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I'm trying to add PDF/Print/E-mail icon to my component. The problem is I don't know how.. I search google, found nice articles and discussions, but still can't figure out - What, Where and How to integrate that this functionality would work withing my custom component.

If anyone has any ideas, where to start from, which files I need to include and where, please tell me :)

I'd really appreciate :)

maybe there's some articles or book that in details explains the process (step by step)

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This thread on Joomla forum might help. P.S. I'm not sure this question is in line with the "What kind of questions can I ask here" FAQ. – Guandalino Jul 21 '11 at 12:33
I have seen this thread.. but it didn't help... I think there has to be somewhere an article that explains in details, or maybe someone know here :) – Mikey Jul 21 '11 at 12:50
In articles by default these icons are present unless you deselect then in Article attributes in the admin panel. – John Jul 21 '11 at 19:41
it's not an article, it's a custom component :) – Mikey Jul 21 '11 at 19:50

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So, I solved this problem.

It might not be the best solution but for a fast solution it works fine.

PDF - generate the link in view - tmpl - default.php make link <a href="">PDF</a> index.php?option="smth"&view="smth"..... and at the end add &format=pdf in your view folder copy view.html.php and rename it to view.pdf.php - and your set to go!

Print - the very same thing as PDF at the end of link put &format=print and create view.print.php

Email - you can directly address the com_mailto component - here's the link example

index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link="your page link you want to be sent"

So this is your fastest solution of the problem.

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