Notice Board Addon

With this addon, employees can get a Notice from the mobile app. Which can be created from the admin panel.

Note:

You need to purchase the Notice Board add-on from this link.

Extracting the downloaded files

Step 1: Extract the downloaded zip and open the Notice Board addon folder.

Step 2: Copy the CZ.Api.NoticeBoard and CZ.Web.NoticeBoard folders.

Step 3: Paste it in the root directory of the Field Manager Server Project.

Configuring the WebApi

Step 1: Open Field Manager Vx.x.x.sln file in Visual Studio. Right-click on the Addons folder and select Add -> Existing Project.

Step 2: Go to the Field Manager Server project root and open the CZ.Api.NoticeBoard folder.

Step 3: Select the CZ.Api.NoticeBoard.csproj file and click open to import the project into solution.

Step 4: Now, right-click on the ESSWebApi project and select the Add -> Project Reference.

Step 5: Select the CZ.Api.NoticeBoard project and Click OK.

Step 6: Open FeatureExtensions.cs from the ESSWebApi -> Extenstions folder.

Step 7: Paste the below-mentioned code inside the AddFeatureNoticeBoard method.

  var assembly = typeof(CZ.Api.NoticeBoard.Controllers.NoticeController).Assembly;

services.AddControllers()
    .AddApplicationPart(assembly)
    .AddControllersAsServices();

After pasting the code will look like this

Configuring the Web Portal

Step 1: Open Field Manager Vx.x.x.sln file in Visual Studio. Right-click on the Addons folder and select Add -> Existing Project.

Step 2: Go to the Field Manager Server project root and open the CZ.Web.NoticeBoard folder.

Step 3: Select the CZ.Web.NoticeBoard.csproj file and click open to import the project into solution.

Step 4: Now, right-click on the ESSWebPortal project and select the Add -> Project Reference.

Step 5: Select the CZ.Web.NoticeBoard project and Click OK.

Step 6: Open FeatureExtensions.cs from the ESSWebPortal -> Extenstions folder.

Step 7: Paste the below-mentioned code inside the AddFeatureNoticeBoard method.

 var assembly = typeof(CZ.Web.NoticeBoard.Controllers.NoticeBoardController).Assembly;

services.AddControllersWithViews()
    .AddApplicationPart(assembly)
    .AddRazorRuntimeCompilation()
    .AddControllersAsServices();

services.Configure<MvcRazorRuntimeCompilationOptions>(option =>
{
    option.FileProviders.Add(new EmbeddedFileProvider(assembly));
});

After pasting the code will look like this

Verifying the addon installation

Step 1: In the Field Manager Vx.x.x solution run both API & Web projects in the Flutter test profile. Once the project launches. Login using the admin credentials and click on the module section in the top right corner to open the add-ons page. If you can see the addon version, then your Addon is now activated. If there is any error kindly make sure that all the above-mentioned instructions are followed correctly.

If you get any API communication error on this module page. make sure your API base URL is properly specified in the settings.