Re: [Phpgroupware-users] Information Management Module

[Brian Johnson]

etemplates is easy.

The problem with etemplates is that it is not supported

Is the current version of infolog still based on etemplates?



Will Taylor (address@hidden) wrote:
>
> Your welcome!
>
> I was thinking infolog was a pretty secure place to store information
> as long as you were accessing the info with apache-ssl.
>
> I know what you mean about infolog being cumbersome if you want to
> use it for a specific purpose over and over again.
>
> I was thinking that new templates could be made, using the existing
> infolog tables, that could simplify the task of say a secretary
> entering phone messages for his boss. Certain values that are always
> the same could be hard coded into the form. In this case it would be
> a new phone message is always entered into the category Phone Calls
> without the secretary having to enter it each time, and the
> delegation (who the message is for) could be on the same page so the
> sec. would not have to switch to delegation tabs. Also many ffields
> could be removed because they are unnecessary for taking a phone
> message.
>
> I guess this could be done with etemplates but I dont know how
> exactly, and have heard etemplates is difficult.
>
> - Will
> On Jul 14, 2005, at 5:15 PM, James Mohr wrote:
>
> > Thanks Will and Brian for your quick responses.
> >
> > I already started using the addresses for things like bank account and
> > insurance information. But then I got stuck trying to figure a way
> > to use it
> > for something like hardware inventory. Granted, I could create a
> > record for
> > each peice of HW or just manufacturer,  then add the necessary fields.
> > However, that seem like a real kludge.
> >
> > Notes didn't seem to fit as I was looking for something tabular,
> > and not just
> > a block of data. The infolog is a great tool, but there is a lot of
> > extra
> > stuff that makes it cumbersome to work with (in this content). Also
> > it seems
> > like a kludge.
> >
> > What I was thinking about was a module where you had a table with,
> > say, 20
> > fields of various types (a few data fields, a few char fields, a
> > few tiny
> > text, a couple of text and so forth). A second table would define a
> > kind of
> > "virtual table". For example, it would contain N+2 fields, with the
> > virtual
> > table name and a description, plus the names of the fields within
> > the virtual
> > table. (Perhaps it would need some extra fields, but that's the
> > basic idea)
> >
> > Well, if there is no such thing, I guess I will have to write it
> > myself.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > jimmo
> >
> > On Thursday 14 July 2005 18:02, Will Taylor wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> Infolog has the ability to store notes, and I use it to record all
> >> kinds of information.
> >>
> >> - Will
> >>
> >> On Jul 14, 2005, at 3:32 PM, James Mohr wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi All!
> >>>
> >>> I was wondering if there was a phpgw module for general information
> >>> management. For example, I want to store information about:
> >>> - insurance policies
> >>> - hardware  (configuration, warranty)
> >>> - CDs and albums
> >>> - etc.
> >>>
> >>> Is there such a beast?
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Jim Mohr
> >>>
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