changing name of custom module?

[kazuoF]

We use version 5.5.4.

How can I change the name of a custom module?
I mean not only the tab name (which can be changend under Admin -> Rename Tabs) but also the name as it appears in the list of modules?

I changed all Strings in /modules/<MODULE NAME>/language/ as suggested in http://apps.sugarcrm.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63171 but afterwards the old name was still displayed and not the new one. Afterwards, I tried Admin -> Repair -> Quick Repair and Rebuild, but also to no avail.

[andopes]

Your sugar is installed on Windows or Linux?

Cheers

[kazuoF]

It is installed on Linux.

[kazuoF]

Can anyone help?

[andopes]

You can mass rename your module this way:

Go to root of your sugar instance and run the following commands on shell:
find ./ -name '*.php' | xargs perl -i.bkp -p -e 's/Old/New/g;'
find ./ -name '*.php' | xargs perl -i.bkp -p -e 's/old/new/g;'
find ./ -name '*.php' | xargs perl -i.bkp -p -e 's/OLD/NEW/g;'
find ./ -name "*.bkp" | xargs -i{} rm -f {}

These commands will replace the content of each file which matches the old module

Then you then can rename the files and module folder.

Cheers

[kazuoF]

Thank you andopes!

Can I also use this method for changing
a) dropdown names
b) field names

or does that require a different approach?

[andopes]

There is no big deal doing that, you just need to:

find modules/<ModuleName>/

In order to restrict the search only to module where the field is located.

Cheers

[Cypriot]

Hi Andopes,

i have create a custom module called moduleA but after creating all the fields etc now i had to change the moduleA to ModuleB i cant see how to change in the Codes as i want it to change in the hard code as well ... is there easy way of doing this or do i have to create the module from 0 ! ?

Thank you so much

system :
sugarcrm CE 6.4
Linux hosting