AppSettings.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;

namespace ReductionGroupGenerator
{
    public static class AppSettings
    {
        //Group_TESTGROUP, Bias frames, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, Dark frames, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, Dark frames for flats only, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, Flat frames, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0
        const string ReductionGroupTag = "APP_qslCalibrationGroups=";
        const string GroupHeaderTag = "Group_";
        const string BiasHeaderTag = "Bias frames";
        const string DarkHeaderTag = "Dark frames";
        const string DarkFlatHeaderTag = "Dark frames for flats only";
        const string FlatHeaderTag = "Flat frames";

        public static bool InsertAppSettings(List<FrameCatalog.ReductionLibrary> fcrlList, string appSettingsInPath, string appSettingsOutPath)
        {
            int[] groupPrefix = new int[] { 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0 };
            string appSettingsText = "";
            string lineText;
            //Open the AppSettings.ini file
            //Read each line and save until the calibration header is found
            TextReader tRead = File.OpenText(appSettingsInPath);
            do
            {
                lineText = tRead.ReadLine();
                if (lineText.Contains(ReductionGroupTag))
                {
                    break;
                }
                appSettingsText += lineText + "\n";
            } while (lineText != null);
            //We either have the current calibration set in the buffer
            // or null, meaning that no calibration set was found.
            //  if not null then suck out the Imager and Guider calibrations, if any
            if (lineText != null)
            {
                //remove the calibration header tag and add it to the store
                lineText = lineText.Remove(0, ReductionGroupTag.Length);
                appSettingsText += ReductionGroupTag;
                string[] calLibs = lineText.Split(new[] { GroupHeaderTag }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                //if the first calibration is for the imager, then move whole thing to store
                if (calLibs[0].Contains("Imager"))
                    appSettingsText += GroupHeaderTag + calLibs[0];
                //same for second calibration for autoguider
                if (calLibs.Length > 1 && calLibs[1].Contains("Autoguider"))
                    appSettingsText += GroupHeaderTag + calLibs[0];
                //For each set in the reduction library, we will generate a group
                foreach (FrameCatalog.ReductionLibrary rl in fcrlList)
                {    //  each group has starts with a group tag with a name.
                    //  the name has already been generated from the Binning, Exposure, Filter and Temperature values for the library
                    appSettingsText += GroupHeaderTag + rl.LibraryName + ", ";
                    //Bias files -- tag
                    appSettingsText += BiasHeaderTag + ", ";
                    //  update the prefix with the file count in the 6th index
                    groupPrefix[5] = rl.BiasLibrary.Count;
                    for (int i = 0; i < groupPrefix.Length; i++)
                    { appSettingsText += groupPrefix[i].ToString("0") + ", "; }
                    //add File paths
                    foreach (string s in rl.BiasLibrary)
                    { appSettingsText += s + ", "; }

                    //Dark -- tag
                    appSettingsText += DarkHeaderTag + ", ";
                    //  update the prefix with the file count in the 6th index
                    groupPrefix[5] = rl.DarkLibrary.Count;
                    for (int i = 0; i < groupPrefix.Length; i++)
                    { appSettingsText += groupPrefix[i].ToString("0") + ", "; }
                    //add File paths
                    foreach (string s in rl.DarkLibrary)
                    { appSettingsText += s + ", "; }

                    //Dark Flat -- tag
                    appSettingsText += DarkFlatHeaderTag + ", ";
                    //  update the prefix with the file count in the 6th index
                    groupPrefix[5] = rl.DarkFlatLibrary.Count;
                    for (int i = 0; i < groupPrefix.Length; i++)
                    { appSettingsText += groupPrefix[i].ToString("0") + ", "; }
                    //add File paths
                    foreach (string s in rl.DarkFlatLibrary)
                    { appSettingsText += s + ", "; }

                    //Flat  -- tag
                    appSettingsText += FlatHeaderTag + ", ";
                    //  update the prefix with the file count in the 6th index
                    groupPrefix[5] = rl.FlatLibrary.Count;
                    for (int i = 0; i < groupPrefix.Length; i++)
                    { appSettingsText += groupPrefix[i].ToString("0") + ", "; }
                    //add File paths
                    foreach (string s in rl.FlatLibrary)
                    { appSettingsText += s + ", "; }
                }
                //remove last comma and space
                appSettingsText = appSettingsText.TrimEnd(' ');
                appSettingsText = appSettingsText.TrimEnd(',');
                //add new line
                appSettingsText += "\n";
                //Continue copying the .ini until the end
                do
                {
                    lineText = tRead.ReadLine();
                    appSettingsText += lineText + "\n";
                } while (lineText != null);
                tRead.Close();
                //Write text to new app file
                string newAppSettingsFilePath = appSettingsOutPath;
                File.WriteAllText(newAppSettingsFilePath, appSettingsText);

            }
            return true;
        }

    }
}