Display of Subpanels in Contacts

[jwallis]

I'm trying to change what fields are displayed in the History area in Contacts...
Any suggestions?

[kbrill]

I think you have to edit the modules/MODULE_NAME/subpanels/forHistory.php file directly.

[JeanetteRoss]

I tried adding a field the
modules\task\subpanels\forhistory.php

and it went bang - there must be another way.


Any pointers
Ta

[ivolator]

Hi there,
Here is the answer.
Open the layout_defs for Contacts.
Look at the subpanel_setup=>history=>collection_list array .
From that list, your subpanel is being drawn.
The first one in the list is the one being displayed. If you modify lets's say the first one which is meetings=>array( .... subpanel_name=>'ForHystory');
Then your changes will be seen in Contact's history subpanel.
Now go to the modules/Meetings/subpanels/ForHistory.php and have fun with it

Hope this helps,

-ivo

[JeanetteRoss]

Hi
Thanks for the help but I am still a bit confused:

I want to add the start time to the history tab in the Accounts, task history

I had worked out that I needed to change the file:
modules\Tasks\subpanels\ForHistory.php

I inserted the following line at line 59

'date_start'=>array(
'vname' => 'LBL_LIST_DATE_START',
'width' => '10%',
),

but it gave me an error.
Is there something else i need to change. What is the significance of looking at the layout_defs.php - it just tells me the name of the history file or am have I misunderstood.

[ivolator]

for each one of the modules meetings,tasks,calls,notes,emails you will have to add to their ForHistory.php
date_start => array() values.
For the formentioned modules that there is no such field (date_start) in the DB you must provide an entry too.
For example the Calls module does not have date_start field, but you'll enter in the subpanels/ForHistory.php this

 'list_fields' =>array(
... ... ...
here are the old fields
... ... 
'date_start'=>array(
'width' => '10%',
        'vname' => 'LBL_LIST_DATE_MODIFIED',
    'force_exists'=>true,
)
) 
  

For the modules that have an entry you got it correct.

 'date_start'=>array(
'vname' => 'LBL_LIST_DATE_START',
          'width' => '10%',
), 
  

In short this field must be defined in the mentioned modules' ForHistory.php because they were defined in the collection_list for layout_defs for Accounts .Otherwise the UNION they are used in will break if different number of fields is provided .

Regards