If you take a look at the default Joomla installation with data, you’ll find that there are links which will allow you to create a “print” page and a “pdf” page easily.<\/p>\n
So using that as a reference, I dug somemore, and found that it is freaking easy to create one with your own components.<\/p>\n
Say for example the url you want to print looks like this:
\nhttp:\/\/localhost\/index.php?option=com_yourcomponent&task=showdetails&cid=12345<\/p>\n
To make Joomla actually show a printable page without the rest of the stuff, your url should look like this:
\nhttp:\/\/localhost\/index2.php?option=com_yourcomponent&task=showdetails&cid=12345<\/p>\n
Easy eh? How about pdf you say?
\nhttp:\/\/localhost\/index2.php?option=com_yourcomponent&task=showdetails&cid=12345 &do_pdf=1<\/p>\n
Why does this work? A closer look at index2.php shows that it does all the standard stuff, takes in some parameters ( $option, $ItemId, $no_html, $act, $do_pdf ), and loads your template’s index2.php if available.<\/p>\n
So technically, you could make Joomla auto print if you wanted to with your own index2.php if you don’t want to bork up Joomla’s code.<\/p>\n
Well anyway, I really had to come up with an auto print in a hurry so I had to edit the original index2.php. So there’s a file you have to replace and this is the url you have to call.
\nhttp:\/\/localhost\/index2.php?option=com_yourcomponent&task=showdetails&cid=12345 &auto_print=1<\/p>\n
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