// this button click adds a new ticket based on the information from the options window
private void btnIssueTicket_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//timer1.Interval = 5;
timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.Start();
// creates a new instance of the ticket class
Ticket t3 = new Ticket();
//todo put these into the ticket class to validate over the limit and end of day time.
bool OverTheLimit = false;
// over the limit means that if we try and add a ticket to the list it will exceed the maximum allow in.
// to check this I need to have a number passed in that is equal to the number of tickets in the ticket queue list.
// todo add the endtime to the ticket class.
bool TimesUpDaysOver = false;
// old ticket is casted from this tag , which i'm thinking is t2 from further down around line 72 when the form loads.
Ticket oldTicket = new Ticket();
oldTicket = (Ticket)this.Tag;
// increment the ticket + 1
//todo write a method to check and see if the number of tickets in the list is greater than one. The problem here is that
// the ticket is being set to the starting ticket number
//from the options and only adding one the starting ticket number so it doesn't increase after the 2nd ticket is created.
t3.TicketNumber += oldTicket.TicketNumber + 1;
if (listBoxTicketQueueList.Items.Count >= oldTicket.TicketLimit)
{
OverTheLimit = true;
MessageBox.Show("Cannot add another ticket please wait until the ticket window opens again",
"Ticket List Cannot Exceed Queue Limit of " + oldTicket.TicketLimit.ToString());
}
else if (TimesUpDaysOver.Equals(true))
{
MessageBox.Show("Cannot add another ticket because the ride will close before they can ride", "Ride Closing Soon");
}
// if over the limit let them know another ticket cannot be added
// check the time to see if it falls before the end of the day.
//If it does let the user know that prior to trying to add the ticket because it won't work
else
{
//try
// listcheckr
// if we were to add another ticket to the listbox would it be less than or equal to the max
// add the chosen option for the ticket time
t3.TicketTime = oldTicket.TicketTime.Add(oldTicket.TimeIncrement);
//Add new ticket -- Next ticketNumber is used similar to an overide to string. It was written by Conner from the inital Ticket Class.
listBoxTicketQueueList.Items.Add(t3.nextTicketNumber().ToString());
//Increment total tickets Mapped to the number of tickets in the list
lblOutsandingTicketTotal.Text = listBoxTicketQueueList.Items.Count.ToString();
//Show time in label
lblTimeofEntry.Text = t3.TicketTime.ToString();
//todo add the method to check the number of tickets in the listbox to make sure we are not over the limit.
}
}
// when this form loads try and load the tagged property
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//todo try loading an instance of frmOptions first with a show dialog , and then make the dialog result equal to a tag,
// then convert the tag to a ticket
//todo maybe try loading into frmOptions first , and moving all of this out of this form load event into the initialize component section.
// loads this forms instance of the ticket which recieved from the tag on frmOptions
Ticket t2 = new Ticket();
t2 = (Ticket)this.Tag;
if (t2 == null)
{
MessageBox.Show("Could not cast value. Check your code and try again", "Error");
}
else
{
//add the item to the ticket list
listBoxTicketQueueList.Items.Add(t2.nextTicketNumber().ToString());
//this sets the text on the number of tickets in the list
lblOutsandingTicketTotal.Text = (listBoxTicketQueueList.Items.Count).ToString();
//this for testing. For now it diplsays 5 minutes, but it not set equal to the options wait time.
//todo tie this into the ticket timewindow. also write this into the class as the timeout value.
lblTimeofEntry.Text = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(5).ToLongTimeString();
//todo setup the list to inherit a list from the Ticket class?
// loop over the list and try to read the time property for each ticket to check and see if it can enter.
}
}