Disable custom fields in edit view

[detour]

Hello, I am looking for a way to disable custom fields I have created in the edit view. The data is populated via SOAP and is intended to be viewable but not changed. Suggestions?

[crmbalah]

Hi
Go to custom\modules\Accounts\metadata\editviewdefs.php
customize the you particular field like this

array (
            'name' => 'name',
            'label' => 'LBL_NAME',
            'customCode'=>'<input type="text" value="{$fields.name.value}" readonly>'
          ),

[detour]

That looks like exactly what I need. Could you please provide an example of how to accomplish this with a dropdown and multiselect as well?

[andopes]

You can just add the attribute

 'type' => 'readonly', 
  

on field definition at editviewdefs.php

Cheers

[detour]

even better! thanks andopes. This worked, but seems to have a strange effect with multiselects. They appear with the delimiter ^,^ between entires, any quick solution to clean that up?

[detour]

To answer my own question (and combine the two solutions) this worked for me:

array (
            'name' => 'my_custom_multiselect_c',
            'label' => 'LBL_NAME',
            'type' => 'readonly',
            'customCode'=>'{$fields.my_custom_multiselect_c.value|replace:"^,^":", "}'
          ),

[andopes]

Hi detour

Although it is working it has a limitation: It display the database value instead of language value.
Create a controller for your module, implement the action_editview and add this code inside such function:

         $my_custom_multiselect_c_list = explode("^,^", $this->bean->my_custom_multiselect_c);
        $this->bean->my_custom_multiselect_c = '';
 
        foreach($my_custom_multiselect_c_list as $my_custom_multiselect_c) {
            $this->bean->my_custom_multiselect_c.= "<LI>{$app_list_strings['my_custom_multiselect_c_list'][$my_custom_multiselect_c]}</LI>";
        } 
  

Cheers