EndpointInitialization is not loading module functions for Content pages

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1

I am not sure if this is an expected behavior:

Describe the Issue

It seems that the EndpointInitialization is not loading function from my module Core.AppBar.psm1 if the page is using -Content.

Startup.ps1

    $EndpointInitialization = New-UDEndpointInitialization -Module @(
        "$PSScriptRoot\Core\Core.AppBar.psm1",
    )

    $Pages = Get-ChildItem (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'Pages') -Recurse -File | ForEach-Object {
        & $_.FullName
    } 

    $Dashboard = New-UDDashboard -Title 'AdminCenter' -EndpointInitialization $EndpointInitialization -Pages $Pages

Core.AppBar.psm1

function New-AppBar 
{
    param
    (
        [string]$Title
    )

    $Drawer = New-UDDrawer -Children {
        New-UDList -Children {
            New-UDListItem -Label "Test" -Children {
                New-UDListItem -Label "Temp" -OnClick { Invoke-UDRedirect -Url "/test/temp" }
            }
        }
    }
    
    New-UDAppbar -Children {
        New-UDElement -Tag 'div' -Content {$title}
    } -Drawer $Drawer
}

Page.psm1

New-UDPage -Url "/test/temp" -Icon home -Content {
    New-AppBar -Titel 'Temp'

    New-UDTextbox -Id 'txtTextfield' -Label 'First Name' 
}

Error:

New-UDPage : The term 'New-AppBar' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At C:\Users\augustin.ziegler\source\repos\Project\AdminPage\Pages\Test\TestTemp.ps1:1 char:1
+ New-UDPage -Url "/test/temp" -Icon home -Content {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : SyntaxError: (UniversalDashboard.Models.Page:Page) [New-UDPage], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UniversalDashboard.Cmdlets.NewPageCommand
```

It is working with an Endpoint typed page.

#### Version Information
- **Operating System**: Win10
- **PowerShell Version**: 5.1.17763.1007
- **Universal Dashboard Version**: 3.0.0-beta1
- **UD Hosting Method**: Powershell


#### Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.
2

This is expected with Content pages because they are statically defined at startup. Try adding this to the top of your Startup.ps1:

Import-Module    "$PSScriptRoot\Core\Core.AppBar.psm1"
3

Thank for note this down, but if I am using a “mixed mode” for Content and Endpoint both is required?

  1. Import-Module “$PSScriptRoot\Core\Core.AppBar.psm1”
  2. New-UDEndpointInitialization
4

If you remove EndpointInitialization all together and just import the module, I think it will work in both cases. By default, UD now loads all imported modules into the background runspaces: https://github.com/ironmansoftware/universal-dashboard/blob/master/src/UniversalDashboard/Services/UDRunspaceFactory.cs#L84

5

To sum up EndpointInitialization is not required in v3 anymore? :slight_smile:

6

Haha yea…it’s a lot less necessary. It’s still there to allow people to manage if they want but it shouldn’t be necessary.

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7

Great to know and love this removal :grinning: