[Vtigercrm-developers] Comments displayed in List View

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 19/07/12 16:45, Adam Heinz wrote:
> What we did is added a lastcommentid field to a couple of modules as a
> uitype 10 related field.  Then you add an aftersave event to the
> ModComments module to update those lastcommentid fields when a new
> comment is added.  I'll have to check with my boss, but I can probably
> provide the source code for that.

Hah, nice idea.

So I'm not the only one who has seen a need for this then.

I'd be interested in the aftersave event code for sure, if you are able.

Thanks

Al


>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Alan Lord (News) <alanslists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've now been asked by two different customers for the ability to
>> display modComments data in listviews of things like Leads and Contacts.
>>
>> This is not a trivial mod I think; comments may be long and there is
>> likely to be multiple records.
>>
>> Perhaps showing the last 3 (or so) most recent comments in a new kind of
>> "widget" in the listview template would work? It would mean the
>> individual row heights in the list would need to be able to
>> expand/contract but that isn't a big issue in itself.
>>
>> With the redesign of the UI for vtiger 6 would this be something the
>> devs could consider?
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Al
>>
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