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 Author  Thread: Strategy Question: Should I avoid altering the System Script SYSTEM:INSERT OPPORTUNITY COMMON
Tim Conway
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Strategy Question: Should I avoid altering the System Script SYSTEM:INSERT OPPORTUNITY COMMONYour last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Posted: 28 Aug 08 9:46 AM
I'm seeking some sage advise (no pun intended). I have to add two columns to the Opportunities Products Grid to show the Packaging and the Product Type. However I'm seeing that the Products Grid is defined in a COMMON script and I'm afraid altering this could easily have a lot of unitended consequences.

Since I'm new to SalesLogix dev, is this something that should be avoided? Should I alter the grid in the script I've created.

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

Tim
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Dan Carvin
Posts: 227
 
Re: Strategy Question: Should I avoid altering the System Script SYSTEM:INSERT OPPORTUNITY COMMONYour last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Posted: 28 Aug 08 12:40 PM
The scripts are there so that you CAN modifiy them.

Just add comment lines so you'll be able to undo your changes if you have to, or if there's no other chanegs in the script, you can unrelease it and re-release the OOTB version of the script.
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Tim Conway
Posts: 41
 
Re: Strategy Question: Should I avoid altering the System Script SYSTEM:INSERT OPPORTUNITY COMMONYour last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Posted: 28 Aug 08 12:46 PM
Thanks Dan

I've been commenting and I've got backups. The reason I ask is that the INSERT OPPORTUNITY, being COMMON, may be used by some other process that might not particularly appreciate the coding changes. But I've been going at it and so far so good.

Thanks for the advice.

Tim
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Dan Carvin
Posts: 227
 
Re: Strategy Question: Should I avoid altering the System Script SYSTEM:INSERT OPPORTUNITY COMMONYour last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Posted: 28 Aug 08 4:53 PM
For functions that manipulate a piece of data, that would be true. But building an opportunity grid would apply only when a plugin builds an opportunity grid, and there are not likely to be a lot of plugs that build that particular grid.

One was to check before modiying an include script is to so a search among all scripts for the function or Sub name. That will give you a list all of the other plugins that call that particular piece of code.
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Walter Shpuntoff
Posts: 167
 
Re: Strategy Question: Should I avoid altering the System Script SYSTEM:INSERT OPPORTUNITY COMMONYour last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Posted: 29 Aug 08 4:16 AM
If you simply modify the system script - you will have upgrade issues in the future WHEN it gets overwritten.

A better bet is to take the SYSTEM: script, and save your copy into PERSONAL, or some other category you use. Keep the rest of the name intact. Same thing goes for the rest of the mods you make.

ws
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Tim Conway
Posts: 41
 
Re: Strategy Question: Should I avoid altering the System Script SYSTEM:INSERT OPPORTUNITY COMMONYour last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Posted: 29 Aug 08 8:00 AM
Good thought. I did a search and I think things will be OK

Thanks for the response.

Tim
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Tim Conway
Posts: 41
 
Re: Strategy Question: Should I avoid altering the System Script SYSTEM:INSERT OPPORTUNITY COMMONYour last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Posted: 29 Aug 08 8:00 AM
Good thought. I did a search and I think things will be OK

Thanks for the response.

Tim
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