Changing Call Color functionality (extending modules/Calls/Call.php)

[sequoiaben]

Hello,

I would like to change some of the logic in modules/Calls/Call.php. However one of our project requirements is that we do not alter any core code. Therefore I'm interested in knowing what the "safe" to go about writing my custom code is.

Here's what I'd like to accomplish:

By default, when looking at the calls listing page, the call date is displayed in orange if the call is scheduled for the current date, and red if the call is overdue.

Our client would like this to be changed so that the call is orange 72 hours in advance of the call.

I can see exactly in Call.php (on line 432) where I would make my change.

So far, I've done the following:

- tried using various hooks, but none of them are the correct spot to hook into the code for what I want to do.
- reviewed the Sugar docs and this forum extensively but did not find anything regarding this.

I'm pretty new to Sugar, so maybe I'm missing something really obvious. This seems to be a pretty big topic since I imagine lots of people would want to be able to extend module base functionality.

Maybe the solution is to write a custom Call module? ... however it seems a little overkill since all we want to do is change some color behavior.

Thanks in advance,
Ben

[sequoiaben]

anyone care to reply?

[davidboris]

Hello,

Prepare a process_record logic_hook.

 class process_record
{
    function process_record(&$bean, $event, $arguments)
    {
        global $timedate;
        $today = gmdate($GLOBALS['timedate']->get_db_date_time_format(), time());
        $nextday = gmdate($GLOBALS['timedate']->dbDayFormat, time() + 3600*24);
        $mergeTime = $bean->date_start; //$timedate->merge_date_time($call_fields['DATE_START'], $call_fields['TIME_START']);
        $date_db = $timedate->to_db($mergeTime);
        // THE CONDITIONS ARE SAME THAN SUGAR - CHANGE AS PER YOUR REQUIREMENT
        if( $date_db    < $today){
            $bean->date_start= "<span style='color:<OF_YOUR_CHOICE>'>".$bean->date_start."</span>";
        }else if($date_db < $nextday){
            $bean->date_start = "<span style='color:<OF_YOUR_CHOICE>'>".$bean->date_start."</span>";
        }else{
            $bean->date_start = "<span style='color:<OF_YOUR_CHOICE>'>".$bean->date_start."</span>";
        }
        
    }
} 
  

[sequoiaben]

Excellent! That did the trick.

Thanks so much,
Ben

[rakeshray]

Hello,

Prepare a process_record logic_hook.

 class process_record
{
    function process_record(&$bean, $event, $arguments)
    {
        global $timedate;
        $today = gmdate($GLOBALS['timedate']->get_db_date_time_format(), time());
        $nextday = gmdate($GLOBALS['timedate']->dbDayFormat, time() + 3600*24);
        $mergeTime = $bean->date_start; //$timedate->merge_date_time($call_fields['DATE_START'], $call_fields['TIME_START']);
        $date_db = $timedate->to_db($mergeTime);
        // THE CONDITIONS ARE SAME THAN SUGAR - CHANGE AS PER YOUR REQUIREMENT
        if( $date_db    < $today){
            $bean->date_start= "<span style='color:<OF_YOUR_CHOICE>'>".$bean->date_start."</span>";
        }else if($date_db < $nextday){
            $bean->date_start = "<span style='color:<OF_YOUR_CHOICE>'>".$bean->date_start."</span>";
        }else{
            $bean->date_start = "<span style='color:<OF_YOUR_CHOICE>'>".$bean->date_start."</span>";
        }
        
    }
} 
  

Nice post !!