DatFileCreator.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace GUI.IO_Modules
{
    class DatFileCreator
    {
        private ModelData md;
        private DateTime startTime;
        private DateTime endTime;
        public String Data;

        public DatFileCreator(ModelData m, DateTime start, DateTime end)
        {
            md = m;
            md.maxN = 0;
            startTime = start;
            endTime = end;
        }

        public bool createDatFile(double d)
        {
            //d is between 0 and 1. Timeslot length will be 60min*d
            if (d > 1 || d <= 0) throw new Exception("Not a valid discretization");

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(5000);
            sb.Append(md.toDatString(d, startTime, endTime));

            Data = sb.ToString();
            if (md.maxN == 0)
            {
                return false;
            }
            else
            {
                return true;
            }
        }

        public void export()
        {
            String folder = Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()).ToString()).ToString()) + "\\Resources";
            using (StreamWriter outputFile = new StreamWriter(folder + @"\Test.dat"))
            {
                outputFile.Write(Data);
            }
        }

    }
}