Passing variables

[chrislynch8]

Hi,

This may be a stupid question but here goes.

In a logic hook and what to set a variable let say $alert to 1. This will not be a field in Sugar. Then when the detail view is loading and want to be able to check the value of the variable and display and alert if its = to 1. Is something like this possible?

Rgds
Chris

[eggsurplus]

You could do it a couple of ways and the best answer depends on the end goal. One way is to create/override view.detail.php and after calling parent::display(); output some javascript with the alert if it meets your condition:

 function display() {
   parent::display();
 
   if($this->bean->myfield == 1) {
      echo "<script language='javascript'>
                    alert('Uh oh...you did something wrong....');
               </script>";
   }
} 
  

[mikesolomon]

What I do is

in before_save

$_SESSION['temporaryData']['errormsg'] = 'My error message ';

then in view.detail I check for $_SESSION['temporaryData']['errormsg'] and if it exists popup an alert

[chrislynch8]

Thanks for both answers. I have done the javascript one that eggsurplus describes but this time I'd rather not start creating DB fields that I need to use as flags, I'll give Mikes a go.

Rgds
Chris

[chrislynch8]

What I do is

in before_save

$_SESSION['temporaryData']['errormsg'] = 'My error message ';

then in view.detail I check for $_SESSION['temporaryData']['errormsg'] and if it exists popup an alert

Thats worked but how do I then delete variable once I've used if to set of my alert?

Rgds
Chris

[mikesolomon]

Thats worked but how do I then delete variable once I've used if to set of my alert?

Rgds
Chris

unset($_SESSION['temporaryData']['errormsg'] );

[chrislynch8]

Thanks.

That seems obvious now - having on of those Fridays.

Rgds
Chris

[mikesolomon]

Thanks.

That seems obvious now - having on of those Fridays.

Rgds
Chris

You and me both

other peoples problems are always easier to fix than your own!!!!

[chrislynch8]

One last thing, seeing as other people problems are easier to solve.

With Javascript in the view.detail.php how can I redirect the user to the edit view of the record they have just come from?

Rgds
Chris

[mikesolomon]

One last thing, seeing as other people problems are easier to solve.

With Javascript in the view.detail.php how can I redirect the user to the edit view of the record they have just come from?

Rgds
Chris

If I want to do a redirect I do it in the before save rather than saving & going to detailview

something like

if ( empty($_REQUEST['record']) ) {
SugarApplication::redirect("index.php?module=zz_pb k_cat&return_module=zz_pbk_cat&action=EditView");
} else {
SugarApplication::redirect("index.php?module=zz_pb k_cat&return_module=zz_pbk_cat&action=EditView&rec ord=" . $_REQUEST['record']);
}

And now I'm off home