My module tab lost it's name

[jmcalderond]

Hello there,

I'm a begginer with sugar..., and after creating a new module I find that this module tab doesn't show the name I gave to it, I'm trying to recover it but I don't know how to do that, can any of you help me out.

SugarCRM is a good CRM tool I think, but man!!!, sometimes working with it is pretty stressing!!!

Thank you for your assistance!!

Juan Miguel

[junan.rizal]

you didn't explain how you made your module?
using manual or module builder inside sugarcrm?

with module builder you better use export , to save your module building project
then use publish to save your module package as zip file

last time i use deploy at module builder in sugarcrm, my module project lost.
then i must build from beginning again.

if your module don't show name on the tabs, check to module loader. maybe your module
not installed, or deleted . if tabs show blank name, usually your module not loaded or
installed or maybe deleted.

jun

[jmcalderond]

Hi jun,

I built my module using the module builder. The rare thing is that the module is installed but
the tab name doesn't show it's name.

Now, the steps I follow to have my module in a .zip file are:
* Build the module with the module builder,
* Publish it (I get the .zip file),
* Deploy it (Sugar updates the module),

I haven't used export option because last time I did, after that, when trying to upload it
Sugar told me that the module was not compatible with the version of sugar or something
like that and couldn't load the module this way.

Can you tell me the steps to follow to have mi module the way I left it the last time I updated
it in a .zip file but without having error messages when trying to load it again or errors after
it's loaded, like losing tab names.

...Got another question!!!, I don't know why when entering to the Administration: Module Loader
and seing the extensions that are installed on the system, I see my module loaded there but the buttons
shown in every row are hidden, so that I can't remove or disable my module from there!!!, ...is there any
reason for this behavior of the Administration: Module Loader??, why can't I see these buttons??,
and what happens if I upload my module again, install it, but can't disable or remove the previous version of it??,
and it's still being shown in the Administration: Module Loader!!

Thank you for your help jun!!!

Juan Miguel

[jmcalderond]

Hi, it's me again!!!

I found out, not why but when my tabs looses their names, it happens after installing the spanish language
"SugarEnt-5.0.0a-lang-es_es-20080214" and following the Rename Tabs on the admin screen and setting the
names for the spanish language in a module built using the module builder; Inside the Rename Tabs option,
I select the language and start to change the tab values shown for the ones needed.

The fact is that after doing that, I come to see the changes I made for the tab names IN ENGLISH even though
the tab name changes WERE WRITTEN IN SPANISH, this happens when logging in selecting spanish language;
now, when logging in selecting english language, all the tab names are EMPTY, and you can see the tabs of
course, but you can't do a thing because there are no links to follow on each tab.

I don't get it!!, I didn't change the english tab names so, why did they change anyway??, and why are
they empty now??; I do all this changes because you can see the tab name for the module I built in english
language mode, but not for spanish language mode, and after I make these changes and enter SugarCRM
selecting spanish language, the tab name for the module I built is empty, it's the only one that's empty, and
I try to make it show me the tab name and hasn't been possible for me to do that.

Can anyone explain to me why does this happen please!!

Juan Miguel

[junan.rizal]

admin -> system setting -> check Developer Mode.

read it at
here

next time your tabs won't disappear, maybe

jun

[dasho]

admin -> system setting -> check Developer Mode.

I have the same problem with tab names not being displayed.
I check the developer mode and save the settings, however
when I open the Settings again, it is still unchecked. Do you
have any idea where this particular option is saved (maybe in
a configuration file or maybe in database), so that I can see why
it is not saved and maybe fix it manually?

[dasho]

I solved the problem. SugarCE tries to create the file config_override.php but apache does not have write
permissions on the directory. So, an advice for the others would be: make everything writable by apache,
until you have finished setting up and configuring SugarCE, otherwise you never know where it tries to write.

[jmcalderond]

Hey dasho,

I did't get what you say you did to solve the problem, can you please explain a little more how it's done,
I hope it is a step by step explanation because I haven't done that before.

Thanks

Juan Miguel

[DragonflyMaster]

Hola Juan Miguel.

I suppose you are using a version earlier than Sugar 5.0.0c, is it correct?
If I'm right, I suggest you to update Sugar to 5.0.0c, because it resolves a couple of bugs in module builder and studio customization.
Sadly, previous versions included version 5.0.0b had troubles customizing modules, especially with a non-english language.
So, update to 5.0.0c or edit field/labels/dropdowns/modules in en_us language.
A missing tab in your case means you've edited in spanish, and this has overriden (oh my, I hope it's correct ) a tab in an es_es.lang.php file, but the original english tab does not exist...

About what Dasho said:

So, an advice for the others would be: make everything writable by apache,

means that, if you are running on Linux, you should chmod -r 777 all sugar structure, including all subdirectories.

About your custom modules' uninstall and remove buttons disappearing in Admin-> Module Loader: usually this happens when you remove the cache folder or when you Repair Cache. Yes, it's another bug.
Let me tell you: Modeling Sugar is not the easiest thing in the world, but keep trying! The more you practice, the more it gets easier and fascinating and challenging.
Bring it on!

[jmcalderond]

Hi DragonFlyMaster,

You're right man, I'm using an erlier version of sugar, I'll update my sugar version to 5.0.0c version right away!!.

When you say...
Sadly, previous versions included version 5.0.0b had troubles customizing modules, especially with a non-english language.
So, update to 5.0.0c or edit field/labels/dropdowns/modules in en_us language.

I've done editing by using field/labels/dropdowns/modules in en_us language, but it simply doesn't seem to work, in fact, never works!!!.

And when you say...
A missing tab in your case means you've edited in spanish, and this has overriden (oh my, I hope it's correct) a tab in an es_es.lang.php file, but the original english tab does not exist...

I don't know what to say about this..., but I made the changes in studio, selecting mymodule-labels and then selecting the spanish language, I made the changes there, but after that, the changes were like... ...not saved, and when changing the language for a new session, after loggin in I found out that in spanish language, the tab names were shown in english and in english language all the tab names are empty which is kind of a problem because you can't enter any module.

I solved this issue...
About your custom modules' uninstall and remove buttons disappearing in Admin-> Module Loader: usually this happens when you remove the cache folder or when you Repair Cache. Yes, it's another bug.

by unistalling sugar and installing it again, was the only way I could think of!!!

Finally, I have another question to make, how do you make changes to the php files, so that you can model sugat the way you want, I mean, I know where the php files are, but it's just that they can't be modified!!, how do I get to do that??

Thank you for your support DragonFlyMaster!!!

JM