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== Add your own setup page (optional) == | == Add your own setup page (optional) == | ||
'''When''': If your module | '''When''': If your module needs parameters, which are to be provided by the user, for proper setting up of the module. | ||
=== Create your page to edit parameters === | === Create your page to edit parameters === | ||
If your module | If your module needs several parameters to be setup, you must create a page to edit options (these options will be saved in the [[Table llx_const|table '''llx_const''']]). | ||
Create a page named '''mymodule_setuppage.php''' that shows a form for possible options to update them into the above mentioned table. | Create a page named '''mymodule_setuppage.php''' that shows a form for possible options to update them into the above mentioned table. | ||
It is necessary to take an example from a page of the directory '''/admin''' that will show you the way to read/save your parameters. | It is necessary to take an example from a page of the directory '''/admin''' that will show you the way to read/save your parameters. | ||
Put this PHP page into the directory '''/admin''' of your module (e.g. mymodule/admin/mymodule_setuppage.php). | Put this PHP page into the directory '''/admin''' of your module (e.g. mymodule/admin/mymodule_setuppage.php). | ||
=== Modify the descriptor file of your module === | |||
Then, within the descriptor file of your module, modify the variable config_page_url to set name of this PHP page (without the path, which is not necesary if the page is inside directory admin). | Then, within the descriptor file of your module, modify the variable config_page_url to set name of this PHP page (without the path, which is not necesary if the page is inside directory admin). | ||
<source lang="php"> | <source lang="php"> | ||