[TYPO3] interfacing with legacy applications

[Martin Kindler]

You will have to write an extension to do this.
The main problem probably will be that the documentation for writing
extensions is not really adequate. Perhaps I am wrong but when I searched
for it I did'nt find something which is deeper than the Kickstarter videos
and less detailed than the API docs.
So you will be forced to read part of the T3 source code.

You can access other data bases thru the DB interface (look in t3lib). Set
up the internal arrays accordingly (in ext_tables.php). Some info about this
can be found in the core API docs.
I only read tables from an external db but (after a steep learning curve) it
was quite simple.
Anyway start with the kickstarter, but do not expect it to do too much. It
gives you a structure and some basic elements.

Martin

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> [mailto:typo3-english-bounces at lists.netfielders.de] Im 
> Auftrag von Torkil Svensgaard
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Mai 2006 13:11
> An: typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de
> Betreff: [TYPO3] interfacing with legacy applications
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have recently been tasked with developing a web interface 
> to an old legacy 
> Access 97' application, with linked tables on MSSQL.
> I have migrated the DB to MySQL, thinking TYPO3 would be a suitable 
> framework to base the new web interface on, but I'm starting 
> to wonder if it 
> really fits my needs.
> 
> I have read through a lot of documentation and played around 
> with TYPO3 but 
> I can't seem to find a good way to get started, so I'm 
> turning to you guys.
> 
> Is there a good way to make it possible for (FE) users to 
> edit data, stored 
> in various tables in a database apart from the database TYPO3 
> itself i 
> running on, without altering the structure of the legacy db?
> 
> I was hoping it could be done taking advantage of TemplaVoila + HTML 
> templates in some way.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Torkil
> 
> 
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