email address-like field control

[DragonflyMaster]

Hi all,

I'd like to customize the Accounts module with an array of fields, in the style of the email address block: one separated block, with a javascript control that allows users to add new arrays of fields(field1,field2,flag1,flag2,etc..) as user's wish.

To make a quick customization, I had made my code modifications directly inside the files that manage the email address block.
It kinda worked, with two unwanted side effects:
my fields were inside the email address block and they were visible in every module showing that block.
So I tried copying folder <sugar-root>/include/sugarEmailAddress/
in a new one, modifying code to my needs in php and js files, adding a require once instruction for my modified php in
<sugar-root>/modules/Account/account.php
Result? a nice php error
Either this is not the right mode or I made mistakes while changing code....

Has anybody tried to develop such a thing?

Any idea is appreciated, thx.


Sugar CE 5.0.0a - MSWindows2003Server-IIS6 - PHP5 - MSSQL2005

[DragonflyMaster]

I still have this problem,
is anybody out there who can help me?
I've followed the path I started last time, now I don't get a PHP error, but A SQL one
I'm sure there is a way that I have not considered.
The smallest and most insignificant hint would be greatfully appreciated.
Thanks

[DragonflyMaster]

Ok,

I'm still banging my head against the wall for this.
I know I could find a different way to do what I need, but now I'm tremendously curious to know what is that I'm not getting.

Briefly, I'm trying to build a custom field like the one used in accounts and contacts to store email addresses in edit and detail views.
Basically, I need to implement this field because:

1. I need it separated from the other fields (ie: name, phone number, etc)
2. I need an array of four text fields linked to each other
3. I need a button like the "add email" to eventually add further arrays on the fly

Looking into Sugar's structure, I discovered that that particular field is a class defined in <sugar-root>\include\SugarEmailAddress\SugarEmailAddress. php.
It uses a template defined in <sugar-root>\include\SugarEmailAddress\templates\*.tpl
and some javascript functions defined in <sugar-root>\include\SugarEmailAddress\SugarEmailAddress. js

In my last attempt to re-create this field, I

1. created a custom field myField in Accounts Module (I want this custom field there)
2. added custom code for this field in <sugar-root>\custom\modules\Accounts\metadata\editviewdef s.php that does the same as <sugar-root>\include\SugarEmailAddress\templates\forEditV iew.tpl
3. wrote a <sugar-root>\custom\modules\Accounts\myField.js which defines the javascript functions as done in <sugar-root>\include\SugarEmailAddress\SugarEmailAddress. js

Now my question is: since SugarEmailAddress.js uses some variables taken from SugarEmailAddress.php, where should I put my version of those functions to have them work properly?
I tried many different solutions, none of them actually working.
All I've got so far is a brand new non-functioning custom field
Please somebody drop me a line on this....
Also a "you looser!" would be better than nothing

[DragonflyMaster]

I thought I was on the right way to solve this issue,
but I wasn't.
I managed to create the visual part of the thing, ie:
opening editview for an account I can see now the new "email-address"-like panel, and I can add\remove dinamically my new fields.
what I haven't been able to accomplish so far is to save\retrieve these new fields to\from a db table.

I also tried the 1tomany relationship wiki, which worked for me many other times, but it doesn't work here: I don't have a relate field, but a bunch of textfields.

if nobody helps me out, I'm gonna surrender and solve this through a simple subpanel solution.

[kuske]

Is there any trophy for the solution of this problem?
Seems to be a very sophisticated problem.
Is there anybody out there, who has an idea?

[DragonflyMaster]

Is there any trophy for the solution of this problem?
Seems to be a very sophisticated problem.
Is there anybody out there, who has an idea?

The only trophy would be my neverending gratitude
I find this riddle quite sophisticated, indeed...
I wouldn't dislike if someone at SugarCRM chimed in...

[JVWay]

Funny, just today I am wanting this exact thing.

[DragonflyMaster]

Funny, just today I am wanting this exact thing.

Hi Jerry,
I would appreciate if you had hints on this.

[DragonflyMaster]

Posting again just to ask if someone out there has ideas to share on this topic.

[maloner]

Hi,

I am also looking to implement the same functionality as that of the EmailAddresses.....did you manage to replicate it? If so can you point me in the right direction.

John