Safely Customizing a Core Bean in SugarCRM - Part 1. SOCustomCase

SOCustomCase.php

<?php
if(!defined('sugarEntry') || !sugarEntry) die('Not A Valid Entry Point');
//custom/modules/Cases/SOCustomCase.php

require_once("modules/Cases/Case.php");

class SOCustomCase extends aCase {

	function get_list_view_data(){
		$temp_array = parent::get_list_view_data(); //let it work as it does by default
		
		//now do our customization
		if(empty($temp_array['ASSIGNED_USER_ID']) || $temp_array['ASSIGNED_USER_NAME'] == "portal") {
			$temp_array['ASSIGNED_USER_NAME'] =  "<a href='index.php?module=Cases&action=GrabCase&record=$this->id'>".SugarThemeRegistry::current()->getImage("uparrow_inline","title='".translate('LBL_GRAB_CASE','Cases')."' border='0'",null,null,'.gif',translate('LBL_GRAB_CASE','Cases'))."</a>";
		}
		
		return $temp_array;
	}
}