Automate Dropdownlist creation via manifest

Question

Hi,

I know how to create a custom dropdown field for a module from the manifest file. So lets say I have something like this in the manifest file

array(
"name" => "document_type_c",
"label"=> "LBL_DOCUMENT_TYPE",
"type" => "enum",
"module" => "Quotes",
"ext1" => "quote_document_list",
"default_value" => "",
"required" => false,
"reportable" => true,
"audited" => false,
"importable" => 'true',
"duplicate_merge" => false,
"labelValue" => "Document Type"
)

So now in this piece of code I have had to manually create the dropdown ext1, i.e. quote_document_list from the dropdown list editor under the admin panel. Is there anyway to automate this via the manifest file?

Madhav Shenoy · Accepted Answer

Hi Madhav Shenoy

Try this it may help you . put this code in post_install.php

$app_list_strings_custom = array (
array (
"name" => "quote_document_list",
"list" => array(
'Email' => 'ABC',
'SMS' => 'BCD',
'Invite' => 'QWE',
),
),
);
global $app_list_strings, $current_language;

$_REQUEST['view_package'] = 'studio';
foreach ($app_list_strings_custom as $list_data) {
$listEncode = encodeList($list_data['list']);
$list = "[".implode(",", $listEncode)."]";
$parserDropDown = new ParserDropDown();
$parserDropDown->saveDropDown(array(
'dropdown_lang' => $current_language,
'dropdown_name' => $list_data['name'],
'view_package' => 'studio',
'view_module' => '',
'list_value' => $list,
));
}