validation

Pages/Index.cshtml.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ namespace StateJobsNYSubmit.Pages
             if (vacancyID != null && !vacancyID.Trim().Equals(""))
             {
                 posting = new Posting(vacancyID);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Request.Form["SkillCheckboxes"]))
+                {
                     this.CoverLetter = posting.GenerateLetter(coverLetterFormat, userData, Request.Form["SkillCheckboxes"]);
+                }
                 this.Posting_ID = vacancyID;
             }
             else

Posting.cs

@@ -89,13 +89,18 @@ public class Posting
         this.VacancyID = id;
     }
 
-    public string GenerateLetter(string s, UserData data, string skills) {
+    public string GenerateLetter(string s, UserData data, string skills)
+    {
         string ret = "" + s;
         ret = ret.Replace("$name", this.ContactName);
         ret = ret.Replace("$vacancy", this.VacancyID);
         ret = ret.Replace("$title", this.Title);
         ret = ret.Replace("$box", this.BoxNumber);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.email))
+        {
+
             ret = ret.Replace("$email", data.email);
+        }
         string skillRet = "• " + skills.Replace(",", "• ");
         ret = ret.Replace("$skills", skillRet);