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= Adding component options =
 
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If we want our component to be configurable, then we have to go ahead and add some options, we can add options on several levels. Menu items may have options, the component may have options or the individual items (greetings in our case) may have their own set of options. In this part we will cover how to implement global component options, and how to be able to override them with item-specific options for more granularity. Options are also knows as parameters.
  
 
== Adding the configuration XML ==
 
== Adding the configuration XML ==

Revision as of 10:00, 12 July 2011

Adding component options[edit]

If we want our component to be configurable, then we have to go ahead and add some options, we can add options on several levels. Menu items may have options, the component may have options or the individual items (greetings in our case) may have their own set of options. In this part we will cover how to implement global component options, and how to be able to override them with item-specific options for more granularity. Options are also knows as parameters.

Adding the configuration XML[edit]

With your favorite editor, create the following file

admin/config.xml 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<config>
        <fieldset
                name="greetings"
                label="COM_HELLOWORLD_CONFIG_GREETING_SETTINGS_LABEL"
                description="COM_HELLOWORLD_CONFIG_GREETING_SETTINGS_DESC">
                <field
                        name="show_category"
                        type="radio"
                        label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_SHOW_CATEGORY_LABEL"
                        description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_SHOW_CATEGORY_DESC"
                        default="0">
                        <option value="0">JHIDE</option>
                        <option value="1">JSHOW</option>
                </field>
        </fieldset>
</config>

Adding parameters to the database[edit]

While the previous XML configuration file pretty much takes care of the "global" component options, but in order to support a bit more granularity and use the parameters in Joomla! on a per-item basis we need to add a field to our table in the database.

With your favorite editor, modify the following file to look like this

admin/sql/install.mysql.utf8.sql 

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `#__helloworld`;

CREATE TABLE `#__helloworld` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `greeting` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
  `catid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `params` TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=0 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

INSERT INTO `#__helloworld` (`greeting`) VALUES
        ('Hello World!'),
        ('Good bye World!');

NOTE: You WILL need to completely uninstall and reinstall the component for these changes to take effect if you have any of the previous parts installed.

Update the form definition[edit]

We are going to have to modify our helloworld form in order to add a fieldset for the parameters

With your favorite editor, modify the following file to look like this

admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<form addrulepath="/administrator/components/com_helloworld/models/rules">
        <fieldset name="details">
                <field
                        name="id"
                        type="hidden"
                />
                <field
                        name="greeting"
                        type="text"
                        label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_GREETING_LABEL"
                        description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_GREETING_DESC"
                        size="40"
                        class="inputbox validate-greeting"
                        validate="greeting"
                        required="true"
                        default=""
                />
                <field
                        name="catid"
                        type="category"
                        extension="com_helloworld"
                        class="inputbox"
                        default=""
                        label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_CATID_LABEL"
                        description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_CATID_DESC"
                        required="true">
                        <option value="0">JOPTION_SELECT_CATEGORY</option>
                </field>
        </fieldset>
        <fields name="params">
                <fieldset name="params" label="JGLOBAL_FIELDSET_DISPLAY_OPTIONS">
                        <field
                                name="show_category"
                                type="list"
                                label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_SHOW_CATEGORY_LABEL"
                                description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_SHOW_CATEGORY_DESC"
                                default="">
                                <option value="">JGLOBAL_USE_GLOBAL</option>
                                <option value="0">JHIDE</option>
                                <option value="1">JSHOW</option>
                        </field>
                </fieldset>
        </fields>
</form>

Update the language files[edit]

With your favorite editor, modify the following files to look like this

admin/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.ini 

COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_GREETING_DESC="This message will be displayed"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_GREETING_LABEL="Message"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_HEADING_GREETING="Greeting"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_HEADING_ID="ID"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_DETAILS="Details"
COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLDS="HelloWorld manager"
COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLD_NEW="HelloWorld manager: New Message"
COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLD_EDIT="HelloWorld manager: Edit Message"
COM_HELLOWORLD_N_ITEMS_DELETED_1="One message deleted"
COM_HELLOWORLD_N_ITEMS_DELETED_MORE="%d messages deleted"
COM_HELLOWORLD_ADMINISTRATION="HelloWorld - Administration"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_CREATING="HelloWorld - Creating"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_EDITING="HelloWorld - Editing"
COM_HELLOWORLD_SUBMENU_MESSAGES="Messages"
COM_HELLOWORLD_SUBMENU_CATEGORIES="Categories"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_CATID_DESC="The category the messages belongs to"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_CATID_LABEL="Category"
COM_HELLOWORLD_ADMINISTRATION_CATEGORIES="HelloWorld - Categories"
COM_HELLOWORLD_CONFIGURATION="HelloWorld Configuration"
COM_HELLOWORLD_CONFIG_GREETING_SETTINGS_LABEL="Messages settings"
COM_HELLOWORLD_CONFIG_GREETING_SETTINGS_DESC="Settings that will be applied to all messages by default"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_SHOW_CATEGORY_LABEL="Show category"
COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_SHOW_CATEGORY_DESC="If set to Show, the title of the message&rsquo;s category will show."

Installation manifest[edit]

In the installation manifest, we have updated the version number and added config.xml

helloworld.xml 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<extension type="component" version="1.6.0" method="upgrade">

        <name>COM_HELLOWORLD</name>
        <!-- The following elements are optional and free of formatting constraints -->
        <creationDate>June 2011</creationDate>
        <author>John Doe</author>
        <authorEmail>john.doe@example.org</authorEmail>
        <authorUrl>http://www.example.org</authorUrl>
        <copyright>Copyright Info</copyright>
        <license>License Info</license>
        <!--  The version string is stored in the components table -->
        <version>0.0.13</version>
        <!-- The description is optional and defaults to the name -->
        <description>COM_HELLOWORLD_DESCRIPTION</description>

        <install>
                <sql>
                        <file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/install.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
                </sql>
        </install>
        <uninstall>
                <sql>
                        <file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/uninstall.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
                </sql>
        </uninstall>

        <!-- Note the folder attribute: This attribute describes the folder
                to copy FROM in the package to install therefore files copied
                in this section are copied from "site/" in the package -->
        <files folder="site">
                <filename>index.html</filename>
                <filename>helloworld.php</filename>
                <filename>controller.php</filename>
                <folder>views</folder>
                <folder>models</folder>
                <folder>language</folder>
        </files>

        <media destination="com_helloworld" folder="media">
                <filename>index.html</filename>
                <folder>images</folder>
                <folder>js</folder>
        </media>

        <administration>
                <menu img="../media/com_helloworld/images/tux-16x16.png">COM_HELLOWORLD_MENU</menu>
                <submenu>
                        <menu view="helloworlds">COM_HELLOWORLD_SUBMENU_MESSAGES</menu>
                        <menu link="option=com_categories&amp;view=categories&amp;extension=com_helloworld">COM_HELLOWORLD_SUBMENU_CATEGORIES</menu>
                </submenu>
                <!-- Note the folder attribute: This attribute describes the folder
                        to copy FROM in the package to install therefore files copied
                        in this section are copied from "admin/" in the package -->
                <files folder="admin">
                        <filename>index.html</filename>
                        <filename>helloworld.php</filename>
                        <filename>controller.php</filename>
                        <filename>config.xml</filename>
                        <folder>sql</folder>
                        <folder>tables</folder>
                        <folder>models</folder>
                        <folder>views</folder>
                        <folder>language</folder>
                        <folder>controllers</folder>
                        <folder>helpers</folder>
                </files>
        </administration>

</extension>

Testing your component[edit]

For details on how to install the component into your Joomla! site, refer to the information provided in Part 01.


File listing[edit]

Download this part[edit]

Articles in this series[edit]

This tutorial is supported by the following versions of Joomla!

Joomla 2.5

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