post_install()

shahidt

What is the correct way to use the post_install()? I need to create an additional field in the Contact Table on installation of my module. It works if I put the below line in a seperate module installation, but the following does not work...

public static function post_install() {

Utils_RecordBrowserCommon::new_record_field('contact',

	array('name'=>'MyField', 'type'=>'custom_mymodule', 'param'=>array('field_type'=>'select', 'crits'=>array()), 'filter'=>true, 'required'=>false, 'extra'=>true, 'visible'=>true) );

		return array(); //<-- Tried without this line as well

	}

ethnar

Hello,

If all you need to do is to add a new field to a RecordSet (it doesn't matter where this RecordSet is defined, it can be placed in another module), you should put the calls for adding fields in the install() method.

post_install() fills another, slightly different, role. This method is used to provide interface to the user, after the module is installed, and to perform additional actions using the data user provided. For instance - if you install Contacts module, it will ask the user to provide the data for the first contact and company to be entered in the system.
Since in this situation it's not needed, I won't be going into the details on how to get post_install() to work, but if there's a need for a brief description please let us know.

Kind regards,
Arek

shahidt

Actually, I had it in the install() method originally, but it originally gave me some errors. Now it somehow seems to be sorted out.

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