[Typo3] dynaflex : how to add a simple field

Ismael BIDAU bidau at ensci.com
Tue Oct 4 12:16:48 CEST 2005


Hi Thomas
Thanks for your reply.

Le Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:01:33 +0200, Thomas Hempel <thomas at work.de> a écrit:

> Hi Ismael,
>
>> I understand how to add field in a flexform but I don't understand how  
>> to  add a field in my TCA.
> This is not possible. Well, basically is it but it makes no sense. The  
> reason is, that there must be a database field available for each field  
> in the TCA. And if you add such a field and it doesn't exist in the  
> database you will get an error at least on saving the TCE form.
>
> The other thing is, that you have to add the field into the types and  
> palettes section of the TCA. So, the main target of dynaflex is to edit  
> flexforms dynamically, the TCA can be changed also but it makes no sense  
> to add fields there.
> A use case could be to add tab dividers or moving fields in the TCE form  
> (with the next version).

OK. So i explain what I wanted to do : I would like to have a normal input  
field. For some conditions, I want this field is a flexform. Is it  
possible or do I have to create a flexform with one input field and modify  
if necessary ?
(Hopefully the first solution)

>
>
>> What the status of development of dynaflex ?
> Anyhow, I just tried to add a field directly into the TCA and I found  
> some minor bugs in the dynaflex extension. So I will try to fix them  
> this evening and upload a new version.

Thanks

> The extension was made for the commerce extension. I released to get  
> feedback. So I can fix bugs or implement new features.
> It works quite stable for the commerce extension but I have no  
> experiences how it behaves in other configurations. So, everyfeedback is  
> welcome! :-)
>
>
>
> Greets,
> Thomas
>
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Ismaël BIDAU
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