logic hooks create new record

[blitz2190]

ok so i am new to sugarcrm but i have a fair background in php. My problem is that i cannot seem to get the hook to fire when i am creating a new record in a custom module. i have successfully done this when editing a current record using after_retrieve but i cannot seen to get before_save which i think is the right one to work

by the way this is on sugar 5.2f ce

for the hook it is

 <?php
$hook_array['before_save'] = Array();
$hook_array['before_save'][] = Array(1, 'custom2', 'custom/include/Products/productsdrop.php','Before', 'Before');
?>  

this is to populate a dropdown for selecting which product to associate the info with

any help will be greatly appreciated

[josh.sweeney]

Have you tried putting a breakpoint in the hook to see if it is getting triggered?

[dekleinemedia]

ok so i am new to sugarcrm but i have a fair background in php. My problem is that i cannot seem to get the hook to fire when i am creating a new record in a custom module. i have successfully done this when editing a current record using after_retrieve but i cannot seen to get before_save which i think is the right one to work

by the way this is on sugar 5.2f ce

for the hook it is

 <?php
$hook_array['before_save'] = Array();
$hook_array['before_save'][] = Array(1, 'custom2', 'custom/include/Products/productsdrop.php','Before', 'Before');
?>  

this is to populate a dropdown for selecting which product to associate the info with

any help will be greatly appreciated

Hi,

Add the below code in the top of your script

For Example: logic_hooks.php

Code:
echo "Test";
exit;

Repair and Rebuild and run the logic hook

[gsrikanth]

Hi,

put a die/exit statement in your productsdrop.php file,and confirm the trigger.

[blitz2190]

sorry i forgot to mention that the hooks fires when i click save or when in edit view if i use after_retrieve. but what i need it to do is populate a dropdown box when the user clicks "create new case" in this case and the dropdown should be populated.

so what im trying to say is i know the hook works but not at the time i need it to, when the create new case page loads.

also on a side note i was researching and i found something on global logic_hooks and was wondering if that could be applied here

[edg]

'after_retrieve' is not called on a new record because no record is being retrieved.

try using 'process_record'

[blitz2190]

ok tried

 <?php
$hook_array['after_retrieve'] = Array();
$hook_array['after_retrieve'][] = Array(1, 'custom2', 'custom/include/Cases/productsdrop.php','Before', 'Before');
$hook_array['process_record'] = Array();
$hook_array['process_record'][] = Array(2, 'custom3', 'custom/include/Cases/productsdrop.php','Before', 'Before');
echo "hello";
?>  

and still no go but i did relise that it only echos hello when going to edit and not to create so i am thinking the hook is not being called at all

[blitz2190]

i solved it by adding the code to populate my dropdown to

custom/include/language/en_us.lang.php

but my question is now will this be upgrade safe

[edg]

Sorry - I forgot how I did this.

Create a custom view.edit.php and overload the predisplay() function. Add in the logic_hook you want to call.

  function predisplay(){
          global $mod_strings;
          parent::predisplay();
          if (!$this->bean->id) $this->bean->call_custom_logic('process_record');
  }

I just happen to use process_record so it was different than after_retrieve when the object existed. You can then test for that event and handle things differently if necessary. Another option is to simply check if $bean->id is set instead of issuing a different event type in the logic hook.

[blitz2190]

that sounds much more elegant than editing the language file ill give that a try thank you for the help