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Go MAEDA, 2018-01-09 10:15
Removed "unloadable" (#20513) and fixed some typos.

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h1. Plugin Tutorial
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This tutorial is based on Redmine 2.x. You can view a previous version of this tutorial for Redmine 1.x "here":/projects/redmine/wiki/Plugin_Tutorial?version=66.
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It assumes that you're familiar with the Ruby on Rails framework.
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h3. NOTE: Redmine 3.x (Rails 4) script
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This wiki uses @ruby script/rails@ on Redmine 2.x (Rails 3).
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You need to use @ruby bin/rails@ or @rails@ on Redmine 3.x (Rails 4).
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{{>toc}}
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h2. Creating a new Plugin
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You may need to set the RAILS_ENV variable in order to use the command below:
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$ export RAILS_ENV="production"
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On windows:
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$ set RAILS_ENV=production
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</pre>
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Creating a new plugin can be done using the Redmine plugin generator.
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Syntax for this generator is:
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<pre>bundle exec ruby bin/rails generate redmine_plugin <plugin_name></pre>
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So open up a command prompt and "cd" to your redmine directory, then execute the following command:
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$ bundle exec ruby script/rails generate redmine_plugin Polls
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      create  plugins/polls/app
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      create  plugins/polls/app/controllers
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      create  plugins/polls/app/helpers
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      create  plugins/polls/app/models
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      create  plugins/polls/app/views
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      create  plugins/polls/db/migrate
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      create  plugins/polls/lib/tasks
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      create  plugins/polls/assets/images
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      create  plugins/polls/assets/javascripts
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      create  plugins/polls/assets/stylesheets
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      create  plugins/polls/config/locales
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      create  plugins/polls/test
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      create  plugins/polls/README.rdoc
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      create  plugins/polls/init.rb
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      create  plugins/polls/config/routes.rb
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      create  plugins/polls/config/locales/en.yml
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      create  plugins/polls/test/test_helper.rb
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</pre>
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The plugin structure is created in @plugins/polls@. Edit @plugins/polls/init.rb@ to adjust plugin information (name, author, description and version):
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Redmine::Plugin.register :polls do
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  name 'Polls plugin'
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  description 'A plugin for managing polls'
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  version '0.0.1'
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Then restart the application and point your browser to http://localhost:3000/admin/plugins.
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After logging in, you should see your new plugin in the plugins list:
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p=. !plugins_list1.png!
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Note: any change to the @init.rb@ file of your plugin requires to restart the application as it is not reloaded on each request.
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h2. Generating a model
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For now plugin doesn't store anything. Let's create a simple Poll model for our plugin. Syntax is:
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   bundle exec ruby script/rails generate redmine_plugin_model <plugin_name> <model_name> [field[:type][:index] field[:type][:index] ...]
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So, go to the command prompt and run:
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$ bundle exec ruby script/rails generate redmine_plugin_model polls poll question:string yes:integer no:integer
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      create  plugins/polls/app/models/poll.rb
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      create  plugins/polls/db/migrate/001_create_polls.rb
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</pre>
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This creates the Poll model and the corresponding migration file @001_create_polls.rb@ in @plugins/polls/db/migrate@:
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You can adjust your migration file (eg. default values...) then migrate the database using the following command:
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<pre>
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$ bundle exec rake redmine:plugins:migrate
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Migrating polls (Polls plugin)...
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==  CreatePolls: migrating ====================================================
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-- create_table(:polls)
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Note that each plugin has its own set of migrations.
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Let's add some Polls in the console so we have something to work with.  The console is where you can interactively work and examine the Redmine environment and is very informative to play around in.  But for now we just need create two Poll objects
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bundle exec ruby script/rails console
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[rails 3] rails console
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>> Poll.create(:question => "Can you see this poll")
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>> Poll.create(:question => "And can you see this other poll")
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>> exit
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Edit @plugins/polls/app/models/poll.rb@ in your plugin directory to add a #vote method that will be invoked from our controller:
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<pre><code class="ruby">
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  def vote(answer)
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end
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h2. Generating a controller
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We can use the plugin controller generator for that. Syntax is:
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<pre>bundle exec ruby script/rails generate redmine_plugin_controller <plugin_name> <controller_name> [<actions>]</pre>
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$ bundle exec ruby script/rails generate redmine_plugin_controller Polls polls index vote
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      create  plugins/polls/app/controllers/polls_controller.rb
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</pre>
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A controller @PollsController@ with 2 actions (@#index@ and @#vote@) is created.
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Edit @plugins/polls/app/controllers/polls_controller.rb@ to implement these 2 actions.
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class PollsController < ApplicationController
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  def index
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    @polls = Poll.all
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  def vote
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    poll.vote(params[:answer])
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    if poll.save
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      flash[:notice] = 'Vote saved.'
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    redirect_to :action => 'index'
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</code></pre>
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Then edit @plugins/polls/app/views/polls/index.html.erb@ that will display existing polls:
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<pre><code class="erb">
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<h2>Polls</h2>
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<% @polls.each do |poll| %>
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  <p>
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  <%= poll.question %>?
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  </p>
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</code></pre>
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You can remove @plugins/polls/app/views/polls/vote.html.erb@ since no rendering is done by the @#vote@ action.
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h3. Adding routes
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Redmine does not provide the default wildcard route (@':controller/:action/:id'@). Plugins have to declare the routes they need in their proper @config/routes.rb@ file. So edit @plugins/polls/config/routes.rb@ to add the 2 routes for the 2 actions:
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post 'post/:id/vote', :to => 'polls#vote'
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</code></pre>
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You can find more information about Rails routes here: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html.
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Now, restart the application and point your browser to http://localhost:3000/polls.
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You should see the 2 polls and you should be able to vote for them:
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p=. !pools1.png!
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h2. Internationalization
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The translation files must be stored in config/locales, eg. @plugins/polls/config/locales/@.
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Our controller works fine but users have to know the url to see the polls. Using the Redmine plugin API, you can extend standard menus.
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So let's add a new item to the application menu.
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h3. Extending the application menu
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Edit @plugins/polls/init.rb@ at the root of your plugin directory to add the following line at the end of the plugin registration block:
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Syntax is:
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* @:top_menu@ - the top left menu
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* @:admin_menu@ - the menu displayed on the Administration page (can only insert after Settings, before Plugins)
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* @:param@ - the parameter key that is used for the project id (default is @:id@)
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* @:if@ - a Proc that is called before rendering the item, the item is displayed only if it returns true
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* @:before@, @:after@ - specify where the menu item should be inserted (eg. @:after => :activity@)
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* @:first@, @:last@ - if set to true, the item will stay at the beginning/end of the menu (eg. @:last => true@)
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* @:html@ - a hash of html options that are passed to @link_to@ when rendering the menu item
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In our example, we've added an item to the application menu which is empty by default.
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Restart the application and go to http://localhost:3000:
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p=. !application_menu.png!
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Now you can access the polls by clicking the Polls tab from the welcome screen.
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Now, let's consider that the polls are defined at project level (even if it's not the case in our example poll model). So we would like to add the Polls tab to the project menu instead.
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Open @init.rb@ and replace the line that was added just before with these 2 lines:
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The second line adds our Polls tab to the project menu, just after the activity tab. The first line is required and declares that our 2 actions from @PollsController@ are public. We'll come back later to explain this with more details. Restart the application again and go to one of your projects:
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If you click the Polls tab (in 3rd position), you should notice that the project menu is no longer displayed.
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To make the project menu visible, you have to initialize the controller's instance variable @@project@.
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Edit your PollsController to do so:
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The project id is available in the @:project_id@ param because of the @:param => :project_id@ option in the menu item declaration above.
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h2. Adding new permissions
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For now, anyone can vote for polls. Let's make it more configurable by changing the permission declaration.
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Edit @plugins/polls/init.rb@ to replace the previous permission declaration with these 2 lines:
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  permission :view_polls, :polls => :index
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  permission :vote_polls, :polls => :vote
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Restart the application and go to http://localhost:3000/roles/permissions:
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Of course, some code needs to be added to the PollsController so that actions are actually protected according to the permissions of the current user. For this, we just need to append the @:authorize@ filter and make sure that the @project instance variable is properly set before calling this filter.
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Here is how it would look like for the @#index@ action:
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Retrieving the current project before the @#vote@ action could be done using a similar way.
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After this, viewing and voting polls will be only available to admin users or users that have the appropriate role on the project.
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If you want to display the symbols of your permissions in a multilingual way, you need to add the necessary text labels in a language file.
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Simply create an *.yml (eg. @en.yml@) file in @plugins/polls/config/locales@ and fill it with labels like this:
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In this example the created file is known as @en.yml@, but all other supported language files are also possible too.
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For now, the poll functionality is added to all your projects. But you may want to enable polls for some projects only.
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Restart the application and go to one of your project settings.
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Let's start by adding a stylesheet to our plugin views.
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Create a file named @voting.css@ in the @plugins/polls/assets/stylesheets@ directory:
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When starting the application, plugin assets are automatically copied to @public/plugin_assets/polls/@ to make them available through your web server. So any change to your plugin stylesheets or javascripts needs an application restart.
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The introduced classes need to be used by the links. So change in file @plugins/polls/app/views/polls/index.html.erb@ the link declarations to:
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Note that the @:plugin => 'polls'@ option is required when calling the @stylesheet_link_tag@ helper.
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You can set the HTML title from inside your views by using the @html_title@ helper.
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h2. Using hooks
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To use one or more hooks in views, you need to create a class that inherits from @Redmine::Hook::ViewListener@ and implement methods named with the hook(s) you want to use. To append some content to the project overview, add a class to your plugin and require it in your @init.rb@, then implement methods whose name match the hook names.
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For our plugin create a file @plugins/polls/lib/polls_hook_listener.rb@ with this content:
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class PollsHookListener < Redmine::Hook::ViewListener
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Restart Redmine and have a look into the overview tab of a project. You should see the strings on the left and the right side in the overview.
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You can also use the @render_on@ helper to render a partial. In our plugin you have to replace the just created content in @plugins/polls/lib/polls_hook_listener.rb@ with:
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Add the partial to your plugin by creating the file @app/views/polls/_project_overview.html.erb@. Its content (use some text like 'Message from Hook!') will be appended to the left part of the project overview. Don't forget to restart Redmine.
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Each plugin registered with Redmine is displayed on the admin/plugins page. Support for a basic configuration mechanism is supplied by the Settings controller. This feature is enabled by adding the "settings" method to the plugin registration block in a plugin's init.rb file.
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Adding this will accomplish two things. First, it will add a "Configure" link to the description block for the plugin in the admin/plugins list. Following this link will cause a common plugin configuration template view to be loaded which will in turn render the partial view referenced by :partial. Calling the settings method will also add support in the Setting module for the plugin. The Setting model will store and retrieve a serialized hash based on the plugin name. This hash is accessed using the Setting method name in the form plugin_<plugin name>. For this example, the hash can be accessed by calling Setting.plugin_redmine_polls.
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The view referenced by the :partial hash key passed to the settings method will be loaded as a partial within the plugin configuration view. The basic page layout is constrained by the plugin configuration view: a form is declared and the submit button is generated. The partial is pulled into the view inside a table div inside the form. Configuration settings for the plugin will be displayed and can be modified via standard HTML form elements.
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*NB* : if two plugins have the same partial name for settings, the first will override the second's settings page. So be sure you give a unique name to your settings partial.
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When the page is submitted, the settings_controller will take the parameter hash referenced by 'settings' and store it directly in a serialized format in Setting.plugin_redmine_polls. Each time the page is generated the current value of Setting.plugin_redmine_polls will be assigned to the local variable settings.
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In the example above, the configuration form was not created using Rails form helpers. This is because there is no @settings model but only the setting hash. Form helpers will attempt to access attributes using model accessor methods which do not exist. For example, a call to @settings.notification_default will fail. The value set by this form is accessed as Setting.plugin_redmine_polls['notification_default'].
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require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../test/test_helper')
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Contents of @polls_controller_test.rb@:
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require File.expand_path('../../test_helper', __FILE__)
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class PollsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
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</code></pre>
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h3. Running test
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Initialize the test database if necessary:
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</pre>
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Here is a simple list of all the files and directories mentioned in this Tutorial and [[Hooks]].  This is useful to ensure standard paths are used and also useful for newbies to know here files should go.
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plugins/PLUGIN/config/routes.rb
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plugins/PLUGIN/db/migrate/001_create_MODELs.rb
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plugins/PLUGIN/lib/PLUGIN_hook_listener.rb
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plugins/PLUGIN/lib/PLUGIN/MODEL_patch.rb
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