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How to add a workflow task with configuration screen
- Add new task to valid task array, like this:
diff --git a/modules/com_vtiger_workflow/VTTaskManager.inc b/modules/com_vtiger_workflow/VTTaskManager.inc index cd24b7f..cbdcddd 100644 --- a/modules/com_vtiger_workflow/VTTaskManager.inc +++ b/modules/com_vtiger_workflow/VTTaskManager.inc @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function getTaskTypes($moduleName=''){ - $taskTypes = array("VTEmailTask", "VTEntityMethodTask", "VTCreateTodoTask","VTCreateEventTask","VTUpdateFieldsTask","VTCreateEntityTask"); + $taskTypes = array("VTEmailTask", "VTEntityMethodTask", "VTCreateTodoTask","VTCreateEventTask","VTUpdateFieldsTask","VTCreateEntityTask",'VTTagTask'); // Make SMSTask available if module is active // TODO Generic way of handling this could be helpful if(getTabid('SMSNotifier') && vtlib_isModuleActive('SMSNotifier')) {
- Add new task file: modules/com_vtiger_workflow/tasks/VTTagTask.inc, which contains the class that will do the work.
- The script modules/com_vtiger_workflow/tasks/VTTagTask.inc defines the base VTTask class extended for this case.
- The name of the class has to be the same we added to the array in the first step
- Important is the getFieldNames() method where simply adding a list of names they will get saved with no other work than to send them through REQUEST
- The doTask() method is where the action of the task has to be implemented
- Add translation strings for the new Task in com_vtiger_workflow
'VTTagTask' => 'Add/Delete Tag',
- Add new task template file: Smarty/templates/com_vtiger_workflow/taskforms/VTTagTask.tpl
- This template file can do any magic that is needed, usually using the module's base translation files for screen output. Special considerations are that we have available a $task object with the definitions of the task we are editing and this object has properties for each of the variables we defined in the getFieldNames() method.
- We simply have to create an HTML input or similar with the same name for it to be saved automatically
