[Vtigercrm-developers] copy a recordModel?

[Hamono, Chris (DPC)]

Hi Alan

You probably need to set the 'action' variable.

I do it a bit differently it may help you..

	
	// copy fields, remember to allow for field name differences 
     // $req and $newreq are Vtiger_Request objects
	$newreq = $this->CopyFields($req);

  // use setglobal because internally vtiger MAY use $_REQUEST!
        $newreq->setGlobal('module', 'contacts');
        $newreq->setGlobal('action', 'Save');

        $sc = new Vtiger_Save_Action();

        // bypass the normal process() call
        $contact = $sc->saveRecord($newreq);

The above example is of course for the contacts module


Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: vtigercrm-developers-bounces at lists.vtigercrm.com [mailto:vtigercrm-developers-bounces at lists.vtigercrm.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lord
Sent: Thursday, 7 May 2015 5:34 PM
To: vtigercrm-developers at lists.vtigercrm.com
Subject: [Vtigercrm-developers] copy a recordModel?

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

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