In this current thread, on the previous page, the solution which is being presented for the problem discussed here, is that in the file
components/com_virtuemart/views/productdetails/tmpl/default_showprices.php
one should look around line 164 and there one finds the code:
ORIGINAL CODE (Around line 164):
if ($this->showBasePrice) {
echo $this->currency->createPriceDiv ( 'basePriceVariant', 'COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_BASEPRICE_VARIANT', $this->product->prices );
echo $this->currency->createPriceDiv ( 'basePrice', 'COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_BASEPRICE', $this->product->prices );
}
ok, well, for me, when i go to that file, I find that the file is only 58 lines long....and around line 32 I find the following string
if ($this->showBasePrice) {
echo $this->currency->createPriceDiv ('basePrice', 'COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_BASEPRICE', $this->product->prices);
if (round($this->product->prices['basePrice'],$this->currency->_priceConfig['basePriceVariant'][1]) != $this->product->prices['basePriceVariant']) {
echo $this->currency->createPriceDiv ('basePriceVariant', 'COM_VIRTUEMART_PRODUCT_BASEPRICE_VARIANT', $this->product->prices);
}
clearly the first part of the string corresponds to the target string, but then it differs
i cannot find any string in this file which corresponds to the one which we are supposed to replace....

has the file changed since the above post was written? does it now need to be rewritten? or should it be working correctly now?
in regards to my problem, this may or may not be the answer. I've realised now after rereading this thread carefully that these discounts we want to show up are entered in to the Override section of the product, rather than the Taxes and Calculations Rulings section. but i still havent got prices to display how i want them. so first i need to sort out this issue with the default_showprices.php file as per the above. once i understand what that file is supposed to look like, whether it needs the code change, and if so, where that needs to go, then i should be able to figure out the rest. i hope.
thanks..
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