Creating the Note Naming Convention - Day 4 - Part 4

Posted: Nov 11, 2010 at 6:10 PM

By: Clint Rutkas, Bob Tabor

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In this video, Bob discusses the strategy of using the file name as a means of storing the date and time the note was created, along with the location of the note’s composition. This requires quite a bit of familiarity with String and DateTime classes and their methods for formatting and parsing through data.

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jamesoneill

Dec 20, 2010 at 8:41 AM

Writing the code to parse the date / time from the file name at 15 mins was a bit painful, much easier with
DateTime dateCreated = DateTime.ParseExact(file.Substring(0,16), "yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
ELMDEV

Jan 03, 2011 at 9:22 AM

Hi,
Great video! One problem tho
string[] fileList = appStorage.GetFileNames();
creates collection starting at [0]. Running debug/emulator, I cannot get location to display on Page_Load in [0]. So I have to run thru the loop once, then hit the Add_Button(+) on Mainpage then continue loop for location to display in [1]. Any reason [0] is reserved for anything? Anybody else have same prob?
Thanks,
E.
ELMDEV

Jan 04, 2011 at 3:09 PM

Got it worked out.@ELMDEV:
Mintydog

Feb 03, 2011 at 7:25 AM

I hate to write
string

location = file.Substring(19);
It had to have a 19 instead of a 20, with 20 it cut off the R in Redmond, I dont know why cos i had everything else correct, and it picked up the date and time just right.