Tutorial: How to create additional order print forms

[arnask]

If you need more than one order print form, this tutorial is for you.
Go down and see.

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http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=90935.0

administrator/components/com_virtuemart/views/order/tml/print.php

DO an administrator template override

[arnask]

HOW TO CREATE ADDITIONAL ORDER PRINT FORMS

First of all i want to say, that i'm not a programmer, but i have a little knowledge of how stuff works (i've seen it on TV :-))
Of course this can be done in other way i did, but seems nobody was care about me, i did it myself and now i'm posting for everyone.
So lets begin:

1. Create new controller:
    a) go to \administrator\components\com_virtuemart\controllers\ and copy orders.php file to hard drive;
    b) rename it to orderss.php;
    c) edit orderss.php with notepad and change

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class VirtuemartControllerOrders extends VmController { to

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class VirtuemartControllerOrderss extends VmController {

    d) go down and change

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$view->setLayout('order_print'); to

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$view->setLayout('order_print2');

    e) copy saved orderss.php file back to \administrator\components\com_virtuemart\controllers\

2.  We need to create additional column for our second print form:
     So add to /administrator/components/com_virtuemart/views/order/tml/orders.php this code:

  line ~47
         

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<th><?php echo JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_PRINT_VIEW_2'); ?></th>

      and

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<!-- Print view 2 -->
<?php
/* Print view URL */
$details_url = JURI::base() . "?option=com_virtuemart&view=orderss&task=orderPrint&format=raw&virtuemart_order_id=" . $order->virtuemart_order_id;
$details_link = "<a href=\"javascript:void window.open('$details_url', 'win2', 'status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=640,height=480,directories=no,location=no');\"  >";
$details_link .= '<span class="hasTip print_32" title="' . JText::_('COM_VIRTUEMART_PRINT') . '">&nbsp;</span></a>';
?>
<td><?php echo $details_link; ?></td>

2. Add to \administrator\language\en-GB\en-GB.com_virtuemart.ini this code:

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COM_VIRTUEMART_PRINT_VIEW_2="Print View 2"

3. Create your own printing form:
    a) go to /administrator/components/com_virtuemart/views/order/tml/ and copy order_print.php file to hard drive;
    b) rename it to order_print2.php;
    c) edit order_print2.php with notepad and change what you want;
    d) copy order_print2.php file back to /administrator/components/com_virtuemart/views/order/tml/

Thats it!
Now in Virtuemart orders page you should see 2 printer icons. If you press first, you will print standard form, if you press second - you will print your own form (order_print2.php)
If you think you can do better, please share with us.

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[URAGANU]

arnask

Can you help me do this in VM 2.0.6 ?

Thanks

[prehn]

arnask

Can you help me do this in VM 2.0.6 ?

Thanks

Would also love to see an update guide. The only step that has changed is the "$view->setLayout('order_print');"-step, hope anyone could point us right.