Areas/MMS/Controllers/MarineController.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using PSTW_CentralSystem.DBContext;
+//using PSTW_CentralSystem.Areas.MMS.Models;
+//using System.IO;
+//using System.Linq;
 using PSTW_CentralSystem.Areas.MMS.Models.PDFGenerator;
 using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+//using System.Threading.Tasks;
+//using System.Threading;
+//using System.Collections.Generic;
+//using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using MySqlConnector;
 

Areas/MMS/Models/PDFGenerator/TarBallPDF.cs

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 using QuestPDF.Fluent;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;
+using PSTW_CentralSystem.Models;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion.Internal;
 
 namespace PSTW_CentralSystem.Areas.MMS.Models.PDFGenerator
 {
     public class TarBallPDF(string stateName, string stationID,  string locationName, 
-        string longitude, string latitude, DateTime dateSample, TimeSpan timeSample, string classifyID, 
+        string longitude, string latitude, DateTime dateSample, TimeSpan timeSample, 
-        bool tarBallYes, bool tarBallNo, bool isSand, bool isNonSandy, bool isCoquina, 
+        string classifyID, bool tarBallYes, bool tarBallNo, bool isSand, bool isNonSandy, 
-        string photoPath1, string photoPath2, string photoPath3, string photoPath4,
+        bool isCoquina, string photoPath1, string photoPath2, string photoPath3, string photoPath4,
         string? photoPath5, string? photoPath6, string? photoPath7, string? photoPath8,
         string? optionalName1, string? optionalName2, string? optionalName3, string? optionalName4,
         string firstSampler, string fullName, string levelName

Areas/MMS/Views/Marine/TarBallForm.cshtml

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
                     // Populate the table with initial data
                     this.updateDataTable(this.sortedFilteredData);
 
-                    //auto-filtering => search bar
+                    //auto-filtering
                     $('#tarballTable_filter input').on('keyup', function () {
                         self.dataTable.search(this.value).draw();
                     });
@@ -210,14 +210,12 @@
                 });
             },
             watch: {
-                //runs on auto when month/year dropdowns changed
                 sortedFilteredData(newData) {
-                    //1. UPDATE THE TABLE: take the new filtered list (newData) and put it in the table
+                    // Automatically update DataTables whenever the filtered data changes
                     this.updateDataTable(newData);
-                    //2. CLEAR THE SEARCH BOX: if table exist, clear anything typed in the search bar
+                    //trigger search function after updating data(?)
-                    //Like pressing 'clear' on a calculator after getting new numbers
                     if(this.dataTable) {
-                        this.dataTable.search('').draw(); //empty the search box
+                        this.dataTable.search('').draw();
                     }
                 }
             }