Where are Custom fields defined/stored?

[tj@estreet.com]

Upon creating a set of custom fields for a given module (say “Accounts” for example) where are the fields defined/stored?

I find $mod_strings['Bla_Bla_Bla_c'] = ' Bla_Bla_Bla'; etc. listed under \custom\modules\Accounts\language\en_us.lang.php --- but can find no reference to the fields elsewhere.

Surely that's not the end of it?

I copied the entire crm folder (many updates and custom modules) from my desktop to my tablet, wiped clean the config.php file and installed the crm anew. At that, I was delighted to find that all custom modules installed in one fell swoop with installation of the crm and appear to be functioning normally , but I’m completetly befuddled at the fact that the custom tables and fields created for Accounts and Contacts did NOT install, despite the presence of relevant Accounts and Contacts folders/files in the custom\modules folder. Please, what have I missed?

[sacramentojoe]

accounts_cstm is the database table that has the new fields. There code is smart and can figure pretty much everything out from the /custom/modules/Accounts/language/en_us.lang.php and this table.

[tj@estreet.com]

accounts_cstm is the database table that has the new fields. There code is smart and can figure pretty much everything out from the /custom/modules/Accounts/language/en_us.lang.php and this table.

Fair enough, but why then, with /custom/modules/Accounts/language/en_us.lang.php in-tact, and in-place, isn't the table accounts_custom (or for that matter contacts_custom) being created upon install as described above?
Thanks.