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Subject: Re: Customize UI screens in Ofbiz
From: Anil Patel <anil.patel@hotwaxmedia.com>
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:31:06 -0400
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To: ofbiz users <user@ofbiz.apache.org>

Hi,
As a general practice we don=92t modify source files that comes with =
Apache OFBiz. In case we need to, the changes are maintained in patch =
file.

Here is document on wiki that talks about customization in OFBiz.=20

=
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Addressing+Custom+Requir=
ements+In+OFBiz

In my experience, this is the right way to do it.

Thanks and Regards
Anil Patel
COO
Hotwax Media Inc
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/
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On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Integrin <info.integrin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ofbiz Users,
>=20
> I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement
> comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what =
comes
> out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in =
the
> past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or =
use
> access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; however =
this
> requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new
> version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, =
Any
> pointers appreciated
>=20
> Regards