Initial working dynamic start programs

The startprograms logic should now
work properly. The JSON transformation
from using Enabled to Disable setting has
been tested and works too.

DisplayMagician/ShortcutItem.cs

@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ namespace DisplayMagician
             get => new Version(1, 0);
         }
 
+
         public string UUID
         {
             get

DisplayMagician/ShortcutRepository.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using DisplayMagician.InterProcess;
 using DisplayMagicianShared;
 using Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
@@ -406,6 +407,29 @@ namespace DisplayMagician
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(json))
                 {
+
+                    // "Disabled": false,
+
+
+
+                    // Firstly perform any modifications we need to do to update the JSON structure
+                    // to handle old versions of the file that need updating. Done with a simple regex replace
+                    try
+                    {
+
+                        // Replace any "Enabled": true with "Disabled": false
+                        json = Regex.Replace(json, @"        ""Enabled"": true,", @"        ""Disabled"": false,");
+                        // Replace any "Enabled": false with "Disabled": true
+                        json = Regex.Replace(json, @"        ""Enabled"": false,", @"        ""Disabled"": true,");                        
+                    }
+                    catch(Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        // problem updating JSON
+                        logger.Error(ex, $"ShortcutRepository/LoadShortcuts: Tried to update the JSON in the {_shortcutStorageJsonFileName} but the Regex Replace threw an exception.");
+                    }
+
+
+
 #pragma warning disable IDE0059 // Unnecessary assignment of a value
                     List<ShortcutItem> shortcuts = new List<ShortcutItem>();
 #pragma warning restore IDE0059 // Unnecessary assignment of a value
@@ -773,7 +797,7 @@ namespace DisplayMagician
 
             // Now run the pre-start applications
             List<Process> startProgramsToStop = new List<Process>();
-            List<StartProgram> startProgramsToStart = shortcutToUse.StartPrograms.Where(program => program.Disabled == true).OrderBy(program => program.Priority).ToList();
+            List<StartProgram> startProgramsToStart = shortcutToUse.StartPrograms.Where(program => program.Disabled == false).Where(program => !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(program.Executable)).OrderBy(program => program.Priority).ToList();
             if (startProgramsToStart.Count > 0)
             {
                 logger.Info($"ShortcutRepository/RunShortcut: Starting {startProgramsToStart.Count} programs before the main game or executable");

DisplayMagician/UIForms/ShortcutForm.cs

@@ -1172,6 +1172,12 @@ namespace DisplayMagician.UIForms
                 int spOrder = 1;
                 foreach (StartProgram myStartProgram in _shortcutToEdit.StartPrograms.OrderBy(sp => sp.Priority))
                 {
+                    if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(myStartProgram.Executable))
+                    {
+                        logger.Warn($"ShortcutForm/ShortcutForm_Load: Start program #{myStartProgram.Priority} is empty, so skipping.");
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     StartProgramControl startProgramControl = new StartProgramControl(myStartProgram,spOrder);
                     startProgramControl.Dock = DockStyle.None;
                     if (spOrder == 1)

DisplayMagician/UIForms/StartProgramControl.Designer.cs

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ namespace DisplayMagician.UIForms
             this.cb_dont_start_if_running.Text = "Don\'t start if program already running";
             this.cb_dont_start_if_running.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleRight;
             this.cb_dont_start_if_running.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            this.cb_dont_start_if_running.CheckedChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.cb_dont_start_if_running_CheckedChanged);
             // 
             // txt_start_program
             // 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ namespace DisplayMagician.UIForms
             this.txt_start_program.Name = "txt_start_program";
             this.txt_start_program.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(538, 26);
             this.txt_start_program.TabIndex = 25;
+            this.txt_start_program.TextChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.txt_start_program_TextChanged);
             // 
             // cb_start_program_close
             // 
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ namespace DisplayMagician.UIForms
             this.cb_start_program_close.Text = "Close started program when you finish playing Game";
             this.cb_start_program_close.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleRight;
             this.cb_start_program_close.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            this.cb_start_program_close.CheckedChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.cb_start_program_close_CheckedChanged);
             // 
             // btn_start_program
             // 
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ namespace DisplayMagician.UIForms
             this.txt_start_program_args.Name = "txt_start_program_args";
             this.txt_start_program_args.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(506, 26);
             this.txt_start_program_args.TabIndex = 22;
+            this.txt_start_program_args.TextChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.txt_start_program_args_TextChanged);
             // 
             // cb_start_program_pass_args
             // 

DisplayMagician/UIForms/StartProgramControl.cs

@@ -82,25 +82,27 @@ namespace DisplayMagician.UIForms
         private void cb_start_program_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             // Disable the start program fields
-            if (!cb_disable_start_program.Checked)
+            if (cb_disable_start_program.Checked)
             {
-                // Enable the Executable Arguments Text field
+                myStartProgram.Disabled = true;
-                txt_start_program.Visible = true;
+                // Disable the Executable Arguments Text field
-                btn_start_program.Visible = true;
+                txt_start_program.Enabled = false;
-                txt_start_program_args.Visible = true;
+                btn_start_program.Enabled = false;
-                cb_start_program_pass_args.Visible = true;
+                txt_start_program_args.Enabled = false;
-                cb_start_program_close.Visible = true;
+                cb_start_program_pass_args.Enabled = false;
-                cb_dont_start_if_running.Visible = true;
+                cb_start_program_close.Enabled = false;
+                cb_dont_start_if_running.Enabled = false;
             }
             else
             {
-                // Disable the Executable Arguments Text field
+                myStartProgram.Disabled = false;
-                txt_start_program.Visible = false;
+                // Enable the Executable Arguments Text field
-                btn_start_program.Visible = false;
+                txt_start_program.Enabled = true;
-                txt_start_program_args.Visible = false;
+                btn_start_program.Enabled = true;
-                cb_start_program_pass_args.Visible = false;
+                txt_start_program_args.Enabled = true;
-                cb_start_program_close.Visible = false;
+                cb_start_program_pass_args.Enabled = true;
-                cb_dont_start_if_running.Visible = false;
+                cb_start_program_close.Enabled = true;
+                cb_dont_start_if_running.Enabled = true;
             }            
         }
 
@@ -110,12 +112,12 @@ namespace DisplayMagician.UIForms
             if (cb_start_program_pass_args.Checked)
             {
                 // Enable the Executable Arguments Text field
-                txt_start_program_args.Visible = true;
+                txt_start_program_args.Enabled = true;
             }
             else
             {
                 // Disable the Executable Arguments Text field
-                txt_start_program_args.Visible = false;
+                txt_start_program_args.Enabled = false;
             }
         }
 
@@ -177,5 +179,39 @@ namespace DisplayMagician.UIForms
         {
             ((ShortcutForm)this.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent).StartProgramEarlier(this);
         }
+
+        private void cb_dont_start_if_running_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (cb_dont_start_if_running.Checked)
+            {
+                myStartProgram.DontStartIfAlreadyRunning = true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                myStartProgram.DontStartIfAlreadyRunning = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void cb_start_program_close_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (cb_start_program_close.Checked)
+            {
+                myStartProgram.CloseOnFinish = true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                myStartProgram.CloseOnFinish = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void txt_start_program_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            myStartProgram.Executable = txt_start_program.Text;            
+        }
+
+        private void txt_start_program_args_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            myStartProgram.Arguments = txt_start_program_args.Text;
+        }
     }    
 }