Related fields on new record

[wisni1rr]

I was wondering how I could add related fields to the new/edit record screen? I understand that I can do this with widget:type=grid fields to an extent. I want to have my related field appear as it was just an extension of the first table.

Can anyone lead me on the path to finding this answer?

Thanks a lot!

[shannah]

Currently there's no automatic way to do this. This will be a new feature in 2.0 when it is released (as part of the ajax_form module) that is currently in development.

You could sort of simulate this with transient fields then use the afterInsert() or afterSave() trigger to add them to the related record.

[wisni1rr]

Thanks, Steve!

If its not asking too much, can you give a small example.

From the sound of it, this would work. It also seems like the record would be missing when loading the record for an edit situation. Is there a way to pull the values with an ON LOAD style event to place the data in the transiet field. Maybe I'm over thinking this...

Your help is always appriciated!