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[Brendan Clune <brendan.clune@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ray brings up a good point: while Python files will be reloaded on server
restart even without reinstalling a module, any database schema changes
(adding and removing columns, for instance) will not be applied until you
reinstall.


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Ray Carnes <rcarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Any changes you make to python won’t be ‘seen’ by the server until it
> restarts.****
>
> ** **
>
> You can use a command-line argument: -u <your_module> so that your module
> is updated (XML re-loaded, database structure changed, etc) happens
> automatically.****
>
>
> Follow this procedure:****
>
> 1. Run the server****
>
> 2. Install your module****
>
> 3. Test your module****
>
> 4. Make your changes to the PY and XML files****
>
> 5. Stop the server****
>
> 6. Start the server with the –u option****
>
> ** **
>
> Repeat the Test, Change, Stop, Start process****
>
>
> Ray.****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Openerp-community [mailto:openerp-community-bounces+rcarnes=
> ursainfosystems.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *David
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 31, 2013 12:34 PM
> *To:* openerp-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [Openerp-community] Development Module Flow****
>
> ** **
>
> I'm starting to spend more time working on building a simple module to get
> the change of things. I'm keeping it very simple now.
> OpenERP(7) is running on a linux box. I'm on a Windows machine, and SSHing
> into the Linux box to make my changes to the files with
> a text editor in the shell.****
>
> I have the directory where I have my module mapped to in
> "openerp-server.conf", I can see my module listed in "Installed Modules"
> list.  So that's not
> a problem.
> Now the issue I have is making changes to my *.py and *.xml. I see that
> they aren't updated in the new menu I created, I have found that I need to
> always go back to the Settings and UPDATE my model. But issues I have is
> that sometimes that doesn't update my changes and it's also time consuming
> going back and
> forth to force the update. And sometimes the changes don't even appear.***
> *
>
> Now the question is, is this the correct procedure? Is there a proper way
> to make changes to the module and see them in OE in a quicker manner? Do I
> have to flush a cache
> to see my changes even though I have forced a UPDATE they don't appear in
> my new menu.****
>
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