Discover Vs Install

Nicholas Brick

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Jun 27, 2012, 6:29:29 AM6/27/12

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Is there a bug in the discover code for the extension manager or am I doing something wrong (money on the latter of course)

I downloaded a module zip file from chapter 6 of this book site

http://joomlaprogrammingbook.com/component/content/article/9-uncategorised/76-download-code-samples-for-each-chapter.html

it installs correctly if I install as a zip, but if I Extract All to the correctly named folder within the site/modules folder and run the discover routine from the backend

- It discovers the module

- It appears to install it correctly (when asked to)

but after that it does not appear in the module manager

as I said, works fine when I just install the zip using extension manager

Is this a known bug/issue ?

Sam Moffatt

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Jun 27, 2012, 10:25:46 AM6/27/12

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So in the module manager when you click "New", you are saying it
doesn't appear in that list? Or are you saying it doesn't create a
default instance of the module?

Cheers,

Sam Moffatt
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Nicholas Brick

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Jun 27, 2012, 10:52:25 AM6/27/12

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The latter Sam

I can discover it, and install it, but then it doesn't show up at all in module manager

Only a small issue, I can work around this, but it may be a bug

Working in a new 2.5.4 upgraded to 2.5.6 version in a Tutorial site created for testing code that came with the book

Thx, Nick

Sam Moffatt

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Jun 27, 2012, 11:33:25 AM6/27/12

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The primary purpose of discover install was to ensure that an
extension was registered properly and any custom SQL it needed was run
(mostly for components). The user I had in mind were more developers
working on code less so than generic end users so to that end creating
an empty module wasn't high on the priority list. Certainly a feature
you could request however.

Cheers,

Sam Moffatt
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Mark Dexter

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Jun 27, 2012, 12:20:41 PM6/27/12

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Hi Nicholas. I just tried it here. When you Discover -> Install, it
successfully installs the module but it does not automatically create
an instance of the module. If you go to Module Manager->New, you can
create an instance of the Articles by Current Author module.

So, yes, the behavior is a bit different when you Discover->Install a
module, but it still works fine. So I don't think it's a bug.

Mark