Portlet for adding custom users

[Charaf faceofjock, geändert vor 11 Jahren.]

Hi ,
I would like to create some portlets for adding users with some custom fields , i saw this article here but i don't know if it's good or not , and if it's the best solution for liferay 6.1.

I have lunched a discussion before here but no answers.

Please help and thanks in advance

[Archi Madhu, geändert vor 11 Jahren.]

Hello,

I think expando is good option for custom fields.

If we think about exporting custom user information from Liferay in future, if we create custom tables, we have to write our own logic to fetch out custom fields information.

Also, if we go for custom tables, we have to write lot of code for service builders and have to update the OOTB code to do CRUD operations while some one is saving user information, which is not a good practice and gives pain during upgrades.

As per me expando is good option and one should go for it.

HTH!

- Archi

[Charaf faceofjock, geändert vor 11 Jahren.]

With this , could i add differente portlets that include different forms according to which type of user i like to add ?
Have you some tutorials or good examples ?

[Apoorva Prakash, geändert vor 11 Jahren.]

Charaf faceofjock:

Hi ,
I would like to create some portlets for adding users with some custom fields , i saw this article here but i don't know if it's good or not , and if it's the best solution for liferay 6.1.

I have lunched a discussion before here but no answers.

Please help and thanks in advance

Hello Charaf,

Following is some rough code.

Adding New user

toReturnUser = UserLocalServiceUtil.addUser(0,getCompanyId(request), false, pswd, pswd, true,
						StringPool.BLANK, getUserEmailId(request), 0,
						StringPool.BLANK, getLocale(request),
						getUserFirstName(request), StringPool.BLANK,
						getUserLastName(request), 0, 0, true, 1, 1, 2000,
						StringPool.BLANK, null, null, null, null, false,
						ServiceContextFactory.getInstance(ServiceContext.class.getName(), request));

Saving Value in Expando:

ExpandoTable expandoTable = ExpandoTableLocalServiceUtil.getTable(getCompanyId(request), User.class.getName(), "expandoTableName");
if(expandoTable ==null){
expandoTable  = ExpandoTableLocalServiceUtil.addTable(getCompanyId(request), User.class.getName(), "expandoTableName");
}

ExpandoColumn expandoColumn = ExpandoColumnLocalServiceUtil.getColumn(expandoTable.getTableId(), "columnName");
if (null == column) {
				column = ExpandoColumnLocalServiceUtil.addColumn(expandoTable.getTableId(), "columnName", ExpandoColumnConstants.STRING);
}

ExpandoValue expandoValue = ExpandoValueLocalServiceUtil.addValue(themeDisplay.getCompanyId(), User.class.getName(), "expandoTableName", "columnName", groupId, "value to be saved");

HTH...

Thanks and Regards,
Apoorva Prakash

[Charaf faceofjock, geändert vor 11 Jahren.]

Is expando the best Way to this task cause i'm trying to learn how to use service builder to add my addUser function with special fields

[Apoorva Prakash, geändert vor 11 Jahren.]

Charaf faceofjock:

Is expando the best Way to this task cause i'm trying to learn how to use service builder to add my addUser function with special fields

Its always a good idea to use expando in case you want to add some custom fields with liferay existing entities.

[Itishree Parida, geändert vor 10 Jahren.]

expando is the quick way to add special fields but use of service builder is more preferred .

[master slave, geändert vor 10 Jahren.]

yes this is what i did

[nitin kumar sharma, geändert vor 9 Jahren.]

Hi Apoorva Prakash,

Thank you so much for sharing point to point solutions.