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Hi,

I'm writing a module to work with CiviCRM and I'm trying to add some custom groups/fields to Individual using the CiviCRM API when the module is first installed. I'm using CiviCRM version 1.9 for Drupal.

I just want there to be a simple textfield for entering/editing my new custom field, but I'm also wondering what all the valid values are for "html_type" in $params when calling the API
function crm_create_custom_field(&$custom_group, $params)
Also is there anything else I have to do to get a textfield to enter data for my custom field when adding/editing an Individual?

Thanks,
  Dougall

hi kurund,

good stuff ... a working example is exactly what i needed

also i realised i can easily investigate up what params are allowable by looking at the administer custom groups/fields pages inside civicrm, and simpy seeing what's available there (i should have thought of this before!)

anyway many thanks for the link ... dougall