Create New Order for New Customer

Question

I have added a custom attribute to the customer. This attribute is visible in grids and when you create / manage the customer from Customers / Manage Customers.

If you create a new customer via New Order i need to add the field in the account information section between group and email.

I would like to use an observer rather than override the whole class. Is this possible.?

Answer 1

What you will need to do is make sure your attribute has been set for all the forms under the table: customer_form_attribute

This table will have the attribute_id and the form_code. Form_code can be one of the following:

1. adminhtml_checkout
2. adminhtml_customer
3. adminhtml_customer_address
4. checkout_register
5. customer_account_create
6. customer_account_edit
7. customer_address_edit
8. customer_register_address

I guess in your case the attribute needs to be assigned to the form adminhtml_checkout and this can be done via a set-up script.

$oAttribute = Mage::getSingleton('eav/config')->getAttribute('customer', 'your_attribute_code_here');
$oAttribute->setData('used_in_forms', array('adminhtml_checkout'));
$oAttribute->save();