keeping changes to PHP after upgrade

[velocitygirl]

Hi there,
hope this is the right place to post my question.

We just upgraded our Sugarversion to 4.2.0 (open source).
We needed an additional chart added to the dashboard so I did some changes to the PHP code for displaying charts at the dashboard module. I just wondered whether there is any chance of keeping those changes when running an update of sugar?

Rgds, Mandy

[atheimer98]

Not that I know of, I keep a special document that details every hard code change I make to our installation so that
I can quickly reset customizations on upgrades. Would you be willing to post some code of how you added a chart to the dashboard? I've been looking to do this but haven't gotten around to looking at the code yet AND I know I've talked to several others that are looking for info on dashboard additions.

Cheers!

[velocitygirl]

Hi,
I just copied another chart and did some changes in the predefined_chart.php file. I'm still working on adding functionality (just as database queries). I am happy to have figured out how adding a new chart works and will get a summary together and post it in the developers' section of the forum.

Since I am working as an extern on the project in the company here I would have to rely on the guys here to think of keeping a copy of my changes to the code. Hope I can figure out another way of keeping the changes...