[Vtigercrm-developers] Make main module class independant of related module functions.

[clement chazarra]

Thanks for your time and work Joe, I think this idea is marvelous, full of
possibilities.. I hope there will be some echo about it from vTiger team.

ByeBye

On 2/20/07, Joe Bordes <joe at tsolucio.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am part of the Module Generator project on vtigerforge. I have been
> assigned the task of designing the related functions from one module to
> another. The idea is to be able to establish a relation between the new
> module and the already existing modules in VTiger (the new module will
> appear in the "More Information" tab).
>
> As you may know this is done by inserting a row in the
> vtiger_relatedlists table and inserting a new function into the main
> class of the already existing related module that returns the related
> elements, among other things that have to be done.
>
> In the TSProjects module which I am (also) programming I have used a new
> technique to make the main class (TSProject.php) independant of these
> "related" functions.
>
> Instead of adding functions to the main module's class I have created a
> directory inside the modules "home":
>
> modules/TSProjects/related
>
> I have put in this directory one file per each related module with the
> same name I establish in the vtiger_relatedlist table:
>
> get_attachments.inc
> get_prjtasks.inc
> get_stakeholders.inc
> ...
>
> Each of these files has a function of the same name which is the one
> that we usually add to the main class.
>
> I, obviously, eliminate these functions from the main module class and
> add this piece of code:
>
> -----------------------------------
>   // Load related functions from included files in module/related
> directory
>   // TSolucio 2007-02-21
>   function __call( $method, $args )
>   {
>     global $currentModule;
>     $include_file="modules/$currentModule/related/$method.inc";
>     if (file_exists($include_file)) {
>         include $include_file;
>         return $method($args[0]);
>     }
>   }
> -----------------------------------
>
> I can now add related modules simply adding a .inc file in the related
> directory.
>
> If we could get all modules to implement this feature we would get a
> much more modular application, would simplify the module generator and
> avoid coding errors as all the code is more modular and independant.
>
> I (again) offer my time and knowledge to modify all the modules with
> this change. For this I would like that somebody on the vtiger
> development team get in touch with me (Richie?). I have been asking this
> proactivly during various months now with no answer as the change I
> propose here is not the only one I have proposed or asked about. I have
> sent various emails through the web and others on this forum with no
> answer. As Richie stated today in a forum answer, I understand that you
> can't answer them all. But you haven't answered ANY of mine. Not even
> the ones I sent through your web which are "commercial" questions.
>
> Well, let's see what happens.
>
> Regards, Joe
> TSolucio
>
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