Overview
This is an overview of how to create a Module Loader package that will install custom fields to a module.
This example will install a set of fields to the accounts module. The full package is downloadable here for your reference.
For more details on the $manifest or $installdef options, you can visit the ‘Introduction to the Manifest File’.
Manifest Example
<?php
$manifest = array(
'acceptable_sugar_flavors' => array('CE','PRO','CORP','ENT','ULT'),
'acceptable_sugar_versions' => array(
'exact_matches' => array(),
'regex_matches' => array('6\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9]),
),
'author' => 'SugarCRM',
'description' => 'Installs a sample set of custom fields to the accounts module',
'icon' => '',
'is_uninstallable' => true,
'name' => 'Example Custom Field Installer',
'published_date' => '2012-07-06 2012 20:45:04',
'type' => 'module',
'version' => '1391607505',
);
$installdefs = array(
'id' => 'package_1341607504',
'language'=> array (
array(
'from' => '<basepath>/files/Language/Accounts/en_us.lang.php',
'to_module' => 'Accounts',
'language' => 'en_us'
),
),
'custom_fields' => array (
//Text
array(
'name' => 'text_field_example',
'label' => 'LBL_TEXT_FIELD_EXAMPLE',
'type' => 'varchar',
'module' => 'Accounts',
'help' => 'Text Field Help Text',
'comment' => 'Text Field Comment Text',
'default_value' => '',
'max_size' => 255,
'required' => false, // true or false
'reportable' => true, // true or false
'audited' => false, // true or false
'importable' => 'true', // 'true', 'false', 'required'
'duplicate_merge' => false, // true or false
),
//DropDown
array(
'name' => 'dropdown_field_example',
'label' => 'LBL_DROPDOWN_FIELD_EXAMPLE',
'type' => 'enum',
'module' => 'Accounts',
'help' => 'Enum Field Help Text',
'comment' => 'Enum Field Comment Text',
'ext1' => 'account_type_dom', //maps to options - specify list name
'default_value' => 'Analyst', //key of entry in specified list
'mass_update' => false, // true or false
'required' => false, // true or false
'reportable' => true, // true or false
'audited' => false, // true or false
'importable' => 'true', // 'true', 'false' or 'required'
'duplicate_merge' => false, // true or false
),
//MultiSelect
array(
'name' => 'multiselect_field_example',
'label' => 'LBL_MULTISELECT_FIELD_EXAMPLE',
'type' => 'multienum',
'module' => 'Accounts',
'help' => 'Multi-Enum Field Help Text',
'comment' => 'Multi-Enum Field Comment Text',
'ext1' => 'account_type_dom', //maps to options - specify list name
'default_value' => 'Analyst', //key of entry in specified list
'mass_update' => false, // true or false
'required' => false, // true or false
'reportable' => true, // true or false
'audited' => false, // true or false
'importable' => 'true', // 'true', 'false' or 'required'
'duplicate_merge' => false, // true or false
),
//Checkbox
array(
'name' => 'checkbox_field_example',
'label' => 'LBL_CHECKBOX_FIELD_EXAMPLE',
'type' => 'bool',
'module' => 'Accounts',
'default_value' => true, // true or false
'help' => 'Bool Field Help Text',
'comment' => 'Bool Field Comment',
'audited' => false, // true or false
'mass_update' => false, // true or false
'duplicate_merge' => false, // true or false
'reportable' => true, // true or false
'importable' => 'true', // 'true', 'false' or 'required'
),
//Date
array(
'name' => 'date_field_example',
'label' => 'LBL_DATE_FIELD_EXAMPLE',
'type' => 'date',
'module' => 'Accounts',
'default_value' => '',
'help' => 'Date Field Help Text',
'comment' => 'Date Field Comment',
'mass_update' => false, // true or false
'required' => false, // true or false
'reportable' => true, // true or false
'audited' => false, // true or false
'duplicate_merge' => false, // true or false
'importable' => 'true', // 'true', 'false' or 'required'
),
//DateTime
array(
'name' => 'datetime_field_example',
'label' => 'LBL_DATETIME_FIELD_EXAMPLE',
'type' => 'datetime',
'module' => 'Accounts',
'default_value' => '',
'help' => 'DateTime Field Help Text',
'comment' => 'DateTime Field Comment',
'mass_update' => false, // true or false
'enable_range_search' => false, // true or false
'required' => false, // true or false
'reportable' => true, // true or false
'audited' => false, // true or false
'duplicate_merge' => false, // true or false
'importable' => 'true', // 'true', 'false' or 'required'
),
//Encrypt
array(
'name' => 'encrypt_field_example',
'label' => 'LBL_ENCRYPT_FIELD_EXAMPLE',
'type' => 'encrypt',
'module' => 'Accounts',
'default_value' => '',
'help' => 'Encrypt Field Help Text',
'comment' => 'Encrypt Field Comment',
'reportable' => true, // true or false
'audited' => false, // true or false
'duplicate_merge' => false, // true or false
'importable' => 'true', // 'true', 'false' or 'required'
),
),
);
?>Language Example
<?php
$mod_strings['LBL_TEXT_FIELD_EXAMPLE'] = 'Text Field Example';
$mod_strings['LBL_DROPDOWN_FIELD_EXAMPLE'] = 'DropDown Field Example';
$mod_strings['LBL_CHECKBOX_FIELD_EXAMPLE'] = 'Checkbox Field Example';
$mod_strings['LBL_MULTISELECT_FIELD_EXAMPLE'] = 'Multi-Select Field Example';
$mod_strings['LBL_DATE_FIELD_EXAMPLE'] = 'Date Field Example';
$mod_strings['LBL_DATETIME_FIELD_EXAMPLE'] = 'DateTime Field Example';
$mod_strings['LBL_ENCRYPT_FIELD_EXAMPLE'] = 'Encrypt Field Example';