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I see that custom fields that have multiple records per individual do not show when trying to add fields to profiles. Is there a way to edit one row of multiple record custom fields in a profile by assigning them to the profile form through the civicrm_buildForm hook or by creating a custom copy of the Edit.tpl of Dynamic tpl for the profile?

I am new to this, though I am somewhat familiar with php.  If I use this same pattern of naming the form elements that is used in the standard custom field forms attached to contacts, is there a way to assign data to a profile form from one row of a multiple record custom field  in such a way that they will be picked up by the code that is creating the form (by using form->assign or something)? I notice that the standard forms for custom values use a custom_xx_yy pattern where xx is the id of the Customfield  and yy is the id of the row in the table created for the  custom data set. Is this correct?

If I cannot assign the fields such that they will be saved, can I include them as variables in the form and add the html and the data from the custom table manually to a custom copy of either the Edit or Dynamic.tpl files in a way that they will be saved by the existing code that processes profiles.

If the existing code cannot catch them to save them, can I do it in a hook and save them myself using an api or one of the DAO functions that are part of civicrm?

I am a bit over my head with this, so any help would be appreciated.

Jere

Thank you so much for this. I will dig into the resources you linked to.

Jere