very crappy RecentFiles save/load to config

BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <ProductVersion>9.0.21022</ProductVersion>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{DD448B37-BA3F-4544-9754-5406E8094723}</ProjectGuid>
-    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>BizHawk.MultiClient</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>BizHawk.MultiClient</AssemblyName>
@@ -81,9 +81,11 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="MainForm.resx">
       <DependentUpon>MainForm.cs</DependentUpon>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </EmbeddedResource>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="NameStateForm.resx">
       <DependentUpon>NameStateForm.cs</DependentUpon>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </EmbeddedResource>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
       <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>

BizHawk.MultiClient/Config.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
         public bool SoundEnabled = true;
         public string LastRomPath = ".";
         public bool AutoLoadMostRecentRom = false;    //TODO: eventually make a class or struct for all the auto-loads, which will include recent roms, movies, etc, as well as autoloading any modeless dialog
+        public RecentFiles RecentRoms = new RecentFiles(8);
 
         // Client Hotkey Bindings
         public string HardResetBinding = "LeftShift+Tab";

BizHawk.MultiClient/ConfigService.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ using System.IO;
 
 namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 {
+    public interface IConfigSerializable
+    {
+        void Deserialize(string str);
+    }
+
     public static class ConfigService
     {
         public static T Load<T>(string filepath) where T : new()
@@ -50,6 +55,16 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
                             field.SetValue(config, bool.Parse(value));
                         else if (fieldType == typeof(char))
                             field.SetValue(config, char.Parse(value));
+                        else
+                        {
+                            var iface = fieldType.GetInterface("IConfigSerializable");
+                            if (iface != null)
+                            {
+                                IConfigSerializable i = (IConfigSerializable) Activator.CreateInstance(fieldType);
+                                i.Deserialize(value);
+                                field.SetValue(config, i);
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                     catch { } // If anything fails to parse, just move on / use defaults, don't crash.
                 }

BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
     {
         private Control renderTarget;
 		private RetainedViewportPanel retainedPanel;
-        private RecentFiles RecentRoms = new RecentFiles(8);
-        
 
         private int SaveSlot = 0;   //Saveslot sytem
 
@@ -198,7 +196,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
             Global.Emulator.LoadGame(game);
             Text = game.Name;
             ResetRewindBuffer();
-            RecentRoms.Add(file.FullName);
+            Global.Config.RecentRoms.Add(file.FullName);
             if (File.Exists(game.SaveRamPath))
                 LoadSaveRam();
         }
@@ -587,7 +585,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 
         private void clearToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            RecentRoms.Clear();
+            Global.Config.RecentRoms.Clear();
         }
 
         private void UpdateAutoLoadRecentRom()
@@ -683,15 +681,15 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
            //repopulate it with an up to date list
             recentROMToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.Clear();
 
-            if (RecentRoms.IsEmpty())
+            if (Global.Config.RecentRoms.IsEmpty())
             {
                 recentROMToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.Add("None");
             }
             else
             {
-                for (int x = 0; x < RecentRoms.Length(); x++)
+                for (int x = 0; x < Global.Config.RecentRoms.Length(); x++)
                 {
-                    string path = RecentRoms.GetRecentFileByPosition(x);
+                    string path = Global.Config.RecentRoms.GetRecentFileByPosition(x);
                     var item = new ToolStripMenuItem();
                     item.Text = path;
                     item.Click += (o, ev) => LoadRom(path);
@@ -703,7 +701,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 
             var clearitem = new ToolStripMenuItem();
             clearitem.Text = "&Clear";
-            clearitem.Click += (o, ev) => RecentRoms.Clear();
+            clearitem.Click += (o, ev) => Global.Config.RecentRoms.Clear();
             recentROMToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.Add(clearitem);
 
             var auto = new ToolStripMenuItem();

BizHawk.MultiClient/RecentFiles.cs

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 
 namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 {
-    class RecentFiles
+    public class RecentFiles : IConfigSerializable
     {
         private int MAX_RECENT_FILES;       //Maximum number of files
         private List<string> recentlist;    //List of recent files
 
+        public RecentFiles() : this(8) {} 
         public RecentFiles(int max)
         {
             recentlist = new List<string>();  
@@ -84,5 +83,26 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
         {
             return recentlist[position];
         }
+
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+            sb.Append(MAX_RECENT_FILES);
+            sb.Append("@");
+            foreach (string file in recentlist)
+                sb.AppendFormat("\"{0}\"|", file);
+            return sb.ToString();
+        }
+
+        public void Deserialize(string str)
+        {
+                var sections = str.Split('@');
+                MAX_RECENT_FILES = int.Parse(sections[0]);
+                var files = sections[1].Split('|');
+                recentlist.Clear();
+                foreach (string file in files)
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(file) == false)
+                        recentlist.Add(file.Replace("\"", ""));
+        }
     }
 }