Text not appearing in textBox

[Ch33f]

Here is what the form looks like and its respective toolbox item name

 

Form and it's names

 

Here's the code for the Form and the class

 

 public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void addFlapjacks_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Flapjack food;
            if (crispy.Checked == true)
                food = Flapjack.Crispy;
            else if (soggy.Checked == true)
                food = Flapjack.Soggy;
            else if (browned.Checked == true)
                food = Flapjack.Browned;
            else
                food = Flapjack.Bannana;

            Lumberjack currentLumberjack = breakfastLine.Peek();
            currentLumberjack.TakeFlapjacks(food, (int)howMany.Value);
            RedrawList();
        }

        private Queue<Lumberjack> breakfastLine = new Queue<Lumberjack>();

        private void addLumberjack_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            breakfastLine.Enqueue(new Lumberjack(name.Text));
            name.Text = "";
            RedrawList();
        }

        private void RedrawList()
        {
            int number = 1;
            line.Items.Clear();
            foreach (Lumberjack lumberjack in breakfastLine)
            {
                line.Items.Add(number + ". " + lumberjack.Name);
                number++;
            }
            if (breakfastLine.Count == 0)
            {
                groupBox1.Enabled = true;
                Lumberjack currentLumberjack = breakfastLine.Peek();
                nextInLine.Text = currentLumberjack.Name + " has " + currentLumberjack.FlapjackCount + " flapjacks.";
            }
        }

        private void nextLumberjack_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Lumberjack nextLumberjack = breakfastLine.Dequeue();
            nextLumberjack.EatFlapjacks();
            nextInLine.Text = "";
            RedrawList();
        }
    }

CLASS:

 

 enum Flapjack
    {
        Crispy,
        Soggy,
        Browned,
        Bannana
    }
    class Lumberjack
    {
        private string name;
        public string Name { get { return name; } }
        private Stack<Flapjack> meal;
        public Lumberjack(string name)
        {
            this.name = name;
            meal = new Stack<Flapjack>();
        }
        public int FlapjackCount { get { return meal.Count; } }

        public void TakeFlapjacks(Flapjack food, int howMany)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < howMany; i++)
            {
                meal.Push(food);
            }
        }

        public void EatFlapjacks()
        {
            Console.WriteLine(name + "'s eating flapjacks");
            while(meal.Count > 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(name + " ate a " + meal.Pop().ToString().ToLower() + " flapjack");
            }
        }
    }

The problem here i'm getting is in Form1 under RedrawList() ---> nextInLine TextBox should display what ever nextInLine.Text line is equal to but nothing is being displayed in the textbox during execution, up on button click of Add flapjacks it will call RedrawList () and a mesage should be displayed in the textbox like if name = ed and howMany = 3 text displaayed should be "Ed has 3 flapjacks" not no display upon button click.

I have set the property of the textbox to Read only, 

Any Idea why there is no text in textbox ?

[Andre S. Veteran]

 

if (breakfastLine.Count == 0)
{
    // if we get here, breakfastLine.Count == 0, right? 
    groupBox1.Enabled = true;
    // so what do you expect this line to do? There are no items to peek at, it's empty, you just verified it was
    Lumberjack currentLumberjack = breakfastLine.Peek(); 
    // Let's look at the documentation for Queue.Peek https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.collections.queue.peek.aspx
    // | Exception	                | Condition
    // | InvalidOperationException	| The Queue is empty. 
  
    // So an exception is always thrown and this next line is never executed
    nextInLine.Text = currentLumberjack.Name + " has " + currentLumberjack.FlapjackCount + " flapjacks.";
}

On a side note, you would do well to learn basic debugging techniques (i.e. start your program by using F5 "Start Debugging" in Visual Studio). By default Visual Studio stops execution on exceptions, highlights the offending line and shows you the details of the exception. That would have shown you right where the problem was.

 

Another basic technique would be to put a breakpoint on the line where you expect the change to happen; you would have seen it was never hit.

 

These are essential skills to develop!

[Ch33f]

On 4/26/2017 at 6:06 AM, Andre S. said:

 

if (breakfastLine.Count == 0)
{
    // if we get here, breakfastLine.Count == 0, right? 
    groupBox1.Enabled = true;
    // so what do you expect this line to do? There are no items to peek at, it's empty, you just verified it was
    Lumberjack currentLumberjack = breakfastLine.Peek(); 
    // Let's look at the documentation for Queue.Peek https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.collections.queue.peek.aspx
    // | Exception	                | Condition
    // | InvalidOperationException	| The Queue is empty. 
  
    // So an exception is always thrown and this next line is never executed
    nextInLine.Text = currentLumberjack.Name + " has " + currentLumberjack.FlapjackCount + " flapjacks.";
}

On a side note, you would do well to learn basic debugging techniques (i.e. start your program by using F5 "Start Debugging" in Visual Studio). By default Visual Studio stops execution on exceptions, highlights the offending line and shows you the details of the exception. That would have shown you right where the problem was.

 

Another basic technique would be to put a breakpoint on the line where you expect the change to happen; you would have seen it was never hit.

 

These are essential skills to develop!

Oh my bad i corrected it by changing

if (breakfastLine.Count == 0)  ---> if (breakfastLine.Count != 0)

 

OR to be precise

 

 if (breakfastLine.Count == 0)
            {
                groupBox1.Enabled = false;
                nextInLine.Text = "";
            }
            else   
            {
                groupBox1.Enabled = true;
                Lumberjack currentLumberjack = breakfastLine.Peek();
                nextInLine.Text = currentLumberjack.Name + " has " + currentLumberjack.FlapjackCount + " flapjacks.";
            }

 

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