[TYPO3-english] Add fields to plugin

[Christian Lerrahn]

Hi BernHard ;),
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:25:14 +0200
Bernhard Kraft <kraftb at kraftb.at> wrote:

> Christian Lerrahn schrieb:
> > Hi Bernard,
> 
> It's "Bernhard". You missed the "h". But do noth bother about this ;)

I'm sorry about the typo. You're now officially allowed to address me
as Cristian. ;)

> > I'm aware of the DS. However, the only thing I could think of is to
> > read it, modify it and reference the new file. However, this is not
> > a very good method if more than one extension does that because they
> > would all just know the original DS. Isn't there a way of adding to
> > the DS once it has been parsed and loaded into memory? That would
> > solve my problem perfectly. :)
> 
> Have a look at method "t3lib_befunc::getFlexFormDS()"
> 
> This function is responsible for parsing ever DS-XML file into an
> array. At the bottom of this method you have a hook
> "getFlexFormDS_postProcessDS" which allows you to modify the resulting
> $dataStructArray after it has been parsed. You can use this hook to
> add new fields on the fly.

Thanks. That sounds pretty much like what I need. I'll definitely check
that out. :)

Cheers,
Christian