changing module in module builder overwriting changes

[mikesolomon]

I created a module using the module builder

Then I created a one to many relationship

To do this I edited

modules/<MODULE>/vardefs.php

Later I decided to add an additional field so I went back into the module builder and added the field

I then deployed the changed module

This overwrote my changes to vardefs.php & en_us.lang.php

I then tried putting my vardef changes into custom/modules/<MODULE>/vardefs.php but that didnt work so I had to reedit the original

How do I get round this problem?

[clint]

create a file called custom\Extension\modules\[the_module]\Ext\Vardefs\custom.php

Then go to Admin->Repair->Quick Repair and Rebuild. This step will create a file called custom\modules\[the_module]\Ext\Vardefs\vardefs.ext.php.
You don't want to directly create the vardefs.ext.php file as that is an automatically generated file created by Sugar. The contents of the vardefs.ext.php file is the contatenation of all files in the custom\Extension\modules\[the_module]\Ext\Vardefs\ directory.

[mikesolomon]

create a file called custom\Extension\modules\[the_module]\Ext\Vardefs\custom.php

Then go to Admin->Repair->Quick Repair and Rebuild. This step will create a file called custom\modules\[the_module]\Ext\Vardefs\vardefs.ext.php.
You don't want to directly create the vardefs.ext.php file as that is an automatically generated file created by Sugar. The contents of the vardefs.ext.php file is the contatenation of all files in the custom\Extension\modules\[the_module]\Ext\Vardefs\ directory.

Thanks - that worked

[mikesolomon]

Can I do the same thing with <module>/metadata/subpanels/default.php?