feat(clips): use file system to store clips in files.

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         "filemaker",
         "fmxmlsnippet",
         "Mvvm",
+        "nlog",
         "xdoc",
         "XMFD",
         "XMSC",

App.axaml.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 using SharpFM.ViewModels;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using NLog.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using System;
+using SharpFM.Services;
 
 namespace SharpFM;
 
@@ -24,8 +27,24 @@ public override void OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted()
             {
                 DataContext = new MainWindowViewModel(logger)
             };
+
+            var services = new ServiceCollection();
+
+            services.AddSingleton(x => new FolderService(desktop.MainWindow));
+
+            Services = services.BuildServiceProvider();
         }
 
         base.OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted();
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Get a reference to the current app.
+    /// </summary>
+    public new static App? Current => Application.Current as App;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the <see cref="IServiceProvider"/> instance to resolve application services.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IServiceProvider? Services { get; private set; }
 }

MainWindow.axaml

@@ -19,32 +19,41 @@
     <DockPanel>
         <Menu DockPanel.Dock="Top">
             <MenuItem Header="_File">
-                <MenuItem Command="{Binding NewEmptyItem}" Header="_New" />
+                <MenuItem Header="_New">
+                    <MenuItem Command="{Binding NewEmptyItem}" Header="Blank Clip" />
+                    <MenuItem Command="{Binding PasteFileMakerClipData}" Header="From Clipboard (copied from FileMaker)" />
+                </MenuItem>
                 <Separator />
-                <MenuItem Command="{Binding SaveToDb}" Header="Save All" />
+                <MenuItem Command="{Binding OpenFolderPicker}" Header="Open Folder" />
+                <Separator />
+                <MenuItem Header="Save">
+                    <MenuItem Command="{Binding SaveClipsStorage}" Header="Save All To Folder" />
+                    <MenuItem Command="{Binding CopySelectedToClip}" Header="Selected clip to Clipboard (to paste into FileMaker)" />
+                </MenuItem>
                 <Separator />
                 <MenuItem Command="{Binding ExitApplication}" Header="_Exit" />
             </MenuItem>
-            <MenuItem Header="_Edit">
-                <MenuItem Command="{Binding CopySelectedToClip}" Header="Copy as FileMaker Blob" />
-                <MenuItem Command="{Binding PasteFileMakerClipData}" Header="Paste From FileMaker Blob" />
-            </MenuItem>
             <MenuItem Header="Transform">
                 <MenuItem Command="{Binding CopyAsClass}" Header="Copy as C# Class" />
             </MenuItem>
-            <MenuItem Header="Storage">
-                <MenuItem Command="{Binding ClearDb}" Header="Clear Db" />
-            </MenuItem>
             <MenuItem Header="{Binding Version}" />
         </Menu>
-        <TextBlock />
         <Grid>
+            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                <RowDefinition Height="40" />
+                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
+            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
             <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                 <ColumnDefinition Width="225" />
                 <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
             </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
 
+            <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="0,8">
+                <TextBox Text="{Binding CurrentPath, Mode=OneWay}" />
+            </StackPanel>
+
             <ListBox
+                Grid.Row="1"
                 Grid.Column="0"
                 ItemsSource="{Binding FileMakerClips}"
                 SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedClip}">
@@ -65,6 +74,7 @@
 
             <AvaloniaEdit:TextEditor
                 x:Name="avaloniaEditor"
+                Grid.Row="1"
                 Grid.Column="1"
                 FontFamily="Cascadia Code,Consolas,Menlo,Monospace"
                 ShowLineNumbers="True"

Models/Clip.cs

@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ namespace SharpFM.Models;
 /// </summary>
 public class Clip
 {
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Database Id
-    /// </summary>
-    public int ClipId { get; set; }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Display name for clip may match Name inside the xml data or may not.
     /// </summary>

Models/ClipRepository.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace SharpFM.Models;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Clip File Repository.
+/// </summary>
+public class ClipRepository
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Clips stored in the specified folder.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ICollection<Clip> Clips { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Database path.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string ClipPath { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Constructor.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ClipRepository(string path)
+    {
+        // ensure the directory exists
+        if (!Directory.Exists(path))
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
+        }
+
+        ClipPath = path;
+
+        // init clips to empty
+        Clips = [];
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Load clips from the path specified by <see cref="ClipPath"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void LoadClips()
+    {
+        foreach (var clipFile in Directory.EnumerateFiles(ClipPath))
+        {
+            var fi = new FileInfo(clipFile);
+
+            var clip = new Clip
+            {
+                ClipName = fi.Name.Replace(fi.Extension, string.Empty),
+                ClipType = fi.Extension.Replace(".", string.Empty),
+                ClipXml = File.ReadAllText(clipFile)
+            };
+
+            Clips.Add(clip);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Write all clips to their associated clip type files in the path specified by <see cref="ClipPath"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void SaveChanges()
+    {
+        foreach (var clip in Clips)
+        {
+            var clipPath = Path.Combine(ClipPath, $"{clip.ClipName}.{clip.ClipType}");
+
+            File.WriteAllText(clipPath, clip.ClipXml);
+        }
+    }
+}

Services/FolderService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+using Avalonia.Platform.Storage;
+
+namespace SharpFM.Services;
+
+public class FolderService(Window target)
+{
+    private readonly Window _target = target;
+
+    public async Task<string> GetFolderAsync()
+    {
+        // Get top level from the current control. Alternatively, you can use Window reference instead.
+        var topLevel = TopLevel.GetTopLevel(_target) ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(_target), "Window Target.");
+
+        // Start async operation to open the dialog.
+        var folders = await topLevel.StorageProvider.OpenFolderPickerAsync(new FolderPickerOpenOptions
+        {
+            AllowMultiple = false,
+            Title = "Select a Folder",
+        });
+
+        var folder = folders.SingleOrDefault();
+
+        return folder?.TryGetLocalPath() ?? throw new ArgumentException("Could not load local path.");
+    }
+}

SharpFM.csproj

@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
     <PackageReference Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="11.0.9" />
     <PackageReference Include="FluentAvaloniaUI" Version="2.0.5" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.2" />
-
     <PackageReference Include="MinVer" Version="5.0.0">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>

ViewModels/ClipViewModel.cs

@@ -14,23 +14,9 @@ private void NotifyPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
 
     public FileMakerClip Clip { get; set; }
 
-    public ClipViewModel(FileMakerClip clip) : this(clip, null) { }
-
-    public ClipViewModel(FileMakerClip clip, int? clipId)
+    public ClipViewModel(FileMakerClip clip)
     {
         Clip = clip;
-        ClipId = clipId;
-    }
-
-    private int? _clipId;
-    public int? ClipId
-    {
-        get => _clipId;
-        set
-        {
-            _clipId = value;
-            NotifyPropertyChanged();
-        }
     }
 
     public string ClipType