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Odoo 12 Development Essentials - Fourth Edition

By : Daniel Reis
Book Image

Odoo 12 Development Essentials - Fourth Edition

By: Daniel Reis

Overview of this book

Odoo is one of the best platforms for open source ERP and CRM. Its latest version, Odoo 12, brings with it new features and updates in Python packages to develop more customizable applications with additional cloud capabilities. The book begins by covering the development essentials for building business applications. You will start your journey by learning how to install and configure Odoo, and then transition from having no specific knowledge of Odoo to being ready for application development. You will develop your first Odoo application and understand topics such as models and views. Odoo 12 Development Essentials will also guide you in using server APIs to add business logic, helping you lay a solid foundation for advanced topics. As you progress through the chapters, you will be equipped to build and customize your applications and explore the new features in Odoo 12, such as cloud integration, to scale your business applications. You will get insights into building business logic and integrating various APIs into your application. By the end of the book, you will be able to build a business application from scratch by using the latest version of Odoo.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
Index

Creating a wizard


Suppose our library users have the need to send messages to groups of borrowers. For example, they could select the oldest checkouts with borrowed book, and send them all a message requesting the return of the books. This can be implemented through a wizard. Wizards are forms that get input from users, then use it for further processing.

Our users will start by selecting from the checkouts list the records to consider, then select the wizard's option from the view top menu. This will open the wizard form, where we can write the message's subject and body. Once we click on Send,  this message will be posted in all of the checkouts selected.

The wizard model

A wizard displays a form view to the user, usually as a dialog window, with some fields to be filled in. These will then be used for the wizard logic.

 

This is implemented using the same model/view architecture as for regular views, but the supporting model is based on models.TransientModel instead of models.Model. This type...