public static void AddInventoryItem()
{
const string TITLE = "add inventory item";
bool priceCheck = false;
double askingPrice;
Inventory inventoryItem = new Inventory();
//Show fancy title bar!
ShowTitleBar(TITLE);
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("New item added to inventory. Item number is {0}", inventoryItem.FormattedId);
Console.Write("Enter a description for this item >> ");
inventoryItem.Description = Console.ReadLine();
//Checking minimum price.
while(!priceCheck)
{
try
{
Console.Write("Enter asking price for item. Minimum price is {0:C} >> ", Inventory.MinAskingPrice());
double.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out askingPrice);
inventoryItem.AskingPrice = askingPrice;
priceCheck = true;
}
//Re-enter until valid minimum price is found
catch (MinPriceException)
{
Console.Write("Re-");
}
}
//Add new item to hard storage.
SaveInventoryItem(inventoryItem);
}
public static void ShowSearchResult(Inventory inventoryItem)
{
//Output results to console.
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Item Number >> {0,-15} Asking Price >> {1:C}", inventoryItem.FormattedId, inventoryItem.AskingPrice);
Console.WriteLine("Description >> {0}", inventoryItem.Description);
}
public static void SaveInventoryItem(Inventory inventoryItem)
{
//Append a new entry to data file.
FileStream file = new FileStream(FILENAME, FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write);
BinaryFormatter bFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
//Serialize item, and save it to file.
bFormatter.Serialize(file, inventoryItem);
//Close file.
file.Close();
}
