Added ControllerExtensions to be used instead of HtmlViewRenderer for net8

Added HttpException class for missing HttpException for net8

Wrapped HttpContext.Session, GetJsonResult, IsAjaxRequest and GetUserIdentityName in controllers for net8

Added AuthenticationService to test Fab2ApprovalMKLink code for net8

Compile conditionally flags to debug in dotnet core

Fab2ApprovalMKLink/Extensions/ControllerExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#if NET8
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+using Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator;
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace Fab2ApprovalSystem.Extensions;
+
+public static class ControllerExtensions {
+
+    public static ActionResult GetBinaryContentResult<TModel>(this Controller controller, string viewName, string contentType, TModel model) {
+        string pageTitle = string.Empty;
+
+        string htmlText = RenderViewToString(controller, viewName, model);
+
+        StandardPdfRenderer standardPdfRenderer = new();
+        // Let the html be rendered into a PDF document through iTextSharp.
+        byte[] buffer = standardPdfRenderer.Render(htmlText, pageTitle);
+
+        // Return the PDF as a binary stream to the client.
+        return new BinaryContentResult(buffer, contentType);
+    }
+
+    public static string RenderViewToString<TModel>(this Controller controller, string viewName, TModel model) {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(viewName))
+            viewName = controller.ControllerContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName;
+
+        controller.ViewData.Model = model;
+
+        using (StringWriter writer = new()) {
+            try {
+                CompositeViewEngine compositeViewEngine = controller.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService(typeof(ICompositeViewEngine)) as CompositeViewEngine;
+                if (compositeViewEngine is null || compositeViewEngine.ViewEngines.Count == 0) { }
+
+                ViewEngineResult viewResult = null;
+
+                if (viewName.EndsWith(".cshtml"))
+                    viewResult = compositeViewEngine.GetView(viewName, viewName, false);
+                else
+                    viewResult = compositeViewEngine.FindView(controller.ControllerContext, viewName, false);
+
+                if (!viewResult.Success)
+                    return $"A view with the name '{viewName}' could not be found";
+
+                ViewContext viewContext = new(
+                    controller.ControllerContext,
+                    viewResult.View,
+                    controller.ViewData,
+                    controller.TempData,
+                    writer,
+                    new HtmlHelperOptions()
+                );
+
+                Task task = viewResult.View.RenderAsync(viewContext);
+                task.Wait();
+
+                return writer.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                return $"Failed - {ex.Message}";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+#endif

Fab2ApprovalSystem/Content/Site.css

@@ -115,8 +115,4 @@ input[type="checkbox"].input-validation-error {
   position: fixed;
   top: 55px;
   left: 25px;
-}
-
-.navbar-header-hidden {
-    display: none;
 }

Fab2ApprovalSystem/Controllers/ECNController.cs

@@ -7,22 +7,22 @@ using System.Linq;
 #if !NET8
 using System.Web;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
+using Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator;
 #endif
 
 #if NET8
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
+#endif
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines;
+
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
+#if NET8
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Fab2ApprovalSystem.Extensions;
 #endif
 
 using Fab2ApprovalSystem.DMO;
 using Fab2ApprovalSystem.Misc;
 using Fab2ApprovalSystem.Models;
 using Fab2ApprovalSystem.ViewModels;
-using Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator;
 
 #if !NET8
 using Kendo.Mvc.Extensions;
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ namespace Fab2ApprovalSystem.Controllers;
 #if !NET8
 [OutputCache(NoStore = true, Duration = 0, VaryByParam = "*")]
 [SessionExpireFilter]
+public class ECNController : PdfViewController {
 #endif
 #if NET8
 [Route("[controller]")]
-#endif
 public class ECNController : Controller {
+#endif
 
     private const string ECN_PREFIX = "ECN_";
     private const string TECN_PREFIX = "TECN_";
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ public class ECNController : Controller {
     }
 
 #if !NET8
-
+    
     [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
     public ActionResult Attachment_Destroy([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request, Attachment attachment) {
         try {
@@ -700,7 +701,6 @@ public class ECNController : Controller {
     }
 
 #if !NET8
-
     public ActionResult GetApproversList([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request, int issueID, byte step, bool isTECN, bool isEmergrncyTECN) {
         int isITARCompliant = 0;
         ECN ecn = new ECN();
@@ -924,12 +924,19 @@ public class ECNController : Controller {
             if (!di.Exists)
                 di.Create();
 
-            string htmlText;
+            // To render a PDF instead of an HTML, all we need to do is call ViewPdf instead of View. This
-            string pageTitle = string.Empty;
+            // requires the controller to be inherited from MyController instead of MVC's Controller.
-            htmlText = RenderViewToString("ECNPdf", ecn);
+#if !NET8
-            StandardPdfRenderer.WritePortableDocumentFormatToFile(pageTitle, htmlText, $"{ecnFolderPath}\\ECNForm_{outputFileName}");
+            SavePdf(ecnFolderPath + "\\ECNForm_" + outputFileName, "ECNPdf", ecn);
-            htmlText = RenderViewToString("ECNApprovalPdf", ecn);
+            SavePdf(ecnFolderPath + "\\ECNApprovalLog_" + outputFileName, "ECNApprovalPdf", ecn);
-            StandardPdfRenderer.WritePortableDocumentFormatToFile(pageTitle, htmlText, $"{ecnFolderPath}\\ECNApprovalLog_{outputFileName}");
+#endif
+#if NET8
+            string html;
+            html = this.RenderViewToString("ECNPdf", ecn);
+            System.IO.File.WriteAllText(ecnFolderPath + "\\ECNForm_" + outputFileName, html);
+            html = this.RenderViewToString("ECNApprovalPdf", ecn);
+            System.IO.File.WriteAllText(ecnFolderPath + "\\ECNApprovalLog_" + outputFileName, html);
+#endif
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             EventLogDMO.Add(new WinEventLog() { IssueID = ecnNumber, UserID = GetUserIdentityName(), DocumentType = "ECN", OperationType = "Generate PDF", Comments = ex.Message });
             ecn = null;
@@ -939,52 +946,6 @@ public class ECNController : Controller {
         return true;
     }
 
-    private string RenderViewToString(string viewName, ECNPdf ecnPdf) {
-        string result;
-        ViewData.Model = ecnPdf;
-        using (StringWriter writer = new()) {
-            try {
-#if !NET8
-                ViewEngineResult viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindView(ControllerContext, viewName, string.Empty);
-                if (viewResult is null)
-                    return $"A view with the name '{viewName}' could not be found";
-                ViewContext viewContext = new(ControllerContext, viewResult.View, ViewData, TempData, writer);
-                viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, writer);
-                result = writer.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
-#endif
-#if NET8
-                ViewEngineResult viewResult;
-                CompositeViewEngine compositeViewEngine = HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService(typeof(ICompositeViewEngine)) as CompositeViewEngine;
-
-                if (viewName.EndsWith(".cshtml")) {
-                    viewResult = compositeViewEngine.GetView(viewName, viewName, false);
-                } else {
-                    viewResult = compositeViewEngine.FindView(ControllerContext, viewName, false);
-                }
-
-                if (!viewResult.Success) {
-                    return $"A view with the name '{viewName}' could not be found";
-                }
-
-                ViewContext viewContext = new(ControllerContext,
-                                              viewResult.View,
-                                              ViewData,
-                                              TempData,
-                                              writer,
-                                              new HtmlHelperOptions());
-
-                System.Threading.Tasks.Task task = viewResult.View.RenderAsync(viewContext);
-                task.Wait();
-
-                result = writer.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
-#endif
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                result = $"Failed - {ex.Message}";
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
     public bool GenerateECNPdfDifferentLocation(int ecnNumber, int folderName) {
         ECNPdf ecn = new();
         try {
@@ -1002,9 +963,15 @@ public class ECNController : Controller {
             if (!di.Exists)
                 di.Create();
 
-            string pageTitle = string.Empty;
+            // To render a PDF instead of an HTML, all we need to do is call ViewPdf instead of View. This
-            string htmlText = RenderViewToString("ECNPdf", ecn);
+            // requires the controller to be inherited from MyController instead of MVC's Controller.
-            StandardPdfRenderer.WritePortableDocumentFormatToFile(pageTitle, htmlText, $"{ecnFolderPath}\\ECNForm_{outputFileName}");
+#if !NET8
+            SavePdf(ecnFolderPath + "\\ECNForm_" + outputFileName, "ECNPdf", ecn);
+#endif
+#if NET8
+            string html = this.RenderViewToString("ECNPdf", ecn);
+            System.IO.File.WriteAllText(ecnFolderPath + "\\ECNForm_" + outputFileName, html);
+#endif
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             EventLogDMO.Add(new WinEventLog() { IssueID = ecnNumber, UserID = GetUserIdentityName(), DocumentType = "ECN", OperationType = "Generate PDF", Comments = ex.Message });
             ecn = null;
@@ -1023,14 +990,17 @@ public class ECNController : Controller {
             ecn = ecnDMO.GetECNPdf(ecnNumber);
             ViewBag.Category = ecnDMO.GetCategoryID(ecn);
             ViewBag.TrainingNotificationTo = ecnDMO.GetTrainingNotificationTo(ecn, trainingDMO);
-            string pageTitle = string.Empty;
+            // To render a PDF instead of an HTML, all we need to do is call ViewPdf instead of View. This
-            string htmlText = RenderViewToString("ECNPdf", ecn);
+            // requires the controller to be inherited from MyController instead of MVC's Controller.
-            if (Debugger.IsAttached) {
+#if !NET8
-                return Content(htmlText, "text/html");
+            return ViewPdf("", "ECNPdf", ecn);
-            } else {
+#endif
-                byte[] buffer = StandardPdfRenderer.GetPortableDocumentFormatBytes(pageTitle, htmlText);
+#if NET8
-                return new BinaryContentResult(buffer, "application/pdf");
+            if (Debugger.IsAttached)
-            }
+                return Content(this.RenderViewToString("ECNPdf", ecn), "text/html");
+            else
+                return this.GetBinaryContentResult("ECNPdf", "application/pdf", ecn);
+#endif
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             EventLogDMO.Add(new WinEventLog() { IssueID = ecnNumber, UserID = GetUserIdentityName(), DocumentType = "ECN", OperationType = "Print PDF", Comments = ex.Message });
             ecn = null;

Fab2ApprovalSystem/Controllers/LotTravelerController.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -9,22 +8,22 @@ using System.Web;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
 using System.Configuration;
 using System.Threading;
+using Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator;
 #endif
 
 #if NET8
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
+#endif
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines;
+
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
+#if NET8
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Fab2ApprovalSystem.Extensions;
 #endif
 
 using Fab2ApprovalSystem.DMO;
 using Fab2ApprovalSystem.Misc;
 using Fab2ApprovalSystem.Models;
 using Fab2ApprovalSystem.ViewModels;
-using Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator;
 
 #if !NET8
 using Kendo.Mvc.Extensions;
@@ -37,11 +36,12 @@ namespace Fab2ApprovalSystem.Controllers;
 #if !NET8
 [OutputCache(NoStore = true, Duration = 0, VaryByParam = "*")]
 [SessionExpireFilter]
+public class LotTravelerController : PdfViewController {
 #endif
 #if NET8
 [Route("[controller]")]
-#endif
 public class LotTravelerController : Controller {
+#endif
 
     private readonly LotTravelerDMO LotTravDMO = new();
     private readonly string docTypeString = "LotTraveler";
@@ -220,14 +220,17 @@ public class LotTravelerController : Controller {
         try {
             workRequest = LotTravDMO.GetLTWorkRequestItemPDF(workRequestID);
 
-            string pageTitle = string.Empty;
+            // To render a PDF instead of an HTML, all we need to do is call ViewPdf instead of View. This
-            string htmlText = RenderViewToString("WorkRequestPDF", workRequest);
+            // requires the controller to be inherited from MyController instead of MVC's Controller.
-            if (Debugger.IsAttached) {
+#if !NET8
-                return Content(htmlText, "text/html");
+            return ViewPdf("", "WorkRequestPDF", workRequest);
-            } else {
+#endif
-                byte[] buffer = StandardPdfRenderer.GetPortableDocumentFormatBytes(pageTitle, htmlText);
+#if NET8
-                return new BinaryContentResult(buffer, "application/pdf");
+            if (Debugger.IsAttached)
-            }
+                return Content(this.RenderViewToString("WorkRequestPDF", workRequest), "text/html");
+            else
+                return this.GetBinaryContentResult("WorkRequestPDF", "application/pdf", workRequest);
+#endif
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             Functions.WriteEvent(_AppSettings, GetUserIdentityName() + "\r\n DisplayWorkRequestPDF - LotTraveler\r\n" + ex.InnerException.ToString(), EventLogEntryType.Error);
             EventLogDMO.Add(new WinEventLog() { IssueID = workRequest.SWRNumber, UserID = GetUserIdentityName(), DocumentType = "LotTravler", OperationType = "Generate PDF", Comments = ex.Message });
@@ -236,52 +239,6 @@ public class LotTravelerController : Controller {
         }
     }
 
-    private string RenderViewToString(string viewName, object model) {
-        string result;
-        ViewData.Model = model;
-        using (StringWriter writer = new()) {
-            try {
-#if !NET8
-                ViewEngineResult viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindView(ControllerContext, viewName, string.Empty);
-                if (viewResult is null)
-                    return $"A view with the name '{viewName}' could not be found";
-                ViewContext viewContext = new(ControllerContext, viewResult.View, ViewData, TempData, writer);
-                viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, writer);
-                result = writer.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
-#endif
-#if NET8
-                ViewEngineResult viewResult;
-                CompositeViewEngine compositeViewEngine = HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService(typeof(ICompositeViewEngine)) as CompositeViewEngine;
-
-                if (viewName.EndsWith(".cshtml")) {
-                    viewResult = compositeViewEngine.GetView(viewName, viewName, false);
-                } else {
-                    viewResult = compositeViewEngine.FindView(ControllerContext, viewName, false);
-                }
-
-                if (!viewResult.Success) {
-                    return $"A view with the name '{viewName}' could not be found";
-                }
-
-                ViewContext viewContext = new(ControllerContext,
-                                              viewResult.View,
-                                              ViewData,
-                                              TempData,
-                                              writer,
-                                              new HtmlHelperOptions());
-
-                System.Threading.Tasks.Task task = viewResult.View.RenderAsync(viewContext);
-                task.Wait();
-
-                result = writer.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
-#endif
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                result = $"Failed - {ex.Message}";
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
     public ActionResult WorkRequestRevision(int workRequestID) {
         int isITARCompliant = 1;
         LTWorkRequest workRequest = new();
@@ -323,7 +280,9 @@ public class LotTravelerController : Controller {
 
         return Content("Successfully Saved");
     }
-
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 
+    /// </summary>
     public JsonResult GetBaseFlowLocations(string baseFlow) {
         List<BaseFlowLocation> loclist = LotTravDMO.GetBaseFlowLocations(baseFlow);
         return GetJsonResult(loclist);
@@ -410,6 +369,9 @@ public class LotTravelerController : Controller {
         return Content(newWorkRequestID.ToString());
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// For the Revison
+    /// </summary>
     public ActionResult UpdateMaterialDetailRevision(LTWorkRequest model) {
         var modelMaterialDetail = model.LTMaterial;
         int previousMaterialID = model.LTMaterial.ID;
@@ -1354,14 +1316,17 @@ public class LotTravelerController : Controller {
         try {
             traveler = LotTravDMO.GetLotTravlerPdf(ltLotID, revisionNumber);
 
-            string pageTitle = string.Empty;
+            // To render a PDF instead of an HTML, all we need to do is call ViewPdf instead of View. This
-            string htmlText = RenderViewToString("LotTravelerPDF", traveler);
+            // requires the controller to be inherited from MyController instead of MVC's Controller.
-            if (Debugger.IsAttached) {
+#if !NET8
-                return Content(htmlText, "text/html");
+            return ViewPdf("", "LotTravelerPDF", traveler);
-            } else {
+#endif
-                byte[] buffer = StandardPdfRenderer.GetPortableDocumentFormatBytes(pageTitle, htmlText);
+#if NET8
-                return new BinaryContentResult(buffer, "application/pdf");
+            if (Debugger.IsAttached)
-            }
+                return Content(this.RenderViewToString("LotTravelerPDF", traveler), "text/html");
+            else
+                return this.GetBinaryContentResult("LotTravelerPDF", "application/pdf", traveler);
+#endif
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             EventLogDMO.Add(new WinEventLog() { IssueID = traveler.SWRNumber, UserID = GetUserIdentityName(), DocumentType = "LotTraveler", OperationType = "Generate PDF", Comments = ex.Message });
             traveler = null;
@@ -1450,7 +1415,7 @@ public class LotTravelerController : Controller {
         string fileExtension = fileName.Substring(fileName.LastIndexOf("."), fileName.Length - fileName.LastIndexOf("."));
 
         string ecnFolderPath = _AppSettings.AttachmentFolder + "LotTraveler\\" + swrNumber.ToString();
-        var sDocument = Path.Combine(ecnFolderPath, fileGuid + fileExtension);
+        var sDocument = System.IO.Path.Combine(ecnFolderPath, fileGuid + fileExtension);
 
         var FDir_AppData = _AppSettings.AttachmentFolder;
         if (!sDocument.StartsWith(FDir_AppData)) {

Fab2ApprovalSystem/Fab2ApprovalSystem.csproj

@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\WinEventLogModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\WorkFlowModels.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PdfGenerator\BinaryContentResult.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="PdfGenerator\FakeView.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="PdfGenerator\HtmlViewRenderer.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="PdfGenerator\PdfViewController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PdfGenerator\PrintHeaderFooter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PdfGenerator\StandardPdfRenderer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />

Fab2ApprovalSystem/PdfGenerator/FakeView.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+#if !NET8
+using System.Web;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.Security;
+#endif
+
+#if NET8
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines;
+#endif
+
+#if !NET8
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Security.Claims;
+#endif
+
+namespace Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator;
+
+public class FakeView : IView {
+
+    public void Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer) {
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
+
+#if NET8
+    string IView.Path => throw new NotImplementedException();
+    Task IView.RenderAsync(ViewContext context) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+#endif
+
+}

Fab2ApprovalSystem/PdfGenerator/HtmlViewRenderer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+
+#if !NET8
+using System.Web;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.Mvc.Html;
+using System.Web.Security;
+#endif
+
+#if NET8
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+#endif
+
+#if !NET8
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+#endif
+
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator;
+
+public class HtmlViewRenderer {
+
+    public string RenderViewToString(Controller controller, string viewName, object viewData) {
+        StringBuilder renderedView = new();
+#if !NET8
+        using (StringWriter responseWriter = new(renderedView)) {
+            HttpResponse fakeResponse = new(responseWriter);
+            HttpContext fakeContext = new(HttpContext.Current.Request, fakeResponse);
+            ControllerContext fakeControllerContext = new(new HttpContextWrapper(fakeContext), controller.ControllerContext.RouteData, controller.ControllerContext.Controller);
+
+            var oldContext = HttpContext.Current;
+            HttpContext.Current = fakeContext;
+
+            using (var viewPage = new ViewPage()) {
+                HtmlHelper html = new HtmlHelper(CreateViewContext(responseWriter, fakeControllerContext), viewPage);
+                html.RenderPartial(viewName, viewData);
+                HttpContext.Current = oldContext;
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+
+        return renderedView.ToString();
+    }
+
+#if !NET8
+
+    private static ViewContext CreateViewContext(TextWriter responseWriter, ControllerContext fakeControllerContext) {
+        return new ViewContext(fakeControllerContext, new FakeView(), new ViewDataDictionary(), new TempDataDictionary(), responseWriter);
+    }
+
+#endif
+
+}

Fab2ApprovalSystem/PdfGenerator/PdfViewController.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#if !NET8
+using System.Web;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.Security;
+#endif
+
+#if !NET8
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+#endif
+
+namespace Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator;
+
+#if !NET8
+
+public class PdfViewController : Controller {
+
+    private readonly HtmlViewRenderer htmlViewRenderer;
+    private readonly StandardPdfRenderer standardPdfRenderer;
+
+    public PdfViewController() {
+        htmlViewRenderer = new HtmlViewRenderer();
+        standardPdfRenderer = new StandardPdfRenderer();
+    }
+
+    protected ActionResult ViewPdf(string pageTitle, string viewName, object model) {
+        // Render the view html to a string.
+        string htmlText = htmlViewRenderer.RenderViewToString(this, viewName, model);
+
+        // Let the html be rendered into a PDF document through iTextSharp.
+        byte[] buffer = standardPdfRenderer.Render(htmlText, pageTitle);
+
+        // Return the PDF as a binary stream to the client.
+        return new BinaryContentResult(buffer, "application/pdf");
+    }
+
+    protected void SavePdf(string fileName, string viewName, object model) {
+        // Render the view html to a string.
+        string htmlText = htmlViewRenderer.RenderViewToString(this, viewName, model);
+
+        // Let the html be rendered into a PDF document through iTextSharp.
+        byte[] buffer = standardPdfRenderer.Render(htmlText, "");
+
+        using (FileStream fs = new(fileName, FileMode.Create)) {
+            fs.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+#endif

Fab2ApprovalSystem/PdfGenerator/StandardPdfRenderer.cs

@@ -9,33 +9,16 @@ using System.IO;
 namespace Fab2ApprovalSystem.PdfGenerator;
 
 public class StandardPdfRenderer {
-
     private const int HorizontalMargin = 40;
     private const int VerticalMargin = 40;
 
-    public static byte[] GetPortableDocumentFormatBytes(string pageTitle, string htmlText) {
+    public byte[] Render(string htmlText, string pageTitle) {
-        byte[] results;
+        byte[] renderedBuffer;
-        using (MemoryStream memoryStream = GetPortableDocumentFormat(pageTitle, htmlText)) {
-            results = new byte[memoryStream.Position];
-            memoryStream.Position = 0;
-            memoryStream.Read(results, 0, results.Length);
-        }
-        return results;
-    }
 
-    public static void WritePortableDocumentFormatToFile(string pageTitle, string htmlText, string path) {
+        using (MemoryStream outputMemoryStream = new()) {
-        using (MemoryStream memoryStream = GetPortableDocumentFormat(pageTitle, htmlText)) {
-            using (FileStream fileStream = new(path, FileMode.Create)) {
-                memoryStream.CopyTo(fileStream);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static MemoryStream GetPortableDocumentFormat(string pageTitle, string htmlText) {
-        MemoryStream result = new();
 #if !NET8
-        using (Document pdfDocument = new Document(PageSize.A4, HorizontalMargin, HorizontalMargin, VerticalMargin, VerticalMargin)) {
+            using (Document pdfDocument = new Document(PageSize.A4, HorizontalMargin, HorizontalMargin, VerticalMargin, VerticalMargin)) {
-            using (PdfWriter pdfWriter = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDocument, result)) {
+                PdfWriter pdfWriter = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDocument, outputMemoryStream);
                 pdfWriter.CloseStream = false;
                 pdfWriter.PageEvent = new PrintHeaderFooter { Title = pageTitle };
                 pdfDocument.Open();
@@ -44,10 +27,15 @@ public class StandardPdfRenderer {
                         htmlWorker.Parse(htmlViewReader);
                     }
                 }
-            }
-        }
-#endif
-        return result;
-    }
 
+            }
+#endif
+
+            renderedBuffer = new byte[outputMemoryStream.Position];
+            outputMemoryStream.Position = 0;
+            outputMemoryStream.Read(renderedBuffer, 0, renderedBuffer.Length);
+        }
+
+        return renderedBuffer;
+    }
 }

Fab2ApprovalTests/DMO/EngChangeNoticeDMOTests.cs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class EngChangeNoticeDMOTests {
         try { throw new Exception(); } catch (Exception) { }
     }
 
-    private static void EngChangeNoticeDMO(ILogger? logger, AppSettings appSettings, int ecnNumber) {
+    private static void EngChangeNoticeDMO(ILogger? logger, AppSettings appSettings) {
 #pragma warning disable IDE0059
         SetGlobalVars(logger, appSettings);
         ECN_DMO ecnDMO = new();
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ public class EngChangeNoticeDMOTests {
         // int SubmitTECNExtensionDocument(int issueID, appSettings.UserId, int documentType, DateTime extensionDate);
         // void TECNExtensionLog(int ecnNumber, DateTime extensionDate);
         // void UpdateECNType(int ecnNumber, string ecnType);
-        ECNPdf ecn = ecnDMO.GetECNPdf(ecnNumber);
-        string categoryId = ecnDMO.GetCategoryID(ecn);
-        string trainingNotificationTo = ecnDMO.GetTrainingNotificationTo(ecn, new TrainingDMO());
         if (ecnDMO is null) { }
 #pragma warning restore IDE0059
     }
@@ -95,14 +92,13 @@ public class EngChangeNoticeDMOTests {
     [Ignore]
 #endif
     [TestMethod]
-    [DataRow(82689)]
+    public void EngChangeNoticeDMOIsAttachedOnly() {
-    public void EngChangeNoticeDMOIsAttachedOnly(int ecnNumber) {
         _Logger?.LogInformation("Starting Web Application");
         IServiceProvider? serviceProvider = _WebApplicationFactory?.Services.CreateScope().ServiceProvider;
         AppSettings? appSettings = serviceProvider?.GetRequiredService<AppSettings>();
         Assert.IsTrue(appSettings is not null);
         if (System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached)
-            EngChangeNoticeDMO(_Logger, appSettings, ecnNumber);
+            EngChangeNoticeDMO(_Logger, appSettings);
         _Logger?.LogInformation("{TestName} completed", _TestContext?.TestName);
         NonThrowTryCatch();
     }