public void SetVariable(string variableName, object value)
{
// the folder to hold variable info (type and value)
DirectoryInfo variableFolder = new DirectoryInfo(VarDir.FullName + @"\" + SpecialSymbols.Encode(variableName));
if (!variableFolder.Exists)
{
variableFolder.Create();
}
foreach (DirectoryInfo subdir in variableFolder.GetDirectories())
{
subdir.Delete();
}
// variable type (first subdirectory -- we will label with 1 to be sure)
variableFolder.CreateSubdirectory("1 " + SpecialSymbols.Encode(value.GetType().ToString()));
// if it's a string more than our max folder size, we'll break it down into sections
if (value.ToString().Length > MAX_FOLDER_SIZE)
{
int folderNum = 2;
foreach (string substring in SplitByLength(value.ToString(), MAX_FOLDER_SIZE))
{
variableFolder.CreateSubdirectory(folderNum.ToString() + " " + SpecialSymbols.Encode(substring));
folderNum++;
}
}
else
{
variableFolder.CreateSubdirectory("2 " + SpecialSymbols.Encode(value.ToString()));
}
}
public object GetVariable(string variableName)
{
// return value of variable from folder and return as correct type (also from folder)
DirectoryInfo variableFolder = new DirectoryInfo(VarDir.FullName + @"\" + SpecialSymbols.Encode(variableName));
DirectoryInfo[] subdirs = variableFolder.GetDirectories();
Type type = Type.GetType(SpecialSymbols.Decode(subdirs[0].Name.Substring(2)));
StringBuilder returnValue = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 1; i < subdirs.Length; i++)
{
returnValue.Append(SpecialSymbols.Decode(subdirs[i].Name.Substring(2)));
}
return(Convert.ChangeType(returnValue.ToString(), type));
}
public VarManager(string programName)
{
DirectoryInfo folders =
new DirectoryInfo(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) +
@"\Folders Programs");
if (!folders.Exists)
{
folders.Create();
}
this.VarDir = new DirectoryInfo(folders.FullName + @"\" + SpecialSymbols.Encode(programName));
if (!VarDir.Exists)
{
VarDir.Create();
}
}