create custom module in vtiger 6

Question

Hello there I\'m new in vtiger. Now what i want to know is how to create costum module without using existing module designer or other same stuff. For example i want to create a

Answer 1

There's a simple Console tool for creating new custom modules:

open the cmd prompt, go to the vtlib/tools folder and execute the Console.php file:

>cd C:\{$YourPathToVtiger}\apache\htdocs\vtigerCRM\vtlib\tools
>php -f Console.php

Type '1' for Creating a new module and set "Module name" and "Entity field" (the Entity field is the field that will be shown in bold at the top of the window, when you open an instance of that module).

Now the new module is created and installed, and you can easily customize it (adding new fields, workflows and whatever) from the vTiger GUI.