how to load data to binary field on module install?

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how to load data to binary field on module install?

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Samo Arko

Is there a way to load data into a models binary field on module install?

I want to have a howtos model where there would be a tree view of binary fields where the howtos would be stored. This fields would be filled with data on module install.

I know how to fill data into models with xml files.

<record model="hr.code.tags" id="tag_my_tag">
	<field name="name">MyTag</field>
	<field name="usage">To be used for my values.</field>
	<field name="locked">True</field>
</record>

How would do that with pdf files from the /static folder in a binary field?

Daniel Almaguer

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Yes, there is a way:

Assuming that your module names "demo", your model has the identifier "demo.howto" and the binary field is "file":

1. Put in the folder demo/static/src/binary your pdf files (howto.pdf).

2. Create a file with data records to register in the folder demo/data (howto_data.xml):

<data>

</record>

</data>

</odoo>

3. Register the data file in the data section of the __manifest__.py

# always loaded

'data': [

'security/ir.model.access.csv',

'data/howto_data.xml',

'views/views.xml',

'views/templates.xml',