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sanaa tayb

hello everyone , i'm trying to add a new menuitem on my created module , and have no idea how to do so ... Can anyone give me any hints or any exemples ...

my module is working fine , in the menu on the left side i want to add a new link if i may say so .. pleaase help me

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ClueLogics Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

wanna add directly into system or from code , plz describe

sanaa tayb
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i want to add it using code .

Tilfried Weissenberger

I would like to add a button directly from system - how can I do that? I cannot find these sections when editing FormView, thank you!

Odoo Mates

See how to add new menu and action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdg4YQowXyI&list=PLqRRLx0cl0hoJhjFWkFYowveq2Zn55dhM&index=5

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Shelton
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<menuitem id="my_menu_id" name="My Menu"
        parent="parent_menu_id" sequence="1"/>
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sanaa tayb
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thank you very much it did work , now to add an action to this new menuitem , i create a new form, new tree and stuff like the first one ??

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Anas Taji
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In your view definition xml file your_module_view.xml add the following code (you may want to change some parameters into yours):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<openerp>
<data>
<!-- Your List View Definition -->
<record id="view_your_model_name_tree" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">Your.Module.Name_tree</field>
    <field name="model">your.object</field>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <tree string="ANY NAME">
            <!-- Add All Fields You Want In The List Here -->
            <field name="db_field_name"/>
        </tree>
    </field>
</record>

<!-- Your Form View Definition -->
<record id="view_your_model_name_form" model="ir.ui.view">
    <field name="name">Your.Module.Name_form</field>
    <field name="model">your.object</field>
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <form string="Form View Name" version="7.0">
            <!-- Add All Fields You Want In The Form Here -->
            <field name="db_field_name"/>
        </form>
    </field>
</record>

<!-- Your Action Window Definition -->
<record id="action_123" model="ir.actions.act_window">
    <field name="name">Your Module Name</field>
    <field name="res_model">your.object</field>
    <field name="view_type">form</field>
    <field name="view_mode">list,form</field>
</record>

<!-- Action Menu Item Related To Above Action Window -->
<menuitem 
action="action_123" 
id="action_menu_123" 
parent="write_the_parent_menu_id"
name="Readable Text" 
sequence="1"/>
</data>
</openerp>

You may also want to take a look at idea module under your addons directory..%

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it did work now i have a menu in the lest with 2 links one to list the list of my records( informations about my patient ) and second one to create a new record ( a new patient) ... Now my problem is i added a third menuitem ( so i can add an apointement for my patients ) but it didnt work .

sanaa tayb
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i created a new file RDV .py , and added in my old Xml file ( the one i used in my module ) another List View Definition and Form View Definition , Action Window Definition and Action Menu Item Related To the new Action Window ... is it the right thing to do or should i create a new XML file ?? and if i shoold create a new one how to relate it to the old one ?

Anas Taji

I am not sure if i got what you are asking for, You have one 'action menu item' that opens a list of patients (list view), and a form that shows patient per page (form view).

and you want to have another 'action menu item' to specify an appointment for a patient, am i right?

sanaa tayb
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Yes that's the idea .

Anas Taji

ok, ask it in another question instead of extending the current one..%

sanaa tayb
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Ok i did it :), thank you for all your answers

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The openERP  structure is __open__.py,__init__.py and module_name.xml.

__open__.py file contains the subsequent file data we have

__init__.py file contains the subsequent py files imports

module_name.xml having all menu items, so you should open this file and add your menu item which ever place you want

        <menuitem name="Employee" id="employee_menu_root"  />
        <menuitem name="Employee profile" id="employee_profile" parent="employee_menu_root" />
        <menuitem name="profile" id="candidate_profile" parent="employee_profile"" />

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Hi sey

Look below example :

<menuitem name="Example" action="define_your_menu_action" id="define_your_id" parent="parent_menu_id"/>

In menuitem name tag give your menu name and in action tag define your view action and in id tag define menu_id and parent tag give parent menu id means give id in which model menu you want to display your new menu.

Thank You

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thank you very muuuch :)

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