Making Name field dynamic / Accessing DetailView

[paulakg4]

Hi guys!

OK here we go:

Background:
Im using Sugar for a non-profit child sponsorship organization. When a 'Sponsor' sponsors a child they contribute a monthly payment. Each child can have only one Sponsor. Each sponsor may have more than one child.

Each child has a unique ChildID that is used to identify them.

I created a new module called Child and used type: 'basic' then added the fields I need.
Rather than using the 'name' field, I added the fields 'First Name', and 'Last Name'.


My Problem;

When I click on the Child tab and go to the List View, Im not able to go to the DetailView because there is no name field to click on.

Is there a way to make the field 'ChildID' the field that gives you the DetailView?

Ideally I would like to make the default 'Name' field generate itself with the Childs 'Child ID' + 'First Name' + 'Last Name'

I would also like to do this for the 'Sponsors' name field ( SponsorID + First Name + Last Name)
So that when I create the detailview for 'Child' I can create a field type called Sponsored By and relate it to the Sponsors 'Name' .

Thanks in advance to the wonderful person that helps me with this.

[eggsurplus]

Check out fill_in_additional_list_fields in modules/Contacts/Contact.php for an example on how to override the name field. Here you can add your rules for how you want the name to be created and displayed.