[Vtigercrm-developers] copy a recordModel?

[Alan Lord]

I am writing a custom action for a client which is like a cross between 
duplicate and convertlead.

In my class that is responsible for creating the new record, at the 
moment I am doing something like this:

> 	    // Get the current record details
>     	$recordModel = Vtiger_Record_Model::getInstanceById($recordId, $request->getModule());
>
> 	    // Create the new Contract
> 	    // Map these to a new record
> 	    // Set the new records' values as appropriate
>         $newContract = $this->mapContract($recordModel, $assignId, $newContractName);

In the mapContract function I start by doing:

   $newContract = $recordModel;

because I want to retain quite a lot of the data in the 120 plus fields. 
I then remove the id:

    $newContract->setId('');

Then update the fields I need for the new record.

The trouble is I can't save it. I've tried setting the newContract mode 
to 'createmode" before save but it fails as there is no id...

Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Should I use the server API? Or 
should I start with a getCleanInstance of the Record_Model and populate 
that?

TIA

Al