IST 256
Assignment 3
SALES REPORTS
Assignment 3 due November 24, at the beginning of class
In this application, there is an input file of employee sales data and the program must
read in the file and prepare two reports: one report is displayed on the form and the other
report is written to an output file.
The form for this application will allow the user to type in the name of both the input and
output files. (While you are developing the program, you may want to disable this part to
avoid typing in file names every time, but it is essential that the final version of the
program allow the user to type in the input and output file names for grading purposes.
That is, we are going to run your program on an input file that we have prepared.) The
form needs
• one button to perform the computation,
• three multiline labels or textboxes to display employees as described below,
• two more labels to display the number of male and female employees, and
• a close button.
The input file will have one employee’s data on each line, consisting of the employee
name, the gender, the number of years of service and 6 monthly sales figures. The format
of the each line will be like the following example
Betty Boop, F, 2, 2000, 7000, 1500, 4000, 7500, 4200
To test your application, make up an input file that has a number of employees. Please
make sure that you have several people that fit each of the three categories for number of
years of service, and for people who get bonuses or not.
The button procedure should get the input and output file names from textboxes and
should give an alert if there are not two file names given.
The program then reads data from the input file and while it is doing so, it will:
• Read all the employee data items on one line
• Prepare three Strings that will be displayed in the three labels or textboxes, and
• Save the employee name in one array and save the total sales in another
• Add up the number of male and female employees
The data displayed in the employee part of the form should have names and total sales of
people with at least 10 years in the company to one multiline label or text box, with 5 to 9
years experience in another label or text box, and with fewer that 5 years experience to a
third label or text box.
The number of male and female employees should also be displayed.
