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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<br>
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Alan.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/02/16 14:48, Lennart van
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Guys,
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<div>Nobody knows the answer to this ?</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>I hope someone can help me.</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks in advance,</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">Kind regards,</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2016-02-03 15:45 GMT+01:00 Lennart
van Ballegoij <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the tip, i forgot about the
version number!
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<div>I've wondered about the same thing, but so far it
seems like the field doesn't get created on update
at all.</div>
<div>I'm starting to wonder if it's even possible to
create the field on a update event... :/</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Really hope someone knows the answer to this.</div>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
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<div>Thanks in advance,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Kind regards,</div>
<div><br>
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<div>-</div>
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<div>Lennart </div>
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<div class="h5">2016-02-01 17:10 GMT+01:00 Tim
Mohrbach <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">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…
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<div>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?</div>
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<div>On 01.02.2016, at 22:32,
Lennart van Ballegoij <<a
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<div dir="ltr">Hi guys,
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</div>
<div>I'm working on a VTiger
6.4.0 Extenstion Module
that sends the invoicedata
to a 3rd party API.</div>
<div>I'm trying to create a
picklist field in the
Invoice module from within
my module.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>But i can't seem to add
the picklist field on
module.preupdate or
module.postupdate of the
vtlib_handler in my
module.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Why can't i seem to
create the field on the
update events of the
vtlib_handler ?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>My code:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div> public
function
vtlib_handler($moduleName,
$eventType) {</div>
<div> if
($eventType ==
'module.postinstall') {</div>
<div>
$this->createConfigTable();</div>
<div>
$this->registerInvoiceEvent();</div>
<div>
$this->addSettingsMenu();</div>
<div>
$this->addTypeDropdown();</div>
<div> }
else if ($eventType ==
'module.enabled') {</div>
<div>
$this->registerInvoiceEvent();</div>
<div> }
else if ($eventType ==
'module.disabled') {</div>
<div>
$this->deregisterInvoiceEvent($moduleName);</div>
<div> }
else if($event_type ==
'module.preupdate') {</div>
<div>
$this->addSettingsMenu();
</div>
<div> }
else if($event_type ==
'module.postupdate') {</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>$this->addTypeDropdown();
//Trying to create my
Picklist field here !</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>}
else if($event_type ==
'module.preuninstall') {</div>
<div>
$this->deleteConfigTable();</div>
<div>
$this->deregisterInvoiceEvent($moduleName);</div>
<div> }</div>
<div> }</div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div> public
function
addTypeDropdown(){</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> $module =
Vtiger_Module::getInstance('Invoice');</div>
<div>
$blockInstance =
Vtiger_Block::getInstance('LBL_INVOICE_INFORMATION',
$module);</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance = new
Vtiger_Field();</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance->name
= 'typeofinvoice';</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance->label
= 'Soort factuur';</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance->table
= 'vtiger_invoice';</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance->column
=
$fieldInstance->name;</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance->columntype
= 'VARCHAR(100)';</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance->uitype
= 15; //15 Staat voor
dropdown.</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance->typeofdata
= 'V~M';</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance->summaryfield
= 1; //Display in
summaryview.</div>
<div>
$fieldInstance->setPicklistValues(
Array ('Factuur',
'Creditfactuur') );</div>
<div>
$blockInstance->addField($fieldInstance);</div>
<div> }</div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
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1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica
Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19.5px">Hopefully someone can
give me a push in the
right direction.</p>
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1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica
Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19.5px">Thanks in advance :)<br>
<br>
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1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:15px;clear:both;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica
Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19.5px">Lennart</p>
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