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< H2 > < A NAME = "s3" > 3. Installing your application< / A > < / H2 >
< H2 > < A NAME = "ss3.1" > 3.1 Overview< / A >
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< P > It is fairly simple to add and delete applications to/from phpGroupWare.
< H2 > < A NAME = "ss3.2" > 3.2 Automatic features< / A >
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< P > To make things easy for developers we go ahead and load the following files.
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< LI > appname/inc/functions.inc.php - This file should include all your application specific functions.< / LI >
< LI > appname/inc/header.inc.php - This file is loaded just after the system header/navbar, and allows developers to use it for whatever they need to load.< / LI >
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< LI > appname/inc/footer.inc.php - This file is loaded just before the system footer, allowing developers to close connections and whatever else they need.< / LI >
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< H2 > < A NAME = "ss3.3" > 3.3 Adding files, directories and icons.< / A >
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< P > You will need to create the following directories for your code < BR >
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(replace 'appname' with your application name)< BR >
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`-- appname
`-- images
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| `-- navbar.gif
`-- inc
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| |-- functions.inc.php
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| |-- header.inc.php
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| |-- footer.inc.php
| |-- preferences.inc.php
| `-- admin.inc.php
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`-- templates
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`-- default
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< H2 > < A NAME = "ss3.4" > 3.4 Making phpGroupWare aware of your application< / A >
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< P > To make the application aware of your application, add your application details to the applications table. This can be done via the GUI administration screen, or via a SQL script.
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insert into applications (app_name, app_title, app_enabled) values ('appname', 'The App name', 1);
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< H2 > < A NAME = "ss3.5" > 3.5 Hooking into Administration page< / A >
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< P > When a user goes to the Administration page, it stats appname/inc/admin.inc.php
for each application that is enabled, in alphabetical order of application title.
If the file exists, it is include()d in the hopes it will display a selection of
links to configure that application.
< P > Simple Example:
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< ?php
$img = "/" . $appname . "/images/navbar.gif";
section_start("My Application",$img);
echo "< a HREF=\"" . $phpgw->link("myAdminPage.php") . "\"> ";
echo lang("Change myApp settings") . "< /a> ";
section_end();
?>
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Look at headlines/inc/admin.inc.php and admin/inc/admin.inc.php for more examples.
< P > Things to note:
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< LI > Links are relative to the admin/index.php file, not your application's
base directory. (so use < CODE > $appname< / CODE > in your < CODE > link()< / CODE > calls)< / LI >
< LI > The file is brought in with include() so be careful to not pollute the name-space too much< / LI >
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The standard $phpgw and $phpgw_info variables are in-scope, as is $appname
which corresponds to the application name in the path.
< P > There are 2 functions to coordinate the display of each application's links,
section_start() and section_end()
< H3 > section_start< / H3 >
< P > < CODE > section_start($title,$icon_url)< / CODE >
starts the section for your application. < CODE > $title< / CODE > is passed through < CODE > lang()< / CODE >
for you. < CODE > $icon_url< / CODE > should be page-relative to admin/index.php or an absolute URL.
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< H3 > section_end< / H3 >
< P > < CODE > section_end()< / CODE > closes the section that was started with section_start().
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< H2 > < A NAME = "ss3.6" > 3.6 Hooking into Preferences page< / A >
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< P > The mechanism to hook into the preferences page is identical to the one used to
hook into the administration page, however it looks for
< CODE > appname/inc/preferences.inc.php< / CODE > instead of
< CODE > appname/inc/admin.inc.php< / CODE > . The same functions and variables are defined.
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