Create Button and Custom Modules

[chrislynch8]

Hi,

With all my Custom Modules I have create when I press create under an Account, it goes to the full form, editview. How can I make this happen for other Modules such as Contacts, so that when my users press create on a Contact under Account the quick create is skipped and it goes straight to the full form

Rgds
Chris

[andopes]

You need to create an extended layoutdefs for Accounts to override the Create button:
custom/Extension/modules/Accounts/Ext/Layoutdefs/layoutdefs.ext.php

 <?PHP
$layout_defs['Accounts']['subpanel_setup']['contacts']['top_buttons'][0] = 'SubPanelTopCreateButton';
?>  

Go to Admin -> Repair -> Rebuild Extensions

You also will need to customize the Contacts controller.php (function action_edtiview) to implement the same logic in the file include/generic/SugarWidgets/SugarWidgetSubPanelTopCreateAccountNameButton.php

Regards

[chrislynch8]

Hi,

When I extend the laoutdefs and rebuild the extensions none of my Subpanels appear under Accounts. I have made the modification as per your last post above, when I remove the mod again all my subpanels appear under Accounts after I rebuild the extensions.

Rgds
Chris

*********************************UPDATE*********** ********************
In the layoutdefs.ext.php if I remove the [0] and rebuild the Extensions all my Subpanels appear under Accounts but the Contacts subpanel has no buttons. What is the final [0] for, or where can I find documentation on it? I search the forums for layoutdefs.ext.php and the majoirty of examples where changes to Relationships or adding extra Subpanels, The Developer Guide is very useful either.

[chrislynch8]

Hi, I have extended the layoutdefs for Accounts and for Contacts to go to the Full Form for Cases when Create is pressed in the subpanel of an Account or a Contact. I have also extended layoutdefs to remove the Create button for Account under Contacts and for Member Orgs under Accounts.

I have also edited my config file to collapse the Subpanels.

With the Subpanels collapsed I am unable to expand them for Member Orgs and Cases under Accounts but they work fine under Contacts.

Is this correct, should the Extended Layoutdefs work with Subpanels set to collapse by Default

Rgds
Chris

[webnetin]

Recently I had the same requirement - Clicking Create button for Opportunities from Accounts detailview opens the full form instead of Quick Create view.

As usual I took lead from André 's response here

It works with a small modification.

 <?PHP
$layout_defs['Accounts']['subpanel_setup']['opportunities']['top_buttons'][0]['widget_class'] = 'SubPanelTopCreateButton';
?>  

Note the 'widget_class' at end of parameter definition

regards
Deepa

[chrislynch8]

Hi Adding that 'widget_class' work perfectly for my Cases but when I have it for contacts and I press create I go to a blank page.

Have you been able to get this to work with Contacts, I see you have ti with Opps

Rgds
Chris