> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:38:46 -0400
> From: John Reese <jre...@leetcode.net>
> Subject: Re: [mantisbt-help] Custom Fields
> To: Help with Mantis <mantisbt-help@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Message-ID: <4a1d3456.10...@leetcode.net>
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> Fabian Cenedese wrote:
> > At 04:09 27.05.2009 -0700, Jon Hardcastle wrote:
> >> Bumped! Really need help with this...
> >>
> >>> Can anyone tell how far the support for custom
> fields goes
> >>> in terms of extracting values from a another
> source is?
> >>> People here want to be able to interrogate a
> DB or maybe a
> >>> CSV for values? Also have them filtered at the
> project
> >>> level?
> >
> > I don't know what is possible with the new plugin
> system as we're
> > still using the stable version. But for the old system
> you'd need
> > to change the code. Wherever the value of this custom
> field is
> > read/written you'd need to change the database access
> into your
> > own function (call different DB, call external
> prog...).
> >
> >>> I would love to be able to set up a high level
> field and
> >>> then have 'managers' of each area set their
> values for the
> >>> drop-downs. Anything like this possible?
> >
> > I don't really understand what you'd like to do so I
> can't
> > comment on that.
>
> Sorry, I never got around to replying to this one. :P
> Anyways, as Fabi
> said, the plugin system will likely be your best bet, as
> you can then
> add fields of any complexity to your system, as well as
> adding pages for
> managers to manipulate the possible values, etc.
>
> --
> John Reese
> LeetCode.net
>
>
What is this plugin system you speak of? is that in the new 1.2 line? we have
just upgraded to 1.7 here. It would be massively helpful if we could tailor the
lists based on projects especially as the enumerated lists are so
(comparatively) short - due to a limit on the DB type used to store them.
Regards
J H
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