Difference between revisions of "Field settings.php"

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This is the documentation for the field settings file. It contains a technical description of the elements that must be and may optionally be present in fields.

Common/Obligatory Attributes

Basics

The two top settings are essential for the good working of the field:

• dataclass = This tells the system what Data Class the field is.
• classtype = This tells the system what Classtype the field is.

Alias Settings

The alias for the field requires the following 3 attributes:

• alias_tbl = the table for the getAlias call
• alias_col = the col for the getAlias call
• alias_src_key = the alias_src_key for the getAlias call
• alias_type = the alias_type for the getAlias call

It is important to add all alias values to cor_tbl_alias when configuring fields. This can be completed using the Alias Administration tools.

Other Obligatory Settings

• editable = set TRUE to process this field in forms set FALSE for display only
• hidden = set true to make the field <input type="hidden" />
• add_validation = validation rules for this field when on an add routine
• edt_validation = validation rules for this field when on an edt routine

Examples

An example of a standard text field:

$conf_field_desc =
    array(
        'dataclass' => 'txt',
        'classtype' => 'desc',
        'alias_tbl' => 'cor_lut_txttype',
        'alias_col' => 'txttype',
        'alias_src_key' => 'desc',
        'alias_type' => '1',
        'editable' => TRUE,
        'hidden' => FALSE,
        'add_validation' => $txt_add_validation,
        'edt_validation' => $txt_edt_validation
);

An example of a standard attribute field:

$conf_field_samplecondition =
    array(
        'dataclass' => 'attr',
        'classtype' => 'samplecondition',
        'alias_tbl' => 'cor_lut_attributetype',
        'alias_col' => 'attributetype',
        'alias_src_key' => 'sampleconditions',
        'alias_type' => '1',
        //'alias_classtype' => 'Condition',
        'editable' => TRUE,
        'hidden' => FALSE,
        'add_validation' => $attr_add_validation,
        'edt_validation' => $attr_edt_validation
);

An example of a standard number field:

$conf_field_total =
    array(
        'dataclass' => 'number',
        'classtype' => 'total',
        'alias_tbl' => 'cor_lut_numbertype',
        'alias_col' => 'numbertype',
        'alias_src_key' => 'total',
        'alias_type' => '1',
        'editable' => TRUE,
        'hidden' => FALSE,
        'add_validation' => $number_add_validation,
        'edt_validation' => $number_edt_validation
);

Class specific settings

Each class has some specific settings some of which may be optional or required.

Class: action

An example of an action class field.

$conf_field_issuedto = 
    array(
        'dataclass' => 'action',
        'classtype' => 'issuedto',
        'alias_tbl' => 'cor_lut_actiontype',
        'alias_col' => 'actiontype',
        'alias_src_key' => 'issuedto',
        'actors_mod' => 'abk',
        'actors_type' => 'people',
        'actors_element' => 'name',
        'actors_style' => 'single',
        'actors_elementclass' => 'txt',
        'actors_grp' => FALSE,
        'alias_type' => '1',
        'editable' => TRUE,
        'hidden' => FALSE,
        'add_validation' => $action_add_validation,
        'edt_validation' => $action_edt_validation
);

• actors_mod = The module holding the actors (normally abk)
• actors_type = The mod type as listed in mod_lut_modtype
• actors_element = The text type to display within the dropdown
• actors_style = whether actor information is displayed in a list style ('list') or as a single actor/date pairing ('single')
• actors_elementclass = Class of data to be displayed for a given actor (ie. txt, number, etc)
• actors_grp = Group functionality will allow the selection of a group of actors (in development)

Event Fields

Event fields are effectively wrappers for action/date fields. All fields must be set up above. One can also use actions and dates without having the event wrapper, but this allows one to group multiple events into a single subform.

See below for an example of a configured event field:

$conf_event_compiled = 
    array(
        'type' => 'compiled',
        'date' => $conf_field_compiledon,
        'action' => $conf_field_compiledby
);