Knowledge - Transfers

Some useful UNIX command

NeiL — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:12:21 +0000

Change mode :
Make folder and its content writable : chmode -Rf 777 foldername
to view the current directory: pwd

listing with all attributes : ls -l

to view hidden files : ls -a

to list all the ext file: ls -ltr *.ext

to change owner : chown <owner name> [...]

Vardefs.php in SugarCRM

danpite — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:13:03 +0000

The vardefs are used to provide the Sugar application with information about the SugarBeans.

Each module that has a SugarBean file will have a vardefs.php file located in it. This file specifies the fields for that SugarBean. For the Contact bean, the vardefs will be located in sugarcrm/modules/Contacts/vardefs.php. Vardef files create an array called “$dictionary” [...]

Populate class variables from post values in sugarcrm

danpite — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:58:31 +0000

require_once(‘include/formbase.php’); $focus = populateFromPost(”, $focus); $focus->save; 1st parameter is for prefix, and 2nd is for class object.

Upgrade self customization in Sugarcrm

danpite — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:48:07 +0000

Upgrade self customization is such customization in which if we upgrade Sugar version our customized part does not need any change or modification. To overcome after up gradation problems we need to customize all our modules and other codes into custom folder. If you directly have id use retrieve functionality. But if there any field value exist other [...]

SugarCRM Code Review Points

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:12:16 +0000

1. Don’t write sql queries inside a page, rather write as a function of a class. 2. Do not write functions in a general page, rather write as a class function. 3. Do not require or include extra pages and do not write any extra code. If you are using copy-paste also try to remove [...]

Use of entrypoint in SugarCRM

danpite — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:01:56 +0000

Entrypoint is used when a particular file is saved outside the scope of our project and we have to fire some functions (such as modification in our database/sending mail etc.) based on that file events. For that have to make changes in “include\MVC\Controller\entry_point_registry.php”. Actually file path is getting created here w.r.t a specific action. ‘getImage’ [...]

Removing multiple select from search in index page in Sugarcrm

danpite — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:59:28 +0000

Remove: size={{$size}} {{if $size>1}} multiple=”1”{{/if}} From “include/SugarFields/Fields/Enum/SearchView.tpl”.

Adding new button in SugarCRM

danpite — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:54:55 +0000

1. Create a new case in function smarty_function_converge_button in “include/Smarty/plugins/function.converge_button.php”. 2. Create button labels in “include/language/en_us.lang.php”. 3. In “include/TemplateHandler/TemplateHandler.php” buildTemplate function add your button name in $this->ss->assign(“built_in_buttons”, array(‘CANCEL’, ‘DELETE’, ‘DUPLICATE’, ‘EDIT’, ‘FIND_DUPLICATES’, ‘SAVE’, ‘CONNECTOR’)); 4. Put the button name anywhere needed.

Adding subpanel in Sugarcrm

danpite — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:47:40 +0000

1. Parent module: create modules/<>/metadata/subpaneldefs.php. This contains ‘subpanel_name’ => ‘default’, where default is the file name that have to create in modules/<>/metadata/subpanels/. 2. Parent module: in vardefs create relationship code and relation definition. 3. Define the relationship in cache/modules/Relationships/relationships.cache.php 4. Child module: create default.php or namespecific.php in the folder modules/<>/metadata/subpanels/. 5. Define (if new) widget [...]

Some important functions in SugarCRM

danpite — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:40:05 +0000

1. $classObj->retrieve($id); Fetches all values of that $classObj. And any particular value can be accessed by writing $classObj->name. 2. $current_user->getPreference(‘datef’); Getting date format for a particular user. 3. $current_user->getPreference(‘timef’); Getting time format for a particular user. 4. from_html($text); Getting formatted values. Generally used for fetching some database values. But if you use retrieve function, no [...]