>=Sugar5

Ideas to Improve Relate Fields in SugarCRM

Posted Thu, 08/06/2009 - 08:32 by sugardev.net

Introduction

For my ongoing documentation work I've investigated the workings of the Relate field type, both the Vardefs and the SugarField. To see the Wiki pages on this see:

1. Vardefs: http://www.sugarcrm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Relate_(Vardefs_field)
2. SugarField: http://www.sugarcrm.com/wiki/index.php?title=Relate

The Relate field type can be a very powerful way to display fields from other beans, but at this moment it's limited by Sugar. Relate fields are used by one-to-one or one-to-many (on the 'many' side) relationships, and thus hold the contents of one related bean. That way it's possible to display the Account Name in Contacts, for instance.

Why am I being redirected in Sugar?

Posted Sat, 12/15/2007 - 12:37 by sugardev.net

...I DID modify the handleRedirect() function!

If you're wondering, first look at this: here. There is duplicated functionality in Sugar, the SugarApplication::redirect() function is the one you should use, not handleRedirect(). That one is there for BC.

Custom language files

Posted Thu, 12/13/2007 - 20:44 by sugardev.net

Translating Sugar and adding custom language strings and/or dropdown arrays can be a bit tricky. Basically, the problem is: When there's an error, you're on your own. This means that fields without a translation, or undefined dropdowns will usually just stay empty. So, we dig in.

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