[Typo3-dev] using flexform in extension records

[Luite van Zelst]

> Grrr.... stupid mistake on my part..:
> 
>>         "ds_pointerField" => "list_type",
>>         "ds" => "FILE:EXT:myext/flexform_ds.xml",
> 
> 
> Should be:
> 
> "ds_pointerField" => "foobar",
> "ds" => Array (
>     "foobar" => "FILE:EXT:myext/flexform_ds.xml",
> )

not quite... (if I understand it correctly).
suppose you have to fields in the tca, the first field we'll call "flex" 
  of type flex, and the second is a selector-box, we'll call 
"mydspointer". Ok, now fill the mydspointer with 3 items (all having a 
label and a value), the value of the item in the selectorbox selected by 
the user is used to point to an element of the "ds=> Array (..." array 
of the flex field. I think there's actually an example of this in the 
core api, if you look closely.
So if the seletorbox has "First type" => "one", "Second DS" => "two" the 
ds should look like:

"ds" => Array( "one" => "<xml somexml>", "two" => "someotherxml")

but I agree it is a bit confusing.
make sure to have the selectorbox accept non-numerical values if you 
follow this example (there's a tca options for that).

regards, Luite.