[Vtigercrm-developers] vTiger 5.x - insert into database - quotes

Erica Lahoda erical at lynxts.com
Sun Sep 14 13:25:03 PDT 2008


Thanks Nolan

I will take a look at the api and see what I can do.
I had hoped it would be as simple as that :)

Nolan Andres wrote:
> Erica,
>
> This sounds like a job for the API (see api.vtiger.com). Rather than doing direct writes, you can create an instance of a Quote object and then save it. 
>
> If you haven't got the auto email part worked out, try the Auto Email Notification project on the forge (http://forge.vtiger.com/projects/autoemails/). It's built to send exactly that type of email. 
>
> peace,
> Nolan Andres
> President, PeaceWorks Computer Consulting Inc.
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>
> ----- "Erica Lahoda" <erical at lynxts.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> What I am trying to do is allow a client to select some options on our
>> web site, then I was hoping to insert their options/products into the
>> quote table inside vTiger, and then auto email the sales team so they
>> know someone requested a quote. It will make it easier down the road
>> to convert these quotes to sales orders if they were auto entered.
>>
>> I am new to vtiger, but have developed crm systems in other languages
>> before, so I'm familiar with the terms and data. I just need a few
>> pointers to any code within vtiger I can use to insert into the
>> database... or is it safe to just insert a record right into the
>> quotes table?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Erica
>>
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