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How to change/add Product packaging units

yannis_r
Tue Feb 5, 2013 10:19 am
Hi Jumbo,

I have a very general question and if you happen to know the answer I think will help a lot of users!

How can I add a new packaging unit on Product Dimensions and Weight screen?

Currently I see "Kg", "100mg", "m2", "m", "l" etc.

I nee to add a new unit, but I can't figure out how!

Do you know how to do that?

Thank you very much in advance!

Yannis

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Jumbo
Wed Feb 6, 2013 12:07 am
VirtueMart 2.0 does not have this option under shop configuration. So you will have hack the helper file to add your custom Packaging Unit to the store.

Open administrator\components\com_virtuemart\helpers\shopfunctions.php

Find the following codes between lines 470 to 486:
	static function renderUnitIsoList($name, $selected){
 
		$weight_unit_default = array(
			'KG' => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_KG')
		, 'DMG' => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_100MG')
		, 'M'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_M')
		, 'SM'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_SM')
		, 'CUBM'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_CUBM')
		, 'L'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_L')
		, 'DML'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_100ML')
		);
		foreach ($weight_unit_default as  $key => $value) {
			$wu_list[] = JHTML::_ ('select.option', $key, $value, $name);
		}
		$listHTML = JHTML::_ ('Select.genericlist', $wu_list, $name, '', $name, 'text', $selected);
		return $listHTML;
	}
You can add your own packaging Unit in the $weight_unit_default array.

Example:
	static function renderUnitIsoList($name, $selected){
 
		$weight_unit_default = array(
			'KG' => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_KG')
		, 'DMG' => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_100MG')
		, 'M'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_M')
		, 'SM'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_SM')
		, 'CUBM'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_CUBM')
		, 'L'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_L')
		, 'DML'   => JText::_ ('COM_VIRTUEMART_UNIT_SYMBOL_100ML')
		, 'MT'   => 'Metric Ton' // New Unit 1
		, 'CUFT'   => 'Cubic Feet' // New Unit 2
		);
		foreach ($weight_unit_default as  $key => $value) {
			$wu_list[] = JHTML::_ ('select.option', $key, $value, $name);
		}
		$listHTML = JHTML::_ ('Select.genericlist', $wu_list, $name, '', $name, 'text', $selected);
		return $listHTML;
	}
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yannis_r
Wed Feb 6, 2013 5:23 am
Thank you Jumbo!

This is almost unbelievable!
I can't understand why they did it in this way rather that setting a table!!!!

Just for answering such questions is worth the support cost!

I will implement today.

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Jumbo
Wed Feb 6, 2013 7:59 pm
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