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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ mantisbt-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mantisbt-help
