[Vtigercrm-developers] Write addons / modules

[Gregory Machin]

Hi . Thanks for looking into this .. Should you need a beta tester let 
me know I have no issues implementing beta code ;-) . I would definetly 
follow Joomla as an example of how the pluggin system ..
Many thanks
Greg

David V. wrote:
> Hi Prasad and others,
>  
> We will base our work on Vtiger 5.0.4 GA.
> So if everything goes well the next version of Vtiger will have the 
> plugin system.
>  
> Please post here your requested features for the plugin system.
>  
> David V.
>
> On Feb 13, 2008 5:47 AM, Prasad <prasad at vtiger.com 
> <mailto:prasad at vtiger.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi David,
>
>     Your efforts of building modules for vtiger and willing to share
>     it with community are appreciated.
>
>     Please use our vtiger forge (http://forge.vtiger.com
>     <http://forge.vtiger.com/>) to share your work.
>
>     We are very positive on getting such plugin feature into vtiger
>     going forward, in that direction we will definitely be looking at
>     your work.
>
>     Kindly keep us updated on progress. All the best.
>
>     Regards,
>     Prasad
>     vtiger Team
>
>
>     On 2/13/08, *David V.* <davidv.net at gmail.com
>     <mailto:davidv.net at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi Prasad,
>          
>         I made 2 modules for Vtiger. We have 4 installations of Vtiger
>         running for differents activities (differents companies).
>          
>         I would have some suggestions on how to implement this plugin
>         system in Vtiger.
>          
>         We also use Joomla a lot and I think they have a very good
>         plugin system and that it would be a good model we can follow.
>          
>         We are actually thinking on releasing the modules we have made
>         to the community, and we are planning the developpement of
>         other open source modules. But we dont want anymore to have to
>         modify Vtiger every time a new version is out.
>          
>         So we were thinking on working in a plugin system first. But
>         we have to be sure that this system would be integrated in
>         futures versions of Vtiger.
>          
>         We think such a plugin system would be a major improvement for
>         Vtiger. It is a real need. But if the core developpers don't
>         have the time to work on it, maybe the community could help.
>          
>         I'm sure a lot of others developpers on this list have the
>         same problem. They want to switch to the latest version of
>         Vtiger but they are thinking about all the changes they will
>         have to make again to the core files.  (If you are a dev
>         reading this thread and you feel concerned please react and
>         tell us what you think).
>
>         David V.
>          
>         On Feb 12, 2008 4:07 PM, Prasad <prasad at vtiger.com
>         <mailto:prasad at vtiger.com>> wrote:
>
>             Hi Gregory,
>
>             At present we don't have a way of plugging the components
>             from forge into vtiger.
>             This is surely an area we will target soon. Any suggestion
>             from community are most welcome.
>
>             Regards,
>             Prasad
>             vtiger Team
>
>
>             On 2/7/08, *Gregory Machin* <greg at ct-net.org
>             <mailto:greg at ct-net.org>> wrote:
>
>                 Hi
>                 From what I have seen most of the components on the
>                 vtigerforge need to
>                 replace existing files or patch them .. If this don't
>                 go as planned
>                 things break , It also means upgrading can be a
>                 problem.. Is there a
>                 better way of writing components, so that they could
>                 me modules that are
>                 simply uploaded and are registered in a config or the
>                 database ?
>
>                 Greg
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