Automatic lead creation

[gwen]

Hello everybody,

I'm new in sugarCRM, I'm a ex-developer from Virtuemart (e-commerce componenent based on Joomla)

I saw that there's a possibility to use the workflow to create automatic leads on the non-OS version

My question is simple, how can I do the same thing in the OS version ?
If there's no workflow module existing I'll create workflow-like , and to do this do someone
can explain me the rule used in sugarCRM to create such
ID :2d930ef2-7953-f6dd-afd1-46f000988e10
or
USER ID : 9ac30e87-1aa4-66cc-374e-46effcdfb143

what's this string ? several MD5 ? anything else, how to write my own ID ?

I only want to write in database a CONTACT and a LEAD, that's all :-)

do someone can help me on this ?

thank you inadvance for any help

Gwen

[Angel]

The algorithm for creating the ID values is in the create_guid function in utils.php.

However, you can easily create contacts/leads via the SOAP API. Take a look at the Wiki (www.sugarcrm.com/wiki) for examples on how to use it.

[gwen]

Hello Angel :-)

thank you for your quick reply

I guess the SOAP way is just a little bit to powerful for what I need

create_guid => ok,I guess it'll be ok with this function
may I use it for any id created ?
(user_id, document_id, leads_id, etc...)

[Angel]

Yes, the same function is used to create ID values throughout the system.