[TYPO3-dev] Manipulating BE FlexForms

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Hi Christian,

Christian Lerrahn (Cerebrum) wrote:
> I'm currently writing an extension that lists records from any table in
> the FE. I'm trying to keep this as generic as possible and therefore
> would also like the editor to be able to select the sorting field in
> the BE FlexForm. However, as the table itself can be defined in TS (for
> security reasons, it is not in the FlexForm), I would have to creae a
> menu based on the TS value. Is it possible to manipulate the BE
> FlexForms in such a way that they do that? Any hints how to approach
> this problem?

Have a look at how the rlmp_tmplselector extension modifies a the items
of a select field in a backend form based on values set in TypoScript:
http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/search/rlmp_tmplselector/1.2.2/

I think it doesn't matter wether it's a flexform or not.

cheers
Ingmar