README.md

FileTable

Library of routines implementing a tables stored in text files.

install from NuGet link

Latest is 1.0.5 adds SettingsFile a file based name value pair object designed to hold settins for an app.

Version 1.0.4 Adds try blocks around load and save, empty value handeling.

Version 1.0.2 updates row to long.

• By table I mean three properties.

  • FileName - to save the location of the file.

  • Columns - concurrent dictionary of columns

  • Rows - Concurrent dictionary of rows where

    • Each Row is a Dictionary of Fields that match the Columns.

• By stored in text files with MessagePack means

  • Creates a wirepack object that has 2 properties a list of column and list of row.

    • On Save the code copies the Dictionary to List in wirepack

      • uses MessagPack to translate the wirepack into Byte[] in which I convert to string via Base64 encoding the buffer.

      • uses a stream to write the encoding to file.

    • On Load it's reverse, Load the encoded string from file.

      • Decode Base 64 to byte[] then use MessagePack to deserialize back to wirepack object.

        • from wirepack object copy the list of columns and rows to active Model.

Each FileTable can be created from scratch.

• Setting Active = true; loads from file if one exists.
• if your table didn't exist then the developer needs to add the columns before adding rows.
• below is an example of how one could wrap the FileTable.
• see sample output from AppSmith App

FileTableViewer

• App to inspect and update FileTables via standard C# GridView Control.
• Full source included.
• Work in progress, still needs new row, delete and filtering functions.
• Show Grid loading in virtual mode.
• Show Grid Sorting in virtual mode.
• Show how one could show modification and Save or Cancel for write to disk.