clone one sugar's module

[garciasanchezdaniel]

Hello!

What is the safest way to clone one sugar's module?

I need to clone two modules: documents, and bugs, and if is possible including relation between documents-documents_revisions

Best regards, Daniel

[rafael.q.g@hotmail.com]

Hi Daniel,

I don't know whether the way I will describe here is the easiest way, but is safer and works very well.
1. Copy the folder of original module from /modules and renamed the folder name and all its references to new module name.
2. Do the same for folder /custom/modules and for /custom/Extension/modules
3. Under directory \custom\Extension\application\Ext\Include add a new file to include your new module in module list.
4. Pay attention in files under [custom]/metadata folder, you should also duplicated and adjust the files which detail modules relationships.
5. Now run a repair/rebuild and execute the sql statements.

[garciasanchezdaniel]

Hello Rafael! Thanks very much for your help.

I just tried do that you say, but I am doing something wrong, because when I run a repair/rebuild, when sugar rebuilds relationships, then appears a fatal error that says: "Class Documents2" not found in Administration/RebuildRelationship...(I want that my new module's name be Documents2) I don't understand well two points:

1. What do you want to say when you say that I must rename all its references to new module name? what are these references?

4. I don't know how do this.

I have sugarcrm 6.1.7 (Build 5875)

Sorry for my ignorance.

I hope your help, Daniel

[gauts]

With module builder you can create new modules based on models such as documents or bugs.

[garciasanchezdaniel]

Hey! Thanks for your replies.

I think that finally I will create these two modules through module builder, this is, by hand, because I don't understand well the other ways...but I'd like know one thing more, if is possible when creating a new module with it a name without the format alphanumeric key_modulename. For example, if I could give to a new module documents the name documents2, not alphanumeric key_documents2

Regards, Daniel

[rafael.q.g@hotmail.com]

Hi Daniel,

As you already found a solution for your issue, I will not detail explanations about topics 1 and 4.
About take out the key from the front of your module name, yes it is possible.

1. You should not deploy your module from module builder. You should export it from module builder as a zip file, and then later load it from module loader.

2. After you export your zip file, you have to configure the manifest.php file to rename your module that currently has the "key" in front of its name.

3. You have to take a look over all modules files to check whether there is some reference to old module name (with key on front), and then rename it to new name.

4. After create a new zip package based on your module files, and load it from module loader.

Now it should be done.