aC forum: Adding a new project object module http://www.activecollab.com/forums/topic/2541/ Recent posts on topic: Adding a new project object module en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:23:17 CDT http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/11940/#post11940 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/11940/#post11940 Post #2 by Ilija Studen Ilija Studen If Sprocket is also project object model it as ProjectObject and use parent_id field for relation with a Widget. We use same approach when connecting Categories and Tickets (or Discussion or Files). If Sprocket is really specific create a new table, create model classes and connect the with Widget through foreign key.

Analyze BaseUser and BaseUsers classes for example to see how base model classes are defined.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:03:06 CST http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/11939/#post11939 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/11939/#post11939 Post #1 by ssanders ssanders I need the ability to attach more complex objects to my projects. I am currently managing these objects using some software developed in-house for this purpose. Since I am moving towards using activeCollab for everything project related, I would like to roll these objects into activeCollab. I assume that the easiest way to do this would be to write a new module for each type of complex object I would like to be able to attach to a project. The models will extend ProjectObject and ProjectObjects and the controller will extend ProjectController. So far, I have had no problems setting this up, but adding more relational data to this complex object is a problem. I understand that the project_objects table offers a limited set of fields I can use for my object, but what if an instance of this complex project object has many other objects? For example, if a project has a Widget object and each Widget has many Sprockets, how do I model the sprockets? Is there a well-defined method for adding new tables to the activeCollab database and mapping models to them? Any info or suggestions about creating a new module that uses multiple models would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Scott

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