Entity reference usage from a menu link

Posted by jop007 on December 31, 2012 at 9:22am

I have used the following modules

entity reference
entity reference prepopulate
entitytype form
token
menu token

I want a menu link and use the current node id in the link like this
http://localhost:8082/node/add/booking?field_rental_house=5
When I use 5 the field Rentel_house is invisible and set correctly to a pointer to the rental_house. This is how I want it the user must not maintain the link.

When I replace 5 and make the url to this:
http://localhost:8082/node/add/booking?field_rental_house=[node:nid]

John

Comments

Problem?

Posted by spovlot on December 31, 2012 at 3:20pm

John,

I don't think you really stated what the problem was. What happens when you use the url with [node:nid]? I assume that it is not working. But what are the results?

Results

Posted by jop007 on January 1, 2013 at 3:00pm

Thanks when I use
http://localhost:8082/node/add/booking?field_rental_house=[node:nid} the reference field is not updated and the user must fill in a reference using a drop down box.
When I use ttp://localhost:8082/node/add/booking?field_rental_house=5 the entity reference field is hidden and updated okay reflecting to node 5.

I hope this clarifies my situation.

John

Thanks,
John

Module order

Posted by spovlot on January 5, 2013 at 3:25am

You may have a problem with the order of execution. You might need to set the weight on the modules. See http://drupal.org/node/110238. Not 100% sure.