public static string SelectFrom(string heading, string question, string defaultValue, params string[] prms)
{
while (true)
{
int maxCharLength = 0;
foreach (string prm in prms)
{
if (prm.Length > maxCharLength)
{
maxCharLength = prm.Length;
}
}
maxCharLength += 4;
int defaultValueInt = -1;
System.Text.StringBuilder consoleMesg = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
consoleMesg.Append("" + heading + "\n");
for (int i = 0; i < prms.Length; i++)
{
consoleMesg.Append(string.Format("{0,-" + maxCharLength + "}", (i + 1) + ". " + prms[i]));
if ((i + 1) % maxColumnsInALine == 0 && (i + 1) < prms.Length)
{
consoleMesg.Append("\n");
}
if (defaultValue == prms[i])
{
defaultValueInt = i;
}
}
consoleMesg.Append("\n" + question);
int userInput = ConsoleReader.GetUserInputInt(consoleMesg.ToString(), defaultValueInt + 1);
userInput--;
if (userInput < prms.Length && userInput >= 0)
{
return(prms[userInput]);
}
ConsoleWriter.Print("Action was invalid. Please try again...");
}
}
public static void DoAction(string heading, string question, string defaultAction, bool optionsInNewLine, params ActionParams[] prms)
{
bool isDefaultActionAvailable = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(defaultAction);
ActionParams selectedAction = null;
int maxColumnsInEachLine = optionsInNewLine ? 1 : maxColumnsInALine;
string userInput = "";
while (true)
{
int maxCharLength = 0;
foreach (ActionParams prm in prms)
{
if (prm.heading.Length > maxCharLength)
{
maxCharLength = prm.heading.Length;
}
}
maxCharLength += 2;
System.Text.StringBuilder consoleMsg = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
consoleMsg.Append("" + heading + "\n");
int shown = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < prms.Length; i++)
{
// If we have context and in the context we are alking not to show this params, then hide it
if (!prms[i].visible)
{
if (ActionParamsContext.DisplayAllCommands)
{
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
consoleMsg.Append(string.Format("{0,-" + maxCharLength + "}", prms[i].heading));
if ((shown + 1) % maxColumnsInEachLine == 0 && (shown + 1) < prms.Length)
{
consoleMsg.Append("\n");
}
shown++;
}
consoleMsg.Append("\n" + question);
// if ( isDefaultActionAvailable )
// consoleMesg.Append( "(default is " + defaultAction + ")");
userInput = ConsoleReader.GetUserInputString(consoleMsg.ToString(), ConsoleColor.Blue, isDefaultActionAvailable ? defaultAction : "");
userInput = userInput.ToLower();
//ConsoleWriter.ResetConsoleColor();
foreach (ActionParams prm in prms)
{
if (prm.userActionLowerCase == userInput)
{
selectedAction = prm;
break;
}
}
// trying to see if its a big command with context
if (selectedAction == null && (userInput.Contains("|")))
{
string command = userInput.Split("|")[0];
foreach (ActionParams prm in prms)
{
if (prm.userActionLowerCase.Contains(command))
{
selectedAction = prm;
break;
}
}
}
if (selectedAction != null)
{
break;
}
else
{
ConsoleWriter.Print("Action was invalid. Please try again...");
}
}
selectedAction.actionToPerform(selectedAction.context);
}