public void readFromFile()
{
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(myBudgetPath))
{
myHistoryBudgetList.Clear();
string line;
while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
{
//split every line with the character '|'
string[] parts = line.Split('|');
int id = Convert.ToInt32(parts[0]);
Budget tempBudget = new Budget(id);
int eventID = Convert.ToInt32(parts[0]);
for (int i = 1; i < parts.Length; i++)
{
if (i % 3 == 1)
{
//add a budget item to the budget
string name = parts[i];
double amountSpent = Convert.ToDouble(parts[i + 1]);
double amountTotal = Convert.ToDouble(parts[i + 2]);
tempBudget.addBudgetItem(name, amountSpent, amountTotal);
}
}
//push one budget item to the list
myHistoryBudgetList.Add(tempBudget);
}
}
}
//add a budget of an event
public void createBudget()
{
int id;
if (numBudgets != 0)
id = budgetList[numBudgets - 1].getEventID() + 1;
else
id = 1;
Budget tempBudget = new Budget(id);
budgetList.Add(tempBudget);
numBudgets++;
}