Improving solution and project for FileDisplayer project.

Author: aubertc

source/code/projects/FileDisplayer/FileDisplayer/Program.cs

@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ demo file.
 2,Phillip,Summers,76,82,91
 3,Kristine,Travis,78,82,83
 4,Marty,Gave,67,73,72
-5,Harley,Test,78,91,72
-"
+5,Harley,Test,78,91,72"
       );
       sr.Close();
     }

source/code/projects/FileDisplayerSolution/FileDisplayerSolution/FileDisplayer.cs

@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 
-/*
- * Foreword: note that the project
- * asks the method to display an error
- * message if something goes wrong. A more
- * principled approach would require the
- * method to send an exception back to
- * the main routine, and to let it handle
- * the error as it sees fit.
- */
-
 static class FileDisplayer
 {
   public static void Display(string exP)
@@ -209,7 +199,7 @@ public static void DisplayWinnerCSV(string exP)
       {
         StreamReader sw = new StreamReader(exP);
         sw.ReadLine(); // Skipping the first line
-
+        
         string cLine = sw.ReadLine();
         string[] cLineSplit = cLine.Split(',');
         string winnerSoFar =

source/code/projects/FileDisplayerSolution/FileDisplayerSolution/Program.cs

@@ -9,14 +9,69 @@ static void Main()
      * We first create three
      * string variables where
      * our three demo files
-     * are located.
+     * are located, and created.
      */
     string directoryPath = AppDomain
       .CurrentDomain
       .BaseDirectory;
     string ex0 = Path.Combine(directoryPath, "ex0.txt");
+    try
+    {
+      StreamWriter sr = new StreamWriter(ex0);
+      sr.WriteLine(
+        @"This is the first demo file. It contains a long first line that will not wrap nicely on some display.
+It also contains another line that contains the word line also.
+It will be used to test our methods.
+"
+      );
+      sr.Close();
+    }
+    catch (Exception ex)
+    {
+      Console.WriteLine(
+        "Something went wrong setting up the project.\nPlease, contact your instructor, sharing the following message:\n"
+          + ex.Message
+      );
+    }
     string ex1 = Path.Combine(directoryPath, "ex1.txt");
+    try
+    {
+      StreamWriter sr = new StreamWriter(ex1);
+      sr.WriteLine(
+        @"A very short
+demo file.
+"
+      );
+      sr.Close();
+    }
+    catch (Exception ex)
+    {
+      Console.WriteLine(
+        "Something went wrong setting up the project.\nPlease, contact your instructor, sharing the following message:\n"
+          + ex.Message
+      );
+    }
     string ex2 = Path.Combine(directoryPath, "ex2.csv");
+    try
+    {
+      StreamWriter sr = new StreamWriter(ex2);
+      sr.WriteLine(
+        @"Index,First Name,Last Name,Lap 1, Lap 2, Lap 3
+1,Shelby,Terrell,78,80,82
+2,Phillip,Summers,76,82,91
+3,Kristine,Travis,78,82,83
+4,Marty,Gave,67,73,72
+5,Harley,Test,78,91,72"
+      );
+      sr.Close();
+    }
+    catch (Exception ex)
+    {
+      Console.WriteLine(
+        "Something went wrong setting up the project.\nPlease, contact your instructor, sharing the following message:\n"
+          + ex.Message
+      );
+    }
 
     // Testing the "Display" Method:
     Console.WriteLine("*****\n* Testing Display\n*****");