[Vtigercrm-developers] VTiger Extension Module create custom field for Invoice Module

[Lennart van Ballegoij]

Hey guys,

Sorry for my late reply, Thanks for the responses.
I'm gonna check in to this, this weekend.

I'll keep you guys updated!

Thanks again for the great tips !!!



2016-02-18 16:18 GMT+01:00 Alan Bell <alan.bell at libertus.co.uk>:

> I would put it in the enable/disable events, so on disable it removes the
> field and on enable it adds it, you want to be careful not to get duplicate
> field definitions, so check to see if the field exists before adding it -
> it would be good to make the methods for creating fields and blocks a bit
> safer to run twice before 6.5 comes out
>
> Alan.
>
> On 18/02/16 14:48, Lennart van Ballegoij wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
>
> Nobody knows the answer to this ?
> I really don't want to tell my clients that the module needs to be
> reinstalled, because most of them won't even understand how to delete the
> module folders from the FTP.
>
> I hope someone can help me.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -
>
> Lennart
>
>
> 2016-02-03 15:45 GMT+01:00 Lennart van Ballegoij < <lennart at egmmedia.nl>
> lennart at egmmedia.nl>:
>
>> Thanks for the tip, i forgot about the version number!
>>
>> I've wondered about the same thing, but so far it seems like the field
>> doesn't get created on update at all.
>> I'm starting to wonder if it's even possible to create the field on a
>> update event... :/
>>
>> So far i've had no luck in creating the field on update, i'm almost 100%
>> sure that i'm doing the field creation right, because it does work on a
>> fresh install of the module.
>>
>> Really hope someone knows the answer to this.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> -
>>
>> Lennart
>>
>> 2016-02-01 17:10 GMT+01:00 Tim Mohrbach < <preexo at googlemail.com>
>> preexo at googlemail.com>:
>>
>>> I would have done it the same way, remember to increase the version
>>> number of the extension in the schema xml file… sry mate I am bad help…
>>>
>>> I have always wondered about this: does it try to create a new field
>>> everytime it updates the extension or is the addField method tolerant
>>> enough to ingore the field in case it’s already there?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01.02.2016, at 22:32, Lennart van Ballegoij < <lennart at egmmedia.nl>
>>> lennart at egmmedia.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I'm working on a VTiger 6.4.0 Extenstion Module that sends the
>>> invoicedata to a 3rd party API.
>>> I'm trying to create a picklist field in the Invoice module from within
>>> my module.
>>>
>>> My module was already released and some clients are already using this
>>> module, so i'll have to create the field on the module update.
>>>
>>> But i can't seem to add the picklist field on module.preupdate or
>>> module.postupdate of the vtlib_handler in my module.
>>>
>>> If i uninstall/remove my module completely and add the picklist field
>>> using the module.postinstall of the vtlib_handler it does seem to create
>>> the field like it's supposed to.
>>>
>>> Why can't i seem to create the field on the update events of the
>>> vtlib_handler ?
>>>
>>> My code:
>>>
>>>         public function vtlib_handler($moduleName, $eventType) {
>>>                 if ($eventType == 'module.postinstall') {
>>>                         $this->createConfigTable();
>>>                         $this->registerInvoiceEvent();
>>>                         $this->addSettingsMenu();
>>>                         $this->addTypeDropdown();
>>>                 } else if ($eventType == 'module.enabled') {
>>>                         $this->registerInvoiceEvent();
>>>                 } else if ($eventType == 'module.disabled') {
>>>                         $this->deregisterInvoiceEvent($moduleName);
>>>                 } else if($event_type == 'module.preupdate') {
>>>                         $this->addSettingsMenu();
>>>                 } else if($event_type == 'module.postupdate') {
>>> $this->addTypeDropdown(); //Trying to create my Picklist field here !
>>> } else if($event_type == 'module.preuninstall') {
>>>                         $this->deleteConfigTable();
>>>                         $this->deregisterInvoiceEvent($moduleName);
>>>                 }
>>>         }
>>>
>>>         public function addTypeDropdown(){
>>>
>>>             $module = Vtiger_Module::getInstance('Invoice');
>>>             $blockInstance =
>>> Vtiger_Block::getInstance('LBL_INVOICE_INFORMATION', $module);
>>>
>>>             $fieldInstance = new Vtiger_Field();
>>>             $fieldInstance->name = 'typeofinvoice';
>>>             $fieldInstance->label = 'Soort factuur';
>>>             $fieldInstance->table = 'vtiger_invoice';
>>>             $fieldInstance->column = $fieldInstance->name;
>>>             $fieldInstance->columntype = 'VARCHAR(100)';
>>>             $fieldInstance->uitype = 15; //15 Staat voor dropdown.
>>>             $fieldInstance->typeofdata = 'V~M';
>>>             $fieldInstance->summaryfield = 1; //Display in summaryview.
>>>             $fieldInstance->setPicklistValues( Array ('Factuur',
>>> 'Creditfactuur') );
>>>             $blockInstance->addField($fieldInstance);
>>>         }
>>>
>>>
>>> Hopefully someone can give me a push in the right direction.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance :)
>>>
>>> Lennart
>>>
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