What has to be modified for custom extensions regarding changes in espoCRM 6.2?

[shalmaxb]

Hi,

according to this modification on custom extensions: https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/2032

what has to be changed in the files of extensions to place them into the right place in future?

And what happens to older installations with extensions on update to 6.2? Will it be necessary to uninstall and delete extensions in older version first and the install again with modified files into the new version?

To extend this question: 6.2 was not published, it was alright 7.0

[eymen-elkum]

Hi,

Better if Yuri adds explanation here, but I do think there is no any action needed for extensions,

All will work as before, the feature in the link you shared is about a new location (not replacing the current location concept) where extensions can work from.

[emillod]

Yeah, i think like eymen-elkum probably for now it's just a recommendation. But it's good idea, because thanks to that we'll have all changes seperated from core and main application folder. Everything will be in one place - i like it.

[emillod]

We also have to remember that in 6.2(?) Espo will be seperated and we'll have to point domain to public folder like in Symfony. That's also great improvment.

[telecastg]

I am not familiar with Symfony, could you elaborate on what do you mean by "Espo will be separated and we will have to point domain to public folder" ?

Thanks

[emillod]

telecastg here you have all information:

https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/2033

Right now you have all folders and files in main directory, and your www server shows this whole directory to the world. After next update(probably) all important files will be in the parent folder(?) and your www server will show only public folder which will contain only required files.

[emillod]

espcrm it's not too hard to change that. Always you can write me a message, and i'll try to help!

[yuri]

It will be easier for developers to install additional libs (e.g. with npm or pip) into the root folder w/o the need to think about security issues. Or add any script or make a backup file.

[espcrm]

Looking toward to release date then... last I read it is August or September. So that mean it either soon or 1-2 month aways

[emillod]

I'm sorry, this one will be in 7.0 version, so not yet.

[yuri]

6.2 has been renamed to 7.0 as we have too much changes made. To indicate the milestone. EspoCRM v7.0 is much more grown up application from the architecture point of view.

Also we have updated some js libs that we was not updating for a long time but should've (jquery, handlebars and a few others). Unfortunately, this brought about some compatibility issues with existing extensions. Those compatibilities are already addressed in latest releases of extensions.

[emillod]

yuri Thanks for the explanation

[yuri]

The current way will be supported (maybe forever). In most cases the only thing needed is to move your module folders to the custom directory. That's all.

[shalmaxb]

Hi yuri , I am coming back to this for a quick answer. To get custom extensions to work in the recent version:
For version 7.x will it be enough to move the content of folder client/modules to custom/Espo/Modules?

Thanks in advance.

[telecastg]

Hello shalmaxb

I have tested custom extensions kept in the previous folder structure, and custom extensions under the new folder structure, and they work fine either way.

For reference, the folder structures are like this:

Backend before Espo 7:
application/Espo/Modules/{YourExtensionName}

Backend after Espo 7:
custom/Espo/Modules/{YourExtensionName}

Frontend before Espo 7:
client/modules/{your-extension-name}

Frontend after Espo 7:
client/custom/modules/{your-extension-name}