//Creating album object
private void btnAdd_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Album toAdd = new Album();
toAdd.Artist = txtArtist.Text;
toAdd.Title = txtAlbum.Text;
toAdd.Genre = txtGenre.Text;
toAdd.ImagePath = addAlbumArt();
//Adding new album to list of albums
Albums.Add(toAdd);
UpdateList();
}
//Creating album object
private void btnAdd_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OpenFileDialog openFile = new OpenFileDialog();
Album toAdd = new Album();
toAdd.Artist = txtArtist.Text;
toAdd.Title = txtAlbum.Text;
toAdd.Genre = txtGenre.Text;
openFile.ShowDialog();
toAdd.ImagePath = openFile.FileName;
//Adding new album to list of albums
Albums.Add(toAdd);
UpdateList();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(Properties.Resources.MusicStorage);
String line;
while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
string[] album = line.Split('|');
Album toAdd = new Album();
toAdd.Artist = album[0];
toAdd.Title = album[1];
toAdd.Genre = album[2];
toAdd.DateAdded = DateTime.Parse(album[3]);
toAdd.ImagePath = album[4];
}
sr.Close();
}
/// <summary>
/// this method attempts to load albums from a txt file
/// the source parameter is used to define the source file
/// in our streamreader object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="source"></param>
private void loadAlbums(string source)
{
//check if this method was called from the exception in the
//form load event
if (source == "~~~~~")
{
//if it is, prompt the user for a new file
//to try and read and set that to our source variable
OpenFileDialog of = new OpenFileDialog();
of.ShowDialog();
source = of.SafeFileName;
}
//Create a streamreader opbject and set the source to
//the txt file we have stored our albums in
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(source);
//this string wil hold our line as a string
string line;
//this will be the dictionary key
//loop while we are not at the end of
//our streamreder
while (!sr.EndOfStream)
{
//set the line to our current line
line = sr.ReadLine();
//create an array of the elements on our string
//and split the string on the | char
string[] album = line.Split('|');
//initalize an album object to add
Album toAdd = new Album();
//set the elements of our string array
//to the properties of our album
toAdd.Artist = album[0];
toAdd.Title = album[1];
toAdd.Genre = album[2];
toAdd.DateAdded = DateTime.Parse(album[3]);
toAdd.ImagePath = album[4];
//add this album to our dictionary
Albums.Add(toAdd);
//add one to our key
}
//close the streamreader so we can overwrite
//this file with any changes on exit
sr.Close();
}
