Simple menu link !

hi !

A very simple hack. It permit to make simple menu links

Add a directory "elements" in "administrator/components/com_chronocontact/"

Add the file "formname.php" in this directory

<?php
// no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

/**
 * Element Formname for Chronocontact
 * 
 * @version	$id$
 * @package	Joomla
 * @subpackage	Chronocontact
 * @license	Commercial License
 * @author	CNSX
 */

/**
 * Element Formname
 * 
 * @package	Joomla
 * @subpackage	Chronocontact
 */
class JElementFormname extends JElement {

	var   $_name = 'Formname';
	
	/**
	 * Make a param element
	 *
	 * @param string $name, element name
	 * @param string $value, element value
	 * @param unknown_type $node
	 * @param string $control_name, HTML name for the element
	 * @return string, the HTML element
	 */
	function fetchElement($name, $value, &$node, $control_name) {
	
		$db = &JFactory::getDBO();
		
		$query = "select name as value, name as text FROM #__chrono_contact";
		$db->setQuery($query);
		$options = $db->loadObjectList();
		array_unshift($options, JHTML::_('select.option', '0', '- ' . JText::_('Select a form') . ' -', 'value', 'text'));
		
		return JHTML::_('select.genericlist',  $options, '' . $control_name . '[' . $name . ']', 'class="inputbox"', 'value', 'text', $value, $control_name . $name );
	}
}

Add a file "chronocontact.xml" in "components/com_chronocontact/"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<metadata>
	<layout title="NOM_LAYOUT_CHRONOCONTACT">
		<message>
			<![CDATA[DESCRIPTION_LAYOUT_CHRONOCONTACT]]>
		</message>
	</layout>
	<state>
		<name>NOM_LAYOUT_CHRONOCONTACT</name>
		<description>DESCRIPTION_LAYOUT_CHRONOCONTACT</description>
		<url addpath="/administrator/components/com_chronocontact/elements">
			<param name="chronoformname" type="formname" default="0" label="Sélection d'un formulaire" description="Un formulaire" />
		</url>
		<params>
		</params>
	</state>
</metadata>

And then modify "chronocontact.php"

replace

$formname = JRequest::getVar( 'chronoformname', '', 'get', 'string', '' );

by

// get components param
	$formname	= JRequest::getCmd('chronoformname');

Now you'll create menu link with a list of the elements !
Thanks to add it in the next release ;-)

And don't forget to add translations !

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the code, could you please give more details on the code above what will it do exactly ? a screenshot of the final result expected will be very helpful too!

Thanks!

Max