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Hi,

I need to have a field that is calculated by code from other fields of the record (yes, I know, do not save such things in the database, but AG makes it difficult to work with a database-clean-consciousness).

So I set the field in AG to be read only. The field id displayed in the generated application - but can not be changed.
I created a hook (_before-insert) that should fill that field of a new (and from changed) records. This does NOT work.
When I change the setting in AG and remove the read only flag, of course, I can change the value in the web - but now my hook code works as expected.

The same happens, when the field in AG is not readonly but hidden (hide in table/detail view) -> hook does not fill the field

I think this is a bug. The hook should work for all fields and not depend if a field if read only in AG (or not shown to the user).

Olaf

Hi Olaf,

this is not a bug but this is the way AppGini works. Readonly or hidden fields are not available for modification in your $data variable.

See this topic:
viewtopic.php?p=10195#p10188

• You can hide or lock those fields using JQuery instead but this is not secure enough, so you should implement additional validation in PHP.
• You can use SQL in your hooks

Best,
Jan

Hi Jan,

I hear your (and pbötcher's) word - but it's almost impossible to believe.
Why would AG hide fields from my in the backend (php, hooks)? Using JS is very unsafe....

I did try to use SQL in the hooks to grab something from the table and put in in that hidden/readonly field.

What about the primary key on the table - this is most likely hidden from view. When I want to use some trick (in the _after_insert hook probably), I still need that field.
In https://bigprof.com/appgini/help/advanc ... ore_insert unfortunately nothing is said that hidden/read only fields are inaccessible. .. Well, now I see it documented in the function info text (in the hooks file of the table)

So - can I access the contents of the primary key field .. when it's hidden/readonly? Do you know?

Olaf