[TYPO3-dev] new content element in new table?

[Thomas Mammitzsch]

Martin Ficzel wrote:
> Thomas Mammitzsch schrieb:
> 
>> ok, thank you, nice tip. i hoped there is a simpler way than render the
>> whole form and html with an own function. some threads before i thought
>> i can use the tt_content-table and just modify the config of the columns
>> in $TCA, but i didn't find out how to change it for my content element
>> without changing all the other content elements. I'm wondering that only
>> so a few people seem to work in that direction.
> 
> u can use the "pi_flexform" field to provide the settings for your
> extension. adding extra fields to the tt_content table is a bad idea if
> you have no special need to do so.
> 
> regards Martin
i didn't want to add extra fields to tt_content - just use the existing
ones. But use a different $TCA for tt_content in that case...