[EP-tech] Modifying Details.pm/Overwriting module

[jkerwin2101 at gmail.com (James Kerwin)]

Apologies, ignore the previous email. I think I've done it.

It seems if I put the file in the suitable archive location and keep this
line the same:

package EPrints::Plugin::Screen::EPrint::Details;

If I change the file name to something different (e.g. Detailz.pm) it
appears to overwrite the original Details.pm.

Previously I was changing both the package name and the filename and it was
including both.

Thanks,
James

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:50 AM James Kerwin <jkerwin2101 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Could somebody please tell me how to overwrite an existing Perl module in
> EPrints?
>
> I recently made some changes to Details.pm. I know better than to modify
> it in-situ, so I took a copy and moved it to my specific EPrint archive.
>
> Original:
> eprints3/perl_lib/EPrints/Plugin/Screen/EPrint/Details.pm
>
> New edited version:
>
> eprints3/archives/uolrepo/cfg/plugins/EPrints/Plugin/Screen/EPrint/Details.pm
>
> EPrints didn't pick up my changes (even after a server restart) unless I
> named the edited module something different so I called it:
>
> Detailz.pm (package EPrints::Plugin::Screen::EPrint::Detailz;)
>
> I've made the changes to how the page renders, but my problem now is I
> have a "Details" and "Details2" tab on the staff view of an EPrint. I want
> only my new Details.pm module to be brought in. I did follow Adam Field's
> YouTube video that touched on this, but it wasn't quite the same problem
> and didn't work.
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
>
>
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