Developing an Extra

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Bingo Reply #1, 14 years, 8 months ago

I folowed the instructions at:
http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Developing+an+Extra+in+MODX+Revolution
to start develop a new extra in modx. Now I wonder how I will create a new class and database table. How do I do this in a easy way? The build.schema.php have static values. I change only those values or how do I do?

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jgulledge19 Reply #2, 14 years, 8 months ago

Bingo,

I recently released an extra that does this, it is called CMPGenerator.
Try it out: http://modx.com/extras/package/cmpgenerator and see the docs: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/ADDON/CMPGenerator. File any issues if any on github.

Note - fixed URL error [ed. note: jgulledge19 last edited this post 14 years, 8 months ago.]

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sottwell Reply #3, 14 years, 8 months ago

The above documentation link needs to have the "." removed from the end of the URL.

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youroff Reply #4, 14 years, 8 months ago

The bad news is that it doesn't work sad

I tried it few days ago and it wasn't able to create schema neither xpdo class. I tried with both options turned to 'yes' and I found 'no' and 'no' in the result fields in a grid. It had created only directories structure.

But I went through tutorial and now I'm trying to find any detailed info on how to handle different types of form elements.
1) I'd like to use regular dropdown. Currently I can build it with options from local storage, this way:

{
            xtype: 'combo'
            ,fieldLabel: _('schedule.week_day')
            ,name: 'week_day'
            ,id: 'schedule-'+this.ident+'-week_day'
            ,width: 200
            ,lazyLoad: true
            ,editable: false
            ,mode: 'local'
            ,store: [[1, 'mon'], [2, 'tue']]
            }

But it sends zero as value whatever selected. What could be wrong? And how do I make default value (selected and shown in the field after window loaded)?

2. Is there way to modify value shown in the grid? I have related model id's column. Sure I want to show names instead of ids. Currently I've just added another column in processor with names and I show it in the grid while ids column is hidden. I don't like this solution as I'd like to use in-row editing with combo fields. How should I make it better?

Thanks for any advices!

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theboxer Reply #5, 14 years, 8 months ago

Quote from: youroff at Jan 09, 2012, 06:04 PM

But it sends zero as value whatever selected. What could be wrong? And how do I make default value (selected and shown in the field after window loaded)?

Try update your store to this:

,store: new Ext.data.SimpleStore({
    fields: ['id','dayName']
    ,data: [[1,'mon'],[2,'tue']]
})

Quote from: youroff at Jan 09, 2012, 06:04 PM

2. Is there way to modify value shown in the grid? I have related model id's column. Sure I want to show names instead of ids. Currently I've just added another column in processor with names and I show it in the grid while ids column is hidden. I don't like this solution as I'd like to use in-row editing with combo fields. How should I make it better?

Try to add

,displayField: 'dayName'
,valueField: 'id'

to your combo definition and

,editor: { xtype: 'your-combo-xtype', renderer: true}

to your grid column definition

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youroff Reply #6, 14 years, 8 months ago

Unfortunately it's not enough. I tried that also. And final solution was to add hiddenValue: 'id' statement to config object. Yes, totally unobvious...