[Vtigercrm-developers] vtiger 7 change value of uitype 10 field + modal window on related contact mouse over

[Alan Lord]

On 09/10/2019 08:45, lucia digirolamo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've created a module and linked the contact module to it with a 
> uitype10 field so now when I enter a record of my custom module I can 
> see the related contact associated to it. This works fine. My problem is 
> that the related contact field shows the name of the contact. Is there a 
> way to have another field shown in there instead of the name? So if a 
> contact has the name john doe and a code of 12345, I'd like to have the 
> code 12345 displayed in the custom module record instead of the name. Is 
> this possible?

Yes - See the "fieldname" column of the vtiger_entityname. This will 
affect all fields showing a related Contact - not just the one in your 
module.

> Another question: vtiger 6 has a sort of popup that shows when you over 
> with the mouse on the related contact field and the popup shows a bunch 
> of information (name, email, phone number, etc). I cannot see this 
> option on vtiger 7: if I over on a related contact, all I see is the 
> name of the contact and nothing else. Is there a way to have the vtiger 
> 6 popup on vitger 7 as well?

Our extension module does this for list views... (Works in vtiger 6 and 7)

https://marketplace.vtiger.com/extensions?id=330

HTH

Alan