
private void newGameToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//when the user clicks new create a checkerboard
Checkers checkers = new Checkers();
checkers.MdiParent = this;
checkers.Show();
LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.Cascade);
}