Hello John.

We have a filter which we still haven't included in our documentation, and you can use it like this:

As you can see, formData is forwarded - which contains the tableId of the current table and the data user entered through the modal (which is an array in column_name -> column value format).

We don't have the data about columns, but you can use loadColumnsFromDB function, like in the example:

function updateValuesBeforeSave($formData,$tableID){ //Helper method that load columns config data from DB 
$columnsData = \WDTConfigController::loadColumnsFromDB($tableID);
 foreach ($columnsData as $column){
 if ($column->orig_header == 'name_of_the_orig_header_for_your_column') {
 $formData[$column->orig_header] = 1;//we set 1 but you will replace here what ever you need
 }
 } return $formData;
}
add_filter('wpdatatables_filter_formdata_before_save','updateValuesBeforeSave', 2, 10);

I hope that helps.

You're welcome John

Glad I could help, and I hope it works as intended.

Hello again John

Well, you could connect these two tables using Foreign Key relations.

Please take a look at the documentation, and let me know if this is what you were looking for to achieve.

I see John.

Unfortunately, cascade editing is not yet available, and unfortunately there are no conditional rules we can apply between columns. There are only conditional rules which can be applied to one column, but not between columns.

It probably can be done with some custom work, but our developers are very busy at the moment, working on some priority tasks and fixing bugs and issues with our plugins, so they won't be having the time for custom work in near future.

But we can recommend these services for customization:

https://codeable.io/?ref=l1TW1

https://wpkraken.io/?tms-plugins

They do develop such solutions, so can you please send your inquiry to them?

Hi again John

I'm sorry, but I can't provide that right now.

I forwarded your ticket to one of our developers, and I'll let you know as soon as I have a response from him. We're all working out-of-office due to COVID-19 outbreak, so there's no in-person communication, and everything has been slowed down.

Thank you for understanding, and for your patience.

Hi again John

This will never be included in the documentation, because using hooks requires a certain level of programming skills and included support refers only to advice.

One of our developers will look into this during the day, and I'll respond as soon as I have any new info.

Hi again John

I just received a response from our developer, and unfortunately he said that we don't have hooks like this, so we won't be able to help you with them after all.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Hello again John

I'm sorry you feel that way even though we tried to help you outside the scopes of included support - like already mentioned - using hooks and filters requires a certain level of programming skills and included support refers only to advice.

I will reach out to our management and see if they can refund your purchase, because per our Refund Policy we only issue refunds within the "15-day money back guarantee" period.

Hello again John

I am sorry about the scarcity of my responses, but each day we receive 80 - 100 support tickets, and we do our best to resolve each customer’s issues. In parallel, we are developing new products and new features for our products. That takes a growing amount of time and investments to be able to keep on at this pace without sacrificing quality on any of the fronts.

You are correct when you say the plugin has updated since then, and that is a very old video. Because of the points in the first paragraph of my response here we don't have the time to record new videos, even though that is planned for the next quarter of 2020. The situation about COVID-19 can actually help us with that, because a lot of company's meetings, plans, etc will have to be postponed.

I would've gladly shared an example with you, just like I did for your initial question, but since I wasn't able to help you out - I forwarded your request to one of our developers. His response was that we don't have hooks like this. You can do it as a custom solution, you can even add the hook if you wish, and know how.

My response about customization services is the result of my previous point - what you're looking for doesn't exist in the plugin yet, and it would have to be custom-developed - but since we don't have the time to accept any custom work I recommended the two services who provide custom work.

Unfortunately, I can't provide an example of the hook, since we don't have a hook like that; thus I can't provide an example of what you're trying to achieve.

Sorry for the inconvenience.