developing shipment plugin - want to auto add extra userfields

[welrachid]

Hi dear VM community
I want to make extra fields on an order that has to do with the shipment module. Its extra shipment data. I think the way to do it is to make extra userfields (shopper fields)
I am trying to figure out a way to make these extra fields upon install of the plugin, but i cant figure out if there is a "proper" way to do it?
The way i think i can do it is using some SQL running which will check for the existence of field XYZ or else create it. But i dont think that is the "right" way to do it?

Thx
Wel

[welrachid]

i forgot to mention versions

Joomla 3.3.6
VM 3.0.2
I'm going to upgrade to latest, but right now i just want it to work on current versions.

[alatak]

Hello
The klarna payment plugin does that.
Please have a look in the plgVmOnStoreInstallPaymentPluginTable function

[welrachid]

Hello
The klarna payment plugin does that.
Please have a look in the plgVmOnStoreInstallPaymentPluginTable function

Hi
Thank you very much.
But this is a method i already thought was possible.
I was hoping for a better/more elegant method, maybe in the form of vmparams in xml file or something.

But nevertheless i understand you're part of the dev team, so this is probably the only way. thank you.

[AH]

It really depends on what the extra fields are

You can store extra fields in your shipment plugin table - as the plugin builds the table in the first instance you can add any fields you require

look at the weight_countries.php

function getTableSQLFields ()

public function getVmPluginCreateTableSQL ()