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Making modifications to the graphical user interface (GUI) is not included in this chapter. See the previous chapter for this.

To develop a script, like a cron script or a command line import tool to import data from an external source, you can have a look at the [[Script development]] page.

Canvas is a developer feature to replace screens to create, update or view a record (products, thirdparties, contacts, ...). For example, you can replace the input form used to create a new third party, or its editing form, or replace its viewing template.

See [[Canvas development]]  

Triggers are a development feature to execute personalized code during a Dolibarr "business event" (creation of an invoice, deleting a user, update of third party, etc...), and only for a business event. To personalize code for other contexts, see the '''Hooks system''' chapter instead.

For triggers usage, see [[Interfaces Dolibarr toward foreign systems|this page]].

For each entity created in the application, Dolibarr assigns a reference. In order to adapt the reference to any use, Dolibarr use modules to define the reference generation rule. Several standard modules are supplied. Some are generic and are used to define the numbering mask (number on x characters, with or without prefix, including the date or not, etc.), which can meet most needs. However, there are still cases where the modules provided don't meet the needs. In this case it is necessary to develop a custom numbering module.

 

More documentation about document generation from templates is available to [[Create a PDF document template]] or [[Create an ODT document template]].

You may find a lot of generic functions in the functions.lib.php, functions2.lib.php or admin.lib.php. Any function found in htdocs/core/lib/*.lib files can be used.

'''To specify a requirement based on Dolibarr version number'''

For example, to make a condition based on requiring Dolibarr version > 3.5, you can use versioncompare and versiondolibarrarray found in admin.lib.php:

#[[Mass imports]]

#[[Module Exports En|Mass exports]]

#[[Interfaces Dolibarr toward foreign systems]] or Dolibarr toward Dolibarr (Dolibarr Triggers or Hooks)

#[[Interfaces from foreign systems toward Dolibarr]]