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Hi,

I'm creating a custom template for adding new individuals and one of the client requirements is the ability to setup relationships when adding a new client. For example I want to have the ability to enter who there supervisor is or what organization there part of. I know the current employer field already does something similar, however I don't understand how I can replicate it to create other relationships.

Would there be anyway to add a custom data field to a contact for example isSupervisor so when creating the supervisor relationship only people with that flag would be available for selection? Could I populate a dropdown list of data from a SQL query through Smarty or how else would I be able to make a database driven dropdown fi I went down this route?

Thanks
Will

Thanks for your reply. Is there anyway to filter the results returned by the auto complete form? When you make a new data entry profile does it auto generate a smarty template I can look at if I need to customize the look and feel of the form?

Thanks
will

Thanks for the help so far. I'm working on a custom smarty template and I'm having problems accessing my custom fields in smarty. I turned on SmartyDebug to get a list of all the available fields and when I use a custom one with:
{$form.custom_3_-1.label}

I get

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in

Is there another way I should be accessing custom fields within smarty? The end result I would like is to split some of my custom data onto multiple tabs in the new individual form. Is there any easier built in way to do this that doesn't involve editing the template its self?

Thanks
Will

That code doesn't produce an error but nothing shows up on the page. I'm getting this in Individual.tpl. Custom data is turned on on that form right now so the field does appear under the custom data tab, would trying to print its label in another spot cause it to error?

Thanks
Will