[TYPO3] Records from own extension in "insert record"

[Matthias Kurz]

JoH asenau wrote:
>>>>I am struggeling with the integration of records from my own plugin
>>>>in the "insert records" element. I have
>>>>
>>>>t3lib_extMgm::allowTableOnStandardPages('my_extension_table');
>>>>t3lib_extMgm::addToInsertRecords('my_extension_table');
>>>>
>>>>in my ext_tables.php. My records show up in the backend selector box
>>>>and they get selected but there is no frontend output at all. I was
>>>>trying to learn from tt_news but I just could not find the right
>>>>way. Any hints?
>>>
>>>Did you already setup a frontend output for these records?
>>>Some basic TypoScript or pure PHP from a frontend plugin?
>>>Somehow TYPO3 has to be told what to do when rendering your records.
>>>
>>
>>I thought so, but I didn't know where to hook on. It is PHP from a
>>frontend plugin. So it all starts with the typical function
>>main($content,$conf) ... I suppose I have to tell my class to render
>>the content when called within the insert record element. But how?
>>
> 
> 
> Well - the "insert record" element is just inserting a record and the
> rendering is done as usual. This means: As long as you didn't setup any
> rendering for your element (be it PHP or TS or whatever), nothing will
> appear.
> 
> What happens if you put something like:
> 
> return 'My Element';
> 
> into function main()?
> 
> Joey
> 
Hi Joey,
sorry, I didn't express myself clearly. My extension does render content 
-  a as plugin it works perfectely when I insert a plugin element into a 
page. What I am trying now is to display a record with the insert record 
element as it works e.g. with tt_news.
Matthias