/// <summary>
/// Renders a partial MVC view to string. Use this method to render
/// a partial view that doesn't merge with _Layout and doesn't fire
/// _ViewStart.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="viewPath">
/// The path to the view to render. Either in same controller, shared by
/// name or as fully qualified ~/ path including extension
/// </param>
/// <param name="model">The model to pass to the viewRenderer</param>
/// <param name="controllerContext">Active controller context</param>
/// <param name="errorMessage">optional output parameter to receive an error message on failure</param>
/// <returns>String of the rendered view or null on error</returns>
public static string RenderPartialView(string viewPath, object model,
ControllerContext controllerContext,
out string errorMessage)
{
errorMessage = null;
try
{
ViewRenderer renderer = new ViewRenderer(controllerContext);
return(renderer.RenderPartialView(viewPath, model));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errorMessage = ex.GetBaseException().Message;
}
return(null);
}
public Stream GenerateUserCV(Employee employee,
ControllerContext ControllerContext)
{
//string generatedPDFHtml = this.RenderView("PdfCVGenerator", employee, ViewData);
string generatedPDFHtml = ViewRenderer.RenderView("~/Views/Employees/PdfCVGenerator.cshtml", employee,
ControllerContext);
//generating the header
string headertext = ViewRenderer.RenderView("~/Views/Employees/PdfCVHeader.cshtml", employee,
ControllerContext);
byte[] pdfBuffer = PdfGenerator.ConvertHtmlToPDF(generatedPDFHtml, headertext);
Stream stream = new MemoryStream(pdfBuffer);
return(stream);
}
/// <summary>
/// //we'll get the email addresses and notify the attendants the attendants
/// </summary>
public void SendMeetingRequest(RATV3Entities db,
Event ev,
List <Employee> attendantEmployees,
Employee creator,
ControllerContext ControllerContext,
int update = 0)
{
try
{
//getting the reviewed employee
Attendant at = ev.Attendants.FirstOrDefault();
Employee reviewed = db.Employees.Where(x => x.EmployeeID == at.EmployeeID).FirstOrDefault();
reviewed.SkillLevelsList = reviewed.SkillLevels.ToList();
//getting message content
EventTypeInfo currentEventType = Const.EventTypesinfo.Where(x => x.EventType == ev.EventType).FirstOrDefault();
string embededHtml = "<html><head></head><body>" + "<p>Test</p>" + "<br/><br/>" + "<p>Test Embeded</p>" + "<br/>" + "<p>Test Ending</p>" + "<br/></body></html>";
if (currentEventType != null && currentEventType.EventType == "Performance Review")
{
string generatednotificationHTML = ViewRenderer.RenderView("~/Views/Notifications/PerformanceReview.cshtml", reviewed,
ControllerContext);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(generatednotificationHTML))
{
embededHtml = generatednotificationHTML;
}
}
//preping the email message
MailMessage email = new MailMessage();
email.From = new MailAddress(creator.Email, creator.FirstName + ' ' + creator.LastName);
//adding recipients
foreach (Employee attendant in attendantEmployees)
{
email.To.Add(new MailAddress(attendant.Email, attendant.FirstName + ' ' + attendant.LastName));
}
email.IsBodyHtml = true;
email.Subject = ev.EventType;
//preparing email content
//"text/html" - this view will have all the content
System.Net.Mime.ContentType htmlMimeContent = new System.Net.Mime.ContentType("text/html");
AlternateView htmlView = AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(embededHtml, htmlMimeContent);
htmlView.ContentType.CharSet = Encoding.UTF8.WebName;
if (ev.EventType == "Performance Review" && ev.Attendants != null && ev.Attendants.Count > 0 && reviewed != null)
{
//we'll attach the pdf to the email
Stream pdfDocument = GenerateUserCV(reviewed, ControllerContext);
if (pdfDocument != null)
{
LinkedResource resource = new LinkedResource(pdfDocument);
resource.ContentType.Name = reviewed.FirstName + " " + reviewed.LastName + " " + "Report.pdf";
htmlView.LinkedResources.Add(resource);
}
}
else if (ev.EventType == "Department Monthly Meeting" && reviewed.DepartmentID.HasValue)
{
//we'll attach the excel report to the email
byte[] array = ExcelReportGenerator.GenerateExcelReportForDepartment(reviewed.DepartmentID.Value,
ev.StartTime.Month, ev.StartTime.Year, db);
Stream excelDocument = new MemoryStream(array);
if (excelDocument != null)
{
LinkedResource resource = new LinkedResource(excelDocument);
resource.ContentType.Name = "Department Report.xlsx";
htmlView.LinkedResources.Add(resource);
}
}
//preparing calendar meeting view
DateTime endTime;
if (ev.EndTime.HasValue)
{
endTime = ev.EndTime.Value;
}
else
{
endTime = ev.StartTime;
}
//this is the guid of the meeting request
Guid requestGUID;
if (ev.IcsGuid.HasValue)
{
requestGUID = ev.IcsGuid.Value;
}
else
{
requestGUID = Guid.NewGuid();
}
AlternateView avCal = CreateICSView(email, ev.StartTime, endTime, ev, requestGUID, update);
//email.Headers.Add("Content-class", "urn:content-classes:calendarmessage");
email.AlternateViews.Add(htmlView);
email.AlternateViews.Add(avCal);
//finally we send the mail
client.Send(email);
if (!ev.IcsGuid.HasValue)
{
ev.IcsGuid = requestGUID;
db.Entry(ev).State = EntityState.Modified;
}
if (update > 0)
{
//we want to be able to store the update number too
//ev.UpdateNo = update;
db.Entry(ev).State = EntityState.Modified;
}
db.SaveChanges();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//handle Exception
}
}
/// <summary>
/// //we'll get the email addresses and notify the attendants about the event being canceled
/// </summary>
public void CancelMeetingRequest(RATV3Entities db,
Event ev,
List <Employee> attendantEmployees,
Employee creator,
ControllerContext ControllerContext)
{
//getting the reviewed employee
Attendant at = ev.Attendants.FirstOrDefault();
Employee reviewed = db.Employees.Where(x => x.EmployeeID == at.EmployeeID).FirstOrDefault();
reviewed.SkillLevelsList = reviewed.SkillLevels.ToList();
string embededHtml = ViewRenderer.RenderView("~/Views/Notifications/CanceledEvent.cshtml", reviewed,
ControllerContext);
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(embededHtml))
{
embededHtml = " This Event has been canceled";
}
//preping the email message
var email = new MailMessage();
email.From = new MailAddress(creator.Email, creator.FirstName + ' ' + creator.LastName);
//adding recipients
foreach (Employee attendant in attendantEmployees)
{
email.To.Add(new MailAddress(attendant.Email, attendant.FirstName + ' ' + attendant.LastName));
}
email.IsBodyHtml = true;
email.Subject = ev.EventType;
//preparing email content
//"text/html" - this view will have all the content
System.Net.Mime.ContentType htmlMimeContent = new System.Net.Mime.ContentType("text/html");
AlternateView htmlView = AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(embededHtml, htmlMimeContent);
htmlView.ContentType.CharSet = Encoding.UTF8.WebName;
//preparing calendar meeting view
DateTime endTime;
if (ev.EndTime.HasValue)
{
endTime = ev.EndTime.Value;
}
else
{
endTime = ev.StartTime;
}
//this is the guid of the meeting request
Guid requestGUID;
if (ev.IcsGuid.HasValue)
{
//if we have
requestGUID = ev.IcsGuid.Value;
AlternateView avCal = CreateCancelationICSView(email, ev.StartTime, endTime, ev, requestGUID);
//email.Headers.Add("Content-class", "urn:content-classes:calendarmessage");
email.AlternateViews.Add(htmlView);
email.AlternateViews.Add(avCal);
//finally we send the mail
client.Send(email);
}
}