[Typo3] DMail, $TCA and fe_admin_fieldList

[Darren Sprott]

I am really quite lost here. I have been wanting to extend the Direct 
Mail subscription template to allow phone and mobile information along 
with the name and email data (details in my post on 27 May).

 From what I understand, the dynamics behind the issue are as follows:

1. $TCA (Table Configuration Array) is an allowable array of database 
tables and fields that can be affected.

2. If a table and field isn't specified in the $TCA, and a FE form tries 
to change data within this table or field, the change is ignored.

3. To add to $TCA's list of tables and fields you need to make the 
changes in a file called ext_tables.php which is a core part of an 
extension.

4. These changes need to affect an array within $TCA called 
fe_admin_fieldList.

5. After fe_admin_fieldList has been set, you then implement the changes 
through TypoScript and the template file.

Now, from what I also understand, the whole tt_address table is 
automatically in the allowed array. So why wont it take data through the 
form?

By the way, here is the tt_address changes I made to ext_tables.php 
inside the direct_mail extension, but to be honest I really am not sure 
what I am changing. All I know is that nothing I've tried has worked...

	// tt_address modified
t3lib_div::loadTCA('tt_address');
t3lib_extMgm::addTCAcolumns('tt_address',array(
  		'phone' => Array('config'=>array('type'=>'passthrough')),
  		'mobile' => Array('config'=>array('type'=>'passthrough')),
  		'module_sys_dmail_category' => 
Array('config'=>array('type'=>'passthrough')),
		'module_sys_dmail_html' => Array('config'=>array('type'=>'passthrough'))
));
$TCA['tt_address']['feInterface']['fe_admin_fieldList'].=',phone,mobile,module_sys_dmail_category,module_sys_dmail_html';

Darren