[TYPO3-dev] Manipulating BE FlexForms

[Christian Lerrahn (Cerebrum)]

Hi Ingmar,
> 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.

Thanks a lot. This was exactly what I needed. Works like a champ,
although I wouldn't say that I understand what all the functions
Robert/you use are doing because most of them are not documented. ;-)

Cheers,
Christian