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Description
===========
Allows the contents of an "Entity Reference" field to be pre-populated by
taking a parameter from the current Entity as return by the function menu_get_object().

Install
=======
1. Download and enable the module.
2. Visit admin/structure/types/manage/[ENTITY-TYPE]/fields/[FIELD-NAME]
3. Enable "Entity reference current" under the instance settings.


Configuration
=============
Enable Entity reference current:
  Check this to enable Entity reference current on this field.
Action
  Using the select box choose the action to take if the entity reference
  field is pre-populated.
Fallback behaviour
  Select what to do if the current Entity  does NOT exist or is not correct to
  pre-populate the field.
Skip access permission
  This is a fallback overide, the fallback behaviour will not be followed
  for users with the specified permission.

Usage
=====
In order to pre-populate an entity reference field you have to make sure that entity add/edit form is only shown
on pages where the menu object is the correct type of Entity.

This module was originally made for Entityforms: http://drupal.org/project/entityform
But should with any entity type as the Entity containing the Entity Reference field

See http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!menu.inc/function/menu_get_object/7

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  1. Description

  2. ===========

  3. Allows the contents of an "Entity Reference" field to be pre-populated by

  4. taking a parameter from the current Entity as return by the function menu_get_object().

  5. 

  6. Install

  7. =======

  8. 1. Download and enable the module.

  9. 2. Visit admin/structure/types/manage/[ENTITY-TYPE]/fields/[FIELD-NAME]

  10. 3. Enable "Entity reference current" under the instance settings.

  11. 

  12. 

  13. Configuration

  14. =============

  15. Enable Entity reference current:

  16.   Check this to enable Entity reference current on this field.

  17. Action

  18.   Using the select box choose the action to take if the entity reference

  19.   field is pre-populated.

  20. Fallback behaviour

  21.   Select what to do if the current Entity  does NOT exist or is not correct to

  22.   pre-populate the field.

  23. Skip access permission

  24.   This is a fallback overide, the fallback behaviour will not be followed

  25.   for users with the specified permission.

  26. 

  27. Usage

  28. =====

  29. In order to pre-populate an entity reference field you have to make sure that entity add/edit form is only shown

  30. on pages where the menu object is the correct type of Entity.

  31. 

  32. This module was originally made for Entityforms: http://drupal.org/project/entityform

  33. But should with any entity type as the Entity containing the Entity Reference field

  34. 

  35. See http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!menu.inc/function/menu_get_object/7

  36.