//Make a List to hold items from a file. Read the file and assign each item to my new List<> of strings.
//This is taken from my Home Sprinkler contoller program. This allows me to let the user change the text
//properties of the controls at run time. They can change the name of the sprinkler stations to suite their needs.

//NOTE All my Messageboxes are handled in another Class using a method called NotifyUser. I simply pass in the
//message I want and the method creates the Messagebox with buttons and Icon and caption.

   internal static List<string> StationDescrip = new List<string>(); 

   internal static void ReadSettingsFile()
        {
            //---read data file and assign to items in List<> defined in General Class
            try
            {
                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(myFileName))
                {
                    //---read all 8 items in the file and assign it to dataFromFile variable
                    string dataFromFile;
                    for (int x = 0; x < 8; x++)
                    {
                        dataFromFile = sr.ReadLine();
                        StationDescrip.Add(dataFromFile);       //add each item in the file to the List<>
                    }

                }
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                NotifyUser("An error occured while initializing your settings. " + ex.Message.ToString());
            
            }

//*************************WORKING WITH "CONTROL ARRAYS" AND LISTS***********************************

//Now I will make an array of the radio buttons on my form so I can assign text properties to each of them. Notice you
//DO NOT use the 'new' keyword here. I want to have access to my existing controls. If I used the 'new' keyword I would
//be creating new controls. I just want to reference them... access them in their current memory location. To do this,
//make sure you use the 'this' keyword to tell the compiler the controls are in the currenct instance of the form class object.
 		STEP 1:
		//---create a ref array to access the radio buttons on the form
                RadioButton[] myButtons = {this.rdoStation1, this.rdoStation2, this.rdoStation3,
                    this.rdoStation4, this.rdoStation5, this.rdoStation6,this.rdoStation7,this.rdoStation8};

		STEP 2: Cycle through the array of buttons. For each button assign the string in the List<> we created
			above (StationDescrip). I use a foreach loop to cycle through the array of radiobuttons and use my
			own counter (x) to assign values from the List<> starting with 0.
 		int myIndex = 0;
                foreach (RadioButton eachButton in myButtons)
                {
                    eachButton.Text = StationDescrip[myIndex];
                    myIndex++;

                }

//**************************SAVE UPDATED CHANGES TO DISK**************************************

	private void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
	{    	
    	    //---now go the other way and assign new values to the List<>
            StationDescrip[0] = txt1.Text.Trim();
            StationDescrip[1] = txt2.Text.Trim();
            StationDescrip[2] = txt3.Text.Trim();
            StationDescrip[3] = txt4.Text.Trim();
            StationDescrip[4] = txt5.Text.Trim();
            StationDescrip[5] = txt6.Text.Trim();
            StationDescrip[6] = txt7.Text.Trim();
            StationDescrip[7] = txt8.Text.Trim();
            try
            {
                //---cycle through each item in the List<> StationDescrip and write to the disk file
                using (StreamWriter myWriter = new StreamWriter(myFileName, false))   //false means do not append data!

                    foreach (string whichOne in StationDescrip)
                    {
                        myWriter.WriteLine(whichOne);
                    }
                       NotifyUser("Your data has been updated.");
            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                NotifyUser("I could not save your changes." + ex.Message.ToString());

            }
	}

//********************Now Cycle Through The Contols and Save their Text Property values to the List<>**************************

 private void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //---create a control array for the textboxes
            TextBox[] myTextBoxes = {this.txt1, this.txt2,this.txt3, this.txt4, this.txt5, this.txt6, this.txt7, this.txt8};

            //---now go the other way and assign new values to the List<>
            int x = 0;
            foreach (TextBox eachTextBox in myTextBoxes)
            {
                StationDescrip[x] = eachTextBox.Text.Trim();
                x++;
            
            }
          
            try
            {
                //---cycle through each item in the List<> StationDescrip and write to the disk file
                using (StreamWriter myWriter = new StreamWriter(General.myFileName, false))   //false means do not append data!

                    foreach (string whichOne in General.StationDescrip)
                    {
                        myWriter.WriteLine(whichOne);
                    }
                       NotifyUser("Your data has been updated.");
            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                NotifyUser("I could not save your changes." + ex.Message.ToString());

            }
}