[horde] prefs_hook for an horde application - is it possible?

[Michael Rubinsky]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Matthias Rolke <m.rolke at linux-ag.com>:
>
>> Hi there,
>> i'm currently trying to determine the value of a user preference by a
>> hook.
>> This is pretty easy for preferences in the scope 'horde' and thus being
>> configured in horde/config/hooks.php, horde/config/prefs.php.
>> But in my case, i want to determine a preference value for an horde  
>> application.
>>
>> So, i created a prefs_hook in my "application/config/hooks.php" and  
>> enabled it in
>> "application/config/prefs.php" like it is described in  
>> "horde/config/prefs.php".
>>
>> But the problem, afaik, is that the preference hooks are only being executed
>> on login.
>> "NOTE 2: Preferences hooks are ONLY executed on login."  
>> (horde/config/hooks.php)
>>
>> And sadly on login, the application preferences are not being loaded.
>
> That's because that sentence is not exactly correct. What it means  
> is that the hooks are only executed once after login, because the  
> prefs are only loaded once after the login. And the prefs for an  
> application are only loaded if the application is accessed.
>
>> So, my question is the following:
>> Is there any possibility to determine a value for a preference value for
>> an application?
>>
>> If you're interested, here is my exact case:
>> * I'm using Kolab as the source for addressbooks in turba
>> * The default_dir for every user should be his/her personal Kolab  
>> addressbook, stored in the personal Kolab mailbox
>> * The source type name for that personal addressbook is "kolab"  
>> (see turba/config/sources.php), but for the user
>>   the default_dir value has to be an uid like user at example.com (the  
>> name of the kolab mailbox)
>> * therfore only a hook would determine the right value for the  
>> "default_dir" preference for each user
>
> What you try to do should work, just not right after the login, but  
> as soon as the user accesses Turba.
>
> Jan.
>
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Not sure if it's relevant to your particular case, but there was a  
recent fix to how the prefs hooks work - I believe it only affected  
prefs that were marked as shared, but you might want to check it out  
to be sure.

http://lists.horde.org/archives/cvs/Week-of-Mon-20090601/087893.html



Thanks,
mike

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