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I have a custom data field set with a custom data field, which I want to display within the vertical tab “Contact Details”. I do this with hook_buildForm as follows:

   switch($formName){
      case 'CRM_Contact_Form_Contact':
         $key = 'custom_16_-1';
         $form->addElement('text', $key, t('Department'), array('size' => 30));
         $defaults['custom_16_-1'] = 'DefaultValue';
         $form->setDefaults($defaults);

My question: the key ‘custom_16_-1’ works with an empty custom data field. How can I get the id of the value of the custom data field (from the civicrm_value_customdatafieldset table) within the function hook_buildForm, which I need to build the proper key for an existing value of the custom data field (i. e.  ‘custom_16_77’)?

Many thanks for your support!

i like the phrase, patchwelcome we should get this into the official english lexicon

CRM_Core_BAO_CustomField::getKeyID

returns the two ids of the custom field if it is a custom field

and then u can use the fieldID to do other stuff

lobo